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
改造13.77
加工13.58
囚われる14.19
捲り14.40
大量13.06
誤る14.17
進行13.82
筈がない13.40
ナノマシン14.93
止まる12.95
14.51
アフリカ15.02
祝詞13.05
12.97
14.14
休む13.22
14.21
真綿15.25
重大13.95
過疎15.37
銀河系15.48
何時も12.58
登山道15.75
13.13
12.13
話し12.77
春風14.23
鳴く13.69
水中13.66
チャンス13.55
切らす14.11
お名前14.20
研究者13.81
にして12.30
手遅れ14.07
一次14.69
キロ13.30
同意13.33
自己組織化17.59
こそ12.75
覆われ13.82
その晩14.80
距離12.79
目尻14.30
直接13.02
その上13.43
応援13.41
笑み12.60
いい12.05
燃える13.43
違う12.29
何回か14.25
奪う12.94
コンコルド16.66
落とす13.04
11.96
起こす13.06
本当に12.34
電源14.52
飲む12.84
戻り13.40
いいや13.63
地殻15.25
人前で14.25
頭を抱える14.29
ばったり14.76
北向き16.12
物件14.28
二枚14.04
温暖化15.86
12.64
着替える13.85
サイボーグ14.79
女子高生14.34
マシン14.69
見上げる13.03
金色13.54
光る13.26
行けません13.55
ばかり12.53
に取って12.44
薄い13.15
13.20
頂上14.23
12.30
感じる12.58
とすれば13.39
自ら12.87
金属13.33
貸し切り14.89
針の筵15.41
最中13.38
可能性12.61
転倒14.25
転載15.63
一度に13.99
12.74
変える13.02
剥ぐ14.02
テックス16.78

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