Akian

AkiAn is the Het ship between Akito Shinonome and An Shiraishi from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Akito and An are part of the street group Vivid BAD SQUAD, although they were previously competing as two groups. They go to the same high school, Kamiyama High.

In the main story for Vivid BAD SQUAD, Akito was immediately interested in asking An to become part of his and Toya's street band after being recommended, having seen her perform at her father's café and considering her to be of equal skill and drive. However, upon asking her to join, he was disappointed that An had rejected his offer in favor of partnering with Kohane, who she had met a day or two prior. Akito felt that An's belief in Kohane would only drag her down due to Kohane's lack of musical experience not matching An's talents, leading him to instead decide to compete against her with Toya.

During An and Kohane's (now performing under the name Vivids) first live show, a friend of Akito's deliberately cut off the audio track during their performance, causing Kohane to get struck with stage fright and forcing An to cover for her. Despite knowing that he didn't do it, Akito took the blame for the incident, citing that he believed that he and Toya took their music more seriously than An and pointing to Kohane as evidence for it. Kohane, feeling she let An down, runs off, with An angrily telling Akito that "she expected better of him, and that she was proven wrong".

Later, after winning back Kohane (who has now decided to sincerely adopt An's dream of wanting to surpass RAD WEEKEND), the girls are approached by Akito's friend, who clarifies that Akito wasn't the one who sabotaged their concert and apologized. Realizing her mistake, An and Kohane band together to make up with Akito and check on him after his fight with Toya.

Fanon
AkiAn is one of the more popular straight pairings in the Project Sekai fandom, though not as popular in the Western fandom where it's slash rivals AnKoha and AkiToya are much more favored. AkiAn fans tend to see Akito and An's dynamic within the band story and additional materials as entertaining in their rivalry, and their similar passion towards their goals. However, some detractors find the ship uninteresting in comparison to other VBS pairings and prefer the stronger ship teasing of AnKoha and AkiToya.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * One of the Project Sekai 4komas show that Akito and An both tend to have trouble studying.