Funny enough… I do consider this something of a crack ship as we don’t have that much to go on, but as far as shipping Botan with anyone, I do actually prefer Shizuru. I personally would like Botan to remain single or get together with another reaper, to avoid the whole… “Everyone I love Dies and I am the one who has to take them to the Afterlife” thing. But as far as the characters we know and love, Shizuru is the only person I’d bite for a Botan ship. 

My reasoning for why is this, I don’t see her with any of the boys, as she appears more of a sister to them all. And the girls… well, I don’t see anything with Yukina or Keiko. Again, she takes something of a sibling role. It comes off that way partially since she is Yusuke’s aide. But still, she has nothing to offer them and they nothing to offer her. Shizuru, on the other hand…

Remember this scene? And remember who came to talk to her? 

Both drink beer here, both are undeniably more mature, than say Keiko, who wouldn’t even touch the stuff, and Yukina, who got all tucked into bed.

And both are badass ladies.

They’ll cut ya. 

Shizuru is also more spiritually aware. She likely knew Botan wasn’t human from the start. 

So, what do they offer narrative and each other?

Each other; As mentioned, Shizuru is more mature and level-headed, and can offer support to Botan as she did in the show. Since both know more about the supernatural than Keiko, and are both very spirited, unlike Yukina, they have more in common and can get into shenanigans together.

Narrative wise, I don’t see much, but it wouldn’t also be completely insane nor would it get in the way of narrative. As they’re both single, they wouldn’t break up canon couples. They could have some interesting character growth together, and Shizuru could be drawn more into the Supernatural world, not just through her brother, but through Botan. 

A slightly ridiculous but narratively interesting point also comes from the fact that Kuwabara did crush on Botan for a bit, and has a thing for blue hair. Shizuru, being his sister… well, that could be an interesting connection. 

To sum it up, they have commonalities that would lend to meaningful experiences they could share, have some narrative parallels with Kuwabara and Yukina in the blue hair and gf is not a human and the human is a psychic department, and they’re both better matched maturity wise than any of the other girls in the group.

– Mod Lola