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
ちゃう12.74
一週間13.50
未だ12.14
リクライニングチェア16.11
科す15.25
引き出し14.02
仕事12.50
ちゃん12.24
締め付ける14.87
あり12.26
歩く12.65
他に13.02
耐える13.10
何で12.52
人前で14.25
死13.03
ですが12.62
燻す15.20
満ちる13.25
絡まり14.90
たも網16.61
電源14.52
ばかり12.53
文脈14.99
場合12.60
隣12.64
ついて行く13.82
経つ13.15
西13.22
間違う13.21
若しかして13.01
準拠15.18
家族12.92
専門13.87
見晴らし14.57
残す12.85
聞く11.95
かも知れない12.21
発見13.22
ラッピング14.96
分け12.31
出会う13.16
以内12.31
海洋14.54
お名前14.20
夕方13.59
勘案15.04
桜13.43
間違いない13.07
上半身13.71
陽電子16.30
寄る13.37
宇宙船14.35
チャンス13.55
堪まる14.50
受け取る13.03
え12.39
予感13.35
なりません13.51
吸収13.34
負わす14.67
覚悟13.02
それ12.40
登山道15.75
臨海15.95
真綿15.25
流れ着く14.72
光る13.26
山塊15.41
抑制14.40
富士山14.99
多く12.66
今日は12.66
掛け図14.55
話11.96
口12.30
行為13.26
日本料理15.61
戻り13.40
楽々14.77
非常に12.99
話し12.77
一月13.99
にも12.03
超分子1-
合い13.68
加工13.58
横に13.00
前12.31
続いて13.13
剥がす13.97
パイル15.42
一般的13.46
貸し切り14.89
処12.38
くたびれる14.55
上部14.17
波動12.63
揺動15.65
お迎え14.26

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