MomoJirou

MomoJirou is the femslash ship between Momo Yaoyozoru and Kyoka Jiro from the My Hero Academia fandom.

Canon
Kyoka and Momo are very close friends with each other. During the Unforeseen Simulation Joint Arc, the two fought villains together with Denki, proving to work well as a team. During the End of Term Test Arc, Momo helped Kyoka to study for the class midterms.

When the class split up to go shopping for the training camp, Momo and Kyoka paired up and went off shopping together. She also has proven to be somewhat defensive of Momo, as she hit Hanta for upsetting the latter with his distasteful comment about her Quirk.

Moments

 * Jiro and Momo often stand near or close to each other, and are seen leaning up against each other in a few images.
 * In the Season 3 outro, Momo and Jiro can be seen standing next to each other in a frame of the whole class.
 * Momo and Jiro share a moment of just them in the Season 3 outro, with Momo and Jiro linking arms, back to back, and then Momo lifting Jiro onto her back, both smiling. Their shoulders form a heart.
 * In the Season 3 outro still, a few class 1-A members can be seen walking along a beach. Jiro can be seen ahead of Momo, outstretching her hand and looking at Momo, while Momo runs over to her.
 * Jiro has been caught on a few occasions staring at Momo's breasts, and this can be taken as she is jealous of her, or crushing on her,
 * On multiple occasions, Jiro has been shown blushing at Momo, particularly when Momo's quirk causes her to become slightly nude.
 * During the attack on the USJ, Momo created a thick sheet of insulation that destroyed nearly all of her top, leaving her breasts fully exposed. Jiro became incredibly flustered and rushed to cover her naked friend, hugging her tightly while Momo laughed.

Fanon
Although both girls have potential male love interests, especially Momo, whose het ship TodoMomo is the second most popular ship of this type in fandom, the great emphasis on sincere friendship between the girls quickly made their ship popular. In this context, Jiro's admiration for Momo's femininity and charm is treated not only as evidence of her complex because of her tomboy-ish appearance, but also an indication of her lesbian identity.

Momo, for her side, does not demonstrate the same level of affection, but MomoJiro supporters tend to justify this with her alleged status of Jiro's crush and thereby the interpretation of their relationship as a character's search for reciprocity on the side of their love interest. Given the already mentioned TodoMomo and her open to interpretation affection for Todoroki, such uncertainty makes Momo a weak part of this ship and key character in ship war between the supporters of the two ships.

Since MomoJiro is practically the only large femslash ship in the franchise, this also adds to its popularity, but also makes its confrontation with het TodoMomo more fundamental and emotional. For example, TodoMomo supporters often dislike Jiro as the “guilty” for this ship, while MomoJiro reference to Momo or Jiro in het shiping as intolerance for lesbians and homophobia.

MomoJiro is the most popular BNHA femslash ship in Archive of Our Own. The 7th most tagged pairing under the My Hero Academia fandom, and the most popular pairing for both Momo and Jirou.

Trivia

 * The support of the ship in western fandom is so wide that when Horikoshi tweeted a sketch with the walking Momo and Jiro, this tweet received a huge feedback from people who took it as the author’s nod to the ship or direct support from his side.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Jirou/Momo tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Jirou/Momo tag on FanFiction.Net

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