ShuMako
Kurusu Akira/Niijima Makoto
The student council president starts the game investigating the Phantom Thieves and ends it as their strategist, awakening her Persona on a motorcycle made of nuclear fire. Her romance route with Joker — the honor student and the boy with the criminal record — is the most popular het pairing in the Persona 5 fandom. Stories favor the contrast between her rule-following exterior and the rebel she chooses to become.
What is ShuMako?
ShuMako is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Kurusu Akira and Niijima Makoto from Persona 5. With over 2,500 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.
Why fans love ShuMako
The good girl who joined the heist gang, falling for the very delinquent she was assigned to spy on.
Most Popular ShuMako Fanfics
The highest-rated ShuMako stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.
Sitting Behind You
by RedOrange99
AU where Ren is a third year at Shujin and sits behind Makoto in class. If you like ShuMako but you always kinda wished it was the main focus of the game, then this is the story for you! A retelling of Persona 5 Royal with a hard focus on Ren and Makoto, along with general team bonding moments and t
Crimson
by Dowdz
Akira Kurusu. Delinquent. Thief. Leader. Hero. Who is he? How many masks can one man wear?Please note: This story will be uploaded to RoyalRoad, as well. This message serves as verification that the author is the same.
Cop and Robber
Completeby LunaChai
Niijima Makoto is tasked to take down the Phantom Thieves. Spoiler alert: She gets her heart stolen. — Police!Makoto. Akira:Makoto.
Confidant Roulette
Completeby vivvav
Ren gets sick and can't keep his appointments with all of his confidants. The rest of the Phantom Thieves decide to fill in for him.
In-Between Palaces
by JuneLuxray
One-shot gallery composed of shorts of the cast of Persona 5 doing day-to-day stuff between Palaces. Mostly fluff, slice of life, and humor.
Queen's Checkmate
by blazingEmblem
She was captured, drugged, and beaten.Face to face with her own sister.With her life on the line, the founder and leader of the Phantom Thieves, Makoto Niijima, must prove her justice and mend her relationship with Sae... by detailing the events of the past year. A T.V tropes page is available here:
Under the Blood Soaked Mask
Completeby FlOrangey
Their plan worked. However while they knew the risks, none of them thought of the consequences. Not even their leader, until it was too late. The events of Akira's interrogation begin to haunt him in his dreams, and the weight of the world and the year begins to crush him.Then when his mask breaks,
You See Them
Completeby JuneLuxray
Ren Amamiya has spent his whole life seeing people who no one else can and being called crazy. By the time he reaches Tokyo on probation, he swears to himself that he will never speak to someone who supposedly isn’t there ever again.Easier said than done as several spirits come calling as he leads t
One Year on Probation
by FlOrangey
Akira Kurusu was a sixteen-year-old boy arrested for a crime he did not commit. Convicted of assaulting a man, expelled from his school, and put on probation, he must attend Shujin Academy in the city Shibuya for one year. If he makes it through his probation, he has the chance of having his record
Guiding Hands
Completeby TwilightKnight17
Playing Never-Have-I-Ever in the wake of Okumura's Palace leads to Akira learning something about his team that he hadn't expected. He also never expected he'd end up sleeping with all of them. But, hey, who was he to turn down a request from his team, especially when the request is this interesting
AMA
Completeby JuneLuxray
The Phantom Thieves hold an AMA on the Phansite after everything is said and done.
Makoto's Lies
Completeby PixieRed
Makoto is an elegant, refined young lady with purely logical reasons for her actions that don't involve personal desires for love or justice.An in-game Makoto POV shipfic focusing on her relationship with the protagonist and her early discovery of a certain palace.Cross-posted from FFnet.My thanks t
AMA 2: Shitpost Edition
by JuneLuxray
AMA part 2. Has no forseeable end; just the PTs having fun on the Phan-site answering questions.
Object Permanence
Completeby DemyxDancer
It’s the summer after her stint as a Phantom Thief, and Futaba has been spending way too much time with her favorite local art weirdo. That’s the best explanation she can think of for why she’s started finding it cute when he rambles about art and soothing when she watches him sketch. Having actual
The Delinquent and His Lover
by orphan_account
Makoto never thought her first relationship would begin with a broken nose and a trip to the ER, but when she mistakes the new transfer student as a stalker, things take a turn for the worse. To get her actual stalker off her back, she convinces Akira to be her fake boyfriend. What was supposed to b
A Light to the Truth
by RSturman
Rin Kurusu was falsely charged with assault and thrown into a new start labelled as a criminal in the city against her will. With a hazy past following her, she hopes to make the most of this new start away from her past events. However as soon as she arrives she is suddenly thrust into a game beari
Akira Kurusu's Testimony Regarding the Events of October Sixteenth
Completeby OpheliaDusk
Confessing your crimes is one thing, but confessing to dating your interrogator's sister is a whole other kettle of fish.
The Gun, the Sword and the Vampires
by YakFruit
The Persona 5 storyline re-imagined in a gothic, steam-punk world.Reader knowledge of Vampire Hunter D is not required.Niijima Makoto, younger daughter of the legendary vampire hunter Niijima, desires nothing but to continue her late father's trade. But when Makoto's elder sister casts her off as us
The Body Reflects the Heart, the Shadow Reflects the Soul
by Raptorclaw
When the Phantom Thieves defeated Maruki and destroyed Mementos, they thought that was the end. When they overcame the EMMA incident, they thought that was the end too. Life just never goes the way you plan, does it? Despite the Phantom Thieves' many victories, the world is once again thrown into ch
The Age of a New Trickster
by SuperShiro
Amamiya Ren has run the gauntlet and survived. Cognitive divinities, overenthusiastic therapists, rogue AI - you name it, he's dealt with it. His reward? A comfortable college life with a new family, a loving girlfriend, and a group of friends who would do anything for him. But for some reason, fate
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What does ShuMako mean?
ShuMako is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Kurusu Akira and Niijima Makoto. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.
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There are over 2,500 ShuMako fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own.
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