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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 3.
Setting labels used: Japan, high school, research center, laboratory, prison, government facilities, urban setting, contemporary setting, secret experiment program
Focused on “contemporary setting” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
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An escaped mutant with split identities is taken in by strangers while the government hunts her down.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japanese setting · government laboratory · secret facility · urban setting · contemporary setting · science fiction reality · speculative biology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1300
A hunted immortal teen is captured for experiments and pulled deeper into the hidden world of demi-humans.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern Japan · high school · government lab · detention center · urban pursuit · secret research · hidden society · science fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1370
Haunted and hunted, a sarcastic teen metahuman faces a city-threatening enemy while searching for answers about her mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · school/campus setting · compound setting · secret facility · modern world · superpowered world · government organization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1995
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: 0.2061
A wrongly convicted man chooses a secret one-year program over prison, only to enter a torture-driven transformation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · experimental facility · prison system · secret government program · medical/treatment facility · correctional program · claustrophobic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1797
A covert experimenter’s work turns personal when a hidden government weapon starts haunting his grieving daughter.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secret underground facility · laboratory · padded cells · sensory deprivation chamber · covert government site · contemporary setting · paranoia-driven workplace · home setting · surveillance culture · high-security institution
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2115
A med-school dropout turned facility doctor falls for her undead patient, then gets pulled into his revenge and escape plan.
Why this is here
Setting labels: research facility · secret facility · isolated facility · medical setting · undead world · monster containment · laboratory · post-dropout life · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2263
A failed escape lands a teen prisoner in a grotesque transformation into the monster he fears most.
Why this is here
Setting labels: underground prison · futuristic prison · secret laboratory · present day · modern time · dystopian facility · underworld setting · prison hospital · military experiment site · unknown location
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2037
An abused, stuttering woman is abducted into a secret breeding program and drawn to the super soldier meant to be her mate.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secret facility · private military base · laboratory · compound · government program
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2040
An undercover lab worker is branded a traitor, forcing a rescued Species male to choose between old hurt and new truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secret research facility · testing lab · medical lab · Homeland · Reservation · Fuller Prison · New Species world · near-future speculative reality · captivity setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2057
A disfigured scientist builds a lifelike mask and discovers it may free, split, or destroy his sense of self.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · 1960s Japan · Laboratory · Urban setting · Postwar setting · Modern society · Experimental science · Social world · Domestic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2092
A fugitive flock of winged teens heads west, facing betrayal, destiny, and a looming secret plan.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Florida · head west · secret laboratory · school · science lab · cave · contemporary · dystopian · experimental facility
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2093
