MatsuHina

"The title of Lieutenant demands that it should never be taken so lightly. No matter what!"

- Rangiku to Momo.

MatsuHina is the femslash ship between Rangiku Matsumoto and Momo Hinamori from the Bleach fandom.

Canon
Momo and Rangiku are fellow Lieutenant class Shinigami of the Gotei 13/Thirteen Court Guard Squads. The two share a close friendly bond with each other.

Their first scene together occurred when Momo attempted to pursue Ichimaru, only to be intercepted by Izuru. Momo requests for Izuru to move aside, claiming that he's the one responsible for killing Aizen. Izuru doesn't allow Momo to pass because he said that if it were true, he could never allow anyone to attack his captain. The two end up getting into a battle. And the other lieutenants watch. Before the fight could be taken too far, Toshiro shows up and quickly stops the two from fighting any further. He demands the other lieutenants to arrest both of them. Momo gets arrested by Rangiku and Izuru by Tetsuzaemon.

Momo is still devastated by Aizen's death to a point where she's been losing sleep. Rangiku visits Momo and notices her poor condition and asks if she finally calmed down. Momo says that she has and apologizes to Rangiku for causing a scene at the meeting because it got the other lieutenants involved. Rangiku forgives Momo and tells her not to worry about it and that instead she should worry about herself, to which she responds by saying she's aware.

When Momo asks what is happening outside, Rangiku tells her that it's disastrous due to the ryoka situation, people are starting to act unfocusedly. Momo then asks what they are doing about Aizen's "murder". She tells her that the other Shinigami are still gathering evidence. But Momo states that she already knows who killed him, but Rangiku orders her to not say, because it's accusation she cannot make. Rangiku says that she understands that Momo wants Aizen's killer to be put into justice but also points out she should be more concerned about her own squad. She laments about how Momo could've made other choices after discovering Aizen's body. Momo apologizes for the sudden accusation and becomes sad.

Rangiku feels bad and gives Momo a letter that Aizen left for her to read. Rangiku tells Momo that she's fortunate that her captain found the letter and that if anyone else did they would've likely used it as evidence and it wouldn't have gotten to her. She says to Momo that she hasn't read the letter and doesn't know what it says, then lets Momo know that she should be honored that her captain's last words were addressed for her and that she hopes Momo appreciates it. Momo she does and she thanks Rangiku for giving her the letter who responds by waving her hand before leaving.

When Toshiro confronts Ichimaru. Momo Arrives and says that she made it just in time. Toshiro tells her that she'll only get herself killed if she fights Ichimaru. But to his surprise. Momo points her sword at him, believing he's truly responsible for what happened to Aizen. This leads to a fight between the two. Toshiro quickly deduces that Ichimaru manipulated Momo by setting up a fake letter so that the two would try and kill each other.

Toshiro attempts to target Ichimaru but is stopped by Momo and he is forced to knock her unconscious. Toshiro gets angered by this knowing that Gin's lies is what led to Momo thinking that he was the one who killed Aizen. Toshiro swears to make kill Gin for hurting Momo and the two get in a battle.

Once, Gin releases his sword during the fight, it extends and Toshiro dodges, but he regrets this because doing so allowed Gin's attack to reach Momo, who is still unconscious.

Rangiku arrives and manages to block the attack that was meant for Momo, saving her life. She apologizes to Toshiro for following him after being told not to but demands that Ichimaru surrenders, or she'll join in the fight. However, Ichimaru manages to escape from the battle.

After Momo was nearly killed by Aizen. Who faked his death. Momo took a very long time to recover. But when she did, she requested from the head captain if she could talk with Toshiro, who was at the World of the Living. During their conversation Toshiro eventually brings up that Momo looks like a child and that she needs start sleeping again. He brings up Rangiku and says it'd take 10 straight years of healthy sleeping to grow as big as her. Momo snaps and says that Rangiku is only tall because she's "a freak of nature" and reminds Toshiro that he of all people can't talk about growing big.

The two then starts to get along again. But once Momo decides to bring up Aizen and begs Toshiro to not kill him if they end up fighting and instead, proposes that Toshiro should save him. But once she starts making delusional beliefs about how there's still good in him, she is knocked out by head captain and left to care of his lieutenant. 0dea4b956757987369677f452b4fac57.jpg|Momo arrives to assist Rangiku. In the battle between the Shingami and the Arrancar. Rangiku battles three fraccion at the same time. Despite her effort she is overpowered by the Fraccion and is back to the corner. To her surprise Momo arrives to assist her. She appears worried about Momo. But Momo tells her that she is no longer loyal to Aizen and that she has accepted the fact that he's a traitor to the soul society and that she also took her words about not taking her title as lieutenant lightly to heart.

Despite the female duo's combined strength. The fraccion manage to easily defeat them after summoning a gigantic beast that easily dispatches both Rangiku and Momo, with little effort. Fortunately, the girls are rescued by Izuru and Shuhei. But they receive major injuries and are incapacitated for majority of the battle

A year later after the Shinigami vs Arrancar war, Momo has fully recovered and greets Toshiro and happily smiles at him. Which makes him happy. This is cut short when Rangiku bumps into Toshiro and knocks him over, shocking Momo.

Fanon
MatsuHina is a rarepair ship within the fandom and is easily overshadowed by other ships such as GinRan, HitsuHina, HitsuMatsu and AiHina. However the ship is known to some Bleach fans, due to canon events, such as Gin’s death. Aizen betraying the Soul Society, and Toshiro having a family-like bond with Momo. Some people speculate that Momo and Rangiku could potentially become a couple. Other fans also believe that Rangiku is Bisexual. Due to the scene of her tickling Orihime while wearing no clothing. And in terms of Momo’s sexuality she hasn’t necessarily shown any romantic feelings towards anyone so a fair amount of people don’t mind shipping her with Rangiku either.

Fandom
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