Leochi

Leochi is the slash ship between Leonardo and Yuichi Usagi from the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles fandom.

Canon
Leonardo is one of the four turtles from the Ninja Turtles franchise. He is typically the oldest and the leader of the four, but in Rise he is the middle child and no longer the leader. Yuichi Usagi is the protagonist of the Usagi Chronicles, a Netflix series taking place long after the events of the Usagi Yojimbo comics. The two have never met, although several versions of Leo have met Yuichi's ancestor Miyamoto Usagi. The two are both high energy sixteen year old with a blue color scheme and katana as their main weapon.

Fanon
Leochi is a rather popular ship among ROTTMNT fanartist, partly inspired by prior Leosagi interactions. Those that started to ship the two, came from fans who were aware of Miyamoto Usagi being a common crossover character in TMNT media watching the Netflix Series "Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles", and coming out with a love for Yuichi. Due to those past interactions and the most recent Rise series, many thought that Yuichi would end up being the Usagi that Rise would use. Feeling that he fit better into the overall tone of Rise more than Miyamoto Usagi. Although, this would not be canonically possible as Usagi Chronicles is not owned by Nickelodeon, and should Rise ever return and bring in an Usagi, it would likely be Miyamoto. Many also point out that the two could geek out over their ancestors, often drawing them doing so. As Leo has Hamato Karai, while Yuichi has Miyamoto Usagi.

On AO3, Leochi is the most written ship for Yuichi. It is also the most written ship in the Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles tag. There are currently 150+ works.

Leosagi and Leochi Drama
Due to either confusion or a mix up, many who ship Yuichi and Leo will tag the ship posts/content as "Leosagi", despite it being a different ship entirely. This has frustrated many Leosagi shippers, as due to the mass amount of fan art, the tag ends up getting filled with Leochi content. Those that tag it with both, can frustrate fans of Miyamoto Usagi as well, as it means that the tag is mostly Yuichi over Miyamoto.

A frustration that many Leosagi fans have with Leochi fans is their need to insult people who ship any past versions of Leo and Usagi. This is due to Miyamoto Usagi being an adult in most adaptations, while Yuichi is a teenager. Leosagi fans point out that almost all shipping with Leo and M. Usagi comes from the 2003 version, where Usagi is a teenager. There is also a frustration due to the fact that most of the reason Leochi started to be shipped in the first place was due to Leo and Miyamoto's previous relationship, and the lack of an Usagi in Rise.

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