I like it the most and there should be more, specially from this artist.
Norainhere
May 31, 2015 2:41PM
I seriously wish people would stop complaining about ships they don't like and just appreciate the cuteness of the image...
g.ka
May 31, 2015 2:47PM
i like those two together more than nikoxmaki,
and every one have the right to say who they like or not it's their opnion
ChocolateCakeLover
May 31, 2015 3:03PM
I should copy and paste the man-child wa wa ship disrespect dude's essay for moments like this, where you fools think you can have an opinion beyond 'I like the mainstream ones'.
ColonalCat
May 31, 2015 6:58PM
Lmfao offship hate. I actually seriously considered this for the first bit of the show...then Nico came in and I was disillusioned. Plus considering how unlike the anime the manga and game are there's probably a lot of working material for it in those universes.
It's one thing if the non 'canon' ship is inherently unhealthy and bad (not gonna name any for obvious reasons), but this one is not in that boat. I ship TsubaHono to death but this one's good too.
Penginxy
May 31, 2015 9:56PM
I don't even ship these two but you gotta appreciate the art! Come on, it's beautiful! I wish someone this good could draw TsubaHono tho :c
ninryu
Jun 2, 2015 2:05PM
I ship the entire group together in one lesbian harem.
Aamnesia
Jun 2, 2015 2:20PM
I ship the entire group together in one lesbian harem.
OT9 is THE answer.
KyuKyu
Jun 2, 2015 3:23PM
OT9 is THE answer.
OT12 - A-RISE included
or OT13 - A-RISE and Eli's sister included
trafi
Jun 2, 2015 3:30PM
^ What an horrible person you must be to forget Honoka's sister
Aamnesia
Jun 2, 2015 3:47PM
OT12 - A-RISE included
While we're at it, include Fumika, Mika and Hideko
Kyle K
Jun 2, 2015 5:53PM
The Love Live OT17 must be the largest ship I've ever seen. Goes with the series' name I guess.
...
I ship it.
Seriously though, with the 17 shippable characters mentioned above there are so many options (and only for OTP, let alone 3 or more) that it seems quite ridiculous to me that part of the fandom would focus so much in the shipping wars. Statistically, it's more or less impossible that the whole fandom would agree on one single ship for any character, so why not just support your own choice and let everyone else be? Go and tell everyone why yours is the best IN YOUR OPINION, but keep it in that ship's works. Entering any work with another ship just to say you hate/don't like/whatever else... sorry, that's just not nice.
(For reasons, I won't go into unhealthy ships. That's something I just don't want to deal with rn)
Simply said, ship and let ship. Because really, why waste time going off about a ship you don't agree with when you could be using your time enjoying your own?
Aamnesia
Jun 2, 2015 6:12PM
^-- Shipping is in general an exercise of willful ignorance IMO, and like you said ship and let ship. It is frustrating however when people go off on a ship that has by comparison a very small amount of doujins/material compared to the ship they prefer.
YagMi6
Jun 2, 2015 7:02PM
I love pairings that has Maki in it, but the least is NicoMaki...too many of those, I want to see more of Maki's harem. Point is, this pairing is great. Something different that the most popular pairings.
Nezchan
Jun 2, 2015 7:34PM
A lot of authors make NicoMaki work, no problem. But I dunno, to me they seem like a "high school" romance that wouldn't last into the long term. Which is sweet and fun in its own way, but something about this pair seems like it'd work as they moved on to being adults.
Banana
Jun 2, 2015 9:09PM
I really wish there was more HonoMaki. It's my favorite pairing in the series, just due to character interactions and contrasting personalities.
Nezchan
Jun 2, 2015 9:32PM
I really wish there was more HonoMaki. It's my favorite pairing in the series, just due to character interactions and contrasting personalities.
And you hit the critical point I think, of why this pairing works better than something like NicoMaki. They're different, but in a lot of ways complimentary. For NicoMaki, they're pretty much archetypical tsunderes, with the shyness covered up by bravado, the dishonesty, etc. So to get a good story, one has to break out of type in order to provide that contrast. Which I must say, some authors pull off well. But when you match Maki up with pretty much any of the rest, you've got those contrasts in place already and don't need that step of changing one or both, or putting in a third party like Nico's sisters to break the tension.
IamgRiefeR7
Jun 3, 2015 3:04AM
I am so confused about the comment section of this cute fanart wha-?
ColonalCat
Jun 4, 2015 2:02AM
@Nez Plus it doesn't hurt that basically the only reason why Maki is a thing in the first place is because Honoka is stubborn and airheaded and awesome and dragged her out into the group because she was fascinated by her piano. I think the problem that comes in with offbranch ships that rest within concept only are just too personalized. This one doesn't rely on that nearly as much as say, UmiEri, but that just breeds ground for ship fights.
Personally I'll do all my ship fighting on KanColle tyvm.
Nezchan
Jun 4, 2015 9:23AM
"Offbranch" is an interesting way to put it, since from what I gather there's not much more source support for a "main branch" ship like NicoMaki, it's just some of the higher profile/quality doujin authors like Ooshima picked up on them and boosted the popularity. So it mainly comes down to a matter of luck in the end who'll be the OTP and who'll be the crackship.
Really, I think as long as you can justify it and everyone's in-character, then it's a valid ship regardless if they're the fandom's darling or not.
Maus
Jun 4, 2015 10:47AM
Isn't it unfair to judge pairings by one authors superior portrayal? Honestly I even thought they could be replaced in all three doujins and I wouldn't have noticed a difference, though the feeling of what-if is probably there for you
I just like NicoMaki more not because anime may had some teasing here and there but when I see a pic like this one I just imagine Nico being the good housewife with Maki being the salary woman in adult life, both things the anime suggested are indeed traits they have, so that for me goes against the high school romance
Ushio
Jun 4, 2015 10:58PM
oh my~ is it getting hot in here or is just me?~
Kyouko_Sayaka
Jun 5, 2015 10:10AM
This pairing is cute though but not my favorite pair, but anyways I still respect this ship.
ColonalCat
Jun 5, 2015 12:43PM
@Nez If "offbranch" came off as mitigating and/or patronizing, I apologize. I don't mean it because it's not valid; I meant it to be more of a "this is a valid ship but it's not the most popular or with the most hints".
But I will say I think calling who ends up being OTP a matter of luck is a bit incorrect for various situations. And I can speak from personal experience there because I was a fan of NicoMaki before I figured out yuri fanart/doujin/etc communities/congregators was a thing.
kagakujinjya
Jun 5, 2015 6:24PM
Personally I'll do all my ship fighting on KanColle tyvm.
ColonalCat, you've owned this discussion.
YuzuYuri
Jun 10, 2015 2:54AM
I always see this debate over NicoMaki and HonoMaki. It kinda ruined the mood of the good picture. Look at them both getting it on. Hope I could see more NicoTori from this artist. He does it well.
Banana
Jun 17, 2015 11:55PM
^
Some people take their ships far too seriously. I'm just in it for the fun and the cute art.
AishteruBanzai
Aug 30, 2015 5:01PM
Omg honoka's neck be like
NobodySpecialxxxx
Feb 26, 2016 2:06AM
^Lol your comment made my night!^
SFCProJunior
Dec 12, 2017 11:27AM
For me , i really dont care about pairing or ship like that, i would any pairing or ship if i like it.
JasonLovelive
Mar 22, 2019 7:28PM
As much I ship Maki with Honoka I don't mind you guys ship Maki with Nico but, you know I hate that comment that said I hate this pairing yeah you donburicchan.
mew May 30, 2015 2:26PM
♥ these two ^-^
donburicchan May 31, 2015 7:48AM
I hate this pairing tbh
candy76041820 May 31, 2015 8:33AM
^ +1.
Nezchan May 31, 2015 10:29AM
Your concern is noted.
Cristinasdf May 31, 2015 1:53PM
Well I like it, it's cute. It's not my otp tho.
flips May 31, 2015 2:24PM
I like it the most and there should be more, specially from this artist.
Norainhere May 31, 2015 2:41PM
I seriously wish people would stop complaining about ships they don't like and just appreciate the cuteness of the image...
g.ka May 31, 2015 2:47PM
i like those two together more than nikoxmaki,
and every one have the right to say who they like or not it's their opnion
ChocolateCakeLover May 31, 2015 3:03PM
I should copy and paste the man-child wa wa ship disrespect dude's essay for moments like this, where you fools think you can have an opinion beyond 'I like the mainstream ones'.
ColonalCat May 31, 2015 6:58PM
Lmfao offship hate. I actually seriously considered this for the first bit of the show...then Nico came in and I was disillusioned. Plus considering how unlike the anime the manga and game are there's probably a lot of working material for it in those universes.
It's one thing if the non 'canon' ship is inherently unhealthy and bad (not gonna name any for obvious reasons), but this one is not in that boat. I ship TsubaHono to death but this one's good too.
Penginxy May 31, 2015 9:56PM
I don't even ship these two but you gotta appreciate the art! Come on, it's beautiful! I wish someone this good could draw TsubaHono tho :c
ninryu Jun 2, 2015 2:05PM
I ship the entire group together in one lesbian harem.
Aamnesia Jun 2, 2015 2:20PM
OT9 is THE answer.
KyuKyu Jun 2, 2015 3:23PM
OT12 - A-RISE included
or OT13 - A-RISE and Eli's sister included
trafi Jun 2, 2015 3:30PM
^ What an horrible person you must be to forget Honoka's sister
Aamnesia Jun 2, 2015 3:47PM
While we're at it, include Fumika, Mika and Hideko
Kyle K Jun 2, 2015 5:53PM
The Love Live OT17 must be the largest ship I've ever seen. Goes with the series' name I guess.
...
I ship it.
Seriously though, with the 17 shippable characters mentioned above there are so many options (and only for OTP, let alone 3 or more) that it seems quite ridiculous to me that part of the fandom would focus so much in the shipping wars. Statistically, it's more or less impossible that the whole fandom would agree on one single ship for any character, so why not just support your own choice and let everyone else be? Go and tell everyone why yours is the best IN YOUR OPINION, but keep it in that ship's works. Entering any work with another ship just to say you hate/don't like/whatever else... sorry, that's just not nice.
(For reasons, I won't go into unhealthy ships. That's something I just don't want to deal with rn)
Simply said, ship and let ship. Because really, why waste time going off about a ship you don't agree with when you could be using your time enjoying your own?
Aamnesia Jun 2, 2015 6:12PM
^-- Shipping is in general an exercise of willful ignorance IMO, and like you said ship and let ship. It is frustrating however when people go off on a ship that has by comparison a very small amount of doujins/material compared to the ship they prefer.
YagMi6 Jun 2, 2015 7:02PM
I love pairings that has Maki in it, but the least is NicoMaki...too many of those, I want to see more of Maki's harem. Point is, this pairing is great. Something different that the most popular pairings.
Nezchan Jun 2, 2015 7:34PM
A lot of authors make NicoMaki work, no problem. But I dunno, to me they seem like a "high school" romance that wouldn't last into the long term. Which is sweet and fun in its own way, but something about this pair seems like it'd work as they moved on to being adults.
Banana Jun 2, 2015 9:09PM
I really wish there was more HonoMaki. It's my favorite pairing in the series, just due to character interactions and contrasting personalities.
Nezchan Jun 2, 2015 9:32PM
And you hit the critical point I think, of why this pairing works better than something like NicoMaki. They're different, but in a lot of ways complimentary. For NicoMaki, they're pretty much archetypical tsunderes, with the shyness covered up by bravado, the dishonesty, etc. So to get a good story, one has to break out of type in order to provide that contrast. Which I must say, some authors pull off well. But when you match Maki up with pretty much any of the rest, you've got those contrasts in place already and don't need that step of changing one or both, or putting in a third party like Nico's sisters to break the tension.
IamgRiefeR7 Jun 3, 2015 3:04AM
I am so confused about the comment section of this cute fanart wha-?
ColonalCat Jun 4, 2015 2:02AM
@Nez Plus it doesn't hurt that basically the only reason why Maki is a thing in the first place is because Honoka is stubborn and airheaded and awesome and dragged her out into the group because she was fascinated by her piano. I think the problem that comes in with offbranch ships that rest within concept only are just too personalized. This one doesn't rely on that nearly as much as say, UmiEri, but that just breeds ground for ship fights.
Personally I'll do all my ship fighting on KanColle tyvm.
Nezchan Jun 4, 2015 9:23AM
"Offbranch" is an interesting way to put it, since from what I gather there's not much more source support for a "main branch" ship like NicoMaki, it's just some of the higher profile/quality doujin authors like Ooshima picked up on them and boosted the popularity. So it mainly comes down to a matter of luck in the end who'll be the OTP and who'll be the crackship.
Really, I think as long as you can justify it and everyone's in-character, then it's a valid ship regardless if they're the fandom's darling or not.
Maus Jun 4, 2015 10:47AM
Isn't it unfair to judge pairings by one authors superior portrayal? Honestly I even thought they could be replaced in all three doujins and I wouldn't have noticed a difference, though the feeling of what-if is probably there for you
I just like NicoMaki more not because anime may had some teasing here and there but when I see a pic like this one I just imagine Nico being the good housewife with Maki being the salary woman in adult life, both things the anime suggested are indeed traits they have, so that for me goes against the high school romance
Ushio Jun 4, 2015 10:58PM
oh my~ is it getting hot in here or is just me?~
Kyouko_Sayaka Jun 5, 2015 10:10AM
This pairing is cute though but not my favorite pair, but anyways I still respect this ship.
ColonalCat Jun 5, 2015 12:43PM
@Nez If "offbranch" came off as mitigating and/or patronizing, I apologize. I don't mean it because it's not valid; I meant it to be more of a "this is a valid ship but it's not the most popular or with the most hints".
But I will say I think calling who ends up being OTP a matter of luck is a bit incorrect for various situations. And I can speak from personal experience there because I was a fan of NicoMaki before I figured out yuri fanart/doujin/etc communities/congregators was a thing.
kagakujinjya Jun 5, 2015 6:24PM
ColonalCat, you've owned this discussion.
YuzuYuri Jun 10, 2015 2:54AM
I always see this debate over NicoMaki and HonoMaki. It kinda ruined the mood of the good picture. Look at them both getting it on. Hope I could see more NicoTori from this artist. He does it well.
Banana Jun 17, 2015 11:55PM
^
Some people take their ships far too seriously. I'm just in it for the fun and the cute art.
AishteruBanzai Aug 30, 2015 5:01PM
Omg honoka's neck be like
NobodySpecialxxxx Feb 26, 2016 2:06AM
^Lol your comment made my night!^
SFCProJunior Dec 12, 2017 11:27AM
For me , i really dont care about pairing or ship like that, i would any pairing or ship if i like it.
JasonLovelive Mar 22, 2019 7:28PM
As much I ship Maki with Honoka I don't mind you guys ship Maki with Nico but, you know I hate that comment that said I hate this pairing yeah you donburicchan.