NagiKae

NagiKae is the het ship between Nagisa Shiota and Kaede Kayano from the Assassination Classroom fandom.

Canon
Nagisa and Kayano met each other at the beginning of the classes. Kayano was the one who taught Nagisa the hairstyle he always wears, but it was just because Kayano was playing her part to take her revenge later. At the end, she developed genuine concern for him. They are seen regularly together and they sit together in class. Their relationship is close and they have a very strong bond. They are often seen worrying about each other and supporting each other in their respective assassination attempts to Korosensei. Kayano is often annoyed by the flirtatious behavior Irina tends to have towards Nagisa.

Some time later, Kayano showed her tentacles to the class and revealed that her real name was Akari Yukimura; Aguri Yukimura's younger sister, who was former teacher of the E class and the girl who Korosensei was in love with. Aguri was also the reason why Korosensei became the class 3-E's teacher. She thought Korosensei was her sister's assassin, so she was decided to avenge her sister by killing him. Kayano started to attack Korosensei, but she lost the control of her own mind. Korosensei decided to let her attack his main weak point, so one of the students can distract Kayano from her bloodlust. Then, Nagisa kissed Kayano to calm her bloodlust, getting 15 hits on her. After that, Kayano started to drown in her romantic feelings for him. Nagisa is obviously unaware of Kayano’s strong feelings for him.

Nagisa, alongside with Okuda, Kanzaki and Sugino visited her in the hospital. He apologized to Kayano for kissing her without her permission, stating that it was the only thing he could come up with in the heat of the moment. He asked her if she was mad at him but she waved it off, thanking him instead. Nagisa is relieved because he feared that she said she didn’t want to see him again, to which Kayano replied: “you worry too much, we will be friends forever” while covering herself with the blanket. Then, when Kayano’s friends leave the room, Kanzaki giggles to herself. Nagisa asks her what’s up and she says it looks like Kayano is settling into the classroom, even though she always kept her distance. Kanzaki’s giggle implies she might have picked up Kayano’s feelings for Nagisa, though it’s not sure.

Kayano tried to confess to Nagisa on Valentine's day giving him some chocolates, helped previously by Rio Nakamura and Karma. She waited for Nagisa to come out of the classroom and she grabbed his jacket’s sleeve to prevent him from leaving. She had a massive blush on her face, so Nagisa showed concern and pointed out she was really quiet. Kayano in her mind spoke about how nervous she was and she was wondering how to continue. She asked Nagisa what would he do after they graduated, and he answered he knew what to do but didn’t know if he was cut out to do it. Kayano immediately knew he wanted to be a teacher, because she had seen the way he looked at Korosensei. After catching a glimpse of Korosensei distracted, Nagisa decided to aim for him with a gun. Kayano blushed deeply and said she loved Nagisa’s focused look. Then she says his bloodlust filled up the holes in her heart with warmth. That’s when Kayano understood he was focused on killing Korosensei and his goal of becoming a teacher and telling him her feelings would distract him, so she only gave him chocolates and thanked him for being by her side.

After Reaper 2.0 impaled Kayano in the chest, Nagisa ran up to her and carried her in his arms. He suggested to escape from there, and he stared at Kayano with a sad look before running away, with her still in his arms. When Korosensei had defeated Yanagisawa, he used his remaining energy to bring Kayano back to life. After Kayano revived, Nagisa expressed how glad he was that she was okay.

When 7 years have passed, Sumire Hara asks Kayano if she’s still in touch with Nagisa, and she says that at the moment, she's not in his radar. She says: "you know him –– that assassin always has his eyes in his target".

They both cried in the finale roll call.

Then, in the extra mangas, it's implied Kayano and Nagisa kept in touch since the graduation and frequently exchange texts. They were surprised hanging out by some of Nagisa's students, and they teased them due to their heights.

Fanon
NagiKae is one of the most popular ships within the fandom. It is the most written ship for Kayano and the second most written ship for Nagisa. Usually the ship doesn’t receive attention due to ships like Karmagisa being more popular in the fandom.

The NagiKae fanarts are usually from the kissing moment, them being together or they when they have grown older.

Some people think they could be dating in The Graduation Album, but it's not confirmed. They also think Kayano's feelings could be reciprocated, but it's unknown if her crush is one-sided or not.

It's the more prominent rival ship of Karmagisa.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Nagisa S./Kayano K. on FanFiction.Net
 * Nagisa S./Kayano K. on FanFiction.Net
 * Nagisa S./Kayano K. on FanFiction.Net

PINTEREST
 * NagiKae board on Pinterest

Trivia

 * Kayano's message for Nagisa in his Graduation Album Profile: "I’ll be waiting for it ― I can see you becoming a teacher real soon, Nagisa."
 * Many fans are fairly convinced that Kayano started to develop feelings for Nagisa because of the kiss, but the hints and ship teases about NagiKae which the author put earlier in the series tend to be overlooked. One of the earliest and most iconic indication of Kayano's crush on Nagisa was on Episode 4, when Bitch-sensei (Irina) suddenly french-kissed Nagisa out of the blue. Her unusual, very shocked violent reaction was the highlight of the moment.