Raphumi

Raphumi is the het ship between Naofumi Iwatani and Raphtalia from the The Rising of the Shield Hero fandom.

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The ship is well-received by fans and supported by the majority of the audience. Those who don't support it often bring into question the morality of their relationship since Naofumi bought Raphtalia as a child slave- even if their relationship has grown far past that. Generally, shippers of Raphumi admire Raphtalia's loyalty and hope for her to be happy with the man she loves, in additional to many simply finding their aesthetic cute.

The most "iconic" moment of the ship, where most people started seeing them as more than friends, was when Naofumi was cheated out of a win in a spar with Motoyatsu due to interference made by Malty. Naofumi was humiliated and due to a bet made on the duel, losing it also technically meant he would lose Raphtalia as well. But Raphtalia rebelled against her newfound status as a free woman and chose to follow Naofumi instead. She embraced Naofumi and declared to him that she'll be his sword in battle, and that he wasn't alone. She goes as far as to willingly have another slave crest put on her to prove her loyalty to Naofumi.

There are heavy implications in the anime and light novels that their relationship will be endgame. So many fans have high hopes that they will marry by the end of the series.

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