HaruMako

HaruMako is the femslash ship between Haruka Tenou and Makoto Kino from the Sailor Moon fandom.

Canon
In episode 96 of the classic anime, Makoto almost gets run over by a motorcycle. The driver turns out to be Haruka, and she is very concerned, asking if Makoto got hurt anywhere. For Makoto, even though she's seen Haruka before, it's love at first sight. Haruka wraps Makoto's injured hand with her scarf, and tells Makoto she's very brave. Usagi has to snap Mako back to reality from her dreamy state of mind.

Later Makoto asks Ami and Usagi if they know Haruka's address. Usagi becomes suspicious and asks what she's going to do with it. Makoto gets nervous and says she wants to return the scarf. A sudden gust of wind blows the scarf out of her hand, she cries, "If I don't have that, I won't have an excuse to visit Haruka!" and chases after it. After school, she comes back to look for it, and runs into Usagi, then Haruka and Michiru. Haruka says she's glad she bumped into Makoto, and asks to go for a drive with her because she wants to talk. Makoto is eager to, but Usagi questions it. Haruka wonders if it's so wrong for two girls to go out on a ride together, and Makoto joins her and they drive away.

Later the other Inner Senshi find out Makoto is going on a date with Haruka. Makoto gets attacked by a Daimon and has her pure heart stolen. Neptune and Uranus help to return her pure heart, but only when they see that it's not a talisman. Sailor Jupiter gets angry at Uranus for not caring about the people whose pure hearts are being taken from, and charges at her. Uranus blocks her punch and guts Jupiter, causing her to double over, but not without Uranus getting her hand hurt. Uranus un-transforms and pretends to be knocked out. Makoto finds them and is relieved to see they're not hurt. She notices Haruka's wound on her hand and immediately wraps it in Haruka's scarf. Makoto hopes that one day she'll grow up to be like Haruka.

Fanon
The shipping between Makoto and Haruka started from episode 96 of the anime, since it spotlighted Makoto and Haruka. Since they only get one episode together and otherwise don't have any personal interactions together, it is a less popular pairing. Especially since it has much larger rivals such as HaruMichi, MakoNeph, and MakoAmi. The ship is liked for their similarities, as both are tall and proud of their strength. Some see it as just an admiration and looking up towards Haruka on Makoto's side instead of being romantic.

Fandom
FANFICTION