NagiHono

"Yukishiro-san is smart and elegant...if I were a boy, Yukishiro-san is the type of girl I'd like."

- Nagisa

NagiHono is the femslash ship between Nagisa and Honoka from the Pretty Cure fandom.

Canon
Nagisa and Honoka didn't know about each other existence's until Nagisa companions talk about the former’s intelligence and popularity of Honoka in the past. When Nagisa attempts to solve a math question, but gets stumped Honoka interrupts the teacher, telling him that Nagisa could not do so since the answer would not make sense, and correcting it. When the classes are over, Nagisa thanks Honoka for “saving her”. When Nagisa’s teammates discuss about nominating her and Honoka as class representatives. When Nagisa is at her apartment, Nagisa wishes to be the “smart one” rather than the "sporty" one.

When they receive their compacts and cards, Mepple guides them to an amusement park about to close, then are confronted by Pisard, the girls transform into Cure Black and Cure White, during the battle Nagisa saves Honoka from a spiked wheel. They successfully exorcise the Zakenna. Initially the girls weren't even friends and had nothing in common until some time being a Pretty Cure. Honoka attempted to get to know Nagisa but failed and ended poorly most of the time.

As the story goes, Honoka becomes closer to Nagisa, and also helps her to accept her role as a Pretty Cure. As time goes, Honoka begins to consider Nagisa as a friend, and really wishes to be acknowledged as that. When Honoka finds out that Nagisa has a crush on her friend, she presents the two the day afterward and tells how great Nagisa is. However, Nagisa, thinking she is humiliated, gets angry and runs off. When Honoka tries to confront her, she is rejected and is told that they will never be friends. Because of this, Honoka decides to give Mipple to Nagisa, and entrust her to find another girl to be Cure White, as she now thinks that the Pretty Cure would work much better between girls who can trust each other. They eventually manage to get over it and decide to become real friends with Nagisa agreeing to let them address each other with their given names, in the English dub, Nagisa lets Honoka address her as "Nat". They become so close that when the villains separate Nagisa and Honoka, they become desperate to reunite. When a boy tries to flirt with Nagisa, Honoka shows great anger that he does not take Nagisa seriously. Nagisa has also said Honoka is the most important person in her life. Nagisa cannot forgive anyone who hurts Honoka; this is sometimes seen when they are in their Cure forms, as Cure Black gains enormous powers whenever she sees or gets a hint that Cure White is hurt.

In Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart, along with Honoka, Nagisa declares their friendship is the only reason they protect Hikari. Nagisa has also said in Futari wa Precure♡Hugtto Precure: All Star Memories that she loves Honoka and the she isn't good without her.

At the end of the series, although they no longer are Pretty Cure, she and Honoka continue being best friends.

Songs
We Have the Same Dream ~SET ME FREE~ | Honna Yuko and Yukana

M☆M Is Like A Jet Coaster | Honna Yuko and Yukana

With Your Whole Smile | Honna Yuko and Yukana

Fanon
Since Futari Wa Pretty Cure is the first season that makes NagiHono the first femslash and first ship in the fandom, is the biggest and most popular ship in the fandom and franchise, also the most popular ship for both Nagisa and Honoka, it has received multiple canon artworks of them. also has received fan work too. Similar to Rana, fans also misinterpreted it as a canon pairing due to both getting a figure made for Precure's 15th Anniversary, she and Honoka are wearing wedding dresses, lock arms while holding bouquets, except with NagiHono being just a misinterpration from part of the fandom and Rikka canonically holded romantic feelings for Mana. the ship boost with their appearences in HUGtto Precure, both of them sharing the spotlight with the other PreCure teams in Pretty Cure All Stars: Memories also increased the popularity of the ship.

NagiHono sailed for multiple reasons one of the most common one, is that Honoka and Nagisa weren't really friends at first so the developoment between the two was more than the other cures in the past and current seasons, they're rival ships are ShouNagi and KiriHono but it manages to overshadow them. Most of Kamikita Futago art works of them together are either seen in a romantic undertone.

Most Precure fans in the Japanese fandom are male, so it became more popular in the japanese fandom, in the western fandom is also quite popular, but is a more popular ship in the japanese fandom.

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Trivia

 * She describes Honoka as the kind of girl she'd want to date if she was a boy.
 * In a figure made for Precure's 15th Anniversary, she and Honoka are wearing wedding dresses, lock arms while holding bouquets.
 * Nagisa's theme is Yin while Honoka's the Yang.