Kurunoa

"That's it! That's the smile! Sly, knowing, smug, all topped off by those glimmering eyes! Too cute! I'd rub my face against it, if she'd let me!"

- Noa's thought about Kurumi in "I Want To See You Surprised"

Kurunoa is the femslash ship between Kurumi Shiratori and Noa Fukushima from the D4DJ fandom.

Canon
Kurumi is a second-year student at Arisugawa Academy while Noa is a third-year student at Yoba Academy. The two have known each other for some time as Kurumi's grandfather (and family by extension) are regulars at the Japanese sweets store that Noa's family owns. Noa finds Kurumi very cute and is even willing to get pranked by the latter, though Kurumi notes that Noa would always marvel over how cute the pranks were rather than act surprised or scared.

Princess in Fairytale
In Kurumi's card story, she tells her groupmates that she'll be going home on her own instead of getting her driver to bring her home. Haruna then tells her to be careful and not follow shady people, and Kurumi shrugs off her words and heads out. While walking home, she notices the arcade she and Muni went to, and her thoughts are interrupted by a black-haired woman wearing shades calling out to her. The woman asks if Kurumi wants to do something fun together, and Kurumi instantly agrees with her idea. They hold hands and when Kurumi notices they went past the arcade, the woman calls Kurumi with her name and the two chat a bit. Kurumi starts asking the woman questions, who thinks to herself how innocent and pure Kurumi is before revealing her true identity - Noa wearing a wig and shades as a disguise. Noa tells Kurumi how the latter's grandfather had come to the store and expressed his worries about Kurumi walking home all alone, leading to Noa making up a plan to spectate Kurumi and make sure she actually returns home. Noa lectures her for a bit for coming along with her and getting tempted by her words but finds it hard to do so further when Kurumi says she was fine because Noa was there with her.

That Cute Girl and The Scary Me
After school, Kurumi comes over to Noa's room and the two chat for a bit. Kurumi asks if she can try a hypnosis trick she learnt on Noa, and the latter agrees enthusiastically. After performing the trick, Noa suddenly flinches and in a panicky voice asks why she's surrounded by scary things. Kurumi tries understanding what went wrong but eventually gives up. The next day, Noa arrives to school and is on the edge as she sees everything around her as "scary." Her groupmates then become desperate to find out what's wrong, and with the help of Kurumi, manage to get into Noa's room. They find old pictures of Noa, and when Noa returns home, they manage to break her hypnosis. Noa then starts recounting her past, how people in elementary school thought she was an unapproachable girl due to her talent, leading to Noa regarding herself as a scary person. However, one day when she got introduced to Kurumi as she was visiting the Fukushima family's store, she was mesmerized by Kurumi's cuteness. This lead to Noa developing her love for cute things and convincing herself that even if she's a scary person, she won't be bothered by it as long as she can keep admiring cute things.

Kurumi's 2nd Birthday Card
Kurumi returns home after having a birthday party with her groupmates, only to find Noa waiting for her in her room. When she questions why Noa is there, Noa reveals that she had gotten in by telling her grandfather that she and Kurumi are friends. Noa then triumpanthly says that she needed to be alone with Kurumi as her birthday present for Kurumi is Noa herself, and how she can prank Noa all she wants. Kurumi sighs and then tells Noa she doesn't feel pranking the latter right at the moment. When Kurumi states that pranks are all about the element of surprise, Noa starts begging and almost crying for being rejected. Kurumi says Noa can head home but Noa attempts to get Kurumi to prank her and inquires what kind of people Kurumi loves pranking the most. When Kurumi asks Noa if she could ever get mad at Kurumi for pranking her like Muni or Haruna do, and Noa once again feels sad when Kurumi laughs that Noa will never get pranked by her ever again. Eventually, Kurumi reveals that her not wanting to prank Noa was a prank itself all along.

Fanon
Kurunoa is a rarepair that is more popular in the Eastern fandom. What mainly contributes to its unpopularity - especially in the Western fandom - is many finding Noa's obsession for cute things (and by extension, her love for Kurumi due to how cute she finds her) off-putting. It is rivaled by ships like Noasaki, Noatowa, Kuruharu and Kurumiiko.

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Trivia

 * They have a height difference of 10 cm, with Noa being 161 cm, and Kurumi being 151 cm tall.