Ichikana

Ichikana is the femslash ship between Ichika Hoshino and Kanade Yoisaki from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Ichika and Kanade are the leaders and main vocalists of their units Leo/need and 25-ji, Nightcord de., respectively. In comparison to their other groupmates, they are both more reserved and modest.

Ichikana is one of the only cross-pairs that has an area conversation togetther before they have properly met in the story. In it, both of them are at the music shop and notice each other. They think to themselves how smooth and long the other's hair looks and how they want to touch it.

Intersecting Melodies, Glowing Warmth
In Chapter 1, when Ichika goes to buy the limited CD, she and Kanade reach out to the last copy at the same time. They both lock up for a second before Kanade hands it to her with a smile. Ichika insists it's fine and that she was the one who was late, but Kanade tells her to not worry about her and take the CD. While Ichika is still hesitant, Kanade assures her she's heard a lot of the songs through the videos before, and that she'll be happy if Ichika, someone who likes that artist's songs, gets to hear all of them instead. Ichika is left speechless and then tries calling out to Kanade, who managed to leave before hearing her. Ichika tells herself she ended up doing something terrible and thinks how bad she feels because Kanade is a fan of that musician as well. Later Kanade is shown to feel sad while chatting with everyone else in Niigo, and she mentions that she didn't manage to buy the last copy. However she then mentions she is also feels kind of happy, because she saw Ichika rushing to the store get the CD, and how she must have been looking forward to it as much as Kanade was. Kanade says she's happy she met someone who loves that musician's music as much as she does, and how that person gets to listen to their music. While listening to Kanade's talk, Mafuyu stays quiet.

In Chapter 2, during their class president activities again Mafuyu asks whether Ichika was able to buy the CD. Ichika tells her someone let her buy the CD instead and also mentions she feels horrible about it. Mafuyu realizes she's talking about Kanade and when Ichika asks her if something's wrong, Mafuyu mentions knowing that person and describing what she looked like. Ichika asks if Mafuyu could give Kanade the CD because she really wants her to hear the songs as well, and Mafuyu agrees to her request. They proceed to talk about their respective groups' music and Mafuyu gives Ichika the URL to one of their songs. In the next chapter, Leo/need members listen to that song in the School SEKAI and then discuss about it. While praising how well-made the song is, Ichika then thinks that person (Kanade) might like Miku songs as well and how she'd love to be friends with her. The others then encourage Ichika to ask Mafuyu to introduce Kanade to her, and while a bit hesitant at first, Ichika agrees to do that. However next day Ichika only manages to pass the CD to Mafuyu and feels sad after losing the chance to ask about meeting Kanade.

In Chapter 3, while Mafuyu and Kanade are about to listen to the CD together with Miku, Kanade notices there's a notebook in the bag Ichika used to give the CD to Mafuyu. Mafuyu says it's not hers and Kanade says she'll have to return it together with the CD. Mafuyu notices it has lyrics, and Kanade deduces she [Ichika] must make music too. Mafuyu mentions Ichika being in a band, how she's aiming to become a pro, and how she was interested in Kanade as well. The three of them read Ichika's lyrics together and Miku says while smiling that while she doesn't know Ichika personally, she can tell that she's really serious about making music. Kanade compliments them as well saying it might still be rough and Ichika doesn't have a proper image of her song yet, but it's very straightforward, and how she can feel power behind each and every word she's written.

In Chapter 4, while Honami is over at Kanade's, she notices the CD and when Kanade asks if something's wrong, Honami says one of her friends owns the same CD. They proceed to talk about the whole situation and then Kanade asks if Honami could return the CD, as well as the notebook to Ichika. They proceed to talk about how it's so unexpected they both know Mafuyu, and then Honami asks if Kanade would love to meet Ichika, also mentioning Ichika voiced her interest in meeting Kanade and talking about song composing and Miku's songs as well. She agrees to meet and asks if Honami could also join them due to being bad with meeting new people. Honami agrees and they start making plans for their next day off.

Quotes
"Hoshino-san, Happy Birthday. Actually, I'd like to ask you something regarding your birthday gift... Is there anything you want?"

- Kanade's Line for Ichika's Birthday (2022)

"Ichika-chan, Happy Birthday. Kanade and I couldn't go and celebrate your birthday, but we both actually really wanted to celebrate it together with everyone too, you know?"

- Ena's Line for Ichika's Birthday (2022)

Fanon
Ichikana is somewhat popular, although it is rivaled by their most popular ships Kanamafu, Honakana and Ichisaki. Even before their first proper meeting in the "Intersecting Melodies, Glowing Warmth" event, people already started shipping them because of the area conversation between them.

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Trivia

 * Their Kizuna Rank titles are: "Wanted to Touch It", "Knows About Flowers", and "Becoming Even Closer Friends".

Variations

 * Kanamafuichi refers to the ship between the two and Mafuyu Asahina