Not to bother you but since we're talking about rarepairs....how about Leobuki?
Oh this is so embarrassing for me, this was sitting in my drafts for MONTHS I'm so sorry HERE IT IS. Was planning to draw them for this ask but didn't get around to it.
TLDR: FUN!!!!!!
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Mnnhnhghgh MUSIC PALS!!!!!!…or more…? shh!!!!
I don't talk about it much, or like, at all, but I wholeheartedly LOVE Leon. He's weirdly someone I can relate to-- stop laughing-- mostly in regard to his view of talent and the social acceptance of it-- GUYS BEAR WITH ME HERE--
I fffffeel that a lot of his ideology is that he doesn't want anything forced on him and his lifestyle, right? Regardless of WHAT is actually being forced. He's a huge free spirit and just wants to do whatever he wants, anything that comes to him easily isn't fun at all, that's where his hatred of so-called "talent" comes into play. Baseball was literally handed to him on a silver platter and he said "ayo this sucks DICK, send my complaints to the chef," he was quite literally blessed by the God of talent himself and he could NOT care less. For Leon, it's about what you love, not what you've been gifted: he's not grateful for what he has JUST because he has it, he would be grateful for what he had if only it were something he liked, something he asked for, something he WORKED for. Don't get me wrong, I think he genuinely does like baseball, but it's paired with the fear of falling into "destiny," of sorts. It all comes back to conformity, ugh. Boo, get off the stage! Silly Leon, society loves talent, not SKILL! :)
Meanwhile- Ibuki herself is the literal definition of free spirit, even moreso than him, she would encourage him relentlessly no matter what his next big ambitious dream of the week is: she will consistently exclaim the exact same amount of hyper energy every time he bounces back from hating to loving baseball and his top 50 impulsive career choices. This is PEAK. Chances are, Leon absolutely blows at guitar and singing and anything music-based, do you think Ibuki would cringe at him for it? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! she will think it's his unique sound and will cry horrendous tears of joy because she knows how happy it makes him to work hard for something. They can witness his unstable horrible progress in a newfound skill…together!
PLUS. LIKE. NEEDLESS TO SAY BUT. GUYS!! THEY'RE BOTH SILLY PUNK ROCKERS!! LIKE. COME ON. UGH!
Due to my own headcanon, I don't personally ship Ibuki romantically with men but I could 100% see them either super queerplatonic or just inseparable besties in general. "I wanna be a rockstar to get with girls" "NO WAY ME TOO!!!!!" Absolutely nothing against them romantically of course, any content of them together is huge brain in my eyes. slash gen. Leobuki 4lyfers.
(As an added note later, I have recently heard they do have an interaction either in DRS or UTDP and apparently Ibuki hated his guts haha, I should read it sometime and be really bitter about it because I think they should be BESTIES and Danganronpa just has an undying biased vendetta against Leon)
