'In Another World With 100 Waifus' Read and Edited for the 19th time:

I suppose the biggest change should be placed prominently forward -- 7 names changed!  All the Mega Man composers were substituted for fictional characters, on the basis that this was meant to be a fictional character hall of fame so what the heck were they even doing there.  In particular I had it in for the Mega Man composers because Mega Man composers were not part of a high artistic masterpiece like the other composers were -- the games were quite simple and artless, having no plot more than Pac-Man or Joust.  When you're Jun Maeda composing the music to Clannad and Little Busters!, that's one thing.  When you're composing a catchy ditty as you jump and shoot for a platformer game, that's another.  These are hallowed halls, the names are meant to carry a waft of the sacred on their heels.  Mario's composer isn't here either and for good reason.

Not to say Mega Man music isn't great.  I absolutely love Mega Man music.  It's just about time-place-occasion.  It wasn't appropriate and didn't fit in with the other composers or my overall book's theme.

So who were the new 7?  Mainly, they were characters from my manga hall of fame who hadn't yet received recognition in '100 Waifus'.  Since the fictional character hall of fame is partially meant to embrace all great artistic franchises and represent them under a single tent, this was a good time to patch the hole.  Atsushi from Q and A, Yuri from Alien Nine, Chise from Mujaki no Rakuen/I'm Not a Lolicon!, Rin from Kodomo no Jikan and Ren from Strobe Edge represent five more manga from my rankings newly in the book.  The remaining two were Izumi from I"s and Hermit from History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi -- they got in without any affirmative action, simply because they're awesome characters, even though '100 Waifus' had already recognized these franchises with other entrants.

It's a massive improvement to my list of 10th borns overall.  More fictional characters and fewer composers makes for a much more balanced and positive generation, in line with the previous nine.

In addition, the proofreading was exhaustive.  I fixed spelling errors, punctuation errors, capitalization errors, awkward phrasing, pretty much anything imaginable that still needed fixing.  I even went back to war on the word 'just' and eliminated a few more of them.  Still the most used word in the book, but now it's at least a little more tolerable.

One of my favorite edits this time around was replacing the clunky phrase 'steadfast effort towards ambitious goals,' with a single word:  perseverance.  What a beautiful edit.  Like a knife through butter.

With this many changes, you might wonder how much work is left to do.  The answer is virtually none.  Of course I'll re-read this story for a 20th time sometime down the line to make sure of this assessment, but the whole point of correcting so many things was that then there wouldn't be any problems left to correct.  Even as I read I felt a sense that things were shaping up well and there weren't any plot holes left to fill or characters who had been too far neglected.  This is the happiest I've ever been with the book, even if it was a tough slog since I was re-reading it only a week after the 18th readthrough.  If it's like this, I don't foresee the need for any additional material.  I could even leave the fictional character hall of fame at this and not worry -- yes, there will be probably be better names available in the future -- but all the names are already plenty good as is so is there really any harm in just letting it be over?  I'll decide on the 20th readthrough.  But this version is very, very close to done.

Let's make this clear.  Only the greatest book ever could merit re-reading 19 times, much less twice in the same month.  These edits serve one great purpose -- to polish the best idea ever into the best execution ever, so that nothing is left wanting and no one can complain about anything -- but the re-reads serve another great purpose, to prove by example how absolutely joyous and mesmerizing this book is to read, so that other people will at least try it out once.  19 times in a row says something.  Have you ever heard of any other book getting this kind of attention?  Then maybe there's something to it, and maybe you should see for yourself.  The round number of #20 is even more appealing towards this purpose, so 20 it is.  But at least let me take a short break at 19 first.  As always, here are the links so people can check out the story in full for themselves:

https://diamed-the-road-less-traveled.blogspot.com/2019/02/in-another-world-with-100-waifus-part-1.html

https://diamed-the-road-less-traveled.blogspot.com/2019/02/in-another-world-with-100-waifus-part-2.html

https://diamed-the-road-less-traveled.blogspot.com/2019/02/in-another-world-with-100-waifus-part-3.html

https://diamed-the-road-less-traveled.blogspot.com/2019/03/in-another-world-with-100-waifus-part-4.html

https://diamed-the-road-less-traveled.blogspot.com/2019/05/in-another-world-with-100-waifus-part-7.html

In this story, a boy gives a credible account concerning why he loves 101 different girls each individually and all together -- and 101 girls give a credible account as to why they all love him individually and as a group.  That's something no other story has ever done or even attempted to do in history.  It can only be found here.

In this story, all the mysteries of God, Creation, Heaven and Hell are revealed and satisfactorily justified.

In this story, the protagonist actually makes love to his wives.  That's right.  It's actual lovemaking, as in, loving sex.  It isn't shunned as something gross, taboo or boring.  It's celebrated as one of the high points of life and absolutely virtuous.  Again, has any other book in history even attempted to do this?

In this story, a political framework is set up that could actually produce paradise, explained both practically and poetically such that no one could possibly step away from the argument unconvinced.

In this story, over 100 characters are all given a unique voice and presence, such that you can tell every single one of them apart.  Again, this is absolutely unprecedented.

In this story, not only is life after marriage not skipped, all 1,000+ children which come from it are mentioned by name, like they actually matter to the marriage.  Again, unprecedented in scope and grandeur.  The names are not picked out of a grab bag either, each and every one was chosen with special care and given for a purpose.

I feel like this could have been the best book ever written with half the elements just mentioned, but there's actually twice as many elements that go into this novel.  There's also some lovely banter, dramatic twists, a new ten commandments, a simulation game/strategy game type citybuilding project, a guide for how the future should adapt to emerging technologies, and so much more.  This is the complete package.  This should be the world's next bible.