ShiNee

ShiNee is the friendship between Shiemi Moriyama and Nee from the Blue Exorcist fandom.

Canon
Before Shiemi went to her first Magic Circles and Seals class, she was determined to make some friends. In the class she and her other classmates were given small piece of pager with demon summoning circles on them to see if any of them have the ability to summon and command demons, after seeing Izumo Kamiki summon her two familiars Shiemi gave summoning a try as she asks the demon that is linked to her magic circle to come out. Before Shiemi's eyes the demon answered her call as a baby Greenman appears before her, shocked that she was able to summon a demon at call and says hi to him, the little demon cries out an "Nee" as he waves at her, before he jumped towards a strand of her blond hair and began to nuzzle her cheek. Since the Greenman shows Shiemi that she has the talent that her teacher mentioned, as the demon perked himself on top of her head, Shiemi talks to Izumo in hopes that his presence would allow Izumo to warm up to her. When her teacher informs the class what to do when their familiars turn on them and what they need to do in order to prevent it from happening, Shiemi believes that her new little friend would try to harm her. After Shiemi states that she doesn't want rip up the magic circle, she asks the Greenman if she can call him Nee to which Nee replies with a happy "nee".

Nee continues to sit on top of Shiemi's head as his tamer does chores for Izumo and during the Training Camp at the abandoned boy dorm. When Shiemi and Nee find Noriko Paku hurt and needed her demon inflicted injures as soon as possibly, Shiemi mentions the nickname of the plant she needs to treat Paku with to Nee and before she knew it, Nee produced the plant she needed from his small belly which amazes Shiemi. Nee stands by Shiemi's side as she used the plant Nee gave her to save Paku's life, before Yukio Okumura enters the room and spots Shiemi's small familiar. The next morning Nee stays by Shiemi's side as she cleans everyone's bed sheets and hangs when up to dry on the room, where they come across Rin Okumura. When the ghoul from yesterday attacks Shiemi and classmates in a dark room, Shiemi has Nee create a plant-made protective barrier. Even though it kept the demon out, the energy Shiemi shares with Nee and had used to create the barrier wall began to make her grow weak and tired. The moment Shiemi's strength gave out the barrier Nee created disappeared. After the attacked was revealed to be a test and Shiemi was placed in a soft bed to regain her strength, Nee stays by her side as he waits for her to wake up. Once she did, Nee climbed onto her should as he want his way to the top of her head.

When it became night fall, Shiemi placed Nee on a small dish-plate to catch the water she waters Nee with, since he is a plant demon and knows that they need water, before Yukio walks into the supply shop to see Shiemi. Nee site quietly as Shiemi and Yukio talked to one another until Yukio gets Shiemi to help her with Rin. After the Okumura Brothers fought Neuhaus, Shiemi sees Rin's blood stand shirt that is from a ghoul injury, she calls upon Nee to give her the same plant again so she can treat it. That moment also gotten Shiemi to make the decision to stay on in Cram School, where she'll continue to have classes that are connected to taming and summons demons like Nee. The only down side to this is that Nee needs Shiemi to be strong and focused in order to keep him around when needed. For example, when Shiemi and her classmates were attacked by the ghoul and Shiemi has Nee create a plant barrier to keep the demon away from her and her friends, she begin to grow tried and the moment she could longer fight how tried she was, Nee and the plant shield disappeared.

Fanon
Fans love the bond and friendship that Shiemi shares with Nee, since the two first met one another in Shiemi's first Magic Circles and Seals class. The friendship ship between the two might not be as popular as the one between Rin and Kuro, it still has its own fans and supporters. Shiemi's knowledge and fondness for flowers and plants makes Nee the perfect demon familiar for her, as well as Nee being friendly as Shiemi has fans seeing the two most suited for one another. That is why most fanart of Shiemi commonly has Nee by her side, along with most cosplays of Shiemi Moriyama has a Nee doll, that is either hand-made or bought from a shop, is placed by her side for the photo. Fans also have Nee by Shiemi's side in a few other Blue Exorcist ships involving her, like RinShi and AmaShie, as they like to feature Rin and Shiemi with their familiars together, while Amaimon is the demon king of Nee's kind and once tried to marry Shiemi.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Shiemi/Nee tag on FanFiction.net
 * Shiemi/Nee tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * Nee also goes by Nii-can in Japan.
 * The front cover of volume 3 is of Shiemi and Nee.