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
12.84
面倒12.94
吸収13.34
封入14.96
この期におよんで16.49
12.97
多分12.94
にも関わらず13.64
実際13.06
満身15.57
降りる13.43
浴場14.35
存在12.32
規模13.33
物体13.75
苦しい13.37
咀嚼14.15
13.38
溢れ出す14.59
楽しげ13.83
奪う12.94
何故12.62
なり12.48
執着13.98
姑く12.89
気まずい13.71
場合12.60
福利厚生15.30
の様に12.34
切り替える13.89
高価13.78
暗い13.20
四肢13.99
今日は12.66
海難事故15.88
今回12.47
海進1-
描く13.10
以内12.31
ばかり12.53
分け12.31
為に12.22
届く12.86
ついて行く13.82
甲高い13.95
陽電子16.30
可能性12.61
間違いない13.07
頭を抱える14.29
四〇14.80
採石16.14
答える12.69
休む13.22
死守14.67
11.75
地獄13.43
力強い13.53
しかない12.80
超分子1-
疲れ13.16
共犯者14.74
書く12.69
丁寧13.39
現段階14.62
かも知れません13.08
出ていく13.96
うっかり13.80
12.68
平謝り14.97
代替13.50
返却口15.99
堪まる14.50
じゃあ12.61
覆う13.25
13.40
独特13.76
熱い13.28
顕著14.36
号泣14.61
どうやって13.23
物件14.28
テックス16.78
パイル15.42
電源14.52
誤謬15.81
うつ伏せ14.35
地域13.52
13.75
八十13.96
総出12.91
門衛15.01
投下14.29
程々に14.17
縫う13.95
化石燃料16.00
合い13.68
日本料理15.61
ただで済む15.01
抱きとめる14.70
冷める13.72

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