Kurusaka

Kurusaka is the slash ship between Shunsuke Hayasaka and Naomichi Kurumada from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
The real Hayasaka and Kurumada both died in their First Trials before they could meet each other. However, they were resurrected as doll versions of themselves, for use in the Murderer Sub-game, as part of the Dummies. Each of the Dummies are paired with a human. It is said that the dummies cannot go too far away from the human they are paired with, and soon after, during an investigation of the floor, Hayasaka reveals that the Dummies can go up to one room apart from the paired human. Kurumada, curious of where he heard that, asks Hayasaka about it and the gang discuss the possibility of each Dummy being given special knowledge.

Once the group reaches the office space on the fifth floor, Hayasaka reacts to it being similar to his own office, and Kurumada comments on his reaction. Seeing that Sara's personal information is displayed on a computer screen, Hayasaka is pressured into explaining that he was forced to gather the information on all the participants of the Death Game. Kurumada gets enraged at Hayasaka and threatens to hurt him if he doesn't tell them what he used the data for. Hayasaka cowers trying to defend himself, and the altercation is interrupted when Gin regains conciousness.

After Maple inflicts injuries on Kurumada, the group finds a charger to restore his health. Kurumada doesn't want to use it however, as it can only fully charge one person, and instead offers to extend the life of the other Dummies. If Anzu is dead, Hayasaka says that he doesn't need and that he wants Kurumada to have it, since he'll die otherwise, and that they're allies. The other Dummies agree and help attach Kurumada to the charger. During preparation for the Banquet, in the Kanna lives route, some of the crew, Hayasaka included, sings a song to help comfort Kurumada in his last moments.

Fanon
For Kurusaka, the ship sailed due to the unique dynamic rather than the interactions between characters, something common with the YTTD fandom. The ship is much more common in the English-speaking fandom, and is considered a rarepair. The extent of their interactions are very limited, but the characters have a very unique dynamic. Hayasaka is shown to be very anxious, submissive and phisically weak, while Naomichi is brash, assertive, and physically strong. Hayasaka is more logical, and Kurumada is more emotional. Yet, both have high Death Game survival rates, at 8.2% and 9.9% respectively, likely due to Hayasaka knowing the best thing to do for himself, while Kurumada is able to just assert dominance with his personality and strength. After Kurumada gets hurt, the two seem to do a bit of a switch, with Hayasaka displaying more emotional thinking while Kurumada acts more logical and listens to the others. Their contrasting personalities make the ship attractive.

The Two Trucks Fancam
The Rise of Kurusaka started in the Summer of 2020 with the release of the Two Trucks Fancam. This fancam raked in a large number of views by posting it in the replies of controversial tweets, leading it to gain infamy within the fandom. Because everyone knew about the fancam, a lot of people started consuming Kurusaka content. The fancam was so popular people even called the ship "Two Trucks" for a while. Sometime during September 2020-April 2021, the original poster of the fancam went private. Due to how fancams work, all posts using it stopped showing the fancam. On April 14, a twitter user, who we will call Andy for privacy reasons, noticed that the fancam was missing and asked their followers if anyone had it. No one had it, and people didn't even remember who made it. Andy continued searching for it and digging up information about it, and other users decided to help them on the search.

On July 6, with the help of someone who was following the creator, the fandom had retrieved the fancam. The quality was low due to the fact that it was a screen recording of the fancam and not the original video file, but it sufficed. Later that day, the original creator of the fancam came back online and noticed the commotion. Realizing that the fandom has been searching for the fancam for months, they decided to unprivate their account so the masses could once again have access to it. This time, the fandom learned their lesson and downloaded the fancam for archival purposes.

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Variations

 * Dummies refers to the ship between Kurumada, Hayasaka, Anzu Kinashi, Hinako Mishuku, Mai Tsurugi, and Ranmaru Kageyama
 * Kurumaisaka refers to the ship between Kurumada, Hayasaka, and Mai Tsurugi
 * Kurusakamaru refers to the ship between Kurumada, Hayasaka, and Ranmaru Kageyama