Bakudeku Fics That Ripped My Heart Out And Made Me Question Existence
Angsty Bakudeku fics that either made me scream/cry/throw up or were so good that I decided to swear off irl love forever
Most in this collection are very angsty longfics or have phenomenal plot and made me feel something ❤️ I bookmark and Rec the ones that don’t have collection settings open for the fics so check the bookmarks as well!
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Deathly Beautiful by KyuukaKoinu
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
12 Dec 2025
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Katsuki always believed the first emotion he felt about the mysterious man was anger. Unchecked, pure fucking resentment. He thought the bitter emotion coursed through him like a raging river and struck lightning on every nerve he had.
But when he truly thought back on it—the first emotion he felt wasn’t anger. It wasn't even hate or mild dislike.
It was morbid curiosity.
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Meet Me in the Caf by Misty_River for Moosepie805
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Dec 2025
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Something sinister is lurking in the shadows of Musutafu city, and Katsuki Bakugo gets tangled in it just as he lands the work-study of his dreams. Forced to navigate the complicated lives and hidden secrets of top hero Shoto and long-time crush Deku, Bakugo is thrown into a whirlwind journey of unexpected conflict and growth... which only grows rockier when Yo Shindo comes along.
A story of unlikely friendships, clumsy-soft love, and aching wishes under the stars.
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*Spark: Ch.2
*Smoulder: Ch. 17
*Singe: Ch. 28
*Scorch: TBD
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Sailor’s Folly by deadlyqueenhasnoweakness (TurtleAndReadyToHurtle)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
18 Jul 2025
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Seventeen summers after the siege of Komodan, with Emperor Yagi long dead and uprisings in the north still abundant, Boudicca Bakugou Mitsuki isn't so sure that domination was the right choice. Still, time is the greatest mirror, and the war leaves lasting stains. Her son Katsuki, in the face of kidnappings, tournaments, and prophecies, must now shoulder a new war; one which is impossible to win, and one which seeks to steal his throne.
Midoriya Izuku just wants to see his mother again, but he must journey through a sea of memories and blood-stained harps to find her. Along the way, he finds something else; Katsuki finds something equally precious.
« No longer coughing up half the sea, he managed to crack open an eye. Two deep, swirling ruby moons glared down at him, perhaps even more fiery than the feverish hand pinning him to the ground. He blinked. Am I… dead?
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Re-Examined Archives by beachbby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
05 Apr 2025
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Hit with a quirk that sends him ten years into the future, Izuku wakes up in a world that is still reeling from the aftermath of his own murder. To his horror, the murder still remains unsolved, with the fourth anniversary coming up in just a few weeks.
With his appearance bringing new points of view and evidence to light, it's up to him and the older versions of his classmates to finally crack the case once and for all. An unknown time limit hanging over his head, coupled with the residual emotional trauma that his friends experience at his reappearance are just a few bumps in the road that they have to get over, lest the case remain unsolved forever.
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Yūrei no Eiyū by ConstellationCatt
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
26 Dec 2024
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"If you wanna be a hero that badly, there’s a quick way to do it. Believe that you’ll be born with a quirk in your next life and take a swan dive off the roof!”
When Katsuki’s comment comes at just the wrong time, Izuku takes his advice. But it is not the end.
Alternatively:
In another world where Izuku is attacked by the sludge villain on the way to school instead of after it, his dreams get crushed too soon. With nothing to save him and Katsuki’s words ringing in his ears, Izuku decides to end it all by jumping off his school’s roof. As his body cracks on the ground, Izuku does not pass on to the next world. Instead, he is left as a ghost among many others. When the slime villain escapes from jail and attacks the person Izuku can’t help but care for, he learns that there may be more to his afterlife than he thought.And maybe he can be a hero after all.
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- Part 1 of Boku no Yūrei no Eiyū
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lasting impressions by omontz
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
13 Nov 2024
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Katsuki gets de-aged to sixteen years old. Izuku does his best.
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In My Time of Dying by RazzAppleMagic
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
26 Nov 2023
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Katsuki crushes the plastic in his palm, turns on his heel to look around him. He doesn’t hear Izuku step out from his hiding place. He doesn’t feel his presence until Izuku is there, right behind him.
“Are you here to arrest me, Kacchan?”
(In which, Izuku is a U.A. dropout turned vigilante and Katsuki is a pro hero that has made it his life’s mission to bring Izuku back to his side.)
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Midoriya has a fixation on the new nurse. They're mysterious, constantly angry, and starting to get fed up with his obvious attempts at killing himself.
Bakugou is just trying to think of a way to get back to the front lines, but All Might has managed to saddle him down with a new (necessary) burden.
They speak in slow awkward pauses and subtle gestures in their faded, sunlit infirmary. It's so good and slow, until it's not.
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Deathly Beautiful by KyuukaKoinu
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
12 Dec 2025
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Katsuki always believed the first emotion he felt about the mysterious man was anger. Unchecked, pure fucking resentment. He thought the bitter emotion coursed through him like a raging river and struck lightning on every nerve he had.
But when he truly thought back on it—the first emotion he felt wasn’t anger. It wasn't even hate or mild dislike.
It was morbid curiosity.
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Bookmarked by HopelessCreations
16 Jan 2024
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I??? Love this fic so much and I literally???? Didn’t have it bookmarked??? WTF
THIS FIC IS SERIOUSLY IN LIKE MY TOP FIVE FAVE OF ALL TIME it’s like UP there it’s like probably number 2 or 1 or something it’s —
ANYWAYS
I’ve read this fic like… three times? And this is one of the only stories, not even just fics, STORIES, that has managed to have me HARDCORE bawling my eyes out. EVEN ON RE READ. Kyuu is such an inspiration and if you’re not reading this fic you are so wrong for that -
I Will Find You by telephone_wires
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
27 Mar 2023
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Katsuki told Deku to stay right here.
Maybe Deku was blending too much into the background with his too green curly hair, maybe that idiot just saw something interesting on the other side of the large park ground and that’s why he’s not here.
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Other kids are crying even more now with the appearance of strangers and some are just curled up probably hoping it’s all a bad dream.
A fierce smile takes over the man's face and Izuku can’t help but think that it looks nothing like All Might’s.
Series
- Part 1 of In Search of You
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Bookmarked by HopelessCreations
05 Sep 2023
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