Mocalisa

Mocalisa is the femslash ship between Moca Aoba and Lisa Imai from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Lisa and Moca are both students at Haneoka Girls' Academy, with Lisa being a year older. They are both in bands, with Lisa being Roselia's bassist, while Moca is Afterglow's main guitarist. Despite this the two know each other through their part-time job at the local convenience store.

The two tend to converse about their childhood friends to the point where their manager told them to stop talking and do their work properly. Adding to this, they like to try making Ran and Yukina interact more as well as deepen their relationship.

Though she finds some of the things and words Moca says and uses weird, Lisa also takes part in her antics. For example, in one of their live dialogues, Lisa asks Moca if she's being "Mocatastic"; meanwhile, in a post-live conversation, Moca tells Lisa that she was quite "Lisacular" during the live. They also like talking about sweets and food due to Moca's love for them, and Lisa's love for baking, especially for baking cookies.

Both Afterglow and Roselia's First Band Stories share a scene, where Lisa and Moca are at a shift together after Roselia broke up, and Moca is trying to find a way to confront Ran. Moca bid the customer a farewell lazily, and Lisa laughs pointing out how little effort she's putting into it. Lisa then gets a text from Yukina, before Moca asks if Yukina's her childhood friend. Lisa answers with a yes, before asking Moca the same thing but with Ran, and notices how gloomy she is. The two then confide about their ongoing conflicts, and Lisa mentions that being a true friend means you also help the person to steer away from bad decisions; just caring and being there for them isn't enough. Their talk then leads to Moca and Lisa doing their best to keep their respective bands together.

Someday, A Poem For You: Lisa's Lyrics
In the event, which is about Lisa going around and asking other vocalists for (except for Aya, as their agency makes their songs) advice on writing lyrics because she wants to participate in a lyrics-writing contest. In the Opening chapter, she and Moca are talking mid-shift, with Moca telling about her and Ran visiting a record store, and how Moca ended up buying another record from a band both she and Lisa have been listening to nonstop. Right after she asks Lisa if she wants to borrow it from her, and they proceed to talk about the band's lyrics, as well as how both Ran and Yukina write their lyrics. Lisa then realizes she could try writing lyrics for the band in order to be of more help, with Moca joking how Lisa wants to create "ear candy." After getting home, Lisa finds about the lyrics-writing contest and enters it, before telling Moca about it the next day as they're on the same shift again. Moca asks how much she managed to write, after which Lisa says she just sat there frozen with the pen in her hand, and begs for help. However Moca tells her she can't help her, before referring her to ask Ran instead. She then invites Ran to go to the family restaurant with them after their shift, and Ran gives her some inspiration, with Moca commenting here and there.

In Chapter 5, Lisa and Moca are working together again, and Lisa immediately thanks Moca for helping her out, before telling just what she learnt from everyone. Moca then reminds her to send the finished lyrics to Ran, and Moca as well, who is now quite excited over the whole thing. Lisa tells her to look forward to the finished product, after which Moca asks what Lisa is going to write about. Lisa says her "favorite thing in the world," and Moca proceeds to ask if she's meaning her. Lisa then giggles, answering that's not the case this time, but she does like Moca too and promises to write lyrics about her later. Lisa then tells Moca just how she's starting her song, with the latter saying nothing but "yeah" after a long pause, complimenting Lisa for her "hard effort" before she starts laughing, and Lisa gets slightly angry. After Lisa clocks out she buys a pancake, a pound cake and a flan, calling them her "three sacred lyrical treasures" before Moca bids her a good luck. In the Ending chapter, Lisa is nervous about checking the Contest's Results page, with Moca commenting how she's tried three times already during her break. Moca suggests she look at it later, but Lisa insists that she must do it now, or it will keep bothering her until the end of their shift. Finally finding the courage, she checks it out but can't find her song there. Naturally Lisa ends up feeling a bit sad and Moca comforts her, telling her she shouldn't be too bothered (with the moment pictured in the page's image). However soon after Lisa gets motivated once more and says just how frustrating it was to lose, especially after asking everyone for help. Moca points out that despite this Lisa is smiling and how weird it is, which Lisa agrees to. Lisa then thanks Moca for all the help she did, with Moca claiming she did nothing, and Lisa agrees that she's in fact a genius. After their shift ends, Moca notices Lisa bought her "three sacred lyrical treasures" again, before bidding her a good night.

In Yukina's 3★ event card's story, she visits the convenience store and coincidentally runs into Lisa and Moca as they are working. The two proceed to advertise the store's new cat-themed sweets and then Moca thinks to herself, being surprised at how long Yukina kept staring at the sweets before picking what she wanted. As Lisa is ringing Yukina up, Moca says that she's "overwriting her image of Yukina" and how she's finally convinced about the things Lisa has told her, which in turn leads to Yukina questioning her remark. Lisa gets flustered, Moca adds that each time Lisa talks about Yukina, she makes her sound like a totally different person from her stage presence. Yukina questions Lisa more before she brushes it off with a "it's nothing worth mentioning" and forces Moca to apologize, before Moca hints that she'll gladly tell Yukina everything if she comes while Moca's working alone.

Fanon
Mocalisa has a moderate fanbase and support in both the Eastern and Western sides of the fandom. The ship doesn't have a lot of romantic support, rather most of the art about them is platonic and about their friendship, or them trying to get Yukiran together. Despite this the ship has had weird drama in the Western side, such as some people claiming their "age gap is problematic" despite being only one year apart.

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Trivia

 * They were part of the High School Part-Time Workers shuffled band together.