Hifudo

Hifudo is the slash ship between Hifumi Izamani and Doppo Kannonzaka from the Hypnosis Mic fandom.

Canon
Hifumi and Doppo met in elementary school and have been friends since then. They went to the same school together. During that time Doppo and Hifumi met - a girl who is the reason why Hifumi suffers from gynophobia (fear of women). Canonically, it is still unknown what exactly did Honobono do to Hifumi, but he is still struggling with his phobia and trauma.

They briefly worked together at Doppo's company when they were 22. Hifumi was struggling a lot with his phobia at that time, barely leaving his apartment, and Doppo sort of looked after him. They lived separately then. Doppo's excitement about his job and the idea that at work he is like a different person inspired Hifumi, so Doppo offered him to work at his office. Soon it is clear that it's hard for Hifumi to work in the same office with women colleages, which causes problems with their boss, who starts to abuse Hifumi and disregard his phobia. Doppo was fired from his first job because he protected Hifumi from being abused by their boss. After seeing Doppo lose his job because of him, Hifumi decides that he must overcome his phobia no matter what. He starts to work as a host in the Fragrance host club. Using Doppo's idea about transforming into another person he creates his own host-persona. They begin to live together and make a bet on who could pay the rent for the two of them faster.

At the age of 29, Hifumi is known as "Shinjuku №1 Host" and Doppo works as a Sales representative for E.L. Medical Co, Ltd. One day, a stalker from the host club brokes into their shared appartment, attempting to kill Doppo, but fails and hits Hifumi's upper arm with a knife. Hifumi was transfered to the hospital and at that moment Doppo decides to introduce him to Jakurai Jinguji thinking that he may help Hifumi overcome his phobia. Doppo then introduces Hifumi and Jakurai, together they solve the problem with the stalker, leading to the formation of Matenro.

Hifumi revealed some thoughts on trying to understand and maybe forgive Honobono to Jakurai and Doppo of which the latter said that it is something that is hard for him to understand, but considering Hifumi's determinant character it might work out and help to overcome his phobia. At a later date, Honobono shows up at Fragrance and using her position in the Party of Words demands the whole host club to be left to only herself and Hifumi. Hifumi is trying to keep himself together acting as he always does in host mode, but Honobono's presence is too much for him to handle and he collapses. He ends up having an anxiety attack right in front of her, which makes Honobono laugh at him for being weak and scared. That's when Doppo arrives at the host club, seeing Hifumi on the floor and runs to him. Hifumi is in a really bad state, saying that he's weak and his efforts in overcoming his phobia are nothing. Doppo is trying to tell him the otherwise, but Honobono keeps mocking both of them, causing Doppo to snap at her and start a confrontation using Hypnosis Mic. It is also revealed that Hobono messed with Doppo's manager to get him fired, but Doppo already solved the whole situation earlier that day. Hifumi stands up on Doppo's behalf saying that he won't let Honobono hurt his friend. Together they join in attack on Honobono with their Hypnosis Mics, but still cannot put her down considering the enormous power Honobono holds. They both are saved by Jakurai, who arrived at the host club and attacked Honobono and then she leaves. The feeling of one's own helplessness against Honobono leaves Hifumi and Doppo in unsettling mood.

Doppo thinks of Hifumi as troublesome and gets kind of annoyed by him sometimes, but deeply respects him and thinks of him as his only good friend. He is grateful for everything Hifumi is doing for him, including household chores or food Hifumi is making. He is always there for Hifumi, helping him out through hard times. Doppo gets defensive of Hifumi when someone looks down at Hifumi's job or implying that he isn't doing enough to overcome his phobia (1st DRB's CD Drama track "Just a friend" featuring encounter with Gentaro and Dice, 2nd DRB's CD Drama track "If We Hesitate, We Rust and Lose Pride. Because Of Our Lost Pride, We Keep The Fire Burning" which features fight with Honobono from CD Drama track )

Hifumi cares deeply for Doppo, often waking him up for work, cleaning his messy room and cooking dinner for him. Hifumi thinks that Doppo has a bad habbit of apologizing too much and thinking so little of himself. He often tries to distract Doppo from his self-deprecation by changing the subject or cheering him up. He also comes up with some crazy ideas trying to distract Doppo of his negative thoughts, at which Doppo usually gets annoyed. Hifumi has a lot of respect fot Doppo and has defended him fiercely on numerous occasions, such as when someone hinted that Doppo is not a hard-working person (1st DRB's CD Drama track "Just a friend" featuring encounter with Gentaro and Dice, 2nd DRB's CD Drama track "If We Hesitate, We Rust and Lose Pride. Because Of Our Lost Pride, We Keep The Fire Burning" which features Honobono confrontation)

It is mentioned that they are their only friends (aside from Jakurai).

Official Relationship Chart: (might be outdated information)

Hifumi -> Doppo: Worries about him. Doppo -> Hifumi: Troublesome, but helpful.

Fanon
Hifudo is one of the most popular ships in the fandom. It is currently the 2nd most written ship on AO3. Both of them took turns helping each other to "get back on their feet" through their lives, which causes fans to think that Hifumi and Doppo feel guilty about being useless, in need to be taken care of and kind of dependent on another person. That is also why they feel the need to "repay" one another.

It is common to consider Hifumi/Doppo as queer-coded characters taking into account them sharing apartment while being near their 30s, Hifumi's fear of women and the fact that the pair lives in one of the most LGBT+ friendly Tokyo's special wards (for example, place like Shinjuku Nichome is famous for having the world's highest concentration of gay bars).

Some common headcanons between the shippers include:
 * Hifumi and Doppo have been friends since kindergarden
 * Hifumi and Doppo have always been classmates since elementary school
 * They went to an all boys school
 * They always send each other messages during their day
 * Doppo uses kaomoji when messaging Hifumi
 * Their hair colors may not be their natural and they dyed their hair together (or they just did the blue/green highlights)

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