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
受け入れる13.42
行為13.26
かつて13.09
玉虫色15.09
見晴らし14.57
くたびれる14.55
赤い12.81
質量14.00
スカート13.67
どうしますか14.45
規模13.33
集合体14.55
稼働14.17
光る13.26
身長13.45
異性14.02
回転13.46
貸し切り14.89
残す12.85
向こう12.90
12.74
13.20
思い12.61
ポツリ14.17
せめて13.31
場合12.60
12.74
驚き12.99
吸収13.34
給料14.05
進行13.82
防寒具14.92
14.51
受け取る13.03
臨海15.95
送り出す14.06
求める13.21
姑く12.89
告げる12.80
気持ち12.61
遠慮13.41
駆け上る15.47
取り寄せる14.42
食後14.13
12.84
後で12.94
見て見ぬ振り15.08
脱却14.91
指す13.83
投下14.29
一月13.99
漁業14.86
到る13.77
焼く13.28
様々13.02
案件13.94
山道14.20
違いない13.16
なりません13.51
受け入れ13.34
コンコルド16.66
同意13.33
周辺13.21
捨て駒14.59
何処12.58
どっち13.48
名乗る13.29
高価13.78
女子高生14.34
構造物14.73
となる12.78
切手13.64
着替える13.85
物件14.28
スプーン14.03
自覚13.31
僧尼12.52
ホワイト14.17
一週間13.50
矜持14.10
未だ12.14
切り替える13.89
手繰り14.78
13.28
居着く15.11
助ける13.17
慣性14.75
波動12.63
今日は12.66
心理14.47
非常に12.99
電源を入れる15.61
十分12.75
重大13.95
種類13.29
13.43
拠点13.29
楽々14.77
効果12.77
四〇14.80

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