Mihoshi x Kiyone

Mihoshi x Kiyone is the femslash ship between Mihoshi Kuramitsu and Kiyone Makibi from the Tenchi Muyo! fandom.

Canon
Mihoshi and Kiyone are both partners as galaxy police detectives. Despite Kiyone's claims that Mihoshi drags her down into disaster and frustration, she has a fond spot for her partner. So Kiyone is often seen embodying these tsundere-type qualities towards Mihoshi. Although she tries pushing Mihoshi away, she's fonder of Mihoshi than she'd ever admit. And she feels trapped by those feelings, because she doesn't really understand them.

But Kiyone's sense of duty and work ethic, as well as her perfectionism are what ultimately make her repress her feelings for Mihoshi. Although there are times when Kiyone gets protective of Mihoshi. They also often have disputes over buying snacks, going to karaoke, visiting the baths, since Kiyone is reluctant to go and to relax. But usually Mihoshi's ideas win through, and the two of them spend happy times doing those activities together, even singing love songs to each other during karaoke. And though Kiyone is frustrated by the number of jobs Mihoshi manages to lose them, they always take jobs together, and Kiyone never tries to branch away from Mihoshi, even despite her complaining. The both of them even live together in their own apartment, and spend most of their free time hanging out together as well.

As for Mihoshi, she's constantly proving there is nothing she wouldn't do for Kiyone. She even saves Kiyone's life by taking a bullet for her in Tenchi in Tokyo. Mihoshi is also very patient with Kiyone and rarely snaps back at her about anything. And her happy-go-lucky attitude is what makes it impossible for Kiyone to stay mad at her. In fact, this might add to Kiyone's frustration, since it's pretty much impossible for her to ever start mad at Mihoshi, despite the fact she claims she should be mad at Mihoshi.

Fanon
is a popular ship in the relatively small fandom of Tenchi Muyo! Since this is a 90s anime, many people who ship the two have expressed how this was one of their first femslash ships in anime. However, it has had a resurgence in recent years as more and more people started realizing that the two of them acted like a married couple. In fact, many fans have expressed just how much sense it would make for the two of them to be romantically together. The tsundere-type of personality that Kiyone has, contrasting with Mihoshi's more upbeat one is one of the many things fans of the ship enjoy about their dynamic. One of the most popular headcanons amongst fans of the series if of Kiyone being a lesbian, since she has never shown attraction to any male character in the show, unlike the other women in the show, and Mihoshi being her bisexual girlfriend.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Washu is the one to coin the name "MihoKiyo".