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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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
残酷13.87
滅びる13.74
場合12.60
ついて行く13.82
隔てる14.48
いいか13.15
描く13.10
共犯者14.74
温暖化15.86
春風14.23
真綿15.25
規模13.33
サイボーグ14.79
かも知れない12.21
ほぼ13.03
高層ビル15.05
にも12.03
寝間着14.47
捲り14.40
抱きとめる14.70
大量13.06
一人12.46
天13.01
回転13.46
泊める14.44
感じる12.58
出会う13.16
欠伸14.19
燻す15.20
二枚14.04
料理12.62
縫う13.95
五つ14.03
それ以来14.38
起き上がる13.63
合い13.68
見る12.00
切手13.64
矜持14.10
悪い12.37
絶好14.17
貸し切り14.89
暗い13.20
研究者13.81
疲労13.56
非常に12.99
開口15.69
出まかせ15.12
埋没費用17.29
へ11.95
みたい12.65
カーテン13.98
年12.64
見上げる13.03
専門13.87
家族12.92
海難事故15.88
剥がす13.97
姑く12.89
これ位13.58
にも関わらず13.64
ロス14.01
囚われる14.19
駆け抜ける13.73
に反して14.22
人前で14.25
稼働14.17
急激13.84
自ら12.87
細い13.34
実質14.08
かつて13.09
現段階14.62
給料14.05
轢く14.61
西側14.12
見晴らし14.57
集合住宅15.21
減る13.15
湧く13.55
あの12.00
首12.55
為に12.22
惑星13.98
重大13.95
揺動15.65
受け取る13.03
慣性14.75
切る12.91
質量14.00
自己紹介13.63
飛び出す13.50
笑み12.60
通り過ぎる13.65
丁寧13.39
見つかる13.09
大悪人16.04
当たり前13.08
動転14.73
様々13.02

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