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
その晩14.80
見下ろす13.37
伽藍15.14
久しぶりに13.56
間違いない13.07
疲れ13.16
により12.99
とすれば13.39
お見通し14.43
給料14.05
12.30
13.21
休む13.22
シベリア15.58
体調13.59
可能性12.61
我慢13.21
お湯13.74
なり12.48
13.40
続く12.90
13.13
非常に12.99
起こす13.06
何の役にも立たない14.79
12.75
ただで済む15.01
為に12.22
私服14.39
ビル13.97
寄せ13.32
絡む13.49
薄い13.15
判断12.74
それ以来14.38
満身15.57
ばったり14.76
科す15.25
駆ける13.80
抑揚14.82
12.54
浴場14.35
効果的14.03
海進1-
使い切る14.32
生き12.80
魅力的13.80
名乗る13.29
姑く12.89
海風14.93
気候14.23
揺れ13.49
無責任14.30
ジェット14.79
入り込む13.69
12.64
にして12.30
甘える13.94
示威行為15.46
続ける12.56
飛び13.52
親愛14.36
楽々14.77
装置13.56
福利厚生15.30
遠慮13.41
宇宙船14.35
十分12.75
自己組織化17.59
朝食13.36
見る12.00
どうしますか14.45
看取る14.92
日本一15.26
除ける15.22
驚き12.99
満ちる13.25
11.96
違いない13.16
一階13.78
八十13.96
スカート13.67
崩壊13.51
縫う13.95
手繰り14.78
疑問12.92
早い12.99
アンドロイド14.70
開く12.63
浮かぶ12.94
失礼13.13
覆う13.25
うっかり13.80
13.43
13.54
覚悟13.02
分野14.00
真綿15.25
臨海15.95
力強い13.53

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