Welcome to the rec list of epic proportions! Well, for NewS, anyway. This list is by no means exhaustive (though let me tell you, it feels that way); there are plenty of fics not on it that I would still recommend, I just… forgot them, or already had too many by that author, or they are not to my taste but may be to yours. I also tend to be a fairly selective reader in some ways, so I may just not have read something based on the summary and pairing and, so, missed something amazing. It happens. Also… I have sometimes warned for AUs but not probably often enough. I love AU so it just doesn't occur to me. And lastly, my summary skills are lame so sometimes there's summary, or someone else's, or just vague reasons why I think it's awesome. You'll just have to be surprised. :D
PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS ON LINKED FICS. I have warned where I remembered to, but I have made sure not to link to cutids (unless necessary and I double-checked the content and made sure to warn if needed) so that everyone can read the summary and warnings themselves. Also, 'dark' means … well, I don't know exactly how to sum it up… it encompasses dark subjects such as death, torture, upsetting things that might trigger unpleasant memories for some people, so be especially careful in reading warnings for those, please.
All that being said… Onward! (**Updated 9/16/11)
Gen
- All's Chaos on the Eastern Front - by peroxidepest17: This. Is epic (like … really… it's 66k) and amazing and it is SUPERB. 8-nin NewS Supernatural crossover full of irreverence and wit and heartbreak and beautiful, beautiful things. And she's still writing small spin-offs. <3 PG-13
- among the hidden things - by nanyakanya: AU. Zoe is killer at writing mind-bending fic and this is no exception. Dreamwalking, worldbending, amazing. R**
- And You Will See Such Pretty Things - by nanyakanya: Koyama-centric, NewS, slight KoyaShige and one of the best mindfucks ever. I gasped and covered my mouth and cried like a little girl. Dark. R
- Any Day in November - by lemonadetea: Lawson!verse! I love all of them. XD Start with this drabble first, though. PG
- College Still-Life (Higher Education, Eat Your Heart Out) - by moonbyrd: Yamapi-centric College AU featuring NewS and Arashi. Really funny and heart-warming. <3 G
- comfortably numb - by nanyakanya: Tegoshi-centric. Mushishi AU. Darkish and beautiful. PG-13**
- Days Broken Into Fragments by catskilt: Pi-centric Yamapi/NewS future AU. Beautiful. G
- Fondness Robotics - by lemonadetea: Robot Yamapi and Shige learning to feel. SO CUTE. PG
- Hue/Saturation - by yey-yey: Ryo-centric AU, drug use, suicide. Beautiful and chilling. R
- It's a Viscous Cycle - by beltenebra: Tegoshi goes to a festival in Scotland for ItteQ. I laugh so hard EVERY SINGLE TIME. <3 G
- Loose Ends - by track_04: "In life and death, sometimes all you need is a helping hand. It takes 7 different people to teach Ryo this particular lesson." Bittersweet and thought-provoking. PG-13
- no heroics.exe - by lightstylings: "Ryo’s an undecided cape who gives being a supervillain a go for a while and uses a not-so secret identity to set up a software company to code a virus as his first attempt at being evil. unbeknownst to him, he’s employed moonlighting off-duty superheroes to do his bidding." Oh god. So funny. <3 <3 <3 Crack. PG-13
- One Thousand And One NEWS Nippon Nights - by peroxidepest17: "Shige writes epic JE fanfiction for the greater good." Seriously. So much cracky goodness. If you write or read fanfic, you should read this. LONG. PG-13
- Playwright Fate - by track_04: Space pirates NewS are on a mission. Full of amazing and wit and OMG plot. XD Longish. PG-13**
- Share (or Five Ways Koyama Realizes That He’s Gay for NEWS) - by peroxidepest17: I have always maintained that Koyama is NewS's biggest fan. <3 So sweet. <3 PG-13
- The Good, The Bad, and The Shige - by nanyakanya: Western AU, Shige-centric, NewS, HILARIOUS. PG
- The Shoemaker - by trivialaffair: "Out of all the shoes Massu has made, he remembers only five pairs." Simple, sweet, moving. PG-13
- The Stolen Child - by grydo2life: remix of my Charmed (should probably read it first). A little dark, magic touching our world and the casualties left behind. Eerie. PG-13
- This is Love - by peroxidepest17: More Koyama loving News, mostly discovering how Ryo and Shige work together. Wonderful. <3 PG-13
- To Hell in a Handbasket (They're Coming to Get You, Barbara!) - by yey-yey: Zombie apocalypse AU. So good. PG
- Uninstall - by beltenebra: Dark and chilling alternate-future sci-fi AU. Character death and angst. R
- White Hat - by zheinpathos: "He wakes up without anything in his head. He doesn't know who he is, who these people are, and how he ended up like that. He does know how to count in hexadecimal." Tegoshi-centric hacker!AU. NewS, various other JE appearances. PG
Koyama/Massu
Koyama/Ryo
Koyama/Shige
- A Drop in the Ocean - by bananyphophany: AU. Laid-back summer romance with TONS of bromance. Koyama, Shige, Tegoshi, Massu. So so so much love. <3 PG
- A Love For All Seasons - by natsudive: FLUFF!! Fluffy fluff fluff. <3 PG
- All The King's Horses - by anamuan: Shige/NewS (one at a time, people.) Adorable and hot with a sweet/funny ending. R
- Coyote Ugly - by snoozing_kitten: Also, implied Koyama/NewS. Koyama's an… overly-affectionate drunk. Shige tries to figure out how to cope. NC-17
- Diamond in the Rough - by ryogrande: Long, plotty, angsty, one of my favorites. NC-17 (Honestly I love all of her KoyaShige so I just put my two most favorite.)
- Dreams, Feathers, and Songs and Found Things - by thawrecka: AU. Very abstract style. I prefer the second, but you wouldn't understand it without the first I don't think. Things that make you go 'hmmm.' PG
- Four Seasons - by bananyphophany: Gorgeous feeling and imagery. ALL of her KoyaShige is good. I just picked a favorite. PG-13
- Gone Baby Gone - by beltenebra: sci-fi Dollhouse AU. Dark and slightly angsty and lovely. R
- Good For The Soul - by mousapelli: FLUFF! "Shige's drunk, but Koyama can wait." PG-13
- Heaven (is a place on Earth) - by grydo2life: angel!Koyama answers Shige's prayer. Absolutely beautiful. PG**
- It's Not Porn If You Don't Get Paid - by joshua_glass: Take a dirty picture… hehe. NC-17
- Journey - by wrenne25: Very relaxed with a squee-inducing ending. <3 PG-13
- Not So Wholesome - by yey-yey: KoyaShige at a Halloween party in the same costume… so in sync. XD NC-17
- Rock-a-Bye - by ryogrande: Mpreg, cracky fluff, this is my go-to comfort fic. NC-17
- Sleepover: Koyama The Floor Monster - by wintersjuly: Platonic. OMG SO CUTE. <3 PG
- sonnet 116 - by coiled_iris: Dark, disturbing, and possibly one of the most well-crafted fics in fandom. Hints of Shige/Tegoshi, Ryo/Shige, and Koyama/Tegoshi. NC-17
- Tambourine Dreams - by kaminikaku: Shige's "Shalala Tambourine" personas are invading his dreams and making his life hard. Really cute. PG-13
- The Porn Shop - by trivialaffair: "Koyama buys porn every Tuesday during Ryo’s midnight shift." Angst with a hopeful ending. But also these two ficlets by ununoriginal in the same 'verse, featuring Shige - waiting and forgetting, which are fantastic.
- The Right Mistake - by tokeruyouna: Fluff. :D PG
- XOXO - by yey-yey: Platonic. Three times KoyaShige kiss. Adorable adorable adorable. G
Koyama/Tegoshi
Koyama/Yamapi
Massu/Ryo
Massu/Shige
Massu/Tegoshi
Massu/Yamapi
Ryo/Shige
Ryo/Tegoshi
Ryo/Yamapi
- Almost a Romance - by catskilt: Platonic. Growing into something more (not romantic.) G
- Bathtub Talk - by tinyangl: Platonic. Sweet and funny. PG-13
- Summerlong - by burritos: K8 is the kinky girlfriend and NewS is the wife. Hilarious and sweet. I love pretty much everything this girl wrote. NC-17
- Untitled - by tatoeba: Beautiful and simple friends becoming more. PG**
- Violent Friction - by coiled_iris: I don't really like romantic RyoPi, but I love pretty much all of hers. :D RyoPi are desperate to get some time alone. NewS-assisted member ai, lol. NC-17
Shige/Tegoshi
Shige/Yamapi
Tegoshi/Yamapi
It's Complicated (meaning I had no idea where exactly to put these)
- A Fall From Grace (but we never were real angels) - by snoozing_kitten: "Koyama knows someone is watching him, now it’s all a matter of finding out whom and why." NC-17 A little bit of everything, pairing-wise.
- a world of (im)perfect loves - by trivialaffair: Koyama/Shige, Ryo/Shige. Heart-wrenching angst so real you can taste it. Absolutely sad and beautiful. Longish. PG-13.
- Café au Lait - by bananyphophany: Not gen, not… pair-y. Just… NewS being NewS and I love it so much. Coffee shop AU. PG-13
- look who's looking - by lightstylings: Love … weird shapes abound. Absolutely amazing. yamapi/koyama, koyama/shige, ryo/shige. PG-13
- Pretense - by psychoniji: Oikawa Sousuke/Katase Riichiro (Last Friends/Hokaben), Sousuke/Michiru. This is in this section because it's drama fic… I don't know. It's dark and just very believably put together, set before the drama. R
- Secondary Purpose - by the_suit_case: Ryo/Koyama(/Shige). This. Just. It's so subtle and perfect. Slight angst, mostly not. One of my most favorites. PG
- when the lights go down in the city - by samakazaam: Zombie apocalypse, character death. "AU, romance, and horror. in that order." KoyaShige, RyoPi, TegoMasu. One of my favorites. This was pretty much EXACTLY the way I wanted this to go. No happy endings, no lucky breaks. The end is nigh and there is no saving them. SO good. R
Three or More
HET!
wtf tentacle porn? I am amused by the fact that both of the titles have exclamation points. :D
- Tentacles!!! - by hensoshite: "Warnings: Sex, voyerism, asphyxiation, and um... tentacles O.o So basically it's crack smut." Yeah. XD Koyama/Shige + Kusano. O_o? :D NC-17
- SLUTS FROM SPACE! - by snoozing_kitten: Koyama/Jin/Nakamaru. Read the warnings. A weird sort of extraterrestrial cops and robbers. I am at a loss, lol. NC-17
Intergroup
Gen
- Disco Ball World - by nanyakanya: Funniest. Thing. Ever. Roller rink, drag queens, hilarity. Go read. Yoko-centric gen, everybody and their soul sister. PG-13
- Empty Rooms - by changetje: DARK, character death, a bit gory. Incredibly eerie, the pacing is fantastic and the whole thing is very wtf in a good way. R
- Goodbye & Go - by rockthecliche: Jin/Shige. College AU. Learning from each other. PG
- Gunpowder Jitterbug - by nanyakanya: Koyama-centric dieselpunk AU, slight Koyama/Ohkura, a smattering of characters across J&A. PG-13
- MTV Road Rules: Across America in 15 Days - by katmillia: This. This whole 'verse is hold-your-side-you-laugh-so-hard good. Akanishi Jin, Yamapi, Kamenashi Kazuya, Shirota Yuu, Kuroki Meisa and lots of others. PG-13
- On-line Gaming - by beltenebra and imifumei: if you game, you should read. So punny and just… I laughed so hard. Nino, Junno. PG
- Shaka Laka Boom Boom - by xplodey_di: "Yoko and Hina are mad scientists. One drunken night, they decide to build robots to take over the world, and then promptly lose them. Good job, guys." There's a little bit of EVERYone in this and it's so so good. PG-13
- The Day JE Twittered - by catskilt and gothicauthor: Gen. You will cry with laughter. PG
Not Gen
- Abstinence, Truths and Digital Versatile Discs - by burritos: Awkward and touching Jin/Yamapi. NC-17
- Ai for You - by myxstorie: Jin/Yamapi. "Jin can't leave his little girl home alone, but the only person available to help is the stranger across the hall." PG
- Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog - by yey-yey: Jin/lots of people. Shivery delicious dark AU. NC-17
- Any Way the Wind Blows - by htenywg: Shige/Sakurai Sho, Ryo/Shige. Angst and sweetness. Er… PG-13?
- Are You There, Yoko? It's Me, God - by the_suit_case: Koyama/Yokoyama Yuu I love this fic to tiny little pieces. It's probably my second favorite fic. So good. G/PG
- Bittersweet Symphony - by burritos: Jin/Ryo/Yamapi One of the best fics I've ever read. Absolutely stunning. NC-17
- Darkness Took the Choices From My Hands by joshua_glass: Junno/???, slight Jin/Junno. DARK FIC. Made me hold my breath and wibble. NC-17
- Don't get too close to my fantasy - by nanyakanya: Koyama/Sho, Koyama/Yokoyama. Phone sex operator Koyama, police officer Sho… so sweet. NC-17
- Exo-Politics: Intergalactic Party - by je_levy: All possible mixes of Jin/Junno/Koyama. Cop!Jin mesmerized by Alien!Koyama and outwitted by Mastermind/Crazypants!Junno. Alternately hot and hilarious. NC-17**
- First Contact - by rheasilvia: Junno/Ryo undercover detective AU with bondage. Nnnng. LONG. NC-17
- The Five Senses - by maayacola: Akanishi Jin/Yamapi. Yamapi loses his sight and learns to live by the rest. Stunning and definitely a must-read. Long. NC-17. **
- Flirting With Disaster Is Modern Love - by imifumei: Shige/Yokoyama Yuu. Breathplay. Really beautifully written. NC-17
- Hustler Kid - by beltenebra: Junno/Ryo pool shark AU. Sooo hot and great snark (and better puns.) NC-17
- Just Say No - by mousapelli: Koyama/NewS, Koyama/Nakamaru Yuichi/Tanaka Koki. Hilarious and hot. XD "Koyama has a little problem saying no to people, and Nakamaru helps him out as best he can." NC-17
- Letterbox - by imifumei: Mailman!Junno. Koyama/Junno, Koyama, Junno, Ohkura, Shige. NC-17
- Love Locked Down - by ryogrande: Jin/Koyama/Yamapi. Locked in a closet. Haha. NC-17
- Massu the Super-Powered Reindeer and Other Christmas Miracles - bu encoded_panties: Shige/Massu/Nakamaru Yuichi. Crack. Completely awesome crack. PG-13
- press the play, again and again - by catskilt: Jin/Yamapi, time travel AU, bittersweet and amazing. NC-17
- Simian Crease - by the_suit_case: Koyama/Ryo, Jin/Koyama, Ryo/Jin. Amazing. Angst, bittersweet, uncertain. So stunning. PG
- The Alleys Are Always Blind - by imifumei: Ryo-centric hard-boiled crime (film noir) AU. Koyama/Ryo. NewS, appearances across the J&A board. SO GOOD. R
- The Fourth Deadly Sin - by ryogrande: Jin/Yamapi. Lazy morning sex. All of her Pin is excellent so I just had to pick one of my favorites. NC-17
- Trapped Between Two Lungs - by nanyakanya, snoozing_kitten, and track_04: As amazing as one would expect the brain-child of these three to be. Ryo/Koyama/Yokoyama Yuu. DARK, gory Crime AU. Amazing. (Really long.) NC-17
- Two Men and a Wall - by pot_and_kettle: Shige's new neighbor is apparently a non-discerning prostitute with the stamina of a robotic bull. HILARIOUS and kind of awkwardly sweet. <3 R
My thanks to all the amazing authors that make up this list, for making my days. I appreciate all of your hard work. <3