Piano Tiles

Piano Tiles is the femslash ship between Chiaki Nanami and Kaede Akamatsu from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
Chiaki and Kaede never interacted in canon. They come from different sagas. Chiaki is from Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Danganronpa 3, while Kaede is from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Chiaki died before anything with V3 meaning she hasn't heard of Kaede. However it is likely Kaede has heard of Chiaki, being a Danganronpa fan herself.

Chiaki and Kaede are similar in that they both acted as the emotional support for the male protagonists of their respective games. They have an undefeated attitude, though Chiaki tends to express it differently.

In the extra game Ultimate Talent Development Plan, Chiaki and Kaede would have met in the real Hope's Peak Academy. Their similarities include similar eye colors, talent-themed clothing, backpacks and their overall uniform is similar as pink seems to be the color used most on each of their designs,They Are Almost The Same Height Without Heels With Chiaki Being A Little Taller Than Kaede. They are also similar for their strong concern towards their classmates that cost their lives. With Kaede dying by being executed for trying to help her classmates finding out the mastermind, and Chiaki playing the despair game that killed her when she thought that she finally cleared it and saved her classmates.

When challenged to hone their talents in Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp, Chiaki and Kaede choose to work together to create an album of video game music on piano, Chaiki Tells Kaede That She Loves Songs In Video Games and Tells her hearing kaede play them would be like hearig them for the first time, to which kaede tells that she is actually planning To Make Songs For Video Games And Hear How They Sound Like, Chiaki Requests That she Helps Kaede And Then Promises Her That They Would Make The Best Song For A Video Game Which Brings Their Friendship Closer To Each Other.

After Making A Promise, Chiaki Talks To Maki Telling Her She Brought Juice And Snacks And Then Asks If They Are Enough, Maki Tells Her That She Brought Plenty And She Would Carry Half Of What Chiaki Brought, Chiaki Then Tells Her It Would Be Easier To Just Stuff Everything into Her Bag to which Maki Denies Saying It Would Be A Pain To Pack And Unpack ,But Still Wonders What Chiaki Has On Her Bag So she Asks Her About It To Which Chiaki Tells her She Brought A Board Game To play With Her,Kaede,miu,and hiyoko, Chiaki Asks Maki If She Is Worried About Kaede To Which Maki Denies, They Then Meet Up With Kaede And She Welcomes them Both, Chiaki Then Smiles At Kaede Then Kaede asks chiaki what is wrong and that if there is something on her face,then chiaki tells her she is just admiring How Kaede's Class Gets Along however Her Class Holds Top Score.

In Another Moment Mahiru Koizumi Says Chiaki And Kaede Are Planning An Activity Schedule Together Implying That They Are Close And Hang Out A Lot

In Identity V Both Are Survivors Sent To Decode Computers And Avoid Getting Caught By A Hunter

Fanon
Piano Tiles seemed to sail as their designs look nice together and that they have similar traits. It seemed to have started as a crackship or a random character ship first, but developed some fans along the way. There isn't much art or fanfiction existing of the pair. However, headcanons and shippers seem to be more abundant. For a generally rare ship, it developed a good amount of traction on Twitter, and now has a fair amount of shippers. Twitter user @saiiboz seems to be the first person to refer to the pair as Piano Tiles. However, the ship was around before its name. Rival ships include Hinanami, Saimatsu, Irumatsu, and Nanamiki. On AO3, the ship currently has 9 works, while it has over 10 as a platonic pairing.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * The name Piano Tiles comes from a mobile game where the player taps or holds squares to earn points, playing notes of the piano along to a song as each level, or song progresses. Art of the two often reference the game.
 * It is confirmed their heights include their heels, so Chiaki is taller than kaede