Aiyuu

"If I end up making a mistake again, I have Yujiro."

- Aizo.

Aiyuu is the slash ship between Aizo Shibasaki and Yujiro Someya from the HoneyWorks Premium Live fandom.

Canon
Aizo and Yujiro are members of the idol unit LIP×LIP. Both attend Sakuragaoka High School and are in the same class.

Aizo has had experience singing before he joined LIP×LIP. During his childhood he used to sing for his father and mother but those days didn't last long. His parents began arguing everyday and eventually got divorced. His singing was shunned out by his mother due to him being "loud" and would not sing again until he joined LIP×LIP. In public, Aizo is a sociable character, chatty and friendly to everyone he meets. However, he's actually more prone to being irritated, making others butt out of his business by snapping at them, being more visibly angry with Yujiro, and preferring to be left alone.

On the other hand Yujiro joined a traditional kabuki family due to his mother remarrying when he was younger. Yujiro never had a good relationship with his stepfather and stepbrother and his father later disinherits him from the Someya's kabuki legacy although he threw away his entire childhood for Kabuki. For public appearances, he is described as "refreshing, kind, and cool". His actual personality is a much different person. He appears to be aloof and a bit hard to read, and can get rather open about his displeasure with certain subjects.

Both first officially met each other at an idol audition. Although they signed up separately, due to their impressive performances, they were chosen to be a unit.

When they became a unit, the two of them didn't get along in the slightest. However, upon seeing each other at their weakest, the two started growing closer, though they still had several arguments and disagreements. Before they debuted, the two would be taken under the wing of several different idols, and would watch shows to be shown how it's done. Before one live show when the two of them had spare time, an unnamed idol pushed Aizo in to the pool, which prompts Yujiro to defend him, demanding the unnamed idol apologize. Though by the next day, the two were back to fighting, and were even told that they couldn't match each other at all. This is when they're taken under two other idols, and watch over their activities as professionals. When they're released for a small break, the two walk through the aquarium together, and come across a rock-paper-scissors tournament, with the prize being a stuffed emperor penguin. Yujiro, who wants the prize, has him and Aizo sign up, though he loses pretty quickly. Aizo ends up winning and after seeing Yujiro be disappointed, he gives the stuffed emperor penguin to him, and Yujiro in exchange gives him his keychain participation prize. The two become closer after this.

The two, while they do have fun times together, continue to not get along a lot, though by the end of their pre-debut novel Romeo, they seem to have realized how much they mean to each other, and their relationship only continues with Aizo deciding to go to the same high school as Yujiro.

In "Samishigariya/Lonely Person" Aiyuu is paralleled with Shibarisa who are a couple. When Aizo says 愛を知る it directly translates to "Makes you learn what love is." 愛/ai can mean either a platonic, familial, or romantic love.

Fanon
Aiyuu is the most popular ship for both Aizo and Yujiro. They are rivaled by Yuuhiyo and occasionally Aimona. It is most popular pairing in the idol series and a very popular pairing in the series overall. Many fans were drawn to their relationship from the songs Yume Fanfare, Samishigariya, and Non-fantasy where it is hinted that they kissed. Another reason most people may ship Aiyuu is due to the fact that Aizo often initiates intimate gestures- such as the kabedon or pinning Yujiro down and teasing him, or when he insists that Yujiro "isn't cute". Fans have also speculated that it is Aizo and Yujiro who kiss each other on the neck before doing work as LIP×LIP, which was later confirmed in their Making of Romeo DVD and implied to be confirmed in the novels. They are often shipped alongside Hiyomona and Ascana.

Fandom
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 * 愛勇 posts on Pixiv

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Trivia

 * Aiyuu parallels Shibarisa as seen in Samishigariya
 * Aizo is a cat person while Yujiro is a dog person.
 * Yujiro and Aizo's birthdays are on the same date (February 22).
 * Ai♡Yuu was originally going to be their unit name.
 * Yujiro mentions in the Honeyworks Premium Live game that a couple like Shibarisa is his ideal couple.
 * On the Official LIP×LIP twitter page in 2020, Yujiro mentions wanting to see Aizo in a kimono and promising he would help him in it. In Honeyworks Premium Live, for the 2022 New Year, Yujiro ends up helping Aizo put his kimono on.
 * According to the novels, Aizo has shown Yujiro two different secret spots. One was at the park, and another was in a music store that he occasionally stayed for a few nights in with the owner's permission.
 * Aizo is hinted to have romantic feelings for Yujiro as seen in Samishigariya and the novels.