Sekiyano

Sekiyano is the slash ship between Togo Sekiguchi and Haruhito Yano from the ODDTAXI fandom.

Anime Appearances
In the anime itself, there are traces of the relationship between the two. Sekiguchi treats Yano with a high amount of respect, which remains unexplained by canon. He does not afford this reverence to anyone else in the show, not even Dobu, his senior. It is still unknown why Sekiguchi likes Yano so much.

In episode 9, Sekiguchi loses a fight with Dobu. Before he is knocked out, Sekiguchi says, "If you beat me, then I won't be able to face Yano-san." This mirrors something Yano says in one of his songs when Dobu embarrasses him in front of Sekiguchi.

In episode 10, after the fight with Dobu, Yano is shown speaking (or rather rapping) to Sekiguchi. Yano only scolds Sekiguchi once, despite the fact that his henchman ended up letting their hostage get away along with Dobu, which proves to be a major failure on their end.

Yano's forgiving attitude towards his henchman is further shown when Sekiguchi mistakenly drives off with cases full of counterfeit bills instead of the real money they were planning to steal, which may be seen as one reason why Sekiguchi and Yano ended up cornered and arrested. Still, rather than reprimanding Sekiguchi (where for anyone else he would chew him out thoroughly) Yano doesn't even acknowledge that it was semi-Sekiguchi's fault for not realizing that the money was fake.

Music
Sekiguchi's character song, PANAMA, goes into more depth about his backstory and inner conflicts. In PANAMA, he reveals his jealousy towards Dobu, his and Yano's senior, for Dobu's complicated relationship to Yano. Sekiguchi loathes how Yano greets Dobu at the office, saying he "can't accept that," and that he's being left behind. He is not being left behind. In fact, Yano ultimately favors Sekiguchi over Dobu.

Later on in the song, there is a verse comprised completely of Sekiguchi doting over Yano. In these lyrics he is acting almost like a servant towards his boss, which is not in his job description as a bodyguard/underling. It may be that he chooses to look after Yano in this way of his own volition. In one lyric, Sekiguchi states, "It's easier if you button up your shirt from the bottom," leading fans to question why Yano's shirt was off in Sekiguchi's presence in the first place.

At the end of the song, there is a dialogue exchange between the two revealing that they're currently eating yakiniku together (BBQ) in Panama. In one of Yano's songs, Brother Dobu, the track starts with an exchange between him and Dobu, in which Dobu rejects Yano's idea of going out to eat BBQ because in his words, it's the kind of place you'd take someone on a date. This leaves the implication that Sekiguchi took Yano someplace romantic when Dobu wouldn't.

In the aforementioned track, Brother Dobu, Yano complains about being picked on in front of Sekiguchi, which mirrors Sekiguchi not wanting to seem weak in front of Yano.

Audio Drama
In Audio Drama 9.9, Yano is heard rapping to an unconscious Sekiguchi. Prior to this event, Sekiguchi was defeated in a fight with Dobu, leaving him knocked out for a while. Yano, instead of reprimanding Sekiguchi, rambles to himself for a little while. At some point he comes to the topic of him being hungry. Sekiguchi, who is out of commission, seems to be the person Yano would usually rely on in a situation like this. However, Yano doesn't know how to use Uber nor can he drive or use a credit card. He also points out that he doesn't want to get another subordinate to bring food to the hideout because the place was "secret," implying that Sekiguchi and Yano had the whole warehouse hideout to themselves.

Fanon
Not long after the two made their debuts in the show initially, fans began to ship the two. However, after the show finished airing and bonus content started coming out, many saw hints of affection between them that grew the ship to massive popularity within the fandom. Among all of the ODDTAXI ship tags on Pixiv, Sekiyano's tag is the most popular.

In one of Baku Kinoshita's (ODDTAXI's director and character designer) promotional drawings, Sekiguchi explains cheerfully over the phone to someone that he thinks Yano is cool, and that he was praised by him today. One of Kinoshita's other drawings depicted Yano praising Sekiguchi's appearance in his tracksuit, and Sekiguchi enthusiastically thanking him. The caption explains that the two have this exchange every day.

In another one of Kinoshita's drawings, Sekiguchi and Yano are shown relaxing on a tropical beach. Sekiguchi is holding an umbrella over Yano to give him some shade. Additionally, it is presumed that in between the two is a coconut with two straws in it, implying that they got a couple's drink to share with each other. This drawing seems to be based on Sekiguchi's previously discussed character song.

In promotional Valentine's Day, White Day, and Christmas cakes, Sekiguchi and Yano's pictures are always placed together.

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Trivia

 * Their ship is referred to with the "🐻‍❄️🦔" emojis.
 * Yano's voice actor, METEOR, used to make ODDTAXI fanfictions which he would read aloud on livestreams. Many of these non-canon stories involved Sekiguchi and Yano doing various things together. METEOR has been known to like Sekiyano fanart on Twitter.
 * In the official ODDTAXI book, Sekiguchi is described as "Yano's bodyguard and perfect partner."