Kaegami

Kaegami is the het ship between Byakuya Togami and Kaede Akamatsu from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
Byakuya and Kaede have never met in canon. Both are from different games in the Danganronpa series. Byakuya is from the first game in the series, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. Kaede is from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. These characters have currently never met in the main storyline due to being in different games. However, they do interact with each other in the Ultimate Talent Development Plan bonus mode from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and in the game Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

The first scene where the two are shown interacting is from the Ultimate Talent Development Plan. In this scene, Kaede and Miu attempt to sit at a table with Byakuya. However, Byakuya tells the two girls to leave. Kaede does not seem to want to leave, her reaction being that she wanted to stay at the table with Byakuya. Miu and Byakuya end up in an argument that Kaede attempts and fails to diffuse. Kaede appears surprised when Byakuya tells her to leave alongside Miu, and apologizes to Byakuya for Miu's strange behavior. By the end of the scene, Kaede and Byakuya are both, in Miu's words, ignoring her.

In the few interactions they have, they appear to be on good terms with each other. When interacting with both Kaede and Miu, Byakuya specifically directs his insults at Miu, and speaks to Kaede more politely. The two also share a few similarities. Kaede and Byakuya both play instruments and appear to share an interest in music. Kaede is the Ultimate Pianist, while Byakuya can be seen to have a violin in his dorm room in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. They are both blonde.

Quotes

 * Byakuya – “ I just heard back. The restaurant will send a spare hand to deliver some excess fruit stock.”
 * Kaede – “ Oh no. I would have gone to pick it up myself! Now I feel kinda bad...”
 * Kaede – “I should go apologize later. Thanks for such a quick response, Byakuya.”
 * Byakuya – “ You'd best enjoy this moment while you can then, because I'm never doing your grunt work again.”
 * — Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
 * Byakuya – “ You two... Who said you were allowed to share a table with me?”
 * Kaede – “Huh? I can't sit here?”
 * Miu – “I can sit wherever the fuck I want! If you got a problem with it, you can fuckin' move!”
 * Byakuya – “Don't sully the air with your vulgar words.”
 * Miu – “Awwww, is my hot body making your glasses fog up!?”
 * Byakuya – “Did you not hear me? You're unspeakably vulgar.”
 * Miu – “Well I guess it takes one to know one, fuckface.”
 * Byakuya – “ ...What did you call me?”
 * Miu – “You think comin' out of a rich dude's ballsack makes you better than me, an actual genius!?”
 * Kaede – “H-Hey, you guys! Don't fight here!”
 * Byakuya – “ Impossible. Someone like her would never be able to fight me on equal terms.”
 * Miu – “Yeah! Don't compare me to this four-eyed fucktard, Kaediot! I'm leagues above him!”
 * Kaede – “Miu...do you want me on your side or not?”
 * Byakuya – “Hurry up and disappear. The two of you are wasting my valuable time.”
 * Kaede – “What, even me!? That was totally unexpected!”
 * Miu – “Fuck you, Byakuya! You think I'll just let you off the hook for wasting my valuable time!?”
 * Byakuya – “ Are you trying to extort me or something? You utterly disgusting woman.”
 * Miu – “Ergh! Disgusting woman!?”
 * Kaede – “ Ah, geez...Miu's gone all weird again.”
 * Miu – “ I-It's not like I secretly enjoy it when someone talks shit to me!”
 * Kaede – “ I'm sorry, Byakuya...”
 * Byakuya – “ ...I hate that I've gotten used to reactions like that.”
 * Miu – “ A-And now you're both ignoring me! This ain't half bad...!”
 * — Ultimate Talent Development Plan

Fanon
There are a few reasons that Kaede and Byakuya are shipped. A main one is that fans of this ship believe that Kaede could find and bring out Byakuya's soft side. This is largely due to Kaede's positive attitude and determination. Kaede's personality is largely the opposite of Byakuya's, which follows the common trope of "opposites attract." Kaede is also shown to be rather tolerant, and many fans believe that this tolerance would be extended to Byakuya's cold personality and behavior.

Fans of the ship also point to both being musically inclined. One common theme is that Kaede and Byakuya both enjoy classical music. A popular idea is that they would perform a duet together. Another being that Kaede would play the piano at Byakuya's request. This is often depicted as her comforting Byakuya, or playing to help him fall asleep.

The existence of this ship is known to a small part of the fandom, so it remains a rare pair. It appeared because of the Ultimate Talent Development Plan and Danganronpa S, despite the fact that Kaede and Byakuya's interactions in these two games are minimal. Along with their lack of interaction, many people do not know about this ship due to popular ships such as Naegami, Saimatsu and others. Therefore, this ship has little popularity and is largely only found in niche groups of the fandom.

Fandom

 * WIKIS
 * on
 * Kaede's "Summer Festival" event with Byakuya on


 * FAN FICTION
 * Akamatsu Kaede/Togami Byakuya tag on AO3