Anharu

"It's still a little weird to always see you dressed so properly, Haruka. In elementary and middle school, you were always competing in silly contests to see who could run faster or eat their entire lunch first."

- Area Conversation in Main Street

Anharu is the femslash ship between An Shiraishi and Haruka Kiritani from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
An and Haruka had been childhood friends ever since elementary school, however they do not have many interactions in game. Although An goes to Kamiyama High and Haruka goes to Miyamasuzaka, they still hang out with each other outside of school. Both were experienced in the idol career before joining their respective units, An was a popular performer at her father's cafe, WEEKEND GARAGE, and Haruka formerly a member of the idol group ASRUN, being the member with the highest popularity. An appears in both side stories of one of Haruka's three-star card and Haruka appears to be talking with An in the Vivid BAD SQUAD event, Singing in Sync. They also have two area conversations together.

In the first side story of Haruka's 3* card "The Non-Idol Me", Haruka ends up going to visit An at the WEEKEND GARAGE, which very much surprises An. They go sit down to talk to each other after not seeing each other since middle school. An gives Haruka some milk tea to drink, remembering that she liked it, Haruka then thanks An and asks her about how its like in Kamiyama. As the conversation continues, Haruka wonders why An isn't asking about her, in which An replies with "I will...if you want me too. The world may know you as the perfect idol, but to me, you'll always be that girl with the bright blue penguin-shaped lunchbox who secretly eats early lunches with a huge grin on her face during class.", leaving Haruka embarrassed. In the end, Haruka smiles, thinking to herself "Wherever I go, people see me as ASRUN's Haruka Kiritani. But to An... I was right to come here."

In the second side story of Haruka's 3* card "The Non-Idol Me", Haruka comes back to WEEKEND GARAGE on a holiday morning to have a little chat with An. Haruka explains to An that she's decided to become an idol again, saying that a fellow schoolmate proved that idols really can bring hope to others. An, being happy for Haruka, says "Haruka, your face is so clear now.", as well as also offering places for her to perform at. Haruka thanks An for everything and they exchange their farewells. The side story ends with Haruka saying to herself, "I'm so glad I got to talk to An. Back then, it was because of her I was able to move ahead. This time, its my turn to do what I can to help everyone else move ahead as well."

In the event "Singing In Sync", the two interact in the 4/5th episode, where Haruka runs into An after they both had a performance. Haruka notices An to be quite down, recalling the last time she was like this when Sports Day was canceled when the two were kids. Haruka worried, she asks An whats wrong, to which An explains her situation with Kohane. Haruka then gives An advice, saying she should go heart-to-heart with Kohane, not wanting An to hurt her friend like how Haruka did due to not being able to communicate clearly. An thanks Haruka for the advice, saying she feels a lot better, then they both say their farewells.

In one of their area conversations together they are talking about when they were younger. They used to go to the arcade together and battle each other in lots of games, especially the candy dropper. But they were more focused on getting the candy. Haruka always got half of An's candy, and Haruka just wanted the sweets she liked. They also traded each other's sweets.

In the event Time to hang out♪ Kohane and Minori brought An and Haruka together again to ask each other some questions. That's when they relised An and Haruka are much more closer then they thought.

Fanon
Anharu isn't a very popular ship within the fandom due to both having way more popular ships with others. The ship first caught the fandom's attention when they first interacted in Haruka's 3* card, which revealed that the two were childhood friends. They are mostly rivaled by Anhane and Minoharu. People mainly prefer them as a platonic relationship and have one be a wingwoman for the other, while many see them as ex-girlfriends who broke up in middle school. They are mainly shipped beside Kohamino. In fanworks, they are often shown competing or bickering.

Anharu currently has over 25 works on AO3.

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Trivia

 * Anharu is referred to with the "🎧🐧" emojis.
 * Their Kizuna Ranks include: "Rivals in Everything but Studying", "Let's Race Again Someday" and "A Dear Rival and Friend".
 * Some of their Cheerful Carnival Team titles are "Rivals Since Elementary School", "Rivals in Everything Except Studying" and "Actually Best Friends".
 * In the Project SEKAI 2022 April Fools event, An was in the unit YUME YUME JUMP!, a parody of Haruka's canon unit MORE MORE JUMP!. YUME YUME JUMP! An wore the same unit outfit as canon Haruka except it was just recolored as An's own color.
 * Both have a shade of blue as their image color.