AkaNao

AkaNao is the femslash ship between Akane Hino and Nao Midorikawa from the Pretty Cure fandom.

Canon
Akane and Nao are close friends and classmates who have some rivalry. Akane respects Nao as a fellow sports ace, and teasingly calls her a gangster. The two share similar personalities, causing them to frequently compete. Despite their rivalry, they have a close friendship and are often shown together. Later on, just like the other Miyuki's friends, they join to Miyuki's team to fight with Pierrot and his Bad End Generals to save the world from The Bad End. In episode 25, summer holidays have started and all the girls decide to go to the sea. Akane sells pizza while Nao sells shaved ice. The two become highly competitive to each other. Both of them shout different words to draw attention to their product. Miyuki asks what is wrong with them today. Reika starts to explain her that Akane is from the volleyball section and Nao is from the football, both born athletes and rivals who are determined to win. After both run out of clients, Akane and Nao get tired. Akane says that she had the most clients, and Nao says that she had a lot more queues. Both begin to argue. Later, Miyuki invites them to play volleyball. Akane and Nao also continue to compete in volleyball, and later, on football. Akane's mother suggests them to take a rest to eat. No matter of that, their rivaly didn't end. Nao tells Akane how she ate everything well, but Akane shows her that she ate everything without leaving anything and wins. Afterwards, they begin to contest in the collection of shells. Miyuki and Reika offers them to a draw, but they say that they can't stop. Akane invites Nao to compete in swimming, but they notice that Akaoni is surfing. All Cures are ready to fight with him and his Akanbe. Other girls become very surprised when even during the battle they begin to compete with each other. Nao decides to use her speed and Akane her strength. However it does not give any results. They would have been hit by Akanbe but Happy, Peace and Beauty save them. They feed into Akanbe's trap and can't get out. Then, Akanbe uses powers to freeze everything. Sunny and March start worry about their friends and fall into despair. They realize that their strength is not enough to win. Sunny and March approach each other to share their last minutes together, but when their hold hands, their hands begin to shine. Their powers merged into one and still holding hands, they begin to fight together. Working together, Sunny and March save their friends. Later, all of them use their powers to destroy Akanbe. Beauty, Happy and Peace tell them how they are glad that they teamed up and that it was really amazing. Sunny and March look and smile to each other. Few moments later, Yayoi, Miyuki and Reika eat pizza and shaved ice made by Akane and Nao. Reika tells them that their idea to combinate their food is awesome. Akane tells that it's because of her delicious pizza, while Nao tells that it's because of her shaved ice. Both start to argue again. In episode 27, girls arrive at Miyuki's grandmother's house and admire the beautiful countryside. She invites them to the riverbank, where she is chilling vegetables in the water. When they start eating tomatoes and cucumbers, Nao notices a shrine and wonders if kappas are real. Akane comes closer to her and teasingly asks If she is scared. Nao starts blushing and answers that she doesn't.

Fanon
AkaNao is a one of the most popular ships in Smile PreCure (Glitter Force) and the most popular ship for both of characters. It's shipped a lot, especially by the people who watched the show when they were kids. There's a lot of reasons why people ship them. They share a lot of screen time together in series, have a good relationship with some rivalry, both of them are into sport, act boylish and can understand each other very well. There's also a headcanon that Akane is bisexual (due to her canonical crush on Brian) and Nao is a lesbian and people like to put them together.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * Akane and Nao are often drawn together in official works and often shown together in series.
 * Akane teasingly calls Nao a gangster.
 * They are both tomboys who are into a specific sport (volleyball for Akane, and soccer for Nao).