Best Epic Slice of Life Fanfics
Slice of Life fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Epic Slice of Life Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with slice of life and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
The Grand Unified Theory of Shěn Qīngqiū: Qi Refining
by 00janeblonde
Shěn Qīngqiū new game pluses himself into a happy ending and unlocks some premium content along the way.This fic is endgame Shěn Qīngqiū/Liǔ Qīnggē/Yuè Qīngyuán.It takes time for the characters to get together, but there is zero partner infidelity and very little angst. There's lots of pining, but i
Hideaway
by MeepySlow
“How can Montreal be snowed in?” Ilya asks. “They are not ready for winter?” “It’s Montreal, man,” Marleau snickers, like that's an explanation. Jane- 9:44 a.m.- Look on the bright side. If you’re stuck another day, you can come back here. ________ After Ilya leaves Shane’s apartment for the first t
Chaos for the Fly
by LaylaJeffany
“Wednesday, you are so new to love’s torturous sting. It simply takes time to get used to the poison, my darling. You have to build up a tolerance for it. Then – you’ll start to wonder how you ever lived without it.” Enid accidentally summons a malevolent spirit in an attempt to communicate with he
Yesterday is Tomorrow (everything is connected)
by IAM_Kneazle (twicethet)
James Potter went five years at Hogwarts without realizing Lily had a little sister. Hermione would have preferred it if he never realized she existed. Now she's stuck, in Potter's circle of awareness, and maintaining the timeline. Not like he makes it easy, or something. April 2026. Now complete.
promises kept
by gabstar
after barely surviving the war, katsuki swears to do right by izuku. no matter what it takes.
Where your love has always been enough (for me)
by classicequinox
It's a dark coil of anger deep in the pit of his stomach, reminding him that he was the root, the catalyst, the trigger for their family's downward spiral. It did happen - he reminds himself harshly. He can't forget that, even if time has actually reset itself.Todoroki Enji gets a second chance. It'
A Body of Water and Bones
by littlestcactus
"It was a good distinction to make. I wasn't Bella, but for the time being, I could be Isabella." Because time marches on and waking up as Bella Swan is unfortunate, but it's not the end of the world. Only the end of her's.Links for music playlists and story translations available in the series note
Détraquée
by Hystaracal
"All her growth was the conveying of a corpse of hope." (From 'The Rainbow', D.H. Lawrence)This is a story about coming into one's own, a meditation on the twilight of girlhood and the violence of crash-landing into womanhood. Follow Hermione as she navigates through the quagmire: Saving the world,
how to talk to other humans (and other valuable life skills)
by drawingspaces
If love is a word, let it be a song. People rarely get a second chance at growing up. Somehow, Jeongguk lucks out.
Catch the Stars
by ryerim (orphan_account)
When Mingyu’s doctor advices him to take a break from everything due to his insomnia, he defers the next semester at university and packs his things to visit his grandmother in a small village far away from the rush of the city.Once there, he meets Wonwoo, and quickly realizes that sleepless nights
Black and Blue
by MTrash (Makaria)
Daichi's new (temporary) neighbor is not only stunningly beautiful but also funny, friendly, with just a touch of mysterious. Naturally, Daichi freaks the fuck out.(AU where everyone lives in the same building and everyone is gay)
Pieces of Always
by Bre
Life continues after Forever is Composed of Nows.Ongoing non-linear collection of family moments for the Queens. You do not need to have read FiCoN to enjoy this, but it will spoil the end.
New Boii™
by ashtin
tldr tags: everyone falls in love with the cute new boy, felix (and he falls for all of them, too). it's chill tho bc they're all in open relationships with each other. main felix ship in tags.main side pairs: minho/jisung, hyunjin/taejoon (original character), seungmin/jeongin, chan is in a complic
New Beginnings - A Pokemon Slice of Life.
by Lessgently
Ethan Reed, once an ordinary young man from Earth, is mysteriously transported to the vibrant world of Pokémon. Stranded and bewildered, he spends over a year in an untamed forest, surviving and adapting to his new reality while waiting for rescue. During this time, he creates a small plot of land f
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.
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
The Formula of Love
by ErenEnthusiast
Eren Yeager has been racing his whole life. Now, as a Ferrari Academy driver and the reigning Formula 3 champion, he's in the middle of his Formula 2 season while starting his senior year of high school in a new town. Mikasa Ackerman has her own life, her own friends, and a reputation that follows h
Provocative Little Moments in Time
by OnigiriCat4Ever
A compilation of spicier oneshot pieces about (mostly) Tohru and Kyo and occasional other characters, set after the Curse breaks and going forward.Most recent entry:Chapter 75: Releasing tension - (Tohru and Kyo, April, one month after graduation). Posted 6/26/26.-New jobs, and new lives, can be str
Root & Key
by HumanLeg
Seto Kaiba has not played a piano for anyone in years. Once, it was a weapon. A performance drilled into his hands by a man who called himself a father. Now it is a secret—played only in empty rooms, late at night, where no one can hear what it cost him to learn. Katsuya Jonouchi works with dirt for
Whispers of Forever
by Jencey
What if the game events never happened?What if Cloud got to grow up with his father?What if he never left Nibelheim to enlist in the military?What if Tifa's mother didn't die when she was young?Nibelheim never burnt to the ground? So many questions that this story aims to focus on. Starting their jo
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About Slice of Life
No villains, no stakes, no countdown — just characters living: groceries, lazy mornings, inside jokes, the small rituals of days together. Slice-of-life fic finds its drama in the texture of the ordinary.
After canons full of apocalypse, readers crave proof their favorites get to simply exist; these fics are rest stops, and for many people comfort reading at its purest.
Common scenarios: A chapter that is entirely one rainy Sunday in a shared apartment, or a year of a couple's life told through twelve trips to the same market.
About This List
This list of 20epic Slice of Life fanfics spans 6,898,063 total words. Kudos range from 155 on the newest entries to 20,597 on the most established. 45% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (10 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Slice of Life · Fluff · Time Travel Fix-It · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Hurt/Comfort.
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