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- It's still a little weird to always see you dressed so properly, Haruka. In elementary and middle school, you were always competing in silly contests to see who could run faster or eat their entire lunch first.
- —Area Conversation in Main Street
Anharu is the femslash ship between An Shiraishi and Haruka Kiritani from the Project SEKAI fandom.
Canon[]
An and Haruka have been childhood friends ever since elementary school, however they do not have many interactions in the game. They are both currently second-year high school students. Although An goes to Kamiyama High and Haruka goes to Miyamasuzaka Girls' Academy, they still hang out with each other outside of school. Both were experienced in music before joining their respective units, as An was a popular performer at her father's cafe, WEEKEND GARAGE, and Haruka formerly a member of the idol group ASRUN, being the member with the highest popularity.
In the first side story of Haruka's "The Non-Idol Me" card, Haruka ends up going to visit An at the WEEKEND GARAGE, which very much surprises An. They go sit down to talk to each other after not seeing each other since middle school. An gives Haruka some milk tea to drink, remembering that she liked it, Haruka then thanks An and asks her about how its like in Kamiyama. As the conversation continues, Haruka wonders why An isn't asking about her, in which An replies with "I will...if you want me too. The world may know you as the perfect idol, but to me, you'll always be that girl with the bright blue penguin-shaped lunchbox who secretly eats early lunches with a huge grin on her face during class.", leaving Haruka embarrassed. In the end, Haruka smiles, thinking to herself "Wherever I go, people see me as ASRUN's Kiritani Haruka. But to An... I was right to come here."
In the second side story Haruka comes back to WEEKEND GARAGE on a holiday morning to have a little chat with An. Haruka explains to An that she's decided to become an idol again, saying that a fellow schoolmate proved that idols really can bring hope to others. An, being happy for Haruka, says "Haruka, your face is so clear now.", as well as also offering places for her to perform at. Haruka thanks An for everything and they exchange their farewells. The side story ends with Haruka saying to herself, "I'm so glad I got to talk to An. Back then, it was because of her I was able to move ahead. This time, its my turn to do what I can to help everyone else move ahead as well."
Singing in Sync[]
The two interact in Episodes 4 and 5, where Haruka runs into An after they both had a performance. Haruka notices An to be quite down, recalling the last time she was like this when Sports Day was canceled when the two were kids. Haruka worried, she asks An whats wrong, to which An explains her situation with Kohane. Haruka then gives An advice, saying she should go heart-to-heart with Kohane, not wanting An to hurt her friend like how Haruka did due to not being able to communicate clearly. An thanks Haruka for the advice, saying she feels a lot better, then they both say their farewells.
Time to hang out♪[]
During the event, Kohane and Minori brought An and Haruka together again to ask each other some questions. That's when they realized An and Haruka are much more closer then they thought.
Screaming?! Welcome to the Forest of Wolves![]
In the second side story of Haruka's "Drowning In Dazzlement" card, she bumps into An while going home after school. An mentions having to run errands for her father, and when she says that she's about to head back to the station, Haruka suggests they walk there together. An giggles and says she was also thinking of asking the same thing. While walking, An asks if Haruka was having something on her mind, and Haruka mentions she was reminiscing all the fun she had during Miyamasuzaka's culture festival. They then proceed to tease each other, with Haruka remarking she's surprised "a friend of hers" instantly called out to her out of worry upon seeing her, with An saying she couldn't help but be concerned after seeing Haruka's expression and because she isn't able to instantly see Haruka's mood just based on her back, and the two laughing after An tells Haruka to try and guess what the former's feeling through the same method. An then mentions also having fun at the culture festival and is taken aback about Haruka knowing that An was chased all around campus by Kohane dressed up as the zombie wolf, because An practically dove in Class 1-C's animal cafe just for a second in order to escape from Kohane, and then leaving so quickly that Haruka didn't have the chance to ask what was going on. An then replies that she understands why the classroom seemed so familiar to her when she went to the animal cafe later, and Haruka asks why the zombie wolf scared her so much when it wasn't a ghost. They proceed to talk about why An got exactly so scared and Haruka says she's happy that An enjoyed the haunted house in the end. She then surprises An by suggesting the two of them and Kohane and Minori go to Phoenix Wonderland's haunted house and proceeds to explain in detail what it's like, and An agrees to her idea as she realizes it won't be as scary as she'd imagined.
Area Conversations[]
In one of their area conversations together they are talking about when they were younger. They used to go to the arcade together and battle each other in lots of games, especially the candy dropper. But they were more focused on getting the candy. Haruka always got half of An's candy, and Haruka just wanted the sweets she liked. They also traded each other's sweets.
Quotes[]
- An – “I'll take a little break too.”
- Haruka – “Are you sure you're allowed to slack off like that?”
- An – “It'll be fine. We just ran out of customers, anyway. And dad wouldn't say anything because its you!”
- Haruka – “Hehe. You haven't changed at all, huh?”
- — "The Non-Idol Me" first side story
- Haruka – “I wanted to tell you something... I've decided to try to be an idol again.”
- An – “That's great!”
- Haruka – “That's all, really. I just wanted you to know.”
- An – “Hehe. You're so polite, Haruka.”
- — "The Non-Idol Me" second side story
- “Actually, Airi... I have a friend like that too. We've known each other since elementary school. I don't get to see her much anymore, but she was there to talk to me after I first quit, when we decided to form our group, everything... I understand just how important someone like that can be to you. So please, do what you can for them.”
- — Haruka in "Unyielding Indomitable Spirit" first side story
- Haruka – “So that means An too...? ...There's this other girl who goes to a different school... I've known her since before I became an idol and she hasn't changed one bit since we were little.”
- Shizuku – “Really...? I'm happy to hear that you have a friend like that!”
- Haruka – “Yeah, me too...”
- — "An Invitation To Relax" second side story
- Haruka – “Also, I didn't know that a certain friend of mine would call out to me soon afterwards because they were worried.”
- An – “What would you do without me? Is what I would've said, but I noticed the look on your face after I called out to you. I honestly just happened to see you walking by and decided to ask where you were going. I mean, we're best friends, but I can't exactly tell how you're feeling just by seeing your back.”
- Haruka – “Wait, you can't? What kind of best friend are you?”
- An – “Alright, Miss Perfect, try telling how I feel just based on my back.”
- — "Drowning In Dazzlement" second side story
- Haruka – “By the way, how did you prepare yourself for it?”
- An – “Well... I tried telling myself that things are gonna jump out at me and that they're people, not monsters...”
- Haruka – “I see. However... Hehe. It didn't work, did it?”
- An – “Cut me some slack. I was sure that my plan would work! Seriously, I wasn't expecting to run into a zombie wolf right off the bat...!”
- Haruka – “Yeah, I guess that makes sense... A surprise like that would throw anyone into a panic.”
- An – “Exactly! I never would've seen that coming!”
- Haruka – “Well, it is a haunted house, so that's not really an excuse... But I'm glad you got to enjoy it in the end.”
- — "Drowning In Dazzlement" second side story
- “An, happy birthday. As your best friend, I'm always here.”
- — Haruka in An's second birthday card second side story
Fanon[]
Anharu isn't a very popular ship within the fandom due to both having way more popular ships with others. The ship first caught the fandom's attention when they first interacted in Haruka's 3* card, which revealed that the two were childhood friends. They are mostly rivaled by Anhane and Minoharu. People mainly prefer them as a platonic relationship and have one be a wingwoman for the other, while many see them as ex-girlfriends who broke up in middle school. They are mainly shipped beside Kohamino. In fanworks, they are often shown competing or bickering.
Anharu currently has 90+ works on AO3 in total.
Ship Weeks[]
The first Anharu Week was held on January 2-8, 2023, under the anharuweek2023 hashtag on Twitter. Prompts for the first day were "confession, first kiss or basketball", "concert, coffee shop or festival" for the second day, "first date, rivals or star tears" for the third day, "getting back together, AU or angst" for the fourth day, "winter, hanahaki or hurt/comfort" for the fifth day, "arcade, stargazing, unit swap or pining" for the sixth day, and the seventh day and final day's were "proposal, festival or married life".
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Haruka/An tag on AO3
- Haruka & An tag on AO3
Trivia[]
- Anharu is referred to with the "🎧🐧" emojis.
- Their Kizuna Ranks include: "Rivals in Everything but Studying", "Let's Race Again Someday" and "A Dear Rival and Friend".
- Some of their Cheerful Carnival Team titles are "Rivals Since Elementary School", "Rivals in Everything Except Studying" and "Actually Best Friends".
- In the Project SEKAI 2022 April Fools event, An was in the unit YUME YUME JUMP!, a parody of Haruka's canon unit MORE MORE JUMP!. YUME YUME JUMP! An wore the same unit outfit as canon Haruka except it was just recolored as An's own color.
- Both have a shade of blue as their image color.
- An and Haruka's second and fourth focus songs (Awake Now and Supernova respectively) share the same producer, Yunosuke.
Gallery[]
Card Art[]
Official Art[]
Comics[]
Manga Anthologies[]
Variations[]
- Anharushizu — the ship between Shizuku Hinomori, Haruka and An
- Minoharuankoha — the ship between Minori Hanasato, Kohane Azusawa, Haruka and An
