KanaKane

KanaKane is the femslash ship between Kana Arima and Akane Kurokawa from the Oshi no Ko fandom.

Canon
Akane was a huge fan of actor Kana as a child and had tried to recreate her looks.

But in real life Kana was not as pleasant as she was seen on the screen. They meet for the first time in an audition where a manager mistakes Akane for Kana. He says Kana had already been chosen and the audition was just for show. Akane, not believing his words, was further stunned when Kana admitted to it. She then called Akane an "ignorant brat" and harshly told her to stop imitating her, saying she hated people like Akane the most. Even though her words affected Akane, she bought lots of books and got interested in psychology to understand Kana's emotions.

Years later, Kana is shown to hold a grudge against Akane when she finds out about her dating Aqua. Before that, she says she wished Akane would retire from acting- not out of any malice but only because they're business rivals. She acknowledges Akane's talent in acting and says that she's standing in Kana's way, and that it's "schadenfreude."

Akane however still admires Kana and sees her as her idol. She understands that Kana's harsh acts are her way of looking for acceptance from others. But the present Kana is not whom she once adored. Instead of shining brightly, she now prefers to avoid the spotlight and help others shine instead. During the stage adaptation of Tokyo Blade, Akane declares how Kana only shines the brightest when she's giving it her all and that's the Kana she wants to defeat using her performance. After a bit of Aqua's intervening, Akane finally gets the chance to see her idol Kana Arima in all her glory, shining as bright as the sun.

Later during the shooting of B-komachi's MV, Akane lets the Kana-fan in her out by being overly critical of her attire, for which Aqua calls her Kana's former-fan-turned-hater.

Fanon
Akane Kurokawa has a similar personality to Aqua Hoshino, stoic, but intelligent. Their similar personality could possibly being the reason why Aqua doesn't feel attracted to her, leading their break up --They're too similar. And since Aqua Hoshino has Kana Arima in mind as a love interest, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Akane would be attracted to Kana's cute and outgoing personality in an AU where Akane is a lesbian.

The ship isn't as popular since Kana sees Akane as a rival in love because of her and Aqua's dating history. I tends to by overshadowed by their respective ships with Aqua. However, it does have some fans who enjoy it due to its rivals to lovers dynamic. It has 26+ works on AO3.

Fandom

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Trivia

 * One of the artist of this manga, Mengo Yokoyari, in her other manga, Scum's wish decor, has a lesbian couple, Sanae Ebato and Noriko Kamomebata. Which may lead to adding a lesbian couple in this manga aswell, depending on how it all will all play out in the end.
 * In Personality Database, Akane is seen having the MBTI, INFJ, and Kana is seen having the MBTI, ISFP. And when put together in the MBTI Chemistry feature, the couple is stated to have 82% chemistry, which is even higher than Kana and Aqua at 81% chemistry.