Asahina x Oogami

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Pairing
Pairing: Aoi Asahina x Sakura Oogami
Alternative name(s): JPN Pairing Name/s: さくひな (Sakuhina), 朝さく (Asasaku), ひなさく (Hinasaku)
ENG Pairing Name/s: Sakuraoi, Swimming Gymnastic, Donut Tea, Donut Protein, Master's of Land and Water, Strongest Swimmer, Surf and Turf
Gender category: Girls' Love; Yuri; F/F; Femslash
Fandom: Dangan Ronpa
Canonical?: Fanon
Prevalence: Popular Pairing; Most Popular F/F Pairing for Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
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Other: n/a
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Asahina x Oogami, most known as Sakuraoi and/or Sakuhina, is a popular coupling within Dangan Ronpa fandom. The ship is between Aoi Asahina and Sakura Oogami, both prominent characters. It has been shipped since Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc was released in 2010 and has been consistently popular since.

Both Japanese and English-speaking DR fandom have fanac for Asahina x Oogami.

Common Tropes

  • Discussion of Suicide: Fanworks may delve into Asahina's grief regarding Oogami's suicide.
  • Shared Femininity Complexes: Both Asahina and Oogami have complexes over their perceived masculine interests.
  • Donuts and Coffee: Common in fanworks since Asahina loves donuts very much and Oogami is fond of coffee.
  • Size Difference: Oogami is significantly taller and more muscular than Asahina. Size Kink in it of itself is rare for fanworks, but NSFW ones may touch on the idea.

Asahina x Oogami Fandom

Japanese-speaking

Many works of manga, fanart and fanfic for Asahina x Oogami can be found on Pixiv and Twitter, to name a few websites. Like with most Yuri couplings, the order of characters listed has little prominence one way or the other both regarding tagging and within the fanworks themselves, though Oogami may be considered a tachi and Asahina may be considered a neko based off of its most common pairing name, さくひな (Sakuhina.)

In terms of Doujinshi, there are some which feature Asahina x Oogami:

English-speaking

Many works of fancomics, fanart and fanfic for Asahina x Oogami can be found on Archive of Our Own, Tumblr, Wattpad, Instagram and Amino, among other websites. The most kudos'd fanwork on Archive of Our Own featuring only this pairing as its featured ship is The Hope Out Here by estuary[1] as of December 2023. The fic was written back when Dangan Ronpa was eligible for Yuletide in 2012 and was likely one of the first works fics written for English-speaking DR fandom.

Asahina x Oogami is a staple of Femslash February. The pairing also won the Danganronpa Femslash February Bracket in 2023[2].

Although English-speaking DR fandom as a whole has relatively few zines, there are some which feature Asahina x Oogami:

Example/Notable Fanac

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