Plot Summary
‘On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning’ is a strange short story, suggested by the very idiosyncratic title. It is a romantic tale of love and fate that blends elements of realism and fantasy together. The opening section of the story has the narrator meet his “perfect girl” by chance in the street. He tells someone the story and imagines the potential of the romance and imagines what he would say to this person, before considering some highly romantic scenarios. Then, in fairytale style, he relates a short love story which he would have related to the girl. In truth, very little happens, except in the imagination of the romantic narrator!