Mashikasu

Mashikasu is the femslash ship between Mashiro Kurata and Kasumi Toyama from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Mashiro and Kasumi are fellow vocalists of their bands as well as good friends. Before Morfonica was officially added into the game, Mashiro was first seen in Main Story 2 Chapter 8. As Poppin'Party heads to Livehouse CiRCLE's lobby, they spot Mashiro there and Kasumi recognizes her as the girl they talked to after their mini-concert. Kasumi says she remembers her because of her school uniform, and decides to go talk to her with Tae. Mashiro recognizes them as well, but stays quiet when Tae asks if she still wants to be in a band.

Kasumi notices her taking down the poster she made for recruiting band members, asks why she's doing it and Mashiro tells her she doesn't want to be in a band anymore. She then tells the two how she's never going to come back to CiRCLE and makes her way out, leaving Poppin'Party and especially Kasumi in a disheartened mood. In the next Chapter, Kasumi wonders why Mashiro would say she hates being in a band when she herself has always had a great time when practicing. She then gets a surge of determination and is now set on performing even more and better so she can convince Mashiro and show her how fun bands are. Later on, the two meet again and although Mashiro was initially reluctant and tries to push Kasumi away, Kasumi manages to bring Mashiro's spirit and drive back.

In Morfonica's First Band Story, which shows the above events from Mashiro's perspective, Mashiro first sees Poppin'Party and the other bands perform when Tsukushi invites her to a girls band event at CiRCLE. Mashiro recognizes Poppin'Party as the band who was shown in the flyer, and after Kasumi's speech about how it has been a year since their first concert at CiRCLE, Mashiro becomes completely mesmerized as the music starts playing. She, with stars in her eyes, blurts out how the whole world around her is sparkling and how fascinated she is by bands. The very next day at school, Mashiro thinks back on how much she loved the concert. Before the scene changes to Mashiro reminiscing about what happened eafter the concert, she thinks to herself, "Kasumi-san from Poppin'Party was so cool..." The scene then cuts to Mashiro's flashback where Kasumi approached Mashiro and the others after the concert.

Although not confirmed by Craftegg nor the official authors, it is heavily believed that Mashiro is supposed to be a new iteration of the original storyline's Kasumi, who had a very similar personality. She was also extremely timid, depressed and had very low-self esteem before an event that moved them and caused them to change. In Kasumi's case, finding Random Star and meeting Arisa. And in Mashiro's case, seeing Poppin'Party perform at CiRCLE. Not to mention Mashiro is the only one who saw a star in Kasumi's hair.

Fanon
Mashikasu is a huge rarepair heavily overshadowed by Kasumi and Mashiro's more popular ships such as KasuAri and Mashirui and Tsukumashi. The ship mainly sailed as a result of Mashiro's first introduction being in Poppin'Party's story, along with the fact they are both vocalists, and with the way Kasumi refused to give up on her. After Morfonica's First Band Story dropped, and it was shown just how enamored Mashiro was by Poppin'Party's performance, the ship gained a bit of boost in popularity, but it still remains a rarepair. Not to mention, they have a lot of official artworks where they hold hands.

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