Haruko and the Scales

Haruko and the Scales

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Haruko Sato brings Pia, a girl she rescued from the sea at Yushima, back to her university laboratory. Pia is an extraterrestrial life form, but that is of little consequence to Haruko. A month later, Pia makes a confession. The cause of the world's inundation by seawater is her doing. And she will continue to carry out this work. Haruko, who harbors affection for Pia, sees her off as an accomplice as she departs. Even if they never meet again, she blesses Pia for fulfilling her mission. However, Pia returns a week later. She weeps, saying she has completely achieved her goal. She had been navigating a precarious balance between the mission given to her and the salvation of Earth. At the same time, Haruko notices Pia's physical deterioration. Once all the work is complete, her body will collapse, Pia says. Though anguished, Haruko swallows her conflict and sends Pia out on one final task. With the resolve to accept all consequences. Scheduled for reprint on Alphapolis

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Statistics

Reading Time
70 min
Words 2,821
Sentences 350
Characters 5,590
Unique Words 1,133
1-Occurrence Words
802
Unique Kanji 714
1-Occurrence Kanji
330
Avg Word Difficulty 2.38
Avg Sentence Length 8.1

Word List (1,133 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
専用13.53
排水口15.60
極めて13.49
目尻14.30
たも網16.61
切り替える13.89
違う12.29
氷河15.03
笑う12.45
種類13.29
しかない12.80
焼く13.28
落下13.51
じゃあ12.61
高価13.78
膝下14.92
凍える14.42
朝食13.36
からこそ13.25
湿気14.61
どっち13.48
倒れる13.23
包装14.83
進行13.82
ただで済む15.01
ラッピング14.96
シール14.11
隠す13.08
浴場14.35
学校13.04
効果12.77
告げる12.80
自ら12.87
装置13.56
大量13.06
13.43
切り離す14.08
何故12.62
二〇14.31
ばかり12.53
自覚13.31
真綿15.25
抜け13.20
引く12.90
12.51
放射14.42
12.12
薄い13.15
消える12.71
起こす13.06
続いて13.13
どこか12.70
浮かぶ12.94
実際13.06
うん12.39
嗜む14.50
人間関係14.32
二十五14.37
花野15.18
多く12.66
13.31
一階13.78
終わる12.44
これ等13.57
先に12.69
押し込む13.92
分け12.31
12.33
防寒具14.92
揺らす13.50
最大化15.39
海洋14.54
ちょっと12.29
何の役にも立たない14.79
耐える13.10
語りかける13.89
本意14.56
に従って13.62
13.31
いきなり12.95
見つかる13.09
マシン14.69
食後14.13
見上げる13.03
現段階14.62
燻す15.20
12.64
特に12.62
私服14.39
楽々14.77
採石16.14
合わせ技15.11
久しぶりに13.56
12.47
その通り13.27
遠慮13.41
そこ12.66
溢れる13.55
そう言う12.36
筈がない13.40

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