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Aoikane is the het ship between Akane Aoi and Aoi Akane from the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun fandom.
Canon[]
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Aoi and Akane are childhood friends, Akane calls her "Ao-chan" and Aoi calls him "Akane-kun". Aoi only met Nene at the start of middle school, so Akane was Aoi's only friend through most of her life, Akane also seem to only had been close to Aoi in his childhood, there are no indications he knew Lemon before.
For her whole life, Aoi has been harrassed by boys trying to force her to date them, so Akane developed the habit to stalk her and beat her unwelcomed suitors with a bat, dedicating a big part of his life to Aoi. This created an extreme coodependence between the two that would only grow stronger over time.
At a very young age Akane already asked for Aoi's hand in marriage, but Aoi rejected him since she didn't want her name to become "Aoi Aoi." The confessions continued from their childhood to their adolescenence and instead of rejecting him point blank, they started a point system, the two fell into a routine where Akane persistently asks Aoi to marry him and she tells him what she thought about his "performance" that day. Aoi seem to treat the score system as a childhood game since Aoi is very casual about her rejections, able to smile about it and never giving Akane a zero score.
On their first day of middle school, Akane confesses and Aoi gives him a low score, claiming that a normal confession on a special day is boring and teasing him by touching his lips with her finger and claiming that if he tries harder and make her heart flutter she'll think about accepting his confessions, hinting that their feelings are mutual. Right after this a truck accident nearly kills Aoi and Akane saves her by forming a contract with the clock keepers and gaining the power to stop time at the cost of working afterhours to be their maid.
Aoi's near death experience has caused Akane to become even more protective of Aoi and made Aoi emotionally distance herself from Akane, realizing Akane was hiding something from her everytime he went to clean the clocks for the keepers and refused to tell her where he went after school or what he was doing. She kept acting like nothing was wrong but she started seeing him as a liar.
Akane's attempt to close their distance spiraled into an obcession. There has been multiple instances where Akane's affections for Aoi were obnoxious or plain creepy, and his scores reflected that, being constantly low. The highest score Aoi has given him is five, despite the abysmal score, Akane seems beyond cheerful for his "record" and kept his excessive displays of affection. There are arts of them walking together to school but nothing indicates they hang out after school. They aren't nearly as close as they used to be in their childhood.
During the time the love confession tree rumors were arising, Akane practiced his love confession for Aoi on Yamabuki. However, when Yamabuki didn't take him seriously, jokingly accepting the confession, Akane punched him and told him to be serious, still chasing after the perfect confession that will make Aoi's heart flutter . The next day, Yamabuki and Akane are a couple, being affected by the tree rumor. This makes Aoi cry in the middle of the class and although she tells Nene that she doesn't like Akane romantically, claiming she and Akane are just friends she kept crying and shivering in misery about his new relationship instead of cheering him on as she does when Nene, who is also a very dear friend of Aoi, get a crush.
In the Clock Keeper Arc, when Hanako possesses Nene in order to get information about Aoi, he nearly force Aoi to kiss him while he is still in Nene's body, which makes Aoi unconfortable. Akane forcefully drags Hanako away before he can kiss Aoi and gets extremelly angry. When Hanako, Kou, and Nene spend the day following Aoi with Akane, Aoi is constantly stopped by guys confessing their loves to her, which she doesn't pay any mind because Akane beat them all up, when they are guided to an empty auditorium Akane is so stressed about it that Kou tells him to calm down, instead of calming down Akane reveal that many people try to isolate Aoi to take advantage of her, which has been happening since she was young, hence his worry. While in the auditorium Hanako makes the chandelier fall on Aoi in order to test if Akane was a supernatural, he reveals his supernatural abilities by stopping time and saving Aoi. He them explains to Hanako, Nene, and Kou the events during his first day of school that put Aoi's life at risk and made him form a contract with the clock keepers.
In chapter 59, Teru forces Akane to participate in a bet where whoever score highest in the finals exams will have the loser do whatever the winner wants by threatening to ask Aoi out on a date. Akane studies really hard to win this bet, he goes so overboard that Aoi get worried for his health, asking him to take a walk in the garden with her, which he declines with great pain in his heart, and Aoi is surprised and confused by that. Aoi eventually grows to appreciate his hard work, admiring when he study from her window and cheering him on with a "good luck akane kun". She also studies hard herself, becoming the highest scoring student in her class. In the end of the chapter Teru asks her what inspired so much effort on her part, and Aoi claims it is a secret, only to smile in delight at the way her and Akane's name side by side on the test score boards, which heavily implies Aoi's goal was to see their names at the top together. Her confidence that Akane would get a full score in his test and get to be by her side shows that she thinks very highly of him.
In the Grim Reaper Arc (also known as No.6 arc or Sacrifice Arc ), there is a summer camp that goes wrong and Aoi is captured by the School Mystery No.6 . Akane and Nene risked themselves in order to save Aoi. Akane was determined to go save her alone but got thrown into an aliance with Hanako and Nene. Brieftly before Aoi's capture Nene had gone up to Akane in an attempt to tell him something important which Akane misinterpret as a love comfession and rejected Nene, claiming that his heart has been taken by Aoi with a stern look, which implies Akane got a considerable amount of comfessions yet he remains only dedicated to Aoi.
During her kidnapping Aoi gets drugged by No.6, becoming a selfish, cruel, and coolder version of herself. She reunites with Nene and Akane in chapter 64 with the intention of getting rid of them. She is able to trick Nene by acting playful and unbothered, leading her to fall in a hole full of bugs but her attempt to distract Akane by agreeing to marry him doesn't work, and even while drugged, Aoi say that his doubt on her hurts. Akane tells Aoi that he knows her since they were kids so he can tell when she is acting weird. Aoi claims that childhood friends are a pain and that she isn't brainwashed she just wants to dissapear, which greatly distresses Akane. Akane asks her why and she mostly shrug it off, only revealing that the drug make her feel lighter and helps her get rid of the things that held her back from her wish, implying she can't kill herself in a world were Nene and Akane (her two most previous friends) are alive.
Aoi fight Akane when Akane refuses to allow her to dissapear and when she question why he is doing all of this for her, Akane says that it is because he loves her. Aoi isn't happy by his answer, kissing him as a distraction to stab him and telling Akane that he doesn't need to love her anymore, it would be okay, after all, Aoi does not believe his love is real. Aoi denial of his love angers Akane much more than being stab , wishing Aoi would give his affections more credit. Akane is too injured to fight so between letting Aoi go back to No.6 and likely die as she wishes, and dying with her together, Akane choses to force Aoi to go down with him, he acts selfish, ignoring her wishes to let go as he say "I would rather die than let you go" or "I'll never let go, even if it kills me." depending on the translation.
The end of chapter 68 shows an injured Akane carrying an unconcious Aoi on his back, they are on a boundary and he is trying to get them back home. Aoi is surprised by this situation when she wakes up. Akane apologizes for dragging Aoi down with him and fall down, too injured too keep walking. Aoi tells him that maybe he shouldn't push himself with a blank expression and Akane is flattered that she is worried. Akane then fall unconcious and while Aoi questions him, she doesn't seem bothered, glancing around and trying to leave his side, which makes Akane brieftly hold her hand to keep her near. Aoi is surprised by the gesture, and for the first time since she was drugged Aoi show sadness, perhaps even remorce promising Akane that she will stay by his side for now, so he can rest.
Chapter 69 starts with Aoi ripping the bottom of her skirt and using the fabric to bandaged Akane's stab wound, claiming the injure was painful to see so she just covered up, it doesn't mean anything. Her explanation falls of deft ears and Akane asks for her hand in marriage. Aoi stares at him blankly and opens up about how even if she decides to accept Akane's offer, he would just be dissapointed. She explains that she doesn't understand what Akane sees in her and that all of his compliments only makes her dissociates, that Akane is just another person that can't see the real her. She say Nene and her dad lie to her before bringing Akane's love again, calling him a liar who doesn't actually love her and using his clock keeper watch as proof. She had asked about where he goes after school, even directly confronted him, and she could tell his answers were always lies. She has been bottling this up for a long time.
Akane tries to defend himself but Aoi doesn't want to hear it, throwing the clock at him and declaring that she doesn't want to get close to anyone anymore. She say good bye and try to walk away but Akane grabs her and throws her in the water. He says that she had no idea Aoi felt this way and promise he'll be honest now, say everything he feels about her, which shook her. Aoi shook increases when Akane say he hates her, calling her superficial, selfish, an arrogant girl with a fragile ego, a coward who looks down on others and tries to remove herself from the picture before others leave her, and yelling in her face that he always hated that part of her. Aoi, who just said Akane is a liar, fully believe his words and start crying, paying full attention to what he has to say and becoming visibly angry and distressed by it.
Akane asks if him hating her makes Aoi sad, and despite holding on to him and crying she denies the claim. She even say 'i hate you too' which further shows she believes everything he says. Akane doesn't really reply to her reminiscing of when the only fight they ever had, of when they where kids and he got mad so he said "I hate you" which caused little Aoi to cry. Little Akane was shocked to see little Aoi cry, revealing that he used to think Aoi was someone who never cried, cause she didn't care about others, but when he realized she cares so much about him hating her that she started crying, he found it extremally cute, and fell in love. After sharing the story of how he fell in love Akane claims that she and Aoi are the same as they were on that day.
Aoi is still crying and overwhelmed so he pushes him away and yell at Akane to not touch her, which Akane doesn't obey, holding her hand and claiming he'll love her forever. Unlike with his other confessions, Aoi eyes widen and she blushes, showing she believes that he truly loves her. Akane find her distress and embarrasment cute so Aoi punches him in the stab wound calling him an idiot. It is clear she is having trouble wrapping her head around this cause she screams that he hates her and she hates him too despite being flustered. Akane holds her by the waist, dragging her close and apologises for lying about saying he hates her.
Akane kisses her neck and Aoi panics, when Akane asks Aoi if she really hates him or if she actually likes him back, even if just a little bit, instead of trying to push him away again and scream that "if you hate me I hate you too!!" she realizes that he truly likes her and answer by leaning her hand in his palm, which Akane realizes means she likes him back and hug her tight, calling her a lifelong friend he understand. Aoi hug him back, holding his sides. After the hug, Akane tries to kiss her, which catches her by surprise, she doesn't seem ready for such a big step but Aoi still closes her eyes in preparation and hold on to Akane, leaning in. Their kiss is interupted by Teru, neither look happy by this interuption.
In chapter 70 Akane and Aoi are guided out of the boundary by Teru, and on their journey back Akane is seen holding Aoi protectively when Teru suddently uses a big lightning attack to kill a supernatural, and he also holds her hand when Aoi looks troubled. They eventually reach a tunnel that will lead them home, Akane and Aoi are instructed to not look back and Aoi realizes she can't be saved when Akane say there is a light at the end of the tunnel, a light Aoi can't see. After realizing this is the end, Aoi open up, saying she is sorry Akane got hurt and giving her hope for the future. Despite knowing she can't go back Aoi tries very awkwardly to ask Akane to go on the zoo with her, when Akane catches her intent she becomes very embarrassed and to make her feel better Akane say he is the one that want to go to the zoo, can she come with him? Akane asks her what she likes, what she want to do, and they make many plans for the future, from playing games to going to a cake shop. When Aoi asks Akane what he likes, wanting to know more about him, he says he likes her and Aoi fall into tears, regreting that she didn't say she likes him back as she was left behind, alone on the tunnel.
When Akane realizes Aoi didn't come with him and Teru he is in distress, wanting to go back to save Aoi and being angry at Teru for only saving him and leaving Aoi alone in what he calls a horrible place. The severance left him depressed. Chapter 72 has him with eyebags, staring blankly at Aoi's empty balcony. Akane has a lot of books on his desk and a map on the floor, which implies he had been serching for a way to get Aoi back, since they are on summer vacation.
Later, when Aoi is on the train to the far shore, she admits to Hanako that she didn't like Akane at first, because he was the kind of person that, in her words, "people loved easily" and she saw herself as the opposite, as someone hard to love. She noticed he always put in the effort when people trusted him with something, no matter how annoying the task was, because he was a good person and that she both loves and hates that part of him. She points out that both her and Hanako are similar in being unable to admit their feelings to the one they love.
Akane eventually finds her again on the train after it's been stopped, saving her from being eaten by supernaturals. Aoi is in shock, not fully believing he is here, and Akane answers her by hugging her tight and crying, saying he wouldn't know what he'd do if he couldn't see her again.
Fanon[]
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Aoikane mainly rose in popularity after Chapter 69, in which Aoi returned Akane's feelings and their dynamic was better explored. Although the ship is considered canon by the franchise, many fans on the English side of the Toilet Bound fandom dislike Aoikane due to Akane’s obsession with Aoi and his yandere gags that have been prominent in the beggining of the manga, labeling the ship as ‘toxic’; though the ship does have a dedicated fan base on both the English-speaking and Japanese side of the fandom.
They are mainly shipped for Akane's persistence and infatuation with Aoi, Aoi's struggles to love herself and how linked her journey to slowly overcomes it is linked to her relationship with Akane, as well as the overall depth of their relationship following the events of Chapter 69. Fanworks typically feature Aoi finally accepting Akane's love and returning his feelings. Its main rivals are Terukane and Aoinene.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Akane Aoi/Aoi Akane tag on AO3
- Akane/Aoi tag on FanFiction.Net
- WIKIS
- Aoi's relationship with Akane on Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Wiki
- Akane's relationship with Aoi on Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Wiki
Trivia[]
- They both have a love for raspberry pies.
- Akane's favorite food is "anything Aoi makes him", though she hasn't made anything for him so far.
- When Akane goes through a day without using his power at all, he stops Aoi's time for 15 full minutes just to gaze at her.
- There are matching arts on Aidairo's twitter (link for: art 1 . art 2) that shows Akane calls Aoi in the morning and she always pick up his call despite not being a morning person. There is also a bookstore extra about it called 'morning call'.[1]
- There is an art of Aoi and Akane renting movies together, so they likely watch it together as well.
- In middle school Nene asked Aoi if she could date Akane in this extra. And Aoi got so depressed by the idea that she didn't go to school for 1 week.
- Akane doesn't like the occult but on chapter 4 of after school Hanako-kun Akane prepared a game of kokkuri-san, the japanese version fo the ouija board game, for Aoi.
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Variations[]
- Aoikanene refers to the ship between Yashiro Nene, Akane and Aoi
- LemonAoiKane refers to the ship between Yamabuki Lemon, Akane and Aoi
- TeruAoiKane refers to the ship between Minamoto Teru, Akane and Aoi
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| SHIPS | het | Akanene • Aoikane • HanaAoi • Hananene • Kounene • MitsuSaku • NatsuSaku • Terunene • TsuchiYako • TsukaNene • TsukaSaku • YakoSaki |
| slash | HanaKane • Hanakou • HanaTeru • Lemonkane • Mitsukou • NatsuMitsu • Sakoo • Terukane • TsuKou • TsuMitsu | |
| femslash | Aoimei • Aoinene • Sakunene | |
| poly | HanaAoiNene • HanaKouNene • HanaTeruNene • MitsuHanaKouNene • MitsuKouKasa | |
| friend | Hanako Tao • Mitsunene • YakoNene | |
| family | Minamoto Brothers • Mitsumom • Yugi Twins | |
| cargo | MitsuCamera | |
| CHARACTERS | female | Akane Aoi • Yashiro Nene |
| male | Aoi Akane • Hanako • Minamoto Kou • Minamoto Teru • Mitsuba Sousuke • Yugi Tsukasa | |