Dawn/May

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: ハルカ×ヒカリ (Haruka x Hikari) English: May/Dawn
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: ハルヒカ (Haruhika) English: SapphirePearlShipping
Gender category:	Girls' Love; Yuri; F/F; Femslash
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Rare for both characters Rare overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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Dawn/May, known mostly as SapphirePearlShipping and/or ハルヒカ (Haruhika), is a rare ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Dawn (Hikari) and May (Haruka). Both characters are female protagonist characters: Dawn in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum and May in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. They are both also companions of Ash Ketchum in the Pokémon anime, though not at the same time, with May leaving before Dawn joined.

This page covers both interpretations of the characters. ConcreteJungleShipping, which pairs Platinum Berlitz and Sapphire Birch, is its cross-canon counterpart in the Pokémon Special manga.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

"SapphirePearlShipping" was coined sometime before 03 April 2007.

The pairing used to also have a page on Bulbapedia, which can be seen here (in archived form), ^{Archived version}.

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan Blogs and Sites

• sapphirepearlshipping, ^{Archived version}, a fansite by Gyarados Girl.

General Fanworks

Fan Mixes

• She Keeps Me Warm by mr-malarkey, ^{Archived version} (2016)

Wikis and Forum Threads

• ハルヒカ(ポケモン) on PixivEncyclopedia
• SapphirePearlshipping (May x Dawn) Discussion, ^{Archived version}, a thread on Serebii.net.
• SapphirePearlShipping General Discussion, ^{Archived version}, a thread on Serebii.net.