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Themes labels used: identity, memory, belonging, family, found family, war, conquest, oppression, imperialism, religion and power, colonization, nature, responsibility to nature, humanity, monstrosity, moral compromise, freedom, loyalty, self-discovery, power and cost, history and myth, friendship, love
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A teen on a map-guided time-traveling pirate ship faces a journey that could save her mother or erase her.
Why this is here
Themes labels: family · loss · love · choice · identity · belonging · freedom · fate · cause and effect · erasure · colonialism · imperialism · home · memory · sacrifice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0915
A diplomat and an imperial envoy race to communicate with alien invaders while empire, loyalty, and identity collide.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · language · communication · colonialism · imperialism · belonging · home · loyalty · personhood · cultural assimilation · power · peace and war · collectivity · memory · selfhood · otherness · oppression · humanity · civilization vs barbarism · diplomacy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0975
A lonely space captain, a mute boy, and a visionary scientist become entangled in a far-future struggle over time, family, and power.
Why this is here
Themes labels: love · loss · loneliness · memory · time · identity · home · found family · kindness · choice · sacrifice · regret · capitalism · corporate exploitation · colonialism · imperialism · progress · humanity · belonging · acceptance · hope · mourning · ambition · environmental collapse · ecological disaster · music · culture · moral cost · tradeoffs · parenthood · trust · duty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0977
A rebellious pair on opposite sides of war must fight brainwashing, empire, and each other to find their way back.
Why this is here
Themes labels: colonization · authoritarianism · resistance · loyalty · memory · identity · grief · guilt · hope · resilience · survival · war trauma · love in chaos · choosing humanity · found family
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1014
A DS9 tie-in follows a Cardassian war orphan’s life across occupation, war, and change, seen from inside Cardassia.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · family · loyalty · war · sacrifice · loss · trauma · heritage · cultural difference · empire · occupation · politics · social justice · memory · moral consequence · survival · nationalism · censorship · duty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1016
Stranded in a strange interdimensional realm, Spensa hunts the truth of her powers while war and memory loss loom.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · courage · fear · memory · history · free will · moral choice · self-discovery · loyalty · family · friendship · duty · war and survival · humanity · prejudice · potential · growth · morality · belief
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1027
A servant girl with forbidden paper magic is swept into a skyship hunt, empire secrets, and a fight over what shikigami are.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · personhood · agency · autonomy · oppression · discrimination · empire · power · loyalty · betrayal · moral status of created beings · free will · destiny · memory · belonging · social hierarchy · war · ethics of creation · heritage
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1029
A curious outcast from a floating, women-only world survives a sacrifice and lands in a dangerous society below.
Why this is here
Themes labels: belonging · identity · self-discovery · family · friendship · oppression · freedom · duty · sacrifice · prejudice · acceptance · truth vs secrecy · power · greed
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1044
A secret dragon-blooded pilot joins allies and a sentient sword to stop the dragons returning to enslave humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · heritage · self-discovery · belonging · duty · war · prejudice · forbidden power · loyalty · love · female empowerment · family · good vs evil
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1046
In a war-torn future, rival factions, robots, and betrayed friends race to decide who gets freedom and who survives.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · free will · loyalty · betrayal · friendship · family · redemption · slavery · choice · what makes a person · self-worth · sacrifice · war · freedom · morality · environmental collapse
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1052
Sent on a deadly mission to install a king, an outcast warrior finds allies, love, and a chance to reshape her people’s future.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · prejudice · oppression · freedom · loyalty · family · love · war · politics · alliance · self-acceptance · power · leadership · cultural survival · home
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1055
A hawk-bodied teen faces a family trap, a rescue mission, and a shattering truth about who he really is.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · humanity · otherness · family · war morality · sacrifice · instinct vs emotion · self-acceptance · survival · trauma · prejudice · love vs duty · choice · loyalty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1059
