15 Bookmarked Items in insane worldbuilding (+ well written)
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if trees could talk (can you hear me?) by urfavlintballl
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
29 Jan 2026
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When star journalist Midoriya Izuku's hunt for his next big scoop brings him to the small town of Yorunoki, he finds himself thrust into a web of ancient history and mysterious entities that cast a heavy shadow over the townspeople. As he continues to investigate, Izuku grows increasingly suspicious of–and drawn to–the strange blonde town recluse that seems to know more than he lets on.
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Paper Plane in a Nose Dive by bunnytickets
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Jan 2026
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“Deku.” He says the old nickname like a statement of fact.
Izuku—who really should have seen this coming—looks around frantically, making sure that no one hears. He feels himself go bright red.
“Don’t call me that.”
Midoriya Izuku has a boring desk job pushing papers and filing claims at the Hero Public Safety Commission. Or at least, everyone thinks he does.
Pro Hero Dynamight has incredible attention to detail. So why is he at the Commission office renewing his hero license a whole month late?
or: a weird coincidence throws Izuku and Katsuki back together after ten years apart. Katsuki is being very brave about it.
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- English
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- 247,877
- Chapters:
- 44/44
- Comments:
- 1,306
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- 2,054
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my favorite characterization of them, really brilliant chemistry, this is why i will always vouch for slow burns omg. i fucking love biker deku. i fucking love lowkey loser katsuki. i fucking love izuku folding paper planes and drowning katsuki's office in them when katsuki's a clean freak. i was hooked from the beginning--haven't enjoyed the humor in a fic this much in a while!
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“That Kageyama of yours is never coming to get you. No-one is. You’re always going to be held here, as my little bargaining chip – “
Hinata’s chest finally expands sharply with a gasp, his pulse roaring in his ears, the cellar and that man’s shadowed face evaporating instantly in favour of a different deep, inky blackness.
It takes him a few seconds to realise that he’s awake.
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An extra for pursuit: Hinata thought that he had gotten away from De Killer relatively unscathed. He was wrong.
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- Part 2 of Pursuit Verse
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Hinata tilts his head ever so slightly, eyes sparking. “Bluffing’s a game, Kageyama, you just need to learn how to play it right.”
Kageyama Tobio is a successful defence attorney with everything he needs: a growing career, a steady queue of clients, and a reputation that's going to open doors for him. It's all going well - on paper.
Until one day, when a teenage girl arrives at his office begging him to get her brother off the hook for a murder charge, and Kageyama finds himself defending Hinata Shouyou: a poker player with a reputation for being undefeated.
It should be just another case. But Kageyama, realising that his life in law is perhaps too lonely, too stale, keeps this one client in his life. Because something about Hinata is addicting, and maybe this is just the gamble that he needs to take.
(A lawyer AU; based on the events in the Ace Attorney series.)
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- Part 1 of Pursuit Verse
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- English
- Words:
- 225,167
- Chapters:
- 18/18
- Comments:
- 741
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- 2,298
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- 621
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- 70,433
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the most refreshing fic i've read in a while, i adore the way the cases were set up. goes without saying but awesome characterization as always, poker player au is the best thing to happen to it!
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Kageyama Tobio is a professional racing driver, the new rookie sensation who's about to take home the Piston Cup in his first year.
But a race run recklessly leads to an unprecedented three-way tie, and a tie breaker race is set for a week's time. On the way to the International Speedway, Kageyama gets lost, and ends up crashing into Karasuno Springs - a small country town in the middle of nowhere, ruining their main road in the process. Forced to stay and fix it, Kageyama feels the whole thing is a waste of time, until he meets the town's handyman - Hinata Shouyou, a local dirt track racer.
They're very different, but a shared passion for racing draws Kageyama in, as he tries to work out why Hinata is just a handyman in the first place despite his talent for racing. And over the course of the week he ends up discovering that maybe there's more to life than winning races all by himself.
(A racing AU; based on the story of Pixar's Cars, but everybody is human.)
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- Part 1 of Highway Verse
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- English
- Words:
- 98,227
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 869
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- 3,845
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perfect pacing, loved the characterization, flawless way to end (the sponsorship part was just too good)
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Yueii League Origins: Ruby Edition by s_the_queen
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
13 Aug 2023
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His backpack was already at the door—four spare changes of clothes, hygiene things, money, dried food, camping utensils, and their map. Izuku was in charge of bringing the notebooks they'd be using to document their progress, and he'd be carrying the tent since Katsuki would be carrying the cooking stuff. Katsuki would be carrying the sleeping bags so that Deku could carry the medicines and potions.
They were ready. They were so fucking ready. They already knew all of the most common Pokemon on their routes, and had plans for which to catch in orders to make others easier to catch.
They were gonna be Masters. Together.
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Katuski and Izuku had been planning to become Pokemon masters together. Naturally, everything goes wrong. This is the story of how they break and grow back together from Katsuki's POV.
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- Part 1 of Pokemon Yueii League: Ruby & Emerald
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- English
- Words:
- 41,119
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Comments:
- 324
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- 616
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- 194
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fun adaptation
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Lions in Our Hearts by yabakuboi
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
11 May 2018
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Midoriya Izuku never expected to get his Hogwarts letter, no matter how much he wished for it. Looking up to Bakugou Katsuki, a magical prodigy that everyone says is a true Gryffindor through and through, destined for greatness, and growing up in his shadow, all Izuku wants to do is to stand by his best friend’s side. But, without a trace of magical ability, he knows it's a hopeless dream, and he watches Katsuki grow further and further away from him. Katsuki will go to Hogwarts and get to do everything Izuku has always wanted to do, all without him. Resigned, Izuku gives up.
Until one sunny morning, on Izuku's eleventh birthday, when he's awoken by an incessant tapping on his bedroom window.
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- English
- Words:
- 32,549
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Collections:
- 6
- Comments:
- 146
- Kudos:
- 2,506
- Bookmarks:
- 595
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- 34,028
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more polished writing than some of the original novels out there, perfect characterization, manages to encapsulate their changing relationship perfectly without veering into typical fanfiction dual pov writing, super refreshing! just great pacing overall and i loved that really most of the plot was original, just the alternate universe was inspired
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A Promise to Keep by inkkitty22
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
09 Jul 2026
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Childhood friends Deku and Kacchan are going to be super heroes one day.
They're going to get married, and beat up bad guys, and save the world.
It doesn't matter that superpowers aren't real.
It doesn't matter that they stopped talking after middle school, after that day on the roof.
It doesn't matter that Katsuki had an accident in the science lab, and it doesn't matter that Izuku was bitten by a radioactive spider.Or maybe it matters a lot, actually.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 405,434
- Chapters:
- 40/?
- Comments:
- 217
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- 406
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the magic in a mirror by totallyrottentomatoes
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Oct 2021
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Bakugo Katsuki is on the run from a lot more than the government the first time he steps foot into the mysterious circus protected by magic. When he realizes that it might just be a crazy enough place to hide a criminal, Katsuki decides he'll do anything to stay; even if 'anything' entails a duel with the beautiful and enchanting acrobat, Midoriya Izuku.
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- English
- Words:
- 80,759
- Chapters:
- 11/11
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- 4
- Comments:
- 219
- Kudos:
- 860
- Bookmarks:
- 333
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- 20,038
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Rewind. Reset. Remember. by ThyNameNotSpoken
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
11 Feb 2024
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The Underground: a network of vigilantes supported and directed by the Hero Commission to assist in maintaining the structure of Hero Society through any means necessary.
Izuku descended into the Underground after the War, a quirkless medic with no future. Presented with a deal of a lifetime. He entered the doors of Illusion and into the laps of Heroes spilling all their secrets and wants. Strings of Hero Society plucked by the Commission while Izuku and his crew deal with criminals in forgotten areas of the city. Whatever missions the Commission throws at them just a bonus.
There are whispers of a new threat growing in the city and, to make matters worse, Izuku finds himself with the eyes of the Number One hero on him. A slippery slope into something Izuku can't escape.
If there’s anything Izuku has learned as a vigilante and spy, it’s that everything is not what it seems.
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- English
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- 264,733
- Chapters:
- 41/41
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- 3
- Comments:
- 699
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- 3,242
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- 1,057
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- 130,810
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The Way You Used To Do by edema_ruh
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 Apr 2021
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"We're really sorry," his father says, in a teary-eyed, wobbly way. "But your friend, Izuku, he's... He's gone, son."
Katsuki can do nothing but blink up at them for moments that feel like an eternity, eyes darting between both his parents in obvious confusion, disbelief, and, more than anything, indignation.
"What the fuck are you two talking about? The damn nerd is standing right beside you!"During a battle, Midoriya gets hit by a villain whose quirk detaches his soul from his body. Stuck in a ghost-like state, the boy enters a race against time in order to save himself from permanently dying. Much to his luck - or lack of it -, the only person who can see and talk to him in this state is no one other than Kacchan.
Alternatively: Deku and Kacchan are soulbound.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 670,180
- Chapters:
- 30/30
- Collections:
- 153
- Comments:
- 9,537
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- 74,031
- Bookmarks:
- 16,675
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- 3,457,669
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the way i didn't see each arc coming...killed me the first time i read this. be prepared with a glass of wine and a spotify playlist (from jirou lol). great dialogue.
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the needle's eye by sapphicflower
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
11 Mar 2025
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In ancient times, the lands and humanity were protected by animal-human hybrids, Legends, that carry One For All’s spirit. Being a Legend taking the form of a ram, Midoriya Izuku travels town to town and uses his powers to weave his magical wool into healing cloth items for humans.
One day however, when hopelessly lost and injured in his ram form during a snowstorm, he's rescued by a hunter, Bakugou Katsuki. To repay his debt, Izuku shapeshifts himself as a human and presents himself at Katsuki’s door as a traveller seeking refuge from the storm.
Izuku’s plans to weave his gifts of gratitude for Katsuki and leave by morning goes awry when the storm, his sustained injuries, and the townspeople already struggling with sickness unexpectedly forces Izuku and Katsuki to cohabitate... indefinitely.
Loyal to his duties, Izuku dedicates himself to weaving for the village to help them combat the sickness. But now, by living with Katsuki and the townspeople, he’s forced to grapple with what it means to be a human, have a home, and maybe even fall in love.
Or: A loose adaptation of the Japanese folklore, 'The Crane Wife.' Made for the Ever After Bang.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 29,491
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 5
- Comments:
- 173
- Kudos:
- 1,176
- Bookmarks:
- 391
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- 11,085
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Fraycheck by surveycorpsjean
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
18 Feb 2024
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Izuku must undo what has been done, because the sake of their friendship depends on it.
(Even if the threads of his heart are fraying).
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 41,117
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 1,339
- Kudos:
- 11,976
- Bookmarks:
- 3,173
- Hits:
- 190,632
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6 chapters i'll read over and over and over again...and over and over and over again. first time i read this was on a red-eye and i literally lost sleep over this
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The Night We Met by majjale
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
18 Dec 2018
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"You a poet?"
"Only for you."
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two sincere wishes and the ramifications of them.
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- Part 1 of dead poets
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 37,299
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 45
- Comments:
- 1,264
- Kudos:
- 9,804
- Bookmarks:
- 3,799
- Hits:
- 219,774
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god this hurt me so bad. "ten has the gun" just shoot me right now omg. so atmospheric, captivated me in a way different from other fics because the pacing is just so right and the prose is so delicious. it reminds me why i like to read stuff other than the novel narrative type of fic (fire lily, nobody else, etc).
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Fire Lily by EtherealBeing
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 Jun 2022
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There he was: sitting splay-legged on the altar, one muddy combat boot propped up on the edge, with a self-satisfied grin on his face and a relaxed aura, in spite of the war raging outside.
Izuku wasn’t sure what he’d expected to see his first day evacuating humans from the Rapture zone, but it sure as hell wasn’t a Demon with the same goal.
A story about falling, in more ways than one.
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- Part 1 of Fire Lily Expanded Universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 278,245
- Chapters:
- 21/21
- Collections:
- 23
- Comments:
- 6,302
- Kudos:
- 31,756
- Bookmarks:
- 9,035
- Hits:
- 1,330,560
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so effing good i had to start 2 collections for it. the first fic from this fandom i ever bookmarked on this site. the first time iread this was on a flight and oh my god it went from 13 hours to 2. genuinely a masterpiece, so long but i never felt like i was struggling to turn the page. the first time i've ever felt so much from the chemistry between 2 characters ANYWHERE. actually insane. how this kind of worldbuilding AND sexual tension existed in a fanfic...it blows my mind. i normally struggle with non-slow burn depictions of sexual tension, but this?? ugh. this convinced me it was so so so so so real. thank god this fic was never left unfinished.