Kirasaya

Kirasaya is the femslash ship between Kirari Momobami and Sayaka Igarashi from the Kakegurui fandom.

Canon
Sayaka is the secretary of the student council and Kirari's personal assistant. Sayaka admires and adores Kirari, and is always by her side. Sayaka has had a crush on Kirari since she first saw Kirari gamble, and Kirari finds Sayaka interesting.

When they first met, Sayaka was unpopular, shy, and nerdy. She watched Kirari gamble against the former Student Council President, and was impressed by her victory, developing an admiration for Kirari and hoping to see her gamble again. Sayaka asked her if she could be her secretary, and Kirari accepted, saying she found Sayaka intriguing. When she was accepted, Kirari changed her hairstyle for her.

Season 1
In Yumemi’s idol performance, and Yumeko and Kaede’s gamble session, Kirari disguised as Ririka reaveled her identity during the match. Sayaka was very shocked; however, you can see her clearly blushing. Sayaka came down to do Kirari’s braids for her.

During the match between Yumeko and Kirari, Sayaka was afraid Kirari was going to lose and be kicked from the school, knowing she wasn’t going to be able to stop her (though she did try several times). She was relieved to see that the match was a tie. Kirari then hugged her, letting her know everything was fine.

Presidential Election
Sayaka was against the election, especially since the Momobami Clan was present. She was afraid that Kirari would lose her place of power, and tried to stop Kirari from continuing with the election, though as usual she was unable to convince her.

In a gambling match Kirari participated in during the presidential election, her opponent was hitting on her, and Sayaka threatened the opponent by pulling out a taser. One time, Kirari had plans to attend to, and Sayaka attempted to join her so she could be safe. Kirari declined and that worried Sayaka.

Tower of Doors
During the live election broadcast, Yumeko asked Kirari to gamble. This angered Sayaka and she wanted to eliminate anyone who was a threat to Kirari, and she urged Kirari to kick Yumeko out. However, Kirari refused. At this, Sayaka offered to gamble with Yumeko, saying that they would bet their lives. Yumeko then says that their lives is not a high enough gamble; she says that Sayaka must lose everything, meaning her relationship with the president. If Sayaka loses, she must act as a complete stranger toward Kirari. This frightens her, but she accepts the bet, and they play the Tower of Doors game.

Before the game begins, Sayaka thinks that even if she loses, she will forever hold admiration and love toward Kirari, even if she is nothing to her. Kirari notices this and suggests that they heighten the stakes even further; the loser must jump from the top floor, meaning certain death. This way, Sayaka will not only die, but she will die having lost everything, and as a stranger to Kirari, severing their connection for good. Sayaka accepts, saying that she could never disagree with Kirari. As the game progresses, she gradually becomes more confident, saying she will finally make Kirari proud by winning.

Unfortunately, Sayaka lost the bet and Kirari and her had to “become strangers". The idea - along with the fact that Yumeko seemed to understand Kirari better than Sayaka did - devastated her, and she opened the door to jump out of the tower. Before she did, she proclaimed that Kirari is her one true love, and that she has never loved anyone as much as she has loved Kirari.

She jumped, resigned to her fate, but was shocked and afraid to see that Kirari had jumped after her. Without knowing, Sayaka had chosen the only door to fall from that had a safety mat underneath. Kirari explains this, saying that Sayaka was logical and rational to her core. Since they are now "complete strangers", Kirari asks Sayaka to become her secretary once more. She says that she does not understand Sayaka, and that they are complete opposites, but that is what Kirari likes about her. Sayaka had a scar from smashing her head into a wall, and Kirari licked the blood from it. From that moment on, both become an official couple.

Toward the end of the game, Sayaka had a lily in her mouth. In this context, it is another reference to the nature of her feelings, as the white lily is often a reference to yuri (the Japanese word for lily), Japanese lesbian symbolism.

Fanon
Kirasaya is one of the most popular ships in the Kakegurui fandom, due to Sayaka’s crush on Kirari, both of them being in a romantic relationship, and being the first canon ship in Kakegurui. While Kirari's ship with Yumeko Jabami is traditionally more popular, Kirasaya also gained a decent amount of supporters mainly because of the ship’s canon status.

Kirasaya is often shipped along side with Yumary, the ship between Mary Saotome and Yumeko Jabami. The most popular rival ship for Kirasaya would be Kirari's ship with Yumeko Jabami, which is also one of the most popular Kakegurui ships.

Kirasaya becoming canon was a big suprise to many Kakegurui fans, due the franchise being very yuri-ish, but at that moment mostly avoiding romance. The reaction to Kirari and Sayaka dating was very positive many people were happy about the representation of LGBTQ+ or because many people already shipped them together before Kirari finally returned Sayaka's feelings.

The popularity of Kirasaya also increased because of popular fan theories about Sayaka's personality.

Quotes
"Kirari: You...I kind of like you. Sayaka: P...President!? Kirari: I want to see you daily. I'll make a secretary position for you. Sayaka: W-Wha...? Wat do you mean...? Kirari: I mean that you're hired. Is there a problem with that? Did you change your mind? Sayaka: N-No ...I'd love to. But...! Kirari: Well, great, then. I'm glad to have you on board... Sayaka."

- Sayaka becomes Kirari's secretary.

"I've never loved a person more than you...President!"

- Sayaka confessing her feelings to Kirari.

"You...I kind of like you. Sayaka Igarashi... As a complete stranger, i invite you. Would you like to be my secretary?"

- Kirari to Sayaka.

"I like her precisely because she's so incomprehensible. Being her number one? that was doomed from the start. But as as i'm next to her, that's all i need. If i could be with her forever what else could i ask for?"

- Sayaka thoughts about Kirari.

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Variations

 * Kirasayamary — refers to the ship between the two and Mary Saotome.