Pearlrina

Pearlrina is the femslash ship between Pearl and Marina in the Splatoon fandom.

Splatoon 2
In Splatoon 2, Pearl and Marina serve as the idols of Inkopolis Square under the name of Off the Hook, to replace Callie and Marie, more commonly known as the Squid Sisters, after their resigning.

In the results announcement of the Final Splatfest, Chaos vs. Order, after it was revealed that Pearl's team, Team Chaos, won, Pearl spoke to Marina about what changes will be happening after Team Chaos reigned victorious. During this, she tells Marina that the past few years with her has been amazing, and has been the "best years of her life". However, her wording of this confused Marina, leading her to believe that Pearl wanted Off the Hook to break up. Marina was panicked by this, and was begging Pearl not to break up Off the Hook. Marina was eventually relieved when Pearl specified that Off the Hook is not going to be breaking up. Rather, she states that Off the Hook will be together "until the end of time". After this, Pearl jokes that they will be together until she could get her solo career off the ground, after which they will break up. Marina was disgusted by this, and Pearl laughs and tells her it was a joke, during this she says "You know I love you." Upon hearing this, Marina was very flustered, and was struggling to get her words out. She eventually says "I'm so happy right now", and starts sobbing. Pearl says to this, "It's me and you against the universe."

During stage and map announcement dialogue, they constantly joke to each other, teasing each other over their activities on said stage, mannerisms, and even their selves in general.

Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
In chatlog session 3 of Marina's Chat Room, while sharing pictures of themselves, Marina accidentally posts a picture of Pearl, intending to post another photo. When asked what is happening in the photo, she answers by saying it's an old picture of Pearl, but she also says "Don't tell her I said this, but Pearl is srsly the coolest".

In chat session 6, Pearl is talking about Marina, and Pearl's dialogue indicates admiration, possibly even jealousy of Marina. She says that Marina is too smart for her own good, as well as saying Marina's the hardest working person she knows, also mentioning that Marina is the best person Pearl knows. However, when she is insulted, she threatens to cut the person who insulted her. Later, she's embarrassed on Pearl finding out her past, and she's worried the people of Inkopolis won't accept her for being an Octoling, a separate species. When Pearl reassures her that the people of Inkopolis won't care and everyone will still love her. Their conversation eventually strays off-topic, but even at the end of the chat Marina is still sending crying emoticons over what Pearl said to her.

In chat session 7, in revenge of Marina posting photos of her without her consent, Pearl posts two pictures of Marina. One of the photos shows Marina asleep, cuddling a plushie of Pearl. Marina is very embarrassed by these photos apparently, and Pearl logs off the chatroom as soon as Marina scolds her in chat to avoid further confrontation.

In chat session 8, Marina says that Pearl has a knack for teaching and when asked to elaborate, Marina reminisces back on when she first arrived to Inkopolis, and Pearl immediately taught Marina everything she needed to know. She also mentions that she came back to where Pearl found her every day for a week, just hoping to see Pearl again. Marina also mentions that she was mesmerized by Pearl's musical talent, as soon as she heard her singing, she immediately asked to start a band, which Pearl says she couldn't say no to. Finally, at the end of the session Marina ends the conversation by saying "Anyway, I know we talk a lot of smack on the show and all, but I just wanted to say thanks. For everything."

In the ending of Octo Expansion, after the final boss is defeated, Marina immediately runs to Pearl for a hug, and they eventually fall to the ground, still hugging each other.

Fanon
Pearlina is one of the most widely supported Splatoon ships, possibly rivaling Agent24 in popularity. A possible explanation for its popularity is the need for ships, let alone femslash/yuri ships in Splatoon outside manga in general.

On Tumblr, the Pearlina tag has over 2000 followers, and there is about 500 fanfictions on AO3 written on Pearl x Marina.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

FORUMS
 * Pearlina tag on Splatoon Amino
 * Pearlina tag on Splatoon 2 Amino
 * Pearlina Amino
 * /r/Pearlina on Reddit

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