Wakazuha

Wakazuha is the slash ship between Kamisato Ayato and Kaedehara Kazuha from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Ayato and Kazuha's clans, the Kaedehara Clan and the Kamisato Clan, were connected since they were both the masters of the Isshin Art. Kaedehara Yoshinori, Kazuha's great-grandfather, helped the Kamisato Clan track down who damaged the plan for making the sword. They found Kunikuzushi, and both clans suffered from the incident with him.

Ayato and Kazuha are both five star sword users, but the two have different visions. Ayato has a Hydro vision and Kazuha has an Anemo vision. Both Ayato and Kazuha have dead relatives. Ayato's parents are dead while Kazuha's family line is dead. The two both became the heads of their clans, but Ayato took on the responsibilities of his clan while Kazuha became a wanderer. Ayato and Kazuha are both polite and well-spoken in personality. They are also both determined to reach their goals.

Kazuha doesn't have a voiceline for Ayato, but Ayato has one for Kazuha. In Ayato's voiceline, he talks about how the Kaedehara Clan was once a subordinate branch of the Kamisato Clan. He says that he still has a duty to protect him even though his ancestors failed to save his family from decline. Ayato says that helping Kazuha avoid arrest by the Tenryou Commission is within his capabilities, but he can't do anything to restore the Kaedehara Clan's former fortunes.

Quotes
"Once upon a time, the Kaedehara Clan was a subordinate branch of the Kamisato Clan. My forebears may have failed to save his family from decline, but even today I have a duty to support him. Now, naturally, there is nothing I can do to restore his clan's former fortunes. But as for helping him avoid arrest by the Tenryou Commission, that is well within my capabilities…"

- Ayato about Kazuha

Fanon
Wakazuha is decently popular, but it still gets overshadowed by more popular ships. On Kazuha's side, TomoKazu and KazuScara overshadow Wakazuha, and on Ayato's side, ThomaTo and AyaItto overshadow Wakazuha. Wakazuha still has plenty of fanart, and the pairing has 53+ romantic works and 33+ gen works on AO3.

The ship names "Wakazuha" and "Wakakazu" come from the fact that Thoma calls Ayato "Waka" in Japanese. Ship names like "Kazuyato" are still used, but "Wakazuha" remains the most used ship name.

A was held from November 6-12, 2022 with an AU, two prompts and a quote for each day. For the first day, it was a modern AU with the prompts being "boba" and "date" and the quote being "You went from a stranger to someone I can't stop thinking about." For the second day, it was a hanahaki AU with the prompts being "childhood friends" and "confessions" and the quote being "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I would have a garden to walk in forever." For the third day, it was a reincarnation AU with the prompts being "promises" and "memories" and the quote being "We will meet again, no matter how far along the road." For the fourth day, it was an archons AU with the prompts being "secret meetings" and "spar" and the quote being "The problem is, if I kissed you, I don't think I would be able to stop." For the fifth day, it was an arranged marriage AU with the prompts "festival" and "firsts" and the quote being "I want you. All of you. Your flaws. Your mistakes. Your imperfections. I want you, and only you." For the sixth day, it was a single dad AU with the prompts "domestic" and "snow" and the quote "I love it when it snows. The world falls completely silent." The final day was a free day, but it still had an AU, prompts and quotes. It was a soulmate AU with the prompts "calligraphy" and "ink" and the quotes "What are you doing?" "Putting my name on what's mine."

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