As for the events of Nega-Globby, it is evident that Honey Lemon ships Hiro and Karmi. This may be the point at which the two officially become friends. Later, Hiro sits next to Karmi at a cafeteria table, and friendly conversation ensues. When Orso Knox is chasing them, Hiro grabs Karmi's hand and drags her behind him. When Karmi is caught on sublevel 9 by Liv Amara, Hiro immediately steps in and says that it wasn't her fault. While in Prey Date, Hiro teases Karmi so she ends up helping him cure Orso Knox. Hiro seeks to impress Karmi during this episode, but instead she thinks that he is trying to copy her. This causes him to ask Krei for a job at his company. In season 2, Episode 1: Internabout, Hiro is jealous of Karmi's internship at the biotech company Sycorax. In the background, Fred makes a heart shape with his hands, while Wasabi gestures with a thumbs-up. The two share a friendly moment later on, where Karmi hugs "Captain Cutie" Hiro out of joy, and he appears to accept the gesture. When escaping from the specially-built prison, Hiro extends his hand for Karmi to hold. Upon deciding to save Karmi, it takes Hiro a while to remember to add that Karmi is not his girlfriend. Once again, their relationship appears to ascend in "Fan Friction," where Karmi is kidnapped by Momakase, and he comes to her rescue in his superhero form. Hiro receives a picture from his friends that has Karmi in it (accidentally) with a puppy dog filter. The hint that the two may not see each other as complete rival is demonstrated again in "Small Hiro One", where Hiro notices that Karmi is locked outside of Trengrove's class, and he apologizes for her misfortune, receiving the first kind gesture from her a small smile that appears to comfort her. Baymax then makes the situation awkward by drawing up a pubertic analysis explaining the connection bewteen them. However, their relationship has been shown to hint at friendly feelings, as shown in "Issue 188", where Hiro says that they have a lot in common, and that they could even be friends.
Hiro is embarrassed at the fact that though she hates his civilian form, she has a crush on his superhero alter-ego, not being able to distinguish the similarities between the two. Though sharing the spotlight as SFIT's youngest student with her held little importance to him, he often tried to get on Karmi's good side in a few episodes, but eventually played along with the civilian rivalry with little care. Due to this, ironically enough, she also fantasizes about the "hero" Hiro being her lover, since she does not make the connection that her crush and the "civilian" Hiro are in fact the same person.īut Karmi is Hiro’s classmate and rival, he was both discouraged and often put out by Karmi's stuck-up attitude. She nicknamed all of the team's members herself because she doesn't know their true names or identities either. Karmi is a huge fan of Big Hero 6, and even has made fan-fiction stories involving her being rescued by the team. Professor Granville noticed this, and after Hiro officially joined as a student, she saw the similarity between both and decided to help her by using Hiro. However, she had no friends and had issues socializing.
Before Hiro joined the SFIT, Karmi was the youngest student to attend it.