Dummies

Dummies is the friend ship between Anzu Kinashi, Hinako Mishuku, Mai Tsurugi, Naomichi Kurumada, Ranmaru Kageyama, and Shunsuke Hayasaka from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
The Dummies are introduced as doll copies of participants who died in the First Trial and have no connection to any of the surviving participants. When they woke up, Midori told all of them that in order to survive, they had to "kill" their partners. Each were also given special information that only they knew, but didn't know that only they knew. Footage of their First Trial deaths were made into Victim Videos, which they were forced to watch. While they waited for the participants to arrive on the fourth floor, they laid in the coffins in the cemetery, each having their own. Their purpose is solely for the Murderer Sub-game. Midori pairs each Dummy with a participant, the pairs being Ranmaru & Sara, Hinako & Keiji, Kurumada & Kanna/Shin, Anzu & Reko/Alice, Mai & Q-taro, and Hayasaka & Gin. The Dummies get acquainted with their partners and share info they have.

On the fourth and fifth floors, there exist Obstructors, whose purpose is to destroy the non-surviving participants. All the Dummies except Hinako have the potential to die before the Banquet without a game-over. Anzu dies in the first Obstructor fight, Hayasaka dies in the second Obstructor fight, Ranmaru dies due to having failed to reset his collar, Mai dies by getting impaled by Maple, and Kurumada dies due to sustained injuries from Maple.

After Mai stabs Q-taro, a divide forms between the Dummies and the participants. During the fight with Midori, the Dummies refuse to help in tagging Midori, for fear of what might happen to them if they succeed. Kurumada and Hinako even go out of their way to stop the participants' actions. Keiji gets trapped in a coffin, and Midori offers Sara a consent form to save him, but Ranmaru tears it up. He gives a motivating speech and explains that Q-taro chose to forgive the Dummies even after they broke their trust with Mai's betrayal, so now it's their turn to forgive the participants. Ranmaru wants to find a way to save Keiji without relying on Midori, and says he's sure the other Dummies must know Midori won't save them.

Even after Kurumada survives the blow to his torso that Maple dealt him, Maple still continues her rampage. Kurumada thinks that's because Maple doesn't think he's dead, so he wants her to kill him so she'll stop rampaging. In the Kanna lives route, Kanna tells Kurumada he should still try to live, but understands that Kurumada is thinking like that because he wants to protect the Dummies. Kurumada shows this side of him again, when he meets Keiji in the charging room, where he weakly tells Keiji not to forsake the Dummies.

In the Shin lives route, after Ranmaru is revealed as the murderer of Reko/Alice, the Dummies experience another great divide, this time within themselves, between Ranmaru and the rest of them. Ranmaru suggested that Midori get rid of "those meddling Dummies", and the other Dummies feel very negative towards Ranmaru.

In preparation for the banquet, a special scene happens in the Kanna lives route, only if all Dummies are alive. Kurumada asks to hear a song, so Sara asks Reko/Alice to sing for them. Anzu, Hayasaka, and Kanna join in on the music, and while Hinako and Ranmaru do not, they admit it's nice to listen to. Afterwards, the Dummies decide that they will be the ones to go in the coffins for the Banquet, and they re-enter their respective coffins. Throughout the banquet, one by one, the Dummies are drilled, until only either Kurumada, Mai, Hayasaka, or none of them are left.

Fanon
As a result of all six being introduced as new characters in Chapter 3 and specifically being grouped together in-game, the friendship naturally sailed as a distinctive group. Sometimes they are regarded as fitting into the "found family" trope. Kurumada is often seen as the one that holds everyone together, with his dominating personality and notable exhibition of truly caring for the Dummies. Although some of what Hinako has in common with the rest of the Dummies are actually traits of the real Hinako, they are still often applied to Hinako as well, especially considering the existence of "the real Hinako" was not known until Chapter 3-1B was released. Midori is sometimes included with the Dummies.

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Trivia

 * The Dummies are split evenly among gender and age, consisting of three males, three females, three adults, and three minors.
 * All of the Dummies either refuse or deflect Sara's request for them to look into the Lantern. Whether this means anything or not is unknown.
 * The percentage rates of the Dummies adds up to exactly 40%. Although, Hinako's percentage rate is technically the real Hinako's.

Variations

 * Hayamai refers to the ship just between Hayasaka and Mai
 * Hinanzu refers to the ship just between Hinako and Anzu
 * Kuruanzu refers to the ship just between Kurumada and Anzu
 * Kuruhina refers to the ship just between Kurumada and Hinako
 * Kurumai refers to the ship just between Kurumada and Mai
 * Kurumaisaka refers to the ship just between Kurumada, Mai, and Hayasaka
 * Kurumaru refers to the ship just between Kurumada and Ranmaru
 * Kurusaka refers to the ship just between Kurumada and Hayasaka
 * Kurusakamaru refers to the ship just between Kurumada, Hayasaka, and Ranmaru
 * Maihinanzu refers to the ship just between Mai, Hinako, and Anzu
 * Ranzu refers to the ship just between Ranmaru and Anzu