Sayakaede

Sayakaede is the femslash ship between Sayaka Maizono and Kaede Akamatsu from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
Sayaka and Kaede have never interacted in canon, but they did interact in the Ultimate Talent Development Plan, along with Ibuki Mioda while talking about starting a band. Sayaka agreed to sing while Kaede agreed to play the piano. They appear to be on friendly terms with each other too and are quite lenient on starting a group together.

While playing as Kaede in Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp, she has the option to ask Sayaka about her smile. Kaede tells her that she wishes her smile was as radiant as Sayaka's, but Sayaka tells Kaede that her smile is already beautiful.

Both girls are quite cheery and bright, complimenting each other. Both also shared the desire to end the killing game/escape, with Sayaka plotting the first murder and Kaede setting up a plan to kill the mastermind and save everyone. However both also failed, while Sayaka was murdered by Leon Kuwata instead and Kaede was framed by the mastermind and therefore executed.

Sayaka and Kaede have some similarities, for example, the two were love interests for the protagonist of their respective games. Kaede was Shuichi's implied love interest, while Sayaka was Makoto's love interest. The two also died in the first chapter and were the first girl to be killed. The girls also have some similarties in terms of their appearance, both wear a school uniform with a short skirt, stockings and quite similar looking shoes. Additionally to that, both have hair accessories, similar looking hairstyles and are thin.

Fanon
This ship is mainly due to the fact that both girls are the musical representatives of their respective games, with Sayaka being the Ultimate Pop Sensation, and Kaede being the Ultimate Pianist. However, due to them being from different games and Sayaka dying very early on in the series, it is easily overshadowed by more popular ships for both girls, such as Naezono or Leosaya for Sayaka, and Saimatsu or Irumatsu for Kaede.

Although, some fans prefer these two and Ibuki Mioda, due to her being the musical representative of her game, resulting in a polyship between the three girls.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Variations

 * Kaeibuzono refers to the ship between the two and Ibuki Mioda