Kiromi

Kiromi is the femslash ship between Kira and Nomi from the Dogs in Space fandom.

Here, Girl!
Nomi watches Kira free Garbage from roots growing from the planet's ground, who becomes amazed by Kira's fast reflexes. When offered to visit her abode, Nomi is amazed by the sights she sees throughout. She opens a chest and Kira warns her not to touch what's inside. Now seeing what the chest contains, such as a toxic pollen bomb, active and inactive lava, she is impressed.

Kira hears a potential creature outside to hunt. She howls a battle cry and leaps out of a window. Nomi's face lights up and describes her as a "living action figure". While Kira is away, Nomi continues to explore what Kira has obtained throughout her years on the planet. She is at first startled to see a creature coming from the door until she notices Kira bringing it in, amazed at her hunting skills. While Kira is cutting open the creature, she tries to eat the goop from it that landed on one of Garbage's pastries. She is disappointed that Chonies will not let her eat the parts that Kira has cut up and makes him chase her.

After Kira asks Garbage how they have survived long enough due to their incompetency, Nomi joyfully replies that they have no idea. Kira wants to work alone to bring their ship back up to surface after the planet swallowed it, but Nomi insists that she wants to "work alone" too. While Garbage, Chonies, and Stella stay back, Nomi follows Kira when she approaches the ship. Nomi sees Kira chomping through the roots and asks how she's able to bite so well. Kira responds that she sharpens her teeth every day, which fascinates Nomi. The planet's Emulick suddenly grasps both Nomi and Kira. Garbage and Stella shoot lasers at the Emulick, which causes it to drop the two upon impact. Kira's arm is broken as she is dropped, causing Nomi to angrily start shooting at the Emulick. Nomi is concerned for Kira's arm, while Kira tries to dismiss her pain and focus on destroying the Emulick. She watches Kira launch a lava bomb and pulls one out from her suit to throw another at it. Kira calls out for her not to, the two now seeing that the Emulick has swallowed the bomb and becomes made up of lava. Nomi drags Kira, who is injured from the fall, to safety. She leads her inside the Pluto, the crew's ship that the Emulick had taken. When the Emulick tries pushing down on the ship's screen, Kira hides behind Nomi.

After the crew defeats the Emulick, Kira is hesitant on allowing them to take her to the M-Bark to fix her arm. Nomi wishes for her not to return alone to her planet. After Garbage and Stella try talking some sense into her, Nomi gives a worried look and pleads for her to trust them. This is enough to finally convince Kira otherwise. Having heard her acceptance, Nomi rushes in and hugs her.

Spin
Nomi calls out for Kira upon seeing her enter the diner. Kira sits next to Nomi who is excited to share what she wants to plan out for the day. Nomi calls Kira her "new best friend", which slightly takes Kira aback. Suggesting a variety of activities such as karaoke, Kira is happy to go along with it since she only wants to blend in while her arm heals. She grabs a water pitcher and starts drinking à la a real dog, which disgusts Nomi. While Loaf describes the food the diner offers, Nomi smiles when Kira references the food she used to have to eat back at her planet.

After eating, Nomi offers a tour of the M-Bark's arcade to Kira with Stella following behind them. She grins when Kira compares it to used to having to watch her wounds heal for entertainment. Nomi is happy to show her the types of games the arcade has to offer. She drags Kira along to play her favorite game from the arcade. Kira struggles to understand the new technology while Nomi and Stella have fun during the gameplay. Kira is angry upon seeing humans on the game's screen, but is saddened when told she doesn't understand VR. Nomi wants to play again and does not notice Kira feeling overwhelmed by the technology around her.

After the other members of the Pluto spend the day with Kira, Nomi is excited to show her "the best place on the whole M-Bark". Kira originally believes this to be another activity she won't understand, but is astonished to see it actually be a private room to herself. This convinces Kira to stay with the crew and join the Pluto. Nomi, along with the other members, try to gather around but Kira wishes to spend time to herself, which they accept.

Who's a Good Boy?
When Nomi announces to the team that she'll be leaving them to further explore the galaxy, each of them bid their individual farewells. Kira is the last one out of them, supporting Nomi for fending after herself. Nomi reaches out to hug Kira, to which she returns one to Nomi. Kira, along with the rest of the crew, wave goodbye to her when she takes off.

Settle Down
Throughout the montage of Garbage showcasing the planets they've failed to habitate in, Kira and Nomi are beside each other.

Speak
Nomi gets hyped up when Kira talks back to Garbage, who is trying to change her view on humans' treatment to dogs. Nomi, along with the rest of the crew, try to encourage Kira to join them on their upcoming mission.

Nomi drives the Pluto up to the Shrubdubs' station for Kira and Garbage. When the nebula affects their ability to talk as planned, Kira and Garbage howl in celebration. Nomi tries howling with them but ends up yapping to her disappointment.

Leave It
While the crew tries to search for a missing Garbage, Nomi notices Kira and asks of his whereabouts. As suspicion rises with the other crew members, she notices Garbage's blaster in Kira's holster. Kira tries to dismiss this as unintentional. Ed uncovers the hidden machine behind Kira, causing Nomi to gasp. As everyone starts to realize Kira has involvement with Garbage's disappearance, Nomi becomes visibly upset with her and arms herself.

Throughout the episode, the crew along with Nomi actively work to thwart Kira's plan to take over the M-Bark.

Drop It
Nomi continues to work with Garbage, Chonies, Happy, and Atlas on taking down Kira. When Atlas and Happy come up with the idea of turning Kira into regular dogs as she had done to everyone in the M-Bark, Nomi suggests that they are no better than she is. Once they reach communication with Kira, Nomi warns her that she won't be able to run the five-membered council herself. Kira actively fires lasers at the Pluto while Nomi is piloting it. Nomi describes the duel between the two as a "space whale of a time" to Garbage. To prevent further contact, Kira enables a shield surrounding the M-Bark to prevent Nomi from causing further setbacks to her mission.

Nomi notices Garbage and Kira in a fight and vows to save Garbage from her. As Kira is about to throw in a final punch to Garbage, Nomi blasts a laser that launches Kira far aback. She continues to fire lasers at Kira to distract her from Garbage. While Chonies preps to set up the transmission from Kira's owner, Kira eventually pins down Nomi and points a blaster directly at her face with the intent to shoot. Before the blaster is able to finish charging, Garbage and Chonies finish setting up the transmission in time. Kira is in awe at seeing her owner again after many years, walking away from a fallen Nomi.

As each of the Pluto bids farewell to Kira, Nomi admits that she is still upset after what Kira had done to her. However, she enjoys having learnt to fight from her while also having defeated Kira herself. She hops up and hugs Kira one last time. Nomi is able to send one more message to her before Kira's shuttle to Earth departs.

Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Nomi notices Garbage in a video call with Kira and excitedly greets her.

Fanon
The ship by name is relatively unknown in the Dogs in Space fandom, but the ship itself is considered popular in the community. Fan content of the relationship between the two usually showcases Nomi's affection for Kira but typically not vice versa. Some fans think the relationship is one-sided, while others believe that Kira would grow to be fond of Nomi as well. A good amount of fan art between them is either the two hugging or Nomi impressed by Kira's strength/abilities. The pairing's most notable rival ship is Kirbage (Kira x Garbage).

There is not a relationship tag on AO3 for them, but there are fanfics that dive into their view for each other. In them, Nomi is open and known by others for her adoration of Kira, while Kira herself has a bit of a soft spot for Nomi.

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