#link recommendation

Furthermore the admins used my redraw of THE famous scene (from the episode 119 『運命のタイム・アップ』 - "The time up of destiny") as the profile picture of the ship.

God bless you dear shippers/admins, let's keep on spreading the love in the fandom. Thank you for renewing my interest and love for the boys. ❤️‍🔥

Btw, I have some precious facts to add about KojiKen in addition to the wiki page (read them below the link) ⤵

KenKoji is the opposite of KojiKen – in the first ship, Ken is depicted as the seme (top) and Koji as the uke (bottom). This distinction is especially true on the JP side where these two ships are seen as totally different, meanwhile some overseas shippers tend to use both names interchangeably.

At the peak of the ships popularity (80~90s), KojiKen and KenKoji shippers used to argue and fight at the Comiket over which couple was the more logical, natural, etc. As for now, both sides calmed down and mind their own business.

Two celebration days are dedicated to KojiKen: 17/10 (Meiwa KojiKen day) and 01/10 (Middle school KojiKen day). The dates are a reference to their squad numbers.

In an old issue of the Weekly Shōnen Jump in which Captain Tsubasa used to be published, a young woman sent a letter to complain about the sheer number of lewd doujinshi featuring Kojiro and Ken. There even is a screenshot of her letter! [I'll translate it and make a post about it latter]

In an event centered on Captain Tsubasa, Hirotaka Suzuoki (Kojiro's JP VA) and Nobuo Tobita (Ken's JP VA) have been asked by someone/the public to improvize a love scene (a.k.a making-out scene). Here is the dialogue:

JP 🇯🇵

飛田さん (健)：「キャプテン、愛してます」

鈴置さん (小次郎)：「後悔するぞ」

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ENG 🇬🇧 (my translation)

Tobita (Ken): Captain, I love you.

Suzuoki (Kojiro): You'll regret it.

Sadly, it's impossible to get a hand on the scene's recording, but some Japanese women on the internet confirmed they did hear the seiyuu's dialogue. Some lucky women do have audio records tho!!

In every series (manga and anime) Kojiro and Ken are often seen next to each other.

Both of them share some manners, such as rolling their sleeves + jogging pants since elementary school, they hate to lose and are pretty hotheaded at times.

When addressing Ken, Kojiro uses the pronoun お前 (omae), a very informal way of saying "you" in Japanese, while Ken uses the pronoun あんた (anta) for Kojiro – it's the contracted form of あなた (anata) and is an informal way of saying "you". In this case "anta" denotes respect. This pronoun is often used by women when talking in a casual/informal way to someone, but when it's used by a man talking to another man (only in manga/anime) it sometimes shows a certain level of respect, while not sounding as uptight and respectful as "anata". Married men and women often call each other "omae" (man to woman) and "anta/anata" (woman to man), so Kojiro and Ken give off a "married couple" aura.

Ken shows his vulnerable and gentle side (almost) only in front of Kojiro.

Example ⤵

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I'm sure I forgot some facts, so if I remember them I'll complete the list later.

Last edit: 28/09/22