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Premise labels used: immortalism, human vs nonhuman, fugitive protagonist, government conspiracy, human experimentation, terror threat, superpowered conflict, manhunt

Themes labels used: discrimination, dehumanization, human greed, state violence, experimentation, moral ambiguity, survival, identity, alienation, control, violence, terrorism, social panic, complex morality, what makes a person

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Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 2

Gamon Sakurai · 2014 · 亜人 [Ajin]

A hunted immortal teen is captured for experiments and pulled deeper into the hidden world of demi-humans.

Why this is here

Premise labels: immortal human · hidden species · government experiment · fugitive protagonist · human versus monster · survival quest · search for others · experimental captivity

Themes labels: humanity · dehumanization · ethics · fear · identity · otherness · persecution · scientific abuse · survival · morality · revenge · choice · sympathy for the outsider · monstrosity · institutional cruelty

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Origin in Death

J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts · 2006 · In Death

In 2059 New York, Eve Dallas investigates two immaculate murders tied to a hidden project about perfection and human cloning.

Why this is here

Premise labels: murder investigation · hidden secret · genetic engineering · cloning · designer humans · ethical dilemma · perfection quest · medical conspiracy

Themes labels: perfection · ethics · morality · science and humanity · identity · parenthood · family · justice · abuse of power · control · social conditioning · eugenics · cloning · genetic manipulation · medical ethics · what makes a person human

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Distance: 0.1986

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Replica

Lauren Oliver · 2016 · Replica

Two teens on opposite sides of a secret cloning conspiracy uncover truths that can only be seen together.

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Premise labels: cloning · human experimentation · secret facility · identity crisis · family secrets · escape · answers quest · split journey

Themes labels: identity · individuality · humanity · nature vs nurture · choice · agency · ethics · morality · freedom · self-discovery · belonging · body image · conspiracy · what makes a person human · science and ethics

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Distance: 0.1997

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Parasyte, Volume 4

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · body sharing · secret identity · parasitic takeover · humanity vs inhumanity · social infiltration · psychic sensitivity

Themes labels: humanity · identity · environmentalism · dehumanization · coexistence · morality · social integration · psychological change · fear and paranoia · self-preservation · weakness · loss

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Little Mushroom: Judgment Day

Yi Shi Si Zhou · 2022 · Little Mushroom (Novel)

A sentient mushroom infiltrates a ruined human base to recover his stolen spore while hiding from a deadly judge.

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Premise labels: sentient protagonist · identity concealment · stolen heirloom · search quest · nonhuman protagonist · post-collapse survival · mutant world · human infiltration

Themes labels: survival · humanity · identity · personhood · sacrifice · greater good · individual vs collective · mercy vs law · fear of extinction · moral compromise · what counts as human · care in collapse · loss and grief · adaptation

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Distance: 0.2009

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Wolverine: Weapon X

Barry Windsor-Smith · 1994 · Marvel Comics Presents (1988)

A mutant is abducted into a secret experiment that turns him into a weapon through brutal body-horror science.

Why this is here

Premise labels: origin story · weaponization · human experimentation · secret program · kidnapping · dehumanization · body horror · scientific horror

Themes labels: dehumanization · identity · trauma · bodily violation · suffering · power and control · moral corruption · humanity versus animality · scientific ethics · memory loss · violence · mystery

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The Infinity Courts

Akemi Dawn Bowman · 2021 · The Infinity Courts

After death, a teen wakes in an AI-ruled afterlife and joins a rebellion to save humanity and define what makes people human.

Why this is here

Premise labels: afterlife rebellion · AI takeover · rescue mission · human resistance · post-death society · second chance · humanity question · good vs evil

Themes labels: humanity · morality · ethics · free will · coexistence · oppression · rebellion · grief · death · identity · sacrifice · hope · peace · genocide · what makes us human

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The Hunt

Andrew Fukuda · 2012 · The Hunt

A human hiding in a vampire-run world is forced into a deadly hunt that could expose him.

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Premise labels: human in hiding · vampire society · survival deception · hunt competition · last humans · identity concealment · predator prey reversal

Themes labels: survival · identity · humanity · belonging · deception · fear of exposure · love versus survival · impostor syndrome · otherness · social control · power and privilege · dehumanization · morality · self-preservation · community

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Mass Effect: Retribution

Drew Karpyshyn · 2010 · Mass Effect Novels

A Mass Effect tie-in where a kidnapped ex-operative is used in Reaper-tech experiments as allies race to find him.

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Premise labels: Reaper technology · indoctrination · black ops · manhunt · experiment subject · human-alien conflict · race against time

Themes labels: indoctrination · identity loss · control · survival · loyalty · betrayal · humanity · morality of experimentation · protecting humanity · agency

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The Last Human

Zack Jordan · 2020

A hidden human teen on an alien space station is thrust into a galaxy-spanning chase that tests intelligence, freedom, and identity.

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Premise labels: last human · hidden identity · galactic exile · alien society · bounty hunter pursuit · identity quest · human survival · lost species · find your people · cosmic power game · free will

Themes labels: identity · belonging · free will · determinism · order and chaos · intelligence · consciousness · personhood · truth and deception · survival · authority · control · community · individualism · species survival · human nature · perspective · moral choice · technology and power

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Emily Eternal

M.G. Wheaton · 2019

An artificial consciousness must help save humanity when the sun starts dying far too soon.

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Premise labels: artificial consciousness · dying sun · save humanity · trauma therapist · human genome · race against time · end of the world · humanity vs extinction · nonhuman protagonist

Themes labels: humanity · identity · free will · ethics · morality · trauma · empathy · consciousness · what it means to be human · sacrifice · survival · love · trust · power · posthumanism · eugenics · privacy · compassion · human nature · civilization · responsibility

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Zom-B Underground

Darren Shan · 2013 · Zom-B

A newly sentient zombie wakes in a military facility and must navigate experiments, violence, and trust in a ruined UK.

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Premise labels: zombie protagonist · underground facility · military regime · scientific experimentation · memory loss · survival dilemma · moral struggle · zombie rights

Themes labels: racism · humanity · moral choice · identity · dehumanization · prejudice · agency · trust · survival · ethics · personhood · treatment of others · good versus evil · redemption · control · social criticism

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Distance: 0.2079

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