Aoikane

Aoikane is the het ship between Akane Aoi and Aoi Akane from the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun fandom.

Canon
Aoi and Akane are childhood friends, Akane refers to Aoi as "Ao-chan". At a young age, Akane asked Aoi to marry him but she rejected him since she didn't want to her name to become "Aoi Aoi." On their first day in middle school, Akane saved Aoi from being hit by a car. This has caused him to be especially protective of Aoi.

There has been multiple instances where Akane's affections for Aoi border-lined into an obsession. He persistently asks her to marry him despite being rejected each time, and after each time he'll ask her what she thought about his "performance" that day. The highest score Aoi has given him is five out of one-hundred, despite the abysmal score, Akane seems beyond cheerful for his "record".

During the time the love confession tree rumors were arising, Akane practiced his love confession for Aoi on his friend Yamabuki. However, when Yamabuki didn't take him seriously, jokingly accepting the confession, and scrolled through his phone instead, Akane punched him lightly and told him to be serious. The next day, Yamabuki and Akane act romantically with each other, as Yamabuki accepting Akane's confession had been taken seriously by the tree. This makes Aoi jealous, and although she tells Nene that she doesn't want to marry Akane, she gets upset that Akane thinks Yamabuki is cuter than her.

In the Clock Keeper Arc, it is revealed that Akane is a supernatural and only became one so that he could protect Aoi - when he saved her from the car. Whenever he wasn't using his supernatural powers, he would use them to gaze at Aoi for fifteen minutes. When Hanako possesses Nene in order to get information about Aoi, he bad-mouthed Aoi in Nene's body which angered Akane. He slaps Nene and warns her to never bad-mouth Aoi. When Hanako makes the chandelier fall on Aoi in order to test if Akane was a supernatural, he reveals his supernatural abilities by saving Aoi.

In the sixth mystery, Aoi is captured by the No.6 supernatural. Akane and Nene risked themselves in order to save Aoi, before this, Nene goes up to Akane in an attempt to tell him something. Again, Akane tells Nene that his heart has been taken by Aoi.

He once referred Aoi as a goddess in Summer Camp when she accidentally dropped some vegetables. He also got very angry when Yamabuki called Aoi, “A girl before puberty“. Akane once beat Yamabuki to get to him to admit that Aoi's cute. Akane goes out of his way to protect Nene because he knows she's important to Aoi.

In Chapter 69, the two finally reunite. Akane admits he found her cute when she first cried to him, which basically was the cause of his crush towards her. Akane asks Aoi if she likes him a little, she blushes a little implying she feels the same. Akane was about to kiss her, until Teru interrupted them both. While Teru, Akane, and Aoi were escaping the Boundary, Aoi asks what Akane likes. He replies with 'I like you'. Aoi suddenly started to cry, and she says 'If only I had said I like you back', further implying that Aoi truly does like Akane. Akane is devastated once they get out and he realizes that Aoi is now dead, unable to return to the land of the living since she got too close to the far shore.

Later, when Aoi is on the train to the far shore, she admits to Hanako that she didn't like Akane at first, but that she both hated and loved how he was always able to get people to like him and always put in the effort no matter how difficult it was since he was a good person. She points out that both her and Hanako are similar in being unable to admit their feelings to the one they love.

Akane eventually finds her again on the train after it's been stopped, saving her from being eaten by some supernaturals. After stopping time, he hugs her, saying he wouldn't know what he'd do if he couldn't see her again.

Fanon
Aoikane rose in popularity after chapter 69 when Aoi finally returned Akane's feelings. They are mainly shipped for Akane's persistence and infatuation with Aoi. Fanworks typically feature Aoi finally accepting Akane's love and returning his feelings. Its main rivals are Terukane and Aoinene.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Akane A./Aoi A. tag on FanFiction.Net

FAN ART
 * AkanexAoi tag on Picuki
 * AkaAo tag on Pixiv

WIKIS
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Trivia

 * They both have a love for raspberry pies.
 * Akane's favorite food is "anything Aoi makes him", though she hasn't made anything for him so far.

Variations

 * Aoikanene refers to the ship between the two and Yashiro Nene
 * LemonAoiKane refers to the ship between the two and Yamabuki Lemon
 * TeruAoiKane refers to the ship between the two and Minamoto Teru