Kannko

"I like you a lot, Kanna-san...Frankly I'd love to marry you"

- Riko to Kanna

Kannko is the femslash ship between Kanna Kamui and Riko Saikawa from the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid fandom.

Canon
Riko is Kanna's human friend and classmate. They spend plenty of time together outside of school and would often pick each other for partners during school activities. The first time Kanna was invited to Riko's house to play, Kanna declares that she wishes to pursue a similar relationship to Tohru and Kobayashi's with Riko, hinting at a possible romantic affection towards the human girl. Kanna desires to be closer to Riko. Kanna refers to Riko as 'Saikawa' because when the other kids at her school introduced Kanna to Riko as Saikawa, she naturally took up this name for her and started calling her it. On christmas, Kanna has rode on Riko while wearing a Santa's outfit.

Riko has stated that she likes Kanna a lot and would love to marry her. Additionally to this, Riko always blushes heavily when Kanna is close to her or compliments her, sometimes there is even a heart in her mouth when she blushes towards Kanna. However, unlike Riko, Kanna makes it more ambiguously, if she has romantic feelings for her, although she has stated on multiple occasions that she "likes" her, its not known if this 'like' is meant in a romantic way.

In the spin-off manga, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life Riko and Kanna appear in almost every chapter together. Riko also continues to be very obviously romantic interested in Kanna, often blushing around her or calling her cute. One time when the two accidentally fall in a rather 'uncomfortable' position, Riko has said that she likes a "wild" Kanna too, while blushing. In chapter 33 of the manga, Riko screamed "I love you!! Kanna-san!" so loud that it even crossed a soundproof wall. Kanna later admits that out of her female classmates Riko is the most important to her.

Fanon
Kannoko is the second most popular ship in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid fandom, right behind Kobahru (Kobayashi x Tohru). While there are several things that aren't fully confirmed in canon, fans have ran with it and considered them to be in their own headcanons. For example, it's not fully confirmed if Kanna recognizes Riko's feelings for her; however, its been theorized that, because dragons live longer than humans, and are much more intelligent than the average human being, that she does in fact realize it, and is just playing innocent for the time being. It's also been much debated whether she feels the same way; however, since she said at one point that she would like to have a similar relationship with Riko that Tohru has with Kobayashi, fans have taken that to mean that she does does harbor romantic feelings for Riko, considering that Tohru and Kobayashi share mutual feelings for each other.

Some people have called the ship 'pedophilic' since Riko is a child mentally and psychically, while Kanna has the appearance of a child, but is chronically/mentally most likely over 2000 years old. However, most of the fandom approves of the ship, since the two have a healthy and cute relationship.

Fandom
FAN FICTION