MakoShino

MakoShino is the femslash ship between Makomo and Shinobu Kocho from the Demon Slayer fandom.

Canon
Due to Makomo's death, the two unfortunately never got the chance to meet. Even in the manga, Shinobu shows no indications whatsoever that she knew Makomo before she was killed. The only scene they ever had the two ever had together was in the end credits in Demon Slayer academy, which is an AU where all Demon Slayer characters attend school. In this AU, Makomo is alive. Along with some other fellow deceased Demon Slayer characters.

At the end of the 17th episode of Demon Slayer. Zenitsu Agatsuma is seen in a school uniform and doesn't seem too happy about the school. Instead, he explains that his role is to inspect the uniforms of other individuals, meaning that he can admire the girls of the school without getting yelled at. After quickly looking at Nezuko Kamado's uniform he quickly looks at Makomo and Shinobu, and both of them are seen wearing two school uniforms. That’s the only scene of that consists of these two characters together.

The two are also quite similar in a way. Both Makomo and Shinobu are known for being speed centered characters and lacking in physical strength, as stated by the Hand Demon that Makomo had a small body but possessed exceptional agility, being able to avoid several of his consistent attacks. As for Shinobu, She is physically incapable of beheading demons, so she developed wisteria-based poison to fight demons and compensate her decapitation incapability. She also utilizes her petite frame to move very quickly.

Personality wise, Both Shinobu and Makomo are respectively kind. But Shinobu however, can find satisfaction in teasing people, most notably Tomioka. The two also managed to have an impact even after being killed. Instances of this was when Makomo trained Tanjiro and doing so allowed him to eventually cut a boulder that was designed to be impossible. It was her and Sabito's training that allowed Tanjiro to become strong enough to kill the Demon that had killed her Sabito and Urokodaki's other students. Shinobu has also displayed having a major effect on a battle that seemed impossible to win. Such as when she poisoned herself with 37 kilograms of (her entire body) highly concentrated wisteria-based poison which is 700 times the normal amount required to kill an average demon. Shinobu even improvised and was able to render this poison undetectable. After she was devoured by Doma, this extraordinary amount of poison, kicked in and vastly weakened the latter, this allowed the two opponents he was easily overpowering, to turn the tables and defeat him all thanks to Shinobu's sacrifice.

Both of them were in a situation where they couldn't rest until the Demon, they were slain by were defeated as well. Makomo's soul remanifested in Mount Sagiri and she could not rest until the Demon she was slain by was finally defeated. Shinobu stated that she could finally peacefully rest once Doma was killed. Despite never interacting, nor even meeting for that matter in the series. These two ultimately had quite the lot in common.

Fanon
is a rarepair inside the DS community. It is likely since the two have never met, people even tend to dislike the ship. The most known reason the ship is commonly avoided is due to the seemingly large age gap between them (being 6 years apart.) But there are some who defend the ship from this particular reason by clarifying that Makomo is actually 22 years old (those who are unsure of Makomo's age, claim that she would be at least 18-20+ which either way, specifies that Makomo and Shinobu's age gap isn't that far apart.), chronologically and is actually older than Shinobu. Thus, making their age gap 4 years apart in actuality, which is a more suitable and favorable age difference. Others who support the ship sometimes claim that their age gap is just an excuse for people to spread ship hate about the ship.

However, there are ships that consist of these two characters that are more popular and the ship is often overshadowed by ships such as SabiMako for Makomo, and GiyuShino and ShinoMitsu for Shinobu. MakoShino is often shipped alongside SabiGiyuu and sometimes ObaMitsu. In this scenario, Sabito and Giyu end up dating each other and not Makomo and Shinobu. Considering that Mitsuri and Obanai, are canonically in love with each other. Mitsuri is more shipped with him than with Shinobu. Despite its small popularity MakoShino is fairly supported by some Demon Slayer fans. There are also story AU's where Makomo gets to live and develop a close bond with Shinobu and the two fall in love.

Some fans also believe these two would make a cute couple if they got to meet. Due to the lack of female characters and lack of ships on Makomo's end. Some made the quite controversial decision to ship her with Shinobu. A few also consider that the two would have a relationship, similar to that of SabiGiyuu. Where Makomo would be a close, if not best friend with Shinobu and they would have a very close, genuine bond with one another. Fans also theorized that Makomo would've been able to become a Hashira had she survived Final Selection and the two would also develop a friendship if it came down to that as well, since Shinobu gets along with the other Pillars quite well and Makomo is known for her very kind and quiet nature.

On AO3, it is Shinobu's 5th most written ship and 2nd most for Makomo. The ship has a decent fanbase on Tumblr and currently has over 20 works on AO3.

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Trivia

 * Makomo and Shinobu are two female characters that are both known for being very quick in the show.
 * Shinobu and Makomo have never met in canon but has been shown together in an end credits scene, that occurs in episode 17, where Zenitsu Agatsuma checks the dress code of the female students. Consisting of, Nezuko Kamado, Makomo, and Shinobu Kocho.
 * In some scenarios some people would include Makomo and Shinobu in artwork by having them be with Giyu Tomioka and Sabito
 * When "Makomo x" is typed Makomo x Shinobu is the 4th result to appear. The 1st being Makomo x Sabito The 2nd being Makomo x Tanjiro the 3rd being Makomo x Giyu. However, this same outcome does not occur when "Shinobu x" is typed
 * In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles. When Makomo's trailer got released shortly after Sabito's trailer. Shinobu's trailer was coincidentally released after Makomo's. Proof of this is that Makomo's trailer was titled Character intro #8. And when Shinobu's trailer was released, it was titled, Character intro #9
 * In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles. Some people would play Makomo and Shinobu together because they believe the two make a good team in the video game.
 * Before Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles was released. Footage of the game would be shown early. In one of these many videos of leaked gameplay footage. Someone plays Makomo and Shinobu and fights an A.I with the two characters.
 * MakoShino is one of Makomo's only femslash ships. Another being MakoNezu, which is the femslash ship between Makomo and Nezuko Kamado and MakoMitsu which is the femslash ship between Makomo and Mitsuri Kanroji.

Variations

 * MakoShinoMitsu refers to the ship between the two and Mitsuri Kanroji