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
海底14.05
使い12.99
でない13.36
ロープウェイ15.59
苦しい13.37
キャンパス15.14
防寒具14.92
他に13.02
向こう12.90
浴場14.35
存在12.32
に対して12.68
登山道15.75
男性13.02
久しぶりに13.56
身長13.45
地殻15.25
椅子13.07
生まれる13.03
針の筵15.41
気持ち12.61
の様に12.34
14.14
執着13.98
寄る13.37
溢れ出す14.59
早い12.99
超分子1-
給料14.05
引き揚げる15.18
繋がる13.22
中途半端13.90
使用者14.17
代替13.50
誤る14.17
上部14.17
楽々14.77
質量14.00
サイボーグ14.79
海洋14.54
とすれば13.39
貸し切り14.89
両手12.91
薄い13.15
に取って12.44
どんな12.69
西側14.12
多く12.66
楽しげ13.83
遠慮13.41
ポツリ14.17
ゲームセンター15.05
飲む12.84
13.28
助ける13.17
山塊15.41
仕事12.50
何処12.58
矜持14.10
山々14.26
不足13.57
12.74
感じる12.58
独特13.76
12.93
錯誤15.56
駆け上る15.47
集合住宅15.21
迷惑13.31
こそ12.75
足を滑らせる15.89
心理14.47
渡す12.98
かも知れません13.08
到る13.77
救う13.16
自覚13.31
13.54
位置12.95
朝食13.36
反物質15.61
大変12.84
直接13.02
其れはそうと14.46
13.31
でる12.96
多分12.94
いい12.05
埋没費用17.29
ボケ13.70
こん13.58
引く12.90
寝落ち14.90
転倒14.25
銀河系15.48
消去14.48
捲り14.40
高層ビル15.05
違いない13.16
お名前14.20

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