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
惣菜15.23
看取る14.92
12.13
良く12.94
早朝13.84
シベリア15.58
レポート14.40
侵略者14.60
スカート13.67
滅びる13.74
通過13.83
祝福13.35
縫う13.95
遠く13.08
平謝り14.97
12.74
暴れる13.33
刑罰14.82
持ち上げる13.40
後任14.75
テレビ13.84
行けません13.55
可能性12.61
魚礁16.85
捨て駒14.59
他に13.02
鈴虫15.71
に取って12.44
ほぼ13.03
コーヒー牛乳15.37
放物線14.64
12.74
病院13.74
専門13.87
11.75
頂上14.23
13.21
ただで済む15.01
タオル13.85
関与14.10
じゃあ12.61
捲り14.40
海洋14.54
何処まで13.49
オムレツ14.83
とすれば13.39
十分12.75
あの12.00
せめて13.31
12.54
種類13.29
楽しげ13.83
飽きる13.89
14.21
起こす13.06
覚悟13.02
西13.22
手間13.57
奏でる14.08
湿気14.61
今日は12.66
ポツリ14.17
体調13.59
とは言え12.60
損傷14.11
13.31
温暖化15.86
投下14.29
返却口15.99
直接13.02
たも網16.61
起き上がる13.63
その様12.83
波動12.63
総出12.91
生まれる13.03
開く12.63
化石燃料16.00
門衛15.01
使用者14.17
二十五14.37
言わば14.46
断崖14.74
実質14.08
食後14.13
膝下14.92
加工13.58
はためく14.33
事案14.50
二人分14.38
四肢13.99
捨てる13.06
ライン13.62
なので12.48
13.53
引く12.90
間違う13.21
詰め13.50
玉虫色15.09

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