Saimeno

Saimeno is the het ship between Himiko Yumeno and Shuichi Saihara from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
Shuichi and Himiko are the two of three final survivors in the killing game, Maki Harukawa is the third survivor. The killing game being Danganronpa V3. They seem to be friends, as they're supporting and are nice to each other. Although they were never shown to interact in the romantic way. So their relationship is canonically platonic.

Despite being fellow survivors of the Killing School Semester, the two rarely interact in the main story. This is because Shuichi mostly hangs out with Kaede, Kaito and Maki, whereas Himiko mostly hangs out with Angie and Tenko. In Chapter 4, Himiko, along with everyone else, mistakes Shuichi for a masochist due to him taking orders from Kaito, and a loner while he was investigating the maps. However, much like everyone else, she knows she can rely on Shuichi at the Class Trials, which she expresses before the trial of the same chapter. In the last chapter, the two work together, along with K1-B0, Maki, and initially Tsumugi, to end the killing game. In the epilogue, Shuichi helps Himiko get out of debris left after the academy's destruction.

In their Free Time Events, the two mostly talk about magic, with Himiko constantly telling Shuichi that her magic is real. Shuichi comforts Himiko about the disappearance of her mentor, telling her that after his failure he went to train his magic tricks in order to be able to perform with her again. In the Love Suite, Himiko's fantasy is of Shuichi being her familiar (a wolf) in human form. Himiko "punishes" Shuichi by making him stroke her hair, which she refers to as "petting." Eventually, Shuichi begins stroking her back, causing her to curl up against him. The scene ends with Himiko saying that she'll "become his" if Shuichi is ready.

Fanon
sailed as a result of some fans wanting to pair the surviving characters together, especially since there were so few of them this time. Both going through the loss of someone important to them has also helped. However, with Saimaki sharing the same traits and having more friendly interactions together, this one is less popular than the former. Sometimes the three of them are shipped together as the Surviving Trio.

However, this ship still loses in popularity to both characters' main ships, such as Saimatsu or Tenmiko. The primary reason for this aside from the limited number of interactions between the two appears to be Himiko's "lolita" design, which makes some fans uncomfortable to ship the two together despite Himiko and Shuichi being the same age.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Saihara/Yumeno tag on FanFiction.net
 * Saihara/Yumeno tag on FanFiction.net
 * Saihara/Yumeno tag on FanFiction.net

ART

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Trivia

 * Both were playable characters at some point during Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, with Shuichi being the main protagonist and Himiko being playable during one segment in the final Class Trial.
 * Both lost two important people to them during the killing game, with Shuichi losing his implied love interest, Kaede, and his best friend, Kaito; and Himiko losing her two best friends, Angie and Tenko.

Variations

 * Surviving Trio refers to the ship between Maki Harukawa, Himiko and Shuichi