MikaYuu

MikaYuu is the slash ship between Mikaela Hyakuya and Yuichiro Hyakuya from the Seraph of the End fandom.

Canon
Mikaela and Yuu meet on Christmas Day 2012, the same day a virus that wiped out the majority of the world '' s population was diffused. They, like the other children of the orphanage, are taken by the vampires and transferred to the vampire city of Sanguinem, where they are treated like livestock. Throughout their years in Sanguinem, the children of the Hyakuya Orphanage slowly become a found family, relying on each other for companionship and support. From the first chapter of the anime manga/episode, Mika and Yuu are shown to be together. Mika has a tendency to create excuses for Yuu to avoid conflict with vampires so he can keep him safe and is very sympathetic to Yuu. It was Mika who arranged for Yuu and all the other children from the orphanage to escape, but Ferid discovered them and killed all the children except Yuu and left Mika for life, when Yuu tried to save him he pushed him away telling him to escape. However, Mika is transformed into an incomplete vampire by Krul and Yuu escapes.

Yuu joins the Moon Demon Company on the other side of the war. He swears that he would take revenge on the vampires who killed his family, but of all the members of his family, what he most often had in mind was Mika. Four years later, on the battlefield, Yuu discovers that Mika became a vampire. Yuu, shocked by that information, searches for a method to turn back Mika in a human, but in vain. When they met for the first time Mika took Yuu in his arms and once alone asked him to abandon everything and escape with him, soon after Yuu turns into a demon. In his form as a Yuu demon he loses control and attacks Shinoa, but Mika defends her by letting the sword stab him instead, saying that Yuu wouldn't want to kill a human. When Yuu returns to normal, Mika is forced away by Ferid. When Yuu wakes up he swears along with Mika (obviously at a distance but at the same time) that they would save each other.

Next they meet again on the battlefield, here Mika sees Yuu passed out on Kimizuki’s shoulder and faces the demonic army to reach Yuu. Thanks to the team of Yuu who protects him, he manages to escape with Yuu and bring him to safety; however Mika is wounded and at first tries to drink the blood of Yuu when the latter regains consciousness, Yuu consents and hugs Mika telling him that he is sorry to have abandoned him and that it is his fault, however Mika comes to his senses before biting Yuu and apologizes to him. Mika claims to have something very important to say to Yuu, but Yuu says he won’t listen until Mika agrees to drink his blood so he can live. So, Yuu cut his arm, trying to get Mika to drink his blood. Mika tries to resist but eventually bites him in the area between the neck and shoulder, which does not seem to hurt Yuu (indeed the official fanbook has confirmed that when a vampire bites a human both feel good). Yuu then tells him, "Welcome back, Mika". After returning to full health, Mika asks Yuu to flee with him and live together in a place away from humans and vampires. Yuu, however, tells Mika that a peaceful place in their world does not exist and that if they wanted to escape, they should first ask his teammates for help. When Mika agrees save Shinoa’s squad, Yuu is happy and hugs him, and Mika by the hand while they go aid Shinoa's squad.

After the Mika escape he swore that he would watch over Yuu being the only one he trusted, on the battlefield Mika has no interest in himself and his only thought is to keep Yuu safe. In chapter 55, Mika holds Yuu's hand to comfort him after seeing the departed members of their family. Mika also explains to Yuu’s teammates that since he became a complete vampire he feels that his human emotions are disappearing, but only his feelings for Yuu have not changed.

In chapter 86, while on the run from Guren and his demons, Yuu is addressed by Mahiru, who asks him if he's found a new reason to live. He contemplates, remembering that moment, and takes Mika's hand, telling Mahiru and Mika, "I have a reason to live. I have you, Mika." Mika is happy to hear Yuu call him that. Later, Mika is wounded in the fight between Guren, Mahiru and Noya. Yuu picks up Mika and tells him to drink his blood, Mika does it and Yuu says it feels strangely good to have his blood sucked.

In chapter 89 of the manga, Mika suffers a grave injury protecting Yuu from Guren. Mika tells Yuu to not worry, and that he would keep Yuu safe. In chapter 90, Asuramaru reminds Yuu that Mika loved him, giving his life for him. In the final moments of the chapter, Mika says, "Yuu, I love you," using the japanese words, "daisuki da yo" which is usually only used with a romantic context. After he confesses his feelings, he explodes.

In chapter 93, Mika is in a world where all the orphanage kids are alive and still young. While getting ready for bed, A twelve-year-old dream Yuu takes Mika's hands, telling him he doesn't have to be scared, and that Yuu will always be there. He comforts Mika's guilt of not being able to protect everyone, saying, "That's fine. We'll still be together. For a thousand years. Ten thousand years. No...forever". Mika realizes that it is a dream, and tells dream Yuu that. Dream Yuu tells Mika to accept that this is his greatest desire. Dream Yuu tells Mika that if he stays here, his greatest desire could be possible, and he could stay with Yuu forever. Mika gives in, and wings sprout from his back.

In Chapter 94, Yuu tries to save Mika, who seems to now be a demon, but is stopped by Krul. She explains to him that Mika can be saved but if Yuu approaches Mika now he will kill him. Yuu then is happy and asks Mika to wait for him, promises him that he will save him, and that no matter what part of the world he would be in, Yuu would find him and save him. After being reunited with his companions, Yuu begs Krul to tell him how to save Mika, telling her that he values Mika's life more than his own

Fanon
Yuichiro's name is only spelled with one u, and his nickname in the manga follows this pattern (Yu); however, fans have kept the double spelling of "Yuu".

There is a small amount of fan resistance to the pairing, due to both boys being placed in the same orphanage and staying in the same family unit. However, Yuichiro spent the least amount of time as a member of the Hyakuya unit, arriving at the orphanage the day of the vampire attack and only four years until the escape from Sanguinem. Before she died, Akane, another member of the Hyakuya orphanage, has been stated to have a crush on Mika in the light novels, so that proves how members of the Hyakuya orphanage don't think of each other as literal blood-related family.

Those against the ship also claim that they think of each other as brothers, but this is not true, as it was not stated anywhere in the manga, anime, nor the light novels that they think of each other as brothers. Although they call each other family, Yuu also calls just about every one he knows family. Also, in Guren's squad, they also call each other family, and almost everyone in Guren's squad has a crush on Guren, which also shows that calling other family doesn't mean that you think of them as literal blood-related family.

On AO3, Mikayuu is the most written ship in the Owari No Seraph/Seraph of the End tag. It is Mikaela's most written ship as well as Yuichiro's.

The fandom seems to be the most active on Twitter, as other social media platforms (such as Instagram, Reddit, or Youtube) tend to have people that actively antiship the ship.

The majority of fans ship Mikayuu (usually along with Mitsunoa (Mitsuba x Shinoa), Kimiyoi (Kimizuki x Yoichi), and GureShin (Guren, x Shinya)). But, there are also rival ships, the most popular being Yuunoa (Yuu x Shinoa). Other popular Yuu ships include Kimiyuu (Kimizuki x Yuu), YuuYoi (Yuu x Yoichi), and YuuMitsu (Mitsuba x Yuu). Popular Mika pairings other than Mikayuu are Mikakrul (Mika x Krul) and Mikanoa (Mika x Shinoa).

Fandom
FAN FICTION


 * Michaela/Yuichiro tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Michaela/Yuichiro tag on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * Mikaela's birth last name is Shindo.
 * Yuichiro's birth last name is Amane.
 * Mika's favorite color is green, which happens to be Yuu's eye color.
 * Although the reason he gave was because it was the color of the sky, Yuu's favorite color is blue, which happens to also be Mika's natural eye color.
 * Mika said "Yuu-chan" 72 times in the first season.
 * The opening song of the first season, X.U, is about Yuu talking to Mika and the ending song of the same season, scaPEGoat, is Mika responding to Yuu.
 * The opening song for the second season, Two Souls Towards the Truth, is from both of Mika and Yuu's perspectives and it is about them. This parallels to GureMahi, a ship that was once canon before Mahiru's death, as the ending song for the second season is about them.
 * Mika was the first vampire shown to bite Yuu, and Yuu was the first human that Mika drank blood from.
 * Funimation has stated that they shipped Mikayuu, even including it on their top ten OTP list.
 * In the summary for Chapter 94 on the official Shounen Jump twitter, Mika was called 'Yuu's beloved'.
 * Mika and Yuu have been shown blushing at each other many times.
 * When asked about the nature of Mika and Yuu's relationship and if it would be romantic in 2015, the author (Kagami), aww'd and said that it was up to perspective.
 * In the spin-off manga, Serapucchi, there were many chapters that hinted romance between Mika and Yuu. One such moment is in a chapter where Yuu is transported into a dating sim, but he couldn't win anyone over. However, when Mika appeared, he achieved a happy ending instantly even though Mika was supposed to be a hidden character that was difficult to conquer.
 * There are many valentine's day official arts of the two of them. In general, most Owari no Seraph official arts are just of the two of them.
 * In the Owari no Seraph game, Yuu tells Mika how he wants to open an orphanage and raise children with him.