Jul 03, 2020
To:Gerry Hines
Since the story covers about 2 days, I felt that it would be too soon for a romance to develop between Igarashi and Hoshino after they just barely got to know each other. So I ended it with them becoming friends, but also with Hoshino showing signs that she wouldn't mind seeing Igarashi again. In Igarashi's case, he sees himself as someone not worthy of getting together with a celebrity, so he remains passive and keeps his celebrity crush to himself.
I may have not written this directly, but I also feel like another reason why Hoshino tried to get Igarashi interested in starting a pro-wrestling career was so he could sort of become her equal as someone in the same industry, and therefore someone worthy of dating her without causing some kind of outrage.
Speaking of scrapping, I'd like to share with you some cut content that had to be done because of time constraints or simply because I changed my mind on including it.
I sort of regret taking this out, but I wanted to have Hoshino rant that female pro-wrestlers in Japan are considered unattractive no matter how good they look. It's because of the fact they've trained themselves to be competitive and physically strong, which is the opposite of the ideal Japanese girlfriend, who are submissive and fragile. Hoshino was going to also say stuff like she and the other pro-wrestlers can become the girliest of girls when they're out of the ring, and that they'd also like the idea of a man protecting them, or in Hoshino's case, she'd like to protect her man too. She was going to go off in this tirade after Igarashi rejects her despite the signs she was giving him, but it was taken out since I wasn't going for a conventional romance. Would've been nice to include in some way though. And now you probably understand why she's still single by the end of the story.
I wanted to also go in-depth on the star motifs between Igarashi and Hoshino but I had a deadline to follow. The farthest I went was Hoshino's gimmick as the Rising Star, or someone whose reputation was increasing quickly in her industry. Regarding their names and following the basis of the Kanji used, Ryusei Igarashi roughly translates to "A storm of fifty meteors" while Mirai Hoshino roughly translates to "You are a future star."
It was a nice break from ParaRene to write this story, but I'm glad it's over now. The burnout of doing all-nighters to get it done on time really left an effect on me. I consider the story to be unpolished and with oversights here and there, but I'm glad you were still able to enjoy it even though I wasn't able to give it everything I had originally planned.
Once again, thank you so much for plowing through 22,000+ words in one go and leaving a like and comment for every chapter! You're one of my best readers ever! 😁
