Catblings

Catblings is the friendship between Sara Chidouin and Gin Ibushi from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Chapter 1, Part 1
Gin and Sara meet at the Central Hall on the first floor with the other survivors of the First Trial. Gin is snarky and distrusting of everybody but automatically takes a liking to Sara calling her "Big Sis Sara" (サラ姉ちゃん, Sara nee-chan).

Gin introduces himself and explains how he was kidnapped. Sara empathizes with Gin, noting that he's trying to act strong, but is probably scared. Sara is the only one Gin slightly opens up to during the introduction phase. Gin says he will trust Sara after talking with him. Sara is still on guard about Gin due to the situation the characters are in.

Chapter 1, Part 2
Sara expresses empathy towards Gin when he wants to mourn the death of Mishima.

While looking for Nao, Gin gets trapped in an iron cage. Sara/the player saves him by playing the Birdcage Game. Once Gin is out of the cage, he cries into Sara's chest and she comforts him while he cries. Gin goes with Sara and Keiji to explore until they meet Gonbee. After that, Gin asks Sara if he can explore with her instead of resting with Shin and Kanna. The player can choose whether Gin explores with Sara or Reko and Joe.

After finding Nao, Gin sorts through the garbage in the Black Room. Nao apologizes for troubling Sara, and Reko says Gin is probably doing the same thing by sorting through the garbage. At some point before the Main Game, he tells Reko that he found something amazing in the garbage, but refused to tell her or show her what it was.

In the Main Game, Q-taro accuses Gin, Kanna, and Nao of being the weakest links for the time they've spent together. Sara tries to help all of them make a case as to why they are useful to the group. Gin does not want to speak up about his finding, despite Reko telling him to speak up for himself. It takes Sara's persuasion during Equilibrium for him to finally reveal the information he is hiding. He found a piece of paper that said Sara is a murderer and was hiding it to protect Sara from becoming suspicious to the others (and also worrying the others about Sara's nature). He rejects the information stated on the paper saying that he knows Sara would never murder someone.

When Shin tried to accuse Sara of siding with the kidnappers, Gin sticks up for her and says she saved him from the cage. He still remains cautious of Sara like the rest of the group.

Gin is worried for Sara when she is picked as one of the five to proceed to the final vote.

After Kai and Joe's death, Gin is comforting Sara along with Reko and Nao.

Chapter 2, Part 1
On the third floor, Gin is available as Sara's partner for the Memory Dance, Charge Card Battle, and Runaway Minecart. Whenever Sara takes some damage, he will give her encouraging cheers and restore one of her hearts. He will say that he is the only one who can protect Big Sis Sara when restoring health.

On Day 1 Morning, Gin offers to give Sara some tokens. He doesn't want to get any himself, since he sees it as a form of gambling, but he's more than willing to give some to Sara if it would make her happy. When Sara decides to discuss with Gin, he happily exclaims that Sara "took the bait". If Sara takes the 10 tokens, he gets excited and then quickly runs away. If Sara refuses them, Gin gets disappointed, but Sara explains it's because it's a loss for Gin, and asks if he has some other condition. Gin mumbles that he wants Sara to cradle him, but corrects himself by saying he wants her to pet him.

On Day 1 Noon, Gin finds Joe's dog keychain and quietly Keiji asks if it's okay to give it to Sara. If Sara pretends not to see anything, Gin tells her it's nothing, and Sara says she trusts him. If Sara asks to see it, Gin implies he picked it up after Joe died since he didn't want the kidnappers to take it. Despite her mental state worsening, Sara thanks Gin and takes the keychain from him. Gin is relieved to hear that Sara is glad about it.

On Day 1 Night, Sara can negotiate with Gin again. This time, Gin just wants to play, saying he's offering 30 tokens for her time. Sara can choose between playing tag, swordfighting, or doing meditation. Afterwards, Gin says it's fun being with her, which is why he wants her to accept his tokens. If Sara takes them, she says next time she'll play for free. If she refuses them, she says she doesn't want their fun times playing together to be mixed up with stuff like money. They agree to forget about the token deal.

On Day 2 Night, during negotiations, Gin asks that Sara helps him clean Mew-chan in exchange for 20 tokens. Gin explains that his cushion has gotten all dirty from doing the attractions, and Sara wants to help, but she's not sure hoe they would get the materials to wash them. Afterwards, if Sara refuses Gin's tokens, he presses Mew-chan to her cheek, as a sign of Mew-chan's thanks.

On Day 3 Noon, Sara sees hallucinations of Kai, Joe, and Mishima. If she negotiates with the hallucinations, she will fall asleep at the lobby table and be woken up by Gin who tells her she was having a nightmare. He gets her water and they talk about what happened. She tries to put on a fake smile, but he tells her she doesn't have to pretend to be okay around him. He puts his paw on her hand and tells her that she won't have scary dreams as long as they are together. Sara worries if Gin has enough Clear Chips, but he tells her to stop worrying about others. The two rest in the comfort of the other's presence.

If Sara collects 50 of Gin's tokens, she can buy his personal info at the Prize Exchange, where she can then talk with Gin's AI in the Monitor Room. Gin is excited to talk with Sara, and Sara finds it nice that he's so cheerful. When Sara asks for Gin to tell him about his history, he's a little confused, so she says just an introduction would maker her happy. When the two exchange their fears of dying, Gin comforts Sara by saying that he'll definitely protect her, and she can visit him anytime.

The Final Attraction
Because Gin did not accept any Me-Tokens from anybody, he was hoisted on a giant target with Q-taro who collected the most Me-Tokens. Sara, Reko, and Nao have to save him from getting injected with deadly venom. Gin gets injected with one or two shots of venom depending on the player's actions. Sara wants to go with Gin to the Medical Office, but was told to find the real Reko.

Chapter 2, Part 2
Gin goes to the first floor on his own during the three hours before the Second Main Game. Sara and Keiji follow him to the first through a secret passageway in order to find him, but are unable to. After returning to the third floor, Keiji asks if she's concerned about Gin, but Sara expresses her trust in Gin that he can take care of himself, and so they should focus on Laizer's chip instead.

When Sara starts to have hallucinations of Joe, Gin is there to calm her down. He becomes her travel partner and helps her discover Safalin's lab with his heightened sense of smell. He remains with her until Shin finds a way to exit the building (which turned out to be false hope).

Second Main Game
Gin is coerced by Sara to vote for Kanna, despite wanting to vote for Shin. She does this to take the burden off of him from killing Kanna or Shin.

Depending on what the player chose, Gin is either encouraged by Sara to defeat the Death Game, concerned for Sara after being attacked by the Joe AI, or sad that Sara betrayed everybody and executed in the Massacre Ending.

Chapter 3, Part 1-A
Sara and Gin do not spend too much time with each other due to their Dummies (Ranmaru and Hayasaka respectively) becoming their new search partners. Gin is more courageous and outspoken this chapter with a desire to be a leader like Sara.

Sara is worried when Gin and Hayasaka hang on the ceiling by their collars. They are promptly released. Gin is knocked unconscious from this death trap and Sara shows concern saying he could've died if he hung any longer.

If Hayasaka dies during the Obstructor fight, Gin feels defeated because he felt a strong sense to protect him. Sara wishes she could hug him, but can't because that would count as tagging him.

Chapter 3, Part 1-B
Gin doesn't want Sara to sign the consent form to free Keiji due to the dubious nature of it. He also shows concern when only Sara and Ranmaru are the only ones allowed in the Bathrooms (Maple's Room).

When Gin is inspecting the Police Box, Sara tells him to be careful. During this time Sara and Gin try to recover his memory. He is open about telling her about his autism, his family life, how he often gets sick and his sessions with the male teacher which turned out to be Sou Hiyori deceiving him. She tells Gin he isn't weird.

Quotes
"[I couldn't be sure because of his mask, but I heard a quiet sound like sniffling. All of this was scary for Gin, a grade-schooler. He'd endured it all. People's deaths. Repulsive malice. He's not spoiled at all. Even now, he won't show his face so that I don't pickup on his tears. I chose not to notice. ...Because I wanted to protect Gin's obstinance.]"

- Sara's thoughts when hugging Gin on Day 1 Morning.

Fanon
Catblings is a popular friendship because of how much time the two spend together in game and how they both support each other through the hardships and trials they face. While Ginsara occasionally exists as a romantic ship, it is most often viewed as a friendship. Some argue for it in a romantic sense since Gin and Sara are both underage, but there is still a big gap in age, and especially for being minors. So, most people view the relationship as platonic or as siblings, where either Sara or Gin is overprotective of the other. Most of the time it's Sara. Other pieces show the pair just playing, sometimes with other YTTD characters. Other people view the relationship as either mutual or one sided on Gin's side.

Fandom
FAN FICTION