Our Life: Beginning & Always by GB Patch - one extraordinarily customizable romance route! the growth from childhood to adult, with queerness and gentle humor and a warm respect for each other.
Butterfly Soup by Brianna Lei - the teenage Asian-American experience, chaotic good friendships and falling in love and baseball shenanigans. story VN that can and will meme at you.
Dark Nights by pinlin - mystery horror romance, a clean digital art style. an MC who handles the supernatural situations with aplomb. 4 routes, good and bad endings. (I’ve played 3/4 routes)
Blooming Panic by robobarbie - dating sim in a fandom Discord server. the drama/personal issues of college-age/working adults. 4 routes, a good and bad ending each. bit self-indulgent, ig?
Bc I already spend too much time admiring all these people’s amazing creations.
^“An AMV about TV” [2nd Place at Otakon 2010 - Comedy ] by Vivifx
Creatively pieces together and frames a variety of anime as TV shows. The renames of shows are great lol
^“Kindness” [MP100] [MomoCon 2020 Drama Finalist] by PieandBeerAMV
Fits thematically with the kind theme of MP100! The clips hit those emotional highs and lows with the song
“[PB&Talk] turnabout airlines” by mads!
I don’t even have the full context for this, but Edgeworth looks so put-upon and I burst out laughing. ProZD and Mickey’s voice acting and comedic additions lolol
^“hey, somebody is here to pick you up” by Suncelia
ok so they play the same position (middle blocker) and the third gym scene means they’re rivals, which is easy to ship. and this can go angsty bc in third gym tsuki is emotionally dumb and kuroo is a “provocator” so uhhh potential for miscommunication. anyways it’s funny cause they’re both Smart Snarky Students and can banter. bonus points for being dorks about science (dinosaurs or chemistry).
also tsuki retreats into his headphones a lot, and kenma is kuroo’s best friend, so gotta love that introvert rep.
Listed below are some of my fav kurotsuki fanfics! Links are all to ao3.
your hand in mine, darling we’ll be fine by randomprose (Gen, 7k)
domesticity and established relationship lets goooo this is so easy and comfortable to read. they’re Adults.
love and a cough by batman (T, 5k)
batman is such a fantastic crack-y writer and this is so stupid (affectionate) ahaha. like it goes off on tangents that feel so random yet somehow circle back to the point of the story. tetsu’s POV is so mischievous, “there was only one bed”
The Last Red Scribble by doggoneit (T, 8k)
Wrong Number AU, Single Parent AU. the banter is hilarious. and this is so heartwarming
As defined by how often I play them- meaning these have more mellow vibes that I can play in the background while studying or on the verge of sleeping. Linked below are the official YouTube videos, posted by the artists.
"Leo” by tacica (HQ S1, ED2)
“Natsu no Hana/Summer Flower” by JUJU (Mononoke ED)
Reading fanfic is lowkey one of the reasons I started watching anime- though it’s not a requirement to get into the fandom (*cough* Naruto). I’ve reread all of these multichapter fanfics at least twice and can easily recommend them. May contain major spoilers. Links are all to ao3.
Doing the Work by MarbleGlove (Naruto, T, ~60k)
Civilian worldbuilding what else do you neeeeed
When Love Says Stay by tookumade (HQ, T, ~15k)
Part 5/5. Osamu/Rintarou, the romance is so comfortable and domestic ahhh I’ve basically memorized sections by now
Surface Tension by crookedturtle, fend (MP100, T, 15k)
Multimedia!! Fully fleshed out art! Reigen/Serizawa, with horror that incorporates Reigen’s lying hooooo.
Dust and Bones by 7PhoenixAshes (Mushishi/Mononoke, T, 15k)
Drabble sequence is such an intriguing style!
The 6th Ward by coldmackerel (AoT, M, ~90k)
“A comedy about being dead.” Ghosts in a hospital yet carries on in a bizarrely humorous and contemplative way. Levi/Eren
Kids Who Don’t Play With Trains When They’re Young Will Never Grow Up to Become Skilled City Planners by Game_Changer (Gintama, T, 90k)
Tagged “Genre Whiplash”, cleverly vibrates between comedy and angst and constantly makes me want to cry laugh. The first time I read this, I immediately started from the beginning again!
