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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Parasyte, Volume 3.
Setting labels used: school setting, Earth, urban setting, contemporary setting, invasion narrative, hidden-in-plain-sight reality
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Marco uncovers a hidden android ally, then joins a risky heist that forces brutal questions about war and pacifism.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · contemporary setting · hidden underground world · school setting · secret alien presence · fictional science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1119
Marco confronts his possessed mother and a deadly war plan that could save the world or destroy him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · wartime setting · urban setting · school setting · office building · morphing world · alien invasion · secret resistance · middle-school world · hidden colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1240
A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1301
A teen shares his body with an alien parasite and is drawn deeper into a violent, philosophical struggle to survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school setting · college setting · urban contemporary setting · human society · infiltration narrative · speculative fiction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1312
A naive alien uses time travel to try to save a bullied fourth grader, but each fix deepens a tragic spiral.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · school setting · home setting · elementary school · childhood world · alien world · dystopian atmosphere · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1322
In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1328
A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary Earth · urban society · human society · political sphere · school setting · social infiltration setting · scientific/observational reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1361
A teen team with alien powers hunts a mole and a secret enemy as their school fractures into rival sides.
Why this is here
Setting labels: academy setting · post-invasion Earth · near future · secret school · global conflict · dystopian Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1445
A boy who can alter reality joins a secret agency to uncover a father’s disappearance and a strange school mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day · school setting · coastal setting · small-town setting · alternate realities · supernatural reality · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1461
After a deadly accident, Erin discovers a hidden immortal gene and is dragged into a war for her life and loyalty.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · secret world · hidden society · near-present day · supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1483
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A deadly new assassin traps Class 3-E, forcing the students to survive, adapt, and outwit a far stronger foe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · classroom setting · training ground · extracurricular danger · contemporary setting · fantastical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1494
A bonded teen alien romance spirals into secrets, jealousy, and government danger as hidden powers emerge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · alien-in-human-world · contemporary setting · government intrusion · hidden paranormal world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1497
