Kokichi Ouma/Shuichi Saihara

Pairing
Pairing:	Kokichi Ouma x Shuichi Saihara
Alternative name(s):	JPN Pairing Name/s: 最王 (Saiou), 王最 (Ousai) ENG Pairing Name/s: Saiouma, OumaSai, SaiOu, OuSai, SaiKichi, Lie Detector, KageBon, Fake Evidence, Fabricated Clues, Lie Bullets KOR Pairing Name/s: 사이오마 (Saioma), 오마사이 (Omasai) Emojis: 💙💜, 🔍🏁 (both Saihara x Ouma), 💜💙, 🏁🔍 (both Ouma x Saihara)
Gender category:	Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash
Fandom:	Dangan Ronpa
Canonical?:	No Feelings on Kokichi's side (debated) Mutual Attraction (Free Time Events & Love Across the Universe, both non-canonical)
Prevalence:	Popular; near juggernaut ship
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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Kokichi Ouma/Shuichi Saihara, known mostly as Saiouma, Oumasai, Saiou and/or Ousai, is a very popular pairing within the Dangan Ronpa fandom. The ship is between Kokichi Ouma and Shuichi Saihara. It has been shipped since Dangan Ronpa V3: Killing Harmony was released in 2017.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

Tropes

• One-Sided: often on Ouma's end.
• Flirtation: Ouma often is towards Saihara, who's much more straight-laced.
• Canon Divergence: popular AU.
• 310 / Saiou Day on March 10th: coming from how, in Japanese, saying "Saiou" out loud sounds the same as saying 3, 1 and 0 out loud -- Sa(n)=3, i(chi)=1, ou=0. Because of this, March 10th is seen as their ship day.

Pre-Game Personalities

Separate ship names are used for works featuring this dynamic alongside applicable Kokichi Ouma/Shuichi Saihara ones. These are:

If Saihara is the seme / If Ouma is the seme:

• JPN: 陰凡 (Infán or Yinfán) / 凡陰 (Fánin or Fáyin)
• ENG: Kagebon
• CHN: 阴凡 (Yīnfán) / 凡阴 (Fánin or Fáyin)
• KOR: 종일소길 (jong-ilsogil) / 소길종일 (sogiljong-il)

Tropes

• Yandere!Saihara: common.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

Hajime Hinata/Nagito Komaeda, which also pairs the protagonist DR character with their lancer/foil, is also popular. Many shippers like both. Makoto Naegi/Byakuya Togami also ships the protagonist DR character with their lancer/foil, though this is less popular than either of these ships.

The pairing may be considered a juggernaut ship.

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan Communities/Fan Events

• Oumasai Week, a fanweek which was held from 2019 to 2021.
• Saiouma Week, a fanweek which was held from 2020 to 2024.

General Fanworks

Fan Mixes

• BAD ENOUGH by ryuseitai, ^{Archived version} (2017)
• maybe we would of knew it at the time by ouma-kokichi, ^{Archived version} (2017)
• I get a little bit Genghis Khan by jrynkows, ^{Archived version} (2017), title taken from Genghis Khan by Miike Snow & Ninian Doff.
• JUST MY TYPE! by marxxism, ^{Archived version} (2018)
• the warlocked strings of circumvention ; by poecraft-quill, ^{Archived version} (2018)
• not a saint by miss-space, ^{Archived version} (2018), from Ouma's perspective.
• THIS IS LOVE | PREGAME SAIOUMA by enejpeg, ^{Archived version} (2018)

Meta

• Saiouma actually makes me really uncomfortable, and I think a part of that is how much there is(...), ^{Archived version} (2022), anonymous confession posted to a DR confession blog.

Wikis

• 最王 on PixivEncyclopedia
• 王最 on PixivEncyclopedia

• Saiouma on Shipping Wiki