16 Elliot Shipping = The (fan) act of envisioning two characters from a series of manga, anime or other media to be together in a relationship. Shipping is a common part of fan culture, where fans are dedicated to a specific ‘ship’, aka two characters being together in a relationship. Sometimes this can become a ‘shipping war’ where the shipping of one couple will automatically void another couple and fans will argue who the best ‘ship’ is. I don’t tend to get involved in these things often, but after last weekend, I’m definitely one-hundred per cent behind a Sakura/Aoi ship, or Aoi/Sakura, I’m not picky. I dump my bags next to the door and let myself fall on my bed. I’m tired, really tired. There is something about a weekend at a convention and then the travelling home that just exhaus

