Minoharu

"My ideal idol is... you, Haruka-chan! Because I've always wanted to become an idol that brings hope to everyone like you do! This hasn't changed even now! I fully intend to intend to keep this ideal image in my heart forever!"

- Minori in "On A Flashy Stage" second side story

Minoharu is the femslash ship between Minori Hanasato and Haruka Kiritani from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Minori and Haruka are both members of the group More More Jump!. Minori and Haruka work under the same idol group, and are both first-year students of Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy.

More More Jump's prologue band story starts off with a kid version of Minori. She monologues about being incredibly unlucky, never getting what she wants no matter how hard she tries. We then cut to Minori in her bedroom telling her mom she's sick. As it turns out, Minori is not really sick but scared to go to school. She's embarrassed about dropping the baton during the relay.

After leaving, Minori's mom leaves the TV on by accident. Young Minori sees Haruka on TV, preforming a solo for the first time on TV. Minori immediately becomes captivated upon seeing her, describing her as bright and shining. She wants to be like her, but lacks the courage to try. Just then Haruka tells her audience that no matter how hard today is, there's always tomorrow. She continues her motivational speech telling that she'll always do her best. Minori asks herself if she can really work hard without giving up. She decides to go back to school, apologize about the relay and start again.

A few years later, Minori puts a resume in a mailbox, hoping to be approved this year. She then goes up to the school's rooftop to practice her dance steps. She tumbles to the ground, and then contemplates if she should stop practicing for the day. She decides to continue because she believes Haruka's training is probably much harder. After finding a mysterious app on her phone and being transported to Stage SEKAI, her first thought is that she would love to preform here with Haruka. Minori then wakes up, thinking the SEKAI was just a strange dream. The story then cuts to Haruka filling out the paperwork to quit being an idol. The story once again cuts back to Minori motivating herself to continue being an idol for Haruka's sake.

More More Jump's first band story starts with Minori getting a bunch of rejection letters for her auditions. She sulks a bit, but immediately stops when she realizes she's late for school. When she arrives, she sulks again about her rejection letters. But she stops when thinking about Haruka. She decides that she should think positively, and her audition would surely get there next time. A student interrupts her thoughts, asking her if she's seen the news. Minori is confused, since she didn't have time to watch the news this morning. But when she goes to check the news, she finds out ASRUN broke up and Haruka quit being an idol. She promptly lets out a shocked "Wha... WHAAAAT?!".

In Minori's first Birthday Virtual Live, she runs across the stage and screams how she's thankful to her mother for giving birth to her after Haruka wished her a Happy Birthday.

Quotes
"(Minori really is amazing... She's doing so much better here than during practice. And she's really reaching everyone through those cameras... Her passion for giving hope is making her radiate with it... I'm sure of it, Minori. You're going to blossom into something incredible.)"

- Haruka in Hear Me! Hopeful Show♪ Chapter 8 - Becoming a Four-Leaf Clover

"(Ugh... My heart's still racing! I can't believe Miku blew me a kiss from the stage! I wonder what it'd be like if Haruka-chan did that for me one day... Nnngh! Just imagining it nearly gave me a heart attack!)"

- Minori in MMJ! Miku 2* second side story

"(I really wasn't sure if I was reaching anyone or spreading hope to them, but...! I knew for sure that I had when I met Minori. I was so happy... Truly, genuinely happy! She's the reason I was able to get back on my feet. She gave me the courage to do so...!)"

- Haruka in "Someday, I'll Deliver" second side story

"Yes, I have an idea! I think we should make Haruka-chan's birthday a national holiday!"

- Minori in Haruka's 2022 Birthday card's second side story

Fanon
Minoharu is a popular choice pairing in the fandom, as well as the most popular for both girls. It is only slightly rivaled by their respective relationships with Kohane and An, as well as their fellow idol group members. It has garnered a bit of flack, with some people viewing it as a parasocial relationship, or that their relationship has a power imbalance. However this ship is still positively received aside from a small minority. Some Minoharu fans see them as semi-canon, with attraction on Minori's side. Other Minoharu fans who also like Anhane joke that the Buddy・Funny・Spend Time ♪ event was just Anhane and Minoharu on a double date. Many who see them as semi-canon are angry towards the developers, thinking that Minoharu is queerbait and another instance of implying two characters have feelings for each other, but not actually confirming it. Fans of Minoharu also tend to ship Shizuairi. It is the most written ship on AO3 for both girls.

A Minoharu Week will be held on December 6-12, 2022.

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Trivia

 * Their ship is referred to with the "🌸🐧", "🍀🐧" and "💙🧡" emojis.
 * Their Kizuna Rank titles are: "My Idol!", "Because You Were There" and "Like the Ocean".
 * Some of their Cheerful Carnival Team names are "Loves Haruka" and "Like Seeing the Sea".
 * Minori and Haruka have covered two songs together (Near and Darling Dance). They also have alternative duet vocals for Happy Synthesizer, Karakuri Pierrot and Kokoroyohou, and solo versions for Haruka's second focus song If.
 * Minori also has a solo version for Haruka's first focus song Ai no Material.

Variations

 * Minoharuairi refers to the ship between the two and Airi Momoi
 * Minoshizuharu refers to the ship between the two and Shizuku Hinomori
 * Polyjump refers to the ship between the two, Airi Momoi and Shizuku Hinomori