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- Shiho... I don't care what anyone else says, I want to be friends with you.
- —Ichika to Shiho in Leo/need Main Story Episode 11
Ichishiho is the femslash ship between Ichika Hoshino and Shiho Hinomori from the Project SEKAI fandom.
Canon[]
Ichika and Shiho are both childhood friends with Saki and Honami as well as bandmates of Leo/need. They also both attend Miyamasuzaka as second-year students. They got separated in middle school but eventually became friends again in Leo/need's Main Story.
Ichika is the guitarist and vocalist of the band and is an introverted and kind girl who is always thinking about her friends. On the other hand, Shiho is the bassist of the band and can appear cold and distant at first, but deep down she cares immensely for her loved ones and likes cute things.
Main Story[]
Ichika was separated from her friends and left all alone due to Saki being admitted to the hospital. She really wanted to reconnect with Shiho and Honami, but none of them were on speaking terms after both Shiho and Honami estranged themselves from the friend group. In their SEKAI, the 4 of them meet by chance and decide to perform a Hatsune Miku song as a band. Shiho and Honami end up leaving Ichika and Saki by themselves. Ichika and Saki form a band with just 2 and agree to try to become friends and bandmates with Shiho and Honami again and discover their 'true feelings'. The two meet Shiho by chance in a music store and Shiho tells Ichika and Saki that if they can perform a song together in a week that she would join their band. Shiho does end up joining, and the three of them have to convince Honami to join their band and become friends once again. Honami's feelings were a little more complicated but eventually, all 4 of them ended up reunited as a band and friends once more.
Singing Among the Cherry Blossoms[]
Ichika wants to develop her singing further so she can match up to Shiho's bass skills and catch up to her in terms of music experience. She initially starts doing street performances for the sake of performing with Shiho and helping Shiho's dream to become a professional.
Resonate With You[]
Ichika wants to do their first live together as a band, although Shiho doesn't think they're ready. Shiho almost joins another band, STANDOUT, as a bassist because they have the strong dream to become professionals, unlike Leo/Need who Shiho thinks doesn't want to give their all to becoming pro. However, Shiho doesn't know that Ichika, Saki, and Honami actually do want to become pros and they all confront Shiho with their true feelings of wanting to be a professional band- together, with all 4 of them. Before this hapens, Ichika is concerned about losing Shiho again and she compares it to her past self when she didn't make any effort to reach out to Shiho to rekindle their friendship. In chapter 5 Ichika says, "I want to continue this band with everyone. If it's not the four of us, I don't want it...!" Eventually, at the end of the story, Shiho is impressed by their drive to become professionals and they reunite together as a band.
Don't Lose Faith![]
In Chapter 6 Leo/need plays together again after spending the previous chapters practicing alone with VIRTUAL SINGERs in order to be ready to play Saki's new song from "No Seek No Find" in the same live house against anemone. Despite their practice, Shiho's playing is leagues ahead of Ichika, Saki, and Honami's playing. Because of this, Shiho tries to match the other three's playing until Ichika angrily tells her to not match with them. Shiho tells her if she doesn't do this their performance would sound unbalanced and she's doing it for their sake. Ichika yells that it wouldn't help them at all and tells her that they've been practicing all this time to reach Shiho's level and if she really wants to do something for their sake she would play with all her might and the three of them will catch up to her, even if it means cutting down on sleep or meal time with the other two agreeing.
Echo my Melody[]
In the last chapter after Ichika shows Leo/need her song, Shiho describes it as "like being wrapped in a warm blanket" and it captures Ichika really well. Miku says that she didn't realize thats how Shiho saw Ichika leading Shiho to blush saying she was just giving her impression of the song.
Memories That Come With The Scent of Candles[]
While Ichika and Nene plan on what to make for their unit mates for valentines Nene suggests hair accessories and stuff like that. Ichika notes that while Saki and Honami might like it Shiho probably wouldn't so they try to come up with another idea. Later after Ichika asks Honami for ideas Honami suggests making candles and Ichika decides to do that since it would be easy and since Shiho would like them the most.
Get over it.[]
In the 1st chapter before they start their solo show Shiho says they should do their usual thing which is a motivational speech before each show. Ichika suggests Shiho should lead it because they wouldn't have made it this far without her.
Quotes[]
- Ichika – “Oh, the link to that squirrel video I was going to send to Minori... I accidentally sent it to Shiho...”
- Shiho – “Ichika sent me this squirrel video totally out of the blue. I still don't really know why, but I guess it doesn't matter since they were so cute...”
- — Autumn 2022 Menu Lines
- “Yeah, I'd like to respond to Shiho's feelings, if only just a bit.”
- — Ichika about Shiho in "You Heard That Just Now?!" second side story
- “Shiho has a very strong sense of self, and I think it's cool how she can speak her mind so clearly. ... I really respect the way she's serious about music like that, and I want to strive to become like that.”
- — Ichika about Shiho in "You Heard That Just Now?!" second side story
- Ichika – “The four of us will definitely become pros together.”
- Shiho – “Let's keep working together from now on.”
- — In Ichika's blog post on the official Project SEKAI Twitter account
- Shiho – “It seems like nowadays you tend to overthink everything, and that's stopping you from being more decisive. You're more rational than me.”
- Ichika – “You think so?”
- Shiho – “That's how it looks to me.”
- Ichika – “Hmm. Thanks, Shiho.”
- Shiho – “I should be thanking you. I feel better after talking with you.”
- — Leo/need Main Story Episode 15
- Ichika – “Yeah, to reach the level Shiho would be happy with, that's my current dream. For Shiho to perform as much as possible, I'll.. do my best.”
- Shiho – “Ichika... yeah, thank you.”
- — Singing Among the Cherry Blossoms Episode 4 "Very First Applause"
- “I want to do performances that will resonate in people's hearts- together with Shiho. ... But still, I want to be in a band with Shiho. I want to perform in live shows. I want to stir people's hearts with our songs... together.”
- — Resonating with you Episode 7 "A Gifted Opportunity"
- Ichika – “Shiho, you okay?”
- Shiho – “Yeah, I'm fine. ...and you?”
- Ichika – “I'm a little nervous. This is our first live performance after all. But I'm also excited because I get to perform together with Shiho.”
- Shiho – “Ichika...”
- Ichika – “Let's make this our best performance, Shiho.”
- Shiho – “Right.”
- — Resonating with you Episode 7 "A Gifted Opportunity"
- Ichika – “From here onward, I'm going to work harder and practice more so I can quickly catch up to you, Shiho. That's why, from now on, let's--”
- Shiho – “Ichika, that's not true.”
- Ichika – “Huh?”
- Shiho – “I acknowledge you and the others' skills. I felt your determination, too. So, don't say things like you want to catch up to me. I'm the one who hasn't been able to keep up with everyone else.”
- — "Resonating with you" After Live
- Ichika – “But there's still a long way to go. After all, our goal is to go pro and have more and more people hear our music.”
- Shiho – “That's right. Let's keep improving ourselves, one step at a time.”
- — Leo/need Happy New Year 2023 Virtual Live
Area Conversations[]
- Shiho – “Ichika, I listened to that Miku song you told me about yesterday.”
- Ichika – “Really? What did you think?”
- Shiho – “It's like you said. The bass line was really good. It went something like... Then the chorus starts and it goes...”
- Ichika – “Yeah, that sounds right. Wait, did you memorize the whole thing in one night?”
- Ichika: What are you reading, Saki? Another fashion magazine?
- Saki: No, I borrowed this from Shiho-chan.
- Shiho: It's a music magazine featuring artists from around the country. The articles are actually really interesting.
- Ichika: Oh yeah? Now I'm curious.
- Saki: Let's all read it together, then! Here, Shiho-chan can sit in the middle since it's hers!
- Ichika: That works. There's plenty of room next to Shiho here. I'll just—
- Shiho: Who are you, my sister? You can read without having to sit so close, you know!
- Shiho – “Ichika, compared to when we first started, you're singing and playing so much better. You look so much more confident too.”
- Ichika – “Huh...?! Shiho?! Complementing me so openly...?!”
- Shiho – “Oh, I see... You prefer a more unforgiving approach?”
- Ichika – “N-No, I'm sorry! I'm just not used to hearing that from you. Please, the more praise the better!”
- Shiho – “That's all up to you, Ichika.”
- Ichika – “Right! I'll do my best to keep improving!”
Fanon[]
Ichishiho tends to be overshadowed by other ships in Leo/need such as Shihosaki, Ichihona, Ichisaki and Shihonami in the western fandom. However, many fans also tend to ship Ichika and Shiho with Honami and Saki in a poly relationship (Polyneed), otherwise, Ichishiho is mostly shipped alongside Honasaki. It's also quite unpopular in the Eastern side of the fandom, although it is more recognized.
Ship Weeks[]
The first Ichishiho Week was held from April 21-28, 2022, under the ichishihoweek hashtag on Twitter. The prompts for the first day were "journey, confession or sweets", "middle school or separate" for the second day, "AU, fantasy or sleepless" for the third day, "stars, date or darling" for the fourth day, "dreams, future or shining" for the fifth day, "performance or detour" for the sixth day, and the seventh and final day's were "resonate or purple anemone".
Another Ichishiho Week was held on November 12-18, 2022, under the IchishihoWeek1112 hashtag on Twitter. The prompts for the first day were "follow the same path as you", "secret special training" for the second day, "favorite things" for the third day, "a mixed future" for the fourth day, "praise me!" for the fifth day, "alternate universe" for the sixth day, and the seventh and final day was free choice.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Shiho/Ichika tag on AO3
- Shiho & Ichika tag on AO3
- Ichishiho posts on Twitter
- Shihoichi posts on Twitter
- いちしほ posts on Twitter
- 이치시호 posts on Twitter
- 시호이치 posts on Twitter
- @ichishihobot on Twitter
Trivia[]
- Their ship is referred to with the "🎸🍜", "💙💚" and sometimes even the "🌵🐰" emojis.
- They have a 2 cm height difference, with Ichika being 161 cm and Shiho being 159 cm tall.
- As of the third anniversary they now have a height difference of 3 cm with Ichika now being 162 cm, and Shiho still being 159 cm tall.
- Their Kizuna Rank titles are: "Candy Cravers", "Genuine Resolve", and "Sharing The Same Dream".
- Ichishiho have covered 4 songs together (Lost One no Goukoku, Bokura Mada Underground, Calc., and Tengaku). The most in Leo/ned.
- They also sing Hurray with Miku, and have solo versions for Ichika's first focus song Ryuusei no Pulse.
- Some of their Cheerful Carnival Team names are "Wanting To Catch Up" and "Spartan Mentors".
Gallery[]
- Main article: Ichishiho/Gallery
Variations[]
- Ichishihonami — the ship between the two and Honami Mochizuki
- Ichishihosaki — the ship between the two and Saki Tenma
- Polyneed — the ship between the two, Saki Tenma and Honami Mochizuki
