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
その時12.75
甲高い13.95
駆ける13.80
食後14.13
あからさま13.81
剥がす13.97
若しかして13.01
大仏15.79
お名前14.20
病院13.74
遅い13.19
見る12.00
現象13.59
脱却14.91
12.68
放射14.42
私服14.39
事はない12.83
通り過ぎる13.65
笑み12.60
11.95
隠す13.08
不満13.21
魅力的13.80
溢れ出す14.59
積極的13.62
それ12.40
燃える13.43
これ等13.57
ジェット14.79
一週間13.50
貸し切り14.89
最大化15.39
辺り13.04
返却口15.99
今回12.47
キャンパス15.14
とは言え12.60
通る13.21
特徴的13.99
でない13.36
12.12
水中13.66
答える12.69
仕事12.50
四〇14.80
間違う13.21
取り寄せる14.42
描く13.10
進行13.82
役目13.38
14.12
学校13.04
13.40
放出13.74
聞く11.95
負担13.51
すると12.35
誤謬15.81
15.90
伽藍15.14
見上げる13.03
加速度15.11
薄い13.15
ついて行く13.82
集合体14.55
其れはそうと14.46
指す13.83
祝福13.35
せめて13.31
分け12.31
専用13.53
登山道15.75
ちょっと12.29
構造物14.73
通過13.83
科す15.25
家族12.92
12.31
二十五14.37
その晩14.80
嗜む14.50
でる12.96
代替13.50
支え13.37
自己紹介13.63
諦念15.00
囚われ13.98
プリ14.47
チャンス13.55
14.14
発見13.22
五つ14.03
通り12.74
いいや13.63
かつて13.09
覆う13.25
捨て駒14.59
海進1-
沈める14.26

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