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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.

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Nigh (ない) by RyuuzaKochou / Miraculous Ladybug (incomplete | 101k words)

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)