Monisa

Monisa is a het ship between Monaca and Nagisa Shingetsu from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
Nagisa's character profile lists Monaca as one of the things he likes the most. In his memoir, Nagisa mentions Monaca is much more important than his own life. They're also holding hands on of Jataro's art works, meaning he ships the two.

Nagisa was impressed by how Monaca didn't give in to despair after Junko Enoshima's death. He developed a crush on her. This was shown when he was embarrassed to answer Monaca's question whether he likes her, when Kotoko asked him if he's jealous of her friendship with Monaca, and when he told Komaru Naegi and Toko Fukawa that he will not let them hurt "their princess" Monaca.

Monaca eventually reveals her true nature to Nagisa in Chapter 4. She reveals she was never interested in a paradise for children and had no expectations for Nagisa. She then steals Nagisa's first kiss after he slaps her when she was getting close to him. Later, she kisses him once more and tells him she loves how worthless he is. Nagisa is seen broken afterwards, even during his boss battle with Komaru.

In Future Arc, Nagisa tells Komaru not to hurt Monaca because she still used to be their friend.

Quotes
"And... I suppose I am a babysitter of sorts for the Warriors of Hope... Monaca excluded."

- Nagisa introducing himself as a sort of babysitter for the Warriors of Hope excluding Monaca.

"I need to save Monaca. It's her I need to think about. She is much more precious to me than my own life."

- Nagisa about Monaca in his memoir.

"If Monaka is still trying to do something, I want you to stop her. But don't be too hard on her. She was a friend..."

- Nagisa to Komaru in the subbed version of episode 7 of Future Arc.

Fanon
The ship started off rather well. With quite a few hints that Nagisa is attracted to Monaca, it gained a lot of shippers. However, with Monaca acting suspicious and coming off as the obvious main antagonist, some fans were wary and worried about the ship's future.

Eventually, once Monaca started abusing Nagisa on-screen in Chapter 4, using his attraction to her to her advantage and to mess emotionally with him, majority of the ship's shippers abandoned it. It is rare to find fans who'd still ship the two after that moment.

In some fan fictions, fans portray the ship and Monaca herself sympathetically, as a sort of "What if?" scenario if Monaca had never emotionally abused Nagisa. Others stay loyal to the canon portrayal and shows the ship as a tragic one-sided attraction.

Fandom
FAN FICTION