Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-44996737-20200206022806/@comment-30241447-20200206050510

To be honest, I personally cannot ship Yuu and Mika to the extent the other shippers do. For me, their relationship is purely familial: an extremely strong brotherly bond. Take Sasuke and Itachi from the Naruto franchise for example. After Sasuke found out about Itachi's deeds, he swore vengeance on the Leaf Village but after encountering his brother during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Itachi sorted out his brother, reminding him that he will always love him. I see Yuu and Mika with the same relationship here. I don't remember exactly when but I'm sure that Yuu has said that even if Mika had turned into a vampire, he will still consider him his family.

Now, as for why I am firmly on Yuunoa is that while it is not explicitly canon both in terms of story and in terms of author statements (unless I missed something, our beloved Takaya Kagami-sensei has never confirmed whether or not they are an item), the story makes it rather hard to deny that emotions are not at work. Of course, considering the nature of the the shipped involved, Yuu being a chronic idiot on the road to being terminal (which I honestly think we can blame on the innumerable experiments done on him) and Shinoa being new to the concept entirely. When Shikama Douji overtook Shinoa in The Door to Puberty and the following chapters (previous chapters too if my memory serves correctly), he claims that Shinoa most certainly has feelings for Yuu which Shinoa denies and for me, I think this is because Shinoa doesn't exactly know the feeling of being "in love" and that is simply just her inner beast telling her that Yuu is her match.

In essence, I am firmly on the Yuunoa ship and while I can understand the Yuukaela ship, I personally can't accept it as more than an extremely strong familial bond.