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   Kintsugi (Broken But Not Unfixable) by melodysrefrain, PhantomReads

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   08 Jan 2025

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   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku
   • Midoriya Izuku & Shinsou Hitoshi
   • Midoriya Izuku & U.A. Faculty
   • Class 1-A & Midoriya Izuku
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Class 1-A
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Kayama Nemuri | Midnight & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Midoriya Izuku
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
   • Nezu
   • Tsukauchi Naomasa
   • Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Kayama Nemuri | Midnight
   • Shinsou Hitoshi
   • Bakugou Katsuki
   • Class 1-A (My Hero Academia)
   • U.A. Faculty (My Hero Academia)
   • Dadzawa - An Aizawa Shota Zine
   • Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
   • Worried Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
   • Soft Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
   • but mostly for Izuku
   • Protective Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
   • (overly protective for a while)
   • (he's new at being a dad cut him some slack)
   • Depressed Midoriya Izuku
   • Quirkless Midoriya Izuku
   • Midoriya Izuku Does Not Have One for All Quirk
   • Parental Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Parental Kayama Nemuri | Midnight
   • All U.A. staff is parental tbh
   • Shinsou Hitoshi is a Good Friend
   • Bakugou Katsuki is Bad at Feelings
   • Angst
   • Midoriya Hisashi's Bad Parenting
   • Dead Midoriya Inko
   • Heavy Angst
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Dissociation
   • Self-Harm
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
   • Panic Attacks
   • Pre-Canon
   • Midoriya Izuku is Not Okay
   • Midoriya Izuku is younger then class 1-A
   • Shinsou Hitoshi Replaces Mineta Minoru
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Adopts Midoriya Izuku
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Midoriya Izuku Needs A Hug
   • Midoriya Izuku Gets A Hug
   • Vigilante Midoriya Izuku
   • Protective Shinsou Hitoshi
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Yagi Toshinori | All Might Bashing
   • Tired Tsukauchi Naomasa
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • erasermic
   • Slow Burn
   • like very slow burn
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

   Summary

   Kintsugi: The Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with gold. It represents the idea that broken doesn't mean unfixable. That even something shattered can be made into a stronger, more beautiful piece of art.

   Izuku knows that life will always be unfair to people like him. He knows that he can't bring his mother back from the dead or make his father love him. He knows he's destined for a life of loneliness and pain. Knows that his goal to be a quirkless hero is nearly impossible.

   Izuku knows that he's broken.

   But can the people that come into his life help put him back together?
   Will Izuku let them?

   Series

   • Part 1 of Broken Doesn't Mean Unfixable

   Language:

   English

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