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- Thank you so much for always being a great friend, Minori-chan! Let's celebrate a lot today!
- —Kohane's Line for Minori's Birthday (2023)
Kohamino is the femslash ship between Kohane Azusawa and Minori Hanasato from the Project SEKAI fandom.
Canon[]
Kohane and Minori are best friends as well as second-year high school students at Miyamasuzaka Girls' Academy. During their first year, they were classmates in Class 1-A. Despite appearing somewhat timid, and the fact that they were amateurs in the music/idol scene before joining their units, they are both the main vocalists and leaders of their own units, MORE MORE JUMP! (in Minori's case) and Vivid BAD SQUAD (in Kohane's case). And deep down they are tenacious as well, especially Minori, who failed 50 idol auditions yet still kept going, being passionate and training hard on the school rooftop. This is what also inspired Kohane to chase after her dreams. They were also part of their school's animal care committee (Kohane later changed over to the beautification committee) and love animals, and both own pets as well; Minori has a Samoyed called Samo-chan, and Kohane takes care of her father's pet snake Count Pearl.
Outside of area conversations, the two are first shown interacting in each others' 1* card stories.
In Minori's first side story, Kohane catches Minori with her eyes closed, who then explains she is doing "menial rehearsing," trying to imagine what she would look like while copying a choreography from an idol DVD she had watched a while ago. When Kohane points out that it's called "mental rehearsing," Minori blushes and nervously giggles. Kohane compliments her for being a hard worker, and Minori tells her it's the least someone like her, who is aspiring to become an idol, can do in order to improve. In Minori's second side story, she and Kohane are looking after the school's pet house's bunnies for the first time, and Minori instructs Kohane on how to properly pick them up so they can clean the bunny hutch. Kohane is surprised to see Minori handling everything dexterously, and the latter then reveals she has been in the animal care committee ever since elementary school. After finishing up with the cleaning, Kohane blurts out that Minori seemed faster and more efficient than usual, but Minori shrugs it off, saying people told her that in middle school too, and because she is "super confident in animal caretaking." The bunnies then approach the two and they start feeding and petting them.
In Kohane's first side story, Minori asks Kohane if she has anything to do on the weekend, and when she tells Minori no, the latter invites her to go to Phoenix Wonderland with her, saying her mother gave her two tickets and told her to go have fun there with a friend. Kohane proceeds to enthusiastically explain how she loves the place, before blushing, and Minori giggles, saying she hasn't seen Kohane talk so fast before. When Kohane asks if Minori thinks it's childish, the latter disagrees and says she loves the place too. Kohane thanks her for not making fun of her, and suggests she could plan the route for their trip, as she knows a few shortcuts in the park. Kohane then asks if Minori really wants to go with her, who then affirms once more that she specifically wants to visit the place with Kohane. In the second side story, Minori surprises Kohane by freaking out, saying she heard the next-door class had a pop quiz during their math class, so they will inevitably get one as well. Kohane advises and helps Minori on what to review before the pop quiz. When Minori looks through her notes, she is shocked to find out she drew clothing designs in her notebook instead of writing down notes. Kohane offers to show her notes to Minori, who calls the former her savior. Time skips and Minori praises Kohane for being able to teach her the formulas, making it possible for her (Minori) to properly answer all the questions in the pop quiz.
They have a commissioned song together with Hatsune Miku called "Wah Wah World", and it also has a 3DMV. The song was later used as the ending for Puchiseka, the mini-anime series.
Quotes[]
- Kohane – “Hm? Minori, don't you usually bring your own lunch today?”
- Minori – “I do. I even made one... But I must have left it at home... My mom just sent me a message saying, It was delicious, and I realized that I forgot it... Sob... I left my wallet at home too... Why didn't she bring it to me...?!”
- Kohane – “Oh, dear... How about we split my lunch?”
- Minori – “What? No, I couldn't...! You won't get enough to eat, Kohane!”
- Kohane – “Don't worry about me. I'm going to the cafe that my friend's dad runs later, so I can get something there if I get hungry again. Oh, but we should get you a pair of chopsticks from the cafeteria!”
- Minori – “Kohane, thank you so much...! You're a lifesaver!!”
- — Area Conversation at Miyamasuzaka Girls' Academy
- Minori – “The thing is, when Mom gave me the tickets, I immediately thought of you!”
- Kohane – “Huh? M-Me?”
- Minori – “Yup! That's why I wanted to invite you! Besides, you were the first friend I made in high school! I'd love to go with Haruka-chan one day, too... But I've already decided that you're the one I wanted to invite first this time!”
- Kohane – “Minori-chan... Y-You were also the first friend I made in high school... So I'm really happy that you asked me to join you!”
- Minori – “Really?!”
- Kohane – “Yes!”
- Minori – “Sunday just can't come soon enough!”
- — "Tiny Timid Creature" first side story
- “Happy birthday, Kohane-chan! Hehe. Thank you so much for choosing me for the second question! The one about rice ball ingredients!”
- — Minori's birthday message for Kohane from "Happy Birthday!! (Kohane)" second side story
Fanon[]
Kohamino is a moderately popular ship. Its shippers enjoy their warm and soft dynamic. It is mostly rivaled and overshadowed by their most popular ships, Anhane and Minoharu, which is why some consider it a rarepair instead. They are often shipped alongside Anharu. At the same time, Kohamino is within the top 10 most written ships for both Kohane and Minori on AO3.
Some part of the fandom has also joked and memed around that their friendship is actually one-sided, or that Kohane secretly bullies Minori, because while the latter had a menu line where she also mentions baking a cake for Kohane's 2021 birthday, Kohane didn't even have a menu line for Minori's 2021 birthday.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Kohane/Minori tag on AO3
- Kohane & Minori tag on AO3
- @kohaminobot on Twitter
- Kohamino posts on Twitter
- Minokoha posts on Twitter
- Minohane posts on Twitter
- みのこは posts on Twitter
- こはみの posts on Twitter
- 코하미노 posts on Twitter
- 미노코하 posts on Twitter
Trivia[]
- Their ship name is referred to with the "🐹☘️" and "🐹🌸" emojis.
- They have a height difference of 2 cm, with Minori being 158 cm tall and Kohane being 156 cm tall.
- Their Kizuna Rank titles are: "Let's Train At Home!", "Animal Lovers Committee" and "Doing Our Best For Our Dreams".
- One of their Cheerful Carnival Team names is "First High School Friends".
Gallery[]
- Main article: Kohamino/Gallery
Variations[]
- Class 1-A — the ship between the two and Shiho Hinomori
- Minoharuankoha — the ship between the two, Haruka Kiritani and An Shiraishi
- Polyleaders — the ship between the two, Ichika Hoshino, Tsukasa Tenma and Kanade Yoisaki
