High School Sweethearts

High School Sweethearts is the poly ship between Anzu Kinashi, Joe Tazuna, Kugie Kizuchi, Ranmaru Kageyama, Ryoko Hirose, and Sara Chidouin from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
What Anzu, Joe, Kugie, Ranmaru, Ryoko, and Sara all have in common is that they are all in high school. However, they have never met collectively as a group. In Nankidai's Kimigashine Gakuen AU, all attend Sonobeno High School (except Kugie is unknown, as she has yet to make an appearance in it).

Fanon
High School Sweethearts sailed by grouping all the characters in Your Turn To Die who are in high school together. Sometimes they are shipped in one big poly ship together. A lot of the time they are shipped as a friend group, often with specific couples within that. Since there are six of them, they tend to be split up into three couples, however there are lots of other combinations as well. Common splits are Ryojoe/Ransara/Anzugie and Joesara/Ranzu/Ryokugie.

Ryoko is sometimes seen as an outlier in the group, due to not really being connected to the Death Game, unlike the others. Variations of the ship where it is just the other five, and Ryoko isn't included, exist because of that. In other cases, Kugie is seen as an outlier due to not having met any of the others at any point. The ship's popularity is hindered by the fact that Kugie and Ryoko have little to no screen time, and are far less popular characters than the others. Kugie being isolated and Ryoko not having a lot of canon content despite being friends with Joe and Sara contributes to this. The fact that there are a lot of characters involved in the ship may also affect its popularity. However, because it has a decent number of people, that means there's a lot of potential for exploring the dynamics of the group.

Some AUs have Ryoko join the Death Game as well and have her meet the other teens. Most times, however, the ship takes place in a non-Death Game universe. Some imagine scenarios where Sara and/or Joe meet Ranmaru, Anzu, and Kugie somehow, and introduce them to Ryoko, to form their big friend group. Some put the six into AUs like Nankidai's Kimigashine Gakuen AU, where they all attend the same high school. Others headcanon that they were all friends in middle school but ended up going to different high schools, but still remain good friends.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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Trivia

 * Of the six, only three (Sara, Anzu, and Ranmaru) are actual candidates in the Death Game.

Variations

 * Anzugie refers to the ship just between Anzu and Kugie
 * Joeanzu refers to the ship just between Joe and Anzu
 * Joemaru refers to the ship just between Joe and Ranmaru
 * Joesara refers to the ship just between Joe and Sara
 * Joesaramaru refers to the ship just between Joe, Sara, and Ranmaru
 * Kujoe refers to the ship just between Kugie and Joe
 * Kusara refers to the ship just between Kugie and Sara
 * Kusaranzu refers to the ship just between Kugie, Sara, and Anzu
 * Kuzumaru refers to the ship just between Kugie, Anzu, and Ranmaru
 * Rankugie refers to the ship just between Ranmaru and Kugie
 * Ransara refers to the ship just between Ranmaru and Sara
 * Ransaranzu refers to the ship just between Ranmaru, Sara, and Anzu
 * Ranzu refers to the ship just between Ranmaru and Anzu
 * Ryoanzu refers to the ship just between Ryoko and Anzu
 * Ryoanzugie refers to the ship just between Ryoko, Kugie, and Anzu
 * Ryojoe refers to the ship just between Ryoko and Joe
 * Ryojoemaru refers to the ship just between Ryoko, Joe, and Ranmaru
 * Ryojoesara refers to the ship just between Ryoko, Joe, and Sara
 * Ryokugie refers to the ship just between Ryoko and Kugie
 * Ryokujoe refers to the ship just between Ryoko, Kugie and Joe
 * Ryomaru refers to the ship just between Ryoko and Ranmaru
 * Ryosara refers to the ship just between Ryoko and Sara
 * Ryosaranzu refers to the ship just between Ryoko, Sara, and Anzu
 * Ryosaranzugie refers to the ship just between Ryoko, Sara, Anzu, and Kugie
 * Saranzu refers to the ship just between Sara and Anzu