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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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
僧尼12.52
落とす13.04
先に12.69
雲間15.22
勘案15.04
とは言え12.60
自己紹介13.63
示威行為15.46
転載15.63
思想犯16.46
利用12.98
どんな12.69
裸13.83
奥12.86
返却口15.99
レポート14.40
比重14.72
暗い13.20
通り過ぎる13.65
銀河系15.48
薄い13.15
電源14.52
マシン14.69
却って13.83
もう少し13.00
それ12.40
入り13.18
代替13.50
揺らす13.50
海面14.09
本意14.56
繋がる13.22
北向き16.12
大量13.06
渦巻く13.90
居着く15.11
案件13.94
関係12.73
別12.74
動転14.73
により12.99
押しのける14.30
一月13.99
独特13.76
種類13.29
其れはそうと14.46
自ら12.87
迷惑13.31
お名前14.20
やらせ14.04
消耗13.58
話し12.77
取り寄せる14.42
凍える14.42
入り込む13.69
無責任14.30
二人分14.38
回帰14.56
物がある13.46
サイボーグ14.79
大仏15.79
表面13.61
居候14.64
除ける15.22
夕方13.59
大きく12.61
どうして12.71
詰め13.50
学校13.04
語りかける13.89
ポツリ14.17
チャンス13.55
満身15.57
用12.75
断崖14.74
轢く14.61
流れ着く14.72
唱える13.44
個13.31
総出12.91
浮体16.36
負担13.51
減る13.15
合い13.68
逆向き15.44
膝下14.92
囚われ13.98
プリ14.47
準拠15.18
どうしますか14.45
着替える13.85
キロ13.30
直接13.02
同意13.33
人口13.85
二十五14.37
面倒12.94
それは11.95
剥ぐ14.02
通う13.42

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