Toukorui

Toukorui is the femslash ship between Touko Kirigaya and Rui Yashio from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Touko and Rui are members of the band Morfonica as well as first-year high school students at Tsukinomori Girls' Academy. While Touko plays the guitar and also handles the band's costumes, Rui is the band's violinist and composer. In addition to their contrasting appearances, they have completely opposite personalities. Touko is very expressive, while Rui's expressions are stiff and she appears stoic most of the time. They tend to often bicker over small things, often happening due to Touko getting annoyed about something Rui says or does, however most of the time it is more lighthearted rather than serious.

The two are shown to be at odds with each other already in Morfonica's First Band Story. In Chapter 6, after Mashiro, Touko, Nanami and Tsukushi finished practicing in the classroom, they are approached by Rui. Rui asks if they were the ones playing, and after Touko answers, Rui says she isn't surprised to see Touko with them, as "she is always present when there is a ruckus." Rui reveals a noise complaint was filed with the student council. Rui criticizes their playing, how there was nothing harmonious about their playing and how it sounded nothing more than noise to her, also mentioning she doesn't care that they are only beginners. Before Touko can get angrier, Tsukushi mentions she was the one who submitted the application for using the classroom, and Rui tells her she is withdrawing their permission to use the classroom due to the many mistakes she made when filling it out. In the next chapter, they are relieved they managed to keep the classroom, and Touko asks why Rui has to be there staring at them (as they got the room, under the condition that they have someone from the student council monitor their activities). When Touko suggests they should make an original song, she points out Rui might be able to compose music since she plays the violin. Rui admits she has composed songs before, but how it's all in the past since she actually quit playing the violin due to feeling talentless. Touko begs her for help, and upon denying her request, Touko says she'll start asking her every day after school. Rui decides to agree on their request and promises she'll give them one of the songs she composed a long time ago. In Chapter 15, as Touko, Nanami and Tsukushi are practicing while trying to wonder how to get Mashiro join back, their schoolmates enter the classroom and demand they get the permission to use it. Rui interrupts them, bluntly telling the girls they have no right to decide how the three use it as they got permission. The girls apologize and leave, and Touko is overjoyed, grinning and thanking Rui for defending them. Rui denies it, saying that as a student council member she just conveyed the reality of the situation to them and mentions she can't stand people trying to boss others around. Touko laughs it off telling Rui to just admit she's fond of them, and Rui gives up, asking Tsukushi to explain what she [Rui] just told to Touko.

An Étude to Spread Our Wings
Touko and Rui argue about whether Touko is allowed to, or rather is skilled enough to handle their new song's highlight part. It eventually leads to Touko asking help from Sayo, Kaoru and Tae in order to teach her the guitar so she can nail it down.

Quotes
"[...] It looks like Rui's been doing a lot of stuff to get to where she is. That's why I thought it'd be pretty lame if I don't practice at least that much. I practiced in the morning at school and at the atelier after school... I even canceled all the plans I had with my other friends."

- Touko talking with Marina and the Player Character in "Being Uncool Is So Not Cool"

Fanon
Although considered a bit of a rarepair due to Morfonica's late addition into the game, Toukorui is one of the more popular Morfonica ships. It is mainly rivaled by Tsukurui, Toukotsuku, Nanarui and Mashirui. Due to Touko's aforementioned rivalry, some people like to apply the enemies/rivals to lovers trope to it.

It is currently both of their most written ships on AO3.

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Trivia

 * They have a height difference of 5 cm, with Touko being 164 cm, and Rui being 169 cm tall.
 * While Rui is an ace student and a member of the student council, Touko is so bad at studying to the point where she has to take supplementary classes.
 * In the "So Begins the Sound of My Past/Present" event, when Nanami is surprised over Rui arguing with Touko less when compared to earlier stories, Rui admits that she has gotten used to Touko when she's brainstorming that she sees no use in interrupting her, unless she suggests doing something outrageous.
 * In the "Let's start new party!" event, which is the 6th anniversary event, Touko declares she wants to become the class president of her new class so she could have authority over Rui.