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暗殺教室 14 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 14]

Yusei Matsui

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Characterization labels used: outsider students, elite students, demanding teacher, authoritarian principal, rival student, talented student, morally ambiguous teacher, team-oriented class, unhinged antagonist, developing antagonist

Relationships labels used: teacher-student relationships, class rivalry, sibling rivalry, mentor-student bond, parent-child relationship, rivalry, group teamwork, adversarial relationship

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暗殺教室 4 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 4]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2013 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

Class E faces new assassins, a sibling mystery, and a baseball showdown while their alien teacher keeps them guessing.

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Characterization labels: alien teacher · mentor figure · assassin student · transfer student · class underdog · principal antagonist · teacher rival · comic relief · eccentric characters · dangerous mentor · student growth · mysterious backstory

Relationships labels: teacher-student relationships · mentor-student rivalry · sibling mystery · class solidarity · student teamwork · power imbalance · authority conflict · rival teachers · guardian relationship · competition

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1108

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暗殺教室 3 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 3]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2013 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

A bizarre class trip and new transfer student deepen the absurd, heartfelt mission to assassinate their alien teacher.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: good teacher · mentor figure · sympathetic monster · lovable antagonist · chaotic student · outsider students · academically struggling students · transfer student · assassin · robot student · competent adult · underdog students · protective teacher

Relationships labels: teacher-student bond · student class cohesion · rival school hierarchy · mentor-protégé · friendship · class solidarity · power imbalance · adult-child conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1128

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A Slip under the Microscope

H.G. Wells · 2015

Two short, ambiguous Wells stories explore a hidden doorway and an exam slip-up through regret, choice, and conscience.

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Characterization labels: student · scholar · rival student · professor · promising man · social climber · humble background · conscientious character · obsessive character · idealistic character

Relationships labels: student-teacher · academic rivalry · class competition · mentor-pupil · romantic rivalry · social hierarchy · peer comparison

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1372

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The Superteacher Project: A Hilarious Middle Grade Story about an AI Robot Teacher

Gordon Korman · 2023

A rule-breaking seventh grader suspects his new teacher is hiding an impossible secret in this humorous school mystery.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: troublemaker · class clown · rule-wrecker · sidekick · overachiever · rule-follower · dedicated student · principal · administrator · teacher figure · robot protagonist · AI learning · empathetic machine · lovable outsider · student teacher

Relationships labels: friendship · teacher-student relationship · peer teamwork · student alliance · parent-teacher tension · faculty dependence · rivalry · community support · protective group · mentor role

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1545

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僕のヒーローアカデミア 14 [Boku No Hero Academia 14]

Kohei Horikoshi, 堀越耕平 · 2017 · 僕のヒーローアカデミア [Boku no Hero Academia]

After a decisive rivalry showdown, hero students enter new work studies while a terrifying new villain and mentor loom ahead.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: rival characters · gifted students · top student · mentor figure · intense villain · shy student · determined protagonist · brash rival · vulnerable rival · creepy villain · comic side character · young hero

Relationships labels: rivalry · mentor-mentee · friendship · teacher-student · team dynamics · frayed trust · admiration · tension · working together · villain alliance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1545

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Vita Nostra

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2018 · Vita Nostra (English)

A coerced teen enters a terrifying secret school where studying remakes reality, identity, and the self.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teenage protagonist · gifted student · reluctant student · domineering mentor · scary teachers · morally grey characters · isolated protagonist · resilient heroine · authoritarian authority figures

Relationships labels: mother-daughter · mentor-student · teacher-student · peer relationships · coercive relationship · family endangerment · complicated family bond

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1628

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Assassin of Reality

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2023 · Vita Nostra (English)

A gifted student returns to an eerie magical institute where language shapes reality and failure could remake the world.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: stubborn protagonist · older protagonist · intellectual curiosity · transcendent being · ambitious student · alienated protagonist · dark mentor · fascinating protagonist · humanity vs concept

Relationships labels: student-teacher rivalry · mentor-protégé · romance · pilot love interest · classmate distrust · peer support · familial leverage · protective friends · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1704

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僕のヒーローアカデミア 2 [Boku No Hero Academia 2]

Kohei Horikoshi, 堀越耕平 · 2015 · 僕のヒーローアカデミア [Boku no Hero Academia]

Hero students face training, rivalries, and a sudden villain attack that turns practice into a real fight for survival.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: underdog protagonist · determined hero · rival bully · proud rival · mentor figure · teacher hero · student ensemble · quirky cast · new character introductions · character development · strategic fighter · overpowered student · creepy comic relief · fan favorite

Relationships labels: rivalry · mentor-student · teamwork · friendship · class bonds · childhood history · bullying · alliance · group trust · protective instinct

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1707

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Sleepwalk

John Saul · 1990

In a declining New Mexico town, a teacher uncovers a conspiracy linking flu shots, mind control, and a refinery takeover.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teacher protagonist · troubled teen · outsider · widower father · teenage boy · maternal figure · community outsider · spiritual mentor · burned-out teacher · corporate antagonist

Relationships labels: teacher-student bond · father-son tension · family estrangement · cross-cultural family · romantic subplot · guardian role · community mistrust · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1788

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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

Kazuo Umezz, Kazuo Umezu · 2019 · The Drifting Classroom

An elementary school is hurled into a hostile future wasteland, and the students must survive chaos, monsters, and collapse.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young protagonist · natural born leader · teachers under stress · adult breakdown · children forced to mature · crowd under pressure · morally compromised survivors · dictatorial figure

Relationships labels: teacher-student conflict · parent-child tension · peer rivalry · factional conflict · group survival · community fracture · authority collapse · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1826

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New X-Men, Vol. 6: Planet X

Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez · 2004 · New X-Men (2001)

Magneto returns in disguise to fracture the X-Men, ignite mutant extremism, and push the world toward catastrophe.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: master villain · school teacher disguise · charismatic manipulator · genocidal extremist · messianic leader · antihero to villain · disaffected students · outsider mutants · brutal revolutionary

Relationships labels: mentor-student conflict · mutant solidarity · family sacrifice · rivalry · love triangle · leader-follower · betrayal · team breakup · brotherhood · hero-villain conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1842

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Dragon Teeth

Michael Crichton · 2017

A spoiled Yale student joins a fossil hunt in the 1876 West and gets caught in a ruthless scientific rivalry.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: spoiled rich youth · naive student · privileged outsider · paranoid rival · competitive scholars · real historical figures · fictional protagonist · coming-of-age protagonist · resilient hero · unscrupulous scientist · arrogant youth

Relationships labels: academic rivalry · male rivalry · mentor-student · betrayal · betrayed ally · forced alliance · competition · team conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1860

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