MitsuSaku

MitsuSaku is the het ship between Mitsuba Sousuke and Nanamine Sakura from the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun fandom.

Canon
Mitsuba and Sakura first meet in Chapter 35 of the Manga, where Tsukasa shows him off to her and overexaggerates about the fight he had with Hanako in the Hell of Mirrors Boundary. Sakura seemed interested, and offered Mitsuba some tea, who blushed faintly in response.

In Chapter 40, the Melancholy of the New No. 3, Mitsuba explains to the viewer how he's been doing in the Broadcasting Room, and introduces Sakura as "one of Tsukasa's consorts." He notices Sakura and Natsuhiko looking at him and whispering to each other, and Mitsuba wonders if he has something on his face. He soon comes to the conclusion that they both must find him cute and are discussing how to initiate conversation, and he says he'll "do them the favor of talking first."

But before he can, Tsukasa interrupts and makes it seem like Sakura and Natsuhiko don't like him and are discussing how to get rid of him. Sakura appears distressed by this and immediately cries to disprove the lie, but it doesn't work. Mitsuba becomes upset to the point of crying and he leaves the broadcasting room to go look for somewhere else to belong. When he returns, it is revealed that Sakura had been planning him a welcome party. Sakura tells Mitsuba that she's sorry about earlier, and tells him that she was just trying to do what the "flawless welcoming parties" book told her to do. Mitsuba then asks her if it was okay if he stayed there. Sakura seems slightly shocked by this, and tells him that he can as long as he won't stop wanting to stay there.

In Chapter 12 of the Spin-Off Manga, After School Boy Hanako-kun, Mitsuba had grown obsessed with making friends. He went to Sakura for help, begging for her to change his rumour to one that will make him lots of friends.

She suggests to him that maybe he should try getting closer to the people he's already semi-close with, and he does take her advice for only a short while before giving up. Sakura stares at him with pity, before going up to him and telling him to cheer up and that she'll be his friend and go along with what he wants to do.

Fanon
The ship is on the rarer side of the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun fandom, as they've had little, yet meaningful, interactions. The two aren't often drawn alone together in fan art. Though in fanfiction, the ship is more popular platonically than it is romantically. On AO3, the ship has 10+ gen works and only 1+ romantic work. This ship is normally forgotten about due Mitsuba's relationship with Kou and Sakura's relationship with Tsukasa, which are both more popular ships within the fandom.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Mitsuba believes Sakura is a supernatural, as he places her within the 'Supernatural' category in Chapter 40.

Variations

 * Broadcasting Club refers to the ship between the two, Yugi Tsukasa and Hyuuga Natsuhiko