Ransara

Ransara is the het ship between Sara Chidouin and Ranmaru Kageyama from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
The real Ranmaru died before he could meet Sara, in his First Trial. The circumstances of his death are mostly unknown, as in his Victim Video Sara only gets to see his last moments, but it can be presumed that he had a chance to live and failed, like the majority of his fellow “Dummies”.

In Chapter 2, Part 2, Sara is able to find and watch the victim video of Ranmaru's death. After watching the entire thing, she feels a tinge of envy for him being able to die peacefully without having to witness people dying and killing each other. She declares that for his sake as well, she will escape the Death Game.

In Chapter 3, Sara and Ranmaru’s AI doll were partnered together for the Murderer Sub-Game. All of the participants who were still alive would have a dummy to support them; someone who had already died and never met any of the surviving participants. Sara and Ranmaru so happened to be paired up. Since they are connected together by the “Red String of Fate”, if they get too far apart the dummies’ head will pop off, killing them, so it is important to stay together.

At one point during their investigation, Sara notices a sign by the bathroom doors that looks like two people holding hands. In hopes it would trigger something, she holds Ranmaru's hand, causing him to get flustered. Sara tells him he's too tense and and will waste his battery power trembling, to which he replies, “A-And whose fault is that...”.

Inside the room, they meet a girl who asks Ranmaru if the two of them are just a pair for “the objective’s sake”, or are they partners. Before they leave the room inside, Ranmaru stops Sara and asks to tell her something important. Sara can jokingly ask if he's professing his love for her, which catches him off-guard. He then tells her that he kind of doesn't like being ”just a pair”.

Later on, a new aspect is added to the Sub-game. A game of tag will be played, where the person who is “it” by the end of the time limit loses. In the route where Shin lives, Ranmaru takes the burden of being “it” from Sara, when she began to freak out. In the Shin route, Ranmaru also held Sara's hand and acted slightly embarrassed, denying that it was his choice.

After this, they have to come back to Maple and have to act friendly. When she asks about their relationship, if Sara answers that she can't really talk about the relationship they have, Ranmaru spits all his tea. He tries to excuse himself saying "N-no! It's my, organs, y'know... They shorted out...".

When the AI version of Shin explains how the Dummies Control System works, he also tells the option to see Ranmaru's preferences, but he interrupts him and tells them to keep thinking about the Upgrade Parts. If you try to choose to see his preferences after the explanation, Ranmaru says to Sara "That I can answer for you later, alright?!".

In Chapter 3, Part 1 (Section B), Sara finds a Upgrade Part and gives it to Ranmaru. If Sara asks if he's still able to feel the hand, he answers "I-I can, geez! You don't gotta touch it!". In the classroom on floor 2, they use his new steam feature he got as an upgrade part to read the consent form. Sara begins to talk about how she might be able to end the death game by signing the form, and that it might all end at the cost of her life. Ranmaru tells her not to think such thoughts, and he says he doesn't want her to die. He then asks Sara how she feels about winning the death game (meaning only the two of them survive). Ranmaru will proceed to tell Sara that when he's with her, he wants to live more. In Shin lives route, an image in which Sara and Ranmaru are very close pops onto the screen, and Sara calls Ranmaru a “precious friend”.

During Shin’s route Ranmaru reveals he’s devised a plan to escape with Sara via Maple’s suggestion. He takes it upon himself to kill or lead the others to their deaths creating a situation where the two can win as a pair. When confronted by Keiji in the classroom after faking his voice to lure Sara downstairs Keiji remarks that Ranmaru is jealous of how close he and Sara are.

Keiji says, “You just want to be the one closest to her, the one who protects her… isn’t that right?” Ranmaru replies, “So what? You think you can save Sara…?! I can do it!! I’ll save her from this Death Game.”

Ranmaru goes on to knock out both Keiji and Sara. When Sara comes to Kurumada rushes in and apprehends Ranmaru, telling Sara to hurry before it’s too late. We find that Ranmaru has begun to carry out his plan and whichever Yabusame sibling survives up until this point has been killed after Ranmaru purposely set off the Locker Room trap, hanging them by their collar. When confronted by the others in a fit of rage Ranmaru simply replies, “This is only way left to save Sara.” Showing that this was entirely for Sara and he planned to kill the others one by one as well.

Later in the chapter during Russian Roulette when Sara picks the coffin Ranmaru is in his final words are, “Hah? You’re kidding… Dammit! You’ve gotta be shittin’ me…!!!! Me and Sara were gonna…”. After his death, Sara breaks down denying the situation and apologizing.

Fanon
The ship was sailed because of Ranmaru's implied crush on Sara in both routes. The most notable thing that immediately fueled this ship was the hand-holding scene. It also sailed due to the fact that Sara and Ranmaru were chosen as partners by a “red string of fate”, meaning the two interact a lot more often than Sara does with any of the other Dummies.

The ship is mostly between Sara and the AI version of Ranmaru, since the real Ranmaru is dead and never met her. However there are many AUs in fan works where Ranmaru survives and is shipped with Sara. Most people in the fandom see the ship as Ranmaru simping for Sara or with a one-sided love on his side, or even see the ship as toxic arguing that Ranmaru has an emotional dependency on Sara.

They are often shipped alongside RyoJoe, but there also fans who prefer to ship them and Joe, resulting in Joesaramaru.

Trivia

 * In both routes, Ranmaru died thinking about Sara.
 * Both are high school students, so they are about the same age.
 * Ranmaru has a survival rate of 5.3%, while Sara 15.5%.
 * Ranmaru is below average height, so he and Sara have similar heights in official arts.

Quotes
"I... don't want you to die, Sara..."

- Ranmaru worried about Sara. "It was me who gave him hope."

- Sara crying when Ranmaru left the room. "Do it... Sara...!...I'm sure you can win."

- Ranmaru in the Kanna route encouraging Sara in the banquet. "...Ah.... Seriously? Please...! Somebody!! Save... Gin... and Sara...!!"

- Ranmaru's last words in the Kanna route. "....Hah...? You're kidding... Dammit...!! You gotta be shittin' me...!!!! Me and Sara were gonna..."

- Ranmaru's last words in the Shin route.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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