Magochilly

Magochilly is the slash ship between Magolor and Chilly from the Kirby fandom.

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Magolor and Chilly have not had any sort of major interaction in the Kirby game series, due to Chilly simply being another enemy for Kirby to swallow. This is also true with the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! anime, although in this case the reasoning is different; Magolor didn't exist when the anime was in production, and Chilly was just another minor character who was killed off in the sole episode they were featured in. It also doesn't help that the two aren't similar to each other at all as characters. Nevertheless, they do have their fair share of interactions elsewhere in official Kirby media, specifically in Kirby of the Stars: Pupupu Hero, one of the many manga adaptations of the franchise.

Kirby of the Stars: Pupupu Hero was written by Aoki Kei and Mikamaru and was published by Shogakukan in Japan. It ran from January 2009 to May 2013 and was a little less gag oriented in comparison to, say, Kirby of the Stars: Moretsu Pupupu Hour. In this manga, Chilly appears prominently as one of the main characters, serving as a straight man to Kirby's antics. The manga would have several stories based loosely on the recent Kirby titles released at the time, including a full multi-chapter arc based on Kirby's Return to Dream Land. This is ultimately where Magolor comes into this.

Throughout the arc, as well as in multiple chapters following it, Magolor is shown to have a particular interest in Chilly, much to the snowman's annoyance. For instance, sometime after Magolor gets his hands on the Master Crown and becomes Crowned Magolor, Magolor asks if Chilly would like to be by his side as he rules the universe. The snowman declines, getting quite a reaction out of Magolor. In a following chapter where Magolor builds a robot replica of Chef Kawasaki that puts him at risk of running out of business, Kirby and Chilly decide to hold a battle of sorts against Magolor. Magolor states that if he were to win, he'd get to live in Chilly's house (which is also where Kirby lives in this manga), much to the snowman's shock. There are also other moments where Magolor's love for Chilly are showcased, typically to comedic effect; there's a panel where Magolor is revealed to own a bunch of Chilly merchandise, as well as one where he is revealed to be mass-producing Chilly plushies.

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As far as the ship's popularity goes, it isn't the most popular ship in the Kirby fandom, with not too many fan art and fan fiction being made for it. Not the most obscure Kirby ship of all time, but certainly not as popular as the likes of Metadede and Kirbon. This is largely due to most of the fuel for this ship stemming from an obscure manga that was only ever released in Japan, although since the manga got rereleased during 2022 for Kirby's 30th Anniversary, one can't help but wonder if this ship received even the slightest boost in popularity. Regardless, this ship enjoys a perfectly fine existence with little to no detractors.

In regards to other ships involving Magolor and Chilly, Chilly isn't given that much attention outside of this ship. This is not the case for Magolor, however, as evidenced with such ships such as Marxolor, the ship between Magolor and Marx. Marxolor, due to it involving two characters that had similar roles in their respective debut titles, is much more popular in the Kirby fandom. This isn't to say that Magochilly and Marxolor are directly competing with each other or anything, and sometimes you can see people ship all three together in a polyamorous relationship of sorts.

In regards to how the ship is portrayed in fanworks, as was the case in Kirby of the Stars: Pupupu Hero, it is typically Magolor who would gush over and admire Chilly. While the feelings are unreciprocated in the original manga, there are some portrayals in fan art and fan fiction where Chilly would reciprocate his own feelings for Magolor, and in these instances Chilly would typically be the more cool and collected of the pair. This would also be true in cases where Magolor, Marx and Chilly are in a polyamorous relationship, with Marx typically being seen as the least sane of the trio, or atleast the one who pranks others most often.

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