Hagumaya

Hagumaya is the femslash ship between Maya Yamato and Hagumi Kitazawa from the BanG Dream! fandom.

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Maya is the drummer of the idol band Pastel*Palettes and is a third-year at Haneoka Girls' Academy, while Hagumi is the bassist of the band Hello, Happy World! being a second-year at Hanasakigawa Girls' Academy.

Maya is more introverted than Hagumi, she's geeky and has a lot of quirks like her laugh and rambling about music and/or equipment. She's very hardworking and cares deeply about her passions, and is seen as a knowledgeable and dependable person to her peers. Hagumi is extroverted, she's sporty and very emotional, an overall loud and excitable girl who cares about others feelings a lot. The two are seen to interact a bit, and are on very good terms. Hagumi isn't so much a words person, often describing her emotions and actions with noises, and Maya is able to understand her well, even being able to translate her speech to words. Maya also is a more nerdy girl and not as sporty as Hagumi, but after interacting with Hagumi has been more open and even enjoys learning about sports and physical activity. It's heavily implied from their interactions that Hagumi teaches Maya how to play different sports in their time together.

Their first and biggest interaction was in the event "First Time?! Winter Sports" where Hagumi, Maya, and their peers Misaki, Hina and Ako all go to the slopes for some winter sports. When Hina invites Maya to come with the group without explaining what they were doing, Maya frets over the fact that she doesn't know how to skii, but Hagumi offers to teach Maya to skii. The group tries making a Michelle snowman on arrival, and thanks to Mayas instructions the building goes smoothly. Hagumi praises Maya, "Wow~! It's starting to look like Michelle! Maya-san, you're awesome! Super duper awesome!!" Afterwards, Hagumi and Maya are paired off in a team against the other three in a snowball fight. Maya and Hagumi form a strategy to beat the trio by having Maya make snowballs while Hagumi throws them, their teamwork together allows them the upper hand in the fight. Ako pauses the game to ask how to win a snowball fight, and when Hagumi replies that there is no way and that everyone's a winner, Maya laughs and says that's such a "Kitazawa way of thinking."

The group proceeds to the slopes to go skiing, but Maya worries again. Hagumi asks her if she's more comfortable in the snow yet, and Maya hesitantly says yes, deciding to give skiing a shot since everyone's going to be with her. The time for skiing comes, and Maya gets confused when Hagumi makes an attempt to explain how to skii using sounds like swish and whoosh to describe actions. Hagumi reassures Maya that it's a lot easier and that she can help Maya out with timing. Having Misaki explain it to her in a simpler way then, Maya apologizes for not understanding Hagumi through her explaining but Hagumi doesn't mind. Hagumi offers to skii down with Maya since she's still anxious on what she should be doing. After giving a few more words of advice, Maya goes down but ends up tumbling in the snow. Hagumi starts to feel guilty for not explaining it right but Maya says it isn't her fault. Maya continues skiing to no avail, and a concerned Hagumi tries explaining to Maya with actual words this time. Maya begins to get the hang of it, to her surprise, while Hagumi guides her the whole time. The group praises Maya for skiing, but Maya replies it was all thanks to Hagumi, and the two go back and forth giving the other the credit:

Maya and Hagumi are pumped up and continue skiing together with the others. On the bus ride home, the girls share a conversation about the time spent skiing together. Maya, despite having a lot to learn, is happy with the experience, even saying she'd like to come back again so it's still fresh in her mind. Hagumi is delighted and offers to do this again with Maya, who agrees and wants to learn more about skiing and snowboarding from Hagumi. Hina points out to Misaki that she hasn't seen Maya this excited over physical activity. Misaki points out that Hagumi was more mature today, that she's usually more action-over-words, but as Hagumi taught Maya to ski she pushed herself more, "It looked like she really wanted to make sure Yamato-san understood what she was saying..." Hina says Maya was able to ski well due to Hagumi's help. The story ends when Ako tries getting Hagumi's attention, but the trio notices Hagumi and Maya are fast asleep on each other's shoulders.

In Hagumi's Card episode "Sports Family" it centers entirely on the girl's conversation during a break from some kind of activity. Hagumi encourages Maya that she's doing great despite the latter's apology for not picking new things up easily. The two learn more about their families and their relationship to sports. Hagumi was always very sports-centered while Maya's life was usually spent indoors. Hagumi tries explaining how she doesn't get scared of getting hurt while doing activities, but isn't sure how to properly explain it in words that giving up out of being bad or getting hurt won't make her learn. Maya however quickly picks up on this and tries translating Hagumi's speech, accurately too. After understanding what Hagumi meant, Maya praises Hagumi, calling her amazing since Maya herself let's fear get the best of her. Hagumi also thinks Maya is amazing for being able to understand what she's saying, to which Maya gets confused.

The episode ends with Maya asking Hagumi to continue teaching her to ski properly, Hagumi happily accepts and the two continue their practice. In Hagumi's Special Card Episode "Helping Another", Hagumi talks to livehouse owner Marina about the skiing trip. Hagumi mentions how she herself isn't good at explaining things to others, and Maya's reluctance to ski at first. Although when Maya was able to understand her and successfully skii'd, even thanking Hagumi for teaching her, Hagumi was super, super happy. She finds sports fun but helping someone else, in this case Maya, with sports is just as fun for Hagumi.

In Maya's Card Episode "Trying Out Softball", she, Hagumi and Misaki are practicing playing softball for Maya, who is eager to learn. After missing the ball, Hagumi asks Maya why she wanted to play softball all of a sudden, Maya saying that because Hagumi taught her to ski, something Maya always thought she'd be bad at, she wanted to practice other physical activities she might not be good at. After Misaki wonders if softball is a good choice for a beginner, Hagumi continues trying to pep Maya up, that if she could ski she can do softball too. Despite the chance of getting blisters or getting hurt while playing, Maya still wants to try playing since Hagumi and Misaki are trying hard to teach her. Hagumi once again tries explaining in her sounds how to play, and to Misaki's surprise Maya is easily able to understand her. The trio continue their practice and the episode ends. Maya's Special Card Episode "Good at Skiing?" features a discussion between Maya, Misaki and the player. Maya thinks back to when she learned to ski, and Misaki is still surprised Hagumi was able to teach Maya. Maya is confused, saying Hagumi helped Maya realize even a klutz like her could learn a sport if she tried hard enough. She feels determined to try new things out instead of backing out, and Misaki is once again surprised Maya is this optimistic about sports through Hagumi's teachings. Maya just says that it's because Hagumi was able to show her how fun sports are.

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Hagumaya is considered a rarepair within the fandom. Mainly because they've only had one event together, and the fact that aside from Mayaeve, all of Maya's as well as Hagumi's pairings are rarepairs. Those who do look more into their relationship were most likely influenced by the Winter Sports event, since it was their biggest interaction together. Another point that's often appreciated is that they both are able to adapt, understand, and support each other very well. Maya is one of the few characters able to decipher other's confusing speech, Hagumi included. While Hagumi tried her best to find a way to teach Maya sports when she didn't understand, which Misaki even points out when she says Hagumi was different when she tried teaching Maya. The two also fit the jock/nerd ship type, Hagumi being the jock and Maya the nerd.

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