18 Bookmarked Items in MHA fics that tore my heart out (even just once)
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A Quirkless Boy’s Guide to Loving Dynamight by xlyks
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 May 2026
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When Katsuki’s sex tape leaks, Izuku can’t stop thinking about it (or the guy Katsuki’s suddenly spending time with.) Tall, awkward, and way too close for Izuku’s liking, the bastard has him feeling things he really doesn’t want to fucking deal with.
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- English
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- 264,133
- Chapters:
- 21/21
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- 3,835
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note to self: this is a story to reread over and over again.
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Ikigai by orphan_account
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
11 Aug 2023
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(N)- a Japanese concept that translates to “a reason for being.”
MIDORIYA Izuku was born with a voice five decimals too loud and the death of three doctors and his own mother on his record. He was reaching the end of his rope when suddenly, a tired man with an inferiority complex and someone who’s quirk experiences were a little too close to home come bursting into his life. What a time to be alive.
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The “Izuku being muzzled” fanfiction absolutely nobody asked for. Featuring Izuku with a voice quirk, dadzawa, mama mic, and a shitload of hurt/comfort.
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- English
- Words:
- 14,361
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Collections:
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- Comments:
- 173
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- 3,366
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- 52,249
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Sometimes Izuku just needs a hug, when it all gets to be too much for him. But if he can't go to his Mom for what he needs, or to All Might, who will he go to? It's simple: Aizawa Sensei. Will his teacher be able to give him what he needs, or will he crack and fall apart under the pressure of his life?
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- English
- Words:
- 10,852
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Collections:
- 13
- Comments:
- 102
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- 3,182
- Bookmarks:
- 527
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Appearances Are Deceiving by orphan_account
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
16 Apr 2022
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Silence stretched for what felt like hours in the observation room, none of them unfazed enough to make an utterance.
Midnight promptly broke it with an astonished “Holy shit,” as one of the stronger applicants lifted Midoriya off of the torn up street, per Chiyo’s request.
“Teachers of UA,” Nedzu addressed, feeling quite giddy. “Meet Midoriya Izuku, our top scorer in both the practical and written exams.” Nedzu rolled the video back to Izuku standing in the dust, the girl leaning heavily against him as he stared at the Zero-pointer with determination instead of fear.
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- English
- Words:
- 142,119
- Chapters:
- 30/?
- Collections:
- 56
- Comments:
- 1,493
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- 12,602
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Even thought this wasn’t completed, this was such a great read! And where it leaves off isn’t too cliffhanger-y you know, so I’m satisfied with the read.
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Intrusive Thoughts by Anonymous
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
14 Aug 2024
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There was one secret that was entirely his own. One that he’d rather die than reveal.
His mind was sick.
His thoughts were violent and disgusting and he couldn’t make them go away. He could tell himself all he wants that he didn’t want these things, that he would never act on them. But a part of him whispers back that this is his true nature, that he is violent and disgusting and wants these things.
He wondered which part of him was lying.
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Izuku has intrusive thoughts. After a run in with a couple robbers, a quirk accident leaves Aizawa with the ability to read his mind. Izuku panics.
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- English
- Words:
- 9,150
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 87
- Kudos:
- 1,317
- Bookmarks:
- 241
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- 11,320
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When Tomorrow Ends by JazzRazzberry
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
20 Jun 2024
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Midoriya Izuku was not made to be special. Not in any particular form, shape, size or function, it seemed. He didn’t need grandiose, didn’t need all the fame and fortune and riches that seemed so commonplace these days. He didn’t need to be all-powerful, all-knowing, a genius, or well known. And Izuku didn’t want to be greedy, or anything, but he would’ve liked to be special. Just a little bit. Not in a particularly self-absorbed way, but he would’ve liked just a little bit of the special that seemed to surround his peers on the daily. Just about everyone around him had so much special while he had… basically nothing. Maybe a couple hundred years ago, back when quirks weren’t a thing, he would have stood out in a crowd with his green curls, been special and unique for once in his life.
Knowing his luck, though, he probably would’ve ended up burned at the stake for witchcraft instead. That’s how they used to do it, back in the day, he’s pretty sure. With gingers. Green isn’t red but Izuku’s pretty sure it’s different enough to get him set on fire, back in the day.
Well. He’s getting burned either way.ie:Quirkless Vigilante Izuku with a little Dadzawa on the side!
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- Part 1 of All Our Yesterdays
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 217,625
- Chapters:
- 31/31
- Comments:
- 672
- Kudos:
- 2,821
- Bookmarks:
- 488
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- 89,934
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genuinely have to read this again every couple months, bc it’s that good
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Pied Piper by Blackholeca
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
14 May 2023
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If they wouldn’t give him a chance then the solution seemed simple, he’d give himself one. He’d force the world to see him, force them to recognize his hard work. He wasn’t missing a quirk, it was simply that everyone else had been given an advantage. He wasn’t broken, or useless, or incapable, and he’d prove it by outrunning all of them, he who was quirkless, he who had started in last.
[UA rejects Midoriya from the hero course and he finds salvation in vigilantism.]
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- Part 1 of Pied Piper Universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 296,968
- Chapters:
- 69/69
- Collections:
- 183
- Comments:
- 11,362
- Kudos:
- 37,677
- Bookmarks:
- 10,228
- Hits:
- 1,352,782
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Kryptonite Heart by My_empire_of_dirt
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
26 Dec 2025
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Katsuki and Izuku get kidnapped and pulled into a villain's twisted series of games. In one of which, they both end up chained to the floor as the room they're in begins to fill with water. Izuku is given a key, which he can use to unlock the chain. The issue is--He can only use it once.
And so he finds himself tasked with making the choice of either saving his own life or Katsuki's.
(And this choice is the easiest one he will ever make.)
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The Hatchling by kaci21
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
02 Nov 2024
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Izuku knew he wasn't a normal child.
Not that many children were 'normal' in the time of quirks, but he was different than the others, and he had been for as long as he could remember.
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Izuku may not have a quirk, but that doesn't make him any less of a dragon. After both of his parents die and he flees his abusive foster home, Izuku is alone. Until he meets underground hero Eraserhead, who is also a dragon. How will this chance encounter change Izuku's life?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 14,597
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Comments:
- 149
- Kudos:
- 2,825
- Bookmarks:
- 704
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- 26,784
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First chapter has me tearing up. 🥲
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more than my blood (not that you'd know) by saturnsorbit
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Sep 2021
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Midoriya Izuku wants to be a hero. It's all he's ever wanted, ever dreamed of. But it's complicated. It complicated when his family isn't what society deems as good. It's complicated when people think all because he loves and protects his family that he's bad, evil. That he deserves to be mistreated.
It's complicated.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,106
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 13
- Kudos:
- 702
- Bookmarks:
- 114
- Hits:
- 4,508
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Quirkless Mutt by Lemonadescone
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 Jul 2025
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Deemed less than human by his peers, Izuku is faced with the harsh reality as a "quirkless mutt".
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A different take on the muzzled Izuku/Aldera Middle School Bashing fic- Language:
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- Words:
- 62,270
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Comments:
- 120
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- 1,581
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- 379
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- 26,852
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Selfless Reservation by Constellar_13
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
10 Aug 2025
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Everything was okay for Izuku until his parents adopted another kid. Izuku liked Hitoshi, loved him even. They were brothers through and through, but when Hitoshi's problems take their parent's priority, Izuku is left to grow up quicker than anyone expected. His parents love him and Izuku knows that, so he doesn't see a problem with his reserved nature, after all, it's for selfless reasons.
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- Part 1 of To be Selfless
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 30,913
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Comments:
- 440
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- 2,276
- Bookmarks:
- 554
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- 38,842
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The Bloody Notebook by The_Raven_Nevermore
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
06 Feb 2023
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Hitoshi has a seat in Class 1-A and on the first day of school, he comes face to face with the ghost of a bloody and beaten Izuku Midoriya who is following Katsuki Bakugou around.
This fic has a podfic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kuk8taqbsY
Thank you Morning_moon33 for voicing it!Series
- Part 1 of Raven's Random One-Shots
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,481
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 62
- Kudos:
- 1,689
- Bookmarks:
- 249
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- 15,438
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The Detective Dad And His Time Traveling Son by InsomniaToad
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
22 Aug 2022
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“He’s alive.” The kid mutters in a grating voice. It was as though the child hadn’t spoken in a long time.
“Who’s alive?” Tsukauchi asks, now thoroughly concerned. The boy raises his head and holds direct eye contact. Tsukauchi’s stomach twists at the sight of blood dripping down the entire right side of the boy’s face.
“All for One. He’s alive and he’s preparing to start a war.”
True.
Or: Tsukauchi Naomasa acquires two problem children, a headache, and needs a break.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 17,182
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Collections:
- 17
- Comments:
- 335
- Kudos:
- 8,822
- Bookmarks:
- 1,296
- Hits:
- 104,156
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not coming Home by Number_Seven
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
12 Feb 2024
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Based on a tiktok I saw. Thank you for the inspiration.
basically, Shota gets a call from vigilante Izuku in the middle of the night and its not very happy.
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NO HEA. this is the pov of Aizawa.
'Can’t Make It Home by Aspens_beans' was Izuku's pov.
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Can’t Make It Home by Aspens_beans
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
07 Mar 2024
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He had a decent life, he got to save people, met people whom he actually considered family, he learned how to live. Now, he had to learn how to let himself die.
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Izuku finds himself at deaths door, with no way out, he calls Aizawa one last time.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,001
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 22
- Kudos:
- 700
- Bookmarks:
- 69
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- 5,833
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you wanna cry. this'll make you cry. NO HEA. you've been warned.
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Take My Hand ... I'll Lead You Into Death by awhisperintheshadows
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
13 Mar 2023
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There is a rumour that haunts Japan.
There rumour of a figure, clad in black, who kills without mercy, without sympathy.
There is a rumour that smells of blood and carnage and bitter fear.
There is a rumour that The Grim Reaper had come to Japan.
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Assassin Midoriya Izuku AU
Forced villain AU with a lot of hurt/comfort- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 102,551
- Chapters:
- 24/24
- Collections:
- 8
- Comments:
- 649
- Kudos:
- 4,251
- Bookmarks:
- 1,075
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- 99,379
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best plot, fluff, angst, and tear-inducing EVER. Romance isn't really, if at all, a main focus. But I definitely LOVE the relationship that Kacchan and Izuku have here. Like the way that Kacchan = safe and Kacchan's red eyes (his specific eye color) also = safe.
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Searching For You In The Background by s_the_queen
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
19 Apr 2021
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*READ THE TAGS*
---They'd made progress but Izuku still knew that Katsuki would hate his birthday photos if he were in them.
In the end, Katsuki has to settle for searching for Izuku in the background.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 8,837
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 59
- Comments:
- 1,413
- Kudos:
- 16,254
- Bookmarks:
- 3,198
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- 165,512
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Read again if you wanna sob your heart out