Qmai

Maitaro is the het ship between Mai Tsurugi and Q-taro Burgerberg from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
The real Mai died before she and Q-taro could meet.

On the fourth floor, for the Murderer Sub-Game, Mai is paired with Q-taro as his support. She excitedly squeals that Q-taro is her master, and that she hopes they can get along, but Q-taro is a little off-put by her mood.

As partners tied by the "red string of fate", they can't be more than a room's length apart or the Dummy partner's head with fly off. Later on, Mai and Q-taro are seen searching the locker room and cemetery. Q-taro admits that being with Mai gets him a little down, since he wishes that they met in normal circumstances.

Eventually, Sara finds four colored books and places them back into the shelves in the library. This opens up a passageway to a stadium-like area where Midori waits. All of the pairs arrive and confront Midori, when it is realized that Mai and Q-taro aren't with them. Everyone rushes to the security room and witnesses Mai stabbing Q-taro in the cemetery while his back is turned. Mai cheerfully celebrates, revealing to Q-taro that the Dummies' task is to kill their partner before Midori dies in order to survive. Q-taro, still having enough strength, knocks her out, but doesn't kill her because he feels bad for her situation as support.

Initially, Mai frequently flirts with Q-taro to let his guard down and seem harmless, but after her plan fails, she becomes much more down-to-earth and wants to form a meaningful bond with Q-taro. After Q-taro states that they're all allies and that he doesn't hate her for stabbing him, Mai is confused because she did something so horrible, and feels very guilty about it.

After Sara and co. find some a first aid kid, they tend to Q-taro's wound so the the pair can attempt the fingerprint scan in the security office. Mai offers to lend Q-taro her shoulder, promising she won't try to do anything bad again. In the security office, they find out they need to get an ID card from Maple in order to unlock more layers of security. However, the confrontation ends terribly, with the cast ending up forced to run away from Maple's deadly attacks in the Discussion Room. Q-taro staggers from his wound, and Mai calls for everyone to wait since he's injured. Q-taro, however, tells everyone to go ahead of them, and Q-taro and Mai remain on the fourth floor.

They hide inside the coffins in the cemetary until the group above on the fifth floor uses the ID card to open the coffins so that Keiji can escape cremation. Mai and Q-taro greet Keiji as he gets out of the coffin he was trapped in, and give him the details on what happened.

Fanon
Maitaro is popular for Q-taro and Mai being assigned partners. The ship was somewhat viewed as questionable, or even toxic, as Mai was feigning friendship with Q-taro for all of Chapter 3-1A and literally stabbed him in the back. However, Mai's redemption and desire to truly make a meaningful relationship with Q-taro and the others throughout 3-1B resolved this issue. Even still, there are some who think that doesn't excuse her crime from before. Mai and Q-taro were significant in that it is agreed both had outstanding character development and their interactions were able to be focused on while playing as Keiji.

Mai and Qtaro are also aesthetically pleasing together, as both incorporate the colour red into their designs and are themed around food. Q-taro is a hamburger and Mai's hat looks like bread. Their height difference is also attractive.

Some people headcanon Q-taro as gay and Mai as a lesbian, making Maitaro simple solidarity and seeing the ship more as a brotp than romantic. Maitaro's greatest rival ships are Qkai, Q-taro's most popular ship, and Maiple, Mai's most popular ship. Many draw parallels to the two ships, particularly with Mai and Kai as both are cooks who are proficient with knives and have similar names. As a result, of that, as well as there being fans who can't decide between Qkai and Maitaro, the three are sometimes shipped in a polyship together.

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Trivia

 * Mai appears to only be as tall as Q-taro's shoulders.
 * Both have experience with guns, although in Mai's case it was forced by her First Trial.

Variations

 * Keiqmai refers to the ship between the two and Keiji Shinogi.
 * Qkaimai refers to the ship between the two and Kai Satou.