Mashirei

Mashirei is the femslash ship between Mashiro Kurata and Rei Wakana from the BanG Dream! fandom.

Canon
Mashiro and LAYER (real name Rei Wakana) are both vocalists of their bands Morfonica and RAISE A SUILEN respectively, although LAYER also plays the bass. While Mashiro was a beginner singer when she started her own band, LAYER had practiced singing ever since she was a child and was regarded as a professional singer who can sing any song. However they also had their struggles about their singing - Mashiro in particular was insecure about her singing, while the other kids teased LAYER for "not sounding like a kid" and causing her to be sad about it, before Tae helped her overcome her complex. They have opposite appearances, and while LAYER can seem quite mature, there are also times when she can act silly. Both of them are also shown to be fond of cute things, especially Mashiro, who is a big fan of fluffy mascot characters such as Michelle, and loves watching fantasy movies with cute animals in them.

From the Past
One of their more if not the most popular interactions happens in LAYER's card story episode, titled "A Cute Movie". LAYER arrives to the movie theater and wonders if there's anything good to watch. She spots Mashiro staring at a poster for the movie titled "The Miracle of Starry Hill", and decides to call out to her. Mashiro apologizes for not noticing her earlier, but LAYER assures she didn't notice Mashiro until the moment she called out to her. When LAYER asks if Mashiro knows the movie, she explains she saw it last week but feels like watching it again. Mashiro mentions the current week's free gift bonus is the Type B postcard, and when LAYER asks if there's a Type A as well, Mashiro gushes how she wants both of the postcards. LAYER's giggles at her reaction and Mashiro starts going on about what she liked about the movie, before apologizing for rambling on. LAYER assures her it's fine and now she wants to watch it even more. LAYER then checks out the movie showing times and sees one is just right around the corner, leading to her asking Mashiro if she'd like to watch it together. Mashiro is initially unsure, saying she most likely won't have anything interesting to say, but LAYER assures her she specifically wants Mashiro to tell her more about the movie and just why Mashiro liked it so much. After the movie, Mashiro comments it was even better on the second watch and asks LAYER if she often watches cute fantasy movies like that. When LAYER mentions she watched it because LOCK and MASKING were talking about it before, she ends up flustering Mashiro by also saying she's going to brag about seeing the movie with her.

Fanon
Mashirei is a rarepair due to their limited interactions. It is mainly rivaled by their more popular ships such as Masurei, Taerei and Mashitsuku. Due to their soft dynamic as well as interactions in LAYER's aforementioned card story, people like to imagine them going on dates and picnics.

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Trivia

 * They have a height difference of 18 cm, with Mashiro being 154 cm and LAYER being 172 cm tall.