Best One-Shot Reincarnation Fanfics
Reincarnation one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 One-Shot Reincarnation Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with reincarnation and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.
as it turns out, i became the duke's wife! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
by idlemurmurs
“You like it,” Yoo Joonghyuk repeated, his voice husky with lust, “whore.”-In which Kim Dokja gets isekai'd into a new world and works as Yoo Joonghyuk's aide.
Qui vivra verra
by starlightmeissa
'Who lives, shall see.'Maria gets reborn in a young adult novel before the main character is a thought in her mom's mind. So, with no Mockingjay to save the country, she'll just have to wait things out until Katniss gets to the games.Unfortunately, that plan doesn't work when she volunteers in a twe
deja vu
by dandeaix
There is a Bible in the gloves compartment of the car. Angel has picked it up at a budget hotel run by an American couple, and has been reading it ever since while Aki drives.Today, Angel sticks a receipt between the pages to mark his spot, and then dumps the book back in the compartment. "Do you th
Death Doesn't Decriminate
by Gothams_Only_Wolf
What the Belmont Hold, both public and private, couldn't tell anyone was how much Trevor hated reincarnation. Five times Trevor was reincarnated and the one time someone important to him noticed.
there's so much history in my head
by WinchesterBurger
He’s barely three when he runs into his parents’ bedroom in the middle of the night for the first time, chubby cheeks tear-streaked and little body shaking from fear. He’s eleven when he remembers the names.He’s fifteen when the Lion visits him.
Solicitous [ON HIATUS, NOT ABANDONED]
by Anonymous
Characterized by or showing interest or concern.Archaic:eager or anxious to do something.orThe one in which Uchiha Sasuke is reborn as Fujioka Haruhi and nothing remains the same.
Ciel Through The Lookingglass
by Maddie_The_Hatter
His first year at Hogwarts finished, Ciel is looking forward to the following summer with his friends, and the upcoming year. However, there is still much to do.And Ciel's life has never been easy.
until the end of time
by laughing_sock
Sometimes a man will say anything for a first date.His eyes zero in on his plush bottom lip, caught under his teeth as he chews on the proposal, and later Satoru will blame this particular distraction for why he suddenly loses the rest of his brain-to-mouth filter.“You might not believe this,” he sa
Some Things Transcend Time
by LiterallyThePresident
A series of one shots describing Sebastian as he encounters familiar faces in the modern world.
A Rebirth of Rulers
by NullSage975
It has been done. Lelouch vi Britannia has rebuilt the world from the ashes of his own destruction, and is now prepared to rest eternally with the world cursing his name, just as he intended. However, circumstances would see him reborn in a world where everyone plays the game of thrones while winter
He sees her everywhere
by Gabyzzzzzzz
"He stops... suddenly he stops, he looks and then... he sees her! Just like a dream, who is she? Where did she come from? He doesn't know, nor does he care. Because his heart tells him that she is the young woman destined to be his bride." Cinderella, the movie - 1950 When Talitha Calisto Black cros
The whites of your eyes burn from across the room
by BlackBarnOwl
Her life with Mal should be taking off, but haunted by dreams of another life an inescapable cold dogs Alina's steps, splitting them further and further apart.
Backwash Immortal
by LostVacuum
Wriothesley's life is always nipped at the bud, never living past thirty. Cursed by the late Archon Egeria, Wriothesley's soul is immortal, his body is not. In order to grant Wriothesley's greatest wish to become immortal, Egeria split her heart in two, binding Wriothesley to her for the rest of ti
Requiem for the Devil
by Mrprimeblood (BloodMst)
Time is fickle, and souls care little for things like worlds and timelines. Reincarnated twice over, the Demon Emperor has become the Devil of the Void and he's back to right the wrongs and burn anyone who objects. Say what you will of Ballas, but he did had an eye for quality, he crafted a Devil an
Will you choose me again?
by SiynEisner
“Will you choose me again?” she asked. That night, as gloved hand met gloved hand, as Byleth slid their Father’s ring onto Their Light’s finger, they swore that they would never let her doubt that fact. “I will always choose you, El,” they whispered as their fingers intertwined. And the name felt ea
石心/The Stony Heart
by Dialectical_Dasheen
我们仰望人来帮助，以致眼目失明，还是枉然。我们所盼望的，竟盼望一个不能救人的国。 冷战背景转生/记忆恢复设定。本篇不涉及红营或谍战情节，是一个纯粹的1960年代美国故事。叙事背景为1953-1973年间CIA在美国国内进行的人体实验项目MKUltra。少量提及二战至冷战时期的锡安主义运动。故事纯属虚构，角色言行不代表作者立场。本来早就说要退坑，但是最近有朋友新入坑，我重温了一遍马莱篇，又嗑到贝莱了。那好吧。写一个我一直想写的梗。大纲定好了，预计六章完结，但愿能写完。合集前面有早年的翻译文。本文禁止AI收录与商业化使用。
College Collision (A MamoUsa fanfiction)
by doeyedgirl
Usagi Tsukino would say she'd matured since middle school. No longer does she wear her hair in odangos, and her choice of clothing had certainly upgraded. not only that, she goes to the most prestigious university in all of Tokyo! She's continued to live a normal life, no longer dealing with monster
From Hadestown to Santa Cruz
by LordPhantomhive
After the death of his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus chooses to end his life only to find himself reborn as a vampire. He has vowed to never fall in love again but will meeting Michael Emerson many years later change his heart? This is inspired by the amazing Ali Louis Bourzgui who has played Orpheus and
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Ishvalan Alchemist
by Hunttijuntti
Asha Ishtar is an Ishvalan alchemist — something that should not exist.Reborn from another world and bound by a contract with Truth, Asha knows the world is already out of balance. During the Ishvalan War, she uses forbidden alchemy to save lives, and after the war hides within the Amestrian militar
The Loneliest of Second Chances
by Rednowyob
Satoru Gojo has a secret he has kept since the day he was born. That being the fact that his name wasn't always Satoru Gojo. Before he was reborn into this world of sorcerers and curses upon his death, he was know across the lands as Kakashi Hatake, the retired Sixth Hokage. But a shinobi's work is
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About Reincarnation
Characters live, die, and find each other again in another life — sometimes remembering, sometimes only feeling an inexplicable pull toward a stranger. Reincarnation fic spans single rebirths and centuries-long cycles of meeting and losing.
It is the promise that love outlasts death itself, and the moment of remembrance — recognition flooding a stranger's face — is among the most reliably devastating beats in fanfic.
Common scenarios: An immortal waiting centuries for a reborn king to return, or modern strangers dreaming in parallel of a war they both died in.
About This List
This list of 20one-shot Reincarnation fanfics spans 110,265 total words. Kudos range from 7 on the newest entries to 16,464 on the most established. 40% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (9 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Reincarnation · Alternate Universe - Reincarnation · Canon Compliant · Post-Canon · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting.
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