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- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Comments: Her fics are some of the BEST in this fandom, no contest, amazing AUs. I'm sure you've heard about her wonderful multichapter (if not, Where Have You Been??!!) but I've gotta admit I'm more biased towards her From Eden, I just LOVE Fae AUs!!! And hers was hands-down the best I've read in any fandom!
- Recommended by: missterholmes
- They're known for quite a couple of one-shots but then the multi-chapter stuff that they work on is so fantastic and immersive that it feels like I'm right beside the characters as I go through the story.
- Recommended by: missterholmes
- Comments: Found them from a fan artist on tumblr and they do a lot of neat takes on fairytale AUs. The author is very creative, has a good grasp on character dynamics, and possesses a captivating writing style.
- Recommended by: missterholmes
- Comments: Found them by recommendation and I was not disappointed. This author creates some really awe-inspiring 'what-if' situations for canon and knows how to dig deeper into the Toilet Bound Hanako-kun characters. Their characterization is spot-on and I love each and every story.
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Comments: An amazingly incredible writer, her take on Hanako's personality rings incredibly true to canon. She just portrays both sides of his personality incredibly well—that odd mix of a sweet kid who's trying his best and the shady, unreadable and just a tad amoral leader of the most powerful supernaturals at the school.
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Comments: They have three really good stories to their name—one of which is the start of a series and an incredibly good piece of fluff, the other two AUs that are brimming with potential and leave me wanting to know more.
- Recommended by: missterholmes
- Comments: Their soulmate AU utterly wrecked me. It was recommended to me by another person and I was so blown away by their take on Amane and Tsukasa's relationship.
- Recommended by: missterholmes
- Comments: An incredibly talented writer who writes inspiring AUs. Their college AUs are devastatingly beautiful and rich in their emotional experience.
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Comments: Jack of all trades, master of all, for among her fics you'll find both quantity and variety. She has canon fics, introspection, speculation, AUs and alternate timelines. I particularly love the way she has of writing the quiet little Hananene interactions, and the way she does it- there's this unique POV she uses in some of her fics-kind of a blend of first person and third-person limited with non-linear interjections, which make them feel like you're reading a daydream.
- Recommended by: missterholmes
- Comments: The style of writing for this author is so astounding because they always know how to balance the emotions, the story, and the characters within their set universe.
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Comments: Their fics will have you wheezing with laughter one moment and burying a smile in your pillow the next, because they transition between witty retorts and sweet moments incredibly seamlessly.
Canon Compliant Fics
All the Ways to Care About You
by LyricalSniperRifle
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: And, in the end, he supposes that this feeling could be something like love. Or "like," as she confessed to in the painted world—whatever the magnitude she'd meant with it, he believes that it can't be different from his. It feels right. This, right here, feels right. The development of a supernatural's feelings for his human assistant, as told by some of the many, many ways he has touched her.
A Rose By Any Other Name by thebonezone
- Recommended by: iinkbits
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Death wasn’t as dramatic as stories made it out to be. Nene had read plenty of books growing up. Romance, drama, horror (her favorite!), and of course, tragedies. She had never been a big fan of that particular genre. It was always too melodramatic for her tastes, and not in the whimsical, romantic way that she liked. Death was always tragic, that was undeniably true, but in the stories, it always seemed as though the dying person would cling desperately to life, fighting with every fiber of their being to cling to that one final breath. Nene didn’t fight when she died. Oh, she had thought as it hit her. I’m dying. That sucks. Predictably, Nene dies. Fortunately, contrary to what Hanako claimed, death wasn't necessarily the end.
Astronaut Ice Cream— And All the Stuff We Don't Know How to Say by thatsrightdollface
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Nene Yashiro brings Hanako-kun some astronaut ice cream. Also, they study together a bit, even if Nene isn’t sure how to look the WHY of it all in the face, yet.
au gratin (and other culinary endeavours by presumenothing
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: …not that any of that could explain how they’d ended up in the practice garden, of all places. Then again, very little about Nene’s life has been explainable since the start of summer.
Brush Some Dirt Away with the Palm of Your Hand. Leave Flowers by thatsrightdollface
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Nene Yashiro found her friend Hanako-kun’s grave completely by accident, one day, while she was wandering around with a bunch of classmates from the Gardening Club and drinking flower-themed milkshakes.
circles and circles of sorrow by shcherbatskayas
- Recommended by: fadeuntoyou
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Kou comes home one day and something has changed. Something has hurt him, something that Teru doesn't know or understand. (He tries to understand anyways.)
The Day-to-Day Existence of Ghosts: Your Beloved Protagonist Has Questions! by thatsrightdollface
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Before she met Hanako-kun of the Toilets, Nene Yashiro had never wondered too much about the day-to-day existence of ghosts.
(Or: a few slice-of-life style shenanigans, as Nene gets ready to go on vacation with her family.)
Down to the Last Petal by Indigo_Floof
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Yashiro's deadly fate, which used to draw closer and closer, now suddenly stood at a complete standstill. Ever-present, but unable to take effect. He'd make sure it stayed like that, one way or another. Until he found a solution.
Faces, Dazes, and Moon Phases by starrylitme
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: The day always starts with him waking up before Amane. The day always ends with Amane killing him.
The Girl Who Killed Fate by orphan_account
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Discontinued
- Synopsis: Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there. I did not die. (No, really.) Or: Nene has a lengthy conversation with a substitute teacher, and apparently the only way to change fate is to DIY it.
Hamster Space Wars: The Movie by thatsrightdollface
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Do you wanna hear a new rumor going around Kamome Academy lately? It seemed like Nene Yashiro had a date coming up for this next Sunday!
Hazy Days of December by milkteamoon
- Recommended by: iinkbits
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: It's snowing outside, and Nene Yashiro deals with growing feelings and a growing sense of nostalgia. Hanako is keeping secrets.
i hold hands with cosmic entities by trixstar
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Aoi makes it back to the human world.
- Pairing: Aoi/Akane
Let's Take a Selfie! by FalalalaLa
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Nene takes a few selfies while visiting Hanako and tries to get him in on the fun - but he's a ghost, he can't show up in pictures. Or can he?
Never More Than Me by LyricalSniperRifle
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Five times Akane said he loved her and the one time Aoi believed him.
- Pairing: Aoi/Akane
now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white by Soqquadro
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Hanahaki twist on canon material
- Pairing: Hanako/Nene
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Hanako had once told her that he didn’t need sleep. The exhaustion she could see in his eyes begged to differ.
seafoam and stardust by ali_summerset
- Recommended by: PopOptimal
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: The world's a stage, and every one has a part to play (another look at a daydream world)
The Shape of Stardust by milkteamoon
- Recommended by: lilaflo
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Nene Yashiro writes poetry about a certain school spirit (and the one time he read it).
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: A collection of self-indulgent stories mostly revolving around Hananene. It seems that no matter the time or place, the stars aligned for Hanako and Nene to meet and connect with each other.
to see you as you are now by piyo_nii
- Recommended by: iinkbits
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Hanako doesn’t know what his soulmate’s handwriting looks like. He doesn’t know what it feels like to wake up in the morning with your arms covered in little questions and doodles, and to be honest, he doesn’t even know if he has a soulmate at all. —But it’s okay. It’s okay, he tells himself when the days blend together and five minutes become five years, because he has a duty to fulfill, sins to atone for. After all, his time had stopped decades ago, his story cut short—it wouldn’t make sense for a ghost to hope for a future that will never come.
what you want isnt here by stainedglassbirds
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: It doesn't matter if her stories are unrealistic fantasies. She's allowed to indulge in those when she's been waiting and wishing for people to enter her life, making them to fill the void.
...but if the void is filled, why is she still making stories?
or: nene and amane have an important discussion
0.2 humpty-dumpty by ali_summerset
- Recommended by: PopOptimal
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Yako hates things she does not understand, so it was inevitable she’d hate humans too. To love any of them was pure folly, an incomprehensible act, so why would anyone do it? Why did she? Yako doesn’t understand herself either.
- Pairing: Hanako/Nene but Yako-centric.
Alternate Universe Fics
Ain’t it a Gentle Sound Rolling Through the Graves by Hammsters
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: With less than a year left to live, Countess Yashiro Nene has been given a mission by the king. She is to escort and watch over the king's brother as he enters a kingdom of necromancers and attempts to assassinate their would-be king. But what she and Prince Kou find on their journey is not what they expect. As they descend deeper into the worlds of two sorcerer-princes, their beliefs about their enemies, their dedication to their mission, and their faith in each other are all called into question. Are they to go on believing that all magic is evil? And if it isn't, can they justify the murder of a boy on the brink of adulthood, simply for political gain?
All Royalty is to Report to the Card Tower Mountain! As Soon as You're Able, Dears by thatsrightdollface
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Summary: Please wish Nene Yashiro luck, everybody — it's that time again, and she's on her way to the Card Tower Mountain! Card Kingdoms AU. Inspired by the card deck I believe was released with a special edition of Volume 12 of the manga.
"A Little Moonshine Ain't No Sin" by thatsrightdollface
- Recommended by MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Summary: “You want the moon? Yeah, I got her too — she’s right here waiting, in my pay-per-view.” — “Our Lady of the Underground,” Hadestown.
The Goddess of Springtime in the world of the dead offers Amane Yugi a gift.
Hadestown AU, casting Nene Yashiro as Persephone. The story title is also from “Our Lady of the Underground.”
All the Better to See You With by inspiration 99
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: In the mountains, a wolf demon is rumored to devour the souls of travelers. Yashiro Nene wanders from the path and finds herself in a contract with the Ookami. She just can’t look away from those amber eyes.
because ours are the moments i play in the dark by sincerelyand
- Recommended by: lilaflo
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: AU in which Amane convinces Yashiro to cut class and go stargazing with him… in the daytime.
Bleed For Me] by banjjakz
- Recommended by: PopOptimal
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: He’s amassed whole lifetimes of bad habits, and never has one felt more grievous than the way his lifeless body threatens to rise again after Yashiro launches herself off of him in mortified realization of their compromising position. A bad habit, thinks Hanako, watching his roommate flee away as he barely resists the urge to give chase. Predator and prey. A body drained dry. I’d take good care of you. (Or: Five times Hanako is painfully, embarrassingly obvious about being a vampire — and the one time he doesn't even need to be.)
Blurred Senses by Indigo_Floof
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Yashiro Nene has always known how her story would end, ever since she contracted the illness that now crippled her. However, when she meets a strange boy, fate soon twists even that out of proportion.
Bride of the Underworld by lilaflo
- Recommended by: thekarebear
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Hades and Persephone AU Keeping order amongst the boundaries of life and death was the primary rule for the gods. The God of the Underworld knew this by heart and saw no value in changing it. So how is it that a pretty little Spring Goddess can make him challenge the very rules he swore to uphold?
- Recommended by MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: There were the Dark Woods on the hill and the town in the valley, and the short, crumbling stone wall dividing them that no one remembered building. What belonged to the town stayed in the town, always keeping a respectful distance and a respectful mouth, so that what belonged to the Woods stayed in the Woods.
Yashiro Nene visits the infamous wall on a dare, and gets more than she bargained for. But what harm can there really be in exchanging gifts with the Fae?
Ghostly Management by starrylitme
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Nene is a normal young girl in a supernatural situation. She's told to stay even from those who seem to care about her, but she can't help wanting to escape and to learn more not only about herself and what she's forgotten but also of the elusive vampiric manager. She may only get assistance in these endeavors from the most dubious of sources. (An idea of what a fleshed out Ghost Hotel AU may look like. Maybe.)
Kamome: Unsolved by orphan_account
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Discontinued
- Synopsis: In which Yashiro Nene is a true millennial and has a Youtube channel dedicated to the mysteries going around her school and neighborhood. Starring: beloved radish believer of the supernatural Yashiro Nene, her co-host and probable demon Amane Yugi, apparent on-site-expert-totally-not-in-8th-grade-syndrome Minamoto Kou, and noisy camera-man Mitsuba "I'm Half the Goddamn Views" Sousuke! With guest appearances by long-suffering teachers and classmates wanting to oversee the betting pool.
Still Lake, Wrought Iron by Indigo_Floof
- Recommended by: GreenEyeVee
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: The soon-to-be ruler of the House of Spades was, if lightly put, a reserved young man. He didn't care much for political unions or even the idea of marriage. And then he met her.
- Comments: An extremely beautiful story that takes some concepts from Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Teach Me Astronomy, Amane-kun! by FalalalaLa
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Follow Nene as she learns about the stars with her space-loving friend, Amane, and how she begins to slowly realize her true feelings about him.
An educational fic that will follow real-life astronomy events that you can enjoy as well! This will be updated within approximately 48 hours of the event.
Tell Me, How You're Sleeping Easy by sincerelyand and thebonezone
- Recommended by: lilaflo
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Yakuza AU. You need to be more careful,” Amane admonishes, trying to ignore how the way the distant street lights bouncing off the girl’s hair is reminiscent of starlight, and more innocent, unattainable things in life. “Humans die pretty easily, ya know?” After all, Amane knows this all too well. He’s no stranger to looting from the battered remains of poor deceased bastards. If he clenches his fists, he can feel just the right amount of tension it takes to fracture a spine in half — and when he closes his eyes, sometimes he swears he can almost hear the agonized grunts and anguished screams from his and Tsukasa’s past victims ringing in his ears. Amane has never been a good person, but a chance meeting with a rabbit eyed girl in a dark alley almost makes him wish that he can become one.
The Disastrous Haunting of Room 404 by banjjakz
- Recommended by: PopOptimal
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Yashiro Nene starts each morning the same way. A hearty yawn, a kiss blown to her K-pop boy shrine, and two servings of omurice; one for herself, and one for the spirit living inside her walls. (Or: In which Yashiro summons a wayward, endearing, insufferably adorable wish-granting ghost. It comes with a price.)
The Suicide King and His Queen of Hearts by lilaflo
- Recommended by: Anubis-005
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Royal Cards AU. Things always came as a game for the young Prince of Spades. Wars and violent conquests were as easy as breathing cold air on a winter night. His throne of swords was more than enough proof of his dark victories. In matters of the heart, however, it was a much more twisted story.
- Comments: There's an absolutely gorgeous fan comic for The Suicide King and His Queen of Hearts that has some adult content, but it's overall a great piece of artistry.
Crossovers
Fics that have the cast of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun and other published media interact!
Like The Moon by AllHailProHeroThirteen04102016
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Crossover with: Boku no Hero Academia
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: "I'll go where you'll go."
The 40 by The_Ravenclaw_Werewolf.
- Recommended by Potential 1900
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: A Massive Multiplayer Crossover with 39 other media series, Honako woke up in an unknown dimension with 39 other characters to witness the future events of their respective journeys.
- Tags: "Let's Watch Our Show" Plot
