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
自ら12.87
これ12.15
X線16.27
取り寄せる14.42
機材14.37
溢れる13.55
手遅れ14.07
足りない13.25
特徴的13.99
チャンス13.55
出まかせ15.12
向こう12.90
凍える14.42
特に12.62
11.99
私服14.39
テーマ14.40
資本15.09
どうしますか14.45
される12.48
錯誤15.56
ゲームセンター15.05
惣菜15.23
居着く15.11
絶好14.17
落下13.51
無責任14.30
笑み12.60
西側14.12
手間13.57
12.55
驚き12.99
マントル15.68
12.82
化石燃料16.00
総出12.91
13.20
13.75
欠伸14.19
信念14.23
12.93
続ける12.56
見て見ぬ振り15.08
様々13.02
降り13.19
メートル13.08
見上げる13.03
日本料理15.61
でる12.96
うっかり13.80
ばかり12.53
締め付ける14.87
虹色14.18
ないと13.06
吸収13.34
臨海15.95
11.95
久しぶりに13.56
ビル13.97
落とす13.04
分け12.31
あり12.26
富士山14.99
呟く12.77
四肢13.99
有り難い13.38
負わす14.67
13.28
泊める14.44
13.20
稼働14.17
大仏15.79
春風14.23
上昇13.21
発見13.22
ショートメッセージ17.05
繰り返す13.34
12.12
経つ13.15
13.31
姑く12.89
楽々14.77
事案14.50
満足13.15
12.39
スプーン14.03
何処まで13.49
どうして12.71
高層ビル15.05
お見通し14.43
食後14.13
独特13.76
予感13.35
14.21
急激13.84
アフリカ15.02
祝福13.35
送り出す14.06
割れ13.80
魅力的13.80

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