Parechu

Parechu is the femslash ship between Nyubara Reona and Tamade Chiyu from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Pareo and Chu2 are both members of the band RAISE A SUILEN (RAS). Pareo is the band's keyboardist and Chu2 is both the band's DJ and producer. Both characters have known each other before any band stories had started.

There is a lot of contrast between the two girl's personalities. Pareo is very sparkly-eyed and energetic at heart, she loves cute things and is mostly very caring and kind to those around her. Chu2 on the other hand is much more blunt and has somewhat of a temper, easily getting upset or flustered. Both of them however share a lot of similarities in their dedication and hard-working natures to what they are passionate about, one of these things for both of them being RAS.

They have a particularly silly dynamic in which Pareo enjoys following Chu2 around, listening, supporting or doting on her in any way, even referring to herself as the Chu2's "keyboard maid." Chu2 orders Pareo around at times like asking for her to refill a cup of jerky or doing certain tasks, with Pareo happily doing whatever task she's given, even chasing after Rokka Asahi in an attempt to get her to audition for RAS upon Chu2's request. Chu2 will sometimes get embarrassed from Pareo's antics or compliments towards her, often blushing or telling Pareo off. While she has a more stern personality, she holds a lot of respect and admiration for Pareo. Pareo also cares deeply for Chu2, claiming that Chu2 had "saved her from the dark".

Fanon
Parechu is one of the more popular ships in the fandom. Many fans, particularly those in sapphic communities see the pairing as a breath of fresh air and good representation of sapphics/wlw couples. It is widely accepted and is the biggest pairing for both Pareo and Chu2, having virtually no competition with any other pairing for these characters. This is especially since the two are the youngest in the cast and so not many other pairings exist for them, along with the fact that Pareo and Chu2 mostly interact with each other more than anyone else. Many fans of Parechu also are seen to ship the pairing Masurokka as well. Although there are many who enjoy the pairing and see it as perfectly healthy, there are also a good portion of people who believe Chu2's actions towards Pareo make the ship unhealthy. Particularly her behavior in the first two Band Stories. Although Chu2 has developed long since those stories and has been showing proof of her efforts to be better, as well as clearly expressing that she does indeed care and cherish Pareo, these fans tend to stick to these actions as proof as to why they don't like the ship claiming that Chu2 doesn't treat Pareo well or that the pairing is "one-sided", that Chu2 doesn't care for Pareo.

Fandom
FAN FICTION



Trivia

 * The full version of the RAS song Beautiful Birthday has the Japanese phrase "アイシテル" or "aishiteru" in it, a particular way of saying "i love you" to someone that is hardly ever used casually and is only ever reserved for more deep intimate love between couples. Even though RAS's vocalist Rei Wakana sings it, the lyrics and song itself was written by Pareo herself as a birthday gift to Chu2. Afterwards, the lyrics following has Chu2 say "I love you too" in English, which very heavily implies the feelings between the two are mutual.
 * On Pareo's birthday, she received a pair of headphones that matched the ones that Chu2 has, except instead of a blue lighting and cat ears like Chu2, Pareo's has a pink lighting and dog ears.
 * Pareo travels almost 3 hours a day from Kamogawa, Chiba all the way to Tokyo just to perform with RAS and Chu2.
 * Pareo has compared Chu2 to a "delicate marshmallow" in one of her card stories for the NO LIMIT!!! event.