Piers/Victor

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: ネズ×マサル (Nezu x Masaru) English: Piers/Victor
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: ネズマサ (Nezumasa) (NZMS) or マサネズ (Masanezu) (MSNZ) English: RawVictoryShipping
Gender category:	Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common for Victor, Rare for Piers Rare overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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Piers/Victor, known mostly as ネズマサ (Nezumasa), NZMS, マサネズ (Masanezu) and/or MSNZ, is a rare ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Piers (Nezu) and Victor (Masaru), the male playable protagonist and the Dark-type gym leader from Pokémon Sword and Shield respectively.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

• Height Difference: Piers is taller, Victor is shorter.
• Age Difference: Piers is older, Victor is younger.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

Unlike the majority of other Pokémon pairings, there is currently no commonly used -shipping name for Piers/Victor as of 2025. RawVictoryShipping, coined by Kyuu-Tales for the Neverending Romance ship name list on 02 December 2019, is considered its "official" name, but this name isn't used by shippers.

LachesismShipping and SonderShipping have been proposed as replacements by shipper prose-merlin, though neither have caught on.

Example/Notable Fanac

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

Fan Fic

Masaru | Victor/Nezu | Piers search query on Archive of Our Own

• The Year King by Nyanoka, ^{Archived version} (2020), There's something in the woods.

Similar Pokémon Pairings

Same-gender Gym Leader/Protagonist

• Giovanni/Red
• Blue Oak/Red
• Ethan/Morty
• Blue Oak/Ethan
• Lucas/Volkner
• Rosa/Roxie
• Bea/Gloria
• Piers/Victor
• Raihan/Victor
• Bede/Victor
• Gloria/Marnie
• Florian/Grusha

Villainous Team Leader/Male Protagonist

• Giovanni/Red
• Cyrus/Lucas
• Hilbert/N
• Colress/Nate
• Elio/Guzma
• Piers/Victor
• Florian/Penny