KuniKara

KuniKara is the femslash ship between Yayoi Kunizuka and Shion Karanomori from the Psycho-Pass fandom.

Canon
They are side characters from Psycho-Pass series. Yayoi is the only female Enforcer from Division 01 and her work often takes her outside, while Shion's job involves the technical side of things which she works on from her lab. Due to this, and the fact that they are both latent criminals who have limited rights, their onscreen time together is limited. Their relationship is explored more in official side materials.

Pre-Main Story
At 19, Yayoi was in a relationship with anti-Sibyl System singer Rina Takizaki which negatively affected her hue. Consequently, she was placed in a rehabilitation center where she met Inspector Shinya Kogami who offered her a job in the bureau in exchange for helping them track down criminals in an area she was familiar with. Yayoi eventually decides to help, which provokes Rina's ire.

After Yayoi becomes an Enforcer, Rina sends their sex video to the MWPSB where it is seized by Shion Karanomori - the Analyst within Division 01. Shion informs an embarrassed Yayoi about it before deleting the video. Four days later, they have sex for the first time.

Season One
The first reference to their relationship is subtle and occurs in Episode 2 when Inspector Akane Tsunemori seeks Shion's lab. Before she can enter, Yayoi exits the lab while fixing her tie and is seemingly annoyed at Akane's interruption as she does not return her greeting. Inside the lab, Shion is seen pulling up her stocking before sitting up.

They have another small interaction in Episode 4 where Shion winks flirtatiously at Yayoi during a Division 01 meeting.

In Episode 6, when Akane seeks Shion again to inquire about the death of former Enforcer Mitsuru Sasayama, Yayoi is also present in the lab. While Shion informs her about the gruesome case which involved plastinated bodies, Akane apologizes to Yayoi for talking about such things while she was eating but Yayoi is unperturbed. Shion, with a sultry expression, remarks that it won't faze Yayoi as she's into "more violent and passionate stuff".

In the final episode, the two are shown naked in bed together and are seen discussing the fate of Division 01 after death of two members and Kogami's departure.

Events from „About a girl”
„About a girl" is a side story written by Ryo Yoshigami, one of the anime screenwriter. The main character is Yayoi, who has to end the criminal activities of her ex-girlfriend Takizaki. Due to lack of personnel, Shion must go on a field mission. At one point, she is kidnapped by Takizaki. Shion upsets Rina by saying, "I plan to spend the rest of my life with my current lover" and Rina stabs her with a knife. Karanomori thinks she's going to die and sends PSB a message: “Somebody who can hear my voice. Please tell that Karanomori Shion loves Kunizuka Yayoi until she dies. " Then she is rescued by the Enforcer Ginoza.

At the end of the novel, after Yayoi killed Rina, Shion walks up to her and kisses passionately, then assures her that she loves her.

Season Two
In Season Two they have fewer scenes than in the first.

In episode 5, in one scene, there are only two of them in lab. They watching the situation of aggressive drones in the harbor through cameras and talking about it, but then Enforcer Hinakawa and Analyst Saiga come there too.

In episode 7 is again seen their after-bed scene, where they talk about Enforcer Hinakawa's past.

This isn't shown in the anime, but one of the last panels of the Psycho-Pass 2 manga shows them spending time together in the lab.

Events before Season Three
They haven't interaction in the next screened Psycho-Pass project: Gekijouban, but in the official novel adaptation of it, you can read an extra scene where they talk together after sex. Shion informs her girlfriend that Yayoi’s Crime Coefficient is falling and she will soon be able to leave the bureau and lead a normal life. Kunizuka is confused and doesn't know how to react to it. Moments later, Chief Kasei rings to Karanomori and the scene ends.

A year later, Inspector Shimotsuki goes on a mission to an isolated facility named "Sanctuary" along with the Enforcers: Ginoza and Kunizuka. At one point, Kunizuka is held locked up by the facility's authorities and Shion is worried that she can't contact her and informs the rest of Division 1 about this incident.

In 2118, Yayoi actually leaves the office to work as a freelance journalist. From then on, she and Shion don't have many face-to-face meetings, because Kunizuka as an unauthorized person can't enter the MWPSB building.

Season Three and First Inspector
In the post credit scene of Episode 3, Shimotsuki introduces Kunizuka to the new Division 1. She informs that Yayoi has signed a contract as an investigative consultant and will now be working temporarily with the MWPSB. You can then see the pride on Shion's face.

In episode 4, Kunizuka helps members of Division 1 in the investigation. After a successful action, she spends time with them at a welcome party for new inspectors – Arata Shindo and Kei Mikhail Ignatov. She and Shion are sitting in a remote place. Karanomori pours Kunizuka a non-percentage drink, saying that alcohol might worsen her hue, and Yayoi replies with a smile so she doesn't worry about her.

Inspector Shindo enjoys working with Yayoi so much, that he asks Shion to contact with her for help with one more thing. Karanomori is averse, because she doesn't want her girlfriend to be put in danger, but agrees when Arata promises to protect Kunizuka. Later it turns out that the case is very dangerous, because bomb blasts take place in different places on city. Kunizuka still wants to help, but Karanomri is upset and explains her about the threat. This happens in episode 5.

After the incident with bombs are over, Kunizuka decides to interview with MWPSB members about justice. After the interview with Shion, they talk together for a while. Karanomori informs her that her Crime Coefficient is also falling.

In the post credit scene of final season 3 episode, First Inspector Bifrost - Koichi Azusawa causes Kunizuka’s car accident, which causes her critical condition, and then steals her access card to get into the MWPSB facility. He starts his „game” and attacking the bureau's workers, wanting them to hand over Governor Karina Komiya to him. Karina goes with Shion. At one point, they find a room with a console that, after hacking, will restore the servers that Azusawa had disabled. However, the room turns out to be a trap and if someone touches the console, poison gas will be activated. However, Karanomori decides to act, confiding to Karina that she feels her Crime Coefficient is falling, but she is afraid of returning to society and wants to take courage by saving her friends now. She later adds that the only things she expects from a free life is the opportunity to eat something good and go for walks with her beloved. After a while, the gas turned on, but Karanomori finishes her work, although she loses consciousness, but thanks to the help given quickly, she survives.

After defeating Azusawa, one scene is seen, when Shion, who is no longer a latent criminal, pushes wheelchair of Yayoi ,who recovering from the accident. Karanomori tells Kunizuka that now she has to look for a home, and Kunizuka offers her to live together.

Fanon
quickly became one of the most popular within the fandom, not only due to the fact that the girls' sexual relationships were explicitly confirmed several times, but also because their relationship was the first canon relationship in the show at all, which also attracted show a notable yuri fanbase.

At the same time, this pairing has long been considered somewhat superficial, since until the subplot dedicated to them was starting in the third season, most of the depth and content about their relationship was contained in additional materials that were not immediately and not always available to the international fanbase. However, in the latest film, Shion honestly admits that she loves Yayoi, proving the depth of their relationship.

At the moment, this is the only canon couple among the main characters in the show. While some of the other pairings still implied the canon ship tease and feelings between some of the characters, like the couple of Kei and his wife.

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Trivia

 * Yayoi is a lesbian while Shion is bisexual.
 * Karanomori is five years older than Kunizuka.
 * At the beginning of the series, they are 27 & 22 years old, and 36 & 31 at the end.
 * Kunizuka is two centimeters taller than Karanomori (170 and 168 cm), but Shion always wears high heels, so this difference could be larger.
 * Considering that Yayoi joined the MWPSB in 2109 and shortly thereafter she started dating Shion, they are together for almost twelve years, because First Inspector takes place at the beginning 2121.
 * In the first script of Psycho-Pass 3, some of scenes were more indicative of their relationship.
 * In the scene where Shion agrees to Shindo's offer about Kunizuka's help, Arata says that after a successful mission, he will arrange a date for them.
 * Before the interview scene, Yayoi told Shion that to cover her cleavage, because in these parts, were love bites.
 * In the Official Profiling Book, they have a special column on what they like and dislike about each other.
 * Kunizuka's favorite part of Karanomori's personality is her straightforwardness, while the part she dislikes is her stubbornness.
 * Karanomori's favorite part of Kunizuka's personality is her cuteness, while the part she dislikes (according to her) is a fact that Kunizuka is more beauty than her.
 * In this same book is also written that Karanomori helps Kunizuka with cosmetic procedures.
 * They use the same perfume called Ombre Rose.
 * In "100 A&Q" (answers & questions) to the staff, one was about how Yayoi and Shion spend their free time. They replied that they spend it like a lovers.
 * In 2019, Gino Cafe, owned by Tower Records, offered the XYZ カクテル (XYZ Cocktail) alcohol drink advertised with their names.