May 11, 2025
Author's Commentary #433:
Time to talk about Chapter 433: Hemorrhoid cancellation.
When I first created Francie, she was originally meant to be female Filthy Frank. Now, she's morphing into female Idubbbztv. And thus, Francie's only going to sink lower from here, but first let's talk about all the new characters.
リア・マンダギ (Ria Mandagi) is how Ria's name would be spelled in katakana.
Her birthday is September 13th, which is Bald is Beautiful Day.
Her favorite piece is the queen.
レダ・ザムルン (Reda Zamrun) is how Reda's name would be spelled in katakana.
Her birthday is November 24th, which she shares with Indonesian grandmaster, Novendra Priasmoro.
Her favorite piece is the pawn.
アユ・ゴザル (Ayu Gozal) is how Ayu's name would be spelled in katakana.
Her birthday is April 3rd, which she shares with Indonesian actress, dancer, and model, Asmara Abigail.
Her favorite piece is the queen.
カルソミー・ズベリ (Kalsoom Zuberi) is how Kalsoom's name would be spelled in katakana. کلثوم زبیری۔ (Kalsoom Zuberi) is how it would be spelled in Urdu.
Her birthday is July 5th, which is the day Sehba Shah won the Pakistan Women's Championship.
Her favorite piece is the queen.
Kalsoom is a homage to Pakistani chess player, Sehba Shah, a 60 year old woman who overcame a severe physical handicap to become Pakistan Women's Champion and represent the country at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. I was originally going to include Kalsoom in the story as just a single participant from her country before deciding to give Pakistan a full women's team.
ヒラ・ミール (Hira Mir) is how Hira's name would be written in katakana. حرا میر (Hira Mir) is how her name would be written in Urdu.
Her birthday is April 25th, which she shares with British Indian and Pakistani honorary grandmaster, Sultan Khan.
Her favorite piece is the rook.
ウズマ・オカリ (Uzma Okari) is how Uzma's name would be spelled in katakana. عظمیٰ اوکاڑی (Uzma Okari) is how it would be spelled in Urdu.
Her birthday is August 8th, which she shares with Pakistani international master, Mahmood Lodhi.
Her favorite piece is the bishop.
サイマ・バックス (Saima Bux) is how Saima's name would be spelled in katakana. صائمابکس (Saima Bux) is how her name would be spelled in Urdu.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is September 9th, which is International Beauty Day.
Her favorite piece is the queen.
Saima is a half-Finnish half-Pakistani beauty vlogger. She was born in Finland, but grew up in Pakistan.
When there's so many new characters I have to do bios on, I tend to procrastinate doing the commentaries. But the good news is that in terms of the women's teams, there's just 3 teams left that have yet to have all 5 of their members get bios. And after that, I won't need to worry about doing them anymore for these characters when they appear in later arcs of the series.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
