Man, I'm so deep in my 'Jujutsu Kaisen' crossover feels right now, and honestly, the way writers mash up these universes is kinda wild. It's not just slapping Gojo and Itadori into 'My Hero Academia' and calling it a day, though you see a lot of that. The really interesting ones start with the core energy systems. Like, someone will take cursed energy and try to mesh it with Nen from 'Hunter x Hunter,' and suddenly you've got a whole new rulebook for what a curse is. Those stories are basically a deep dive into world-building, where the author has to explain how Sukuna's fingers could be considered a type of Hunter's target, or how a Domain Expansion would interact with a Nen space. It's super niche, but when it's done thoughtfully, it feels like a whole new canon.
I've also noticed a trend with darker, grittier crossovers. A ton of fics throw the JJK cast into the 'Attack on Titan' world. The logic seems to be that both settings are brutal and deal with existential threats, so the characters' trauma translates well. You'll see Yuji grappling with the morality of killing Titans the same way he does curses, or Gojo's 'strongest' complex being tested in a world where raw power doesn't guarantee survival. Those fics often focus less on perfect power fusion and more on how the characters' psyches bend under new, awful circumstances. It's a specific brand of angst that really hooks certain readers.
On a lighter note, the 'persona-in-another-world' trope is huge. Think 'Jujutsu Kaisen' characters reborn or isekai'd into something like 'Harry Potter.' The fun there is all about cultural displacement. Nobara trying to understand wizarding fashion or Megumi's shikigami being mistaken for Patronuses creates a lot of organic, funny moments. The crossover mechanics are usually soft—a cursed object did it, or a botched ritual—because the story's heart is the comedy and character interactions, not a hard magic system thesis. Those are my comfort reads, especially when the main plot gets too heavy.