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Welcome to Sakura Exchange’s 2025 round! Sakura Exchange is a spring exchange for relationships in Japanese media.

Mediums: Fic and art
Minimums: 1000 words, or clean lineart on unlined paper
Matching: fandom, relationship and medium

2025 Schedule:

Nominations: 3 April - 10 April
Signups: 11 April - 19 April
Assignments out by: 20 April
Assignments Due: 7 June
Works Revealed: 14 June
Creators Revealed: 21 June

All times are 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT) unless otherwise specified.

Links:
AO3 Collection | Tag Set | Exchange Guidelines
Mod contact:

sakuramod or sakuraexchangemod@gmail.com

This round, we are changing the requirements for signing up. Participants will be able to request 1 fandom at minimum. Only participants requesting at least 3 distinct fandoms will be guaranteed a gift. Pinch hits will still be sent out for those requesting below 3 fandoms, but the collection will not be delayed if their pinch hit is not claimed. Anyone who requested fewer than 3 distinct fandoms and is a post-deadline pinch hit will be contacted and given 48 hours past the deadline to add additional fandoms if they wish.
In addition, participants will also be able to offer 1 fandom at minimum, so long as they are matchable when signups close.

Exchange guidelines have been updated to reflect the changes in fandom minimums. You can view the exchange guidelines here.

If you have any questions, feel free to comment on this post or email the mods.

sakuramod

Assignments are out! Go forth and create.

Initial pinch hits are listed below. Comments are screened; claim a pinch hit by commenting on this post with your username and the pinch hit number. Pinch hits are due at the same time as assignments, June 7 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT).

( PH 1 - ワンパンマン | One-Punch Man, Gundam Wing, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, 乙女ゲームの破滅フラグしかない悪役令嬢に転生してしまった… - 山口悟 | My Next Life as a Villainess - Yamaguchi Satoru (Light Novels) )

( PH 2 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, 殺し愛 | Koroshi Ai (Manga), 2.5次元の誘惑 | 2.5-jigen no Ririsa | 2.5 Dimensional Seduction (Anime) )

( PH 5 - Grandia III (Video Game), Top o Nerae! Gunbuster, チョコボと魔法の絵本 | Chocobo to Mahou no Ehon | Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (Video Game), 機動戦士ガンダム | Mobile Suit Gundam (TV 1979), Final Fantasy XII )

~~( PH 6 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Video Game) )~~

( PH 7 - Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga), Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), Fate/Grand Order, 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse )

~~( PH 8 - Dr. STONE (Anime), ぶっちぎり | Bucchigiri?! (Anime) )~~

( PH 9 - 魔女ノ結婚 | Majo no Kekkon | The Witches' Marriage (Manga), Ookami no Kawa o Kabutta Hitsujihime | Sheep Princess in Wolf's Clothing (Manga), 少女たちの痕にくちづけを | Shoujo-tachi no Kizuato ni Kuchizuke wo | Kiss the Scars of the Girls (Manga), Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game) )

( PH 10 - わんだふるぷりきゅあ! | Wonderful PreCure! (Anime), Crossover Fandom, Show By Rock!! (Video Games), 美男高校地球防衛部HAPPY KISS! | Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Happy Kiss!, Tokyo Mew Mew Olé (Manga), Fairy蘭丸~あなたの心お助けします~ | Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu (Anime) )

( PH 11 - 翔んで埼玉 | Fly Me to the Saitama (2019), 毒恋～毒もすぎれば恋となる～| Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru | Love Is a Poison (TV), 巨乳好きなのにBL界に転生しました | I Got Reincarnated in a (BL) World of Big (Man) Boobs )

sakuramod

Signups are now closed! There are 3 unmatchable signups. Please check your email if your username starts with E, G, or I.

sakuramod

Signups are open! Access the signup form here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/sakuraexchange2025/signups/new

Tagset: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/22966

View existing requests on the collection page, or on the Auto AO3 App (as updated): https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/sakuraexchange2025

As a reminder, this year signups are allowed to request a minimum of 1 fandom and offer a minimum of 1 fandom. Only participants requesting at least 3 distinct fandoms will be guaranteed a gift; pinch hits will still be sent out for those requesting fewer than 3 fandoms, but the collection will not be delayed if their pinch hit is not claimed. Anyone who requested fewer than 3 distinct fandoms and is a post-deadline pinch hit will be contacted and given 48 hours past the deadline to add additional fandoms if they wish.

For the sake of this exchange, generally fandoms are “distinct” if they refer to separate, non-redundant fandoms in the tagset. For instance, if a fandom is a manga with an anime adaptation, “Fandom (Anime)” with “Fandom (Manga),” and “Fandom (All Media Types)” with “Fandom (Manga),” are both counted as 2 fandoms, but combining Anime, Manga, and AMT still results in only 2 distinct fandoms. If you are unsure whether you are requesting 3 distinct fandoms, feel free to comment on this post or email the mods.

Signups will close on 19 April at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT). Countdown.

sakuramod

Nominations are now closed! Signups will open by Friday, April 11 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT).

We just have one new query:

新世界狂歡｜NU: carnival (Video Game)
We initially accepted this fandom, but upon further review we are unsure whether it is eligible for Sakura Exchange. Eligible canons must be “produced by a Japanese company, in Japanese, for a Japanese audience.” However, the information we found indicates the game’s developer is a Taiwanese studio. Could the nominator provide more information on whether this fandom should be eligible?
These nominations have been removed from the tagset (though they may show as "approved" to the nominator), but we have a copy in case the fandom is eligible.

sakuramod

Nominations continue! As a general reminder, please disambiguate nominations – it makes approving nominations easier, and we are more likely to notice if a nomination unintentionally synned to something else (ex. because you nominated a specific version that AO3 synns to the general canon). Let us know if this already happened, or if you want to nominate specifics under the general canon!

We also have a few specific inquiries:

Tales of Crestoria
Kasque/Milla Maxwell (Tales of Crestoria)
The canonical tag for this ship and Milla Maxwell's canonical tag suggest they are from Tales of Xillia. Does Milla appear in Tales of Crestoria, or is this a crossover ship? If the latter, we'll move this to Crossover Fandom.

Tales of the Rays (Video Game)
Elle (Tales of Asteria)/Mileena Weiss (Tales of the Rays)
Does Elle appear in Tales of the Rays, or is this a crossover ship? If the latter, we’ll move this to Crossover Fandom.

Tales of the Rays: Recollection (Video Game)
Elnath Perusha & Kodama Atwood (Tales of the Rays: Recollection)
Haze Cesario Idafield & Elnath Perusha (Tales of the Rays: Recollection)
Haze Cesario Idafield & Lugh (Tales of the Rays: Recollection)
We have nominations for both Tales of the Rays (Video Game) and Tales of the Rays: Recollection (Video Game). What is the relationship between these fandoms (are these separate games, or is Recollection an individual arc of the Tales of the Rays game that can be enjoyed independently of the rest of the game, or something else)? If Recollection is not an independent game/arc, we would accept those nominations under Tales of the Rays (Video Game).

Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
Aoi | Juliana/Chili | Rika (Pokemon Scarlet & Violet)
Kibana | Raihan/Nezu | Piers
Kihada | Dendra/Lip | Tulip
Kihada | Dendra/Mimosa | Miriam
The tagset contains both the Main Video Game Series and the anime. We can accept these tags under AMT, but would you prefer to move/merge these nominations into the video game series and/or anime?

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne | Phantom-Thief Jeanne
Kusakabe Maron/Nagoya Chiaki (KKJ)
The tagset contains both the manga and the anime, separately. We accepted this nomination as is (with no medium specified), but for matchability with the existing anime/manga nominations, would you prefer to keep these tags under the canonical tag without medium specification, or would you rather move/merge these nominations into either the manga or the anime?

sakuramod

Nominations are now open!

You may nominate 7 fandoms, and 7 relationships within each fandom. Please disambiguate your nominations – include the fandom name or acronym in parentheses after each nominated relationship. If you are nominating a specific version of a canon, please include that specific version within the disambiguation. Otherwise, we won’t be able to tell if a nomination drifts into the wrong fandom.

For details on canon eligibility, please see the nomination guidelines.

If you think your canon may be an edge case, if your nominations were approved under the wrong fandom, or if you have other questions or concerns, comment on this post or email us at sakuraexchangemod@gmail.com.

Nominations will close on Thursday, April 10 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT).

sakuramod

2024 Collection link

Creators have been revealed! Thank you to all participants and pinch hitters, and thank you again for your patience through multiple delays.

Additionally, we are requesting feedback for a potential rule change:

We are considering expanding the minimum requests to a "3-fandoms-to-guarantee" system - participants will be able to sign up requesting 1 fandom at minimum, and will be guaranteed a gift if they request 3 distinct fandoms (like our existing guidelines). Pinch hits will still be sent out as normal for anyone requesting below 3 fandoms, but the collection will not be delayed if their pinch hit is not claimed; anyone requesting below 3 fandoms will be contacted and given the opportunity to add more qualifying fandoms to guarantee a gift.

If you are a current participant, will this affect the way you sign up (requests, offers, or otherwise), and how? If you did not participate in Sakura Exchange because of the fandom minimum, but would be interested with the 3-fandoms-to-guarantee system, please also let us know.

sakuramod

Sakura Exchange 2024's collection is now revealed! Thank you again to everyone for your patience, and especially to the pinch hitters who were essential to making this happen.

Find the collection here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/sakuraexchange2024

Creator reveals will be in slightly under one week, on July 13 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT). In the meantime, we hope you enjoy your gift and other works in the collection. Leaving a comment for your creator is highly encouraged.

Countdown to creator reveals here.

sakuramod

Thank you to all the pinch hitters for your generous time and effort, and thank you to all participants for your patience! All pinch hits have been claimed!

Assuming all goes smoothly and there are no additional circumstances or delays, work reveals will be on July 7 at 1:59 AM UTC, ie. July 6 at 9:59 PM EDT. Countdown here.

sakuramod

Unfortunately, there is still one unclaimed pinch hit, so collection reveals will be delayed another week to July 6 at 11:59 PM UTC. However, the collection will not open until this pinch hit has been claimed and fulfilled. Thank you everyone for your patience.

There is one remaining pinch hit, listed below. Comments are screened; claim a pinch hit by commenting on this post with your AO3 username and the pinch hit number. The pinch hit is due July 6 at 11:59 PM UTC, deadline negotiable if you can claim it but need a few extra days.

( PH 5 - Fate/Grand Order, Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse, Fairy Tail, Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga) )

sakuramod

As not all pinch hits have been claimed, collection reveals will be delayed an additional week to June 29 at 11:59 PM UTC. However, the collection will only open once all pinch hits are claimed and everyone who completed their assignment has a gift.

There is one remaining pinch hit, listed below. Comments are screened; claim a pinch hit by commenting on this post with your AO3 username and the pinch hit number. Pinch hits are due June 28 at 11:59 PM UTC, deadline negotiable if you can claim it but need a few extra days.

( PH 5 - Fate/Grand Order, Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse, Fairy Tail, Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga) )

~~( PH 10 - Bang Brave Bang Bravern (Anime), ゆびさきと恋々 | Yubisaki to Renren | A Sign of Affection (Manga), 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed )~~

sakuramod

There are two remaining pinch hits! In order to give pinch hitters more time to claim and fulfill the remaining pinch hits, reveals will be delayed by one week to June 22. The collection will not open until everyone who has completed their assignment receives a gift.

The remaining post-deadline pinch hits are listed below. Comments are screened; claim a pinch hit by commenting with the pinch hit number and your AO3 username. Pinch hits are due June 21 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT).

( PH 5 - Fate/Grand Order, Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse, Fairy Tail, Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga) )

( PH 10 - Bang Brave Bang Bravern (Anime), ゆびさきと恋々 | Yubisaki to Renren | A Sign of Affection (Manga), 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed )

sakuramod

The deadline has passed! There are a few outstanding assignments due to extensions. If you don't have a gift yet and aren't listed below, your assigned creator may have an extension. The collection will not open until everyone who completed their assignment has a gift.

Post deadline pinch hits are listed below. Comments are screened; claim a pinch hit by commenting with the pinch hit number and your AO3 username. Pinch hits are due June 14 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT).

( PH 5 - Fate/Grand Order, Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse, Fairy Tail, Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga) )

( PH 10 - Bang Brave Bang Bravern (Anime), ゆびさきと恋々 | Yubisaki to Renren | A Sign of Affection (Manga), 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed )

~~( PH 11 - sweet pool (Visual Novel), DRAMAtical Murder (Visual Novel), Naruto (Anime & Manga) )~~

~~( PH 12 - Haikyuu!!, Naruto (Anime & Manga), 食戟のソーマ | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma )~~

sakuramod

Assignments are due in about a week and a half! There are no new pinch hits at this time, but we’ve cleaned up the remaining ones.

Please claim a pinch hit by commenting on the post with your username and pinch hit number. Comments are screened. Pinch hits are due June 8 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT), deadline negotiable.

~~( PH 3 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) )~~
( PH 5 - Fate/Grand Order, Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse, Fairy Tail, Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga) )

( PH 10 - Bang Brave Bang Bravern (Anime), ゆびさきと恋々 | Yubisaki to Renren | A Sign of Affection (Manga), 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed )

sakuramod

Assignments are out! Go forth and create. Assignments are due June 8 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT).

Initial pinch hits are listed below. Comments are screened; claim a pinch hit by commenting on the post with your username and pinch hit number. Pinch hits are due at the same time as assignments.

( PH 1 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Musou: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction (Manga), Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. (manga), 殺し愛 | Koroshi Ai (Manga) )

~~( PH 2 - Lupin III, Persona 4, Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening )~~

( PH 3 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) )

~~( PH 4 - 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 曇天に笑う | Donten ni Warau | Laughing Under the Clouds (Anime & Manga), Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic )~~

( PH 5 - Fate/Grand Order, Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse, Fairy Tail, Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga) )

~~( PH 6 - Weiß Kreuz, Dangan Ronpa Series, 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney )~~

~~( PH 7 - Love Live! Superstar!! (Anime), Love Live! Superstar!! (Anime), BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party! (Video Game), BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party! (Video Game) )~~

~~( PH 8 - 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Dangan Ronpa Series )~~

( PH 9 - Free!, Fruits Basket - Takaya Natsuki (Manga), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Final Fantasy XIII Series (Video Games), Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) )

( PH 10 - Bang Brave Bang Bravern (Anime), ゆびさきと恋々 | Yubisaki to Renren | A Sign of Affection (Manga), 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed )

sakuramod

Signups are now closed! There are 2 unmatchable signups; please check your email if your username starts with P or S.

Assignments should go out by April 21.

Update: There is one additional unmatchable signup; please check your email if your username starts with T.

sakuramod

Signups are open! You can access the signup form here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/sakuraexchange2024/signups/new

Tagset: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/19081

View existing requests on the collection page, or using the Auto AO3 App (as updated): https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/sakuraexchange2024

Signups will close on April 20 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT). Countdown here.

sakuramod

Nominations are closed! Signups will open by April 12 at 11:59PM UTC (7:59PM EDT).

We have a couple new and remaining queries:

Crossover Fandom:

Ciel Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji) &/ Kurosaki Hisoka (Yami no Matsuei)

Muraki Kazutaka & Tsuzuki Asato (Yami no Matsuei) &/ Hannibal Lecter &/ Will Graham (Hannibal)

Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji) /& Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)

Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji) /& Muraki Kazutaka (Yami no Matsuei)
This exchange only accepts & and / as valid relationship markers. "&/" and "/&" are unclear terms - do you mean that you'd be fine with either & or / between given characters? If so, we can manually add each possible combination on our end, but let us know if you had something else in mind.
If you do not reply, we will manually add each possible combination under Crossover Fandom.

Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types:

Roy Mustang & Wrath | King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
The disambiguation for this relationship states it is for Brotherhood, but it is nominated under All Media Types. There is also a "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga" fandom in the tagset. Would you like to move this nomination to the Brotherhood & Manga fandom, or keep it under All Media Types?
If you do not reply, we will keep this under All Media Types and change the disambiguation to match.

sakuramod

Nominations continue! You can nominate fandoms and relationships here. Nominations close on April 11 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT).

As a general reminder, please disambiguate nominated relationships - it makes it easier to approve on our end, and makes it more likely for us to catch nominations that wander outside their intended fandom.

Also, please note that a fandom cannot be requested by itself, without a relationship. There are a few nominated fandoms that we have not yet approved because there are no relationships nominated under them.

We have a few specific queries:

Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types

Roy Mustang & Wrath | King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
The disambiguation for this relationship states it is for Brotherhood, but it is nominated under All Media Types. There is also a "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga" fandom in the tagset. Would you like to move this nomination to the Brotherhood & Manga fandom, or keep it under All Media Types?
If you do not reply/change the nomination, we will keep this under All Media Types and change the disambiguation to match.

~~仮面ライダーギーツ | Kamen Rider Geats:~~

~~Azuma Michinaga (KR Geats) & Kadoya Tsukasa (KR DcD)~~

Azuma Michinaga (KR Geats) & Kaitou Daiki (KR DcD)
Do the characters with the KR DcD disambiguation (Kadoya Tsukasa and Kaitou Daiki) meaningfully appear in Kamen Rider Geats? If not, please move these nominations to "Crossover Fandom."
If you do not reply/change the nomination, we will move these nominations to Crossover Fandom.

Love Live! School Idol Project:
Sakurakouji Kinako/Shibuya Kanon
Shibuya Kanon/Tang Keke
Takasaki Yuu/Uehara Ayumu
These relationships seem to draw from different, standalone entries in the Love Live! franchise rather than their currently nominated fandom. We would prefer to separate these into their distinct fandoms. However, if you want to keep these in the (fandom-accepted?) general franchise tag, we can keep them as is and note this for the future.
If you do not reply/change the nomination, we will approve these nominations in their current state.

Notes on approved nominations:

わが青春のアルカディア | Waga Seishun no Arcadia | Arcadia of My Youth (1982):

Harlock/Maya
The disambiguation for this relationship was for a different fandom. However, since the characters do seem to appear in this canon, we changed the disambiguation to reflect the nominated fandom.

Rockman X | Mega Man X:

Axl/X/Zero

Layer/Zero
The disambiguations for these relationships seem to be for the more general series. We changed the disambiguations to reflect the specific canon.

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Sakura Exchange

Recent Entries

Sticky: 2025 Round Announcement

2025 Schedule:

Assignments Out! + Initial Pinch Hits #1-11

Signups Closed; Unmatchables

Signups Are Open!

Nominations Closed! + Clarifications Post #2

Nomination Clarifications Post #1

Nominations are Open!

Creator Reveals! + Feedback Query

Collection Reveals!

All Pinch Hits Claimed! Reveals on July 7

Delay to 7/6; Final Remaining Post-Deadline Pinch Hit

Additional Delay to 6/29, Remaining PDPHs 5 and 10

1 Week Delay + Remaining PDPHs 5 and 10

Deadline Passed + Post-Deadline Pinch Hits

Pinch Hits #3, 5, 10

Assignments Out! & Initial Pinch Hits #1-10

Signups Closed; Matching Ongoing

Signups Open!

Nominations Closed and Clarifications Post #2

Nomination Clarifications Post #1

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