Shihonami

Shihonami is the femslash ship between Shiho Hinomori and Honami Mochizuki from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Shiho and Honami are fellow members of the rock band Leo/need, as well as childhood friends, along with Ichika Hoshino and Saki Tenma. Shiho is the band's bassist, and Honami is their drummer. They both attend Miyamasuzaka Girls' Academy as first-year students.

After Saki was hospitalized in middle school and stopped attending school, the four childhood friends, including Shiho and Honami, parted ways. Honami started to avoid Shiho and the other girls so as not to be bullied, and to prevent Shiho and Ichika from being badmouthed by others because of her. This is because Honami is known around school as a "pushover", too nice, and was often accused of not being able to take sides in middle school. Due to this fact, Honami thought the best course of action would be to only remain friends with people inside of her own class, in attempts to "stay loyal" to them. After Saki learns about this fact, she makes the decision to give up on trying to get Honami into the band, where Shiho noticed Saki isn't at all happy with this, but only doing it to give Honami the space she needs. Shiho then finds Honami after class the day Saki did that, and yelled at Honami for not being considerate of how it made the Saki and even Shiho and Ichika feel, resulting in Honami starting to wonder if she made the wrong decision, and Shiho worrying that she was too harsh on her. They eventually make up at the end story, where Honami finally reveals her true feelings, and she, Shiho, Ichika, and Saki officially form Leo/Need.

In an area conversation in the School SEKAI, Shiho remembers that Honami was good at other instruments besides the drums back in middle school. Shiho asks why Honami stuck to playing the drums. Honami tells Shiho that she remembers hearing that it helps everyone play better when there is a stable rhythm to follow, but she also admits that part of the reason she stuck to playing drums was because it seemed the coolest. Shiho says that there's nothing wrong with that. In another area conversation in the School SEKAI, Honami notices Shiho tuning her bass instead of using a tuner. Shiho says she does for fine tuning but she is trying to get a feel for doing it without one. Honami comments that tuning is probably a really good way to train your ears.

At Miyamasuzaka Girls' Academy, Shiho and Honami's school, the two are ready for the rhythm squad's special training session. Shiho asks Honami why she is smirking. Honami tells Shiho that she is just happy to spend time with Shiho, but she tells her not to worry since she promises to practice seriously. Shiho says that she wasn't really worried. In another area conversation at school, Honami asks Shiho to practice with her since she was having trouble with the rhythm of the song they have been working on. Shiho agrees to practice, and Honami says that she will bake something sweet in return. Shiho says that Honami doesn't have too since she is happy to help when it comes to practice, but Shiho adds that cookies will be nice. Honami responds by saying she'll bake a bunch of cookies. Honami asks again to do rhythm training with Shiho in another area conversation. Shiho suggests arriving at practice three hours ahead of time since it's valuable practice. Honami has a bad feeling about it, but she thanks Shiho nonetheless.

In an area conversation on main street, Shiho asks if Honami is buying apple pies again. Shiho admits that she figured Honami would eventually get bored of apple pies, but Honami says that she could never. She describes what she likes about apple pies and even goes as far as to say she could have them for every meal. Shiho stutters in response. At the shopping mall, Honami comments on how a dress is cute. Shiho says that she didn't know Honami liked that kind of casual outfit, and Honami says that she can never find an good outfit that doesn't make her look like a mom. Shiho suggests that Honami tries on the outfit, and she bets it would look good on her. When getting ice cream, Honami gets a vanilla flavor though Shiho expects her to get apple flavored. Honami says she likes apple pies but ice cream is different, and she says that Shiho wouldn't get a ramen-flavored ice cream. Shiho says that she wouldn't, but she doubts the comparison is quite the same. At the music shop, Honami asks Shiho what kind of stuff she does working at a live house. Shiho answers that she usually works reception and other odd jobs, but she is sometimes asked to stand in as a bass player. Even though she is playing with people she has never played with before, it usually works out alright. Shiho says that trying to match her pace with new people is actually quite fun, and Honami giggles and says that sounds exactly like something Shiho would like.

Quotes
"Um, happy birthday, Honami. We're always together so I don't really know what to say, but... It was clear that you really put your best foot forward. Great show today, and... I hope we get to hang out more."

- Shiho's birthday message for Honami in Happy Birthday!! 2022 (Honami) second side story

Fanon
Shihonami is one of the most popular ships for both Shiho and Honami, partly due to their opposite personalities: Honami is the gentle, caring one of the group, whereas Shiho is shown to be relatively blunt and cold in most cases. In AO3, it is the 2nd most written ship for both after Honakana and Shihosaki, while in the Eastern fandom it is their most popular ship. It is mostly shipped alongside Ichisaki, although some people ship the four in a polyamorous relationship.

The first Shihonami Week was held from December 28, 2022 till January 3, 2023. The second Shihonami Week will be held on October 22-28, 2023, under the. Prompts for the first day will be "plushies or dresses", "first move or study" for the second day, "letters or sick" for the third day, "royalty or beach" for the fourth day, "memories or stargazing" for the fifth day, "first date or birthday!" for the sixth day, and the seventh and final day will be free choice.

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Trivia

 * Shiho is 159 cm tall while Honami is 166 cm, making them 7 cm apart.
 * Their ship is referred to with the "🍜🥧", "🍜🍎" and "💚❤️" emojis.
 * Their Kizuna Rank titles are: "Rhythm Squad", "Count On Me", and "Overcome Our Differences".
 * Some of their Cheerful Carnival Team names are "Rhythm Squad", "Desire To Be Helpful" and "Won't Let You Hold All The Burden Alone".