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Friday, April 3, 2020

Sae Hole Filled:

Sae Nakata was one of my least mentioned waifus, so I found a good 'hook' to add in some more about her in Chapter 55.  Like usual, I use the excuse of a job interview to instead gush about how much Christopher loves Sae and Sae loves Christopher.  But really, isn't anything a good excuse for sappy heartwarming scenes?  This is a romance novel after all:


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  "Sae, now that Siri can make all our clothes automatically, are you still making do as a tailor?" I asked.
  Sae smiled and looked down at her hands in her lap. "Hai, okage-sama."
  "Due to me?" I repeated, perplexed.
  "Because God wore my personally tailored wedding dress in front of everyone in Paradise, with her inner light shining through the filmy white, now every girl in the world wants to look like that on their wedding day, so the orders for Sae Nakata brand dresses never stop." Sae looked embarrassed at her own success.
  "So you deal exclusively in bridal gowns now?" I asked.
  "That would get too dull, so I make dresses for all sorts of occasions, like Prom, funerals or Christmas. Anything I make flies off the shelves." Sae smiled self-consciously while looking gingerly up into my eyes to gauge my reaction.
  When we first arrived I had no interest in celebrating Christmas, since I viewed Christianity with contempt. But when Nozomi had become mayor for a week, the first thing she had done is reinstate it, declaring Christmas for Japanese had never been about Christ anyway. Thinking back, I was thankful for her intervention. Christmas was the anniversary of when Sae and I became a couple. Now every year I got to hold her hand while lighting up City Hall's enormous Christmas tree.
  "If bourgeoisie strivers want to enrich my wife, they're more than welcome!" I declared encouragingly. "But no matter how beautiful you make their dresses, we'll always be 'best couple.'"
  Sae's face lit up into a heartfelt smile. "Hai!" She nodded in vehement agreement.

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This also answers the mystery of what exactly Cure Dream did as mayor when given the opportunity, so it kills two underutilized waifus with one stone.  This genius addition to '100 Waifus' makes the 20th edition all the sweeter and like usual the best ever.  This isn't the only edit I've made, though.  Already I've corrected all sorts of problems, like being in the wrong tense, spelling, capitalization, the age ranges of various waifus, and excessive usages of the word 'just,' which are now thankfully stricken from the record.

I'm still in the early stages of the book, too, so lord knows how many edits there will be by the end.  I keep hoping there won't be any problems and I can read through the whole book without having to change anything, but yet again that's far from the case.  Maybe next time, on my 21st try. . .

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