RyuAnn

RyuAnn is the het ship between Ryuji Sakamoto and Ann Takamaki from the Persona fandom.

Canon
Ryuji and Ann had known each other since they were in middle school. On the school trip to the aquarium, Ryuji asked Ann for money to take the bus back home since he spent all of his money on a stuffed dolphin toy for his mom, and she never forgot his debt for her.

During the volleyball rally on 4/13, Ryuji glances at Ann while talking with the protagonist while he was yawning, and he rushed to her rescue when she was trapped in Kamoshida's Palace. Ryuji had shown interest to Ann on various occasions and making lewd gestures such as staring at her sweat-drenched chest on the way to Futaba's Palace, gawking at her exposed legs while squeezing the water off her yukata after it got drenched by rain during the fireworks festival, and showing the desire to squeeze her breasts during the beach trip. That illicit her reaction of laughing and saying "Got a better opinion of me now?" while playfully punching his stomach, showing that she values his opinion of her compared to the others.

Ann cares deeply about Ryuji too as it's seen in Shido's Palace when Ryuji and Ann glanced at one together after he pulled down the lever for the lifeboat before giving her a thumbs-up. She also was the one to scream his name loudly when the Phantom Thieves thought he was caught in the explosion and died. After finding out he was alive, Ryuji tells her "Your crying face is so not cute." indicating that Ryuji took a liking to Ann's appearance. When Yaldabaoth was erasing their cognition, Ann was the only one who screamed Ryuji's name in tears before disappearing.

During the 8th rank in Ann's Confidant, Ryuji and the protagonist help Ann training to become stronger. She flirts with him and says she'll go on a date with him but he says "Eff that. Quit thinkin' you're some sexy character in an anime. It's sad watchin' you like this." It can be inferred that Ryuji meant that she didn't need to pretend to flirt with him to get his help, but it's more clear Ann interpreted it as Ryuji not finding her attractive.

Behind the Scenes
Ann and Ryuji's English VAs actually ship the two of them together.

Fanon
The ship sailed as a result of the two's 'Childhood Friends' dynamic. Their constant teasing of each other helped to further fuel the ship. So did Ann react the most when Ryuji apparently sacrificed his life for the team.

During 2019, a RyuAnn week was held from the 10th of August to the 16th. On AO3, RyuAnn is the second most written ship for Ann and the third most written for Ryuji.

A common theory among RyuAnn shippers states that Ryuji died his hair blond not just to rebel against Japanese standards, but also so that Ann wouldn't be mocked for having blonde hair, a color usually associated with deliquents and students not good with academics in Japan.

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