Top 12 Epic ShuMako Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. These are reader-favorite long-form ShuMako fics — save them for offline reading.
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
by LunaChai
Niijima Makoto is tasked to take down the Phantom Thieves. Spoiler alert: She gets her heart stolen. — Police!Makoto. Akira:Makoto.
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:
You See Them
by 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
Makoto's Lies
by 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
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
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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About This List
This list of 12epic ShuMako fanfics spans 5,072,152 total words. Kudos range from 1,295 on the newest entries to 5,378 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (8 of 12 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Slow Burn · Other Additional Tags to Be Added · Fluff · Slice of Life · Hurt/Comfort.
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