hi i have some headcanons & reasons for why i ship natsumi kuzuryuu and ibuki mioda so here i am to explain and maybe get more people on my side here bc i just think they’re neat
natsumi dies in the music room at HPA, which is interesting considering that she wouldn’t have had access to the main course’s music room w/o a main course student’s help. it could’ve been peko or fuyuhiko or even mahiru, but it’s the music room, which to me means that the most likely person is ibuki
peko, fuyuhiko, natsumi, mahiru, hiyoko, and sato hanging out together makes sense, but having mikan and ibuki there seems more out of left field, unless they were connected with someone else in that friend group. ibuki could’ve been connected with natsumi pretty easily, same with mikan, although i personally believe mikan was closest with peko due to her talent involving the most injury
ibuki really seems to want to atone for their involvement in the twilight syndrome case, moreso than the other people involved, which doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense unless you see their wanting to make up with fuyuhiko as partially a means of alleviating their own pain associated with the case. ibuki could be grieving alongside fuyuhiko at the loss of his sister, because they were so close to natsumi
i think it’d be even more tragic if the natsumi vs. sato argument that ended up claiming both their lives was less a petty squabble about who would be closest to mahiru and more a misunderstanding. sato didn’t realize that natsumi wasn’t interested in mahiru beyond their rivalry and killed her because of it, and inadvertently caused the suffering of everyone around her
ibuki is very clearly attracted to girls in some capacity, which could be a hint at them having had relationships with girls in the past
natsumi wants to get into the HPA main course to be close to her brother, but it’s not ever stated that that’s the only reason for her wanting to become a main course student
ibuki seems to be attracted to peko and makes their most flirtatious comments in regards to her, which could further establish a connection between ibuki and the kuzuryuu clan
natsumi calls mahiru a “goody two-shoes” in DR3. this could hint at an idea that natsumi would be interested in ibuki due to their rebellious, non-conformist attitude, particularly because ibuki broke away from their previous image as a means of expressing themself
they both have creative, artistic passions, with natsumi having been a photographer in middle school and ibuki being a musician. this could be a point of solidarity between them
i have other reasons completely unrelated to the actual lore of danganronpa but i wanted to share my thoughts,,, i love they <3
