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ElyJhana is the femslash ship between Elysia and Jyahnar from the Honkai fandom.
Canon[]
Jyahnar and Elysia are from two separate continuities, Guns Girl Z and Honkai Impact 3rd, so the two have never met. However, they share some similarities and contrasting aspects to their characters. Both come from the Will of Honkai, with Elysia being a Herrscher from birth and Jyahnar being a Honkai beast. Elysia and Jyahnar both have the title of "Herrscher", but are unique from other Herrschers. For Jyahnar, she is technically not a Herrscher, but it treated as such due to her high Honkai power. Meanwhile Elysia defied the preestablished definition of Herrscher, which was being an enemy of humanity, making her both Herrscher and human in her friends' eyes. Neither Jyahnar nor Elysia follow their creators' wish to wipe out humanity, but they have different outlooks on the human race. Jyahnar hates humanity and only desires to understand them because of Kiana. Elysia, on the other hand, loves humanity, having experienced all its beautiful aspects when she was a young traveler.
Additionally, Jyahnar and Elysia are both associated with the ocean. Jyahnar's self-proclaimed title is the "Herrscher of the Sea", which is the domain she stays in as she waits for Kiana. Her Honkai beast form is a large manta ray. Elysia's ocean theming comes from her Herrscher of Origin form, which incorporates a lot of ocean imagery and even a manta ray.
Fanon[]
ElyJhana is very much a rarepair in the fandom. Due to appearing exclusively in GGZ, Jyahnar is a relatively obscure character to the English-speaking fandom. For fans that do know her, it is rare to ship Jyahnar with anyone other than Kiana, let alone with a character she has no chance of meeting. This makes ElyJhana a very uncommon pairing, and is considered a bit of a crackship among its fans.
Shippers like ElyJhana because of their parallels. Jyahnar and Elysia come from similar backgrounds yet have opposite perspectives, leading people to think that the two would have interesting interactions. Additionally, lots of fans generally agree that Elysia has feelings for Raiden Mei, which parallels well with Jyahnar's canonical feelings for Kiana (Mei's lover).
Fans have also made connections between Jyahnar and Elysia outside the shipping fanbase. When Elysia's Herrscher of Human: Ego battlesuit was first leaked with information that one her attacks used a manta ray, some thought that this could mean that Jyahnar would appear in Honkai Impact 3rd. However, this speculation subsided since future information offered nothing to support it. Nonetheless, some take this speculation further and believe Elysia to be the Honkai Impact 3rd incarnation of Jyahnar. Though most disagree, since the few similarities that Jyahnar and Elysia share is not enough to assume that they are meant to be alternate versions of each other.
Fandom[]
- Elysia and Jyahnar posts on Twitter
- Elysia and Jhana posts on Twitter
