GaoSaw

GaoSaw is the slash ship between Gaolang Wongsawat and Yoroizuka Saw Paing from the Kengan fandom.

Kengan Ashura
Gaolang and Saw Paing first met in a village on the border of Thailand and Myanmar for the annual inter-country martial arts meet. At the time, Gaolang was fifteen, already unmatched and representing Thailand, and Saw Paing was sixteen, representing Myanmar. With blood streaming down the right side of his face, Saw Paing loudly declared Gaolang his "rival of destiny" during their match. Right after, Gaolang was pronounced the winner by the judges' decision, even though Saw Paing was still standing and yelling that he wasn't done yet. That was the one match in Gaolang's entire career that he didn't win by K.O.

From then on, Saw Paing kept challenging Gaolang to a rematch, even barging in on him taking a shower. They haven't seen each other in a while before reuniting at the Kengan Annihilation Tournament.

The night before the tournament starts, Gaolang approaches Saw Paing, saying that he'd never imagined that he would run into him here. Throughout the tournament, they would often be seen together watching the matches.

Fanon
GaoSaw's opposites attract trope and one-sided rivalry appeals to its shippers. Their AO3 tag is relatively void as of now.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

FAN ART

Trivia

 * They star in many 4-komas together.
 * In the 4-koma Lethwei Cooking, Gaolang and Saw Paing are cooking together. Gaolang discovers that Saw Paing doesn't shout when he's cooking because he believes he has to concentrate, especially when working with fire and knives. This confuses Gaolang.
 * In the 4-koma Affection, Saw Paing is telling Gaolang that he better not lose before he gets his turn with him. Tomoko overhears them and gets a nosebleed, interpreting Saw Paing's words as something more lewd.
 * In the 4-koma Gaolang and Saw Paing, Gaolang has caught a cold and Saw Paing offers to help him with waterfall meditation and lots of exercise, but Gaolang says he'll just go see a doctor. Saw Paing is surprisingly understanding.
 * In the two-parter 4-koma Karaoke, Metsudo holds a fighters' karaoke contest. Gaolang, whose hobby is solo karaoke, offers to go first and Kaneda cheers him on. He sings the Thai National Anthem and Kaneda is shown thinking, wow, he's serious... When it's Saw Paing's turn, Kaneda calls him the favourite to win and wonders what song he'll choose to sing. Surprisingly, Saw Paing chooses to sing "Hey Judy" by the Beatoes (Hey Jude by the Beatles) and Kaneda is shown thinking, I wasn't expecting a ballad... He's so quiet.