I'm trying to maintain my motivation to write Danger First by reading a lot of BNHA fics, but my tastes are so narrow, I'm running out of easily findable stuff. Pain.
this is such a big mood i swear. anyways here's a list of my ultimate fave mha fics:
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Why Are We Here Again? by cloud_nine_and_three_quarters (complete | 236k words)
class 1-a in ua is set up a little differently, instead of it being for hero course students, it instead is a reformatory program to rehabilitate villains, vigilantees and those with dangerous or uncontrolled quirks. after revealing bakugou's treatment of him, and alerting the media to the horrible management at aldera, successfully sending bakugou to ua's reform program instead of the hero course. izuku's life then takes a turn when he's enlisted into the program as well.
literally one of my ultimate fave fics. it has excellent character interactions, easily one of my favourites when it comes to class 1-a bonding. the class are wild and chaotic, but every single plot thread is tied so neatly it's beautiful. i have reread it, no exaggeration, over two dozen times.
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Dis(associate) by BeyondTheClouds777 (complete | 283k words)
written pre-ofa users reveal, it's a super interesting take on ofa along with an incredibly unique quirk. izuku is born with the power to project his soul out of his body, but unable to interact with the world. with ofa is when quirk interactions happen, leading to one of my favourite kamino events.
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more than you hoped to be by daylightbreaks (complete | 392k words | part 1 of series, incomplete)
in a world where chisaki kai truly cares for eri as his daughter, society is forever changed because overhaul needed a proper babysitter for eri rather than having yakuza members watch her. izuku gets involved when chisaki interrupts bakugou bullying him, what starts as just a babysitting job steadily steamrolls into something else...
one of my favourite fics. like. straight up. it plays with grey morals so much that its a theme, it significantly upheaves villain society because if only the shie hassaikai was just a little bit smarter then they could have done so much. it takes a while to get to ua and thus canon events, but it never wastes time. when first reading definitely takes a lil bit to wrap your head around good chisaki, but when you do, it's so good.
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The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Todoroki Rei by thatgirl_youknowtheone (series | 5 parts, 1 incomplete | 248k words)
in which todoroki touya is a mother's boy and leaves flowers for his mom, this sets about a change in the league, hero society and ua. dabi/hawks, toga/uraraka, todo/deku, fuyumi/miruko
doesn't adhere to canon timeline, and isn't clear when exactly its set but at least post endeavor agency arc. i'm not usually drawn to LoV focused fics, but this one is written so well it's hard not to be drawn in. focuses on the messed up family of the todorokis, and gives rei her own agency where she's never been able to. delves deeper into the hpsc implications with hawks, and has some of my favourite dynamics. not to mention a significant portion of chapters have memes accompanying them and they're so good.
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Entropy, or I Got Reincarnated as My Favourite Character. Now What? by PrinceofDarkSkies (incomplete | 202k words)
when a fan of the mha manga wakes up as todoroki shouto at age 10, he decides to take canon into his own hands. starting with removing endeavour before the plot kicks in.
i feel like a broken record but this is one of my favourite fics, for a number of reasons but the main being that it implements some of my favourite character design concepts when we get to canon events. it has some wonderful moments, it carefuly treads the line of disrupting canon events enough to make changes but not enough that they don't happen at all. there's also a few fascinating interactions i love, and select scenes i find myself rereading for solely because they get stuck in my head.
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That time I got reincarnated as a doomed side character by Gentrychild (complete | 85k words)
a fan of the manga, symbol of victory gets reincarnated as midoriya izuku, a boy written to die early on in canon for the main character (bakugou) to feel angsty over. izuku, having not actually read the manga but involved in the fandom regardless, decides to take his approximate knowledge of the plot, and makes sure that he, and the other characters he cares about, live and are happy. todo/deku
this fic is half feral and SO quotable. i find myself coming back to it so often i could likely recount the entire plot to someone without a refresher. the interactions are solid gold, the jokes make me laugh even after reading them a dozen times, and it's just... fun. it's clearly a passion project and it makes me feel comradary? like izuku himself is a part of the mha fandom and its wonderful.
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page break bc wow this thing turned out so long rip
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Light My Fire by mhwright (incomplete | 254k words)
after the battle trial, recovery girl notices something odd with midoriya, he may not be as quirkless as everyone believed he was. after a traumatic awakening of his repressed quirk, izuku has to deal with mastering fire breathing on top of one for all, while also trying to pass them off as a single quirk. todo/deku
i love fics where izuku has his own quirk, esprcially is ofa gets involved because then you have quirk interactions and it gets even more exciting. this fic also has one of my favourite izuku and shinsou friendships ever written. not to mention the izuku and bakugou complicated relationship. the chemistry between all characters is so genuine feeling i keep coming back to this fic despite it not being updated for over five years now. it's paused just before internships, so thankfully no cliffhangers, but i know some people are put off when there's not been an update for years.
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Throw a Chair Through a Window and Call It a Day by jaded_ghoster (complete | 120k words)
when nedzu has to leave town for a week, he needs to instate a temporary principal to keep the school running. luckily he has aizawa, whose easily bribed by the opportunity to make major and permanent changes to the school while nedzu is gone. he needs an assistant and fortunately one of his students is pretty competant at both writing notes and having good ideas.
doesn't follow canon and is ambigious as to when it's set, but it's one of my favourite in terms of aizawa & izuku dynamics. they take the permission to change things in the school and run with it, setting up major changes in just five days.
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Announcer AU by RogueVector (series | 3 parts, 1 incomplete | 134k words)
when izuku as a spectator gets lost during the second year sports festival, he's found by midnight and deposited in the announcers booth. there he ends up accidentally becoming a guest announcer, changing the trajectory of his life.
while it follows izuku, it explores a lot of the ua teachers interactions as they guide izuku. first part is the initial sports festival, the second is ua mentoring and the third follows canon events though it's only at the battle trial right now the rest of the series is wonderful.
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Scorpions and Chains by SevenRenny (complete | 27k words)
after an encounter with a villain, izuku is left in a nightmare induced coma. unsure how to help him, his friends find that they can dive into izuku's memories before ua...
been a while since i read this one, but its an into the mind fic! im not entirely sure but i think 1-a on a whole are the ones to go into izuku's memories, or just his friends. not sure when it's set, but it's a fun little fic regardless.
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now for some crossovers just bc! (mostly izuku in a different setting but fun all the same)
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Fate Binds You by daylightbreaks / Baldur's Gate 3 (incomplete | 127k words)
a crossover you wouldn't expect to work but inexplicably does. rather slow to start similar to bg3, as izuku and aizawa take the place of the main character when the nautiloid ship diverts through musutafu and abducts them. not very far into the plot, but all main six companions recruited.
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stand in the ashes (ask the ghosts) by daylightbreaks / Mass Effect (incomplete | 304k words)
one of my favourite crossovers, like. ever. i have reread this fic so many times and will continue to do so for years likely. after losing his mom in a villain attack, a portal to somewhere unknown appears in front of izuku, not caring what happens, he goes through and is sent to the citadel. brought to the mass effect universe by a rogue scientist of saren, izuku remains on the normandy bonding with its crew but especially bonding with commander shepard.
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How to Solve a Murder and Incite a Rebellion by Kastaborous / Fullmetal Alchemist (complete | 170k words)
when a body is found in one of afo's labs belonging to the isolated country of amestris, the heroes have to consult with the country to get to the bottom of it. as a result, fuhrer mustang sends his best, edward elric. has one of my favourite mergings of canon with a lore fitting reason as to the two series's core points not influencing each other. also ed has Opinions on hero society and modern technology.
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Days of Moonlight (and) Heroes by SilverLoreley / Sailor Moon (incomplete | 220k words)
after coming back from time travelling, the world the guardians know had changed. people have superpowers they call quirks, and heroes are a profession. due to this, the sailor guardians aren't able to work as well as they could before, and usagi's mom figures out just where her daughter has been slipping away to all the time. fed up with her daughter being a vigilante, she calls her father and send usagi to live with him. luckily for her, he's just started a new job at ua.
wonderful fic where izuku and usagi become siblings. also one of my absolute favourite scenario for all might because usagi just has so much love, and all might deserves that unrestrained adoration of a child. very soft. follows mostly sailor moon manga but can get by with just the 90s anime knowledge or crystal. also has an accompanying 40k fic of silver millenium changes in universe.
after one of the worst days of izuku's life, inko decides he needs a fresh start and they send him to life with inko's cousin, sabine. whose daughter coincidentally is also quirkless.
one of my favourite crossovers, there's a language barrier and their relationship doesn't immediately click, but izuku and marinette form a strong bond. it's very sweet and the changes to the miraculous universe is very intriguing.
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Si Vis Pacem by athenoot / John Wick (incomplete | 97k words)
john wick gets reincarnated into midoriya izuku. the unstoppable force that is the baba yaga meets the crime riddled universe of mha. the villains won't know what hit them. literally.
john being raised as izuku allows him to be more caring than he was able to in his past life, he cares deeply for his mom, and if there's trouble he always steps in to help. due to this, he ends up gaining a reputation similar to his previous life's. currently post-usj but also has an absolutely fascinating friendship of izuku, bakugou and shinsou. with bakugou and shinsou's relationship being so fun. written pre-movie 4 with some references to 3 but you could read it with only the basic knowledge of the film series.
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some quick recs just for the heck of it.
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From Muddy Waters by HLine (incomplete | 213k words)
very popular dfo fic, was paused a little while ago but back on now and ploughing with the plot. i don't remember if it's something i assumed or mentioned, but the fic is approaching it's end.
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Canary by cloud_nine_and_three_quarters (complete | 291k words)
selectively mute izuku has a singing quirk, he just needs the confidence and practice to use his newly discovered quirk in the sports festival so he can get on the hero course. turns the sports festival into a music festival. very fun.
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Burn Your Wings by oWhiteKiwibird (complete | 179k words)
classic fic. v popular.
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reconcile by whatagoodegg (complete | 151k words)
izuku and shigaraki get trapped in a box until they reconcile. that's. that's the fic. incredibly fascinating, and while the author had plans for continuing the series, readers decided to feed the fic to ai to read what happens next unfortunately.
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Skip by GrumpySunshine (incomplete | 46k words)
a 21st century izuku gets brought into the future and has to navigate the universe. thankfully for him he's put into the care of eraserhead. lots of fun w izuku not fully aware of all the changes between centuries, he still gets into as much trouble as izuku can do.
I'll be looking into the ones of these I haven't read yet! And I hadn't realized Why Are We Here Again? finished! I'll have to reread that and catch up. Thank you, perhaps I'll live after all.
one of my friends in a discord server was talking about how they were nervous about their first scheduled acupuncture appointment. another friend offered to do a tarot reading for them. sent this picture.
humans are space orcs-type situation where almost all sapient aliens are one of or the sole dominant apex predator on their home worlds so no one is that surprised by the whole “humans are ravenously hungry predators” thing. it’s the future. we have lab-grown meat for almost everyone, and the few sapient herbivores we do have are very understanding about “i’m an obligate carnivore i’m gonna starve if i can’t eat at least mostly meat” so that’s fine
what they are very put off by is the social behavior. they’re mostly lone predators who will pair-bond with a mate or a small group to raise young, but not any more than that, so the concept of humans hanging out in groups that are hundreds strong is very odd
it’s not even that the desires for companionship and touch are weird. many species have domesticated some of their planets’ wildlife for the same reasons humans got dogs and horses, so they’re familiar with friendliness as a trait, but they’re used to it in animals that are, for fear of sounding rude, kinda dumb
humans are so, so wildly not dumb, and the combination of wicked smart and very friendly is a bit eerie to everyone. the human equivalent situation is something like “our hunting party adopted a golden retriever we saw on the street, and she spent like four hours cuddling with us, at her request mind you, and then grabbed a wrench and fixed our hyperdrive without asking. no one explained to her how one works and she claims she’s never seen one before and just ‘figured it out.’ i don’t know what to make of that”
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i know most people have seen it but i cant emphasize how much this is literally my favorite breath of the wild clip of all time. also i can never fucking find this clip when i need it especially in high definition so here it is
(Average Metropolis reader after investigative reporter C. Kent's 452nd article on yet another case of landlords/business owners/factories' continued use of lead pipes/paint/gas/glass knowingly exposing the public to dangerously toxic lead levels) what the fuck happened to this guy
One day Bruce Wayne mentions in an interview that heroes like Superman are overrated, as the most effective way to reduce crime is to provide public resources and improve local infrastructure, then cites how neighboring city Metropolis has effectively lowered their violent crime by 13% after addressing their outdated water system and investing low income housing. the reporter conducting the interview suddenly starts looking a little uncomfortable
"Who, Clark Kent? Yeah, we're pretty sure he's a Meta. Is he a superhero? Like what, "Lead-detector guy"? "Captain pipes?" Don't get me wrong, he's a great guy and it's a handy trick, but it's lead detection, not laser vision. He's not about to go running around in tights any time soon."
everyone assumes that kent is so squirrely around superheros because he’s just desperately hoping not to be conscripted to the JLA to fix their plumbing
the great thing about the wuxia genre is you can start a sect called the Evil Blood Cult in a place called Demon Mountain that’s a volcano full of poison and you all wear crazy gothic black and red hanfu and practice Sinister Backstabber Style kung fu and like. that’s not a deterrent to prospective disciples. do all that and a fuckton of bright eyed youngsters will still show up at your door and say hello i would like to join the demon mountain evil blood cult where do i sign up?
