ShuuNaru

ShuuNaru is the slash ship between Shusaku Iwasaki and Makoto Narumi from the Seraph of the End fandom.

Canon
Shusaku was a member of Makoto's squad. They were childhood friends and the two fought together on their battlefields. They have an evident bond with each other and are considered closer than anyone on their team.

In Catastrophe at 16, Makoto and Shusaku show up to Guren's father's funeral to pay their respects. With Shusaku following close behind, Makoto hot-headedly asks Guren if this was how they were going to be treated for the rest of their lives. Guren tells him to endure it for now, and believe in the Ichinose family, to which Makoto begins crying in relief. Shusaku is at his side, comforting him.

Up until the point where they became 6 years old, Shusaku called Makoto "Ma-chan". Later, he began calling him "Makoto-sama", causing the redhead to punch him. Makoto then decided that he wouldn't speak to Shusaku if he ever added "-sama" to his name. This went on for 3 months, Makoto ignoring Shusaku until the boy finally gave in. They finally agree on just calling him "Makoto" without any honorifics. Shusaku admits that he cried every night they weren't talking.

Right before Guren triggers the Catastrophe, Makoto and Shusaku are sitting on a tall cedar tree overlooking their family's territory. Shusaku attempts to persuade Makoto to go home, saying that he'll be angry, but Makoto says he won't mind if he does. The two young boys realize they had been practicing their magic for five days straight without going home. Shusaku asks if he can go home to meet his mother and eat her croquettes. Makoto reasons he could just buy some in the convenience store on the way back, bit Shusaku rejects the idea, saying he likes the handmade ones more. They bear witness to a passenger plane crashing due to the death of all the adults. Quickly, they run down the mountain only to be greeted by thousands of corpses. They enter a convenience store and plan to check the security cameras at around the time they say the plane crash. On the video, they watch how all the adults suddenly die, vampires appear, and that only young children survived.

During Vampire Reign, Makoto and his squad are paired up with Shinoa Squad to defeat a progenitor vampire. While they are waiting for their first mission to start, Shusaku keeps time and reviews their battle plan again. Both squads begin a frontal attack and wear the vampire, Lucal Wheskar down. While Wheskar is distracted, Shusaku uses his demon Akahebi to bind him, and Makoto finishes him off. The squad high fives each other after the win.

At Nagoya City Hall, Guren and his squad order Narumi & Shinoa Squad to save the hostages taken by Lord Crowley, while his team took the offensive. After the five minutes are up, Makoto's team meet up with Shinoa squad again and they flee with the injured soldiers.

They escape from the City Hall and arrive at the Airport. Kureto and Aoi's van pulls up, and the two congratulate the team on a work well done, despite the sacrifices. He orders them to put their weapons down, because he would be the one taking over now. Suspecting something, Shusaku, Makoto, and Rika all hesitate. Kureto dismisses the small acts of treason and announces that everyone is going to die anyway, and immediately orders for the "experiment" to begin. Aoi sets off chains from the ground that aim for the people in the vicinity. Makoto is able to summon Genbushin to manifest shields and protect himself, but Shusaku is stabbed through the shoulder. Horrified, Makoto falls to his knees, unable to comprehend the betrayal.

"Makoto run!"

- Shusaku to Makoto before dying, (Chapter 39)

Shusaku yells for Makoto to run, before a second chain pierces him through his chest, killing him. Enraged, Makoto charges at Kureto, even whilst the older general smirks and says his teammates had died a glorious death. He's forced to stop when two chains come at him from above, and is only saved by Mitsuba and Kimizuki's defense.

When Makoto arrives at Ferid's mansion three months later, he finds Shusaku's body being preserved in a chamber in his basement. He makes a promise to him, though it is left unsaid.

Fanon
is not commonly seen in the fandom, because Makoto is a mostly minor character, and Shusaku dies early on. A few of their moments are also from the Catastrophe manga, that not too many people have read either. Nevertheless, there is a decent amount of fanart of the two, some in AUs where they are high school/college students, and some where Shusaku didn't die or gets revived. There are little to no rival ships for both of them.

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Trivia

 * Makoto's birthday is on September 19th, while Shusaku's is on March 10th.
 * Their respective hair colors match their eyes.
 * The name of Makoto's demon is Genbushin, a manifestation-type demon in the form of a trident and the ability to manifest shields. Shusaku's demon is Akahebi, also a manifestation-type, who takes the form of a sword and is able to create chains that Shusaku controls.
 * According to Makoto, Shusaku had had a natural talent for magic ever since he was little.
 * Makoto's parents thought Shusaku would make for a good follower for their family.