Mitsurai

Mitsurai is the femslash ship between Mitsuki and Mirai from the Beyond the Boundary fandom.

Canon
Mitsuki is initially quite neutral towards Mirai despite her family warning her about Mirai's identity, and also cautious. But soon, she begins to develop a strong bond and friendship with her because they both spend a lot of time together.

On a visit to the Shindou photo studio, listen to the message from Akihito's mother. After receiving it, there were signs that Mitsuki had gotten closer to Mirai which does not show any qualms that Mirai joined the Literature club, which Mitsuki, Akihito and Hiroomi were in. Mitsuki also helped Mirai capture a youmu for additional incomes, though Mirai was still cautious with Mitsuki's actions.

In Episode 6, Mitsuki is about to take a bite of some pancakes but instead asks Mirai if she wanted some after noticing the latter staring. Mirai gets flustered and says no, then changes her mind and says that she'll take a bite. Mitsuki gives her some and Mirai smiles at the pancake's sweetness.

In their attempts to defeat the evil-smelling demon, Mitsuki, Mirai along with the other two boys and Ai, had to take several baths to release the scent. After Mitsuki said they were going to try again, Mirai disagreed because she said she was tired of stinking every time she tried to defeat him. Mitsuki tries to approach Mirai to comfort her, but Mirai pulls her away saying keep the distance because Mitsuki stinked, Mitsuki gets a little angry for what was said but then Hiroomi along with Akihito calmed her down saying that although they sucked, it was more reason to continue fighting against the demon, which makes Mirai react and apologize to Mitsuki and the other boys. Mitsuki then offers her hand saying they would defeat the demon together with Ai supporting her, which Mirai agrees but again she steps away from Mitsuki for her strong scent.

When Mirai gets her spirit world warrior license taken away, Mitsuki takes her to a diner to introduce her to a potential part-time job she could do as a source of income. They later work together to defeat a dreamshade and get treated to dinner by Shizuku at a KBBQ place. There, Mirai gushes at how much food there is and Mitsuki watches her enthusiasm fondly.

Mirai then asks about a poster advertising the Lantern Festival, Mitsuki blushes when she sees it. Shizuku explains that the Lantern Festival was an annual celebration that's basically limited to couples only, which strangely causes Mitsuki to turn away from the poster. Mirai asks Mitsuki if she has ever gone to the Festival, to which she replies negative and reasons that she's a part of the Nase family. Mirai looks dejected for a brief moment seeing Mitsuki's reply but comments that the Festival does "look like fun."

They are seen in a later episode attending the festival together.

Mirai-hen
At the end of the movie, Mitsuki runs towards Mirai with tears in her eyes and hugs her.

Fanon
The ship mostly started due to the two's close friendship and them being two of the four main characters in Beyond the Boundary. However, the ship didn't start becoming popular until the airing of episode 6, where the pancake scene took place.

Fanworks typically feature Mitsuki or Mirai having a strong crush on the other but the other being oblivious of it. A common headcanon among fans is that Mitsuki was so tolerating towards Mirai when they first met was because she found her cute, and that the pancake scene was the first moment she fell in love.

It is the most written ship for Mitsuki on AO3 as well as the most written femslash ship under the Beyond the Boundary tag. They are a recurring side pairing for HiroAki.

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