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
抱き起こす14.90
降着円盤1-
マシン14.69
12.68
加速度15.11
十分12.75
大きく12.61
いずれ13.42
告げる12.80
看取る14.92
到る13.77
轢く14.61
覆われ13.82
所々14.00
暗い13.20
筈がない13.40
不満13.21
開発13.36
侵略者14.60
魅力的13.80
とは言え12.60
準拠15.18
男性13.02
合い13.68
渦巻く13.90
機材14.37
僧尼12.52
捲り14.40
唱える13.44
複雑13.34
多分12.94
事案14.50
13.28
出勤14.49
日本料理15.61
為に12.22
13.20
決める12.93
とすれば13.39
なのだ12.41
12.12
並大抵14.48
海進1-
はためく14.33
燻す15.20
かも知れない12.21
どうしますか14.45
12.74
出ていく13.96
実質14.08
コーヒー牛乳15.37
若しかして13.01
開口15.69
推力14.88
分野14.00
体内13.59
にも関わらず13.64
通う13.42
階建16.00
その晩14.80
ゴア15.29
苦しい13.37
一週間13.50
小さい12.69
取り寄せる14.42
突き13.40
遠慮13.41
切り替える13.89
飛び出す13.50
見て見ぬ振り15.08
示威行為15.46
予感13.35
14.58
滅びる13.74
海底14.05
人前で14.25
科す15.25
そうですね13.02
12.64
理解12.49
不足13.57
鈴虫15.71
切る12.91
有り難い13.38
電源を入れる15.61
物体13.75
超分子1-
目的12.83
毛髪15.24
しかない12.80
地獄13.43
割れ13.80
に従って13.62
利益13.54
囚われ13.98
良く12.94
合わせ技15.11
氷河15.03
思想犯16.46
心地よい13.92

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