Kirumugi

Kirumugi is the femslash ship between Kirumi Tojo and Tsumugi Shirogane from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
Although they have a fair number of interactions together, the two rarely interact in canon.

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
In Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Demo Version), Tsumugi thinks that Kirumi's work as a maid is super cute.

In Chapter 1, before the murder happened, Kirumi and Tsumugi spent time together in the dining hall, along with Korekiyo Shinguji and Miu Iruma.

In Chapter 2, Kirumi told Tsumugi to wait with discussing the Motive Video until everyone gathers in the dining hall. When everyone was using Kirumi to do their chores, Tsumugi was the first one who noticed so and called them out on it. Excluding Tenko Chabashira, who only didn't want Kirumi to spoil the boys, she was the only one to react to it. However, Kirumi assured that she loves serving people. After Ryoma had been eaten by piranha's, a distraught Tsumugi is shown being comforted by Kirumi during the closing argument of second-class trial.

During Chapter 3, Tsumugi at some point stay's she's glad that she was just an average citizen and that if she ever had a will to live as strong as Kirumi's that she would just cower in a corner somewhere, unable to bear the responsibility.

In one of the optional dialogues in her Love Across the Universe events with Shuichi Saihara, if Shuichi suggests baking together, Tsumugi tells him to ask Kirumi to do that instead as her own baking would just be boring.

In one of manga adaptations, Tsumugi made Kirumi and Maki cosplay together.

Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
In one of their events together during Danganronpa S, Kirumi asks Tsumugi how her cosplay is doing, however Tsumugi says her heart sinks ever time she asks her that. Kirumi then in response, asks Tsumugi if she’s okay, insisting she tries the food Kirumi made for her. Tsumugi thanks her, and says she’s lucky to have Kirumi with her. Kirumi calls the costume a complex design, and Tsumugi happily says she’s glad Kirumi thinks that. Kirumi then says her passion is intimate, and asks if she needs dinner. She also tells her to keep up her work, and that she'll make some for her immediately.

Quotes
"If you want to do things like that, you should ask Kirumi. Even if I made it, it'd just be boring."

- Tsumugi suggests Shuichi to ask Kirumi to bake together instead, knowing that her baking isn't "boring," in an optional dialogue in Love Across the Universe.

Fanon
The ship sailed as a result of Tsumugi standing up for Kirumi when everyone kept using the latter to do their chores. Being a ship that resulted from minor interactions, it's not that popular and only a small part of the fandom is even aware of it. Nonetheless, it is still quite popular for a minor ship. However, with the reveal that Tsumugi was the mastermind and didn't really care for anyone, many of its shippers abandoned the ship by the end of the game.

Fan fictions and fan arts would usually focus on the aspect that got many to ship the two in the first place - Tsumugi standing up for Kirumi being used by others to do their chores. Often times, Kirumi would also be portrayed helping Tsumugi with preparing her cosplays. Sometimes, Tsumugi would even ask Kirumi to put on cosplays for her or cosplay together.

Having currently over 70 fan fictions on AO3, it is one of the most popular shipping choices for both characters included. However, it's still not the most popular pairing for either of them, losing to their ships with Kaede Akamatsu or Kirumi's ships with Maki Harukawa and Korekiyo Shinguji. Nonetheless, it's still highly popular for a rarepair based on minimal interactions. It's also fairly popular for a ship between a mastermind of a killing game and a regular participant.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Tojo/Shirogane tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Tojo/Shirogane tag on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * With the reveal that Tsumugi was actually the one who killed Rantaro instead of Kaede, both were the culprits of back-to-back chapters.