Popularity often hinges on hitting a trending niche before it gets oversaturated. Check the tags on AO3 weekly. Is there a sudden spike in fics for a particular ship, like Shinso x Denki, or a trope like 'Villain Rehabilitation'? Jump on that wave, but put your own spin on it. Don't just write another 'Class 1-A watches the show' fic; maybe have them react to terrible in-universe fanfiction written about them. Subvert expectations.
Also, a killer summary and title are your shop window. No one clicks on 'My MHA Story' or 'What If...'. Something like 'The Echo Chamber Effect' or 'How to (Accidentally) Adopt a Villain' creates intrigue. First chapters need a hook—action, a huge revelation, or razor-sharp dialogue—within the first 500 words. Readers scrolling on their phone will tap away if you spend two paragraphs describing the sunset over UA.
Engage with the community. Share your snippets on Tumblr or Discord, ask for beta readers, and take constructive criticism. Sometimes a small group of dedicated fans sharing your work does more than any algorithm.
A lot of advice focuses on tropes and marketing, which is valid, but I think the core is character voice. If your Izuku sounds like a generic nice guy, or your Bakugou is just a screaming meme, readers drop off. Go rewatch their key scenes with the sound off, just read the subtitles. How does Izuku's internal monologue differ from his spoken words? How does Bakugou's vulgarity mask his specific, precise frustrations? Nail that, and even a simple coffee-shop AU feels authentic.
Popular series also often master pacing. Give readers a payoff every few chapters—a fight ends, a secret is revealed, a relationship shifts. End chapters on a line that makes them NEED to click next. That serialized momentum is what builds a following. Don't get stuck in three chapters of pure training montage without advancing any personal plots.
Ignore popularity. Seriously. Chasing hits and kudos leads to writing the same five plots over and over. The MHA fandom is huge; there's an audience for everything, from hyper-realistic PTSD recovery fics to crackfics where Mineta becomes a respected philosopher. Your unique take, executed with conviction, will find its people. Consistency and finishing your story will earn you a reputation. That's how you build a reader base, not by trying to reverse-engineer a trend.
Honestly, I think aiming for 'popular' right out of the gate is the quickest way to burn out. The biggest fics in 'My Hero Academia' didn't start with that goal; they started because someone had a weird, specific idea they couldn't shake. Maybe it's 'What if Izuku had a different quirk?' but we've seen a million of those. Dig deeper. What if the League of Villains ran a legitimate temp agency? What if Aizawa secretly fostered cats from the USJ incident? Find the detail that makes you cackle alone at 2 AM and build out from there.
Structure helps me when I'm drowning in ideas. I don't plan every chapter, but I nail down the emotional beats. Where does the story hurt? Where does it soar? Knowing that Izuku and Bakugou have a reckoning in chapter 8, or that Uraraka has a solo hero moment in chapter 12, gives me a roadmap. The filler action scenes get written around those pillars. And update consistently, even if it's short. A loyal, small readership that trusts you to deliver is worth more than a viral one-shot that never continues.
My current WIP is a slow-burn romance between two background characters, and it gets maybe a tenth of the hits of an OP Izuku story. But the comments are from people who genuinely care about these characters I fleshed out from a single panel. That feels more like 'popular' to me than any big numbers ever could.
Write the fic you desperately want to read but can't find. That hunger translates onto the page. I got tired of All Might bashing, so I started a gen fic exploring the massive institutional pressure he was under, framed as a series of leaked internal HPSC memos. It's not a ship fest or a power fantasy, so it'll never be top of the charts, but the people who find it are insanely passionate. That's its own kind of success.
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Adrian died with fury in his heart, hating the tragic ending of his favorite novel.
The villain deserved better.
But the story was never written for happy endings.
Betrayed by everyone he trusted, feared by the entire world, and ultimately destroyed by the plot itself—Cassian Nyx, the infamous Demon Lord, was never meant to be saved.
Until Adrian woke up inside the story.
He didn't reincarnate as a harmless bystander. He woke up as Prince Elian Ashford—the tyrannical prince destined to destroy Cassian.
Worse, a cold, ruthless World System instantly locks onto his soul, forcing him to keep the original tragedy on its "correct" path.
[MISSION: MAINTAIN STORY STABILITY]
Failure Penalty: Immediate Death.
Trapped between a lethal penalty and his own morals, Adrian chooses a dangerous path: pretend to follow the plot while secretly rewriting the villain's destiny.
But there’s only one problem.
The more Adrian tries to save the villain, the more the dangerous, obsessive Demon Lord begins to love him.
Cassian Nyx is a monster feared by the entire kingdom. He trusts no one. Until Adrian. For the first time in centuries, the scarred Demon Lord begins to hope for a future where someone finally stays.
Now, the original hero has arrived, and the System is forcing the final execution. Every choice Adrian makes pushes the world further into chaotic plot deviation.
Adrian must make his final choice. Will he obey the System to save his own life? Or will he destroy the entire story itself just to save his villain?
Genre: BL Fantasy Romance / Transmigration
Tropes: Obsessive Demon Lord ML × Reincarnated Prince MC, Saving the Obsessive Demon Lord / Destroying the Plot for You, System Missions, Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Angst with Comfort, Soul Bond.
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Better to be straight forward Med! I gulped down the lump formed in my throat and spoke with my stern voice trying to be confident.
"Yes, I'm scared of you, more than you can even imagine." All my confidence faded away within an instant as his soft chuckle replaced the silence.
Jerking me forward into his arms he leaned forward to whisper into my ear.
"I will kiss you, hug you and bang you so hard that you will only remember my name to sa-, moan. You will see me around a lot baby, get ready your therapy session to get rid off your fear starts now." He whispered in his deep husky voice and winked before leaving me alone dumbfounded.
Is this how your death flirts with you to Fuck your life!? There's only one thing running through my mind. Lifting my head up in a swift motion and glaring at the sky, I yelled with all my strength.
"FUC* YOU AUTHOR!"
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They say novels are an inaccurate of past pieces of history from different alternate universes, well this agent is here to make things right.
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She snickered with a making a joke of her counterparts concerns.
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Thud!
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Writing fan fiction for 'My Hero Academia' is such a blast because the world is already so vibrant and full of possibilities. The first thing I always do is decide whether I want to stick close to canon or take a wild detour. If I’m exploring an alternate universe, like a quirkless Izuku still becoming a hero or a villain-centric story, I spend time brainstorming how the ripple effects would change the dynamics. For canon-compliant stories, I reread arcs or rewatch episodes to nail the character voices—Bakugo’s explosive temper isn’t just yelling; it’s got layers of insecurity and pride.
One trick I swear by is stealing tiny canon details and expanding them. That throwaway line about Midnight’s teaching style? Perfect for a slice-of-life fic in UA’s staff room. I also love writing OCs, but they need to feel organic—like Mei’s eccentric inventor friends or underground heroes who’d logically exist but never got screen time. Fight scenes are tricky; Horikoshi’s art does half the work in the manga, so in prose, I focus on kinetic language (think ‘how’ Stain moves, not just ‘what’ he does). Lastly, I drop drafts in Discord servers for beta readers who spot when I accidentally make Todoroki too chatty. The key is balancing what fans love about the original while carving out your own space.
Man, it's tricky isn't it? Everybody loves the big action set pieces—and you should absolutely write those eventually—but I've found my most read scenes are actually the quiet, in-between moments. That cafeteria conversation where Bakugou grunts a single word and Kirishima beams like he won the lottery. Or that time Aizawa just silently drinks his jelly pouch while the class chaos erupts around him. These smaller beats let you explore character voice without the pressure of a plot. They're also way easier to start with; pick two characters, put them in a mundane setting (laundry room, convenience store after school, waiting outside Recovery Girl's office), and just let them talk. The 'My Hero' world is so dense with unspoken history, even a simple interaction can feel loaded. My last fic's most kudos'd chapter was just Tokoyami and Dark Shadow arguing over a manga. Give yourself permission to write the small stuff first.
Another thing that helped me: I stopped trying to mimic the anime's pacing. In a visual medium, fights can last episodes. In prose, a blow-by-blow description of a training exercise can get tedious fast. Focus on the sensory details the anime can't: the smell of burnt sugar from Bakugou's sweat, the specific ache in Deku's fingers after a smash, the texture of Todoroki's ice underfoot. That immediate, grounded perspective pulls readers right into the scene. And if you're stuck on where to even begin a scene? I literally just use a random dialogue generator prompt like 'You owe me five hundred yen' or 'Is that my toothbrush?' and drop two characters into it. Sounds silly, but it works.