Kaohina

"Kaoru-kun's so interesting! She's always saying such weird stuff~, and when she moves, everything's all sparkly~! Oh, and my favorite~... The Shakespeare quotes that come out of nowhere! While I never really know what she's talking about, it's kinda like she has her own signature phrase! Doesn't that sound fun~?! Whenever I hear her quote him, I know it's going to be a boppin' day~♪ There's no one else like Kaoru-kun, so I never get bored of hanging out with her~!"

- Hina in "Strange and Interesting♪"

Kaohina is the femslash ship between Kaoru Seta and Hina Hikawa from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Kaoru and Hina are third-year students at Haneoka Girls' High School and the guitarists of their respective bands, Hello, Happy World! and Pastel*Palettes. Kaoru is one of the people Hina finds particularly interesting and exciting at the same time due to her flamboyant and showy personality. Meanwhile Kaoru also finds Hina spectacular and loves hearing about her ideas, but also keeps Hina in check and stops her from trying to cause too much ruckus, especially after Hina becomes the student council president. According to Lisa, both Hina and Kaoru also tend to "get lost in their own world more than anyone at Haneoka".

The Cursed Well and the School Spirit
Their first proper interactions happen in this event, where they also are the gacha 4★ pair. Hina and Kaoru join Lisa, Maya and Ran's group for the cleaning crewup. The two enthusiastically greet each other and Ran, surprised, asks if they are friends. Hina says she loves Kaoru, whom she finds very interesting, and that she always has a boppin'♪ time whenever Kaoru is around. Lisa mentions that they've been friends since they started their second year and both Kaoru and Hina admit they can't exactly remember how they met. When Lisa and Ran hear they'll be cleaning the area next to the rumored cursed well, Hina laughs and says she's been there and nothing happened to her. Maya asks Kaoru about it and Kaoru answers in a trembling voice that she had no idea the rumors existed either, leading to Hina concluding nothing's wrong with the place. When they finish up tidying the well area, Kaoru stays away from the well and stands next to Ran and Lisa, claiming she is protecting them. The group finds out the well has been filled with water, and Hina how it's too bad that they won't be seeing the ghost. She then asks if Kaoru agrees with her, and Kaoru hesistantly answers that she'd "love to waltz with a ghost". After Maya suggests they start asking other students about the rumor, they split into groups and Kaoru and Hina head out to investigate together.

Hina and Kaoru go back to the school and Hina enthusiastically commences their investigation. Kaoru mistakenly quotes Shakespeare and Hina laughs, saying she could hardly wait to hear one of them and that whenever she hears Kaoru mention her "Shakespearean quotes", she knows it'll be a good day. Hina comments that the quotes can be quite difficult sometimes, and Kaoru explains how she likes them, before Hina interrupts her saying that despite finding them amusing, the quotes' wording is pretty confusing to her. Kaoru clams up and Hina boils down what Kaoru was trying to say across, calming Kaoru down and mentioning how Shakespeare is so deep and fleeting. Some of Kaoru's fangirls ask for assistance with the cleaning and Hina asks if they weren't supposed to investigate the well. Kaoru mentions not being able to ignore one of her kittens in distress and spouts off more purple prose, which convinces Hina to tag along.

In Chapter 4, Ran is shocked to find out neither of them managed to ask anyone about the well, and Hina says she was too busy watching Kaoru cleaning and forgot about her objective.

Fanon
Despite their moments together and natural chemistry, Kaohina is a rarepair, mostly due to their lack of interactions. It is mainly rivaled by Kaochisa and Kaomisa on Kaoru's side, and Ayahina and Chisahina on Hina's side.

Fandom

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Trivia

 * They have a height difference of 14 cm, with Kaoru being 170 cm and Hina being 156 cm tall.

Variations

 * Kaolisahina refers to the ship between the two and Lisa Imai
 * Kaomayahina refers to the ship between the two and Maya Yamato