Keitaro

Keitaro is the slash ship between Keiji Shinogi and Q-taro Burgerberg from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
On Day 2, Morning, Keiji and Q-taro find Kai's laptop in the Room of Rubble and explore its contents together with Sara. That night, Keiji and Q-taro have an argument, as Q-taro gave up Kai's laptop to Kanna in exchange for tokens. Keiji goes to find Kanna, leaving behind the remark that it seems he's overestimated Q-taro.

In the hours before the second Main Game, after Keiji heard about what happened with Q-taro, Sou, and the Sacrifice card, Keiji helped calm down Q-taro. They got talking, and Keiji ended up proposing they team up. Q-taro handed all his remaining tokens to Keiji. While Q-taro was passed out in the Rubble Room, Keiji traded his own Sage and Q-taro's Keymaster. Soon after, the unconscious Q-taro is discovered. Keiji willingly says that he'll give the unconscious Q-taro a piggyback ride if he has to, seeing that Sara, Gin, nor Kanna could do so. Once the group comes to the dead-end exit, he places Q-taro on the ground next to him while he tries to clear away rubble.

The plan Keiji and Q-taro created helped that ensure their safety when it came time to vote in the Main Game. Q-taro was believed to be the Keymaster, while Keiji as the Sage, causing Keiji to become a candidate for the final vote, but not Q-taro. However, their roles were actually reversed, meaning Keiji was safe as no one should vote for the Keymaster.

In Chapter 3, Part 1 Section B, Q-taro helps Keiji out of the coffin he was stuck in, and asks if he was feeling alright. If Keiji tells Q-taro he's having some trouble, Q-taro jokingly says he'll close it back up and Keiji says he'll get out. When Keiji sees a hallucination of Mr. Policeman and it suddenly disappears, Q-taro asks Keiji if he is alright, Keiji replying with "Oh, nothing..." When Safalin asks Q-taro if he is injured, Keiji has the option to encourage Q-taro to go check it out. Later on, Q-taro asks Keiji to drop by the cemetery to talk about the plan. Keiji is also able to interact with Q-taro and is able to use the lantern on him, seeing his true memory that he had lost. The two help find the differences between Q-taro's memory and converse together as it may seem. When ready to execute the plan, Q-taro encourages Keiji not to get seen and mess up.

In an unused CG, it appears that Keiji was possibly going to be the one to talk to Q-taro in his last moments when Q-taro had layed in the coffin that Keiji was originally in.

Your Time To Shine
Q-taro and Keiji both have "Training" as their strong suit. Additionally, in Mishima's Story, Q-taro mourns Keiji if he dies from starvation.

Nankidai Twitter sketches
May 5, 2018: Keiji is surprised that Q-taro can cook as well, to which Q-taro replies it's simple. He then presents Keiji with a "hamburger donburi", which is just a hamburger sitting on top of a bowl of rice. Keiji then says he feels he can get along with Q-taro and the two handshake.

Official 4-koma comics
# 15: Keiji asks Q-taro if, with his strength, he can remove the Death Game collars. Q-taro says he'll give it a try, and grabs Keiji's collar, he makes a big deal out of it, shouting and working himself up, before giving up, saying it was impossible, leaving the collar tightened around Keiji's face.

Fanon
Some fans like to believe that Keiji eventually caught feelings for Q-taro. Due to the player being able to play as Keiji with Q-taro and Mai as supports, fans tend to think that Keiji and Q-taro were having a date during the investigation with Mai as a third wheel. This ship was most likely considered a rarepair before Chapter 3, Part 1 Section B, with the ships Keishin, Keialice, Maitaro and Qkai being rivals of this ship. It has some appeal for Keiji and Q-taro both being muscular, and them teaming up together a few times.

Fandom
FAN FICTION