KiriTama

KiriTama is the slash ship between Eijiro Kirishima and Tamaki Amajiki from the My Hero Academia fandom.

Canon
They first met when Tamaki, as well as the rest of the big 3, were introduced to class 1-A. After Mirio's fight against Class 1-A, Tamaki became interested in Eijiro and decided to invite him to participate in Labor Studies with him at the Fat Gum Agency.

At first, tamaki finds Eijiro's optimism scary.After Tamaki thinks Fat Gum is insulting him, Eijiro tells him that he was trying to cheer him up, Tamaki congratulated him on his optimism and compared him to Mirio, who he had known for many years.

Suddenly, villains appear and Tamaki was able to take him down easily. Kirishima was impressed with the speed with which Tamaki acted to catch them and while he was discouraged, Kirishima told him that it was unbelievable.

When a villain shot Tamaki in the back, Kirishima quickly stepped in front of him to take the other bullet and then refused to let go of the criminal who had shot Tamaki earlier.

Fanon
This ship is considered more of a rarepair, due to it only having a few moments and the success of other more popular ships, such as MiriTama, KiriBaku, KiriDeku, and KiriMina. They are also both desirable to the fandom. However, people enjoy it due to the closeness the two developed from interning with Fat Gum, and how Eijiro always tries to encourage Tamaki. Tamaki also tells Eijiro that he shines brightly, which fans have interpreted to mean that both characters look up to and admire each other.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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Trivia

 * On the color page for Chapter 132, Tamaki is seen standing behind Eijiro.
 * During an image from the fourth light novel, Eijiro and Tamaki are seen going to the Festival together.