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1. Rec 20

   By Your Hands by buggingout00

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   29 May 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Kudou | Second One For All User/Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Kudou | Second One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Sexual Content
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • POV First Person
   • Pre-Canon
   • Mentioned Sensei | All For One
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Yoichi's Vault Trauma
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Doomed Relationship
   • Established Relationship
   • Past Abuse
   • Slow Exploration of Intimacy
   • Crying During Sex
   • Inspired by an Ethel Cain Song

   Summary

   Yoichi has grappled with his brother's hold on him for far too long. Though his soul will never be freed from the impacts of the deep grasp he's survived on his skin, Kudou's hands on his body will be what he needs to hold him steady.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,878

   Chapters:

   2/2

   Comments:

   7

   Kudos:

   90

   Bookmarks:

   20

   Hits:

   1,983

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   23 Jul 2026

2. Rec 6

   Honestly I Didn't Think About How We Didn't Say Goodbye (just see you very soon) by ThatLaufeyGirl

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   30 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Kudou | Second One For All User/Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Kudou | Second One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Bruce | Third One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Mentioned Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Five Stages of Grief
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • I Wrote This While Listening to Laufey's Music
   • How Do I Tag
   • Song: Promise (Laufey)
   • Doomed Relationship

   Summary

   The aftermath of Yoichi's death and Kudou's grief.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Laufey Lyrics (and other songs ig)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,062

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   62

   Bookmarks:

   6

   Hits:

   551

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   23 Jul 2026

3. Rec 43

   By Your Side, Always by Pepratosthai

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   11 Sep 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Kudou | Second One For All User/Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Kudou | Second One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Bruce | Third One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Sensei | All For One
   • Mutual Pining
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Possessive Sensei | All for One
   • Post-Rescue
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Family Issues
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Wartime Romance
   • Canonical Character Death
   • dawn of quirks
   • kudou-centric
   • kudou was a child soldier

   Summary

   A good soldier would have taken the shot, and Kudou was nothing if not a good soldier. Why then, did he reach out a hand instead?

   After striving nearly his whole life to defeat All For One, Kudou forms an unlikely bond with his archenemy’s twin brother and finds himself questioning his reasons for fighting.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   55,678

   Chapters:

   7/13

   Comments:

   118

   Kudos:

   222

   Bookmarks:

   43

   Hits:

   4,788

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   23 Jul 2026

4. Rec 23

   it’s been a long, long time (since i memorized your face) by archaraki

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   31 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Kudou | Second One For All User/Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Bruce | Third One For All User & Kudou | Second One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Bruce | Third One For All User & Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Sensei | All For One & Yoichi | First One For All User
   • Kudou | Second One For All User & Sensei | All For One
   • Bruce | Third One For All User/Kudou | Second One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • it’s briefly implied
   • Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Kudou | Second One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Bruce | Third One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Sensei | All For One
   • Minor Kudou | Second One for All User/Yoichi | First One for All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Protective Kudou | Second One for All User (My Hero Academia)
   • POV Kudou | Second One for All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Yoichi | First One For All User is So Done
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Sensei | All For One Being an Asshole
   • Pre-Canon
   • Narcissism
   • Not Beta Read
   • Angst
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Ghosts
   • no beta reader we get murdered like kudou
   • kudoichi isn’t established here
   • but they’re gay
   • wrote most of this on a roadtrip

   Summary

   The moments following Toshitsugu Kudou’s death and his first time seeing Yoichi again.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,872

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   17

   Kudos:

   163

   Bookmarks:

   23

   Hits:

   1,624

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   22 Jul 2026

5. Rec 16

   i think the apples rotten right to the core, from all the things passed down from all the apples coming before. by archaraki

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   07 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Kudou | Second One For All User/Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Kudou | Second One For All User & Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Sensei | All For One & Yoichi | First One For All User
   • Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Kudou | Second One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Sensei | All For One
   • (mentioned)
   • POV Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Minor Kudou | Second One for All User/Yoichi | First One for All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Yoichi | First One for All User (My Hero Academia) has PTSD
   • Kudou | Second One for All User is Bad at Feelings (My Hero Academia)
   • Protective Kudou | Second One for All User (My Hero Academia)
   • Manipulative Sensei | All For One
   • Mentioned Sensei | All For One
   • Not Beta Read
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Implied Relationships
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Dysfunctional Family
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Inner Dialogue
   • (a lot of it)
   • (I’m SORRY)
   • (yoichi spends half the fic thinking)
   • Short One Shot
   • Character Study
   • (Or an attempt at it)

   Summary

   After being saved by his heroes, Yoichi fears he’s becoming his brother. He can’t fathom that attentiveness is not just control and can become care just as easily.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,638

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   8

   Kudos:

   115

   Bookmarks:

   16

   Hits:

   1,048

   Bookmarked by Mirror_Well

   22 Jul 2026