Shipping:BackShipping

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BackShipping is the belief that Vincent and belong in a romantic relationship. This Ship is a one-sided canon on Vincent's side, whom for some unknown amount of time was planning on making Marina his girlfriend, and even challenged for the title. The name BackShipping is most possibly given due to an incident in the final part of The Legend of Thunder! where Marina lands on Vincent's back after she falls from Team Rocket's grasp (instead of being caught by ).

Marina's hints

 * Marina addresses Vincent on the phone as "Darling" and "Sweety-pie," either comfortable enough with him to tease him or not above openly flirting with him.

Vincent's hints

 * Vincent outwardly dislikes and disapproves of Jimmy being around Marina, even going to such lengths of telling him, "Don't you touch her!" or in the English dub, "Marina is my girlfriend!"
 * He also has the need to make himself be her hero, attempting to put on a cape and call himself "Fabu-Vinny," as Marina calls her crush, "Fabu-Lance."
 * In the Japanese version, Vincent is the only one to call Marina "Marina-chan," which shows he has deep affection for her, and believes she is cute.
 * He also rushed out into the battlefield to catch Marina after she fell from Team Rocket's grasp, though he was landed on instead.
 * He has admitted he wishes to make Marina his girlfriend during a conversation with Jimmy.
 * When Marina latched onto Attila and Hun's ship, but didn't escape with Raikou, Vincent was crying in worry and saying things like, "Why couldn't I have come to the rescue sooner?!" Although this scene was mostly for comedic effect, it displays the sheer amount of protectiveness that Vincent feels for Marina at the same time.

Other hints

 * She and Vincent had met up soon after they set out on different paths, though Jimmy did not take part in their reunion. Some may find this a rather large hint for the two, suggesting that the two chose to meet because they missed each other's company or that they were fated to meet again.