Chikawa

"Catch up... Catch up to me."

- Hozuki to Kudo

Hozukudo is the het ship between Chika Kudo and Satowa Hozuki from the Kono Oto Tomare! fandom.

Season One
Both Hozuki and Kudo in the start of the series are in class 1-F and the schools official koto club. They are both currently still in the same koto club and also ended up in the same class too (2-F). During both the anime and manga series, there was heavily hinted feelings.

When they first met Hozuki had an instant rude attitude after finding out he apparently broke the koto instrument causing her to believe he didn't genuinely want to play the koto. This automatically made them despise each other. Kudo during episode 2 had a lot of thoughts about what she said to him and those words made him more determined. After finding out she was in the same class as him, he wanted to talk to her about "how to have what it takes." but of course she didn't answer him but made a rude remark at him. Later on, she finds out that Kudo was help fixing the koto that was broken and how determined he was to 'have what it takes' which brings her a little shock.

Still believing in her own truths, In episode 5 she learns about Kudo's grandfather by his close friend Kota and was filled with instant regret about the things she said... She starts running with tears in her eyes also with a lot of thoughts in her mind thinking of what she should do in order to face him. Then, her thoughts get interrupted when she bumps into Kudo. Kudo realizes she's crying but she says it's just a hay fever. So, he places tissues on her head for her own usage, while walking away she yells "Sorry!" and apologizes (check quote section) bringing him quite a shock but then ruins the moment by saying "You're scary when you're nice." he also just laughs it off cause of the reason she was crying and questions her. He also states "So you can be cute sometimes, huh? Satowa?" meaning he finds her attractive.

Quotes
"It might irritate us if it were a family story about someone we don't care about, but it's different in your case. We care about you."

- Kudo to Hozuki, Episode 21

"Sorry!, I heard about your grandfather and everything.. I said so many horrible things.. Not knowing anything about why you joined the koto club.. I'm so sorry."

- Hozuki to Kudo, Episode 5

"I don't know why you're in this club, nor do I care but anyone who is willing to damage the instrument, doesn't have what it takes to play the koto."

- Hozuki to Kudo, Episode 2

"I have to hurry up and stand alongside her. I have to... hurry up..."

- Kudo about Hozuki, Episode 21

"Wow!, You two are like a couple!"

- Kota about Hozuki and Kudo, Episode 23

Fanon
Hozukudo is the most known and loved ship in the Kono Oto Tomare! fandom, the fandom is severely underrated giving Hozukudo barely any chance to rival many ships, but known rival ships are Kurakudo and KuruHozu. Hozukudo is also often compared to the canon ship Kyohru from the Fruits Basket fandom due to their many parallels. Despite being the most popular there is only a few AO3 results due to the fact which was already stated, that this anime/manga series is extremely underrated but this ship means a lot to the fandom because of how both characters have struggles in their life like not being approved and losing someone dear to you which many people could relate to.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Hozuki can be seen blushing many times in the series due to Kudo´s kindness especially when defending her.
 * Kudo described her as "Cute" and "Beautiful"
 * Kudo was the first one to have a little clue about her situation.
 * Hozuki admitted to herself about liking Kudo after he mistaken her as a pillow.