Prior to this, Leo was beat up by Usagi's foes that led to his mask shredded (heh). Being the face man, Leo wanted to impress Usagi with his ninja skills. With everything bare including his face, Leo felt humiliated and useless. BUT Usagi cares not for a mask, he cares for Leo! And he knows A mask is part of ninja identity, at least to Leo so Usagi crafted a new one, made from (love) the same fabric as his clothes, Miyamoto linen. And also bc both of them are idiots in love.
Leoichi and Leosagi are two completely different ships!! They are NOT the same!!
They are both Leonardo focused ships, yes, HOWEVER it's Leo being shipped with two separate characters.
"Leosagi" is Leonardo x Miyamoto Usagi
This ship mostly grew after the popularity of TMNT 2003 with Leo's close friendship with the character Miyamoto Usagi.
"Leoichi" is Leonardo x Yuichi Usagi
Yuichi is the main character of Netflix's show Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles. He is the descendant of Miyamoto Usagi. Also unlike Usagi, Yuichi is NOT a TMNT character, he is from his own franchise entirely, but fans have been shipping him with both Rise Leo and 2012 Leo.
And the most important detail to know is...
Yuichi and Usagi are NOT the same character!!
So please if you’re making ship art or a fanfic of Leo with Yuichi and tag it as “Leosagi” that is the incorrect ship name and vice verse.
Hopefully this helps so people can know the difference and tags things more properly and not get non shippers and new Leosagi and Leoichi shippers confused, cause even I will admit it can get confusing.
Usagi: I can't take this anymore, someone needs to take me out!
Leo: In a dating type of way, or an assassination type of way?
Usagi: I don't know, surprise me!
Leo introducing his crush (mutual btw) to Hueso which can detect their gay-o-meter. And a serious Usagi trying to help Leo train to which Leo is..... distracted throughout their sessions.