NejiMiri

NejiMiri is the het ship between Nejire Hadou and Mirio Togata from the My Hero Academia fandom.

Canon
Although they are not spoken by their first names, Mirio and Nejire knew each other in their time at the U.A. High School and have shown to be close and care for each other in difficult and dangerous situations. Because Nejire and Mirio have similar energetic and enthusiastic personalities, this often conflicts with Nejire's communicative attitude, much to her chagrin. But their similar personalities also make it easy for the two of them to talk to each other, unlike Tamaki's calm nature.

Nejire saw the efforts Mirio had to go through to excel at U.A. and constantly praises his Quirk and his abilities. In Mirio's memories Nejire was seen talking animatedly with Mirio as they walked through the School and tells him that his growth is extraordinary and that the two, along with Tamaki, are being known as The Big Three. Then Nejire approaches Mirio and says that the whole school is recognizing him, while smiling at him.

The first time Mirio and Nejire appear in the story, he can be seen together during Director Nezu's opening ceremony (in the manga only the two were seen at the ceremony while in the anime Tamaki was behind them). In the anime the three of them watch Vlad King explain that two students were fighting each other and after the presentation ends, Nejire animatedly touches Mirio's shoulder to get his attention and tells him that he heard that it was two students from Class 1-A who were fighting and asks if he knows them, while Mirio only laughs silently.

Nejire is shocked when Mirio challenges Class 1-A students to a fight in the gym and during the fight, Nejire comments that Mirio has gotten stronger. When the fight ends, Nejire smiles and says that she wants to explain Mirio's Quirk to the students, but Mirio gets ahead of her and explains it to the students. Nejire gets a little angry and widens her cheeks as she touches Mirio's shirt and he turns the head of the students and apologizes to her. After the Big Three leave the gym, Nejire tells Mirio that he did a good job of not hurting the students in Class 1-A so much and before Mirio can answer him, Nejire interrupts him and asks if he found him someone interesting for internships. Mirio smiles at him and replies that Izuku seemed smart to him and that Sir Nighteye would like him.

Some time later, Mirio and Nejire smiled at the Class 1-A students before Sir Nighteye's meeting started and during the meeting, Nejire didn't show any concern when he learned that Tamaki had been attacked, but if he did become noticeably concerned for Mirio when he saw him depressed after the meeting and he was actively trying to cheer him up and convince him not to be too hard on himself during his depression over Eri's situation. During the days leading up to the rescue operation, Mirio had been depressed by what was said at the meeting and both Tamaki and Nejire were worried about Mirio (being the first time that Nejire is not seen with a smile on his face and and instead he is shown with a worried face).

Later in the night, Class 1-A and The Big Three woke up preparing to rescue Eri and Nejire in a dream state smiled at Mirio and encouraged him to strive in the mission. After seeing Mirio regain her cheerful personality before starting the rescue mission, Nejire laughed and jumped for joy repetitively and then he approached Mirio a little, laughing happily and jumping again. During Mirio's fight against Overhaul, although he did not mention his name directly, Mirio has memories of him and Tamaki talking with Nejire and remembers when Nejire congratulated him because the whole school is recognizing him.

During the preparations for the Cultural Festival, Yosetsu Awase mentions the Beauty pageant and Mirio mentions to Izuku and Eri that Nejire is in high spirits and that she will participate in this year's pageant. Mirio and Izuku greet her and Nejire is happy to see them and introduces them to her best friend, Yuyu Haya. Nejire mentions that he wants to win the Beauty contest because it is his last year and after seeing Nejire smiling happily, Mirio raised his arm and clenched his fist and confidently tells him that he can do it. When the beauty pageant begins, in the manga there is a panel of Mirio staring attentively at Nejire and in awe of her performance (while in the anime Mirio he gazes in amazed at Nejire along with Izuku and Eri). Nejire internally points out Mirio's name when she realizes he's looking at her during the contest and is glad to see him. After Nejire was declared the winner, Mirio clapped her hands and smiled as a sign of congratulation.

In the videogame One Justice 2, Nejire is shown praising the future vision abilities of Sir Nighteye, Mirio's teacher, and tells him how happy he is that MIrio is known at U.A. While Nighteye him responds to Nejire that he taught Mirio to predict and take the initiative and ends up telling him, I'm glad Mirio has grown strong enough to be by your side, showing that she is happy that Nejire is by Mirio's side. Nejire was present when Mirio asks Eri to use her Quirk on him and during the Paranormal Liberation War, when Mirio returned to the battlefield with his Permeation Quirk restored in the battle against Tomura Shigaraki, the first thing Mirio did when approaching his companions during the battle is to ask Nejire if he was alright. Nejire was glad to see him and replied that it was because he was there, he was able to get up and fight, despite being very burned.

Fanon
While the ship is sometimes overshadowed by other Ships such as MiriTama or NejiTama, NejiMiri is loved and appreciated by both Japanese and Western Fandom and negative comments about the couple are rarely heard. Due to their similar personalities, it is easier for them to talk to each other and people think they would make a functional and understandable match due to those similarities, besides that Mirio is one of the few people who is not bothered or irritated by Nejire's childish and noisy personality and Nejire finds both Mirio's personality and abilities interesting. Since Mirio and Nejire show themselves to be the closest to Eri and play and interact with her frequently in the official canon, there have been times when fans feature Nejire helping Mirio with Eri in their fanfics and artwork.

Some fans find that Nejire is more interested in Mirio than Tamaki due to the fact that in her first appearance she is constantly seen talking to Mirio and flattering ​off her abilities with Class 1-A, in addition to that throughout the series, Nejire shows more concern for Mirio than for other characters and when he regained his Quirk, Nejire had a moment similar to a Ship Tease or a declaration of motivation of love with Mirio since when she was seriously injured she got up to fight only when she saw him back on the battlefield and also told him that he was the reason why he felt supposedly good all of a sudden, showing that Mirio is an inspiration or motivation for Nejire.

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Trivia

 * The first person with which Nejire spoke in history was with Mirio.
 * In Horikoshi's official sketch for episode 83 of the Anime, a large image of Nejire is shown on top of Mirio (while Mirio's head covers her bust).
 * The Ultra Analysis data book mentions that Nejire finds Mirio very interesting, while Mirio mentions that Nejire is full of curiosity.

Variations

 * The Big Three - refers to the ship between Nejire Hadou, Mirio Togata and Tamaki Amajiki