Naouko

Naouko is the femslash ship between Nao Egokoro and Touko Rikuno from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
Touko is not known to exist in Your Turn To Die, and so, she and Nao have no canon relationship there. Nao and Touko also do not interact in Your Time To Shine, until the "Normality Regained" ending. Touko says that there's still room for more people other than herself and Jin on their boat, which excites Nao that they can get on too and escape the island. As for similarities between the two, both are female college students who washed ashore the Isle of Memories.

Fanon
Since Touko and Nao have never interacted, Naouko is an incredibly rare pairing in the Your Turn To Die fandom. This is also due to the fact that Touko is a very minor character with practically no information about her. She also only appears in Your Time To Shine, the spin-off game of YTTD, meaning many people don't even know who she is, and she is often forgotten. The main reason Touko and Nao are shipped together is because both are college students, meaning they are close in age. Naouko is greatly overruled by Nao's other ships, such as her most popular one, Naoreko.

Even though Touko always told Mishima to come alone if he decided to come back to visit her, some think Mishima could have brought Nao with him to meet Touko at some point. Since out of the other castaways, he knows Nao best and either thought Nao would like to meet Touko or he just wanted to feel more confortable himself. Some compare Touko and Jin's friendship to Nao and Mishima's friendship. Since the experience as depicted in Your Time To Shine is a simulation, it is unknown whether or not Nao could meet with Touko in the real world, or if Touko is even a real person. The most common idea for both fanon and potential canon scenarios is that Nao and Touko attend the same college, whether they met each other there or were friends beforehand.

Touko appears to be somewhat impulsive, as shown when she tried to get an egg from a man-eating bird, to which Nao could help moderate, as she's a little more cautious. Touko is also very knowledgeable about boats and the sea, which may imply that she likes the outdoors, meaning she could help Nao get outside more, who was never experienced in sports or the like and often stays at home. Touko is also described as "rich", which depending on Touko's relationship with that part about her, may come into conflict with Nao's minimal desire for money or expensive things. It should be noted that a great majority of Touko's personality is up to interpretation, but that is also part of the fun for Naouko's shippers, to come up on their own what Nao and Touko's dynamic might be. Shippers look forward to when Nao's Story is released to see if Nao and Touko will interact in it like Mishima interacted with Touko in his story.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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Variations

 * Naoshintouko refers to the ship between Touko, Nao, and Shin Tsukimi
 * Toukonaoreko refers to the ship between Touko, Nao, and Reko Yabusame