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暗殺教室 16 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 16]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征

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Characterization labels used: mentor figure, sympathetic antagonist, reluctant teacher, brilliant assassin, struggling students, morally conflicted students, humanized monster, lovable teacher

Relationships labels used: teacher-student relationships, bonded class, save vs kill divide, student loyalty, mentor bond, class division

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暗殺教室 9 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 9]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2014 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

A school class keeps trying to assassinate their tentacled teacher while navigating fights, school politics, and new bonds.

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Characterization labels: mentor teacher · reluctant hero · quietly dangerous student · professional assassin · manipulative principal · supportive teacher · overlooked student · gifted student

Relationships labels: teacher-student relationships · class bonds · friendship · family approval · student rivalry · romance subplot · matchmaking · team loyalty · group belonging · authority conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.0852

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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: 0.1013

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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: 0.1569

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The Empire Strikes Back - So You Want to Be a Jedi?

Adam Gidwitz · 2015 · Star Wars Disney Canon Junior Novel

A middle-grade Star Wars retelling puts you in Luke Skywalker's shoes and adds Jedi-training exercises between chapters.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mentor figure · young hero · wise teacher · foil · villain with emotions · fleshed-out antagonist · child-friendly characterization

Relationships labels: mentor-student · family conflict · parent-child conflict · romance subplot · friendship · found family · loyalty · betrayal

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1657

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The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell

Mira Grant · 2014 · Newsflesh

A first-grade teacher fights to protect her class when a post-Rising school safety system fails during a zombie outbreak.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: dedicated teacher · protective adult · heroic ordinary person · unstable backstory · supporting-character backstory · children in danger · competent under pressure · morally burdened · reluctant survivor

Relationships labels: teacher-student bond · caretaking · protective responsibility · authority and trust · adult-child dependency · community under threat · institution vs individuals

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1813

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The Rithmatist

Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · Rithmatist

A chalk-based magic-school mystery follows a boy who can’t do the magic but knows it better than anyone.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: underdog · obsessive learner · nonmagical protagonist · quirky heroine · mentor figure · ambitious student · social outsider · flawed protagonist

Relationships labels: friendship · mentor-student · rivalry · found friendship · class divide · peer partnership

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1825

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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: 0.1846

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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 6

Hiromu Arakawa · 2006 · 鋼の錬金術師 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi]

A backstory-heavy manga volume tracing the Elric brothers’ origins, training, and the taboo that changed everything.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: brother duo · child protagonists · traumatized protagonists · gifted prodigy · strict teacher · mysterious officer · young recruits · complex female character

Relationships labels: brother bond · teacher-student relationship · mentor relationship · military recruitment · protective bonds · family loss

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1856

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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: 0.1878

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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: 0.1890

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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.

Why this is here

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: 0.1891

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Tunnel in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein · 2005

A survival exam on a remote planet goes wrong, stranding students who must build order, shelter, and leadership from scratch.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teen protagonist · young adults · school students · competent women · strong female characters · flawed hero · young leader · teacher mentor · political rival · coming-of-age protagonist · capable survivors · pragmatic leader

Relationships labels: peer group · teacher-student · sibling support · rivalry · romantic pairing · coalition building · group consensus · community bonds · power struggles · marriage

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1945

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