Shipper On Deck / Anime & Manga

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• 7 Seeds: Fujiko and Chisa become shippers for Hana and Aramaki during the Mountain/Ocean arc, trying to get those two to be together (alone) as much as possible, despite Hana being in a relationship, Aramaki knowing this and finding her boyfriend is one of Hana's big goals in the story.
• The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You: Rentarou's Uncle Hiro is probably the most extreme example of this - he's been devoted to the idea of Rentarou and Chiyo getting together since Chiyo was born.
• Ah! My Goddess:
  • Urd ships Keiichi×Belldandy and frequently tries to meddle in their relationship to advance it, in contrast with her younger sister Skuld who is actively anti-Keiichi×Belldandy.
  • Megumi, Keiichi's younger sister, and Peorth, a wish-granting goddess like Belldandy (except she specializes in one's deepest, darkest desires) also make efforts to bring the two together.
• In the classic Shōjo manga Ai Shite Night, Hideki "Hashizo" Katou's first scene is about how he dreams of becoming "someone like Cupid who appears in picture books". (Let's cut him some slack, though, he's a kindergartner). Predictably, once Hashizo meets a Girl Next Door named Yakko who may be a good girlfriend for his older brother and caretaker Go, he ships them rather hard.
• All of the Aizawas in Aizawa-san Multiplies are pushing Shino Aizawa and Souta Mizutani together. Notable in that four of the five Aizawas outside of Shino thus far introduced are Literal Split Personality manifestations. In their case, it's justified by the fact that, when they remerge with Shino, they get all her experiences as if they got it - Souta effectively dates five girls at once.
• In Amakusa 1637, when Eiji and Kichou share a kiss, Natsuki and Eri are seen cooing and fist-pumping in the background.
• In Angel Densetsu, everyone in the school (except Kuroda) ships Kitano/Ryoko.
• Ashita no Nadja: Nadja Applefield ships Sylvie/Raphael. Sylvie, in return, ships Nadja/Francis, though she's more aware of how Love Hurts...
  • Marianne Hamilton ships Nadja/Keith, since she's got a crush on Nadja's love interest and Keith's younger twin brother Francis and having Nadja go the Settle for Sibling route would let her have a chance with him. She even admits it to Nadja herself in one of their talks.
  • Julietta is a subversion, as when Nadja is caught with her feelings for Keith and Francis, she tells Nadja "choose the guy YOU want and not the one you feel obligued to love back" but doesn't explicitly show preference for either of Nadja's love interests.
• Assassination Classroom:
  • Koro-sensei ships his students with each other (though this is mostly just for juicy gossip).
  • The whole class ships Karasuma-sensei/Bitch-sensei.
  • Karma, being Nagisa's self-appointed wingman, has taken pictures of every kiss he's ever had. That said, he goes to great lengths to encourage Kayano specifically to kiss him again- even staging a reconnaissance mission to reassure her Valentine's Day jitters.
  • Before the start of the series, Kayano inferred that her sister Aguri had a crush on a co-worker and encouraged her to pursue him. It's not until much later that she learns that the "co-worker" was Koro-sensei...
• Moe in Asteroid in Love is mainly focused on Mira and Ao (to the point that if she didn't give enough encouragement Ao would feel inadequate to Mira), but has no qualms imagining other potential pairings.
• Reiner from Attack on Titan seems to be this for Bertholdt and Annie, as he pushes Bertholdt to confess to her once they return home.
• Of all the people who could possibly qualify, Yujiro Hanma from Baki the Grappler is fiercely supportive of his son Baki's relationship with Kozue, in part because he thinks they would have extremely strong children and in part because Baki having someone to protect makes him work all the harder to be stronger.
• Berserk:
  • Judeau was in full support of Guts and Casca, encouraging Guts to pursue her in spite of her worship of Griffith and earlier he gave Casca some elf dust so she could give Guts some Intimate Healing. After Guts and Casca hook up, Judeau urges Guts to take Casca away from the Band... then the Eclipse goes down. To add an extra layer of tragedy Judeau reveals before he dies he had feelings for Casca himself but knew he wouldn’t stand a chance compared to Griffith and Guts so decided to lose with honour and play match maker to his two best friends.
  • Ironically Guts initially supported Griffith and Casca being together going so far as to literally smack Casca into Griffith’s arms, Guts also told Griffith about Casca wearing a dress in the ball. Much like Judeau, Guts had feelings for Casca as well and assumed bitterly that she had a Single-Target Sexuality for Griffith, fortunately Guts acted upon his feelings and Casca fell for him.
  • Sonia teases Schierke about her being with Isidro, it probably would be more cute if Sonia wasn’t the evil reborn Griffith’s medium.
  • Hilariously the majority of the cast e.g Puck, Isidro, Luca, Skull Knight, the Demon Child/Moonlight Boy, Roderick and Danan the elf queen starts supporting Guts and Casca. The only two who are reluctant are Farnese and Schierke due to their unrequited feelings for Guts.
    • Ironically Farnese and Schierke becomes the biggest enablers of Guts and Casca’s relationship as they literally enter Casca’s mind and cure her mental state ensuring her reunion with Guts.
• Maylene from Black Butler gets nosebleeds every time Sebastian makes a... comment where the meaning is ambiguous to Ciel, despite having a crush on him herself. She's probably just a Yaoi Fangirl though, and in another instance, when she thought that Sebastian was the one Ciel liked the most, she got noticeably jealous and coined Ciel as a possible "love rival".
• In Black Clover, Rebecca Scarlett's siblings (even her baby brother) all want her to make a move on Asta, despite her flustered protests and how she actually wants to do it (that being the main, secret reason why she even invited him to their home).
  • When Charlotte, the Straw Feminist leader of an Amazon Brigade, admits to having a crush on Yami she's so embarrassed that she's willing to resign for this "disgrace." Instead, every squadmate except Sol totally ships them, with many also admitting to having secret boyfriends themselves.
• Bleach:
  • The manga periodically has different characters addressing the idea of Ichigo and Orihime. Ichigo's sisters, especially Karin, discuss Orihime being more Ichigo's type than Tatsuki. Tatsuki herself graphically lectures Orihime on how to snare Ichigo. Soul Society residents comment on Orihime's beauty but don't pursue her because they believe she and Ichigo are a couple. Several of Ichigo's rivals have used Orihime as a motivator for Ichigo — with Grimmjow, Nnoitora, Ulquiorra, Ginjo, Tsukishima and even Yhwach openly lampshading her importance to him. Rukia gets Ichigo to give a Declaration of Protection to Orihime, Nel lectures Ichigo on how to properly treat Orihime (Groin Attack included), Uryu at some point is mentally telling Ichigo to win against Ulquiorra for "her [Orihime's] sake", and Urahara tricks Orihime into wearing a revealing dress that might attract Ichigo; when Chad asks Ichigo what he thinks of Orihime's dress, Ichigo becomes flustered and this causes Yoruichi to berate him for not complimenting Orihime's appearance. Few later Chad, Ichigo and Orihime are attacked by monsters, and when Ichigo pretty much cradles Orihime close to protect her, Chad gives him a thumbs-up. The epilogue is set ten years into the future, revealing that Ichigo and Orihime are Happily Married and have a son called Kazui who has inherited Soul Reaper powers; a novel related to it has Renji openly telling Ichigo to talk to Orihime.
  • Some of Renji's friends seem to think that a relationship between him and Rukia would be a good thing: the list includes Ikkaku, Momo and Ichigo himself, who even specifically entrusts Rukia's safety to Renji before fighting Byakuya. On the other hand Kira is not so thrilled, but that's because Rukia was adopted into a noble family and he doesn't want Renji to have false illusions about it. In the aforementioned epilogue, Renji and Rukia are also together and have a daughter name Ichika, who is already a Shinigami apprentice. The first non-Shinigami they told about their upcoming wedding was Orihime, and she cried Tears of Joy at that.
• In Blend-S, the Dino X Maika often gets this treatment.
  • Miu literally ships Dino X Maika, to the point of writing doujinshi based on that pairing. She mentioned that couple was moe.
  • Hideri also decides to help Dino out with Maika, though with little success. One of Hideri's suggestions actually makes Maika think that she was about to be fired!
• Briefly in Blood+, where Mao tries to set up Kai and Saya, who aren't romantically attracted to each other.
  • Kai is, but holds back because he knows Saya cares for him but really does think of him as a brother, nothing more and nothing less.
  • And this is despite Mao having a crush on Kai too.
• In Boys over Flowers, Shigeru ships Tsukushi/Tsukasa. Curiously, Tsukasa is her arranged fiancé. Akira and Soujiro sometimes join in, too.
• In Call of the Night, Nazuna's vampire acquaintances start shipping her with Yamori once she admits that she cares for him, and encourage her to make him fall for her so that she can turn him into a vampire.
• In Candy♡Candy, Candy ships Annie Brighton and Archie Cornwall after learning that they have a Long-Distance Relationship. Things get complicated when the three arrive to the same Boarding School and it turns out Archie has a crush on Candy, which triggers Annie's insecurities. It's resolved relatively soon, however, and Annie and Archie officially get together.
• Captain Tsubasa: Pretty much the whole Nankatsu JHS Soccer Team (their Team Dad doc included) ships Sanae/Tsubasa. Even Kumi, Sanae's love rival, joins the group without any misgivings or reservations after Tsubasa turns her own confession down.
  • The kids in the Furano team ship Yoshiko/Matsuyama. The Team Mom assistant and the Team Dad captain... perfect!
  • Takeshi is a Hyuga/Maki fanboy in the manga, teasing Hyuuga openly about getting a Good Luck Charm from Maki.
• Cardcaptor Sakura:
  • Tomoyo Daidouji ships Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li, though it's all but stated that she has a Matchmaker Crush... on Sakura.
  • In The Movie, Meiling Li, Syaoran's cousin and ex-fiancee, helps Tomoyo to try and get Sakura and Syaoran together.
  • Kaho Mizuki is a Touya/Yukito fangirl from before Touya and Yukito met. For added effect, she was dating Touya when she basically told him "you'll meet this guy in the future, and you'll fall in love with him..."
  • When Yukito gently turns Sakura's Love Confession down, she immediately asks him if it's because he likes someone else. When Yukito says yes, she correctly guesses it's Touya and immediately approves of, even telling Yukito that if Touya bothers him a little too much, she can set him straight.
  • Hilariously enough, Yue seems to be a little frustrated by being the stoic pessimist in a show for ten-year-old girls where everyone has a huge case of Can't Spit It Out. He goes out of his way at different times to emerge from Yukito and spell things out for people. He tells Syaoran that his attraction to Yukito isn't love for him, but a reaction to his moon magic, and that if he thinks about it, he'll realize who he really loves... meaning, of course, Sakura. He also clarifies Yukito's feelings (and insecurities) to Touya, to explain why he never showed himself to Touya before.
• Case Closed:
  • Yumi Miyamoto is very, very determined to get Sato and Takagi together. It's not just seeing her best friend end up with the perfect man for her, though; she takes delight in teasing those two about their relationship's tendency to not *quite* coalesce. After Satou and Takagi finally do get to kiss, and Shiratori has found the real target of his Single-Target Sexuality in Kobayashi-sensei (Satou was a false positive), Yumi complains that it's suddenly gotten a bit boring, now that she no longer has anything to aim her teasing at. Amusingly, this has led her to work to make sure that the latest potential couple to appear on her radar don't end up together ... futilely.
  • While Conan is generally very snarky in regards to romantic love, he seems to support match-ups if he truly thinks that the ones who could hook up will be happy, and therefore he ships Takagi and Sato as well. One story had Sato promise to marry her co-worker Shiratori if Takagi doesn't come to her by a certain time. While Takagi really and truly wants to get to her, he's held up by a very confusing murder mystery he's gotten caught up in; Conan gives him some help on the case and, when it looks like Takagi's not going to make it in time, sets up an illusion that he's there, giving the real Takagi the few extra minutes needed to make it.
    • The Detective Boys also ship the Hell out of Takagi/Satou. So does Sonoko, who is PISSED when Conan◊ interrupts what could have been Takagi and Sato's First Kiss...
    • The kids also ship Shiratori and Kobayashi rather hard, trying to get him to tell her that she's his 'girl of destiny' more than once. Surprisingly, Ai is the most invested, in her own way.
      Ai: It's irritating. To fail to express his feelings straightforwardly, leaving his girl in the dark... a typical dorama moron.
      Conan: You aren't talking about me, right?
      Ai: ... I just think they make a good couple. Kobayashi-sensei is a fan of mysteries and Inspector Shiratori might be able to tell her good case stories.
  • On the other hand, Ran ships Heiji/Kazuha and Makoto/Sonoko. Not to mention her attempts to bring her parents Kogoro and Eri back together...
    • And on the other other hand, Sonoko was very reluctant to ship Ran and Shinichi, since she believed (and still sorta believes) he's not good enough for her. In one of the OAV's she even urges Ran to go out with Dr. Araide... Thank God it's All Just a Dream. She loosens up with time.
  • Sato and Takagi themselves ship Kobayashi and Shiratori, specially Sato. One can pass it up as them being relieved that Shiratori isn't interferring anymore, but they seem to be genuinely fond of the idea during the mini-arc focusing on them...
    Sato: [in a VERY giddy, almost Genki Girl-like tone and attitude] Sooooo, where's the cute teacher that Shiratori-kun is so in love with?! Huh? Huuuuuh?!
  • Kazuha and Heiji also ship Shinichi/Ran. Heiji, as one of Conan/Shinichi's secret keepers, has openly told him to just tell Ran about his secret identity so she won't suffer anymore for his "absence". On the other hand, even when Kazuha's father Ginshirou Toyama can be very overprotective of his little girl, he has also implied that Heiji is pretty much the only potential boyfriend of hers that he would approve of without any reservations.
  • Shinichi's almost child-like mother Yukiko ships her son with Ran. She has referred to her as "daughter in law" at least once, and has also teased him about it.
    • Interestingly, she also ships him with Ai/Shiho.
  • Later in the story, the high-class girl Momiji Oouka was introduced as Heiji's Self-Proclaimed Love Interest and a once-forgotten Childhood Friend of his'. Her companion and loyal butler, Iori Muga, completely supports Momiji's bid for Heiji's heart.
  • Aoyama lampshades and spoofs the trope once. Ran says that Conan and Ai are very cute together, Sonoko retorts that Conan and Ayumi are cuter, and they almost get in a verbal spat for it.
• In Charlotte, Mishima for her friend Yumi towards Yu. After he's invited for some pancakes, she pretends to suddenly have to go home so the two can spend time alone together.
• In Chintsubu, Kamiya's penis ships him with Iwabuchi.
• In City Hunter:
  • Umibozu ships Ryo/Kaori hard, trying multiple times to make Kaori realize Ryo is in love with her (Kaori never understood) and even setting them up to sleep in the same bed. On the same ship we have Doc, Miki, Sayuri Tachiki (Kaori's biological sister), Eriko Kitahara (Kaori's fashion-obsessed high school friend), and Saeko's little sister Yuka (who openly told Ryo to hurry up and marry Kaori).
  • Other Ryo/Kaori shippers of the I Want My Beloved to Be Happy kind are Saeko, Kazue Natori and Mick Angel: the first always refrained from paying Ryo with sex (as he asks after every job) because she realized Ryo had fallen for Kaori, Kazue, after a brief period where she wanted to replace Kaori both in love and job, started shipping them , and the latter, realizing he wouldn't be able to take Kaori from Ryo, decided to entrust her to his friend and tried to make him declare his love.
• Code Geass:
  • Lelouch and Shirley are shipped by most of the Student Council, especially Milly.
  • Milly ships everyone/everyone. Just remember Cupid's Day. It's likely that sexual activity at the academy really increased during her mandate as president.
  • Supplementary materials reveal Nunally as a Lelouch/C.C. shipper though it is because of C.C. clearly misleading her in thinking they are a thing. So was her and Lulu's mother, Empress Marianne: she openly teases her old friend C.C. about it, and gets a flat "He Is Not My Boyfriend" reply from her. It Runs in the Family, indeed.
    • Kaguya ships Lelouch with Kallen and CC, along with herself, as his personal harem.
  • Asahina ships Todoh / Chiba, suggesting that Chiba "confess already" early in Episode 5 of R2, and his comments about Chiba having a reason to live on after saving her life in the second battle for Tokyo causes her to blush, indicating she knows what he's implying.
  • Lelouch seems to ship his best friend Suzaku with his little sister Nunally, or at least consider him good enough to to protect her. Plus, being Best Friends-in-Law would allow Lelouch to keep Suzaku very near to him and make him a part on his plans... Naturally, this goes to Hell when Suzaku and Lelouch properly find out what sides are they on.
• Installments on Darker than Black (namely, the second season and interquel manga) have contained numerous instances of characters teasing Misaki Kirihara that the real reason she wants to catch BK-201 is that she has a crush on him. To be fair, they're probably right.
• In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the ever diligent, religious monk warrior Gyomei Himejima seems like the last person one would ever consider to bother about romance matters. However, in the second databook, it is revealed that he is quite perceptive on what possible couples could form out of his Hashira colleagues: he believed that Mitsuri and Iguro loved each other; he thought Sanemi liked Kanae; he thought Giyuu and Shinobu liked talking to each other.
• In the English dub of Digimon Adventure, Piedmon is this for TK and Kari, even though they're only 8. "Looks like you two are falling for each other!" It should be noted he was mostly saying it because he had cut the rope they were hanging on, causing them to literally fall.
  • In tri., once Takeru figures out that Koushiro has a crush on Mimi, he willingly plays the role of the Romantic Wingman for him, such as helping Koushiro improve his fashion sense and directly telling a fascinated Mimi that Koushiro now has his own big fancy office.
• Dragon Ball:
  • The Ox King was the biggest supporter of Goku and Chi-Chi, organizing a marriage as soon as he learned Chi-Chi was in love with Goku. Twice in Filler he goes above and beyond to safeguard his daughter’s wedding, on the second occasion even getting himself nearly burned alive to protect Chi-Chi’s wedding dress from the flames.
  • Oolong teased Tien and Blonde Launch about being together when Launch was patching Tien up, leading to them both getting a Luminescent Blush.
  • Puar and Mrs Briefs supported Bulma and Yamcha before Vegeta came along. Ironically in Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha! Yamcha (or the nameless kid in his body) himself is forced (despite his feelings for Bulma) to make sure she hooks up with Vegeta for the sake of the future.
  • After Krillin wishes the bomb to be removed from Android 18 and 18 confused yells at Krillin before flying off, Yamcha and Tien encourage Krillin to hook up with her.
  • Chi-Chi initially found Videl irritating and told her off for chasing her son Gohan. Then Chi-Chi learned how wealthy Videl was and immediately starting talking about marriage leading to a glorious Spit Take from Gohan. In Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn Chi-Chi says Videl has the makings of a great wife making Videl blush and drop the dishes.
    • Aside from Chi-Chi, Krillin, Bulma, and most of the Z-Fighters support Gohan and Videl, encouraging them to shyly dance together in the Filler ending to the Buu Saga.
  • In Dragon Ball Super Bulma supports her son's relationship with the de-aged Mai and yells at Piccolo when he finds it uncouth. Mai herself supports her future self being with Future Trunks.
  • More subtle example with Lemo in Dragon Ball Super: Broly supports Cheelai caring for Broly, helping her gather the Dragon Balls to wish him away to planet Vampa to save him. Lemo even flies Cheelai to Vampa so she can reunite with Broly.
• Dungeon Friends Forever:
  • Ryuuka's top enforcers, her Dark Board of Directors, spend the bulk of their screentime quietly watching Ryuuka and Van's interactions, finding their relationship precious. Harpy, especially, is all for them upgrading their relationship. They don't even mind that Van will be able to start visiting daily, even though it means he'll also be beating the crap out of them daily since it's their job to at least try to stop him.
  • Sylvia the mage joins in the on-deck shipping in chapter 10, when she's quick to notice the nature of Ryuuka's and Van's relationship and quietly tells Ryuuka she'll be rooting for them.

F - L

• Fairy Tail:
  • Happy likes to ship anyone who has feelings toward others, mostly Loke/Lucy. In fact, he ships just almost anybody, including Gray/Lucy, Gray/Juvia, Ren/Sherry and Daphne/Gray. He usually says "S/He liiiikes you" whenever this happens.
  • Virgo does this as well, towards both Gray/Lucy and Natsu/Lucy, complete with saying Happy's catchphrase.
  • Lucy eventually gets revenge on Happy by shipping him with Carla, complete with using his catchphrase against him.
  • Juvia is a fan of Natsu/Lucy, though that's probably because it means less competition for Gray's affections.
  • Mirajane told Lucy about Natsu having feelings for her, which she denied, resulting in many fantasies about being with Natsu. It continued when Mirajane told Lucy that Gray has feelings for her.
  • Gildarts ships Natsu with Lisanna, though this is mostly explained because the two did grow up together and were close friends back then.
  • By the end of the Nirvana arc, Natsu ships Jellal/Erza. "You have to stay by her side!!" indeed.
  • Ultear seems to ship Jellal/Erza as well. She questions Jellal's choices after he turns Erza down. And when Merudy asks why Crime Sorciere needed to meet Fairy Tail before the Grand Magic games, Ultear explains that it was important for Jellal/Erza. This is somewhat justified, considering she's the reason they aren't together.
  • With Elfman/Evergreen Ship Tease picking up, Freed and especially Bixlow have begun shipping the two.
  • Erza encourages Gray to tell Juvia how he really feels about her.
• Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star believes that Lin should love Bat, not him, and he gets them together at the end of the manga.
• In Fly Me to the Moon, Tokiko supports Nasa and Tsukasa's relationship.
• Fruits Basket:
  • Mayuko Shiraki is the Shipper on Deck for her best friend Kanna and her crush/cousin Hatori. Years after it all goes horribly wrong, she still feels guilty for taking Kanna's place in Hatori's affections.
  • Momiji ships Kyo/Tohru, despite having a crush on Tohru himself. In the manga, it's his warning to Kyo about the Green-Eyed Monster that makes him face his own feelings for her.
  • Kakeru ships his friend Yuki and his half-sister Machi. When he points out to Komaki that the two have a thing for each other, she also seems rather pleased by the idea. And while Ayame takes a minute to catch on ("why would you go gaga over [Machi]?") he quickly joins in on the shipping as well, trying to get her to dress up in something cute for Yuki.
  • Nothing pleases Tohru more than learning someone she cares for is in love, and she ships for all she's worth.
  • Tohru's friends want nothing more than for whoever she dates to be a nice guy who appreciates her. So while they are extremely pissed at Kyo for rejecting her and refuse to let him visit her in the hospital because she's still upset, they do tell him later that they know he's a good guy and to please be good to Tohru. Tohru's grandfather also seems to approve of Tohru/Kyo, noticing that his granddaughter means a lot to Kyo; because of this, he tells Kyo about Tohru and Kyoko's rather unpleasant relationship with the rest of the Honda family, especially after Katsuya's death. (Before this, her grandfather was also the only relative who supported Katsuya's marriage to Kyoko.)
• Fullmetal Alchemist:
  • Maes appears to ship Ed and Winry
    Maes: (Putting his hand on Ed's shoulder) She'll make you a fine wife someday.
    Ed: Don't you start that again!
  • Ed seems to be slightly supportive of Roy/Riza. "And don't worry the Lieutenant."
  • Al is a big Ed/Winry shipper. "Brother is so youthful!"
  • Eventually it gets to the point where Al and Winry love to tease each other about their respective love interests, Winry being an Al/May Chang shipper.
  • Even Ed gets in on Al/Mei shipping, remarking how she must deeply care for Alphonse when she cries over Al's sacrifice for Ed. He teases Al about becoming a prince of Xing later.
  • Also, Riza seems to ship Edwin, or at least she likes teasing Edward about it.
    Riza: You love Winry, don't you?
    Ed: [Spit Take]
  • Even Greed gets in on it, shipping another Bodyguard Crush instance between Lan Fan and Ling Yao.
    Greed: "That's some woman you got there. I never knew you were such a stud! Where you been hiding her all this time?
    Ling: Well, you know, I'm full of surprises.
  • Hohenheim appears to ship this too, as demonstrated when he asks Lan Fan about Ling.
    Hohenheim: He's very special to you, isn't he?
  • And then there's Mei and her Roy/Riza shipping, too. She did choose to help save Riza rather than take the Philosopher's Stone.
  • Also, General Grumman ships Roy with his granddaughter. Supplemental material verifies that this granddaughter is Riza... so he's a Roy/Riza shipper too.
  • In Full Metal Alchemist The Sacred Star Of Milos, Al seems to have taken a shine to Julia. Ed responds by leaving them alone together after slapping Al on the butt and telling him to catch up later.
• Subverted in Fushigi Yuugi. While many of the Suzaku Seishi supported Tamahome/Miaka, Tamahome's martial arts teacher and former Byakko Seishi Tokaki did NOT support their love and made it clear. It was just an act pretending to be a jerk, as he and his wife Subaru knew well what happened to their fellow Seishi Tatara and their Miko Suzuno and tried to prevent it from happening again. They give in when they see exactly how serious Tamahome is about his love for Miaka.
• Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden:
  • Several of the Genbu Senshi ship Takiko and Uruki. In the Kagami no Miko game, so does Mariko.
  • In the real world, however, Takiko's maternal aunt ships Takiko with Dr. Oikawa.
• In GaoGaiGar, every named kid except Ikumi Kaidou and the ship-ees are rooting for the Puppy Love ship of Amami Mamoru and Hatsuno Hana, who share a Childhood Marriage Promise. At the end of the series, before Mamoru and Galeon return to the Green World, the kids dress Hana in full tiny brides' regalia and stage a wedding, complete with kiss, to the wistful tune of "Someday in the Sea of Stars".
• In GE - Good Ending, it's what drives the plot at first, with Yuki shipping Utsumi and Shou together. Surprisingly Realistic Outcome occurs.
• Chika Oguie from Genshiken ships Madarame/Sasahara. In a twist, it helps cement her own pairing with Sasahara at the end of the series.
• Adale in The Good Witch of the West, who gleefully writes what amounts to in-universe Yaoi fanfics that unsubtly pair off both of the female lead's male suitors with each other. It is implied that the reason she fantasizes about this is so she can claim the heroine for herself, although nothing comes of it.
• The Gundam franchise has plenty of these, believe it or not:
  • Hoy and Min, the grandkids of the man whose boat Domon is staying in, heartily ship Rain Mikamura and Domon Kasshu in G Gundam. Hoy even kicks Chibodee in the shins for trying to ask Rain out for lunch.
    • Also, Rain and Domon are Sai Saici / Cecile Holgar shippers.
  • By the end of the series, everyone ships Domon/Rain. Chibodee included. Even Allenby, who is in love with Domon too, and says "I Want My Beloved to Be Happy" in one of the most beautiful scenes of the Grand Finale.
  • Gundam Wing: No matter what the Yaoi Fangirls say, practically everyone tries to get Heero and Relena to admit their feelings for each other. Late in the series Duo, Trowa, and Quatre encourage him to rescue her from White Fang (by himself) and discuss the relationship with surprising accuracy. In the manga Battlefield of Pacifists Duo and Dorothy make sure that the two meet for the first time in months and spend a good amount of time together. Hell, even Wing Zero (Particularly the suit's OS) seems to be pushing Heero in Relena's direction a couple of times.
  • Depending on whether one sees Trowa and Quatre as a couple or not, Heero, Duo, and possibly Relena could be seen as Shippers on Deck. Rather surprisingly, Heero is the most invested one, as he straight-up tells Quatre something by the lines of "don't you even think of getting yourself killed in battle before Trowa joins us again".
  • Roybea Roy, Shingo Mouri, Kid Salsamille, Jamil Neate and especially Toniya Marme from After War Gundam X ship Garrod/Tiffa. When Pala Sys joins the crew in the final arc, she immediately starts shipping it too. Truly, Everyone Can See It.
  • Miashei enjoys shipping her friends in ∀ Gundam. She's not hugely devoted to any one ship, but she'll happily comment on whatever looks likely at the moment (usually Loran with one of the Heim sisters, or Beta Couple Fran and Joseph).
  • Mileina Vashti in Gundam 00 ships Allelujah/Marie and Setsuna/Marina, desu!. And she actually is right about the first one (both if you include the movie's manga adaptation)!. Setsuna F. Seiei himself ships Saji Crossroad and Louise Halevy back together throughout season 2. He even slashed off Andrei Smirnov's Ahead when the latter attempted to kill Saji.
  • In Gundam Build Fighters Rinko Iori ships her son with China, and then starts shipping Reji and Alia.
• Gunslinger Girl: Triela is assigned to guard Mimi, a girl her age who notices her crush on her handler Hilshire and encourages her to let him know how she feels. Being well aware that Hilshire isn't interested in having an affair with a fourteen-year-old cyborg killing machine whose feelings of love are likely just a side-effect of her conditioned loyalty, Triela never follows her advice.
• Mushanokouji Yurina from Hana no Yurina Gumi is a Yuri Fan who enjoys shipping her classmates and setting them up.
  "The next thing to make is a swim team couple."
• Heaven's Lost Property: Chapter 61 of the manga implies that Tomoki's father thinks of Sohara as his son's "most suitable" partner. Sohara herself ships Tomoki/Ikaros, in an I Want My Beloved to Be Happy moment.
• Hello! Sandybell:
  • Alec encourages Mark to pursue Sandybell, who Mark's had a crush on ever since they were young, telling him that he must break off his engagement to Kitty. Then, Alec is seen wooing Kitty after Mark dumps her. That sly son of a...
  • In the Grand Finale Charles is invited to Sandybell and Mark's party, and is happy to see that they've gotten together, celebrating their union with his friends.
• Japan of Hetalia: Axis Powers may count. When Italy asks for advice on a designing a war poster, Japan suggests putting Italy and Germany's names under an Umbrella of Togetherness. Austria also gives Germany dating advice in the Valentine's comics.
• Highschool of the Dead: It takes them awhile to get there, but it's clear that Saya and Hirano are made for each other. In chapter 28, when they exchange guns, it leads to a tender moment between them; causing Rei and the others to smile knowingly while Alice waves a pair of flags.
• Higurashi: When They Cry: In the arcs she isn't insane, Shion ships her sister Mion with her crush, Keiichi, pretty hard. In her own words:
  Shion: The person I love may be gone, but sis still has hers.
• In Miyazaki's adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle, when the Witch of the Waste realizes just how much Sophie loves Howl, she gives up her own desire to "possess" his heart and gives it to over (figuratively as well as literally). When Sophie's kiss of love breaks Turnip Head's curse and turns him back into the prince, the Witch tells him "It looks like your true love is in love with someone else." Turnip Head himself seems to be in on the Sophie/Howl ship a bit, seeing as he's fine with leaving the two together.
• Hozuki's Coolheadedness: The yearly meeting of gods in Izumo inevitably turns into the gods matchmaking mortals together once the drink starts flowing. The gods don't manipulate emotions so much as create opportunities for mortals to meet and fall in love on their own. A whole segment is dedicated to Enma using a chance to pair up Hozuki and Peach Maki while they're both in the Mundane World.
• I Belong to the Baddest Girl at School: Aika ships Fuyuhiko/Kanade, as do Tasuku, Fuyuhiko's mother and Toramaru the cat.
• Tenma from Inazuma Eleven GO seems to be an Ichinose/Aki shipper as seen when he asks Aki if she had received any calls from America lately, which makes her blush. This heavily implies both that they are in a romantic relationship and that at least Tenma is shipping them (giving Tenma and Aki are related, it makes sense).
• Inuyasha:
  • Kagome Higurashi ships Sango and Miroku; when Romantic False Lead Kuranosuke Takeda proposes marriage to Sango, Kagome gets more worked up about it than either of them, and gets mad at Miroku for not protesting until he patiently explains that it's Sango's decision and if it would make her happy then it's not his place to interfere.
  • Rin supports Sesshomaru and Kagura, becoming very excited when she thinks that Kagura might be in love with Sesshomaru, tries to convince Jaken that she's right, and says that they should trust Kagura more after she comes to this conclusion — seemingly trying to get them closer together. (ep. 167)
  • Not to mention Miroku, Sango and Shippo ship Inu-Yasha and Kagome pretty hard, and get angry at him whenever he seems to show feelings for his sorta dead ex... who also happens to be Kagome's previous incarnation.
  • Kagome's own family actively ships her relationship with Inuyasha as well. Her brother Souta was surprised to hear from Inuyasha that he and Kagome had never confessed their feelings to each other, assuming they were already a couple.
• Jujutsu Kaisen:
  • Once he starts thinking that Maki might have a crush on Yuta, Panda covertly asks the latter if he prefers women with a bigger or smaller bust size, then tells an unamused Maki that she has a chance when Yuta answers with "bigger".
  • When Yuji immediately recognizes Yuko Ozawa, a former classmate from middle school who has a crush on Yuji and underwent a drastic change in appearance since the last time they met, Nobara and Megumi quietly express their approval.
• Kagerou Project:
  • Momo becomes one for Hibiya/Hiyori during Chapter 19 of the manga.
  • Ayano is the only person privy to Takane's feelings toward Haruka, and encourages her to confess her feelings when a particularly vicious attack from his condition has left him on life-support. She's too late.
• Kaguya-sama: Love Is War:
  • It's suggested that most of student body of Shuchiin Academy ships Kaguya/Shirogane. When a rumor spread that Shirogane was supposedly going to confess, dozens of students gathered around the windows and hid in the trees to watch. According to Karen, when the two started publically dating, the average reaction was some combination of "finally" and "I knew it".
  • Hayasaka probably has the most vested interest in seeing Kaguya and Shirogane get together, because their constant inability to just admit they like each other annoys her and Kaguya's happiness is her number one priority.
  • Karen is a particularly extreme example. She treats the sight of Kaguya and Shirogane involved in romantic situations as a religious experience. She eventually gets the first row seat to the pair's First Kiss, much to her extreme delight.
    Karen: There is a god. He preaches the President x Kaguya-sama gospel...
  • Shirogane's dad is a big supporter of him and Kaguya. It gets to the point that when his son calls him from home, he infers that he's planning to have his first time with Kaguya and willingly spends the night away to give them some privacy.
  • Kaguya and Maki both ship Ishigami/Tsubame, though Kaguya is at least partially motivated by a desire to improve Ishigami's self confidence.
  • Erika ships Kashiwagi/Tsubasa, and she has a bad habit of commenting on what a wonderful couple they are in Maki's presence.
  • Onodera ships Ishigami/Miko after becoming friends with them (especially during Tsubame's Christmas party, where she gets in-between Miko and a boy who tries to flirt with her, and is constantly focused on Ishigami and Miko's conversations). Notably, when a shipping war broke out between those who supported Ishigami/Tsubame and Ishigami/Iino in Chapter 189, she was the only who had no ulterior motives.
• Kaleido Star: Sora, Anna, Ken, Marion and Mia are Kalos/Sarah shippers. Their OTP becomes canon soon.
  • Sora also ships Jerry / Kate. Another one that goes canon.
• Three notable ones in Kekkaishi. The first is Madoka, the best friend of the female lead, Tokine, who always overtly hints to Tokine that Yoshimori, the male lead and Tokine's childhood friend, would be a pretty good match for Tokine even though he's two years younger and Tokine has a preference for older, taller guys. The other two are Kyoko and Ayano, the two best friends of Yurina, a classmate of Yoshimori. They think Yurina's meetings with Yoshimori on the roof (which were actually discussions about Yurina's supernatural awareness) were attempts by Yuirna to confess to Yoshimori.
• The Ryozanpakou masters in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple actively ship Kenichi with Miu, and even pay attention to any progress in their relationship...except for Miu's grandfather and the head of the dojo, Hayato Furinji, who's openly declared that the only way Kenichi will get to date Miu is by defeating him. Saiga Furinji, Miu's Disappeared Dad and the Big Bad, seems to approve of Kenichi's feelings for Miu, too; it helps that Kenichi was willing to go all-out to rescue her when she was kidnapped by Silcardo Junazard. On a lesser note, Freya has made the assumption that Kisara and Ukita are an item, though Kisara vehemently denies it.
• Kimagure Orange Road:
  • In the manga Kyosuke's younger sister Manami ships Kyousuke/Madoka... while her twin Kurumi ships Hikaru/Kyousuke. Hilarity Ensues. It's played more seriously later, when Manami is the one who explains the whole Psychic Powers deal to Madoka because of this.
  • Their cousin Akane ships Hikaru/Kyosuke too, specially because she seems to want Madoka for herself. In fact, right before meeting Madoka, Akane was VERY angry at her because she mistakenly thought she was Kyousuke's "girl on the side"...
  • On the other hand, Madoka's Cool Big Sis-like friend Yukari ships Madoka/Kyousuke and leaves it clear in a scene where she playfully "links" them with a red string during a concert.
• Karen of Kiniro Mosaic, in regards to Youko and Aya's relationship. In fact, in episode 5, she even made an "Ayaya Pie Chart" that consisted of 10% intelligent, 10% shy, and 80% Youko. Aya's reaction was priceless.
• Komi Can't Communicate:
  • Komi ships both Mikuni/Katai and Shousuke/Hitomi, while Komitani ships Naruse/Ase.
  • Onemine and Takarazuka ship Komi/Tadano, as do Katou and Sasaki. Sasaki also wants Katou to get together with Katai.
  • Hitomi supports both Komi/Tadano and Ai/Shousuke, while Agari supports Manbagi/Tadano.
• Double Subverted in Komori-san Can't Decline!. Masako and Megumi don't like Ootani, but they try to hook him up with Komori anyway because he's one of the few people that doesn't take advantage of her Chronic Hero Syndrome.
• Kotoura-san's Haruka and Manabe is so clearly a couple that people in the universe just can't stop shipping them.
  • In episode 3, the boys in Haruka and Manabe's class put their names under an Umbrella of Togetherness signifying a relationship. Manabe at first seems offended by it, but rather than take offense that they shipped them together, he complains that they forgot to add hearts to it.
  • Haruka's grandfather (who is her remaining parent figure) is all for the couple, too; in episode 6 he is keen to see them kiss.
• In (at least the animated adaptation of) Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, practically the entire class ships Yuuta and Rikka. This is especially noticeable at the start of episode 3, where the entire class gathers around and starts applauding at Yuuta's accidental Indirect Kiss. By episode 7, Nibutani makes it fairly clear that she believes Yuuta and Rikka are bound to be together eventually. Isshiki also takes a Yuuta/Rikka relationship as a given.
• Lucky Star:
  • Hiyori ships Minami/Yutaka, as shown when a heartwarming moment between the two gives Hiyori "ideas".
  • Konata isn't as obsessed with it, but it's pretty clear she does too.

M - P

• Macross:
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross:
    • The Bridge Bunnies ship Hikaru / Misa. The most vocal ones are Claudia and Vanessa, with the latter confronting Hikaru about Misa's feelings for him at some point.
    • Max Jenius/Sterling also shipped Hikaru/Misa. He and Hayao Kakizaki/Ben Dixon got the "privilege" to see them kiss to distract the Zentraedi holding them hostage, after all.
    • Most of this is brought over into the Macekred adaptation Robotech: Claudia and Vanessa often try to get Rick to realize his feelings for Lisa, as in the original, and Max still has front row to Rick and Lisa's kiss.
  • In Macross Frontier, Nanase ships Alto and Ranka. Michel and Klan tend to ship Alto and Sheryl, however both are inconsistent; they mostly want Alto-hime to quit stringing them along and pick one.
• Magi: Labyrinth of Magic: Alibaba seems to ship Sharrkan and Yamuraiha, after he gets engaged to Morgiana he suggests Sharrkan also settle down with someone, leaving Sharrkan flustered, and Yamuraiha confused.
• Magic Knight Rayearth:
  • Meet Caldina, the local Cool Big Sis and Umi / Ascot fangirl.
  • Hikaru and Umi were Fuu / Ferio shippers.
  • Mokona reveals itself to be this during a scouting expedition in the second half when he makes sure to pair Umi with Ascot and Fuu with Ferio. While in the anime, Makono also seems to try and pair Hikaru and Lantis.
• Shari of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS ships Erio and Caro, even supplying Erio a date itinerary during the rookies' day-off in StrikerS. An itinerary that the two of them looked at confusedly and treated like any other order from above. They're kids after all.
  • In the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid manga, half of the Numbers come to check out the sparring matches between Vivio and Einhart "because it's romantic." The other half just want to make sure nobody gets permanently hurt.
  • And if the A's Distant Finale is anything to go by, Amy ships Nanoha and Yuuno. When she calls him, she asks how things are progressing between them, and sounds disappointed when he says they're nothing more than friends. She chose the wrong ship. There were also a few scenes where she shipped Nanoha and Chrono (which is Hilarious in Hindsight since she ended up with Chrono).
  • And then in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha INNOCENT, Alisa and Suzuka are both NanoFate shippers. Alisa also teases Nanoha about her attraction to Fate much to the former's embarrassment.
• Fairies in Magical Circle Guru-Guru love to gossip about love. Put a potential couple in front of them and they'll go out of their way to play Matchmaker.
• Suzu Sakuma in the Marmalade Boy manga, who, when Meiko says she is in love with someone that she can't be with, jumps a mile to the conclusion that this someone is obviously her best friend's boyfriend and Suzu's tutor, Yuu. She concludes that Meiko and Yuu would be the most beautiful couple ever and plots accordingly to break up Yuu and Miki. Made absolutely hilarious by the fact that a) Meiko is actually pining for her ex-teacher and b) her own cousin Satoshi is Yuu's best friend and absolutely nuts for Meiko. Love Dodecahedron? Oh yeah.
  • Note that in the original draft of the story, Meiko was supposed to end up with Yuu after Namura's death and, apparently, Miki getting hitched back with Ginta....
  • Miki starts shipping Meiko/Namura, then also becomes a Ginta/Arimi fan. Her boyfriend Yuu doesn't ship Meiko/Namura so openly, but the fact that he was their Secret-Keeper should say something.
  • Tsutomu starts as Arimi's Dogged Nice Guy, but when she makes clear that she loves Ginta, he gives up and becomes their biggest fanboy.
• Mamotte Shugogetten: Shaorin/Tasuke get shipped by Nana (his older sister) and Shoko (their classmate and Shao's best friend); in fact, Nana and Shoko have joined forces and are actively co-operating to get the two together.
• Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu has Tanaka, Otsu's kouhai. Tanaka's thoughts on Minegishi and Otsu are a jumble of confusion, annoyance, and jealousy tied together with his desperation for them to just get together already. His bonus comic sees him receive a fortune telling him that he "will have better luck playing Cupid for another couple" than in his own romantic pursuits.
• In Marvel Anime: Blade, Wolverine gets the idea that Blade and Makoto should be a couple. They vehemently deny this.
• In the Mazinger series:
  • Mazinger Z:
    • Shiro ships his brother Kouji and Sayaka together.
    • Kouji also shipped his little brother with Lorelei... until things went terribly wrong.
  • UFO Robo Grendizer: Duke Fleed constantly teases his sister Maria Grace about her and Kouji with a wide grin.
  • Shin Mazinger Zero: Minerva-X ships Kouji with Sayaka. With good reason: in all the past timelines she has witnessed, Kouji ends up going the Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds way and one of the biggest triggers for that is him seeing Sayaka die.
• In the Mega Man Star Force anime, Zack happens across what he believes to be Luna and Bud on a date, which, after Luna's and Bud's loud argument in the classroom that morning, fills his head with thoughts of sexual tension. He spends the next episode trying to get Geo to help him set their ship's sail, only to discover he'd encountered Taurus and Ophiuca in disguise.
• Midori Days. In one chapter, Nao gives Ayase one of her father's "love potions". Ayase wonders why Nao did this, but passes it off as nothing. Later, we see Nao holding a notebook of a drawing with the three (four if you include Midori) together, holding hands.
• Mission: Yozakura Family: Taiyo ships Nanao/Rinne, while Rin ships Taiyo/Mutusmi.
• Monster Musume: Mero ships Kimihito with anyone who is not herself (mainly Miia), due to her desire to be the mistress in a "tragic romance". By Chapter 37, she stills wants Miia and Kimihito to end up together...but only so that Miia can be the mistress and Mero herself can be Kimihito's girlfriend.
• Nozaki in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun is supporting in a very roundabout way of Wakamatsu/Seo. He's very hostile to the idea of the relationship actually going anywhere due to his distaste for Seo and concern for Wakamatsu's well being, and yet he blatantly uses them as a model for a Beta Couple in his manga. He's also curious and sometimes encouraging of Hori and Kashima (especially once Hori's realized his attraction to her, to which Nozaki responds by trying to get Hori and Kashima to hang out and bond at the pool).
• Moriarty the Patriot: Billy constantly comments on how he can tell they're really close, laughs at their displays of affection, constantly teases them about it, and even swears to protect Sherlock with his life to ensure that Sherlock and William never have to live through losing the other. And then he makes a joke about their "wedding vows."
• My Bride is a Mermaid: Ren happily ships Nagasumi/Sun.
• Mina Ashido from My Hero Academia, apart from being pink and perky, also is the first to see potential relationships all around her. Aside from Aoyama, she was the first to (correctly) deduce Uraraka has a crush and wonders if it's Midoriya or Iida since she frequently hangs out with them.^note pretty good logic—Uraraka's fallen for Midoriya She goes all gushy when Ms. Joke banters at Aizawa, realizing there is probably something between them behind the teasing, and during the Joint Training Exercise, seeing All Might and Midnight together makes her wonder. At the end of said exercise, the first thing she did was tease Uraraka about how quickly she leaped to Midoriya's aid.
  Ashido: Bet you hugged him real hard, didn't ya?
  [Uraraka turns red as a tomato.]
  • Some of Midoriya's classmates also seem to have noticed how well the two get along with each other, such as Kaminari (at the very beginning of the series), Asui, and a shocked Mineta.
  • A flashback arc in My Hero Academia: Vigilantes depicts young Oboro lightheartedly shipping Eraser and Mic, and, apparently, himself.
    Oboro: Whoa there, Hizashi! Got yer hands all over Shouta, do you? Outrageous! Scandalous! Shameful! Let me in on it!
• Hilariously played in My-HiME: Mai Tokiha's Yaoi Fangirl classmates ship her soft-spoken, Delicate and Sickly little brother Takumi with his manly man roommate, Akira Okuzaki. Their fantasies come true, except that Akira is not quite as manly as "he", or better said, "she" seems...
  • Shiho asks Mai to become one for her and Yuuichi in Episode 6, and Mai accepts. Unfortunately, when Yuuichi expresses his love for Mai with Shiho present in Episode 13, Shiho becomes very angry and accuses Mai of lying to her.
• Natsume in My Little Monster ships Shizuku and Haru very passionately, even going as far as confronting Yamaken, and telling him to not interfere in their relationship.
• In My Monster Secret, pretty much everyone supports Youko and Asahi pairing up, even the girls who have their own designs on him:
  • Akane, in her own way, is clearly trying to get them together, to the point that when they finally do start dating, she can be seen jumping for joy in the background. Although she does have an (admittedly benevolent) ulterior motive, namely that their relationship is proof that humans and non-humans can peacefully coexist.
  • Youko's mother also clearly supports the pairing; she even gets frustrated when Asahi doesn't make a move on Youko. Youko's father is a little less happy, though that's less because he dislikes Asahi and more that his own past experiences color his attitude. Once get gets over that, he's perfectly fine with them pairing up.
  • A major part of Nagisa's character arc is the fact that she wants to wholeheartedly support Asahi and Youko's relationship, in spite of the fact that she herself is in love with Asahi. It causes her quite a bit of angst over the course of the series.
  • Later on, pretty much the entire school (minus Akane) is united in their support of Sakurada and Akari.
• Early in My Love Story!!, Takeo ships his best friend Suna with Rinko Yamato. However, it quickly becomes blindingly obvious that Yamato likes Takeo, who is Oblivious to Love after a lifetime of seeing girls prefer Suna. As a result, his shipping nearly blows the whole thing until Suna, who's fully aware of who likes who, plays shipper himself and gets Yamato to confess her feelings multiple times while Takeo is in earshot. After they're a couple, Rinko offers to hook up Suna with a friend and gets promptly shot down.
• Oosaki Nana of Nana ships Hachi and Nobu and is angry and disappointed when Hachi gets pregrant and chooses Takumi.
• Naruto:
  • Ino and Kakashi shipped Asuma/Kurenai long before anyone else was wise to their relationship. In one scene, Ino knows the flowers Asuma wants are for Kurenai before he even tells her.
  • In the flashbacks, Nagato (young Pain) was a Konan/Yahiko fanboy.
  • Sai plays with this trope for two different pairings:
    • Subverted — He tells Sakura how Naruto feels about her; however, he also points out, in a brutally honest manner, that Naruto's feelings for both her and Sasuke cause him a lot of pain◊.
    • Played Straight — Conversely, he supports Naruto/Hinata in the Canon movie The Last: Naruto the Movie and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. In the movie, he teases Naruto about his love for Hinata and later, with Sakura and Shikamaru, sports a genuine smile as Naruto and Hinata share a very tender moment. In the game, after Sai overhears a conversation between Ino, Tenten, Sakura and Hinata in an Adventure Mode sidequest, he thinks Naruto is a lucky guy to have Hinata because she's close to him and cares about him.
  • Kiba approves of Hinata's attraction to Naruto and even considers it to be mutual; when the entire Alliance arrives to back up Naruto, Bee, Kakashi and Guy in Chapter 611, Kiba cheerfully ribs Naruto about "acting tough" in Hinata's presence to look cool in front of her. He's one of the first people to notice Hinata's feelings for Naruto, giving a few contemplative glances to this effect during the Chunin Exams arc.
  • Kurenai also notices Hinata's crush on Naruto in the Chunin Exams preliminaries and she convinces the blond to take the medicine offered to him by Hinata.
  • Neji also ships Naruto/Hinata, suggesting that Hinata should see Naruto off at the end of Part I. He even lectures Naruto before his death that Naruto's life belongs not only to himself but to Hinata as well, as Hinata is willing to die to protect Naruto because of her love for him.
  • In Shippuden Episode 279, Shino refers to Hinata's feelings for Naruto as the most crucial secret of the Allied Forces, much to her embarrassment.
  • Kakashi is quite the Sasuke/Sakura and Naruto/Hinata shipper. Regarding the first, in Chapter 693, he speaks on behalf of Sakura and lectures Sasuke on how much Sakura loves him and how far she's willing to go for him. Regarding the second, in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, he forms a mission between Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata in the hopes that Naruto and Hinata would get together.
  • Naruto ships Sasuke/Sakura. This had been implied ever since Chapter 172, and it gradually became more obvious after Naruto rejected Sakura in Chapter 469 and then when Team 7 reunited in the Fourth Shinobi World War Arc, but Chapter 699 fully confirmed it, where Naruto has a genuinely warm smile on his face as he watches Sasuke sincerely apologize to Sakura for everything that he's put her through.
  • Sakura is a Naruto/Hinata shipper. This was first implied in Chapter 80, when she happily agrees with Lee that Naruto and Hinata are very similar to each other. By The Last, she becomes the full-fledged captain of the pairing, as shown by her encouraging Hinata to give Naruto her red scarf, and then helping Naruto realize that Hinata didn't actually reject him because Hinata has always loved him, which helps Naruto get his Heroic Second Wind. She also doubles as The Matchmaker in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4.
  • In the novelization of The Last, upon finding out that Naruto confessed his love to Hinata and got rejected, Shikamaru thinks to himself that everyone in the Konoha 11 and other surrounding friends has been a Naruto/Hinata shipper for quite some time, but they continually worried about it throughout the years due to Hinata's shyness and Naruto's obliviousness towards her feelings.
• Negima! Magister Negi Magi has so many examples it's probably tidier to sort by the shipped pairs:
  • Negi/Konoka: As supported three times by her grandfather Konoemon. The cheerleading team girls as well (Misa, Madoka and Sakurako), after seeing them shopping together, though Ayaka overrides them afterwards.
  • Negi/Nodoka: Yue, Haruna, Asakura, Setsuna, Asuna and Konoka. Craig and Aisha^note  Nodoka's fellow treasure hunters in Mundus Magicus seem to be shipping them as well...
  • Negi/Yue: Haruna. Makie and Natsumi have joined in.
  • Negi/Nodoka/Yue: Nodoka. (She initially thought she was Negi/Yue, but then she read her own mind.)
  • Negi/Chisame: Jack Rakan.
  • Negi/Chachamaru: Asakura and Hakase. And MAYBE Evangeline, though she's mostly just pushing the latter party to try for a relationship.
    • A variation of this one is seen later, as Negi/Chachamaru/Evangeline... coming from Chachamaru herself. Or at least her Lotus-Eater Machine, which shows them Walking the Earth together.
  • Negi/Evangeline: Albireo Imma, although this may be just to toy with her. And it seems even Satsuki is shipping them as well, judging from her Armor-Piercing Question about the possibility of Negi having feelings for her.
  • Negi/Ako and Negi/Makie: Akira. Though she seems to have some interest on Negi too.
  • Negi/Fate: Tsukuyomi, who is so adamant about it that she taunts Fate by telling him she's gonna finish Negi off herself... and is utterly delighted when he immediately reacts, defeats her and chops off her long hair. Even Dynamis can see Fate's attachment to Negi. Fate himself later admits it pretty openly. One has to wonder how come it took Negi to reach Even the Guys Want Him status...
  • Negi/Fate/Luna a.k.a. Shiori: Luna herself, according to her share of the Lotus-Eater Machine in which she, Negi and Fate walk to school together.
  • Konoka/Setsuna: Practically everyone ships them. Konoka may or may not be aware of this. Which may have greatly influenced their Pactio.
  • Kotarou/Natsumi: Haruna and Mama Bear. Possibly Chizuru, as she kinda helped it get started.
  • Nagi/Arika: The entire Ala Rubra, including Kurt Godel, who secretly had feelings for Arika himself.
  • Ako/Tohsaka: Mama Bear, who encouraged him to dance with her in the huge ball... before things go horribly wrong and she and Tohsaka got rewritten.
  • Asuna/Takahata: Ayaka, as seen here. When Takahata rejects Asuna because he doesn't believe he's worthy of love, Ayaka is the one who comforts her.
  • And of course Chamo ships every pairing that he's aware of, mostly because he gets oodles of cash every time he brokers a pactio^note a magical contract where a mage gives a mundane partner power and possibly a powerful artifact in exchange for aid in battle, and since the pactios are typically made by kissing...
• Neon Genesis Evangelion:
  • Touji and Hikari appear to be Asuka/Shinji shippers, though only by observation and also very briefly, as Running Gag his own personal issues quickly redirect his attention as the show progresses.
  • Kaji supports Shinji and Asuka, wishing that both children make each other happy and Asuka stops being infatuated with him. In the manga, though he behaves a little more actively in hooking them up.
• In New Game!, Shizuku supports Kou/Rin, likes to tease the latter about it, and sometimes tries to set the mood for the two.
• In Nurse Angel Ririka SOS, both Anna and Karin encourage Seiya to confess to Ririka and want them to be together. It doesn't happen.
• Junpei gets shipped by several people in Nyan Koi!:
  • His family seems to ship him with the Kirishima twins.
  • Nagi supports Junpei/Mizuno, although her brother has stated that he supports Junpei/Nagi.
  • Nyamsus ships Junpei/Kanako.
  • Akari pushes for Junpei/Kanako, although she doesn't mind Junpei/Mizuno too as long as she gets Kotone out of the Love Dodecahedron.
  • Mizuno, being still oblivious to her own feelings for Junpei (along with an I Want My Beloved to Be Happy), seems quite supportive on Junpei/Kanako, to the point of believing that the two are already dating.
• Almost everyone from Ojojojo ships Haru/Tsurezure. Akane is the most active supporter, having tried to get them together even before they realized their feelings for one another (though she has a reason for doing so). Haru, in turn, starts shipping Akane with Chris.
• One Piece:
  • Several anime-only scenes have two conductors from the Water 7 train station ship Nami and Paulie together after seeing what appeared to be, to them, a breakup.
  • After the Time Skip, most of the Kuja support Hancock's crush on Luffy.
  • Brook comments approvingly on a rather romantic-seeming moment between Zoro and Sanji—during the Punk Hazard arc, in which Sanji's mind was stuck in Nami's body. This leaves it ambiguous (or perhaps plausibly deniable) exactly which pair Brook is shipping, but we know he's shipping something. (Ultimately, his native series' non-romantic nature means he'll be disappointed either way.)
  • Reiju happily supported her brother Sanji’s Arranged Marriage with Pudding... until Pudding revealed she was Evil All Along by shooting Reiju. Afterwards Reiju encouraged Sanji to return to his crew.
• Both Kakeru and Uta, in Onegai My Melody, are Cannot Spit It Out types. Unsurprisingly various characters attempt to ship them — Flat the mouse, in particular, exists for no other purpose. And in Season 2, even Kakeru's romantic rival Jun Hiiragi can't help but plod him along.
• In Otomen, Juta heavily ships Asuka and Ryo, because he uses them as the models for the manga he draws.
• Judging by her reaction to the confession scene in Episode 17, little princess Ana Medaiyu in Overman King Gainer seems to ship Gainer/Sara. And, in some fanfiction, so does Cynthia.
• In PandoraHearts, Sharon is an avid Oz/Alice shipper.
  • In an omake, Gilbert and Lottie are shown to be this for Sharon and Reim.
• In Penguindrum's episode 6, after Shouma Takakura takes the feverish Ringo Oginome home back home, Ringo's mother Eriko doesn't seem very convinced when Shouma says that he and Ringo are Just Friends... To be "fair", she just saw Ringo pretty much humping Shoma in a feverish pitch.
  • As of episode 11, it looks like Himari might ship Shoma/Ringo. She notices that Shoma cooks a special cabbage recipe only when he wants to make up with someone else, and then deduces he's worried for Ringo and says "I hope Ringo-chan likes cabbage!" Though this being Himari, she might be meaning this in more of a friendshippy take. Her "possessor", however... well, we don't know. She's a wild card.
  • Even more so: Yuri, the girlfriend of Ringo's crush Tabuki, also ships it. (Conveniently for her, but still). Yuri does ask Ringo if she loves him in that same episode and isn't convinced when Ringo denies it, claiming that she could see it coming from a mile away or something like that. Then it's subverted shockingly in episode 14 (when she drugs Ringo and tries to rape her because she looks like her sister Momoka aka Yuri's long-lost first love) and played kinda straighter in episode 15 (when, after Shoma fails to help Ringo and is knocked out, Yuri places him next to a sleeping Ringo, and when he recovers she teassingly asks him if he won't take advantage of her).)
• In Please Teacher!, Ichigo wants Koishi to be happy with Kei, and chews Kei out and then goes into an Angst Coma when he turns her down. The rest of the class also supported the pairing, referring to Kei as having "dumped" Koishi when they had never had a relationship in the first place.

• Persia, the Magic Fairy: Riki supports Gaku/Persia, initially viewing Persia as a bratty little sister, until he realizes her and Gaku have a genuine love for each other.
• Persona 4: The Animation has Yosuke trying to be this for Yu×Chie. This is due to him misunderstanding Chie on some points; and, you know, that he's a colossal idiot.
• Pokémon: The Series:
  • Brianna, Soledad, Harley, and Drew's own Roselia are ContestShippers. Even Jessie seemed genuinely interested in the proceedings, talking about love and romance upon seeing them and weirding the hell out of James and Meowth.
  • Poor Ash Ketchum has been shipped with every female companion in the series by some Character of the Day or other. For instance, Lyra (the HeartGold/SouldSilver female lead) showed herself to be a Pearlshipper (Ash/Dawn).
  • In Poké Ball Peril, Team Rocket locks Ash and Misty in a cage. Here's what they do next...
  James: Jessie, I think we've accidentally captured a pair of very romantic creatures in our little cage!
  Jessie: (making lovey-dovey eyes) You mean? Daaaaawwww!
  Meowth: Dey're loveboids!
  Ash: (Ash and Misty look at each other for a second before turning away, blushing) -You're crazy!
  Misty: Crazy is right! Never in a million years!
  Jessie: (Jessie and James are doubled over while Meowth is rolling on the floor) But you're blushing!
  James: Kissy, kissy!
  • The episode "Wherefore Art Thou Pokémon" has Ash's group (and specially, Misty) fervently shipping the male Nidoran Tony and the female Nidoran Maria. (Note the West Side Story Shout-Out). Their owners Ralph and Emily were quite bitter rivals, so they try to hitch them up too and make them a Battle Couple. And it ultimately works.
  • In that same episode, Tracey, who had quite a hatedom by then, frequently teased Ash and Misty about having feelings for each other and actually seemed to be more of a shipper than anyone else before or after would be on the show (Team Rocket had a laugh about it, but were ultimately more interested in catching Pikachu earlier in the season).
  • In the Japanese version of Pokémon 2000, Jessie tells Misty and Melody that they're too young to worry about relationships, and James adds that "even we don't talk about such things". Meowth responds to Jessie and James by saying, "Whatever you say. You two act love-love all the time!" In the English dub, Meowth's line is changed to "Yous two don't need the opposite sex 'cuz you got each other!". He promptly gets yelled at for his trouble.
  • Dawn, May (and maybe Ash) appear to be LagomorphShippers (Pikachu/Buneary). Bonus points in that that's a perfectly legitimate pairing in the games.
  • Spoofed with Oscar and Andi, a Battle Couple and Captain Ersatzs of Oscar and André who just won't stop shipping Ash with May and Jessie with James.
  • In Best Wishes Stephan seems to be a SommelierShipper (Cilan/Burgundy) judging by his interaction with both of them and is obviously trying to get the two do stuff together (AKA the Sommelier battle). Burgundy didn't take this well and Cilan seems oblivious (or is he?).
  • Max, in the Japanese version, is a subtle Advanceshipper, since he mentions that he was happy in seeing his sister and Ash travelling together.
  • Miette in XY pretends to be a romantic rival to Serena for Ash's affections, but it's implied she's only doing it so Serena can get out of her Cannot Spit It Out stage.
  • Out-of-universe Amourshippers are also recently thrown a bone when Bonnie, who was so obsessed with trying to hook her brother up with any girl the group meets, has finally taken notice of the complicated Love Triangle that was Serena-Ash-Miette.
  • And when Bonnie isn't shipping Ash and Serena, she's shipping her big brother Clemont with any older girl she meets. This embarrasses him every time.
  • Both Hobbes (Lillie's butler) and Delia Ketchum (Ash's mother) appear to be AureliaShippers, as the former is grateful to Ash for looking after Lillie, and the latter finds their relationship sweet, but believes that Ash is the one being looked after.
• In Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General, the General and Scientist support Boss/Secretary.
• In The Prince of Tennis, Momo, Inui and Eiji are Ryoma/Sakuno shippers. In the anime, so is Ryoma's father Nanjiroh.
  • In last manga chapter/OAV: Inui comments on how naive Tezuka is as he hears the other tell Fuji to not speak about how he *can* smile, and this makes Inui look like a Tezuka/Fuji fanboy.
• In Project ARMS, Yugo ships Ryo and Katsumi after realizing how much they love each other. Keith Green does too, though it's very brief since he dies not long after he decides this.
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica:
  • The usually sweet and quiet Hitomi Shizuki reacts with hilarious excitement when she believes that her friends Madoka and Sayaka's relationship has "progressed", when it hasn't. Fridge Brilliance kicks in when you realize that Hitomi is in love with Kyousuke Kamijou (who Sayaka *is* actually in love with) and that she was probably hoping that Sayaka was a lesbian or a lesbian-leaning bi that would prefer Madoka over Kamijou, thus both girls would be happy with their respective "love interests" and there'd be no need to "fight" over him. Overall, it doesn't end well.
  • Sayaka plays it straighter in the manga, when she imagines Homura and Madoka embracing while calling it "the mystery of the universe"
  • In Rebellion, Homura somewhat makes her opinion known on that matter, in a rather twisted way. Twice. By creating an 'ideal world' inside her witch barrier, and later by rewriting reality. In both worlds she has Sayaka-Kamijou-Hitomi Love Triangle resolved by preserving Hitomi and Kyousuke's relationship, and apparently opts for Sayaka to be in a Pseudo-Romantic Friendship with Kyoko. Also, it seems like she's somewhat fascinated by the idea of Mami and Nagisa/Charlotte together. Hmmmm....

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• Queen's Blade: Hide & Seek has an incestuous example. In chapter 28, Leina reveals that she knows about her older sister, Claudette's, feelings for their younger sister, Elina. She not only tells Claudette that she shouldn't hide her feelings, but basically says she's okay with the idea of them being together.
• Ranma ½:
  • Ukyō Kuonji tries to set up Akane/Ryōga a few times, since she's in love with Akane's fiancé Ranma. Unfortunately, since Ryōga is a combination of No Social Skills and horribly shy, it's usually a disaster. Shampoo also tries a cruder version of this by brainwashing Akane into falling in love with Ryōga, with equally disastrous results.
  • In the manga Ranma himself ships Ryōga and Akari, and so does Akane. Ranma and Akane even teamed up to ship them once.
  • OVA 10 has Ryoga and Ukyo attempting to break up Rakane, which ultimately backfires due to a misunderstanding that ends with Ranma and Akane shipping them.
  • In at least one episode of the anime, Mousse ships Ranma and Akane. Of course, he makes no secret of the fact that's because it should leave him with Shampoo by default.
  • Akane blatantly ships Kasumi and Dr. Tōfū once she gets over her own Precocious Crush on him, despite Kasumi's obliviousness to Dr. Tōfū's feelings.
  • And, of course the uber-examples, Sōun and Genma, who engaged Ranma and Akane in the first place and ship them at every opportunity thereafter. Kasumi, Nabiki, and Nodoka all have their moments of Ranma/Akane shipping as well. Dr. Tofu seems to ship Ranma/Akane right from the start, as well.
  • When Genma was going to make Ryoga his aire to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts he along with Tendo, Kasumi, and Nabiki start to ship Ryoga and Akane.
• The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World: When Red is about to take a dip in an outdoor bath to clean up after a long day of training, Teltina purposefully neglects to tell him that Idola is still in the bath so they'll run into each other naked.
• In Red River (1995), pretty much all of Kail's friends, close servants, subordinates, and brothers ship Kail with Yuri (including the ones who like Yuri too), believing that she's the first woman he truly loves. Yuri's maids also ship the two, trying to arrange romantic moments between them. Even the more pragmatic Ilbani gets in on it, after he accepts that Yuri is someone intelligent, strong, and capable enough to be Kail's queen. And Yuri's maid Ursula ships Kail/Yuri so hard that she hilariously beats up her boyfriend Kash (who mind you, is a member of Kail's Badass Crew) when he cracks some bad jokes about Kail and Lady Guzel
  • Yuri herself ships the aforementioned Ursula and Kash, as well as the twins Shala and Ryuhi with local bookworm Kikkuri, as she's happy to know her friends have love for themselves too. Understandably, the poor girl has a huge Heroic BSoD when poor Ursula goes through an Heroic Sacrifice.
• In Rent-A-Girlfriend, after Kazuya tells Mini about Chizuru, she's absolutely determined to see that they end up together, and later manipulates events to get them alone in hopes that they get it on.
  • Yoshiaki ships Kazuya and Chizuru, since Chizuru seems to be the one person willing to stand up for Kazuya and acknowledge his good traits.
  • Nagomi ships Kazuya and Chizuru, unaware that they aren't in a real relationship, and does whatever she can to get them to be closer to each other.
• Romeo × Juliet:
  • Tybalt, of all people, ships Romeo/Juliet. Rather ironic when you consider his role in the original work...
  • Cordelia and Antonio are Rome/Juli shippers too.
  • Even Ciello, Romeo's flying horse, seems to ship Romeo/Juliet, considering all the times he's suddenly swooped down and landed in an apparently random, out of the way place so that they'll meet up, and that time he got them to ride him together.
  • Juliet is a Benvolio/Cordelia fangirl. She gets to see them get married, but doesn't live enough to meet their first child, of whom she would've surely been the godmother if she had survived.
• Rosario + Vampire:
  • Yukari ships Moka and Tsukune, primarily because she has simultaneous crushes on both of them and she thinks getting a threesome would be easier if the other two are already together.
  • Fong-Fong also ships the two of them, mostly because he wants them to join the mafia as a powerful Battle Couple. Which makes even more sense when you realize his parents are also a Battle Couple.
• Rurouni Kenshin:
  • Tae, Sanosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame, and later Megumi are diehard Kenshin/Kaoru fans.
  • In the anime, Yahiko teases Sanosuke and Megumi via acting the trope. It does not go well...for Yahiko.
  • The anime has a filler episode where Kenshin, Kaoru, and almost everyone else were rooting for Misao and Aoshi.
  • The OAV and original manga have Kenshin's Big Brother Mentor Katsura supporting his and Tomoe's relationship, though in his case he knows about her calming influence on him.
  • In some flashbacks we see a pre-teen girl named Tsubaki, who has a Precocious Crush on her caretaker Anji Yukyuzan. Her younger friends support her feelings for him and openly tell her that they'll pray so they can get married once She Is All Grown Up, much to the girl's embarrassment and blushy denials. In a cruel subversion, Tsubaki and her friends get murdered instead, and their deaths cause Anji to plummet through the Despair Event Horizon.
• Sailor Moon:
  • Usagi ships Rei and Yuuichirou for an episode. She also ships Haruka/Michiru (though they don't need it) and is generally the "everyone deserves love" girl of the series.
  • She also ships Naru and Umino, mostly to help Naru out of her depression after Nephrite dies, and later for real once she sees the pairing more or less works. In an exception, she did not ship Naru with Nephrite himself, since she knew that he was working for the Dark Kingdom and thought he wasn't good for Naru; she was still sad when, in the end, he came to love her... and died.
  • Also, as soon as Rei understood that Mamoru and Usagi were destined to be together, she stepped aside immediately and urged Usagi to act on her feelings. This is given a small nod in Stars, where she also speaks to Usagi abut Seiya's feelings.
  • In one episode, Usagi uses Umino as a pawn to eavesdrop on Rei and Mamoru at a restaurant. After the girls defeat the Monster of the Week, Umino catches up to them and blurts out that he and Usagi shared a milkshake and went for a walk in the park. Despite Usagi's objectons, Rei, Mamoru, Ami and even the park's caretaker think she and Umino dated.
• Haruka from Sakura Trick ships Shizuku x Kotone and Yuzu x Kaede. Though that former case is more fangirling an existing relationship.
• In Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Cloudcuckoolander Kafuka ships virtually the entire female half of the class (or at least the 12 main girls) with Nozomu, along with herself as well. It turns out this makes sense, since all the girls are her through a reverse Split Personality: through her organs being donated to all those girls, she lived on through them.
• Joe, Jinpei and Ryu to Ken and Jun on Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. At the end, Joe even tells Ken and Jun to quit the team and build a life together as he's dying.
• School Rumble:
  • Weird variation. Tenma Tsukamoto knows that Kenji Harima is deeply and desperately in love with a young girl whose name she doesn't know, and actively supports him in his pursue of her. Something else Tenma ignores is... that she is the girl Harima is crushing on.
  • The random old guy who shows up to give Hanai mysterious advice (no, he's not an Old Master, he's just some guy) ships Mikoto with Hanai or Aso, depending on who's closest at the moment.
    Old Guy: He's off his guard! If you want to score, now's your chance, you sexy little squirrel!
    Mikoto: Say what!?
• Sengoku Basara anime:
  • Keiji is an enthusiastic supporter of Kenshin/Kasuga, despite Kasuga's embarrassed protests.
  • On the opposite side, Yukimura seems to ship Sasuke/Kasuga, again despite her protests.
• Kaoru of Servant × Service supports Lucy/Yutaka, to the point that she sets up a gambit to make her brother's one-sided crush on Lucy a mutual one.
• In The Seven Deadly Sins, Ban supports Meliodas' relationship with Elizabeth because he's been where Meliodas is, and he wants his bro to be happy. The sentiment is returned.
• Sgt. Frog:
  • Giroro's pet cat seems to know her owner has a serious crush on Natsumi, and seems to alternate between being jealous and resenting her for not reciprocating, or even noticing, Giroro's feelings.
  • Natsumi seems to be this for Fuyuki/Momoka. In one episode, Momoka called Fuyuki, causing Natsumi to have a mischievous look, nudge Fuyuki, and encourage him to go get her. However, Fuyuki, being Oblivious to Love, didn't get it. Aki seems to be one as well to a lesser extent.
• A Silent Voice:
  • Shouko's younger sister Yuzuru doesn't hide the fact that she ships Shouko and Shoya, besides encouraging the latter to compliment Shouko way more, she outright tells Shoya he should hurry up and kiss Shouko already. Later on in the manga Shouko's best friend Mikoyo, Shoya's mother Miyako and even Shouko's mother Yaeko (who previously hated Shoya) get on board and ship Shouko and Shoya as well.
  • A more subtle one is Kawai actively pushing Ishida and Ueno back together by arranging a get-together at a theme park. This is disturbing when one remembers what Ueno, Kawai and their friends did to Shouko and later Shoya in elementary school and especially now that Ishida and Shouko are getting closer.
• Silver Nina: Just about everyone ships Childhood Friends Tomoe and Shutaro. Them becoming an item is easier said than done, since there's a bit of resentment between them due to Shutaro's failed attempt to make it big in the city.
• Skip Beat!:
  • Yashiro does his best to get Ren together with Kyouko and even goes to far as to attempt forcing Ren to admit that he loves Kyouko and telling Kyouko bluntly that Ren loves her — Ren gets annoyed with this behavior, while Kyouko completely ignores it.
  • On another ship, Shoko in later chapters serves as the opposing Shipper On Deck, as a Sho/Kyouko fangirl. She, at first, doesn't believe that they are not dating. Later, she tries to make Sho admit that he has feelings toward Kyouko, going so far as to — in the Valentine's arc — take him to visit Kyouko at work on Valentine's Day to "win her back". He proceeds to steal her First Kiss in front of Ren (and Yashiro) but turns the situation into a declaration of war on Ren rather than a proclamation of love for Kyouko
• In Snow White with the Red Hair Zen's aides Kiki and Mitsuhide support his romance with Shirayuki seemingly even before either he or Shirayuki notice or develop romantic feelings for one another. Interestingly Obi ships them as well, making multiple attempts to give Zen good dating advice even though he's admitted to having romantic feelings for Shirayuki and "liking" Zen. Obi also ships Kiki and Mitstuhide but mostly does so by flirting with Kiki to annoy Mitsuhide since he knows The Stoic Kiki has only got eyes for the tall knight.
• In Soul Eater, the otherwise strait-laced Azusa Yumi just might possibly be one of these for Marie Mjolnir and Dr. Franken Stein, judging by her rather uncharacteristic willingness to needle Marie about their past relationship.
• Magma from Spider Riders seems to be a Hunter/Corona shipper. While the hero Quake/Brade seems to think Hunter/Aqune would be just as good as a pairing.
• The Story Between a Dumb Prefect and a High School Girl with an Inappropriate Skirt Length: Akina and Tasaki are this towards Poemu and Sakuradaimon before they start officially going out, at least. Meanwhile Poemu and Tasaki act like this towards Akina and Izubuchi. Then there's Fujiko Chouno, the president of the Manga Club, who just loves ships in general and tries to help out Nadeshiko and Kaoru. As she herself says, she might be a BL connoisseur but she loves hetero ships too.
• Ryou, the lesbian Visual Kei idol from Strawberry Shake Sweet. Her Gaydar is so powerful, she can literally see the sexual tension between the protagonists Julia and Ran; and though it's never explicitly stated, her actions in certain episodes make it plainly obvious that she's trying to get the two girls together.
• In Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, a.k.a. Robotech Second Generation, Dana/Jeanne supported her best friend Bowie's love for Musicaa despite the Dating Catwoman aspect.
  • Justified Trope in the Robotech continuity: Dana's the result of a similar relationship (a human Veritech ace and the female Zentraedi who micronized herself and snuck aboard to kill him for beating her in battle but fell in love with him), so she can understand Bowie's plea better than anyone else.
• In Switch (2002), Hiki encourages Mari's affection for Kai and tries to create opportunities for her to confess to him.
• Iwashida from SWOT ships his two new-found friends: Manabizaki and Hasuno. Mostly because the former is so obvious about his crush on the latter, even though he refuses to admit it.
• Devil Princess of Jurai, Seto Kamiki is the official matchmaker of the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Oh-Ki timeline. Marrying off her numerous friends and relatives (usually to more than one person, despite the fact that there's zero chance that she'd let her husband have multiple wives) seems to be her main passion, which take almost all her free time — that is, when she isn't manipulating her son-in-law, or chasing pirates back and forth.
  • However, not all the people appreciate her efforts. Makes sense considering she loves to deliberately screw with people's love lives for the hell of it.
• Almost all of the cast in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann ship Simon and Nia, and early on a number of them were Kamina/Yoko shippers, too. Leeron is an outright shipping fanboy.
• Tokyo Babylon: Hokuto ships Seishirou/Subaru. She ships them so hard that she uses her own Thanatos Gambit to give Seishirou a warning about hurting Subaru any further than he already has done, as well as a Last-Second Chance to show his feelings. Little did the poor girl know...
• Played for comedy in Tokyo Ghoul:Re. After learning about Miza's crush on his gang leader, Shousei pledges his full support to her efforts. He later spies on her disastrous attempts at flirting, while wearing a "SUPPORT" headband and hoping to witness "child-making" between the couple. Too bad for everyone that Naki is Oblivious to Love.
• To Love Ru:
  • Momo's trying to create a harem for Rito, after all. She appears to be considering each and every female except Peke and his Mom as a love interest.
  • Lala also fully supports Rito/Haruna, with the added twist that she is hoping that it'll lead to Rito/Haruna/Lala.
  • Risa (and her best friend Mio) seems to be pushing for the Rito/Lala ship, and has been nothing but helpful to Lala in trying to get them together, albeit in her own way.
  • Nana is the edge of this when it comes to Rito/Lala and Rito/Haruna.
  • Mikan appears to want Rito/Lala, considering she keeps chastising Momo for coming on to Rito, saying that it'll make Lala upset. However, this could also be due to her own jealousy.
  • Yuu wants Rito/Yui, although he is sympathetic to Rito's trouble-filled life.
  • Saruyama has often helped to encourage the Rito/Haruna ship.
  • Oshizu supports Rito/Haruna. Using her ghost powers. Usually ends in FanService.
  • Saki supports Rito/Rin and sets up a date between them in chapter 52.
  • Kenichi and Akiho ship Rito/Haruna.
  • Sachie and Mami ship Mikan/Rito.
• In Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidou Kyuukyuu Keisatsu, Mikoto finds the relationship that Gou's parents have to be adorable.
  • Yusuke and Akira seem to want to help Karigari's relationship with Sasagawa, encouraging him to talk to her.
• Touch (1981):
  • Tatsuya and Kazuya's parents and Minami's dad really want Kazuya to marry Minami...
  • Harada occasionally comes across as this for Tatsuya and Minami.
• In Trigun while Milly does get angry over how upset Vash unintentionally makes Meryl feel, she still got a big smile on her face when Vash hugged Meryl after getting over his Heroic BSoD.
• Princess Tomoyo seems to ship Kurogane/Fay in Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-. The Kimono she dresses Fay up in is... interesting.
• Due to his delusions that his daughter Ryuunosuke is actually his son, Mr. Fujinami of Urusei Yatsura is an avid supporter whenever it seems like Ryuunosuke is expressing an attraction to a girl. In the stories where Ryuunosuke goes on dates with Ran and Shinobu, he switches from an abusive dad to an embarrassing one by becoming a gushing supportive figure, who does things like hold conversations with his deceased wife on how Ryuunosuke is finally becoming a "strong man". Ryuunosuke actually exploits this aspect of him; whilst she has no real interest in girls, his comfort with the idea allows her to attempt schemes to try and improve her femininity by disguising what she's doing as a date.
• Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
  • Both Ami and Sakaki would like to for Shinichi and Hana to become a couple. They have opposing ideas on how that should happen however. Ami wants the latter two to spend as much time alone together as possible, believing that they'll naturally hook up. Meanwhile Sakaki thinks they won't hook up unless someone forces them to acknowledge their attraction to each other.
  • Hana's friends already assume she and Shinichi are an item due to how much time they spend together. Her denials are not taken seriously after said friends stumble upon Hana and Shinichi spooning when they happened to fall asleep at school.
  • When Hana's little sister Yanagi learns about Shinichi, she wants to know all about him and Hana, even asking their mother if she can skip school just to meet him.
• Ishtar from Vampire Game. By far the best pairing she comes up with is Illsaid and Duzell, especially because she pretends Duzell is her little sister to pull it off.
• In The Wallflower, Noi becomes a Kyohei/Sunako shipper early on, regularly fangirling about their "moments" together. The rest of the major characters eventually follow suit, trying their damnedest best to get Kyohei to realize his feelings for Sunako as the Belligerent Sexual Tension between the two of them becomes increasingly clear in later volumes.
• Maho from Wandering Son initially supported her sibling Nitori and her best friend Anna being together however her opinions changed later. She had a negative view on ther relationship due to Nitori's femininity, however eventually she mellowed down about it.
• Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!?: Saki's always wanted Kana to be her daughter-in-law, and urges her and her son Ichiro to get together.
• Wife and Wife: Kana ships Sumi/Kina, though she's not so open about it — at first.
• With the Light features this in a one-off scene: after one mother comments on how happy her son was when Hikaru (an autistic child) brushed against his cheek, another mother grinned knowingly as she pulled out a drawing pad and pencil...
• Everyone in ×××HOLiC seems to ship Doumeki/Watanuki, with Watanuki's employer, Yuuko, being the biggest shipper of all. Others include Yuuko's fortuneteller colleague, and Himawari, the girl Watanuki has a crush on. Even young Kohane picks up on that Doumeki and Watanuki are good friends despite any protests.
  • It gets to the point where Watanuki starts claiming that the entire female camp is against him.
  Watanuki: Why do all the women misunderstand!? *sobs*
  • Not just all females: Mokona ships Doumeki/Watanuki too. He's shown to constantly try to hint to Watanuki that Doumeki likes him — including chiding Watanuki for berating Doumeki, as Doumeki is trying to spend time with Watanuki because he wants to "make sure Watanuki isn't hurt... in heart, or in body."
    • Though, after Watanuki pulled his I Will Wait for You stunt for Yuuko upon her disappearance, Haruka seems to have reluctantly begun to accept (and ship?!) Yuuko/Watanuki, literally giving Watanuki a heart-to-heart If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her... talk. Wonder how Doumeki would feel if he knew that he was betrayed by his old man.
• You Like Me, Not My Daughter?!: Miu is fully supportive of Takkun and her mom getting together, more so than Ayako herself. Takkun's parents are also supportive.
• You're Under Arrest!:
  • It's no secret to anyone at the Bokuto Precinct that Miyuki and Nakajima are crazy for each other and they fully support the two of them getting together. The problem is, they're both too shy to say anything. Natsume and the others have gone as far as to set them up on dates to try to get things going between them, but to no avail. The fact that these efforts usually tend to result in Moment Killer doesn't help things.
  • Nakajima's parents might count, especially his stepmother. It helps that both of them are fond of Miyuki.
• Yu-Gi-Oh!:
  • There is a scene in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga where Mai Kujaku is seen actively setting up Yuugi Mutou and Anzu Mazaki. Later, just before Battle City starts up Mai pointedly teases Anzu when it looks like she's on a date with Yuugi. It's not really, but it's the thought that counts.
    • Atem in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime is very supportive of Yuugi/Anzu. He's teased and prodded Yuugi about his crush on Anzu on multiple occasions, and he was quite disappointed in episode 53 when he realized that he was the one meant to go on the date with Anzu, not Yuugi.
    • According to some fans, Anzu might be a Jounochi/Mai shipper, getting angry at Jou more than once when he blows chances at wooing her.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Fubuki ships his sister Asuka with Judai. On the graduation letter which is addressed to Judai, Fubuki wrote that he'll leave Asuka in Judai's care.
  • The twins Lua and Luka from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds are Yusei/Aki shippers, especially when he takes her out skating. For that matter, so is Martha.
  • Pretty much everyone in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V ships Yuya/Yuzu. When Yuya and Yuzu hug in episode 99 the entire main cast at the scene smiles.
  • In the dub for Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Emma/Ghost Gal likes to tease Blue Angel and Playmaker together, even saying "I ship it" to Playmaker's face after teasing him for saving Blue Angel.
• Yuri!!! on Ice: Yuuri's friend and former roomate Phichit is this for Victor/Yuuri, to the point of it becoming a meme. There were hints in Episode 6, but Episode 10 solidified his status as this based on his fanboying over Victor and Yuri's engagement, which includes screaming the news to the whole restaurant.
  • Otabek, Christophe and Yuuri's mother Hiroko also seem to be on board with the ship.
• Chitose of YuruYuri usually fantasizes about Ayano and Kyouko.
  Chitose: It's a personal preference...my heartfelt desire...my dream.
  • Her twin sister Chizuru, on the other hand, ships Ayano with Chitose herself.
• Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: Urara ships Kogarashi with Sagiri, while Seri ships him with Chisaki. Shigure, grandmother of Sagiri and Hibari, wants one of her granddaughters to end up with Kogarashi, and Matora wants him to end up with Karura. In the end none of them get their wish, as he ends up with Yuuna.

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