Mafuyuki

Mafuyuki is the slash ship between Mafuyu Satou and Yuki Yoshida from the Given fandom.

Canon
Yuki and Mafuyu are childhood friends. When they first meet, Mafuyu confesses to Yuki that his father hits him. Later, the two are seen standing together outside Mafuyu's home while police officers enter the home. It is implied that Yuki reported Mafuyu's abuse to the police, and he was able to save his friend from his father.

In middle school, Yuki and Mafuyu begin dating. This is generally a secret, although rumours spread around their school that they are in a relationship with one another. When they move to high school, Yuki attends a different school than Mafuyu. He attends with two of their other middle school friends, the three of which comprise a band. Mafuyu begins to feel as though Yuki no longer has any time for him. During winter of the first year of high school, Mafuyu and Yuki get into a fight. When Yuki says that he would do anything for Mafuyu, Mafuyu asks: "Would you die for me?"

A few days later, Mafuyu goes to visit Yuki. He finds Yuki, dead, hanging from the ceiling of his bedroom. Rumours spread around their school that Yuki killed himself because of Mafuyu. However, Yuki's mother does not seem to think that Mafuyu is the reason that Yuki died. She even gifts Mafuyu Yuki's old guitar. Mafuyu begins to carry the guitar everywhere with him as a reminder of his lost love. Eventually, that guitar is what brings him together with Ritsuka Uenoyama.

When given perform their first show, Mafuyu sings a song he wrote about his relationship with Yuki. In the anime, this scene is interspersed with scenes of Mafuyu and Yuki together, from childhood until Yuki's death.

Fanon
Mafuyuki is a popular pairing in the Given fandom, although it pales in comparison to the main pairing between Mafuyu and Ritsuka Uenoyama. Fans of Mafuyuki enjoy the tragedy of their love story. In fan fiction, Mafuyuki is often written about simply as a past ship, and a stepping stone towards Mafuyu's new relationship with Ritsuka. There are some fans, however, who like to write stories about what may have happened if Yuki had lived. Others, still, like to write about Yuki as a spirit, either one that can communicate with Mafuyu or one that watches on silently and happily as Mafuyu moves on and becomes happy once more.

Mafuyuki does, however, has a number of fans that dislike the pairing. Some see at as a toxic relationship because of Mafuyu's deep dependence on Yuki. Others think that it was Mafuyu's words that caused Yuki to kill himself.

There are currently over 250 works on AO3 for this pairing. Over half of those works are also tagged with Mafuyama.

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