Kiawe/Mallow
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: カキ×マオ (Kaki x Mao) English: Kiawe/Mallow |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: カキマオ (Kakimao) English: SpiceShipping, NaheleAhiShipping |
| Gender category: | NL; F/M; Het |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular for both characters Popular overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Kiawe/Mallow, known mostly as SpiceShipping and/or カキマオ (Kakimao), is a popular ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Kiawe (Kaki) and Mallow (Mao), the Fire-type specialist Trial Captain and the Grass-type specialist Trial Captain from Pokémon Sun and Moon respectively.
Kiawe and Mallow are also two of Ash Ketchum's classmates in the Pokémon anime.
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
"SpiceShipping" has been in use since at least 19 January 2017[Notes 1], quickly becoming their most used -shipping name. However, this was not considered their "official" ship name on the Neverending Romance ship name list for many years, considered the masterlist for all Pokémon ships ever conceived. Sometime between the beginning of November and 31 December 2016, NaheleAhiShipping was coined for the list,[Notes 2] a name rarely used by shippers.
On 20 January 2017, the discrepancy in the name was brought to the attention of esm8m, the curator of the list, who marked it as an alternative 'untouchable' name[1], which is a label given to unofficial but notable names, as the name SpiceShipping was already the name for Ginger/Hazel, a very rare but shipped pairing.[2] Any -shipping names on the list were considered used and irreplaceable during this time, thus Kiawe/Mallow would stay as NaheleAhi.
On 02 June 2021, Manqoba would make SpiceShipping the official name of both pairings.[3]
Example/Notable Fanac
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
- taken care of by melodicmochi, Archived version (2022), When Kiawe got sick, Mallow made sure that he was all taken care of.
Fan Art
- Fan Art by kira-vera, Archived version (2017)
General Fanworks
Meta
- Reasons to ship it - some hints compilation for Spiceshipping (part 1) by starshipsalot-blog, Archived version (part 2), Archived version (2018), Ship Manifesto-esque.
Wikis
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
Other Pairings with Trial Captains
Notes
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
References
- ^ post by pkmnshippinglist, Archived version (20 January 2017)
- ^ post by Manqoba, Archived version (09 March 2024)
- ^ post by Manqoba, Archived version (02 June 2021)