MakoShino

MakoShino is the femslash ship between Makomo and Shinobu Kocho from the Demon Slayer fandom.

Canon
Due to Makomo's death, the two unfortunately never got the chance to meet. Even in the manga, Shinobu shows no indications whatsoever that she knew Makomo before she was killed. The only scene they ever had the two ever had together was in the end credits in Demon Slayer academy, which is an AU where all Demon Slayer characters attend school. In this AU, Makomo is alive. Along with some other fellow deceased Demon Slayer characters.

At the end of the 17th episode of Demon Slayer. Zenitsu Agatsuma is seen in a school uniform and doesn't seem too happy about the school. Instead, he explains that his role is to inspect the uniforms of other individuals, meaning that he can admire the girls of the school without getting yelled at. After quickly looking at Nezuko Kamado's uniform he quickly looks at Makomo and Shinobu, and both of them are seen wearing two school uniforms. That’s the only scene of that consists of these two characters together.

The two are also quite similar in a way. Both Makomo and Shinobu are known for focusing on being quick instead of focusing on strength, as stated by the Hand Demon that Makomo was known for being awfully quick and didn't have much power to work with. As for Shinobu, she lacks the physical strength to behead a Demon. So she mainly focuses on her overwhelming speed to kill Demons by injecting them with poison before they could even react.

In terms of personalities the two are rather kind. But Shinobu however, enjoys teasing people, mainly Tomioka. The two also managed to have an impact even after being killed. Makomo, when she trained Tanjiro so he'd eventually be able to cut the boulder and attend Final Selection. It was her and Sabito's training that allowed Tanjiro to become strong enough to kill the Demon that had killed her Sabito and Urokodaki's other students. Shinobu has also done this before when she had poisoned herself with 37 kilograms (her entire body) with wisteria poison which is 70 times the normal amount needed to kill a Demon. After she was eaten by Doma, this extraordinary amount of poison fatigued Doma greatly, to a point where two opponents he were overwhelming managed to turn the tables and defeat him thanks to Shinobu's last resort.

Both of them were in a situation where they couldn't rest until the Demon they were slain by were defeated as well. Such as when Makomo's soul couldn't rest ever since she was defeated by the Hand Demon, and when Shinobu said that she could finally peacefully pass on when Doma died. So the two are pretty similar, despite never meeting.

Fanon
MakoShino is a rarepair among the fandom. It is likely since the two have never met, people tend to dislike the ship. Others avoid shipping it because of the age gap between them (being 6 years apart.) But, since Makomo is actually 22 years old, Their age gap is actually only 4 years apart, which is a more suitable one.

However, there are ships that consist of these two characters that are more popular and the ship is often overshadowed by ships such as SabiMako for Makomo, and GiyuShino and ShinoMitsu for Shinobu. MakoShino is often shipped alongside SabiGiyuu and sometimes ObaMitsu. In this scenario, Sabito and Giyu end up dating each other and not Makomo and Shinobu. Considering that Mitsuri and Obanai, are canonically in love with each other. Mitsuri is more shipped with him than with Shinobu. Despite its small popularity MakoShino is fairly supported by some Demon Slayer fans. There are also story AU's where Makomo gets to live and develop a close bond with Shinobu and the two fall in love.

Also people would believe these two would make a cute couple if they got to meet. Due to the lack of female characters and lack of ships on Makomo's end. People decided to ship her with Shinobu. Some fans believed that the two would have a relationship, similar to the one of SabiGiyuu. Where Makomo would comfort Shinobu a lot when she would be upset or vice versa. Fans also theorized that Makomo would've been able to become a Hashira if she had survived Final Selection and the two would also become good friends. As Shinobu gets along well with the other Pillars and Makomo is shown to be very kind in the show.

It is Shinobu's 5th most written ship, and 2nd most written on Makomo's side. The ship has a small fanbase on Tumblr and 24 works on AO3 currently.

Fandom
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 * Makomo/Shinobu tag on AO3

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 * MakoShino

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Trivia

 * Makomo and Shinobu are two female characters that are both known for being very quick in the show.
 * Shinobu and Makomo have never met in canon but has been shown together in an end credits scene, that occurs in episode 17, where Zenitsu Agatsuma checks the dress code of the female students. Consisting of, Nezuko Kamado, Makomo, and Shinobu Kocho.
 * In some scenarios some people would include Makomo and Shinobu in artwork by having them be with Giyu Tomioka and Sabito
 * Makomo and Shinobu are also included in a poly ship named MakoShinoMitsu. Where the two would be paired together with the inclusion of another female Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba character named Mitsuri Kanroji.
 * When Makomo x is typed Makomo x Shinobu is the 4th result to appear. The 1st being Makomo x Sabito The 2nd being Makomo x Tanjiro the 3rd being Makomo x Giyu. Unfortunately this same outcome does not occur when searching Shinobu x
 * In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles. When Makomo's trailer got released shortly after Sabito's trailer. Shinobu's trailer was coincidentally released after Makomo's. Proof of this is that Makomo's was titled Character intro #8. And when Shinobu's came out it was titled, Character intro #9
 * In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles. Some people would play Makomo and Shinobu together because they believe the two make a good team in the video game.
 * Before Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles was released. Footage of the game would be shown early. In one of these many videos of leaked gameplay footage. Someone plays Makomo and Shinobu and fights an A.I with the two characters.
 * MakoShino is one of Makomo's only femslash ships. Another being MakoNezu, which is the femslash ship between Makomo and Nezuko Kamado and MakoMitsu which is the femslash ship between Makomo and Mitsuri Kanroji.