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暗殺教室 6 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 6]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征

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Characterization labels used: mentor figure, class bully, top student, corrupt principal, principal's son, manipulative student, redeemable delinquent, gifted students, caring teacher, morally corrupt antagonist

Relationships labels used: teacher-student relationships, class rivalry, mentor-student bond, father-son conflict, friendship issues, peer manipulation, co-dependency, school hierarchy

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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.

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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: 0.0883

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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: 0.0931

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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: 0.1212

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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.

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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: 0.1470

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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.

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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: 0.1508

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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: 0.1567

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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

Kazuo Umezz, Kazuo Umezu · 2019 · The Drifting Classroom

An elementary school is hurled into a hostile future wasteland, and the students must survive chaos, monsters, and collapse.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young protagonist · natural born leader · teachers under stress · adult breakdown · children forced to mature · crowd under pressure · morally compromised survivors · dictatorial figure

Relationships labels: teacher-student conflict · parent-child tension · peer rivalry · factional conflict · group survival · community fracture · authority collapse · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1589

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My Friends Call Me Monster

R.L. Stine · 2009 · Goosebumps HorrorLand

A hot-headed middle schooler investigates his strange teacher and uncovers monster eggs, alien danger, and HorrorLand chaos.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: hot-headed protagonist · big kid · prankster · troublemaker · resourceful kid · superstitious teacher · creepy teacher · hidden villain · friendly-looking authority figure · bully risk · self-aware anger

Relationships labels: teacher-student conflict · friend trio · authority mistrust · peer prank rivalry · family disbelief · community service

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Distance: 0.1619

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School of Shards

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2025 · Vita Nostra (English)

A magic-school provost must repair a reality she reshaped, training new students while speech itself begins to fail.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female protagonist · teacher protagonist · academy administrator · brother character · twins · next generation · morally compromised · controlling · transformative arc · inscrutable protagonist · forceful protagonist

Relationships labels: teacher student · family duty · siblings · former lovers · parent child · mentor student · peer group · power imbalance · intergenerational

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1625

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A Wind in the Door

Madeleine L'Engle · 1976 · Time Quintet

Meg must help save her gifted, bullied brother by journeying into a strange inner world where love, naming, and evil collide.

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Characterization labels: gifted child · bullied child · sick child · protective sibling · intuitive heroine · brilliant child · teacher figure · mentor figure · skeptical protagonist · supportive parent

Relationships labels: sibling bond · friendship · parent-child · mentor-student · bully-victim · teamwork · caregiving · family support

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1632

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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.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: elementary school children · teachers under stress · young protagonist · child leader · madness · violent authority figures · panic-driven behavior · vulnerable children · desperate adults · group dynamics

Relationships labels: parent-child conflict · children vs adults · teacher-student power imbalance · peer rivalry · group survival · family separation · authority breakdown · dependence on leadership · community under strain

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1686

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Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin

Charles Soule, Marco Checchetto · 2016 · Star Wars: Canon Miniseries

Obi-Wan and a conflicted young Anakin answer a distress call on a war-torn world as Palpatine’s influence deepens.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mentor · padawan · young hero · gifted student · conflicted apprentice · emotional struggle · patient teacher · manipulative mentor · maturing protagonist · idealized role model

Relationships labels: master-apprentice · mentor-mentee · friendship · brotherhood · loyalty · rival factions · student-teacher tension · corruption dynamic

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1734

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