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
なのだ12.41
若しかして13.01
何処12.58
揺れ13.49
椅子13.07
加工13.58
其れはそうと14.46
程々に14.17
転載15.63
錯体17.59
銀河系15.48
濡れそぼつ15.46
我慢13.21
丁寧13.39
針の筵15.41
放題14.29
でる12.96
に反して14.22
比重14.72
複雑13.34
宇宙13.71
拠点13.29
剥ぐ14.02
手間13.57
もう少し13.00
状況12.49
やらせ14.04
X線16.27
関与14.10
答える12.69
表面13.61
一階13.78
ちゃん12.24
東13.20
降着円盤1-
でない13.36
負う13.33
はためく14.33
引き揚げる15.18
筈がない13.40
真綿15.25
熱13.20
通過13.83
胸が痛む14.99
減る13.15
時分14.37
利益13.54
経つ13.15
啜る14.04
降り13.19
送り出す14.06
書く12.69
通う13.42
話し12.77
装置13.56
波動12.63
あの12.00
準拠15.18
合い13.68
男性13.02
親愛14.36
引く12.90
どこか12.70
為に12.22
光る13.26
大量13.06
損傷14.11
面倒12.94
応援13.41
届く12.86
規模13.33
重大13.95
駆け抜ける13.73
その晩14.80
仕方13.31
位置12.95
出12.33
玉虫色15.09
チャンス13.55
アフリカ15.02
使う12.10
話11.96
何回か14.25
中央13.07
疲労13.56
せめて13.31
こそ12.75
理解12.49
利用12.98
後任14.75
語りかける13.89
出まかせ15.12
多く12.66
ちょっと12.29
山道14.20
埋没費用17.29
花野15.18
給料14.05
小さい12.69
ポツリポツリ15.19

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