Hang on a minute. If I understood the last few pages regarding the saves issue, I can start a new game in Week 1, make a save file there and use that to carry over to D8-9 and then to D10-11. Correct? Because BC's explanation of the save simulation wasn't exactly crystal clear for me.
It kinda confused me too, so here's what I did.
Since the day 10+11 exe also has days 8+9, I decided to copy over my week 1 saves to the day 10+11 folder and loaded up my save from the very end of week 1. It started up day 8 with my character's name and worked just fine. To test it out further, you could start up week 1, give all the girls custom names, make a save, then copy it over to the day 10+11 folder, load it up and see if the custom names carry over.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, I also tried this with a save from the end of day 9 and it started up right at the beginning of day 10, just like you would expect. As far as I can tell, all saves carry over just fine.