44 Votes in Poll
Went with Ono due to him being my favorite member of the old Lion Guard. I think he'd make a good-if neurotic-dad, after seeing his interactions with Ona. Honestly, I feel like Baliyo and Vitani could be a good match: they seem like they'd balance each other out well, with the more laid-back Baliyo helping Vitani mellow out. In turn, some of her seriousness passes to him to make him more level-headed and curb that impetuous streak that led him to attack the Lion Guard in his debut episode.
Anga, Beshte, and Makini could all use mates in my opinion; I feel like Anga might have a big crush on Hadithi given how excited she gets around him. Beshte and Makini don't really have any prospects from the show, though Besthe certainly had some admirers among his old pod in "The Rise of Makuu" from what I recall. As for Makini, I half wonder if royal mjuzis are allowed to take mates. Rafiki has never had one that we know of, and the fact that Janna's last royal mjuzi didn't leave an heir behind has me wondering if there's some prohibition against it, whether official or "unwritten" as it were.
Of course, this all comes from a fairly unashamed and avid shipper.
@Kilmarnock228 I never thought about Ono being a father before you mentioned it. I agree that Ono would make a great father. I feel for Anga, it's more of a role-model relationship with Hadithi then romantic.
@Honeyfur When you say it like that, it actually does look better.
Cheezi or Chungu honestly.
Wow, no love for Anga? I know she was a late introduction, but still…
@Kilmarnock228 I know a lot of fans consider her and Hadithi to be a couple, so that might explain why no one is voting for her.
Isn't Hadithi older than Anga, referring to her as 'kid?" Not to mention Anga was a young chick almost around the same age as the younger Lion Guard.
I alwalys thought ono and Anga were a couple
@The Demon of Life even if that is the case, we don't know how much older he would be, whether it's enough to make that much of a difference. Han Solo called Luke Skywalker "kid", but he also married Luke's sister who's the same age. We also don't know how much older Hadithi is than the various members of the Lion Guard. He's got a reputation, implying he's done some stuff in his life., but he doesn't exactly strike me as a senior citizen.
@BungaFangirl123 never really got that impression myself. They're friends, and Ono clearly respects Anga's abilities given that he asked her to take his place as the Keenest of Sight, but there doesn't seem to be anything romantic there. Of course, there's also the fact that they're completely different bird species, and whatever the preferences of various shippers the Lion King franchise has never featured an interspecies romantic couple in my mind.
This was a very hard decision for me. Here are my ideas:
Anga: Hadithi
Baliyo: Nirmala
Beshte: Oteka
Makini: She is a royal mijuzi, too big of a responsibility to fall in love
Ono: Zakiya
Vitani: There are not enough open male lions