Chiaki x Video games

Chiaki x Video Games is the cargo ship between Chiaki Nanami and video games from the Danganronpa fandom.

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Chiaki loves video games, even "crappy ones" according to her report card. She claims to be a fan of all genres, including those she is "not good at". However, she was apparently so skilled that she was recognized for her talent and was accepted into Hope's Peak Academy as the Ultimate Gamer. While Chiaki only considers video games to be her hobby, it is clear that she is obsessed with them. She has even admitted to sleeping while standing and forgetting to breath as a result of her vigorous gaming sessions.

In Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Chiaki can often be found playing arcade games in the hotel lobby. She concentrates hard while playing, and doesn't usually pay much attention to anything else. In Hajime's Free Time Events with Chiaki, she also often mentions video games often. One time she said that she wants to play a game with Hajime, that is only playable in the sun. Another time, Hajime asks Chiaki if she can also play video games in her dreams, because she was talking about a video game, while sleeping.

In Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy, Hajime first meets Chiaki, at a water fountain near the school, when she bumped into him while playing a game. After that, the two were regularly meeting each other to play video games together. Generally, in the anime Chiaki is often seen playing video games, either alone or with her friends. Even in promo art, Chiaki is sometimes seen playing video games or to hold her game console in her hand. In Dengekis PlayStation Awards 2012 Memorial Visual Book, Chiaki also is seen, alongside Monokuma.

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As is the case with most cargo ships, this ship is mainly a joke. Even among other cargo ships in the Danganronpa fandom, this one isn't that well-known. Chiaki x Video games gets overshadowed by several other Chiaki ships, such as, Hinanami, Soniaki, Komanami and Nanamiki. However, the ship still gained some attention, due to Chiaki's obsession with video games, which lead to the ship becoming sort of a meme and some people would make jokes about Chiaki 'leaving' Hajime for video games. In several pieces of fan art, Chiaki is often depicted playing video games.

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