AkiToya

AkiToya is the slash ship between Touya Aoyagi and Akito Shinonome from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Akito and Touya are members of the group Vivid BAD SQUAD. They are also members of their duo unit RAD DOGS which was formed two-years prior to the main story when the two were in middle school. Both characters attend Kamiyama High School as first year students. The two are also best friends.

Akito had experience performing music as a solo street artist before meeting Touya. On the other hand, Touya had been trained since he was young to perform classical music before rebelling against his father and choosing to become a street performer instead. While he initially quit classical music solely for the purpose of running away, Akito taught him about his dream to surpass - RAD WEEKEND - which he felt so passionately about. This motivated Touya to whole-heartedly chase that dream with him, leading to the formation of RAD DOGS. According to the main story, Akito knew Touya had what it took to surpass RAD WEEKEND upon first seeing him perform which is why he took initially took an interest in him.

After seeing the passion and motivation An and Kohane have when it came to chasing their dream, Toya becomes disheartened and breaks off his partnership with Akito in hopes that he’ll move on to someone who is more worthy of standing by his side. However, rather than being honest about his reasoning for not wanting to sing with Akito anymore, he instead pretends to be leaving because he feels that their music means nothing, mirroring his fathers criticism of their chosen path. Despite taking what Toya said to heart, Akito is unable to grasp Toya’s reasoning for abandoning their dream, which the virtual singers, namely MEIKO, uses to help him see through Toya’s facade. With the added help of An’s father leaving Akito on the line so that Akito can hear his real reason for running away, Akito and Toya are given a chance to reconcile and be honest with their feelings for each other. Akito reassures Toya that he has no intention of teaming up with anyone other than him, calling him the best partner he could ask for.

Fanon
Thanks to their deep friendship, AkiToya is one of the most popular ships in fandom, helped by their informal "Those Two Guys" status. In particular, in English fandom, it is not uncommon to find people with the headcanon that the two are already in some form of romantic relationship. On AO3, the pairing currently has the second highest amount of fics within the fandom, only second to RuiKasa. It is the most popular pairing involving Akito and is also the most popular pairing involving Touya, making it the most popular ship involving each of them. AkiToya is often shipped alongside Anhane.

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Trivia

 * In an Area Conversation had with Kagamine Len, Touya explains that in the two years that he and Akito had known each other prior to the main story, they rarely ever fought.
 * They have covered "Doctor=Funk Beat", "Yobanashi Deceive", "Ifuudoudou", "Yuurei Tokyo" and "Garando" together. AkiToya also covered Dramaturgy in the second Vivid BAD SQUAD Archive.
 * In a Vivid BAD SQUAD Virtual Live, the two performed "Fragile" in wedding-themed tuxedos obtained from the game's June Bride event "A Song of Vows for You, Dressed in Pure White!".
 * They also performed their "Ifuudoudou" cover dressed in knight outfits during the "The Gentleman Thief's Thrilling White Day!?" event's After-Event Virtual Live.