Ishiceles

Ishiceles is the het ship between Kiyotaka Ishimaru and Celestia Ludenberg from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
During the Killing Game, Celestia had a plan to manipulate Hifumi into killing Ishimaru since she was tired of him and Hifumi for fighting over Alter Ego. She noticed their negative feelings towards each other and decided to use them to her advantage. Celestia lied to Hifumi that Ishimaru had stolen Alter Ego and also lied about how Ishimaru abused and threatened her. These shocking accusations show that Celestia didn’t care for Ishimaru at all and had no friendship with him, as she easily manipulated Hifumi into killing him and showed no remorse for his death. She put her own dreams above his own life, showing that he didn’t have any impact on her as a person in any sort of way.

In the bonus mode, however, they seem to be good friends. They share three events together in Danganronpa V3's bonus mode, Ultimate Talent Development Plan.When Monomi happens to leave something in the classroom, she witnesses Taka and Celestia playing a game. Ishimaru had been hoping he would win today, but still lost in the end. Monomi asked them what they were doing. Ishimaru proceeds to tell her that they were playing a game of shogi. Celestia says that she doesn't know the rules, which shocked Monomi completely. Monomi asked her if it was fun to play a game you don't know much about. Celestia doesn't tell her that its fun to play, but it is fun to win. Monomi is shocked again when she hears this. Celestia tells her that Taka wished to challenge her to a game, so to even the odds, she chose shogi. So she had no intention to lose to him. Monomi becomes concerned and asks them if they are betting money. Ishimaru tells Monomi that he would never gamble. Celestia then confirms this by telling her that she simply told Taka to get her some snacks from the dining hall for her tea. Ishimaru said that if he won he wouldn't ask Celestia for anything.

Ishimaru soon gets upset at the fact that he's lost 10 out of 10 matches. He said that he keeps going because he just wanted to win against a talented person through effort and hard work. However he keeps focus on his studies as well. Ishimaru tells Celestia that he'll beat her eventually. Monomi tells him that she's cheering him on and that he should get some rest. Ishimaru appreciates this and goes to get Celestia her food.

They also met it was their last winter at the academy. Ishimaru decides to challenge Celestia to a game of shogi. After losing so many times, he finally manages to get a draw. Both were shocked and had no words. Celestia tells him the luck comes in waves and that if he continues to challenge her, it's possible he'll have a draw with her at least once. She then compares the draw to a computer glitch appearing only once out of ten thousand times. She says that if he was as lucky as her, then victory wouldn’t be shaken so easily and that today might just be his lucky day. Ishimaru tells her that he has been practicing and working hard to beat her, but she just tells him that winning is just his fantasy.

Ishimaru says that one day, in the future, he would beat her. But Celestia informs him that their time at the academy is slowly coming to an end. She also tells him that if he still wants to challenge her that they can gamble in an underground gambling hall. Ishimaru tells her that he has no knowledge of underground gambling. Celestia tells him that this is exactly why they have to settle their matches by the time they graduate. But Ishimaru refuses and tells her that he’ll build a place where society that rewards valiant effort, as he tells Kamukura in their conversations. He tells her that when he does that, he will have truly won.

The last time they interact is at the summer sports festival when Ishimaru catches Celestia betting with some students. Ishimaru asks her what she is doing with an angry face. Celestia asks him why he's so angry with her. Ishimaru tells her that he is mad at her because she's placing bets on everyone while they're working so hard. Celestia tells him that she is a gambler, so this is her way of honing her talent and performing her best. After a while, it seems that Ishimaru comes to respect Celestia's reasoning.

Fanon
Ishiceles is one of the many ships that sailed as a result of the interactions between characters in the Ultimate Talent Development Plan and their canon interaction. It is also one of the not very popular in the community. A lot of people are against it though, due to the fact that Celestia made Hifumi kill Ishimaru. Both of them have a relationship with Hifumi, Ishimaru and him being enemies, and Celestia and him being friends and partners. Nevertheless, they do seem to be very close in the Ultimate Talent Plan, seeing that they both call each other by their nicknames. This ship is also very popular with people you like to ship victims with their killers.

Nonetheless, because they mostly just interact with each other in the Ultimate Talent Development Plan, only a small part of the community actually ship the two. With Celestia having Celesgami and Celesgiri, and Ishimaru having Ishimondo and Ishikuro.

Fandom
FANFICTION
 * Ishimaru/Celestia tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ishimaru/Celestia tag on FanFiction.net

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