KazuScara

KazuScara is the ship between Kaedehara Kazuha and Scaramouche. It gained popularity in 2020 when it was discovered that the two attended the same high school and knew each other pre-debut, explaining many of the questions fans had about their seemingly tense relationship. KazuScara is widely accepted as one of the most popular ships in the fandom, shipped alongside XiaoVen and rivalling HeiKazu and ScarAether.

## High School

During High School, Scaramouche and Kazuha had a sort of academic rivalry and were known to irritate one another. Scaramouche later opened up on the matter and said that this was because he was intimidated by the fact that Kazuha had already been scouted by his dream agency and was already way ahead of him in achieving his own goals. Regardless of the antagonistic nature of their relationship, Scaramouche was left inspired by Kazuha once he graduated and swiftly dropped out of high school to pursue his idol training, completing his education through tutoring after moving to Liyue.

Former classmates of Kazuha have come forward and said he was “enchanting” to be around and that he and Scaramouche hated each other during the year their classes overlapped.

## Pre-Debut

Scaramouche began training a few months after Kazuha, who said he was shocked to see him there, having “never thought he would see him again.” When asked if he’d thought about him much after graduation, he said not really, though it’s natural to wonder what your classmates have been up to.

Scaramouche was moved in and out of Kazuha’s rookie group frequently pre-debut, so Kazuha ended up assisting Aether in confronting Raiden Ei to allow them to debut all together. Scaramouche is grateful for his help, and begrudgingly admits he could not have done it without him, referring to his help convincing Raiden Ei and the impact he had on him in high school.

## Post Debut

Kazuha and Scaramouche’s relationship gained popularity when fans discovered their past connections. The knowledge of their high school years brought attention to their unique dynamic, causing many fans to ship them romantically. Although their relationship did not gain much interest for the first year of debut, once their story was revealed a great deal of fans began to notice tension about their interactions that could be because of their history. Many fan compilations include clips of them looking at each other, acting awkward when asked about their friendship, and being possessive.

Their possessiveness is what caused the ship to skyrocket in popularity, starting from a clip that circulated in mid 2020 of Kazuha slapping Aether’s hand away when he tries to massage Scaramouche’s shoulder. Since this behaviour became increasingly common after that instance, it led fans to question whether it was a PR stunt or genuine grudge. Kazuha later took to twitter to explain that he was only joking and that he and Aether are of course good friends.

Kazuha also said that he loves Scaramouche’s voice the most out of all idol rappers, and admits to listening to his solo songs to help him relax. As the member given highest responsibility in line distribution, his appreciation for Scaramouche’s voice is transparent as he frequently gives him longer rap sections and once gave him two solo raps in *Louder Than Bombs.* The other members are seemingly aware of his favouritism, and Aether joked about it on livestream saying “he sometimes has to get him to stop” (2022).

> *“He seems to…aha, like Scara’s rap the most. That’s why he made room for two in LTB, and sometimes I have to get him to stop, to keep it fair to the other members! But yes, Kazuha likes Scara the most.”*
> *— Aether, 2022*
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Twitter users noticed after a few airplane vlogs that Scaramouche and Kazuha always sit next to each other on the plane, and another clip shows them both asleep next to each other in the airport.