KanaMari

Kananmari is the femslash ship between Kanan Matsuura and Mari Ohara from the Love Live! Sunshine!! fandom.

Sunshine!!
Mari and Kanan are close friends who know each other since childhood, along with Dia Kurosawa. In their first year of high school, Kanan tries to get Mari to become school idols with them because they heard that the school might close down and they want to save it. When Mari refuses, Kanan glomps her from behind and nuzzles her, saying she won't stop till she joins. Eventually Kanan convinces Mari to join her in creating a school idol group. However, Mari had an injury before their performance so Kanan and Dia decided not to perform. The group was eventually disbanded, and Mari left.

Mari returns to school in her third year and visits Kanan and hugs her enthusiastically. Mari tells Kanan that once Kanan goes back to school, she is going to be a school idol. Kanan asks if she's serious, and Mari says if she wasn't she wouldn't have come back. Later, Kanan visits Mari and asks if the school is really going to shut down. Mari says it won't but they must fight for it, and that's why she wants Kanan to fight again.

Once again, Mari meets with Kanan. Mari tries to open up and let their struggles in the past not affect her today. Mari opens her arms to Kanan, to come in for a hug. Kanan walks forward, delighting Mari, but then Kanan moves right past her. Mari turns around and cries while shouting back at her that she isn't going to give up.

Love Live! School Idol Festival
In School Idol Festival, Kanan and Mari have a story called "A Warm Hot Springs Date". In it, Mari and Kanan go to hot springs. After leaving a bath, Mari comments how warm her fingers and toes are. She asks Kanan if she wants to feel them, and Kanan agrees they are quite toasty. Kanan tries a shooting game and Mari compliments her on her abilities. Kanan says that they'll have to come back to this place with Dia one day, so Mari says that for today then, it'll be a date for just the two of them. Kanan tries a throwing game and Mari is impressed by her again. With Kanan's guidance, Mari tries it as well and wins a frog plush for Kanan, who thought it looked cute. She says to take good care of it as if it were her. Mari combines the first syllable of their names and names the frog "Maka".

Kanan and Mari return to the baths. Kanan says that it felt good having Mari wash her back. Mari asks Kanan to win her something from the shooting game. Kanan says she should practice so she can win things herself, but Mari will worry about that next time because today is their special date, and Kanan can't refuse when Mari acts like that. The two eat some cold sweets. Kanan asks Mari if she wants some of her shaved ice, so Mari asks Kanan to feed her. Kanan pauses, and Mari asks if she's embarrassed. Kanan says it's because she's hot from the bath, so Mari offers to share her ice cream crepe and tells Kanan to open her mouth. Kanan thinks it's even more embarrassing to be on the recieving end, but Mari says it's okay because it's just them.

Moments

 * S1E10: Kanan and Mari sleep with each other at camp.

Fanon
Kanan and Mari seem to have the deepest connection in the Sunshine!! series, which is the reason why the ship sailed. As well, their contrasting yet similar personalities and childhood friendship helped fuel it. They seem to be really different at first - Mari seems like an optimistic, enthusiastic, always cheerful girl, while Kanan is more mature and calm.

KanaMari is one of the most popular ships of Sunshine!!. It's also often paralleled to NozoEli, the ship from the first Love Live! series, School Idol Project. This is most likely due to both pairs including only third-years and some similarities in appearance (Kanan and Nozomi, Mari and Eli) and personality (Kanan and Eli, Mari and Nozomi).

On AO3, KanaMari is the 9th most popular ship on the ''Love Live! School Idol Festival tag, the 8th on the Love Live! School Idol Project tag, and the 4th on the Love Live! Sunshine!!'' tag. It is also the most popular ship for both members.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * KanaMari on FanFiction.net
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Trivia

 * Both have the same hip size, 84.
 * They have only one centimetre in height difference.
 * Later on, Kanan and Mari's voice actresses, Nanaka Suwa and Aina Suzuki, re-created the bridal carrying scene during one Aqours' concerts..
 * Both have a Christmas duet song. (Namida Ga Yuki Ni Naru Mae ni/涙が雪になる前に/lit:Before The Tears Turn Into Snow)
 * Nanaka Suwa and Aina Suzuki are known for their close interactions, representing Kananmari in real life.
 * In Kanan's second birthday solo, (Motto Ne/More!) Maka was pictured multiple times through the MV (Maka next to Kanan, Kanan hugging Maka, etc.) showing that Kanan's memories with Mari are important to her.