Naodari

Naodari is the femslash ship between Naoe Habakiri and Midari Ikishima from the Kakegurui fandom.

Canon
Naoe and Midari first meet at an undisclosed time after Midari takes Naoe's place as beautification committee president, shortly after Midari joins the student council.

Naoe is shown to be standoffish and somewhat rude towards Midari, often citing her "abnormal" behavior as reason she is unfit to be the committee's president. However, when Midari brings Ayame to join the beautification committee, and proceeds to arrange a gamble between Ayame and Naoe, it is then revealed that Naoe actually holds Midari in high respect, admitting that she cannot fathom what Midari thinks, and is shown to get aroused by the thought of Midari. This is the first glimpse into Naoe's true feelings towards the other girl.

From then on in the series, Naoe is shown to be more than happy to do work for Midari, and although the two continue to have different viewpoints on many things, they get along happily and respect each other.

Midari's feelings for Naoe are less clear, but her fondness of her Vice President is shown throughout the manga, such as during the Chicken Circle gamble, when Midari proudly praises Naoe's ability to beat the game. Although at the start of the manga, Naoe said she'd kill Midari as she wished, Midari acknowledges that Naoe has no intention of ever carrying through with it, confirming Naoe's romantic feelings towards her once and for all during the Kill or Die gamble, when she states Naoe isn't capable of killing her. She then states that she knows Naoe likes her, much to Naoes embarrassment and confusion.

After the Kill or Die gamble between Ayame, Midari, and Naoe, the pair is shown to seemingly agree on more things. Naoe backs up Midari's decision to have Nana Ootori do the dangerous work for the committee as punishment for her crimes, and at the end of the series, is last seen watching Ayame and Midari wistfully as they leave together to go collect debts.

Fanon
Naodari is not a very popular ship, mainly due to the lack of traction around the Kakegurui manga. It is one of the few ships that is at least semi-canon, with both characters involved reciprocating romantic and sexual feelings for each other. This pairing is often shipped alongside AyaDari, or in a poly ship with Ayame and Midari, due to the reciprocated feelings between Ayame and Naoe as well. This puts Ayame, Midari, and Naoe in the only canon love triangle within the Kakegurui franchise.

Fandom
FAN FICTION