Yukiran

Yukiran is the femslash ship between Yukina Minato and Ran Mitake from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Yukina and Ran are vocalists of two rival music bands, Roselia and Afterglow. They're both students at Haneoka Girls' High School, with Yukina being a third-year student, and Ran a second-year student. Despite their rivalry, they respect each other.

They usually get flustered when they talk with each other. They can be really soft around each other and smile to themselves. Ran actually really likes Yukina’s voice and band, but she is too shy to admit it. Sometimes Ran blushes when she talks with Yukina.

Their childhood friends, Moca and Lisa, always try to help them with getting along and tease them together. Recently, in new events and episodes, Yukina and Ran started actually getting along and doing a lot of things together, like writing a song for Roselia or sitting in an onsen together. Yukina also asked Ran to help her write a song in the "Noble Rose -A Song To Reach-" event.

They held hands 4 times in canon: in "Steadfast Pride, Piercing Sunset“ event, in “VIVA LA LIVE” event, in an official book, and in the “Backstage Pass 5” event. Almost every girl in the series likes pointing out their similarities, and they love it when Yukina and Ran do things together.

Yukina thinks that Ran is a great singer and they can be rivals, even though Yukina always thought that nobody can compete with her and sing better than her. They're so similar and different at the same time, they're lime red and blue, hot and cold, sweet and bitter. They’re like sisters who got separated. They have similarities like both of them being associated with flowers, and them being passionate and competitive.

Quotes
"Ran's so serious. Makes sense. She has a lot of respect for Yukina-san."

- Himari in Noble Rose -Guide in the Darkness- Chapter 5 - The Future Ahead

Fanon
Yukiran is considerably popular, although it used to be considered a rarepair at one point. The Western fandom sees them as a soft and passionate ship at the same time. Some people don’t like the ship because they don’t like rivalries, though Yukina and Ran are not just rivals. They really respect other so much and are really soft with each other, so with time people started shipping them more than before. Episode 7 of BanG Dream! 3rd Season is a good example. The fandom likes childhood friend ships like MocaRan and Yukilisa more, but Yukiran has a lot of potential.

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Trivia

 * Ran recorded Yukina’s cute sound in the Heartful Letter In Autumn event story.
 * Ran and Yukina have covered a song together in BanG Dream! Girls Band Party (Kakumei Dualism).
 * Lyrics in their cover song have words like "Just trust my heart, just feel my heart, hold you” and “A love song to you".
 * Ran was Yukina's inspiration for the songs PASSIONATE ANTHEM and Song I am.
 * Ran was a blushing mess when Yukina found out that Ran voted for Roselia in BanG Dream! 3rd Season.
 * In a lounge conversation between Kasumi, Ran and Yukina, Kasumi suggests the three go to karaoke, but Yukina shoots her down. When Kasumi mentions that she wanted to compete for points, Ran and Yukina immediately look at each other before deciding to go after all.
 * In the special card story of "Stepping into Tomorrow", Marina says it looks like Yukina has quite the effect on Ran.
 * Their voice actresses, Ayane Sakura (Ran's) and Aiba Aina (Yukina's) are good friends in real life. They also teamed up during the Afterglow's talk event, "Afterglow Special Event Itsumo Doori no Houkago Days", where they tested out their "unity" during three different segments.
 * In the "We're All Here! New Year's Party!!" event, after the dance clubs' performance, Lisa comes over to ask Yukina what she thought of it. When Yukina answers "it wasn't so bad," Lisa teases her by claiming that Yukina must have hung around Ran a lot, causing Yukina to deny it in an embarrassed manner.