Nakamurose

"I thought we were already friends!"

- Hirose to Nakamura

Nakamurose is the slash ship between Nakamura Okuto and Hirose Aiki from the ''Go For It, Nakamura! fandom.

Go For It, Nakamura!
The first time that Nakamura saw Hirose was at their high school entrance ceremony. Nakamura stared at him and admired his looks. Nakamura never knew people like Hirose existed and fell in love at first sight. Ever since, the two have been classmates.

The manga starts with Nakamura trying to befriend Hirose at school. Nakamura stands near Hirose's desk and tries to start a conversation. Hirose stands up and notices Nakamura, looking him in the eyes for the first time. Nakamura runs away nervously and acknowledges how cute Hirose was. As Hirose is about to leave, Nakamura sees that he dropped his handkerchief and plans to pick it up for him. A girl beats him to it and is about to give it to Hirose, but Nakamura steps in and steps on the handkerchief before handing it to Hirose. At home, Nakamura thinks about the situation and thinks that Hirose totally hates him.

In the next chapter, Nakamura gets to cook with Hirose all day long. Their teacher brings some octopi to school for the Cultural Festival. Nakamura, who loves octopi, picks up an octopus but thinks that Hirose might think he's weird. To Nakamura's delight, Hirose picks up an octopus with no hesitation. This causes Nakamura to have lewd thoughts about Hirose and the octopus. Nakamura is interrupted by the octopus he is holding splattering ink on his face. He took it as a punishment for his dirty thoughts.

Nakamura reads a boys' love manga and sees it as a guide for romance. While thinking about Hirose, Nakamura is tripped by a couple of boys. Hirose steps in and defends Nakamura, which makes the couple of boys leave Nakamura alone. Hirose asks Nakamura, who had never been more happy in his life, if he's alright. Hirose recognizes Nakamura as the boy who stepped on his handkerchief and got splattered with ink by the octopus. Hirose laughs about what happened to Nakamura, making Nakamura embarrassed. Afterward, Hirose introduces himself to Nakamura then notices Nakamura's boys' love manga on the floor. Nakamura declines when Hirose asks if the book is his.

In art class, Hirose is selected as the model for a sketch competition. Nakamura sees this as an opportunity to stare at Hirose as much as he wants. Nakamura creates multiple sketches of Hirose, but thinks that he only captured a tenth of Hirose's cuteness. Nakamura then notices a girl's drawing of Nakamura and is amazed. After art class, Nakamura finds out her name is Kawamura and tells her he is a fan of her's. Nakamura asks for the drawing she made of Hirose and cries tears of joy because of how good the drawing looks. Nakamura later asks Kawamura to draw pictures of him and Hirose together. After seeing Kawamura's drawings the next day, Nakamura is satisfied and asks for more drawings.

Nakamura runs into a woman that looks a lot like Hirose and makes his heart pound. Nakamura considers that he might be bi as the woman walks away. During class, Nakamura tries to stay loyal to Hirose and repeats in his head that he only needs Hirose. After taking Kawamura's role in the school play, Nakamura runs into the woman that looks like Hirose. During the play, Nakamura asks if she is Hirose. From the crowd, Hirose's sister lets everyone know that the "woman" in the play is Hirose. After the play while everyone is commenting on how alike the Hirose siblings look, Nakamura calls Hirose's sister the most beautiful girl in the world. Nakamura feels that the distance between him and Hirose has lessened after talking with him for a bit.

While reading the manga Kawamura made, Nakamura runs into Hirose on the way to school. Hirose asks Nakamura if he likes octopi, to which Nakamura lies and says no since he thinks Hirose will think he's weird. After school, Hirose asks Nakamura if he wants to walk home with him. They have a conversation alone while walking home together. After parting ways with Hirose, Nakamura decides to check up on him just in case. Nakamura finds out that Hirose ran into some guys that are about to take off Hirose's clothes and post his photos everywhere. Nakamura bikes towards them but falls off of his bike, spilling holy water that looks like blood on him. Nakamura tells the guys to stay away from Hirose, but is mistaken for a teenage zombie, scaring away the guys. Hirose recognizes Nakamura and tells him that he scared him, but that Nakamura was really cool.

Nakamura, Hirose and two of Hirose's friends have to clean the music room. Nakamura is glad that he's with Hirose, but calls Hirose's friends idiots in his head. Hirose and his friends find a cassette player and they accidentally record themselves. Afterward, Nakamura listens to the cassette and takes it home after being pleased by Hirose's voice. Though, he takes it back the next day after hearing Hirose's friends.

At the beginning of school, Nakamura is forced to kill a cockroach. He's distracted when Hirose walks in and the cockroach slides into Nakamura's uniform, leaving him completely frozen. Hirose reaches into Nakamura's uniform and takes the cockroach out. Hirose assures Nakamura that he's okay, but notices that Nakamura is crying. However, Nakamura is actually crying of joy since he never imagined Hirose's hands would be on his.

Otogiri, one of the teachers, saves Hirose from getting in trouble, causing the two to grow closer. Nakamura worries that Hirose may have a crush on Otogiri. Nakamura also realizes that everything that happened with Hirose was just luck and they were practically strangers. While on a field trip, Nakamura makes it his mission to become friends with Hirose and he gets into the same group as Hirose. Nakamura is tasked with taking photos during the trip, though he only takes photos of Hirose.

Later, Nakamura goes to the aquarium alone since no one else wanted to go. He looks at the octopi and decides he's better off just admiring Hirose from afar. Hirose pays the entrance fee for the aquarium to see Nakamura and learns that Nakamura actually does like octopi. Nakamura tells Hirose about how people talk about how weird octopi are. Hirose says that it's not weird and that Nakamura has to be true to himself. Hirose talks to Nakamura about his friends and how he isn't that into them talking about girls or telling dirty jokes. Hirose apologizes for venting at Nakamura and admits that that was the first time he ever talked to someone about that stuff.

The two admire the ocean before Hirose is asked to ride the ferris wheel with his friends. As Hirose is leaving, Nakamura grabs his hand and asks him to stay. Flustered at how he grabbed Hirose's hand, he explains that Hirose shouldn't force himself and he should be true to himself, like he said earlier. Nakamura gives Hirose a gift he bought at the aquarium and asks to be friends. Hirose doesn't answer and instead runs after Otogiri, much to Nakamura's disappointment.

It turns out that Hirose only ran after Otogiri to get him to take a photo of Hirose and Nakamura. Hirose pulls Nakamura in close and says he thought they were already friends.

Go For It Again, Nakamura!
Hirose asks Nakamura to walk home with him. The two kiss on the walk home, but it turns out it was just a dream and Nakamura wakes up to find out he was actually kissing his octopus named Icchan. Nakamura sees the dream as a premonition and builds up the courage to talk to Hirose. Nakamura ends up messing up and saying something different from what he intended. Hirose's friend Oomori casually talks to Hirose, which makes Nakamura envy him for being able to talk so naturally. Nakamura is given Hirose's sports uniform and deeply inhales Hirose's scent. While feeling guilty for smelling Hirose's uniform, he sees Hirose give the sports uniform to someone else. Nakamura throws up after learning that he was smelling someone else's scent, not Hirose's.

While participating in the making of a horror film, the two boys hold hands in the dark.

After gym, Hirose accidentally locks himself in a closet with Nakamura and Kawamura. The three are stuck in the closet for two hours before they decide to play Shiritori. Hirose asks if any of them have a crush on anyone. Both of them freak out as Nakamura likes Hirose and Kawmura likes Nakamura. Hirose wonders if he'll ever find someone he likes. Nakamura thinks to himself that if Hirose ever finds a girl, he will support Hirose because he deserves the world and Nakamura wishes him nothing but happiness. Hirose and Kawamura fall asleep, making Nakamura the only one awake. Nakamura once again sniffs Hirose and admires his smell. A teacher finds Hirose, Nakamura and Kawamura in the closet and let them out.

Nakamura notices that someone named Takeuchi is flirting with and getting closer to Hirose. Nakamura starts to hate Takeuchi because of how close he is with Hirose. It is later found out that Takeuchi was trying to catch the attention of a girl who loves it when guys flirt with each other.

Nakamura asks Hirose after school to walk home with him. Hirose turns him down since he's going with a someone else. Nakamura sees that Hirose is walking home with a girl named Hana. He also overhears some boys call Hana Hirose's girlfriend. Nakamura later asks Kawamura to make a sequel to the manga of him and Hirose, with a happy ending. Nakamura, heartbroken because of Hirose's girlfriend, cries and reads Kawamura's manga.

At school, Hirose bumps into Nakamura after talking to Hana. He tells Nakamura that he got rejected since Hana thought Hirose was too boring and dull. Nakamura tells Hirose that Hana didn't understand Hirose and see his appeal. Hirose tells Nakamura that there were some things he couldn't talk about with Hana and that things were easier to talk to with boys. Hirose leaves and asks Nakamura to keep their conversation a secret. Nakamura is touched that Hirose told him how he truly felt.

Nakamura decides to admire Hirose from afar instead of trying to get close with him. However, Hirose approaches him and asks to walk home together. Hirose also asks Nakamura to add him on Line so he could have his contact info. Shortly after, Hirose introduces Nakamura to his friend from middle school, Matsumura. The three all walk home together, and Nakamura once again gets jealous that someone is close with Hirose. The student council teacher needs Hirose for something, making him have to leave Matsumura and Nakamura alone.

Matsumura shows Nakamura some photos of Hirose when he was in middle school and had shorter hair. The situation escalates and the two try to outdo each other with cute photos of Hirose. Matsumura brings out Hirose's old middle school P.E. uniform. Nakamura distracts Matsumura then snatches the uniform and runs off with it. Nakamura once again finds out that the uniform isn't Hirose's, disappointing Nakamura and Matsumura.

Quotes
"The first time he saw Hirose... was at the high school entrance ceremony. That wispy, chestnut-colored hair... those adorably round eyes... that slightly tanned skin... and that smile, so kind and loving. 'I never knew people like him existed...' he thought as he stared."

- About Nakamura seeing Hirose for the first time

"You were really cool. Thank you."

- Hirose to Nakamura after Nakamura saved Hirose

Fanon
Nakamurose is the most popular ship within its fandom since the manga is centered around Nakamura's crush on Hirose. The only rival ship is Nakamura's ship with Kawamura, though Nakamurose is way more popular than it. The ship became more well known in 2021 when people started redrawing different ships as the cover of the Go For It, Nakamura! manga. Lots of fan art for the ship is just redraws of the manga cover. It doesn't have many works on AO3, with there only being 9+ works currently.

Fandom
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