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Leaf/Red
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: レッド×リーフ(Red x Leaf) English: Red/Leaf |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: 赤葉 (Akaba) English: BurningLeafShipping |
| Gender category: | NL; F/M; Het |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular for Leaf, Rare for Red Common overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Leaf/Red, known mostly as BurningLeafShipping and/or 赤葉 (Akaba, meaning "red leaf"), is a common ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Leaf (Leaf) and Red (Red), the female and male playable characters in Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green respectively.
The two characters have only appeared in the Pokémon game series. Their cross-canon counterparts in the the Pokémon Special manga, Blue and Red, are shipped to form LuckyShipping.
Leaf & Red, the non-romantic version of their relationship, is more popular.
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
The exact origin of "BurningLeafShipping" might be unknown, though it's likely a play on how fire (red) burns leaves. The ship was coined in February 2007 on Bulbagarden in a poll.[Notes 1] It used to also have a small section on Bulbapedia, which can be seen here (in archived form), Archived version.
"LuckyShipping" has a relatively odd history. It was widely used for female Blue[Notes 2]/Red in the Special side of the fandom by at least 27 April 2005.[Notes 3] Around the same time, between February 25[Notes 4] and 15 December 2005[Notes 5], it was coined on Bulbagarden as the ship name for Robert and May. This was back when the Neverending Romance ship list was primarily created and used by the PokéAni side of the fandom. Sometime before 12 October 2007 however it was changed so it was for both pairings.[Notes 6] As of 2025, it still lists it for both pairings as well as Green Oak/Yellow.
Example/Notable Fanac
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
- burningleafshipping, Archived version, a club on DeviantArt
Collections
- BurningLeafShipping fan-fiction, Archived version, a collection on DeviantArt
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
BurningLeafShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net
- The Return by skyent, Archived version (2017), No one knew what made Red go to Mount Silver, much less stay there. After four years of being there, Leaf tries to convince him to come off it.
- Time to Kill by Shockcakes, Archived version (2017), This is why Red hates airports. Rated Explicit.
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Wikis and Forum Threads
- 赤葉 on PixivEncyclopedia
- Burningleafshipping General Thread, Archived version, a thread on Serebii.net
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
If you ship Leaf/Red, you may also be interested in...
Other Female x Male Pokémon Protagonist Pairings
- NewBarkShipping, which pairs Ethan and Kris
- HeartSoulShipping, which pairs Ethan and Lyra
- HoennShipping, which pairs Brendan and May
- FortuneShipping, which pairs Lucas and Dawn
- ChessShipping, which pairs Hilbert and Hilda
- KalosShipping, which pairs Calem and Serena
Notes
- ^ not the poll itself, I cannot find it, but it's discussed here, Archived version
- ^ see Green and Blue localization impacts on Pokémon fandom for context on why this is specifically "female Blue"
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version