KojiShoji

KojiShoji is the slash ship between Mezo Shoji and Koji Koda from the My Hero Academia fandom.

Canon
Mezo and Koji are both members of Class 1-A at UA High School. They are some of the more "mutated" students in the class. Mezo has six long, webbed arms extending from his body, which comprise his Quirk. Koji's head is rock-shaped, and he sprouts some horns later in the series. It is unclear if his appearance is at all related to his Quirk, or if his body is simply mutated.

They are first seen to have a friendship with one another when they sit together on the bus to the summer training camp. During the winter break, when the students attend Nabu Island, Mezo and Koji are seen working together. They help Tsuyu Asui and Ochako Uraraka evacuate the civilians. Later, Koji is seen using his Quirk to help Mezo save the Shimano siblings.

At some point prior to the Final War, Mezo shows off his face to the students of 1-A. He tells them the story of his scars, and the hatred he faced in his hometown. Later, members of the class are seen hugging him. Koji is one of them. The day before the Final War is set to begin, Koji and Mezo approach Mr. Aizawa about fighting at the Central Hospital. They have heard that Spinner will be leading a group of heteromorphs (mutants) there, and they think it is important that the two of them are there to fight back. Aizawa allows them to go, and sends Present Mic to fight with them.

As the battle begins, Mezo saves Koji from one of Spinner's attacks. The two end up separated at one point, and Mezo begins to battle Spinner on his own. The other heteromorphs begin to tease Mezo, calling him a traitor and naive. Koji hears this, and calls out in anger to leave his friend alone. This causes his Quirk to power up, and horns to grow from atop his head.

Fanon
KojiShoji is a rare ship in the fandom, even if it is one of Koji's most popular. Fans were immediately drawn to the ship due to Mezo and Koji both being heteromorphs, as well as the two of them being the nearly silent type. They have a lot of similarities in personality that allowed fans to see a potential for romance. This was only increased by the events of Chapter 371 of the manga, which saw Koji's abilities power up because of the love and care he had for Mezo.

KojiShoji is often times shipped with the addition of Fumikage Tokoyami to turn the pairing into a polycule. This is one of the ways that the ship works with it's two biggest rivals -- TokoKouda for Koji and TokoShoji for Mezo.

There are currently over 60 works for this pairing on AO3.

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