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
早い12.99
燃える13.43
届く12.86
言わば14.46
揺らす13.50
堪まる14.50
規模13.33
開口15.69
かも知れない12.21
みたい12.65
12.64
入り13.18
感じる12.58
金色13.54
そうです12.73
体調13.59
まさか12.68
何の役にも立たない14.79
落下13.51
12.64
ロールパン15.82
矜持14.10
かも知れません13.08
泣きはらす15.21
13.75
苦しい13.37
悪い12.37
狙う12.89
サイボーグ14.79
落とす13.04
休む13.22
土左衛門15.94
あの12.00
止まる12.95
凍える14.42
いきなり12.95
一階13.78
警察13.87
本当に12.34
久しぶりに13.56
出まかせ15.12
と言って12.71
14.12
撮る13.97
繋がる13.22
ボート14.39
常識13.40
発見13.22
リクライニングチェア16.11
により12.99
変える13.02
再び12.75
文字通り13.64
体重13.75
更迭15.14
この期におよんで16.49
負わす14.67
通り過ぎる13.65
何回か14.25
一般的13.46
理解12.49
すると12.35
最中13.38
捲り14.40
排水口15.60
14.21
交わす13.24
引き揚げる15.18
多分12.94
宇宙船14.35
12.82
スプーン14.03
大量13.06
専門13.87
駆ける13.80
渦巻く13.90
脱色15.65
消去14.48
集合住宅15.21
専用13.53
湧く13.55
海難事故15.88
地域13.52
隔てる14.48
夕方13.59
思想犯16.46
山々14.26
一週間13.50
浴びる13.52
くたびれる14.55
負う13.33
割れ13.80
その様12.83
特徴的13.99
階建16.00
伽藍15.14
手間13.57
寄る13.37
位置12.95
人前で14.25

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