Ryojoesara

Ryojoesara is the poly ship between Ryoko Hirose, Joe Tazuna, and Sara Chidouin from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
Sara and Ryoko were friends, and sometime after Sara became friends with Joe, she introduced the two of them to each other. Soon after, their trio friendship formed.

On the night of the kidnapping, Ryoko and Joe went on a date. Afterwards, Joe came back to school, supposedly to brag about it, but actually to accompany Sara home so she'd feel safer. Joe spends the whole time talking about his date with Ryoko. Sara and Joe soon get kidnapped and put into the Death Game.

Sara later finds Joe sitting at the bar looking at a photo he found in his inside pocket, of him, Sara and Ryoko having fun at a cafe together. Both admit they miss Ryoko. Joe tells Sara that on their date, the two of them ended up talking about Sara. Joe told Ryoko about the time Sara tried to sit on a traffic cone and fell on her butt, and it "got the conversation lively", to Sara's embarrassment. Joe then asked why Ryoko decided to go out with him. Ryoko was confused by this, so he explained that she didn't know him much, but Ryoko said that she figured no friend of Sara could be a bad person. Joe says he was thinking the same thing. Joe and Ryoko made an agreement that if anyone makes Sara cry, they'll make them cry.

Soon it becomes time for the Main Game. If Sara decides not to leave, she hopes that this is all a dream, and that after waking up she could meet with Joe and Ryoko at school like usual and have an aimless chat. After Joe expires, Sara begs Joe to respond, saying he needs to go home to Ryoko and his family. She says they'll go to school together with Ryoko.

When the group investigates Kai's laptop, Sara discovers Ryoko is mentioned in the "Order 59" file. The file states for Kai to keep an eye on Sara, as well as Joe and Ryoko. It also includes reports and photos of Joe and Ryoko, making Sara think that Ryoko was intended to get involved in the Death Game as well.

Nankidai twitter sketches
Throughout the month of August 2020, Nankidai posted a special Summer Festival story series on his Twitter.

Sara told Joe and Ryoko to go off together, while Sara went on her own. Sara pretended to be having so much fun by herself, but in actuality, she wanted to go with the other two. Joe and Ryoko later find Sara, Joe glad that Sara came to the festival after all. Joe won three penguin keychains at the shooting game, one for each of them. Ryoko suggests to Sara that they go together now. After the ordeal with Midori is resolved, the whole group gets together to take a photo with the fireworks. Ryoko offers to take the photo. Sara says that since Ryoko's wearing a yukata, she should join in on the photo, but she says it's fine, and pushes Joe to get into position too.

Quotes
"Ryoko and me made an agreement. ”If anyone makes Sara cry, we’ll make them cry!” So, like... Stop lookin’ like you’re on the verge of tears."

- Joe talking to Sara

Fanon
Ryoejoesara is often shipped due to Sara, Joe, and Ryoko's close friendship already existing. It is also often a result of shippers liking both Joesara and Ryojoe. In some cases, shippers feel like Joe should still remain faithful to Ryoko, as the two are canonically dating, so the polyship is formed in order to ship Sara with Joe as well. Ryojoesara isn't as popular of a ship though, due to Ryoko being a very minor character. Some interpret Sara to be jealous of both Joe and Ryoko in terms of their relationship, just wanting to date either or both of them. Ryojoesara is frequently enjoyed platonically, likely more than the romantic version.

Some theorize that on the night of the kidnapping, Ryoko got the feeling that something was happening with her best friends, and she wanted to find out, but it was too dark and late to do so. Ryoko would also go on to investigate once she knew her friends were missing and try to help in the effort to find them. Some imagine scenarios, where Ryoko would stay with Joe when he went to pick up Sara or otherwise get involved in the Death Game alongside them.

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Trivia

 * Ryoko and Joe always tease Sara for being terrible at swimming, but they never bring up her awful art skills.
 * Joe admits that he likes just living in the moment, because Sara, Ryoko, and his other friends are there, just fun to talk to.
 * When Joe got his new funky haircut, while others teased him, it was "a big hit" with Sara and Ryoko.
 * In YTTS's "Normality regained" ending, both Sara and Joe say they're going to contact Ryoko once they get home.

Variations

 * High School Sweethearts refers to the ship between Ryoko, Joe, Sara, Anzu Kinashi, Kugie Kizuchi, and Ranmaru Kageyama
 * Joesara refers to the ship just between Joe and Sara
 * Ryojoe refers to the ship just between Ryoko and Joe
 * Ryosara refers to the ship just between Ryoko and Sara