Nomin

Nomin is the friendship/slash ship between Jaemin and Jeno from the NCT fandom.

Predebut (2014 - 2016)
Jeno and Jaemin have a long history, dating long before their official debut into NCT. They joined SM Entertainment on the same day (3rd June 2013), only a mere 3 hours apart. They met in the practice room. . At first, they were rivals and did not get along. The staff in SM often compared them together. Despite this, the two quickly became close friends. They both went to School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA) and majored in Practical Dance. Jeno and Jaemin would often wait for the bus to go to school together.

Jeno and Jaemin were first introduced to the public through the SMRookies project, in 2014 and 2015 respectively. They both appeared as 'Mouseketeers' on The Mickey Mouse Club, which aired on Disney Channel Korea, from July 23 to December 17, 2015. They did various musical performances, dance performances, play games, and skits together.

Debut in NCT Dream (2016)
On August 24 2016, Jaemin and Jeno officially debuted as part of NCT Dream with the digital single, "Chewing Gum". They appeared in the subsequent promotions for the single.

2018
In 2018, NCT Dream released their second EP: We Go Up. In a promotional video titled Dream VS Dream, Jaemin and Jeno are pitted against each other in a trivia game.

2019
In May 2019, Jaemin and Jeno volunteered to visit children living in slums in Indonesia in collaboration with the non-governmental organizations Good Neighbours International.

Jeno also released a series of ASMR videos called JSMR, the 'J' standing for Jeno. In April, Jaemin guests on one of the episodes and they make sweet brownies together. Jeno also plays some guitar.

In August, Jeno and Jaemin appeared on Battle Trip. A South Korean television show wherein celebrities go on a trip and document their adventures. They take a visit to Busan. On the bus ride, they nap together, with Jeno sleeping on Jaemin's shoulder. Once they arrive, they go on a cruise ship, have food, go surfing, visit the night lights and more.

2020
On Valentine's Day, the NCT Daily Channel posted a video of Jeno and Jaemin making a sweet cake to celebrate.

In December 2020, Mnet released a special 'Tingle Interview' with Jaemin and Jeno. This is a Q&A session done through ASMR. During this, Jaemin reveals that he has Jeno saved as "Dotori ❤️" in his phone contacts. Dotori meaning acorn, since Jeno once had short hair (around 'We Young' era). Jaemin thought it was cute and looked like an acorn. While, Jeno has Jaemin saved as just 'Jam'. They also call each other 'Jeno-Jam' as a combined chemistry name.

Fanon
Nomin is one of the most popular ships in the NCT fandom. It can be seen as either as a friendship or a slash ship. Like with most real-life ships, there is some controversy with shipping real life people, so some people prefer to ship them as purely platonic. Despite this, Nomin does have a large amount of slash fanfiction, with over 5,000 fanfictions under the Jeno/Jaemin tag on AO3.

Fans find Jeno and Jaemin to be a really sweet pairing and friendship. They've been best friends for over 9 years and feature regularly in NCT variety content. They appear to be close with a strong band, and this is the reason that they are often shipped.

On AO3, it is ranked as the second most popular ship, the first being Markhyuck.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * The official Twitter account for girl group Apink accidentally retweeted a Nomin fanfiction, before quickly being deleted.