Shadaria

**Shadaria** is the romantic relationship between Shadow the Hedgehog and Maria Robotnik.

## Canon

This backstory is roughly the same in all canons where Shadow appears, excluding *Sonic Boom*.

In some canons, Shadow has felt some kind of fondness for girls who remind him of Maria. Examples include Molly from *Sonic X* and Hope Kintobor from the *Pre-Super Genesis Wave* Archie comics, the latter of whom was actually related to Maria. In addition, in *Sonic Adventure 2*, it was Amy’s words reminding him of Maria that convinced him to save the world.

### Comics

Their relationship and backstory is somewhat the same with their game counterparts.

After Shadow took over the kingdom in the *Light Mobius* timeline, he made Maria as an object of worship by erecting a statue of her with wings.

### Sonic X

In “Showdown in Space”, Maria’s spirit calls on Super Shadow to help the people on Earth, allowing him and Super Sonic to defeat the Biolizard.

As of January 2022, over eighty fan-made works about their friendship (or as “siblings”) and forty as romance have been written on Archive of Our Own. More than forty have been written on Wattpad as well. A common fan-fiction storyline for this pairing is a story where Maria is either a human girl or is brought back to life as a hedgehog.

Shippers laud their long-lasting friendship and sacrifice, especially during Shadow’s self-titled game. Others want Maria to have an expanded role in the *Sonic* universe, with Shadow as her faithful companion or significant other.

## Quotes

* *“You used to have so much fun here, remember?”*— Maria to Shadow, *Shadow the Hedgehog*.

## Fanon

This ship is one of the most popular ships for Shadow, along with Shadamy and Shadouge. It is one of the most popular ships in the Japanese Sonic fandom, known as シャドマリ or Shadmari. Fans tend to ship both characters if they do not have other characters to pair Maria with. Otherwise, rival ships for Maria include with the Commander from the *Shadow the Hedgehog* game and with Christopher Thorndyke from *Sonic X*.

As of January 2022, over eighty fan-made works about their friendship (or as “siblings”) and forty as romance have been written on Archive of Our Own. More than forty have been written on Wattpad as well. A common fan-fiction storyline for this pairing is a story where Maria is either a human girl or is brought back to life as a hedgehog.

Shippers laud their long-lasting friendship and sacrifice, especially during Shadow’s self-titled game. Others want Maria to have an expanded role in the *Sonic* universe, with Shadow as her faithful companion or significant other.

## Fandom

**FAN FICTION**

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Shadow/Maria on FanFiction.net
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**FAN ART**

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**INSTAGRAM**

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**TUMBLR**

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**TWITTER**

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## Trivia

* Shiro Maekawa, the co-creator of Shadow and writer of *Sonic Adventure 2*, has retweeted Shadaria fan-art on his Twitter.
* Maekawa has also openly stated that he supports Shadaria/Shadmari as a ship on his Twitter account, encouraging fans to draw fanart of them.
* Shadow and Maria's tragedy was inspired by the shojo manga “Please Save My Earth.” The protagonists of this manga, Shion and Mokuren, were both lovers.

## Variations

**Blazadaria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, and Blaze the Cat.
**Mephadaria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, and Mephiles the Dark.
**Rougadaria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, and Rouge the Bat.
**Scourgadaria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, and Scourge the Hedgehog.
**Shadamyria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, and Amy Rose.
**Silvadaria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, and Silver the Hedgehog.
**Sonadaria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, and Sonic the Hedgehog.
**Sonadilvaria** — the polyship between Shadow, Maria, Sonic, and Silver.
## Navigation

1. ↑ @mizuhano on Twitter
2. ↑ Shiro Maekawa - Sonic Channel Creators Interview