ShokoHime

ShokoHime is the femslash ship between Shoko Ieiri and Utahime Iori from the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom.

Canon
Shoko Ieiri and Utahime Iori first appear together in Gojo’s Past Arc. Utahime is 3 years older than Shoko, who is at the time a second-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High. When Utahime and Mei Mei are sent on a mission, they encounter certain difficulties, and loose contact with the Jujutsu High faculty. This results in Yaga sending the second-years, Shoko Ieiri, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto to their rescue. When Gojo and Geto arrive, they tease Utahime much to her displeasure, so when the young woman sees Shoko, she runs towards her for an embrace. Utahime begs Shoko not to become like her two classmates, and Shoko amusedly replies that she never would.

Ten years later Shoko works as a doctor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, and Utahime is a teacher at its Sister College in Kyoto. Apparently, due to distance, they don't see each other often. When the Sister School Event in Tokyo goes south as Geto's group interrupts the competition, Utahime rushes to the students' help. She makes sure that after Nishimiya finishes her task, she goes to Shoko for a check up.

Both sorceresses take part in the Shibuya operation. Shoko sets up a place to heal the wounded, while Utahime arrives with her students in Tokyo and fights with Geto's group alongside other sorcerers. When Misamichi Yaga asks Shoko why she's smoking, even though she quit that habit some time ago (due to Utahime whose insistent chiding finally convinces her), Shoko says that she is feeling nostalgic about her student days.

Fanon
ShokoHime is considered a rare pair, as both Shoko and Utahime don’t appear in manga and anime as often as the main characters, and share only one scene together as of chapter 145. However, many Utahime and Shoko fans prefer this ship over others, as they find the interaction they had endearing. It seems that out of other Utahime’s peers, she likes Shoko the best. Another thing that caught fans’ attention is Shoko quitting her bad habit all due to Utahime’s power of persuasion.

In fanfiction the ship often appears alongside with SatoSugu or NanaGo, as well as in fan arts (like here). Currently ShokoHime is Jujutsu Kaisen's second most popular femslash ship after NobaMaki, and there is a number of works, where the ships appear side by side (like this one). The pairing also features other ships' fanfiction as a backgound couple, or ShokoHime is being hinted at, for that reason it is not always tagged, that's why the number of fanfics on AO3 isn’t that big.

In fan interpretation, whether it is romantic or platonic, Shoko and Utahime often meet up to gossip about their colleagues and friends, especially Gojo and Yaga. Both women are keen appreciators of alcoholic beverages, so it is speculated that they go out to try out new izakayas, sometimes stopping by karaoke, considering Utahime greatly enjoys singing. Given Utahime is described as a "bad drinker", some of the fan arts depict the two coming home, with Utahime heavily leaning on Shoko for support and incoherently blabbering about her feelings to Shoko, who is due to her high alcohol tolerance seems flushed but pleased. Another common theme for both fan arts and fiction is Shoko's bad habit, whether it's Utahime begging Shoko to quit, or Shoko taking it up again, and then having to explain to Utahime, why she smells of tobacco, with both case scenarios usually leading to the happy ending. The recent chapters that depict Shoko heavily smoking make the last one especially relevant, as many ShokoHime fans wonder what Utahime will do or say when she learns her friend is back on the bad track. Considering Shoko's worsening mental health condition after the Shibuya incident, recent fanfics have angst and anxiety fused overtones.

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Trivia

 * Both Shoko and Utahime love alcohol and hate sweets.
 * Utahime persuaded Shoko to quit smoking.
 * According to mangaka Gege Akutami, Shoko is a heavy drinker (the heaviest among the characters), and Utahime is a "bad drinker".
 * While Utahime prefers beer, Shoko is seen taking much stronger beverages.