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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Parasyte, Volume 8.
Setting labels used: rural village, small town, modern Japan, Earth, alien-invaded world, present-day setting, school setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An unlucky teen is forced into a bizarre tag game with an alien princess, unleashing chaotic, episodic comedy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · Japan · school setting · small town · Tomobiki town · urban fantasy · mythic Japan · space invasion · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1133
A teen survives an alien parasite invasion when one invader fails to take his brain and takes his hand instead.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern Japan · high school setting · contemporary urban setting · alien invasion reality · human world · school life · nighttime attack
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1247
A grieving teen investigates a rumor-laden tunnel that can grant wishes at a cost, and meets a girl with her own secret agenda.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Japan · high school · rural town · summer setting · supernatural reality · small-town atmosphere · contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1441
A teen sharing his body with an alien parasite faces escalating horror, family loss, and a fight to stay human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · seaside town · contemporary Japan · urban horror · alien invasion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1500
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: 0.1584
An elementary school is hurled into a hostile future wasteland, and the students must survive chaos, monsters, and collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japanese elementary school · desert wasteland · post-apocalyptic world · far future · hostile world · unknown place · earth in ruins · time-slip setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1607
Two teens from different places begin waking up in each other’s lives, turning ordinary days into a fate-bound mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · Tokyo · mountain town · small-town countryside · contemporary setting · high school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1608
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An innocent alien tries to make a bullied child happy, but kindness, trauma, and time travel spiral into tragedy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japanese school · middle school · dysfunctional family · contemporary earth · supernatural reality · time travel setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1611
Rachel must help stop a dangerous new teammate while the group faces a brutal choice that will change them forever.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alien invasion · Earth · contemporary setting · middle-school world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1633
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: 0.1709
An alien princess hiding as a human boy on Earth must choose between safety and living openly when she falls in love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · small town · high school · outer space · alien planet · post-war refugee setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1713
A superpowered teen alien hunter follows a deadly list of targets while chasing the alien who killed his parents.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · home planet · alien world · school setting · urban travel · small-town cover identity · contemporary setting · outer-space travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1714
