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Setting labels used: futuristic world, post-apocalyptic world, dystopian world, virus-haunted world, desert city, genehacker enclave, hidden city, technologically altered society
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A visually intense sci-fi horror manga follows a cryptic apocalypse of monsters, factions, and bioengineered combatants.
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Setting labels: dystopian city · post-apocalyptic world · mega-city · alien world · ancient ruins · futuristic ruins · industrial landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0995
A memory-stripped teen races to survive a virus-ravaged world while WICKED hunts him and the truth behind the trials.
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Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic world · virus-ravaged world · ruined cities · wasteland · experimental facility · maze setting · safe haven · futuristic science fiction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0996
Separated in a harsh future wasteland, Lemon Fresh and her friends fight cults, corporations, and each other’s secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian wasteland · irradiated landscape · ruined cities · corporate-controlled future · religious enclave · robotic world · glassy desert · post-collapse society · USA (implied)
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1010
In a ruined world, survivors race back into a sealed nightmare to find a cure, save loved ones, and survive the cost.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · sealed facility · underground tunnels · desert wasteland · dystopian landscape · infected world · mutated underground
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1070
A revenge-driven villain infiltrates a superhero order, only to question loyalty, justice, and her growing feelings.
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Setting labels: futuristic world · dystopian city · post-anarchy society · superpowered society · urban setting · underground hideout
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1072
In a ruined future, a sheltered survivor must endure a sexually transmitted cure from soldiers to survive a deadly plague.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · plague world · bioweapon fallout · military compound · monastery · ruined world · survivalist world · Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1105
Two Hulk futures collide: one pits him against a tyrannical older self, the other leaves him alone on a dead Earth.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · post-nuclear wasteland · alternate future · deserted Earth · dystopian city · bleak future · radiation-scarred world · nuclear holocaust
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Distance: 0.1128
A poor teen enters a deadly elite training program for a cure, only to uncover the society’s hidden cruelty.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · futuristic setting · factional society · walled enclave · surveillance state · sector system · elitist enclave · poor district · deadly plague aftermath · tech-heavy society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1129
A sentient mushroom infiltrates a human base to recover his spore, only to face a wary judge and an unraveling apocalypse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · decaying universe · human base · Northern Base · walled cities · underground cities · desolate land · highly mutated world · scientific apocalypse · dystopian future
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Distance: 0.1130
In a ruined future where children vanish at fourteen, escaped teens join a mysterious AI-led resistance.
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Setting labels: futuristic city · urban wasteland · post-apocalyptic Earth · alternate Earth · dystopian future · near future · subterranean refuge
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Distance: 0.1130
A captive genetic experiment escapes, learns her origins, and turns revenge on the people who made her.
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Setting labels: post apocalypse · futuristic world · city and wilderness · laboratory · secret facility · breeder farms · borderlands · dystopian society · world collapse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1157
A sheltered Lace Girl flees civil war with a baby and a silent rogue whose protection feels as dangerous as his desire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian society · post-apocalyptic world · desert setting · wasteland · barren frontier · futuristic · archaic · civil war · genetically engineered society · isolated communities
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1165
