FukuRan

FukuRan is the slash ship between Yukichi Fukuzawa and Ranpo Edogawa from the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom.

Canon
Fukuzawa and Ranpo met 12 years before the start of the main story, when Fukuzawa arrived at a bodyguard job to find the client murdered and Ranpo (who was working as a delivery boy) arrived shortly after and solved the case immediately. Fukuzawa was impressed by Ranpo's intelligence, and Ranpo managed to convince Fukuzawa to bring him along on his next job.

As they got to know each other it became apparent that Ranpo, who had been orphaned some time prior to this meeting, did not understand that he was smarter than other people and struggled to understand them because of it. Fukuzawa, once he understood the problem, offered him a white lie that he was an ability user. This allowed Ranpo to accept that he was different from others and wield his intelligence to effectively solve crimes.

After working together for a while, Fukuzawa decided that Ranpo would need more people to protect him as he solved cases (as Fukuzawa might not always be able to do so), and thus founded the Armed Detective Agency.

Fanon
Fukuran is an uncommon ship, with only 104 works on AO3 and 384 on Pixiv. Portrayals of the ship often skew Fukuzawa/Ranpo, especially in Japan where it closely resembles an archetype of Samurai/Trainee. Ranpo's commitment to follow and trust Fukuzawa without question, and Fukuzawa's ability to sway Ranpo with just a few words (of praise), are generally the basis of the ship. Fukuzawa's love of all things cute and Ranpo's cuteness is another common theme in artworks. Their excellent teamwork and complimentary strengths make them a classic buddy cop duo.

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Quotes
"Your point of reference may be justice, but mine is to face the same direction as the President." —Ranpo to Ōchi Fukuchi in manga chapter 82