#elyan

Propaganda:

Blade & Dan Heng & Jing Yuan

dan feng, yingxing, and jing yuan used to be part of the same legendary group. they fought together, had history together, and then the sedition ruined everything. now dan feng is dan heng, blade is what became of yingxing, and jing yuan is still there, remembering enough for everyone.

blade and dan heng have the direct unresolved history - dan feng and yingxing’s old closeness, the sedition, blade’s vengeance, dan heng’s refusal to be reduced to his previous incarnation, and their matching psychically-linked gauntlets sitting there as proof that their bond used to be built on trust rather than violence.

dan heng and jing yuan have the quieter present-day side. jing yuan respects dan heng’s right to be himself, admires his courage, and tries to ease the luofu’s hostility toward him instead of treating him only as dan feng’s continuation. that matters because dan heng has spent so much of his life running from a past everyone else keeps forcing onto him.

blade and jing yuan have the shared survivor angle. jing yuan remembers the old quintet, remembers yingxing, and understands more than most people what blade became after everything fell apart.

together, it’s a trio about old loyalty, present resentment, and the possibility of choosing something after the damage is already done.

Percival & Elyan

Propaganda:

Knights of the Round Table

Propaganda:

Percival & Elyan

They're just so cute together 🥰 They are so kind and supportive, especially towards each other. There were definitely a couple moments in the show where I felt they had something romantic going on.

Makoto & Byakuya

Makoto is the hopeful, supposedly average protagonist of Danganronpa. Byakuya is the rich, arrogant heir who treats the killing game as a personal competition. At first, he sees Makoto as basically nothing: some random lucky student with no special talent. Then Makoto keeps solving cases. Again and again. He catches things Byakuya misses, survives being underestimated, and eventually becomes someone Byakuya can’t just write off.

Their Free Time Events are also ridiculous in the exact way this ship needs. Byakuya offers Makoto a secretary/assistant position with a massive salary, then acts like it was a test when Makoto refuses because he wants to find his own path. Like okay, sure, sir. Totally normal thing to do with the guy you supposedly think is boring.

Byakuya is horrible at expressing respect in a normal way, so he does it through tests, backhanded compliments, and “I’ll be forced to acknowledge you if you make it to the end” nonsense. Makoto, meanwhile, is one of the few people patient and stubborn enough to push through all that. They should’ve gotten a route where Byakuya realises his favourite rival is also, unfortunately for him, his favourite person.