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Themes labels used: ambition, responsibility, morality, humanity, alienation, loneliness, rejection, nature vs nurture, prejudice, class, ethics, science and ethics, knowledge and consequences, love and belonging, identity, grief, obsession, isolation, social judgement

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Frankenstein: The Original 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2025

An original 1818 Gothic classic where a scientist creates life, then faces the human cost of abandonment.

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Themes labels: ambition · isolation · moral responsibility · unchecked science · creation and destruction · loneliness · rejection · otherness · identity · humanity · monstrosity · nature vs nurture · parenthood · ethics · compassion · empathy · hubris · justice · grief · vengeance · social prejudice · class difference

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2018

A scientist creates life from dead matter, then faces the human and moral consequences of abandoning his creation.

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Themes labels: ambition · hubris · responsibility · otherness · loneliness · isolation · rejection · compassion · revenge · grief · guilt · identity · humanity · science and ethics · religion and science · nature and culture · free will · classism · prejudice · parenthood · creation · mortality · death · knowledge · freedom · belonging · abandonment

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: A Dark Graphic Novel

Sergio A. Sierra · 2012

A dark graphic adaptation of Frankenstein follows a scientist’s fatal experiment and the abandoned creature it unleashes.

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Themes labels: responsibility · ambition · scientific ethics · humanity · rejection · loneliness · compassion · identity · nature vs science · knowledge and consequence · grief · guilt · revenge · alienation · morality

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Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 2: Tears of an Angel

Yukito Kishiro · 2004 · 銃夢 [Gunnm]

An amnesiac cyborg bounty hunter falls for a troubled street boy, forcing a brutal choice in a bleak future city.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · love · loss · survival · morality · class inequality · hope · dignity · obsession · self-worth · free will · compassion · sacrifice · trauma · dreams vs reality

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Sirius

Olaf Stapledon · 2000

A scientist raises a dog with human intelligence, and his lonely life exposes the limits of belonging, love, and humanity.

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Themes labels: alienation · otherness · identity · belonging · consciousness · humanity · nature versus nurture · intelligence · love · loneliness · religion · spirit · society and prejudice · ethics of experimentation · war · fear of the unknown · community · soul · meaning of life · free will · self-worth · difference · empathy · bigotry · disability

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Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo · 2023

A scientist links her mind to a wild wolf, chasing intimacy, knowledge, and belonging as her marriage and ethics unravel.

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Themes labels: ethics · animal rights · consent · exploitation · isolation · loneliness · connection · intimacy · capitalism · climate change · conservation · hubris · obsession · human arrogance · research ethics · emotional labor · communication failure · self-destruction · sacrifice · belonging

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Sky Daddy

Kate Folk · 2025

A lonely content moderator secretly pursues an all-consuming, plane-centered desire that threatens her carefully normal life.

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Themes labels: desire · loneliness · acceptance · authenticity · social norms · fate · grief · isolation · human connection · selfhood · performance · control · obsession · mortality · normalcy · alienation · shame · judgment · coping mechanism · identity

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Frankenstein The Graphic Novel

Jason Cobley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Joe Sutliff Sanders · 2009

A graphic retelling of Frankenstein follows a scientist, his creation, and the tragic fallout of bringing life to the dead.

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Themes labels: acceptance · tolerance · understanding · companionship · love · scientific responsibility · consequences · difference and rejection · loneliness · kindness vs cruelty · nature vs nurture · appearance and judgment · moral complexity · revenge · humanity

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エルフェンリート 1 [Elfen Lied 1]

Lynn Okamoto, 岡本倫 · 2002 · Elfen Lied

An escaped mutant with split identities is taken in by strangers while the government hunts her down.

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Themes labels: identity · prejudice · discrimination · abuse · trauma · alienation · revenge · human cruelty · loneliness · nature vs nurture · dehumanization · survival · acceptance · jealousy · self-worth

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More Than Human

Theodore Sturgeon · 1979

Misfit children with psychic gifts form a shared consciousness and must decide what power, identity, and humanity mean.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · loneliness · morality · ethics · human evolution · individuality · collective self · symbiosis · alienation · power · conscience · difference · social acceptance · humanity · psychiatry · sanity · morality and power · group purpose

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The Similars

Rebecca Hanover · 2019 · The Similars

At an elite boarding school, a grieving teen confronts a clone of her dead best friend and a web of secrets.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · clone rights · grief · loss · ethics · scientific advancement · prejudice · xenophobia · discrimination · belonging · individuality · nature vs nurture · privacy · consent · moral ambiguity · fear of difference · political overtones

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Allegiant

Veronica Roth · 2013 · Divergent

In a shattered dystopia, Tris and Tobias venture beyond the fence and uncover truths that upend everything.

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Themes labels: identity · loyalty · sacrifice · love · courage · truth · free will · choice · human nature · grief · war · betrayal · selflessness · nature vs nurture · power · social control · morality · belonging

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