Ayamiya

Ayamiya is the femslash ship between Kamisato Ayaka and Yoimiya from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Ayaka is finally released, with Yoimiya soon to be released. They were shown together in an official piece of artwork during the stream of the new Inazuma update/1.7-2.0 update.

From Ayaka's leaked voicelines, she talks about Yoimiya. She mentions that organizing festivals and ceremonies is the job of the Shabukyo and the shrine maidens. " And our handler of fireworks really knows how to build an exhilarating atmosphere". But then she says that she's decided not to ask Yoimiya to oversee the fireworks again because of an incident that involved Thoma and the firefighting teams.

Yoimiya has two voicelines about Ayaka. The first one is labeled "Seriousness", and Yoimiya talks about how the two cooperate together frequently due to their line of work. Yoimiya is grateful for Ayaka because, unlike other people, she always lets Yoimiya finish speaking and answers seriously without showing any impatience. "I'd say that the word 'ladylike' was practically made just for her".

Yoimiya's second voiceline is labeled "Baths" and talks about an experience she had with her. The two once spent the late night talking together about the summer festival. At that point, they were both tired so Yoimiya invited Ayaka to go take a bath with her. But when Ayaka heard that it involved multiple people bathing in the same pool, "she went red in an instant!" And that was when Yoimiya learned that noble ladies can't use public baths.

Fanon
Ayamiya, also relatively new as with many of the other ones involving Inazuma characters, is enjoyed by fans who enjoy how the characters look together. For both Yoimiya and Ayaka, this ship is popular among the few ships they have. In Ayaka's case, her ship with Thoma, her retainer, rivals this one in popularity and for Yoimiya, other fans ship her with Hu Tao because of the idea that her butterfly necklace was a gift from the Funeral Director. However, people still do like these two together, and are looking forward to how they interact in game, considering they seem to be rather close from their work.

As Yoimiya's voicelines were finally leaked, a lot of Ayamiya shippers were going crazy due to Yoimiya's second voiceline about Ayaka, labeled "Baths". Not only does the voiceline have implications that could hint at a deeper bond between the two, but even on a surface level, it just shows that Yoimiya is comfortable enough to ask Ayaka to go to the baths with her. And it also seems that Ayaka would have accepted had it not been a public bath.

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Trivia

 * Both are playable 5 stars.
 * They were featured on a Genshin Impact Advertisement Board at NYC.