UmiMaki

UmiMaki is the femslash ship between Umi Sonoda and Maki Nishikino from the Love Live! fandom.

Canon
Umi and Maki are both cool, mature girls. They're Lyricist and Composer, meaning they most likely spend a lot of time off screen creating music together. They have a song with Eli Ayase called "Soldier Game".

Love Live School Idol Project
The two don't interact much. However, they do have a scene where everyone in Muse swaps personalities- Umi as Rin, and Maki as Nozomi. Umi asks her to play, snuggling up to her. Maki says she didn't remember agreeing to this.

Love Live School Idol Diary Umi Sonoda
In SID, Maki is told to quit the school idol club by her father. Honoka and Umi hear Maki downstairs, and Umi decides to check on her because as she seemed down. She visits Maki, only to see her with a dark expression on her face like she was crying. Honoka and Umi ask her what happened, and Maki sits down and puts her bag on the floor. She tells them she's quitting Muse. Umi is just as confused as the rest of the group, albeit she shows it less. Honoka then asks if it's someone in her family, and Maki breaks down crying. Umi infers that her father made her stop. Eli tells her she's a sheltered girl and an heiress, much like Maki is. Umi then decides with Eli to help Maki rejoin Muse.

After Umi gets home, she thinks about Maki- seeing the strong willed Maki cry shook her up a little bit. Umi monologues about Maki, seeing her as similar. She thinks about how Maki's strict household that can restrict her dreams is similar to her own. The next day, when Maki doesn't show up to practice- Umi tells them it absolutely can't go on like this. A little while later, Umi begs Maki's father to let her come back- even bowing her head. After a while, Maki comes out to see all the noise- and sees the 8 members of Muse. Umi then asks Maki if she still wants to be in Muse. Umi speaks up, telling Maki's father she is the heiress to the Sonoda dojo, and that with her school idol work she still aspires to help her family. She tells Maki's father that Maki most likely feels the same, and bows her head one more time. She asks Maki's father for some times, and a single tear drops from her eyes. Maki then tells her father she really wants to be in Muse, and that she will absolutely study hard for success.

Afterwards, Umi and Maki are changing and Maki tells Umi she never new she was also an heiress. When she asks about her true dream, at which Umi imagines Kotori and Hanayo singing on stage, which she gets embarrassed about. Maki then thanks her for convincing her father to let her re-join Muse, and even tells her they can start going out without any problems. Umi gets flustered, but they decide to head out.

Fanon
UmiMaki is a relatively popular ship within the Love Live fandom. It falls behind on some more popular ships, like KotoUmi or NicoMaki. Umi and Maki are usually shipped because of their similar nature and attribute. Maki and Umi also have blue and red hair, which is a popular color-contrast ship trope. A common fan theory is that Riko is their future child, do to her sharing similarities with both of them (Red hair, piano player, composer/Amber eyes, second year) or less commonly: Kanan (Blue hair, related to the sea (Umi means "sea")/purple eyes).

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Umi/Maki tag on FanFiction.net
 * Umi/Maki comics on Dynasty Reader
 * Umi/Maki comics on Dynasty Reader
 * Umi/Maki comics on Dynasty Reader
 * Umi/Maki comics on Dynasty Reader

ART

TUMBLR

INSTAGRAM

Variations

 * UmiMakiEli refers to the ship between Eli Ayase, Umi and Maki
 * μ's refers to the ship between Honoka Kosaka, Kotori Minami, Hanayo Koizumi, Rin Hoshizora, Eli Ayase, Nico Yazawa, Nozomi Tojo, Umi and Maki

Trivia

 * Both have the attribute "Cool".