HanaKouNene

HanaKouNene is the poly ship between Hanako, Kou Minamoto and Yashiro Nene from the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun fandom.

Canon
After Nene and Hanako met, Hanako helped Nene win over Kou's brother, Teru. While they didn't meet Kou yet, Nene did push Kou down the stairs while executing one of Hanako's plans. Kou formally met Nene and Hanako after trying to exorcise the latter on the school's rooftop. Teru had allowed him to take care of the seventh of the school's mysteries, and so Kou, adamant making his brother proud of him, puts his all into attempting to get rid of Hanako. Kou manages to overpower Hanako, but is stopped from going through with the exorcism due to an Nene defending Hanako.

Kou blushes as he argued with Nene about how Hanako is bad. Kou tells Nene that Hanako killed someone with the knife he carries around. Nene denies it, but Hanako admits to the crime and says that his sins will be erased if he fulfills his duty. Kou and Hanako once again fight, with Hanako being the victor. Afterward, Nene checks up on Hanako and the two share a moment.

Soon after, Kou ventures with Hanako and Nene into the Misaki Stairs to save their trapped classmates. Kou and Hanako protected Nene from Yako's giant scissors. Kou notices how Hanako does his best to save him, Nene and the other students from the spell, and he begins to think that Hanako could be a good supernatural.

After School Hanako-Kun
In Day 1 of the spin-off, Nene was tired of cleaning toilets so she decided to bring Kou and Teru with her. Hanako started freaking out as Teru wanted to exorcise him. Kou assured Hanako that Teru is only there to help with cleaning. Hanako still got Kou and Teru to leave. In Day 2, the trio played the Game of Kings with Tsuchigomori and a Mokke, along with Teru later on.

Later on in Day 7, Hanako was turned into a girl and Nene helped him be more feminine. Hanako decided to do things that only girls can do and settled on seducing boys. Kou said that Hanako isn't even close to his type, disappointing Hanako. Nene comforted him. In Day 11, Kou and Nene look after Hanako while he has the uncommon cold.

In Day 15, the three went to the beach. They had plenty of fun doing things like playing in the sand, relaxing in the shade, surfing and taking commemorative photos. Though Hanako appeared as a shadowy figure in the commemorative photos due to him being a supernatural. The three still had plenty of fun, but the vacation ended when Nene hit Hanako over the head with a bat.

Quotes
"I am the assistant to the leader of the seven mysteries! And I'm friends with a really powerful exorcist!"

- Nene in Chapter 16

After School Hanako-kun
"So I just thought it would be nice...if we could keep the fun times going a little longer."

- Hanako in Day 15

Fanon
HanaKouNene is mainly shipped by people that can't decide between Kounene, Hanakou and Hananene. Although, some fans prefer to just ship Hananene and Mitsukou instead and HanaKouNene is considered a rarepair. It's fairly popular in its fandom since Hanako, Nene and Kou are the main characters of the franchise, and plenty of fan art shows the three together because of this. Although, it doesn't have that many works on AO3 and it currently only has 17+ romantic works and 116+ gen works.

"HanaKouNene" is usually used to refer to the romantic ship between the three while "Toilet Trio" refers to the three platonically or in general. One fan suggested calling the three "Stationary Trio" because of an artwork depicting them with stationary. The fan also said the characters would represent stationary equipment: Hanako is paper, Kou is an eraser and Nene is a pencil. Another fan added an explanation to why each character represents stationary equipment: Kou erases supernaturals since he is an exorcist, Hanako has a paper seal on his face that suppresses his power and Nene's is fated to die within a year so her lifespan gets shorter just as a pencil would.

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Variations

 * Hanakou refers to the ship between Hanako and Kou
 * Hananene refers to the ship between Hanako and Nene
 * Kounene refers to the ship between Kou and Nene
 * MitsuHanaKouNene refers to the ship between the three and Mitsuba Sousuke