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Premise labels used: teen mystery, school-based drama, alien artifact, future Earth, elusive classmate, light-years love

Setting labels used: future Earth, high school, school dance, homecoming, spirit week, abandoned facility, woods behind school, water treatment plant, water containment facility, science fiction world

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Space Boy Volume 3

Stephen McCranie · 2019 · Space Boy

A time-displaced teen tries to build a new life on future Earth while old friendships, romance, and mysteries intensify.

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Premise labels: girl out of time · future Earth adjustment · friendship reunion · love triangle · school mystery · alien artifact · identity mystery · space travel

Setting labels: future Earth · high school · school club · deep space · mining colony · science fiction world · distant future

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Distance: 0.1628

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Space Boy Volume 4

Stephen McCranie · 2019 · Space Boy

A future-set teen sci-fi mystery deepens as Amy’s bond with the enigmatic Oliver is shaken by secrets and danger.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time-displaced teen · space mystery · alien artifact · school life · mysterious boy · forbidden connection · friendship breakup · future teen

Setting labels: space colony · future Earth · high school · mansion · futuristic society · colonial space setting · alternate future

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Distance: 0.1912

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Shade, the Changing Girl, Volume 1: Earth Girl Made Easy

Cecil Castellucci · 2017 · Shade, the Changing Girl

An alien bored with her life steals a madness coat and wakes in a hated Earth teen's body, where school and identity turn surreal.

Why this is here

Premise labels: body swap · alien possession · high school drama · fish out of water · teen identity · coming of age · mystery · second chance

Setting labels: planet Meta · Earth · high school · hospital · alien world · contemporary setting · space travel · teen social world · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.2160

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The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Judd Winick · 2015 · Hilo

A lonely kid and a crash-landed amnesiac alien team up to survive school, robots, and a mystery from space.

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Premise labels: alien visitor · amnesia mystery · ordinary kid · family of overachievers · school trouble · hidden mission · robot pursuit · friendship quest

Setting labels: modern-day Earth · school setting · small town · home life · science fictional reality · other dimension · alien world · portal travel

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Distance: 0.2315

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The Woods, Vol. 2: The Swarm

James Tynion IV · 2015 · The Woods

Stranded teens and staff keep surviving an alien wilderness while flashbacks reveal who they were before the disappearance.

Why this is here

Premise labels: stranded students · alien world · survival ordeal · school disappearance · mystery setup · survival group · teen cast · backstory reveal

Setting labels: alien moon · ancient wilderness · high school · suburban Milwaukee · unchartered world · otherworldly forest · primordial wilderness · school play setting · alternate dimension

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Distance: 0.2392

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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

Kazuo Umezu · 2006 · The Drifting Classroom

An elementary school vanishes into a barren wasteland, forcing children and teachers to survive as order collapses.

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Premise labels: school disappearance · transported school · survival ordeal · alien wasteland · lost children · adult breakdown · resource scarcity · mystery premise

Setting labels: elementary school · wasteland · desert landscape · alien world · nightmarish reality · mysterious realm · isolated school

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Distance: 0.2393

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Yasutaka Tsutsui · 2017

A schoolgirl discovers time-leaping abilities and, alongside a second story about fears, confronts memory, consequence, and change.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · accidental powers · mystery figure · teen protagonist · school life · psychological fear

Setting labels: high school · school science lab · 1960s · Japan · future society · everyday life · school setting

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Distance: 0.2394

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ダンダダン 15 [Dan Da Dan 15]

Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸 · 2024 · ダンダダン [Dan Da Dan]

After a battle ends, a school occult club forms to hunt mysteries while a new teacher and a classmate’s hidden pain raise fresh stakes.

Why this is here

Premise labels: occult investigation · school club · supernatural battles · alien threats · missing object quest · mystery teacher · hidden past

Setting labels: high school · school club · modern day · urban · occult · spirits and aliens · paranormal reality

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Distance: 0.2416

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Zot!: The Complete Black-and-White Collection: 1987-1991

Scott McCloud · 2008 · Zot!

A teen superhero and an Earth girl cross between worlds, as comic-book adventure gradually yields to intimate human drama.

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Premise labels: alternate Earth · portal travel · utopian world · teen superhero · high school drama · interdimensional romance · earth-vs-utopia contrast · superhero deconstruction

Setting labels: alternate Earth · utopian future · our world · 1980s Earth · near-future · high school setting · urban Earth · retro-futurist world · parallel universe

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Distance: 0.2465

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Martians Abroad

Carrie Vaughn · 2017

A Martian teen pilot hopeful is sent to elite school on Earth, where culture shock and strange accidents test her resolve.

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Premise labels: fish out of water · boarding school · space colony · culture shock · sibling duo · mystery · prestigious school · outsider status · pilot dream · conspiracy

Setting labels: Mars colony · Earth · future solar system · interplanetary society · boarding school · space stations · future Manhattan · elite academy · colonized solar system

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Distance: 0.2480

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The Rising

Heather Graham, Jon Land · 2017 · Rising

A football star and his tutor are pulled into a deadly alien conspiracy that upends everything they know about his past.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · adopted identity · teen on the run · saving the world · secret past · conspiracy

Setting labels: high school · hospital · San Francisco Bay Area · NASA · contemporary Earth · government facilities · football game

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Distance: 0.2506

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 1

Nagaru Tanigawa · 2008 · The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

An ordinary student gets pulled into a school club hunting the supernatural, led by a girl who may bend reality.

Why this is here

Premise labels: high school club · supernatural search · alien hunters · time travelers · psychics · ordinary boy and eccentric girl · hidden paranormal members · world-altering powers

Setting labels: high school · school club · contemporary school life · urban fantasy · slice of life · supernatural reality

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Distance: 0.2526

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