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Premise labels used: grief quest, dead loved one, secret guild, apprenticeship, ghost machines, second life, identity deception, science ethics

Setting labels used: fantasy city, industrial city, farm setting, steampunk world, invented world, technology-driven society, ghost-in-the-machine

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Fullmetal Alchemist 3-in-1 Vol. 4

Hiromu Arakawa · 2013 · Fullmetal Alchemist: Omnibus

Two brothers chasing a way to reclaim their bodies are pulled into wartime secrets, allies, and deadly new revelations.

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Premise labels: sibling quest · body restoration · alchemy quest · philosopher stone · state alchemist · military intrigue · family secrets · hidden truth · pursuit of answers · revenge conflict · alliance

Setting labels: fictional country · industrial era · steampunk world · military state · foreign east · small town · capital city · wartime history · fantasy world · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.1932

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鋼の錬金術師 27 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 27]

Hiromu Arakawa, 荒川弘 · 2010 · 鋼の錬金術師 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi]

A brotherly alchemy quest reaches its final confrontation, forcing everyone to face sacrifice, truth, and hope.

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Premise labels: brother quest · body restoration · philosopher's stone · equivalent exchange · alchemy world · world-saving quest · final battle · personal sacrifice

Setting labels: steampunk fantasy world · early 20th century · military state · alchemy-centered society · war-torn country · fantasy politics · alternate world · industrial setting

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Distance: 0.1938

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Blame!, Vol. 1

Tsutomu Nihei · 2005 · Blame! [ブラム!]

A silent wanderer crosses a colossal cyberpunk megastructure, fighting machines and uncovering a hidden human future.

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Premise labels: mysterious quest · artifact search · survival journey · megastructure exploration · silent protagonist · post-apocalyptic survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · cyberpunk · megacity · labyrinthine structure · industrial ruins · dystopian future · vertical city · biomechanical world

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Distance: 0.2042

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1

Kevin Eastman · 2020 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin (Single Issues)

A lone surviving Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fights through a dystopian future on a revenge mission for his fallen family.

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Premise labels: last survivor · revenge quest · family loss · justice mission · futuristic city · secret identity · legacy conflict · lone hero

Setting labels: future New York City · dystopian city · walled city · post-apocalyptic future · industrial waste city · cyberpunk setting · sewers · tower stronghold · nocturnal setting

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Distance: 0.2051

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Junkwraith

Ellinor Richey · 2022

A teen skater’s discarded skates become a memory-stealing ghost, sending her on a quest through a strange future world.

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Premise labels: discarded objects · haunted possessions · memory loss curse · self-discovery quest · journey into wasteland · environmental cautionary tale

Setting labels: futuristic city · wasteland · fantasy city · sci-fi setting · solarpunk · environmental dystopia · dual setting · ghostly reality

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Distance: 0.2054

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City of Secrets

Victoria Ying · 2020 · City of Secrets

An orphan boy and a curious girl uncover the secrets of a clockwork city before hidden powers destroy it.

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Premise labels: hidden secret · orphan hero · unlikely friendship · city conspiracy · protect the city · mystery quest · secret societies · race against time

Setting labels: clockwork city · mechanical building · steampunk world · tiered city · industrial fantasy · Victorian-esque setting · city-state conflict · fantasy city

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Distance: 0.2055

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Blue Adept

Piers Anthony · 1987 · Apprentice Adept

A serf-turned-adept shuttles between rival worlds, battling assassins, contests, and divided loyalties to survive.

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Premise labels: parallel worlds · portal fantasy · dual life · tournament quest · assassination threat · hidden identity · magic vs technology

Setting labels: parallel worlds · futuristic society · magic world · domed city · alternate reality · competitive arena · imaginary places

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Distance: 0.2064

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Three Parts Dead

Max Gladstone · 2012 · Craft Sequence

A young necromancer-lawyer must solve a god’s murder and resurrect him before an entire steam-powered city collapses.

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Premise labels: dead god · resurrection quest · murder investigation · magical law · contract magic · corporate fantasy · city in crisis · faith and power

Setting labels: alternate world · secondary world · urban metropolis · industrial city · steam-powered city · court system · post-war setting · gods among humans · sky school · single-city setting · unclear time and place

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Distance: 0.2069

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Dark Currents

Lindsay Buroker · 2011 · The Emperor's Edge

A wanted outlaw crew races to solve a poisoned-water mystery and win back the emperor’s trust.

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Premise labels: wrongfully accused · clear your name · team investigation · poisoned water · mystery solving · exoneration quest · outlaw crew · prove loyalty

Setting labels: fantasy city · imperial city · aqueducts · waterworks · mountains · rural woodland · industrializing world · steampunk world · fictional empire

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City of Miracles

Robert Jackson Bennett · 2017 · The Divine Cities

A grieving exiled protector hunts an assassin and uncovers a divine conspiracy that could reshape his world.

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Premise labels: revenge quest · assassination mystery · dead gods · divine power · hidden conspiracy · justice pursuit · protect the child · revenge and redemption · truth unraveling

Setting labels: secondary world · urban setting · city-state politics · post-divine world · alternate history feel · modernizing world · industrializing world · fantasy city · large-scale worldbuilding · contiguous series timeline

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Distance: 0.2143

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The Silent Tower

Barbara Hambly · 2011 · Windrose Chronicles

A kidnapped programmer and an eccentric mage must cross worlds to stop a hidden force tearing reality apart.

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Premise labels: interdimensional portal · world-crossing · wizard and programmer · magic and technology · murder mystery · world-saving quest · kidnapped heroine · magical conspiracy · cross-world alliance

Setting labels: alternate world · parallel worlds · interdimensional · magic world · industrializing society · preindustrial society · contemporary Earth · 1980s technology · urban setting · fantasy realm

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Distance: 0.2146

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Nasterea

Petra Stehlíková · 2021 · Naslouchač

A young girl returns to a dark underground world, uncovering buried truths, rising threats, and more questions than answers.

Why this is here

Premise labels: secret world · hidden world · truth quest · survival quest · mystery solving · journey to another side · post-collapse mystery

Setting labels: dark world · underground · other side · mountain setting · dystopian setting · fictional world · post-collapse world

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Distance: 0.2150

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