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
何の12.78
臥する13.59
取る12.69
程々に14.17
花野15.18
12.31
最大化15.39
重宝14.28
引き出し14.02
大変12.84
12.15
続ける12.56
波動12.63
驚き12.99
滅びる13.74
落とす13.04
中央13.07
どこか12.70
かも知れません13.08
十分12.75
割れ13.80
ばかり12.53
使い切る14.32
負わす14.67
モータ16.69
オムレツ14.83
見晴らし14.57
ブランド14.52
為に12.22
居着く15.11
今日は12.66
良くある13.90
13.41
拠点13.29
失う12.75
採石16.14
13.62
光る13.26
浅い13.66
伽藍15.14
にも12.03
回転13.46
封入14.96
止まる12.95
防寒具14.92
流れ着く14.72
X線16.27
気候14.23
マントル15.68
更迭15.14
生き12.80
ショートメッセージ17.05
通り過ぎる13.65
切り替える13.89
科す15.25
ねえ12.74
沈める14.26
繋がる13.22
負担13.51
カーテン13.98
引く12.90
交わす13.24
13.40
なり12.48
胸が痛む14.99
狙う12.89
開け13.07
うつ伏せ14.35
過疎15.37
12.82
13.20
チャンス13.55
事案14.50
それよりも13.35
切る12.91
かつて13.09
もの11.96
可能性12.61
色々12.52
揺らす13.50
宇宙13.71
湧く13.55
錯誤15.56
覆う13.25
ポツリ14.17
話し12.77
更衣室14.66
これ等13.57
せめて13.31
送り出す14.06
地殻15.25
休む13.22
有り難い13.38
暗い13.20
指す13.83
手を伸ばす13.83
11.96
囚われ13.98
こと自体13.91
13.21

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