MHA fics that both cure and fuel my depression
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Worse Than Useless, Better Than Nothing by hedonistic_saint
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
15 Sep 2024
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Beaten, bitter, and finally broken, Midoriya Izuku decides to run away (again) and make his own way in the world. He'll become a better hero than those fakes! Even if it's technically illegal...
He’s got a habit of biting off more than he can chew, but that’s okay as long as he’s doing some good in the world! Good thing there are a handful of people who are desperate to keep him alive.
Izuku’s got a lot to learn a lot about family, community, and what exactly makes someone 'good' or 'bad.' This world's not all black and white after all. And when most of the people in power are worse than useless, sometimes the best you can hope for is to be better than nothing.
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Have Compassion (for who we once were) by LitaCakes
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
10 Jun 2024
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“This is going to break these damn extras.” Izuku sighed, but before he could start his argument, Katsuki went on. “They will never be able to go back to their regular innocent lives, we are going to devastate them, Izuku.”
“I know!” He tried hard not to shout, but the words just forced their way out. “I know.” He repeated, calmer. “But we have to do this. We have to. They have spent their whole lives cushioned and coddled by the good side of quirk society.”
Katsuki’s jaw was so tight, Izuku swore his teeth must be aching from the force of it. When he spoke, he did so through his teeth with pain clear on his features.
“You get it, don’t you; what you’re asking me to do? Izuku I-...you’re asking me to hurt you again. You’re asking me to be your abuser, again.”
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OR: My take on 'Compassion Week' - where the hero students have to do presentations on why a villain might become a villain. Izuku and Katsuki decide to pick Quirklessness, and their presentation is...enlightening.
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I DO NOT own the MHA/BNHA universe, only this original plot.
Please DO NOT re-post my work, or bind/sell.
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Posted: 6/10/24
Edited: 6/24/24Series
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Rise of the Phoenix by P0rtalJump3r, Raistlin6Majere
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
04 Feb 2024
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Izuku was a bad boy. He wasn’t sure why but that was what dad said. Everything seemed to lead to punishment. If he spoke, he was punished; if he left his room, he was punished; If he ate what mom snuck him and dad found out, he was punished.
When he turned four he went to preschool, Kacchan said that preschool was for cool kids.
The teachers kept asking mom why he came to school with bruises. She said he was clumsy. They asked him too, when mom wasn’t around. He said he was clumsy too.
Some of their classmates already had their quirks. Mom and Kacchan said he would get his soon.
Kacchan’s quirk came in the second week of preschool. He could make explosions! Kacchan told him they would be the best hero duo when Izuku’s quirk came in.
It did not.
This is just part of the story because we don't want to spoil too much!
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Stay With Me by ArdentKuriboh
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
27 Dec 2023
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He wasn't there.
Scratch that. He wasn't anywhere in the bloody school.
After the nurse said he hadn't come into her office, he'd run up to the roof, but he wasn't there either. At least he wasn't stupid enough to take his advice then. After Katsuki had checked his locker, the bench where he ate lunch, and the library though, he started feeling uneasy again. Maybe he had just gone home? Or was at the park in their neighborhood? It wasn't like Deku to ditch school, no matter how badly he was bullied. He hadn't in years, at least.
Katsuki's legs were carrying him back again to the shitty apartment he'd been avoiding for years, a sense of dread settling in the back of his throat. If that stupid bastard thought he could run away again, he'd have to put the thank you on hold temporarily until he finished killing him. He took a short detour to check the park between Katsuki's house and Deku's building, but no luck there either. He kept running.
Or alternatively, after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Izuku and Katsuki try to protect each other the only ways they know how. As Izuku walks a dangerous tightrope, Katsuki simply tries to hold onto him as the thought of losing Deku again takes its toll.
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- Part 1 of Stay with Me AU
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Kumo by JustYourAverageFanboy
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 Dec 2023
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The Kumo case has been driving Aizawa Shouta insane. Every time he gets close, the vigilante somehow slips through his grasp. At this point, he's sure he's never going to catch him. That is, until Yamada Hizashi comes home carrying a bloody and unconscious child.
Or, in which Aizawa and Yamada save a kid and accidentally adopt a vigilante in the process
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- Part 1 of Kumo
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better luck next time by nauticalwarrior
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, better luck next time - Fandom
25 Dec 2022
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As he falls, he lets himself think about it. He lets himself think that if he wakes up, if things go back again, it means that he does have a quirk. It means he really can take a swan dive off a roof and hope for better luck in his next life. It means that all along, he’s been useless and worthless because he hasn’t died yet.
He hits the ground.
And then he opens his eyes.
(vigilante!izuku AU where izuku has a quirk that rewinds time when he dies)
(hiatus! will be eventually adapted into an original work. for updates/more information, my twitter is nauticalwarri0r)Series
- Part 1 of blnt 'verse
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Shock Waves by vesterport
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
01 Dec 2024
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I thought I would die. I thought I would die and all I wanted was for you to come save me.
That was what he wanted to say. But the words stuck to his lips, and he stood there, unmoving. Frozen.
“Shinsou?” Aizawa muttered. “What is it?”
“Nothing,” Shinsou whispered, his voice dry and hoarse.
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Shinsou is captured by a group of quirk experimentalists over the summer. When he escapes, he returns to school a shell of his former self. Aizawa and Kaminari notice something is wrong as they try to uncover the truth.
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Izuku is out on a shopping trip with his class when bumps into someone he thinks he can befriend and look up to - a famous wealthy man that develops support technology. He claims to be a big fan of Izuku after watching the Sports Festival and will do anything to help him on his path to becoming a pro-hero. With promises of free gear and future connections, Midoriya and the stranger exchange contact information. When the semester starts and the class moves into the dorms, things are going great. Gradually, things start to take a turn as the man asks more and more personal things from him- even asking Izuku to meet him alone outside of school. Izuku's mood changes and he becomes more and more withdrawn. Despite alarm bells going off in his head, Izuku still maintains contact with the guy. Can his classmates and teachers save him from the ill-intentions of the older man? Can they help him recover from the man's lasting trauma?
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Love Me (Not) by Scaevus
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 Jul 2024
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After Katsuki shows up to the dorms drunk after a night spent at his mother's house, some things become extremely apparent to his classmates and teachers.
One: Katsuki will refuse to admit anything is ever wrong.
Two: There's something wrong with Katsuki, something very wrong, and they have no idea what it is.
Three: Katsuki is in a violent downward spiral, and no one knows how to help.Or,
Katsuki always attracts the worst in his life. For as long as he can remember, nothing was ever easy and painless. This especially comes true as he starts his UA high school journey. Now he has dangerous, slippery nightmares he can't explain, a mother who seems intent on beating the villain out of him, and nosy teachers asking all of the wrong questions. To top it off, his classmates are watching him more closely than ever before.
Katsuki isn't sure what will come first- him splintering into pieces under the pressure, or everyone learning the truth. To make it worse, he has no idea which of those options he'd prefer. -
14 Muffins by acidrainval
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
12 Jun 2023
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Izuku Midoriya attempts suicide via overdose by eating one drugged muffin every day for 2 weeks. This gives him time to prepare for his death, but what happens when Aizawa sensei finds one of his goodbye notes?