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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 5.
Setting labels used: 1960s youth, 1990s, 2014 future, Tokyo, dystopian future, cult-controlled society, virtual reality, brainwashing camp, casino, school setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A long-running manga epilogue sends its hero back into childhood to uncover the final truth behind a world-ending conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · Tokyo · 1960s · 1970s · 1990s · new millennium · dystopian future · virtual reality · simulation · world recovery · post-crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1377
A schoolgirl discovers time-leaping abilities and, alongside a second story about fears, confronts memory, consequence, and change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school science lab · 1960s · Japan · future society · everyday life · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1732
A childhood-made symbol resurfaces as old friends reunite to stop an apocalyptic cult and save the world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · Tokyo · 1960s · 1990s · 21st century · dystopian future · totalitarian state · worldwide crisis · post-pandemic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1875
Eleven strange, interconnected speculative stories twist aliens, music, witchcraft, and female anger into sharp, uncanny fiction.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · 1960s Japan · 1970s Japan · counterculture · punk scene · spacefaring future · alternate reality · dystopian world · other dimensions · planetary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1914
A numb teen enters a secret VR club that sells nightmares, then uncovers a dangerous truth about his own trauma.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · near-future · underground club · virtual reality · city setting · teen mental health treatment · tech-mediated reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2050
In a near-future city where human rights are for sale, a disillusioned man is drawn into the world of rightsless assassins.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · futuristic Tokyo · dystopian future · cyberpunk city · lawless underclass · social division · urban rooftops · Japan
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2096
A teen in a 1998 small town starts uncovering eerie glitches that reveal her whole life may be a televised lie.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1990s · 1998 · small town · high school · New York · artificial reality · TV set · near-future outside world · dystopian future · nostalgic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2099
A cyborg special agent hunts cybercriminals in a near-future Japan where minds, bodies, and identity are under siege.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 21st century · mid-21st century · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · networked society · technologically advanced world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2113
A grieving widow begins seeing signs her dead tech-genius husband may still be watching through AI and VR.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · virtual city · virtual reality · AI-dominated society · digital environment · surveillance house · Tokyo
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2115
A broke student finds a discarded humanoid computer in the trash and becomes entangled in her mystery and their bond.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Tokyo · urban Japan · tech-saturated society · computer-mediated life · humanlike androids · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2136
A near-future cyberpunk police team tackles scattered high-tech crimes in a loose set of case-driven stories.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 21st century · cybernetic society · technoscape · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · urban crime setting · virtual crime · high-tech world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2142
A young filmmaker and his pregnant partner are pulled into a deadly mystery after a strange suicide video connects to their past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Japan · digital age · film production company · school setting · foster care · computer-mediated reality · supernatural reality · urban setting · modern media
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2156
