#the saiouma one is my favorite

[vinxle]

the stealing part doesn't excite me as much as being pursued by you, y'know?

[sappy-detective]

TOTALLY forgot about this saiouma prompt but it’s been a while so.. saiouma prompt! except they’re alternate and at a music festival

kaede tried to drag shuichi out of his shell because he’s been really depressed lately and she decides to take him to a music festival. because some of her and his favorite bands are playing there:

he leaves her for a bit to buy some of their CRAZY overpriced drinks and merch. he plan to meet up with her at of the smaller (not a headliner) stages of one of her favorite bands.

it’s near the end of a rock bands set. people are walking away but there’s still an active mosh pit and people jumping, yelling and pushing.

he try’s to text her but the wi-fi is so shit all he can get out of her is that “i’m at the front!”. great.

he tries to make his way forward but people are pushing him back and not letting him through because.. well they’re to focused on the music.

anyway a guy bumps into him and woah, it’s a guy in full white face paint (juggalo makeup).

he askes what the hell shuichi is doing and he’s like “i’m trying to get to the front. friend is there waiting for the next set and i need to get to her..”

“oh! i’m going to the for that band to! i’ll take you with me if you want”

shuichi accepts because well, he needs help.

“hold my hand and don’t let go! no matter how much people push just push back okay? don’t let go”

WOAH hand holding? for this little vergin emo boy?(jokes). plus the boy is pretty cute so whatever.

he takes his hand and kokichi leads him to the front and helps him through the crowd. kokichi is smaller and it’s easier for him to make his way through the people moving.

they FINALLY make it after the band set ends and they’re waiting for the band they’re both there to see.

“do you see her?”

“oh uh.. no..”

they start talking and joking and shuichi is like

“yah my friend really likes this band i’ve never heard of it before it’s like (insert whatever smaller band u want. i’ll just say) dog park dissidents”

“huh? this is ICP?”

“what..?”

“what stage where you supposed to be at?”

“uh, the yellow one?”

“this is the red stage.”

“oh..”

and yes it has to be an ICP concert. 1) kokichi would LOVE ICP and 2) it’s definitely an experience. especially for a boy who’s never been to a show EVER. for context. clowns throw (diet) faygo (soda) the WHOLE time out of buckets, water guns, and ofc ICP shakes the bottles and throws them into the crowd. it’s fucking AWSOME.

but a crazy ‘band’ to pop your first concert cherry.

shuichi ends up standing behind him with his hands on either side of the boy, holding onto the railing so the guy doesn’t get pushed to much.

they end up leaving the stage and shuichi ended up having a really good time. even tho he was soaked in diet soda, his makeup was runny and his hair was wet he had a great fucking time. they start talking and walking around and kokichi finds miu and taro and shuichi finds kaede. she laughs at him because he’s soaked in soda but he seems more lose so she’s happy. ending is up to you or whatever! anyway yah you should go to a music festival once in your life!

[mx-shingujis]

i love shuichi and his tendency to get MASSIVE crushes on compassionate and kind individuals whose names start with K

i was so blinded by people liking saimatsu and saiouma in my initial consumption of v3 that it never hit me just how gay kaito and shuichi are. like shuichi cannot have a single normal thought about any man ever, but hearing him talk about kaito internally and to maki is so. like just kiss him already wtf!!!! theyre silly and goofy. they literally have a fight and then don't speak to each other and maki has to force them to try and make up and the way she talks about them makes it sound like they're an old married couple or smthn. i have a feeling that once i do kaito's salmon mode ftes thats only gonna fuel this further lmao

[vectraosa]

I would to anything to see

to see that one smile again.

Saiouma week 2024

Day 5: Writer/Artist

i am the artist, and @nickosa1 THE BEST ARTIST EVER is the writer!!!

this was supposed to be a gift for my Bestfriend, where i would turn one of his poems into a comic but my stupid brain turned it into saiou when it wasnt supposed to

I know Saiou isnt really your favorite, sorry for that! But know i really really like everything you write, youre amazing, and even if all the Shuichi Saiharas in the world tried to, they would NEVEERRRR make me stop liking your stupid gay ass face!!

[mars-ipan]

Is every character in Danganronpa assigned a fruit? Like a 🍎🍉 fruit. Hajime has oranges, Komaeda has cherries (though I think that's just you??) and the anon's guy has grapes.

komaeda being cherry coded is just a me thing yeah. i’m right though

i WISH every character in dangan had a fruit assigned to them but nah. foods i know of that are associated with certain dangan characters are as follows

makoto- eggs. bc na-eg-i

aoi- donuts. bc obviously

kyoko- cup ramen. i can’t explain this one to you bc it involves a spoiler but you’ll understand when you see it

hajime- oranges, specifically orange juice. bc he holds orange juice in a single cg. he HAS a canonical favorite food it’s kusamochi (and he hates sakuramochi) but NOBODY talks about this it’s always orange juice this orange juice that

nagito- i have my cherry thing but for a bit there was a meme in the fandom to associate nagito with bagels due to a bit a let’s player did with him. if anyone says the phrase “hope bagels” to me i will kill them. alternatively- oats. i do not have the mental capacity to discuss komaedalovemail with you tonight bc i am Afraid of komaedalovemail so we’re leaving it at that

hiyoko- fuit gummy. bc she likes these and eats em in canon. also bananas bc of her hair

kokichi (the guy the anon likes)- grapes, specifically grape soda. similar to hajime with his orange juice, kokichi is depicted next to a bottle of grape soda labelled “panta” Once . and it became a fandom meme. also he ourple

shuichi- i’ve seen saiouma (kokichi/shuichi) shippers associate him with blueberries so that they match, which. okay 👍

rantaro- avocados. bc of his avocado green hair

korekiyo- spaghetti. bc he eats spaghetti at one point and everyone is like “how the fuck do you do that with your mask” (he is constantly wearing a mask that he never removes) and it is Not Explained

[onebizarrekai]

Fic Author Interview

I've been tagged by @unmaskedcardinal! been a while since I talked about any of this stuff, particularly as a very inconsistent fic poster haha

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

the visible number linked to my account is currently 60, no idea if this is counting the bizarre saga from my archive account or not. technically I've posted more, but they aren't part of that number.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

567,314.

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

ibvs season 1 & season 2 are (thankfully) the top two on my account, considering they're… well. ibvs.

number 3 is formal humiliation, a utmv fic back in 2019 where I wrote 3 oneshots all with different pairs surrounding the same idea. it's uh, it's something.

4 is behave, a saiouma despair disease fic I wrote sort of ironically in 2020. I did not realize this weird oneshot would be the thing that jumpstarted my kage obsession.

5, for some reason, is glow, a ds fic I wrote in 2019. I do not know why this is the ds fic with the most kudos. I am just really glad that it's not one of the ones I wrote in 2018.

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

lately I have been trying to respond to more comments, if they're on a recent enough story and I can think of a way to answer.

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

most of the fics I've written right now have been Random Spot In Time fics with no articulate ending, but game over is pretty edgy. I think. I've written a similarly edgy ending but it's in an anonymous fic. it occurs to me that edgy doesn't necessarily mean angst, but it can.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

somehow everyone lived happily ever after in the bizarre saga, no f'ing idea how they managed that

7. Do you write crossovers?

I have. I have as comedies. I tend to take a bunch of guys and put them in a new setting that they definitely shouldn't be in. poopenster high is an example of this, but none of that has ever touched the internet and I haven't touched it in like 2 years.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

oh my god like. maybe once? maybe? I don't even think it counted as hate. I think like several years ago some rando complained that season 2 of ibvs was trying too hard to be funny. I barely remember what it actually said, I just remember it being annoying.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

when I was in my v3 phase I wrote some, I think "feelings with smut" describes most of it decently. the nature of the kcu meant it was like, almost all trippy.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I dunno. I hope not. I think I've had people repost stuff without permission.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

probably?? when I was a teen I had people say they wanted to translate my utmv fics, I don't know which ones actually followed through anymore.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

(sigh) yes.

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

oh god, I think I honestly just phase around stuff. I don't think I've ever permanently latched onto a pair, it's just that I've had fandoms and I have pairs that I've ended up liking in them and they just sort of stay that way even if stop paying attention to the fandom. I like most ships that happens to fit into my favorite criteria (that being protagonist/morally ambiguous deuteragonist or antagonist). if you asked me what my favorite series is, it would be an easier question. it's zelda. but I don't really have any permanent favorite ships in zelda.

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

this is a scary question because I have a number of major wips that I want to get back into once I get back into writing and I refuse to accept that they may not get finished. I don't know. moose hill? for a little while I wanted to see if I could come up with a whole side story, but it is extremely unlikely that will happen. maybe a better example is a continuation of shuichi and kage's blackout adventure, which is pretty low on the priority list for if my brain every gets infected by danganronpa again.

15. What are your writing strengths?

the jokes are very important. I put my heart and soul into them. I hope that people can see my vision when I tell them.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

actually doing the writing getting from point A to point B. I come up with this whole outline and realize there's 2000 words of empty space that needs to happen. and it's like dull shit, too. just plain old events. like look at them, it's the lunching hours again. because lunch is a thing that happens every day. is it redundant to have lunch too many times? it can't possibly! it's the only time they can talk to each other! do I need to pan the camera again because this 3 sentence exchange has dragged on for too long? help

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

makes sense to me. or like, depends on the context. if the POV is a character who can speak the language, the reader should probably get to know what they're saying (think like, subtitled sections of a movie), unless it's really easy to decipher. but if the POV can't understand it, the reader shouldn't necessarily know. it gets more complicated if it takes place in a setting where they should logically be speaking a language that is not english for example. like, if they're in a country where they are not speaking english but the fic is in english. it wouldn't really make sense to insert interjections in their home language because they're not speaking english in the first place. I guess it all depends on what you're trying to convey.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

sonic. does it count. I started writing once I was old enough to type. but I think the first story I ever put online was zelda.

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

on occasion I entertain the idea of writing for corpse party, but that's probably not going to happen.

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

I'm going to not include that one anonymous fic and my pile of unfinished longfic wips that I've been proud of in past years is way too big so… maybe game over?? it's complicated. I have a ton of comedy pieces that I love but they're just… not completed!!

[ feel free to fill this out yourself if you're a fic writer! ]

[thelemoncoffee]

saiouma being nerds about things together

look i just think it'd be really nice if they spent time together sharing with one another their interests. it doesn't matter what interests, could be hobbies or tv/comic series or academic topics or games, but just them taking time out of their day to learn about and engage with each other's favorite things

i'm writing this while hella eepy, but it won't leave my mind sooo

[sleepykichii33]

I was thinking about why I personally like oumota more than saiouma, and I figured out why, so now I'm making a post about it!!

the hangar scene. 100%, without a doubt, the hangar scene. the vulnerability they both must have been feeling, being on the verge of death and whatnot, is something so insanely special to me. It's one of the biggest reasons why I adore oumota as much as I do. like, imagine how kokichi felt?? he was forced to put his trust into kaito and be vulnerable. he quite literally put his LIFE in his hands. and how kaito felt is probably my favorite thing to think about. he spent the entire game thinking kokichi was some heartless monster who found joy in treating them all horribly and inflicting pain upon others. he thought kokichi was the mastermind, the puppeteer of the game. the villain. then he just suddenly finds out that it was all an act. that kokichi cared for them all and wanted to put an end to the killing game. that he wasnt the mastermind. then he had to put his own feelings aside, lock away his hero complex to kill kokichi. and no matter how much kaito hated him, or whatever he had previously felt, he knew he didnt want to kill kokichi. but he had to. he had to get someone elses blood on his hands and become a culprit. they bonded in the hangar just for it to be inevitably shattered.

thank you for coming to my ted talk!

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

As someone who don't like Saiouma do you have any Saiouma recs? Stuff that leans away from fanon and is compelling in character

Alright first of all my absolute favorite Saiouma content just ever is Megalomaniac which is an explicit fanfiction but its also like really REALLY shows that when saiouma is given the proper framework it can be in fact, REALLY good

Then there is T20's videos, they do animations and im SO invested in their long running saiouma series, its got intrigue, its got drama, its got a really good blending of a handful of pregame elements into postgame characters

Hermes is a fun short story, it actually inspired me to get a hermes pendant for my kokichi cosplay

You're Alone is a very angsty one sided saiouma fic that i definitely cried over and its so good

Beyond that uhhhh

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[danganfixationronpa]

Unpopular Danganronpa related opinions of mine that will get y'all like...

V3 is my favorite of the Danganronpa series (although the ending itself is confusing as Hell.)

I find the Monokubs very entertaining.

I don't ship Naegiri.

The first game is my least favorite, and I find it 'decent' at best.

Ultra Despair Girls is majorly underrated.

Miu is one of my least favorite characters.

Byakuya has one of the best (albeit, mostly subtle) character progressions of the entire Danganronpa cast -- Komaru, Fuyuhiko, and Maki being right up there.

Naegami is best ship, and should get a LOT more recognition like Komahina and Saiouma do.

Kyoko is a decent character, but not one of my favorites.

Kazuichi and Hiro don't deserve the hate they get.

Usami/Monomi needs a hug.

Ryoma needs much more love, dammit.

"Twogami" also deserves much more love, dammit.

Would have appreciated Mikan more if it weren't for all her fanservice moments (which was about 90% of her moments).

Makoto/Kyoko, Hajime/Chiaki, and Kaede/Shuichi platonic love rights.

Tsumugi is majorly underappreciated, and her character deserved better.

Junko isn't that interesting of a character or villain.

[dangangirl]

Pjsk Shuichi fan?

Ok, hear me out for two seconds! Pregame Shuichi Is a Project Sekai fan, I have no idea where this came from, maybe I played Pjsk after reading a saiouma fic and my brain mixed the two together idk, I just think it'd be funny if Shuichi threw his phone after getting one good on a master song. (I live for angry Shuichi we need more angry Shuichi fics!)

Think about it! (Pregame) Shuichi and Kokichi are walking to school together and Shuichi messes up his FC throws his phone, and Kokichi scolds him for cracking his phone screen. His favorite character would probably be Rui or Mizuki (Its so Mizuover guys)

[xxagofbagxx]

Rating Danganronpa lesbian ships🎀-

Thh:

Kirizono(kyoko x sayaka)- my personal fav from thh! They are so opposite attract, also bonus points for the male protagonists female love interest x female love interest 🤫 10/10!!

Kirihina (kyoko x aoi)- 7/10! They have potential and I think it’s a pretty cute and wholesome ship overall!! I personally prefer Sakura and aoi as a pair but I think aoi and kyokos personalities complement each others nicely!

Celesgiri(Celeste x Kyoko)- 9/10! They match each other’s aesthetic so nicely and they are so similar yet so different, it’s a nice pair! They both have pretty dark aesthetics and both are kinda mysterious in their own ways. I love how the dynamic is detective x liar, it’s a very interesting pairing overall! (celesgiri does it better than saiouma XD)

Fukagiri(Toko x Kyoko)- Tbh I don’t like or dislike this one I’m pretty neutral on it so 5/10! I can see their appeal but at the same time it makes sense it being a rather rare pairing, as they honestly work better platonically.

Kyoko x Sakura- honestly I’ve never seen anyone ship this and personally I think they’d be way better as friends! Also Aoi and Sakura are my OTP I have a hard time shipping them with anyone else😅 4/10!

Mukagiri (Mukuro x Kyoko)- honestly I kinda dig this! They’d be super interesting for sure and I see the appeal, they have similar personalities and it’s a villain x detective ordeal. 6/10!

Enogiri (Junko x Kyoko)- this one is kinda a guilty pleasure one for me😅 I just really enjoy the toxic Yuri dynamic, but in all practicality the would never work, I just think they are hot :] 6/10.

Celesaya (Celeste x Sayaka)- 6/10! They are also very opposites attract and I see the appeal! I don’t think they’d work out but I can see why people would like this one. :]

Celeshina (Celeste x Aoi)- 8/10! Tbh another guilty pleasure ship for me! They are so different from eachother yet Aoi has so much compassion for Celeste and she is a very supportive and kind girl. While on the other hand Celeste is very conceited and selfish, they are so different but look so cute together. :]

Celestoko (Celeste x Toko)- 4/10! Not the biggest fan but I don’t want to yuck another’s yum! I don’t think their personalities work together, but there’s worse lol!

Celeste x Sakura- Not a fan! 4/10, I could see them platonically as Sakura is such a sweetheart and kind to everyone, but otherwise they just don’t fit together.

Celeste x Mukuro- hm 4/10? Not sure how I feel about this one, I kinda like it in game but otherwise I think it’s kind of a boring pair. I don’t see any chemistry they are almost too similar haha.

Celesjunko (Celeste x Junko)- 8/10 hell yeah, They’d be hella evil together. They’d make an interesting pair, I sorta dig their dynamic.

Hinazono (Aoi x Sayaka)- 6/10! They’d be super cute friends, I can only really see this pair platonically!

Fukazono (Toko x Sayaka)- I kinda like this one! 7/10, they’d be super cute imo. I believe in lesbian Toko supremacy and I think she’s super cute with overly bubbly girls (cough cough komaru) yeah this one would be cute!

Sakura x Sayaka- super cute platonically! 6/10! They’d make great friends, I could see Sayaka hanging with her and Aoi!

Ikuzono- solid 9/10 I heart this one so much, my 2nd favorite Sayaka ship! I love opposites attract as I’ve previously stated and I also enjoy the male protagonists female love interest x love interest. :]

Enozono (Junko x Sayaka)- 8/10! More toxic Yuri!! Both stylish and beautiful, famous ladies! I enjoy.

Fukahina (Toko x Aoi)- 9/10! Super cute, Toko definitely had the hots for Aoi subconsciously. They’d be such cute enemies to lovers.

Sakuraoi (Sakura x Aoi)- ♾️/10 of course!! My favorite lesbian ship in all the DR games, they are my Roman Empire Oml.

Aoi x Mukuro- hm kinda an odd pairing 4/10! Maybe platonically!

Aoi x Junko- Bro they’d be hot ngl, but Hina is too nice for Junkos evil ahh. 5/10!

Toko x Sakura- 3/10, Toko was so cruel to Sakura during the game I could never ship that :(

Toko x Mukuro- Hm, once again I’m not sure how to feel about this one. 4/10? I don’t think they’d like eachother all that much. I can’t see any chemistry with these 2.

Toko x Junko- oh wow, I meannnn Toko definitely finds Junko very attractive especially her huge “assets”. I could see this as a one sided attraction and nothing more, maybe Junko would mess with her for that? 6/10.

Sakura x Mukuro- I think they’d be great friends 6/10! They both are super powerful, strong, athletic ladies! They could train together!

Sakura x Junko- no way haha, Sakura is way too kind. 4/10.

Mukuro X Junko- Haha no way, I can’t rate this one. I know this one is quite popular online due to the messed up dynamic and as much as I love toxic Yuri, they are twins and that’s a line I’m not willing to cross. Dark shipping dynamics can really be hit or miss, but I find these kind of pairings quite gross. Sorry if you feel differently haha!

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Thanks for reading! XX I’ll be doing Sdr2 next! Stay tuned till then! I hope you enjoyed, feel free to express your own opinions or share your thoughts on mine!!

[evercelle]

ooo if you do fanfic recs could I ask for your favorite saiouma fic recs? I'm always looking for new stuff to read and I'd love to know which ones you think are good!

sure! here's my first saiou rec list, and here's some extra for the road:

Shah Mat | canon compliant | two boys play some chess | seduce your crush with your (alleged) lack of chess prowess!! lovely exchange with charming subtlety, all packed in a quick read

Or So Help Me | canon compliant, chabayume + saiou | “I’ll get you a date with our favorite magician girl if you agree to do a teeny tiny special something for me in return. Are you in?” | wlw mlm solidarity feat. tenko and ouma. sweet & funny

Pull You In, It's Alright | non despair AU | In which Shuichi cracks his most fascinating case yet: Kokichi Ouma. | super soft :)c saihara pining just hits different!! you can feel the way he adores him

This Game of Ours | phantom thief AU, series | one could put together a rec list for phantom thief AUs alone, and this series would be one of my faves!! i said before you can just read literally everything this creator's written and i still mean that - unique style that's always a delight to read

Illusion Rod | canon compliant, nsfw | Moved by Saihara's many tributes to him, Oma generously offers Saihara a gift in return. | witty, layered, lots of fun. this creator's written my favorite ouma (':

Dawn Again, on this Vibrant and Violent Night | canon divergent, fix-it | Kaede says it best: “The mastermind threatened us in the morning, collapsed a ceiling on us at noon, and then killed one of us in the night.” | here's a long haul - enjoyed the developing relationship in particular

The Realm of Believability | postcanon | Saihara struggles to adjust after the killing game, and finds solace in an unlikely place. | a different kind of post-game story; light angst (i love sweet ousai but i'm rather fond of postgames where saihara is just SO haunted. lol)

Hologram | postgame VR AU, suicide ideation | Nothing's wrong when nothing's true. Kokichi's never going back to the real world. | mind the tags! very heavy (but a happy ending).

[satanicchristiancult]

Hey. It’s two and a half AM. As it often happens at this time, I’m looking for fanfics I read on Wattpad while I was still deeply in love with depressing Danganronpa V3 stories.

I’ve got multiple in mind right now.

The first one was about Shuichi, who owned a house and began renting rooms of it. The rest of that game’s cast moved in and slowly they began getting closer. Kaede and Shuichi had known each other as children. Spoilers, but it turns out that Shuichi lost all of his family after his father had killed them. Before it was (seemingly) abandoned, Shuichi and Kokichi had begun growing closer. Shuichi got kidnapped and so did everyone else, one at a time, until only Kaede was left.

The second one I don’t remember as clearly. It was Saioma/Saiouma (however you chose to spell it). They had been married or something, it a long standing relationship until something happened and Shuichi lost his memories. I don’t remember much after that.

The third one was a soulmate AU between Kaito and Shuichi (can you tell he’s my favorite character?). It was one of those in which soulmates could write on their skin and it would show up on the other’s. Kaito would always draw stars and wash them afterwards before his parents saw (I think they were abusive). Shuichi lived with his uncle (as usual), but at some point got diagnosed with a tumor and ended up having brain surgery. By the end of it (spoilers, again), Kaito moved and ended up going to the same school that Shuichi did. The day in which he starts going is the day in which Shuichi comes back from recovery. Shuichi was friends with Rantaro, while Korekiyo was friends with Kaito.

My point is, if any of you know this fics, could you help me find them?

Thanks!

-Mori

[funishment-time]

haha, I can't relate - momota was very much my favorite character from the jump! (from the jump in this case meaning starting from the chapter 4 trial [which I took a chance with bc I was having a hard time getting into the earlier chapters] and then only going back to the prologue after watching all the way up to the start of trial 5) I wonder if I'd have had the same experience with momota as you did if I'd listened to the english cast (like I assume you did?), as I'm not as big a fan of his english voice compared to his japenese one...but either way, I'm really glad you grew to like him :D he's definitely my favorite character from v3- I really liked his scenes with saihara in chapter 2 especially, like when they were investigating + the talk they have right before the trial. if you don't mind me asking, do you remember if there was any specific thing in chapter 3 that made you come around to him? :o or was it just a general, 'eh, this guy's not bad actually/I kinda appreciate his presence' sort of thing?

I'm in the same-ish boat as you re: saimota vs oumota, I think, with the slight caveat that I not only think oumota is generally interesting, but I am just a huge fan of it in general. like to me they are Prime Yaoi, if that makes any sense- my impression is that oumota's the kind of yaoi ship people would go to war for, lol. like chapter 4 trial was just crazy bc of the oumota + saimota + saiouma dynamics all happening all at once

kaito growing on me like an Adorable Purple Moss definitely came along as a "aw, it's nice that he's around" kind-of thing. i don't think there was any particular moment, but the feeling started in chapter 3 and fully materialized towards the end of the game when i found myself legitimately Feeling Bad at his reaction to the "apocalypse." i mean, this sprite is painful:

poor guy. i also loved his Exit a lot, and that he totally seems willing to be a Wingman to some kind of potential Shuichi x Maki thing, ha. just a bro. we don't have too many of them in the Franchise. (Makoto really lacks one, and i think Kazuchi wanted to be something like Kaito for Hajime...unfortunately, he is Kazoo Itchy.) Kodaka didn't make one on Kaito's level again until Desuhiko in Rain Code.

regardless, V3 has the most interesting Yaoi for me in the series. before that, there's some cute-ish ships/funny ones/logical ones, but nothing i'd really want to see Explored A Lot. the boys of V3 knocked it out of the park there, much like how all the girl designs are chef's kiss best in the series overall

[goshdangronpa]

Hey, I finally got to tumblr! :D I think I'm pretty out of touch with DR fandom, so I'm jumping at my chance to talk to a fellow partner in crime. What did you like about Irumatsu in the first place? I'm so deep into my headcanons at this point, I'd like to know how others perceive them. I love how you're writing their dynamic!

Omg heeeey :) thank you so much for your kind words about "Kaede's Rhapsody"! I'm exploring that very question through this story - if not, I would've skipped all these thousands of words and cut to the smut! I hope you enjoy that exploration in upcoming chapters ...

... and I can still answer your question here!

What drew me to them isn't deep at all. I enjoyed Kaede as a protagonist (I really needed to warm up to Shuichi lol). Then Miu Iruma swiftly became my fave char in V3, with her outrageous dialogue, huge personality, and shockingly fragile arrogance.

That's only enough to make me consider a ship. In fact, from introductions alone, I first fancied Kaede with Maki and accepted Miu x Kiibo as a given. But I've discovered that "Normal Protag and Somewhat Antagonistic Weirdo" describes nearly all my favorite ships. Both saiouma and oumota from V3, komahina in SDR2, especially tokomaru and syomaru from UDG. It's the friction that gives it spice: shipping two perfectly nice characters (such as, idk, saimatsu) isn't quite as fun as shipping two characters who bicker and clash between (or during!) wholesome cuddling (such as, idk, irumatsu!).

There's a real opposites attract thing going on, too. Kaede is clearly a prep (not derogatory) who dresses conservatively; Miu struts around in BDSM gear and features other punk elements. Kaede strives to be nice but won't suffer fools; Miu talks a lot of smack but backs down from any pushback. Kaede is selfless to the point of self-sacrifice; Miu dies after putting her own life before everyone else's.

Besides how sharply they contrast, I also like how much they have in common. Kaede and Miu are capable of empathy, but equally capable of taking elaborate measures for what they consider the greater good. They both die as a result of trying to murder someone else. They can be deeply stubborn. And heck, they're 5'8" blondes who press lots of keys.

What really makes the ship for me is how they complement each other. Miu's a bully, but Kaede consistently argues back without hesitation, challenging the self-proclaimed genius. She's no passive victim, which is so important to making this dynamic feel balanced. Even more important is that she’s not a brute about it, either. When Kaede’s done parrying insults, she takes a genuine interest in Miu and tries to react the girl beneath the gorgeous girl genius. Kaede seems to be the only character who takes pains to treat her like a person, rather than just some misanthropic weirdo.

I think during or after the fourth trial, it's said that Kiibo and Gonta are the only ones who considered her a friend. I think about that a lot, and I'm sure Kaede would've shed a tear for her. Moreover, she would've protected her before that point. And I think that one pleasant relationship could've brought out the protective side in Miu as well. These two would drive each other crazy, but they'd be there for reach other. If they don't rip each other apart first, they'd be crazy in love and crazy good together. Not to mention, fun to read about ... and write about!