Emunene

Emunene is the femslash ship between Emu Ootori and Nene Kusanagi from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Emu Ootori and Nene Kusanagi are both a part of a group called Wonderlands X Showtime, making them groupmates. After meeting each other, they are shown to become close friends. Emu attends Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy while Nene attends Kamiyama High School. Emu also occasionally sneaks into Kamiyama. Emu first meets Nene under the appearance of a robot.

Rui, Nene's childhood friend, created that robot for her to be able to communicate with other people. And so, when Nene auditions to join the group, the robot takes her place as she controls it, since she's too shy to actually perform on stage. Emu is immediately amazed by the robot, nicknaming it "Robo-Nene" after Nene introduces herself. Emu also instantly likes the way Nene sings through the robot, saying that "Robo-Nene" has an amazing voice, and that she wants her to perform with them. After their first show is ruined because Nene forgot to charge the robot, Tsukasa lectures her by saying it's her fault that the show was ruined.

When she runs away, Emu is seen calling her with a sad face, wanting her to come back. After a while, Tsukasa feels sorry. So, when Emu and him spot Nene in the park again, they chase her together. They're able to catch her thanks to Emu, jumping on her from above the gate to stop her from escaping with the help of Robo-Nene. Afterwards, Emu becomes worried, asking Nene if she hurt her. After Tsukasa apologizes and Nene says that she will join the group again, Emu expresses her happiness of her staying, by saying she's very happy that her and Robo-Nene will stay with them.

When trying to ambush Rui to ask him to join the group again, Nene is shown to be imitating Emu in order to stop him. There are also several moments in the story where they stand next to each other. Nene also sees Emu as a weirdo, like she sees the other group members. That doesn't stop her from showing some care towards her, as she stands up for her, wanting to help her with her issues and to achieve her dream. Additionally, Emu thinks Nene is extremely talented at singing.

Fanon
Emunene is a somewhat popular ship in the fandom (more so in the Western fandom). It is currently both Emu and Nene's most written ship on AO3. It is mostly rivaled by Emukasa and Ruinene. But the fandom does not have any problem with multi-shipping, so it is not rare to see people ship Emu and Nene with other people and together too. Emunene tends to be shipped alongside RuiKasa, although that is more common in the Western fandom than in the Eastern fandom.

The fandom seems to like how Nene stands up for Emu, and how Emu tries to help Nene with her issues. They're very close friends, so it is to no surprise that the fandom likes to see them together. The ship is also a part of the poly ship Polyshow, regrouping all the group members of WonderlandsxShowtime together in a polyamorous ship.

Emunene follows the opposite attracts trope, which is seemingly appreciated in the Project SEKAI fandom. They also follow the close friends to lovers trope.

The first Emunene Week on Twitter was held on November 10-16, 2021. The prompts for the first day were "SEKAI, magic or stage", "matching sweaters, cafe date or cozy cuddles" for the second day, "confession, first kiss or gifts" for the third day, "sunset, baking or VOCALOID song redraw" for the fourth day, "arcade, video games or plushies" for the fifth day, "rain, movie or plants" for the sixth day, and seventh and final day was free choice. The second Emunene Week was held on October 10-18 under the. Prompts for the week were chosen through public voting. The prompts for the first day were "first kiss or childhood", "PW or SEKAI" for the second day, "song or game inspo" for the third day, "soulmates or royalty" for the fourth day, "sunsets or rain" for the fifth day, "cuddles or sleepover" for the sixth day, and seventh and final day was free choice.

A third Emunene Week was held on April 22-28, 2023. The prompts for the first day were be "café or beach", "kizuna or video games" for the second day, "anime crossover or double date" for the third day, "dancing or wedding" for the fourth day, "past AU or royalty" for the fifth day, "aged-up or feelings realization" for the sixth day, and the seventh and final day was free choice.

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Trivia

 * Their ship is referred to with the "🍬🤖" emojis.
 * Their Kizuna Rank titles are: "Dear Friend", "Let's Eat Lunch Together" and "The Sun & The Little Mermaid".
 * They have a height difference of 4 cm, Emu being 152 cm and Nene being 156 cm.
 * Emunene have covered 5 songs together (,, , and ). They also have solo alt versions for the cover songs  and  and Nene's third focus song.
 * Emu has asked Nene for help with her singing, in which Nene agreed to. In an area conversation, Nene admits to being quite happy about Emu's growth in singing as a team.