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
錯誤15.56
浴びる13.52
貪欲14.49
告げる12.80
通う13.42
四肢13.99
装置13.56
12.15
支え13.37
絡まり14.90
溶ける13.59
気まずい13.71
再び12.75
失礼13.13
話し12.77
改造13.77
予感13.35
逆向き15.44
カーテン13.98
救う13.16
消える12.71
見晴らし14.57
ゲームセンター15.05
切手13.64
二十五14.37
12.75
12.51
掛け図14.55
笑み12.60
海進1-
突き13.40
日本料理15.61
その上13.43
並大抵14.48
負担13.51
高層ビル15.05
ブランド14.52
一次14.69
顕著14.36
後ろ12.63
辺り13.04
それよりも13.35
捕まえる13.41
11.96
13.41
飛び出す13.50
うん12.39
今回12.47
満ちる13.25
後任14.75
開口15.69
横に13.00
二人分14.38
11.95
どうしますか14.45
損傷14.11
地殻15.25
どっち13.48
ロープウェイ15.59
今日は12.66
目的12.83
文字通り13.64
一般的13.46
研究者13.81
13.54
あり12.26
じゃあ12.61
積極的13.62
繰り返す13.34
楽しげ13.83
轢く14.61
最中13.38
シール14.11
外れる13.64
残す12.85
未だ12.14
金色13.54
12.31
重大13.95
五つ14.03
これ12.15
回転13.46
通り12.74
充電式16.23
浮かべる12.57
せめて13.31
キロ13.30
体重13.75
泊まり込む15.30
13.28
立派13.24
生まれる13.03
抱き起こす14.90
地域13.52
もう少し13.00
温暖化15.86
に反して14.22
求める13.21
宇宙13.71
ばかり12.53

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