<p>The first one is the dominant one a.k.a. seme while the second one is the receiver a.k.a. uke. For example in doujinshi Puella Magi Madoka Magica Doujinshi Homura x Madoka (available online in online manga sites), Homura will be the seme, while Madoka is the uke.</p>

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2014-08-14T22:21:28.053Z
unless it's Moemura before she had to kill Madoka in one timeline or it's Ultimate Madoka "punishing" Akuma Homura for making her wait even longer to finally be reunited
Memor-X
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2014-08-14T16:58:13.737Z
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<p>In doujins coupling characters from a show off, the characters are usually referred to in the title as "<em>Character A</em> <strong>x</strong> <em>Character B</em>"</p>

<p>(I feel this snippet from hanagai! explains it better)</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/FNXrOl.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>Is there any meaning to the order of the 'multiplying'? </p>

<p>Is the first character mentioned the main character, more dominant, alphabetically first, randomly chosen or something else?</p>

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2014-08-08T08:19:01.043Z
Seems that Wikipedia has extensive articles on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_%28fandom%29, http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0_%28%E5%90%8C%E4%BA%BA%29. And from Bulbapedia: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shipping. Seems like Western and Japanese fandom have some slight different in convention.
nhahtdh
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2014-08-10T13:41:07.903Z
afaik, the order matters. I remember it was discussed in one of the Genshiken: Nidaime episodes. I just don't remember who's "top" and who's "bottom" :p
Hakase
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What order are couplings like 'CharAxCharB' in?
# What order are couplings like 'CharAxCharB' in?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-08-08
In doujins coupling characters from a show off, the characters are usually referred to in the title as "*Character A* **x** *Character B*"

(I feel this snippet from hanagai! explains it better)

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/FNXrOl.png)

Is there any meaning to the order of the 'multiplying'?

Is the first character mentioned the main character, more dominant, alphabetically first, randomly chosen or something else?
**Tags:** tropes doujinshi
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Seems that Wikipedia has extensive articles on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_%28fandom%29, http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0_%28%E5%90%8C%E4%BA%BA%29. And from Bulbapedia: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shipping. Seems like Western and Japanese fandom have some slight different in convention.  
> **username_2**: afaik, the order matters. I remember it was discussed in one of the Genshiken: Nidaime episodes. I just don't remember who's "top" and who's "bottom" :p  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_3 on 2014-08-14. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
The first one is the dominant one a.k.a. seme while the second one is the receiver a.k.a. uke. For example in doujinshi Puella Magi Madoka Magica Doujinshi Homura x Madoka (available online in online manga sites), Homura will be the seme, while Madoka is the uke.
> **Comments:**
> **username_4** (2014-08-14): unless it's Moemura before she had to kill Madoka in one timeline or it's Ultimate Madoka "punishing" Akuma Homura for making her wait even longer to finally be reunited  
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