KisuHan

KisuHan is the non-binary ship between Keith Shadis and Hange Zoë from the Attack on Titan fandom.

Canon
Keith is the only other canon crush Hange has ever had in the series (the other one being Pieck Finger). There's not much explanation as to why Hange had a crush on him aside from the fact they did, and that probably has to do with the fact Hange's backstory was never shown in the series.

Due to the fact Keith regarded himself as an average man, broken by this latest example of his failure as a commander, and forced to finally admit that he is not one of the "special people" Grisha referred to, Keith resolves to resign as commander. When he reminisces of these "special people", he includes Hange in those "special ones", and remembers them with great appreciation.

Five years later, Hange and the 104th pay Keith a visit at the training grounds, after Eren recognizes him in his father's memories. Now serving as an instructor of the 104th Training Corps, Keith notes that he barely recognizes any of his former trainees. Keith sullenly notes that he was the first commander to step down rather than die, and notes that this might have been the one decision of merit that he made in his entire career as commander. As Keith tells his story Hange is seen staring at him and listening intently to his every word.

Once he has finished his story, Hange, reading him perfectly, notes that the real reason he retired to the training camp was because he cared whether or not he was special. They go on to mention Keith ran away from reality due to a "childish" reason. As they seem to get more and more serious, Hange says that it's not Keith's decision to decide if he should or should not withhold information from the corps. And as they do the Survey Corps salute, putting their fist to their chest, they ask Keith if isn't that what it means to cast away one's life and devote your heart to the greater good. Eren cuts them abruptly, but a deep silence remains in between the two.

After their return from the training ground, Hange participates in a meeting with Commander Erwin to debrief Survey Corps' officers on the information Instructor Shadis gave to them. As they leave the office after the meeting is done, one of the officers asks about Keith, mentioning the fact he withheld vital information, implying he should be punished. Hange quickly jumps to defend him telling the officer to let him be, and then teasingly says he's not worth their time. That's when one of the other officers points out to Hange "you used to have such a crush to him". Rather than laugh it off, Hange nervously tells her to shut up, which shows their crush on Shadis is a sensitive subject, and also probably something a little bit embarrassing, as most crushes are. Hange is normally more in control than this. In most situations where they are teased, Hange jokes back or ignores what’s said. However this time they are seen embarrassed as a teen being teased about their crush.

In the year 854, Keith is still working as an instructor for the Training Corps, training the 109th batch of trainees. Despite the eradication of Titans from within the Walls, Keith continues to regularly have the trainees practice Titan combat, a choice which draws criticism from his students who have begun to view his ways of training as outdated. One day, as he is preparing to have his trainees defend Shiganshina from a mock Titan attack, Keith is interrupted by the arrival of the Yeagerists, led by Floch, who have Hange hostage. As Keith remarks on Yeagerist's use of weapons to intimidate instead of actual leadership, Floch shoots near Keith's foot, missing. Hange reacts quickly, protective of Keith.

Floch then demands that the trainees join the Yeagerists, and that they prove their loyalty to the new regime by beating Keith. Hange steps in once again, not caring about the Yeagerists holding them back, protective of Keith's safety, and yells desperately at Floch to stop the madness they say has gone for far too long. Keith stops Hange and reassures them that the trainees will not be able to hurt him. However, the trainees then proceed to beat him into unconsciousness. And as Floch begins leaving, with a snarky smile on his face, demanding Hange to follow him, they stay frozen in place, gazing devastatingly melancholic at Keith's beaten up body on the floor.

During the War for Paradis arc, as they escape from the harbor, Hange is seen, shocked and crying, witnessing Keith's sacrifice himself by blowing up a Marleyan cruiser on the dock, alongside general Magath, something they themself would later do as they would sacrifice themself to gain some time for their comrades.

Fanon
Despite the fact Shadis was the only other person Hange has ever had a crush on, aside from Pieck Finger, this ship is not very popular in the fandom. Many fans just take Hange's crush on him as another fact about them. But their ship has a very small fandom. Due to Shadis' lack of appearances in the manga and lack of screentime in the anime, he is not a very popular character to be shipped with anyways. The ship currently has only a little over 5 work on A03, and in most of them, Hange's crush is one-sided, just like in the manga.

Fandom
FAN FICTION