Sondam

Sondam is the het ship between Sonia Nevermind and Gundham Tanaka from the Danganronpa fandom.

Canon
Their interactions started early in the game. Sonia had called Gundham's hamsters "Cute." Which resulted in him blushing while thanking her. Gundham viewed her as a fool before their friendship truly blossomed.

Around the time they were riding the roller coaster in chapter four, Gundham and Sonia were chatting about how Sonia had never been to an amusement park. Gundham said he would offer Sonia's blood as an enterance fee, assuming that she was a virgin. However, Sonia commented that her blood would not be able to be used as the entrance fee.

Gundham refers to her as "she-cat" or "Dark queen," and he refers to everyone else as Kisama (a polite version to say 'you', or alternatively suggests contempt) in the Japanese version.

When exploring the funhouse, Kazuichi immediately tried to explore with Sonia, but she had already left to explore with Gundham. This event happened again when they split up for the second time.

Sonia was the only one to successfully make Gundham visually blush, and Sonia sees Gundham as 'cool' or 'amazing', implying that they are romantically interested in each other. During one nonstop debate, they were finishing each other's sentences, much to Kazuichi's annoyance. Throughout the fourth trial, Sonia continued to make Gundham blush, and begged for him to refute the evidence against him. She also begged for Monokuma to not execute him, although he was able to convince her to stop, saying it was "unbecoming of someone of your status."

After Gundham's execution, the hamsters began living under Sonia's care.

In the Danganronpa 3 anime, the two became close friends as a result of their weird interests when Chisa left to teach the reserve course for 6 months. After Gundham waked up from the Neo world program, Sonia is seen talking to Gundham and admiring his hamsters once again.

Fanon
The ship sailed as a result of their canon interactions, and Sonia being able to make Gundham blush. Sonia trying to stop Gundham from getting executed further fueled the ship. Some of Sondam shippers believe that Gundham is watching over Sonia.

Due to the love triangle, the ship's main rival is Sounia. Fans usually tend to divide between those who prefer Sondam as a result of an actual mutual attraction between the two and their shared hobbies, those who prefer Sounia and cheer for Kazuichi to win the heart of the girl of his dreams, those who prefer the slash variant of Soudam, or those who ship all three together.

Regardless of the divide, the ship is among the most well-received ships in the fandom. It's one of the primary shipping choices for both characters included, as well as the most written one for both of them on AO3. It's also acknowledged by the creators, as in many of the official photos, they are shown next to each other.

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Variations

 * Sonsoudam refers to the ship between the two and Kazuichi Souda