Shipping:PetalburgShipping

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PetalburgShipping (Japanese: ハルマサ HaruMasa). Please note the reverse female/male name order used to denote the dominant partner in the ship) is the name for the ship between main-character siblings and Max. Despite the incestuous nature of this ship, the couple does have a small band of fans.

Very few hints exist for PetalburgShipping, mostly Max hugging or running over to May at the first sign of danger and May worrying about him, and virtually all of them can be dismissed as the affection that most siblings have for each other.

One of the only hints showing a stronger bond is found in the movie Jirachi: Wish Maker, when May rubs Max's head after he falls asleep. Max mistakes May for his mother and calls her "mom" in his sleep. Supposedly feeling bad for him, May starts to sing a lullaby and Max falls asleep listening to it. Later on in the movie, Max tells May that he doesn't want to go to sleep because it is his last night with. May takes pity on him and begins to sing the lullaby again. Hearing it, Max and Jirachi both fall asleep. Many people argue that this part alone was not much of a hint because of some of the others falling asleep, mainly Diane and (this part was also considered slight  to some Shippers).