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- Shizuku – “And so, I hope we continue to be idols together forever.”
- Airi – “...No fair... You caught me off guard and now I'm a wreck. What do you mean? Of course we'll be idols together forever!”
- Shizuku – “...! Airi-chan...!”
- — Shizuku 2022 Birthday Virtual Live
Shizuairi is the femslash ship between Shizuku Hinomori and Airi Momoi from the Project SEKAI fandom.
Canon[]
Shizuku and Airi are both members of the idol group MORE MORE JUMP! as well as close friends. They also attend Miyamasuzaka Girls' Academy as third-year high school students. Airi is very headstrong, a bit tomboyish and often acts as the straight man of the unit. Meanwhile Shizuku is more feminine, calmer and has the appearance of a perfect girl, but in reality she is quite airheaded and can be very sensitive. As such Shizuku respects Airi very much, especially her work ethic, and has even mentioned that she considers Airi "her idol" and someone who "helped her find herself." Meanwhile Airi often looks after Shizuku, especially due to the latter's horrible sense of direction, as she tends to get lost even in places she's familiar with due to her habit of taking walks and detours.
Prior to MORE MORE JUMP!'s Main Story, the two knew each other because they were both part of the same agency and trained to become idols at the same time. Airi also openly considered Shizuku her rival, although they were in different idol groups (Airi was an ex-idol of QT, and Shizuku was still a member of Cheerful*Days).
Main Story[]
The two are first shown in Chapter 2, where Minori and Haruka see Airi confronting Shizuku on the rooftop, asking if she really isn't getting along with the other members of Cheerful*Days and that she was considering switching groups. When they spot Minori and Haruka, and upon finding out Minori is trying to become an idol, Airi tells her she has no chance of doing so. Shizuku tells her to stop and how Airi is still supposed to be an idol who gives hope to others, even when she's not in a group anymore. This causes Airi to calm down a bit, especially after Shizuku says she doesn't like Airi telling others that. When Minori asks for the two to help her, Shizuku agrees to do so, and then tells Airi how she [Airi] said before that "idols should never ignore those who dream of becoming idols themselves." Airi, in tsundere fashion, agrees to help as well. After their first practice session, Airi is impressed by Minori's determination and Shizuku giggles, saying how seeing Airi reminds her of the time Shizuku started as an idol and Airi was her mentor. When Airi tries asking about the conversation of Shizuku's current situation, the latter goes silent and Airi decides to not interrogate her more.
During their next training session, Minori blurts out she wishes she would be as pretty as Shizuku. Shizuku tells her one doesn't simply become an idol because of their looks, and how they also need to have a desire to work their hardest, before mentioning how someone else told that to her before. Later Shizuku and Airi talk about the show they saw at Stage SEKAI, with Shizuku pointing out that Airi seemed like she enjoyed it. When Shizuku asks her if she still doesn't want to be an idol, Airi shakes her head saying the former knows well why she quit being an idol, before thinking back on her times when her agency started pushing her more as a variety show talent rather than the idol she wanted to be. When Shizuku tries telling she's a wonderful idol, Airi denies her words and snaps at her before realizing what she said. Shizuku runs away in tears, feeling extremely sad that even Airi thinks she has it easy. She then reminisces the time they met for the first time when they were starting out, where Airi told her inspiring words and gave her the towel Shizuku still uses. Afterwards Airi deeply regrets her actions and when she tells this to Minori, she mentions she was jealous of Shizuku having everything Airi doesn't, and how she feels terrible.
Airi runs towards the Cheerful*Days Theater
Upon finding out Shizuku has left her group, Airi demands Shizuku tell her the truth and how she literally had no reason to quit being an idol. This time Shizuku snaps at her, repeating Airi's words that gave Shizuku the hope to keep moving forward even when the other members ostracized her, and Airi feels extremely guilty upon hearing that she is the reason for Shizuku's retirement, to the point of running to the Cheerful*Days Theater to confront the other group members. When they express their resentment towards Shizuku, Airi admits she felt jealous of Shizuku as well, but also defends her by mentioning that she never took advantage of her position, how she still kept doing her best, and then apologizes to Shizuku, causing the latter to cry again except out of happiness this time.
Moments[]
- Time to RE:START!
- In Shizuku's "What I Want to Become" card's second side story, when Airi told her to search a video with the keywords for something "idol-related that came first to their minds," she chose one of Airi's videos from her Happy Everyday variety talent show era. Due to her clumsiness with technology, she keeps replaying it, completely embarrassing Airi.
Quotes[]
- Main article: Shizuairi/Quotes
Fanon[]
Shizuairi is one of the most popular ships in the fandom as well as the most popular for both Shizuku and Airi. It is also commonly referred to as ShizuAi. The ship sailed due to their natural chemistry as well as the fact that the two are often paired together in events. Due to their chemistry and interactions, people like to call them an "old married couple", especially due to the way Airi looks after Shizuku, and some fans also like to joke that Airi and Shizuku are the father and mother of MORE MORE JUMP! respectively. Fans of Shizuairi also tend to ship Minoharu. Although the two are almost exclusively shipped together, Shizuairi is sometimes rivaled by Minoairi and Shizuharu, as well as cross-unit ships such as Airiena, Shizukasa, and Shizumafu.
Ship Weeks[]
The first Shizuairi Week, titled as "Shizuairi Fes", was held on December 4-10, 2022. Prompts for the first day were "picnic", "mistletoe" for the second day, "royalty AU" for the third day, "cats" for the fourth day, "shopping" for the fifth day, "AU (song/book/show)" for the sixth day, and seventh and final day was free choice.
The second Shizuairi Week was held on October 1-7, 2023 under the shizuaiweek2023 hashtag on Twitter. Prompts for the first day were "desserts", "soulmates AU" for the second day, "sleepover" for the third day, "unit swap AU" for the fourth day, "domestic" for the fifth day, "future" for the sixth day, and seventh and final day was free choice.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Shizuku/Airi tag on AO3
- Shizuku & Airi tag on AO3
- Shizuairi posts on Twitter
- しずあい posts on Twitter
- 시즈아이 posts on Twitter
- 아이시즈 posts on Twitter
- @shizuairibot on Twitter
Trivia[]
- Their ship name is referred to with the "💧🍑" emojis.
- Airi is the shortest member of MMJ! at 156 cm, while Shizuku is the tallest at 168 cm.
- Shizuku and Airi have two covers together currently (Tsugihagi Staccato and Romeo to Cinderella). They also have another vocal duets for Happy Synthesizer, Karakuri Pierrot and Kokoroyohou.
- Their "Romeo to Cinderella" cover is rather famous and regarded as iconic in the fandom because of the intimate gesture they do in 3DMV during the "Nee, watashi to ikitekureru?" line.
- Their Kizuna Rank titles are: "Trainee Idols", "Thanks to You" and "Ups and Downs".
- Some of their Cheerful Carnival Team titles are "Ideal For Each Other" and "You're Overly Helpful".
- Shizuku's area item in the Stage SEKAI is the towel Airi gave her.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Shizuairi/Gallery
Variations[]
- Harushizuairi — the ship between the two and Haruka Kiritani
- Minoshizuairi — the ship between the two and Minori Hanasato
- Polyjump — the ship between the two, Minori Hanasato and Haruka Kiritani
- Shizuairiena — the ship between the two and Ena Shinonome
- Shizuairimafu — the ship between the two and Mafuyu Asahina
- Shizumizuairiena — the ship between the two, Mizuki Akiyama and Ena Shinonome
