Chisamaya

Chisamaya is the femslash ship between Chisato Shirasagi and Maya Yamato from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Chisato and Maya are both members of the idol band Pastel*Palettes (PasuPare). Chisato plays the bass while Maya plays on drums. The two of them are both third-year high school students, although Chisato attends Hanasakigawa Girls' Academy and Maya at Haneoka Girls' Academy. They first met in Pastel*Palettes's First Band Story.

The two have somewhat differing yet similar personalities. Chisato is a realist. She's mature, calculated, confident, blunt yet generally friendly. Due to her having been an actress in the entertainment industry ever since she was a child, Chisato holds up a front of sorts to keep an elegant and proper image to the public. Maya on the other hand is a tomboy, she's insecure and very awkward around others. But she is very passionate about drumming as well as musical equipment, often rambling about them to no end until she realizes she's gone on again. Her general knowledge though makes her a reliable person to her other bandmates.

Chisato and Maya didn't necessarily have the strongest relationship at the beginning, since prior to the Second Band Story, Pastel*Palettes wasn't as nearly close as they are now. Due to Chisato's care of the band's general image, Chisato would gently try to nudge Maya away from some of her awkward or geeky habits, more notably her strange laugh "huhehe". In a 1-koma, she tries to offer Maya hair products and such, although it comes off as a simple kind suggestion, Maya could tell she just wanted her to look more professional like an idol. Despite this, later on, especially after the "My Ideal" Event, Chisato no longer pesters Maya about professionalism and looking like an idol but instead tries supporting her.

Over time, Chisato and Maya's relationship begins to strengthen. The two are able to understand each other and begin to support each other. With the two being the voices of reason/the calmer ones within the band, they rely on each other often if the others get a little out of hand. Maya heavily admires Chisato's confidence, while Chisato admires her reliability and doesn't necessarily mind listening to Maya's rambles. Whenever Chisato is in need of help regarding any sort of equipment she immediately asks Maya for help.

The two both appreciate the other for being there in the band and for helping each other out so much. Chisato also looks up to Maya's hard working ethic, even saying in a lounge interaction that seeing Maya putting in so much work into what she does really inspires her to do the same as well. And often when Maya seems to be degrading herself or downplaying her achievements or abilities as an idol, Chisato tries to remind her of her positive points or achievements, and that she shouldn't think of herself like that. The two are shown to have a strong respect for each other.

Because they are in the same band, they both interact a lot in stories together, including both of Pastel*Palettes's Band Stories. In the Event, "When the Flowers Bloom", Chisato gets frustrated and gets upset at the other girls of Pastel*Palettes due to built up pressure from failing to perform a role correctly. Maya is the first to pinpoint the reason as to why Chisato is upset, and comes to understand Chisato a lot more and that Chisato like the rest of them, is just a normal girl trying her best. In Maya's Special Card Story for the event she talks about how much she and the other girls rely on Chisato, and how she wishes to learn more about Chisato so she can be someone Chisato can rely on. In Maya's Card Story for the same event, she tells Chisato that she learned a lot and was motivated seeing Chisato put so much devotion and effort despite struggling. Chisato was happy that she's able to make a positive influence through her acting. During this Maya also asks for a photo as well as Chisato's autograph, saying she's become a fan of "Chisato the Actress" and that she'll cherish the autograph forever.

In the Event "Pastel*Palettes! Deserted Island Idols", the girls of Pastel*Palettes participate in a television special in which they must complete various missions while on a deserted island. With each mission the group came across, Maya always came up with a fail-proof safe solution each time, having an extensive knowledge on survival skills. This surprised Chisato and the others, who afterwards, came to praise and respect Maya a lot more. The "Trick or Escape!" Event held a Pastel*Palettes Halloween special, similar to the island but instead taking place in an eerie mansion, in which Maya was asked to cooperate with staff to help out with challenges as a "mastermind" of sorts. Chisato very early on realizes Maya is the mastermind, Maya getting flustered realizing Chisato figured it out. Chisato subtly picks on her a bit during the challenges, flustering Maya further as she poorly tries to hide the truth. When it's revealed to the others later on, Chisato teases Maya more, saying she should try working on her acting skills a little more.

In the "My Ideal" Event, the girls try figuring out how to give Maya the boost she needs, after Maya struggles with her insecurity of the idol she is and the idol she wants to be. Chisato tries to support Maya throughout the story and trusts that Maya can get through this issue. She later helps the others give Maya fan-letters addressed to her and give her that final boost she needed. In the Event "A Roses Name in a Transient World", Chisato plays as Juliet in Haneoka's rendition of the play Romeo and Juliet. Maya, being part of the backstage crew, was helping out with the rehearsals and such, and commented positively on Chisato's acting skills after rehearsals.

Overall the two have a deep mutual respect and admiration for one another and trust each other enough to rely on the other when needed. Also, Chisato is the reason Maya ended up joining Pastel*Palettes. She was the one who wanted and pushed Maya to become Pastel*Palettes's drummer, since the band were still searching for one, and Maya was just a temporary member before that.

Fanon
Chisamaya is a rarepair and not very shipped or well-known, especially because both characters are often shipped with other characters in more popular ships such as Ayachisa and Kaochisa for Chisato, and Mayaeve for Maya. Aside from the two having more popular ships, Chisamaya most likely isn't considered very often due to their first interactions in how Chisato would try persuading Maya to act differently, but the small handful of those who do ship it tend to focus on the growth of their relationship throughout each band story in which both characters end up supporting and admiring one another more and more.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Both Maya and Chisato have poor art skills.