Hanamura Yosuke/Narukami Yu

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Hanamura Yosuke/Narukami Yu (also called Souyo) is a Persona 4 slash pairing. It is the most popular pairing for the Persona 4 fandom, with over 2500 tagged works[1] on Archive of Our Own.


Pairing
Pairing: Hanamura Yosuke/Narukami Yu
Alternative name(s): Hanamura Yosuke/Souji Seta

Hanamura Yosuke/Persona 4 Protagonist

Souyo
Gender category: Slash
Fandom: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Canonical?: No
Prevalence: Very Popular
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Canonity

Since Persona 4’s release, the ship’s popularity has been partly due to an intended romance option for Yosuke that was cut from the game. Many players felt that the two characters still had chemistry despite the route being cut, and a mod was released in 2020 that restores the romance route using voiced dialogue left in the game files.

Some canonical dialogue in the anime and the final cut of the game seem to suggest that Yosuke has romantic interest towards the protagonist, leading many fans to suggest that Yosuke is closeted; this has been highly debated since the game’s release and made the Souyo ship more well-known.

Fanworks

Fanzines

Your Affection

Seasons of Souyo

Fanfiction

nebulous by delicatty

Yes, Dear by yosgay

Fishing, Books and Cats by artikgato

Doujinshi

Archives and Communities

Souyo tag on Archive of Our Own

Souyo tag on Tumblr

References