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
受け取る13.03
見晴らし14.57
テックス16.78
ボート14.39
決める12.93
揺れ13.49
ラッピング14.96
久しぶりに13.56
心地よい13.92
届く12.86
覆う13.25
構造物14.73
気まずい13.71
効果的14.03
集合体14.55
滅びる13.74
笑う12.45
何故12.62
抑揚14.82
望む13.04
装置13.56
交わす13.24
結びつく14.46
拘る14.18
楽しむ13.09
その時12.75
12.68
かも知れない12.21
海底14.05
自己紹介13.63
連れて12.86
波動12.63
埋没費用17.29
集合住宅15.21
合い13.68
仕方13.31
失礼13.13
倒れる13.23
アフリカ15.02
採石16.14
とすれば13.39
ロールパン15.82
不明13.44
動転14.73
遠く13.08
13.40
虹色14.18
何処12.58
いきなり12.95
なり12.48
破滅13.92
捕まえる13.41
欠伸14.19
ちょっと12.29
お見通し14.43
はためく14.33
放出13.74
雲間15.22
覚悟13.02
匂う14.92
パイル15.42
身を投じる15.07
諦念15.00
シール14.11
準拠15.18
消去14.48
いいか13.15
スマートフォン14.61
どっち13.48
様々13.02
二枚14.04
嗜む14.50
どうしますか14.45
生き12.80
海難事故15.88
間違いない13.07
金色13.54
大仏15.79
放題14.29
放物線14.64
12.33
消える12.71
13.62
食後14.13
13.03
コーヒー牛乳15.37
モータ16.69
誤謬15.81
消耗13.58
本意14.56
13.99
色々12.52
学校13.04
僧尼12.52
甘える13.94
表面13.61
15.90
特に12.62
どこか12.70
階建16.00

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