Kirasaya

Kirasaya is the femslash ship between Kirari Momobami and Sayaka Igarashi from the Kakegurui fandom.

Canon
Sayaka is the secretary/Vice President in the student council and the personal assistant for Kirari. Sayaka admires and adores Kirari, and is always by her side. Sayaka also had a crush on Kirari. Kirari finds Sayaka interesting.

When they first met, Sayaka was unpopular, shy and nerdy. She admired Kirari, and asked her if she could be a secretary for her. Kirari wanted to think about it, before she stopped by her class to accept her. When she was accepted, Kirari changed her hairstyle for her and gave her a little makeover.

Season 1
In Yumemi’s idol performance, and Yumeko and Kaede’s gamble session, Kirari disguised as Ririka reaveled her identity during the match. Sayaka was very shocked; however, you can see her clearly blushing. Sayaka came down to do Kirari’s braids for her.

During the match between Yumeko and Kirari, Sayaka was afraid Kirari was going to lose and be kicked from the school, knowing she wasn’t gonna be able to stop her. She was relieved to see that the match was a tie. Kirari then hugged her, letting her know everything was fine.

Presidential Election
In a gamble session Kirari participated in during the presidential election, her opponent was hitting on her; and Sayaka threatened the opponent by pulling out a taser. One time, Kirari had plans to attend to, and Sayaka attempted to join her so she could be safe. Kirari declined and that worried Sayaka.

Tower of Doors
One day Sayaka was fed up with Yumeko and her obsession with gambling, not to mention getting mad at Yumeko for offering a gambling session with Kirari. Sayaka cursed her out and tried to make Kirari kick her out of the school, but Kirari accepted the gambling offer and challenged Yumeko and Sayaka against each other. Unfortunately, Sayaka lost the bet and Kirari and her had to “become strangers.” The idea devastated her, especially when she lost. She had a breakdown and decided to kill herself. Luckily there was a door that could save Sayaka, but she didn’t know about it and was shocked when Kirari jumped along with her. Sayaka still loved Kirari, so that’s why she was very upset when she jumped along with her. Thankfully, there was a safety mat at the bottom to save them both. This was when Kirari asked to restart, since Sayaka had lost the bet. Sayaka also had a scar from bumping her head and Kirari licked the blood for her. From that moment on, both become an official couple.

Fanon
Kirasaya is one of the most popular ships in the Kakegurui Fandom, due to Sayaka’s crush on Kirari, both of them being in a romantic relationship, and being the first canon ship in Kakegurui. While Kirari's ship with Yumeko Jabami is traditionally more popular, Kirasaya also gained a decent amount of supporters mainly because of the ship’s canon status. Altough neither of their sexualties are confirmed, they are two females dating. A popular headcanon for Kiraris and Sayakas sexualities, is that Kirari is bisexual and Sayaka is a lesbian.

Kirasaya is often shipped along side with Yumary, the ship between Mary Saotome and Yumeko Jabami. The most popular rival ship for Kirasaya would be Kirari's ship with Yumeko Jabami, which is also one of the most popular Kakegurui ships.

Kirasaya being canon was a big suprise to many Kakegurui fans, due the franchise being very yuri-ish, but at that moment mostly avoiding romance. The reaction to Kirari and Sayaka dating was very positive many people were happy about the representation of LGBTQ+ or because many people already shipped them together before Kirari finally returned Sayaka's feelings.

The popularity of Kirasaya also increased because of popular fan theories about Sayaka's personality.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Kirasaya tags on fanfiction.net
 * Kirasaya tags on fanfiction.net

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 * #kirisaya on Twitter