Danganronpa/Ships/Het

Anime Perfect Memory
 Anime Perfect Memory is the het ship between Ryoko Otonashi and Ryota Mitarai.

Astronaut In The Ocean
 Astronaut In The Ocean is the het ship between Aoi Asahina and Kaito Momota.

Canon
Aoi and Kaito never met. They have in common that both are happy and optimist.

Fanon
Astronaut in the Ocean is a huge rarepair, overshadowed by their respective ships with Sakura and Maki.

Bandage Buddies
 Bandage Buddies is the het ship between Gundham Tanaka and Mikan Tsumiki.

Canon
Gundham and Mikan barely interact. They have in common that they were killers.

Fanon
Bandage Buddies is a rarepair, overshadowed by ships like Sondam, Soudam and Band Aid.

Trivia

 * They were killers in consecutive chapter.

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Black Metal
 Black Metal is the het ship between Gundham Tanaka and Ibuki Mioda.

Canon
Gundham and Ibuki barely interact.

Fanon
Black Metal is a rarepair, overshadowed by ships like Sondam, Soudam and Band Aid.

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Celedham
 Celehdam is the het ship between Celestia Ludenberg and Gundham Tanaka.

Canon
Celeste and Gundham have never met, but they have some things in common, like they were killers and pretend to be fictional characters.

Fanon
Celedham is a rarepair due the fact that they never meet, but some people like to ship them because of their similarities.

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Celeszuru
 Celeszuru is the het ship between Celestia Ludenberg and Izuru Kamukura.

Canon
Celeste and Izuru never met.

Fanon
Celeszuru is a huge rarepair.

Chabataka
 Chabataka is the het ship between Kiyotaka Ishimaru and Tenko Chabashira.

Canon
Due to the fact that they are in different games, there are essentially zero interactions between them. However, they do have one interaction in the Ultimate Talent Development Plan bonus mode. In it, Tenko keeps watch at the school festival's entrance, and encounters Kiyotaka. Tenko confronts him about having ulterior motives, which Kiyotaka denies, citing his membership of the public morals committee. Tenko begins to get flustered, and states that she believes he doesn't have any poor motives, but also refuses to accept him because he is male. Kiyotaka breaks down and cries about how it is impossible for him to change that. When Tenko suggests he work to become a girl instead, Kiyotaka breaks down even further.

Both characters have very strict moral codes imposed on them from someone they look up to. For Kiyotaka, it is his motivation to restore his family's name after his grandfather's scandal, sacrificing hobbies in his pursuit of redemption. Tenko meanwhile has no such tragedy, instead taking her aikido master's joke about hating men too seriously, and building her life around it. Even though Tenko is very much a misandrist at surface level, she is willing to accept men as good people, as shown with how she treats Shuichi Saihara in game. She promotes expressionism, which parallels Kiyotaka's belief in effort.

Fanon
Admittedly, due to several factors, such as Tenko's distrust in men, and the fact that they are in different games, this is not widely shipped. This ship is controversial due to both characters being commonly read as "gay-coded", with two other ships, Ishimondo and Tenmiko, remaining much more popular. People who do ship this believe that Kiyotaka's rule-abiding nature could shift Tenko's misandristic view of men, and possibly allow them to become good friends or more.

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Chibuki
 Chibuki is the het ship between Chihiro Fujisaki and Ibuki Mioda.

Canon
Chihiro and Ibuki have never met. The only thing that they have in common is that both were victims. They are very opposite because Chihiro is very quiet and shy while Ibuki is very lousy and outgoing.

Fanon
Chibuki is a huge rarepair, overshadowed by their respective ships with Mondo and Mikan.

Chihina
 Chihina is the het ship between Chihiro Fujisaki and Aoi Asahina.

Canon
Chihiro is first seen by Makoto when he entered the main hall. When attempting to ask if they're all new students, Chihiro agreed. Aoi Asahina suggested they all introduce themselves, and when Chihiro did so, he admitted he found it embarrassing. Chihiro seemed to recognize Makoto and asked if they had met before, but Makoto denied it. Chihiro apologized because he assumed Makoto was upset with him, but Makoto reassured him that he wasn't. In order to become stronger, Chihiro said he would start working out. Sakura Ogami and Aoi asked him to go to the gym room to work out together. However, Chihiro declined their invitation in fear of having his secret revealed. He also brought the broken laptop that the group found in the library with him. After the deaths of Chihiro and Mondo, Aoi's mental health began to decline, crying alone in her room and falling into a depression. She decided to go to the Cafeteria in search of donuts to soothe herself, but on the way there she heard strange sounds coming from the changing room near the bathhouse. Cautiously investigating the noise, she approached one of the changing room lockers, where she saw a ghostly green image of what appeared to be the recently deceased Chihiro. In fear, she screamed and fled back to her room.

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Nishichino
 Nishichino is the het ship between Kiriko Nishizawa and Sōsuke Ichino.

Canon
At one point during the Student Council's killing game, Kiriko approached Sōsuke with a shovel, shouting she's going to kill him. In a heat moment of self-defense, Sōsuke is forced to kill her with a spear. He then begins to cry after what he's done, saying that he loved her. The circumstance makes it seem that Kiriko wasn't aware of Sōsuke's feelings for her before the game.

It is likely that having just killed his crush triggered Sōsuke to kill Tarō Kurosaki and Tsubasa Kamii seconds after.

Quotes
"Why?! I loved you!"

- Sōsuke after killing Kiriko in self-defense in the subbed version of episode 7 of Despair Arc.

"Why did you make me do that?! I loved you! More than anything!"

- Sōsuke after killing Kiriko in self-defense in the dubbed version of episode 7 of Despair Arc.

Fanon
The ship sailed as a result of Sosuke's canon attraction to Kiriko. It isn't that well known due to appearing on screen only for a couple of seconds, thus making it very forgettable. The fact that Sōsuke ended up killing Kiriko (albeit in self-defense) didn't help to increase the popularity of this ship either. The fact that, much like in Leosaya's case, the girl was also going to kill the boy before she failed also didn't help to endear the fans.

Nonetheless, it's the most popular shipping choice for both characters included. However, that's because both are extremely minor characters within the story, which results in them being rarely shipped. The fact that they die early after their debut on-screen also contributes to them being rarely shipped with each other or anyone at all, just like for every other Student Council member.

As a result of being a ship between two extremely minor characters, it doesn't get many fan fictions or fan arts dedicated to it. When it does, it's usually portrayed as a one-sided attraction with dynamics comparable to that of Leosaya or Sounia. Rarely, Kiriko is shown to return Sosuke's feelings.

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Owahina
 Owahina is the het ship between Mondo Owada and Aoi Asahina.

Canon
Mondo and Aoi don't have too many interactions, due to Mondo's fairly early death, but they do stand next to eachother a lot for the times that they he is alive. The two were both classmates together at Hope's Peak Academy. Mondo has expressed to Makoto how he has trouble getting girlfriends and Aoi has expressed that she has trouble getting boyfriends.

Fanon
Owahina mostly sailed because the two stand next to eachother during the class trials. Besides that, the fact that both of them have relationship troubles makes them an easy pairing.

Trivia

 * The two characters stand next to each other during the class trials.
 * In two different alternate endings, both characters escape together.

Ranmiko
 Ranmiko is the het ship between Rantaro Amami and Himiko Yumeno.

Canon
Although the two never interacted in-game due to Rantaro's early death, they both were part of Kaito Momota's strategy team meeting. During Rantaro's body discovery she was one of the very few students who weren't in complete shock. But in Chapter 6, during the final investigation, Himiko and Shuichi discover a USB drive in Rantaro's Ultimate lab that was hidden away in a safe which included Rantaro's video message for himself before he lost his memories, afterwards watching the video message Himiko wonders why Rantaro would do something so stupid (join another killing game and survive).

They mainly interacted in Danganronpa V3's Anthology Series in Volume 2, Chapter 7, "Magical Training for Adulthood" by Itagaki Hako, as where Himiko falls down and a concerned Rantaro goes and helps her by bandaging some of the scrapes on her leg due to falling. Himiko tells Rantaro that he's really used to treating injuries like these and Rantaro answers back due to him having a lot of younger sisters, also Rantaro answers that Himiko reminds her of his little sisters. In order to repay Himiko plays hide and seek with Rantaro. Eventually Rantaro finds Himiko doing a magic trick in the gym. Worried, Rantaro is afraid for Himiko's safety as she's in a much higher place than usual and Rantaro is afraid she might fall from the place and constantly asks her if she's okay at a higher place. Himiko suddenly starts falling, but luckily Rantaro rescues her in time due to his adventurous skills from his travels.

Fanon
The ship sailed due to Himiko being reminded as Rantaro's younger sisters in the anthology series. The ship isn't very popular due to having other major ship rivals like Amamatsu and Tenmiko, but a few feel like that Himiko and Rantaro would have a little sister and big brother type of bond instead rather than a romantic one due to Rantaro being a big brother to his twelve younger sisters as he always takes care of them also since Himiko tends to be childish in the game. This ship has a very small amount of supporters due to other popular rivals.

Some similarities they share are both losing the people they loved so suddenly before the killing game started, Rantaro was somehow losing all twelve of his sisters all around the world meanwhile Himiko's was losing her master. However, it's unknown if their respective important people truly exist due to this being a fabricated past caused by the mastermind.

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Saigiri
 Saigiri is the het ship between Kyoko Kirigiri and Shuichi Saihara.

Canon
Shuichi and Kyoko have no interactions in canon. They are both Ultimate Detectives and are the implied love interests for the main characters of their games. Their only direct interactions remain in the non-canon mode Talent Development Plan in New Danganronpa V3, where they both go to Hope's Peak Academy at the same time with Kyoko presumably being Shuichi's upperclassman.

Quotes
"I apologize for having such a negative attitude earlier. Thank you for encouraging me."

- Shuichi to Kyoko in the Ultimate Talent Develpoment Plan.

"I thought *I* was young to start working as a detective... You're incredible, Kirigiri-san."

- Shuichi to Kyoko in the Ultimate Talent Development Plan.

Fanon
With both Kyoko and Shuichi never interacting in the main plot, and just having one event in the Ultimate Talent Develpoment Plan, the ship is a rare-pair within the Danganronpa fandom and doesn't have a big fanbase. The two are mostly shipped together because both Shuichi and Kyoko are known as Ultimate Detective in their respective games. Another reason Saigiri is shipped is because Kyoko is very confident in herself, while Shuichi isn't very self-confident, which led to some people headcanoning that Kyoko would help Shuichi with his self-confidence problems, which also is a popular theme in fanfictions about the two.

The Danganronpa fandom jokes about Shuichi being Makoto and Kyoko's child. Although this is non-canon and most likely impossible to be true, some people still believe it's a true theory and are critical against the ship. Despite the ship being such a minor one, there is quite a bit of fanart including Kyoko and Shuichi, mostly Kyoko and Shuichi are seen to solve a case together, or sometimes they are drawn with the other protagonists and implied love interests of the other Danganronpa games.

Both Kyoko and Shuichi have much more popular ships, for Kyoko it's her ships with Celestia and Makoto while Shuichi has more popular ships with Kaede and Kokichi. These ships highly overshadow Saigiri and contributed to the ship becoming nonexistent within the Danganronpa fandom. However, some people see the ship has potential due to their matching talents and fairly different personalities (Shuichi being a meek amateur detective in comparison to the cool-headed, more experienced Kyoko). On AO3, the ship currently has 14+ romantic works and 42+ gen works.

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Trivia

 * Both of them have a body part that they try their best to hide. In the first chapter of V3, Shuichi wears a hat to hide his eyes after a previous case made him hesitant to look people in the eyes, and Kyoko wears gloves to hide her scarred hands.

Serial Dating
 Serial Dating is the het ship between Sonia Nevermind and Korekiyo Shinguji.

Canon
Though the two never meet in the canon of the Danganronpa franchise, there are a few things that correlate between these two. Both Sonia and Korekiyo show avid interest in other people, Sonia for the sake of growing accustomed to other cultures, and Korekiyo for his pursuits in anthropology.

Furthermore, Sonia seems to have an avid interest in serial killers, going so far as to share her knowledge of Genocide Jack and Sparkling Justice during the second chapter of Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, much to the confusion of others. During the third chapter of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, it is revealed that Korekiyo himself is a serial killer who murders others in order to send friends to his departed sister.

During Ultimate Talent Development Plan, the two have an interaction while Korekiyo runs the Haunted House event. In the option labeled, 'I did not expect to find royalty here,' Sonia approaches Korekiyo and expresses that she intends to make two laps around the school's premises. Korekiyo compliments her enthusiasm, asking if attending festivals is rare for someone of her status. Sonia admits that she prefers to attend such events as a student, for she only attends academies for business purposes back in her country. She elaborates further about having to cut 'the largest skong' to begin the annual festivals, to which Korekiyo expresses an interest in this tradition, as well as a desire to visit her country.

Fanon
This ship sailed due to the similarities and correlations existing between Sonia and Korekiyo. Sonia's admiration of serial killers as well as her existence as a foreign person of power are believed by some to be qualities that would draw them towards each other.

Often overshadowed by Korekiyo's canon interest in his sister, as well as Sonia's love triangle, it is believed by some that under the pretext of a universe like Ultimate Talent Development Plan in which the two attend the same school and exist within the same universe, they could have become close.

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 * Sonia N./Shinguji K. tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Sonia N./Shinguji K. tag on FanFiction.Net

Variations

 * Sonia's Dream refers to the ship between the two and Genocide Jack

Tenkouma
 Tenkouma is the het ship between Tenko Chabashira and Kokichi Ouma.

Canon
Unsurprisingly, Tenko strongly dislikes Kokichi, who has many traits she considers typical "degenerate male" behavior, most notably lying. She tends to refer to him as a "little degenerate" in a mocking manner. Kokichi does not seem to interact with Tenko much. This is possibly intentional from his part, since Tenko is very quick to violence and has threatened him multiple times. This is likely something Kokichi wishes to avoid. Furthermore, Tenko isn't very smart, which is a trait Kokichi isn't very interested in if he doesn't find it useful.

Tenko especially dislikes Kokichi due to his habit of bullying Himiko. Before the trial in Chapter 2, she seems to assume that Kokichi might like Himiko, since she believes in the old belief that boys tease the girls they like. Kokichi answers with a slightly surprised and innocent "huh!? how'd you know?!", and then appears relaxed as he tells her they should focus on the class trial and talk about it later. Like in most situations, it's unclear to the others how serious he was, but he was likely attempting to mess with Tenko and Himiko's feelings. During the bonus mode Love Across the Universe, Kokichi tries to prank Shuichi a few times—when Shuichi brings up something suggestive in a few situations, Kokichi claims that he should ask Tenko since she is actually just being a tsundere and would be a good stripper, which would obviously end very badly for Shuichi.

Fanon
This ship is not known among most people, therefore being a rare pair. There are far more popular shipping choices such as Tenmiko for Tenko, and Saiouma for Kokichi. most fans despise this ship due to Tenko hating men in canon. Because of Tenko's strong hate of men and her canonical attraction to Himiko Yumeno most of the fanbase sees her as a Lesbian and are critical against hetrosexual Tenko ships. Tenkouma is often supported by those who see Tenko as bisexual and could see her and Kokichi coming to be a good couple.

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