KoyoriAgari

KoyoriAgari is the femslash ship between Koyori Tsumujikaze and Agari Kamiya from the Scorching Ping Pong Girls fandom.

Canon
Prior to Koyori joining the table tennis club, Agari was the ace of the team, meaning that she was ranked the best and was considered to be their star player. Because of this, Agari garnered much praise from her underclassmen and came to truly love and appreciate the spot because it made her feel appreciated and special. While heading to school early in the morning for practice, Agari came across the shy Koyori Tsumujikaze, a new student at the school, who had accidentally gotten herself stranded on top of the school’s closed gate. After helping her, Koyori shyly admitted that she had gotten lost and had arrived extremely early and had tried to climb over the gate to get in. Agari helped her inside and offered to let her play against her in table tennis, something that made Koyori quite enthusiastic, as she claimed she used to play table tennis all the time at her old school.

Despite her frail and shy exterior, Koyori revealed herself to be amazing at the game of table tennis. She was immediately allowed to join the club and gained a ton of fangirls who rooted for her at every match for the top spot. While Koyori considered Agari to be her best friend, Agari considered her to be a rival as well. And when the time finally came for the two to play against each other in a match, Agari was determined to not let herself lose. Agari ended up winning against Koyori, resulting in the latter’s excitement over how good her opponent was. The two became close friends afterwards, often playing against one another and encouraging one another to do their best.

During their practice match against Mozuyama, the two consistently cheered for each other during their matches. Koyori comforted Agari when she lost, and Agari happily encouraged Koyori during her match. Throughout the entire show, the two are shown to have a very wholesome and encouraging friendship. This is especially evident by Koyori’s tendency to hide behind Agari whenever she was startled. During table tennis camp, Koyori was right there by Agari’s side when she got upset over her ex friend Kumami Tsukinowa refusing to play her after such a long time. While taking a walk, Koyori brought their faces close together and told Agari that she wanted the two of them to keep playing each other forever so they could “feel their hearts racing together”. Agari agreed to continue playing her.

Moments

 * When first joining the table tennis club, Koyori would frequently get frightened when confronted by large crowds or new people, and her solution was always to hide behind Agari. Towards the beginning of the show, Agari would get flustered, turn red and try to shoo her away, but she later got used to it and would just allow her to do so.
 * When playing against Koyori for the top spot, Agari felt a feeling that she hadn’t felt when playing with any other girl. Koyori also claims that playing with Agari makes her feel challenged and more excited. Koyori has a fascination with “feeling her heart race” with no matter what girl she’s playing, but she always seems especially excited to play Agari, often marveling over her determined expression.
 * When Koyori grabbed her hand upon meeting her for the first time, Agari got nervous.
 * Agari gets incredibly nervous whenever Koyori touches her, which happens quite a lot. Usually, she blushes and is summoned into a world of pink sparkling lights.
 * At first, Agari was hesitant to pronounce Koyori’s first name out of the fear that they shouldn’t get too close, but she eventually begrudgingly called her Koyori.
 * During the halfway point of her match against Kururi Futamaru, Koyori was searching for a new strategy to beat her, when she suddenly remembered a method that she and Agari had come up with during practice prior. Her way of phrasing this was, “Hey, Agari-chan! Do you remember that time when we groped for the spot that felt the best?” Of course, they were immediately teased by the rest of the club members for their terrible phrasing.
 * The name of the franchise references Koyori’s claim that her body feels “scorching” when playing against Agari.

Quotes
"Amazing! That smash was amazing!"

- Koyori, marveling over Agari’s smash.

"N-Next time, I’ll have fun, feel my heart race and win, K-K-K…Koyori!"

- Agari, calling Koyori by her first name for the first time.

"You’re so nice, Kamiya-san."

- Koyori, admiring Agari for her kindness.

"When I see Kamiya-san’s determined expression, my…my heart won’t stop racing!"

- Koyori after playing against Agari.

"But that feeling when I played Kamiya-san was something else."

- Koyori after playing Agari.

Fanon
Due to Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume being a relatively small community and fandom, the ship doesn’t get much fanfiction or fan art. But those who do ship it usually picture it as a wholesome relationship built mostly on mutual admiration. A senpai-kohai dynamic is also noticeable despite the two being the same age. There is some hate on the ship due to that exact dynamic, with some fans saying that Koyori’s admiration of Agari is entirely platonic and should not be treated otherwise.

Fandom
FAN FICTION