Top 7 Short ShuMako Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length ShuMako fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
Confidant Roulette
by 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.
Under the Blood Soaked Mask
by 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,
Guiding Hands
by 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
by JuneLuxray
The Phantom Thieves hold an AMA on the Phansite after everything is said and done.
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
by 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
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Novella-length ShuMako fics — roughly 10,000 to 50,000 words — let writers fully develop a single AU, trope, or relationship beat without sprawling. Plenty of time for setup, payoff, and a satisfying ending; not so much time that you're juggling fifty bookmarks.
Great for trying a new author or testing whether you'll enjoy a sub-genre before diving into something longer.
About This List
This list of 7short ShuMako fanfics spans 179,488 total words. Kudos range from 1,535 on the newest entries to 4,669 on the most established. 71% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (5 of 7 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Sort Of · Don’t copy to another site · Slow Burn.
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