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
稼働14.17
温暖化15.86
浅い13.66
そう言う12.36
指す13.83
冷める13.72
遅い13.19
隠す13.08
にも関わらず13.64
伽藍15.14
動転14.73
慣性14.75
いきなり12.95
隔てる14.48
良く12.94
12.33
見下ろす13.37
お見通し14.43
放題14.29
銀河系15.48
朝食13.36
なりません13.51
シベリア15.58
見る12.00
ちゃう12.74
回帰14.56
何処12.58
抑制14.40
割れ13.80
状況12.49
損傷14.11
文字通り13.64
中途半端13.90
地獄13.43
浴びる13.52
続いて13.13
うつ伏せ14.35
その時12.75
行けません13.55
時分14.37
浮かべる12.57
覗き13.50
11.95
連れて12.86
加工13.58
眠気14.06
こん13.58
身長13.45
後で12.94
以内12.31
勘案15.04
にして12.30
もう少し13.00
氷河15.03
これ12.15
看取る14.92
中央13.07
本意14.56
轢く14.61
甘える13.94
分野14.00
シャワーカーテン1-
12.96
詰め13.50
質量14.00
14.14
降りる13.43
効果的14.03
望む13.04
13.62
二人分14.38
オムレツ14.83
可能性12.61
啜る14.04
重大13.95
なのだ12.41
気持ち12.61
うっかり13.80
絶好14.17
いいや13.63
独特13.76
お迎え14.26
される12.48
匂い13.08
残す12.85
霞む14.20
どうしますか14.45
足りない13.25
絡む13.49
起こす13.06
大量13.06
13.70
充電式16.23
通り過ぎる13.65
14.14
立派13.24
総出12.91
一週間13.50
捨て駒14.59
ばかり12.53

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