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HiguGin is the femslash ship between Ichiyou Higuchi and Gin Akutagawa from the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom.

Canon[]

Higuchi and Gin are both members of the Port Mafia. Higuchi works alongside Gin’s brother, Akutagawa, in the Command Unit and acts as his assistant and bodyguard. Gin is a member of the Black Lizard, an assault group under the Command Unit that handles the organization's most unsavory jobs. Despite being members of the same organization, Higuchi and Gin have relatively few interactions.

Higuchi and Gin are first seen interacting after Akutagawa's fight with Atsushi and Kyouka, in which Akutagawa ends up comatose. With the Command Unit's leader out of action, the Black Lizard begin to question Higuchi's authority and confront her in the bathroom. Gin sneaks up on Higuchi from behind and holds a knife against her throat. Tachihara tells her that if Gin had really intended to kill her, she would already be dead.

Later, when Higuchi and Gin meet Dazai and attempt to recruit him back into the mafia, Dazai tells Higuchi that people can change, gesturing to Gin and revealing that she was a tiny little girl before. Gin looks away and blushes, and Higuchi falls speechless upon realizing that Gin is female. She thinks to herself, “She’s a girl?! And she has a pretty voice too…”

Their next meeting is more comical. Higuchi spots Akutagawa alone after work, but then sees Gin greet him as they prepare to go home. Higuchi doesn’t recognize Gin out of her assassin attire and mistakenly believes Gin and Akutagawa are a couple, causing her to become extremely dejected and jealous. Higuchi convinces herself that Gin must be an undercover assassin sent for an evil scheme, and vows to discover the woman's identity in order to protect Akutagawa. While Higuchi searches for Gin with Atsushi and Kunikida, she sees her exiting a laundromat with clothes she assumes to be Akutagawa's, and in a fit of rage, takes out her gun and starts to chase her. Gin blushes after spotting Higuchi and runs away to a dead-end alley, where Higuchi corners her before she is able to fully get into her assassin gear. Seeing Gin with a ponytail and halfway through putting on her mask, Higuchi then recognizes her and is completely shocked. During this interaction, they’re both seen with blushes on their faces. Later, Higuchi cries with relief after it’s revealed that Gin is Akutagawa’s sister and not his lover. She orders Gin to try calling her “sister-in-law”, leaving the latter confused.

After Higuchi is turned into a vampire, she is the one to bite Gin and turn her into a vampire as well.

In Bungou Stray Dogs Wan!, the mafia heads to the public baths because the baths at their headquarters are broken. Higuchi walks beside Gin and studies her, planning to find out if she really is a woman with her own eyes. Gin holds up soap and bashfully asks Higuchi if she’d like to share, causing Higuchi to sprint out of the building, blushing and saying, "She's a girl! More than I needed her to be!"

In the Volume 23 omake, Higuchi invites Gin to a café on one of their off-duty days. Gin, however, misunderstands and assumes that they're going for work purposes. Higuchi is disappointed that Gin came wearing her work clothing, meanwhile Gin is confused as to why Higuchi isn't dressed for work.

Fanon[]

HiguGin is a fairly well-known ship in the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom, being the 15th most written on AO3. While its popularity is overshadowed by other ships, it is the second most popular femslash ship and the most popular ship for both Higuchi and Gin. Fans of this couple hope they will develop more in canon, especially as Higuchi is shown blushing with embarrassment around Gin in an episode of BSD Wan!.

While Higuchi canonically has a crush on Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, AkuHigu is fairly disliked in the English fanbase. Some people prefer HiguGin because they consider Akutagawa and Higuchi's relationship to be unhealthy. Higuchi being a lesbian who suffers from compulsory heterosexuality is a popular headcanon among HiguGin fans, with many believing she has mistaken her admiration and dependency on Akutagawa for attraction to him.

Higuchi and Gin tend to be shipped alongside Shin Soukoku, the second most popular ship in the fandom. Given Higuchi’s crush on Akutagawa, pairing her with Gin no longer presents her as a love rival.

Fandom[]

FAN FICTION

Gin/Higuchi tag on AO3

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HiguGin posts on Tumblr

Trivia[]

  • Both Higuchi and Gin have siblings, though Higuchi’s sister was only shown in the manga.
  • They have several matching costumes in the Bungo Mayoi game.

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Bungou Stray Dogs ShipsBungou Stray Dogs Characters
SHIPS het AkuHiguAtsuGinAtsuKyouAtsuLucyAyamuraChuuAkiDazai x WaitressDazasakiFukuHaruFyoagathaHawMitchKuniSakiKyouKenjiMarkLucyMoriZakiPoeCottRanposanoTachiGinTeruSigma
slash ChuuAkuChuuAtsuChuuRanDazAkuDazatsuFukuFukuFukuMoriFukuRanFyoKarmaFyolaiFyosigFyoyaFyozaiKuniChuuKunikidazaiOdazaiRanpoeRimlaineShin SoukokuShirachuuSigmAtsuSiglaiSigzaiSouhekiSoukokuSuegikuTachiJou
femslash HiguGinKousanoLucyKyouMontcott
family Tanizaki Siblings
CHARACTERS male Osamu DazaiFyodor DostoyevskyRanpo EdogawaAtsushi NakajimaChuuya NakaharaSigma
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