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
研究者13.81
為に12.22
目尻14.30
陽電子16.30
13.41
物体13.75
14.14
毛髪15.24
今も13.35
生まれる13.03
12.75
遠慮13.41
頭を抱える14.29
溢れる13.55
届く12.86
喋り13.80
身を投じる15.07
祝福13.35
泊まり込む15.30
行ける13.40
思い12.61
ちゃう12.74
はためく14.33
かつて13.09
封入14.96
捨てる13.06
何処12.58
合い13.68
匂い13.08
浅い13.66
辺り13.04
溶ける13.59
真綿15.25
誤謬15.81
もん12.71
告白13.52
利益13.54
轢く14.61
温暖化15.86
プリ14.47
匂う14.92
独特13.76
カーテン13.98
眠気14.06
今日は12.66
話し12.77
15.90
にして12.30
揺れ13.49
となる12.78
ただで済む15.01
オムレツ14.83
体調13.59
満身15.57
諦念15.00
それよりも13.35
後ろ12.63
多く12.66
間違いない13.07
私服14.39
良くある13.90
何時も12.58
でない13.36
面倒12.94
久しぶりに13.56
代替13.50
開口15.69
ばかり12.53
色々12.52
12.15
非常に12.99
埋没費用17.29
どこか12.70
13.54
落下13.51
何故12.62
足りない13.25
物がある13.46
不足13.57
何処まで13.49
もっと12.63
とは言え12.60
外れる13.64
針の筵15.41
マシン14.69
14.58
12.39
ジェスチャー14.45
動転14.73
心地よい13.92
給料14.05
ついて行く13.82
もの11.96
あり12.26
うっかり13.80
じゃあ12.61
周辺13.21
12.68
姑く12.89
地域13.52

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