> Moreover, arguably the two most popular girls from that series won contests already
I think this is the important thing to remember. Take away the top 2 girls from any series, and it will be challenging for the rest to keep up the fight. Kaguya is down to basically just Chika at this point after Miko lost. Konosuba would need to rely on Darkness and Yunyun without Aqua and Megumin. It's a testament to the series that it could continue to do this well for so long without its top 2 characters and without recency bias.
> Kaguya is down to basically just Chika at this point after Miko lost.
*Maki: "It's fine, just pretend I don't even exist. I often feel the same way..."*
[](#emptyinside)
It happens. Characters like Faye Valentine and Haruhi (among others) would probably be winners if this contest existed early enough and now are not contenders.
I get that but I’m sorry Kanbaru did not just lose to a wet napkin. If they lost to actual characters with any personality that would be completely different.
Who is Ram, is what I want to ask. Even though she was kinda prominent in recent season, but not to the level of Kanbaru. Also, teasing Araragi \> insulting Subaru.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, and maybe it's because I've read the Re:Zero LN's too, but I'd say Ram is an excellent character with a complex personality. Kanbaru is a similarly complex character, but if people looked at Kanbaru the same way you look at Ram they'd say she's just an excitable pervert and vote against her for that reason.
> but if people looked at Kanbaru the same way you look at Ram they'd say she's just an excitable pervert and vote against her for that reason.
That may have been true before Hanamonogatari. Kanbaru got an entire arc dedicated just to her and got 10x the characterization Ram got in some flashbacks.
It’s almost certainly because you read the light novels. Im sure she does become a better character, but based on only the animes I don’t think your comparison is fair whatsoever. Kanbaru is clearly a far more fleshed out character. She also probably has more screen time in a single episode than Ram has in both seasons combined.
I'm a Re Zero anime only and a Monogatari fan as well, and I voted for Ram over Kanbaru. Also your last line makes it seem like you didn't watch Re Zero S2.
I absolutely did watch S2, and I loved it. You are definitely over emphasizing how plot relevant Ram was, along with the fact that you probably think every character gets more screen time than they actually do in every anime. If someone were to splice every Ram clip together I would be completely shocked if it was more than 25 minutes. Edit: According to your Mal you stopped watching after Nise and didn’t watch Kanbarus main arc so I’m very confused lol.
>If someone were to splice every Ram clip together I would be completely shocked if it was more than 25 minutes.
I don't really get how you'd be shocked by this when Ram had ample screentime in the episodes where they face off with Roswal. Splice Ram's scenes from those couple of episodes alone and you've got 25 minutes of screentime before we get into her other scenes throughout that season.
Still the only series to win every regular contest (Shinobu and Gahara both won best character, but I'd imagine one of them would win best girl if available)
To almost double? There can't be that much spite in only Round 4 unless people are that psychologically scarred from all of Kaguya, Shirogane, Hayasaka, and Ishigami winning to do it now at the first reasonable opportunity for Miko to lose.
I think more people just voted Mayuri because they wanted to vote for Mayuri in the matchup.
I mean I like Mayuri and all and vote for her on her own merits for quite a few rounds... but Hayasaka winning last year on the power of recency bias, overall show popularity, and brigading was such a clown result I will never vote for a Kaguya character again, ever.
So yeah, there's spite happening.
I feel like I need to repeat myself here. There is spite but...
>To almost double? There can't be that much spite
Mayuri won by almost double the amount of votes.
I think it's fair to assume spite does not make up the majority of votes and is closer to being a minority.
The Kaguya girls probably get a couple spite votes every round, but Miko losing 1200 votes means some Miko supporters actually prefer the *Tuturu~!* and swapped over!
(Also, some of the Miko votes in the previous round were probably spite votes against NGNL due to the brigading accusations).
I'm wondering myself. For the sake of my Bingo I want Ram to win, otherwise if Eru wins and Ram loses that'll be my Bingo, and I also prefer Ram. A Mayushii upset would be amazing though, and since I also like her a lot, I'd be totally fine with it.
It's pretty interesting how the top 2 match-ups got the same number of votes. Either that's a huge coincidence or 100% of people voted on those 2 match-ups.
Probably the latter, but that can still be considered a big coincidence. Although I am voting on every matchup at this point in the contest since I have an opinion on all of them, so I'd expect others to do the same.
Sometimes a spite voter, sometimes a grudge voter, and sometimes I'm just fully convinced of a character. Oh, yeah, and sometimes I also know both girls and vote for the one I really like better (odd, I know).
What about when you know both and vote for the one you dislike the least?
Like how I have to hold my nose and vote for the anime girl equivalent of stale bread in Mikasa because Kaori's a terrible person.
Mayuri really went *HEY HEY!* to claim the #1 spot in the bracket out of the blue!
I expect her to steamroll Ram in a similar fashion, but can she defeat Shouko? Should be tough.
Something wrong with the Results table's Probability of Win? Based on the name, I think that should be the opposite of yesterday's Probability of Upset.
I had hope for Kanbaru, but she lost to Ram with over 1000 votes difference. I wouldn't have been this mad if it was close. I expected too much from r/anime... Can't wait for Asuka to lose to Jibril, cause it's totally happening now
Miko Iino got over 3000 votes last round, but only around 1800 today. This shows that large part of voters in this contest are in fact not one title fans who will vote for their girls no matter what.
Almost everyone in that thread was completely confident it was brigading, despite zero evidence existing on any major NGNL channel. r/anime spite voting against a conspiracy that probably never happened wouldn't surprise me lol.
It's pretty simple.
Character I like gets upset: "brigading and recency bias reeeEEEEEeee"
Character I don't like gets upset: "nothing to see here, maybe people don't have as trash taste as I thought"
> (8) Miko: 1868 vs (56) Mayuri: 3515
[](#cokemasterrace)
I don't care too much about the result one way or the other, but this is definitely the most surprising vote margin I've seen in a while. Miku getting within around 300 votes of Yor also shows that Yor may not be as much of a slam dunk as we had previously thought.
> Miku getting within around 300 votes of Yor also shows that Yor may not be as much of a slam dunk as we had previously thought.
Or maybe Miku is just that tough of an opponent
[](#pout)
i honestly think 500-1500 of those are just spite votes after kaguya won best girl multiple times.
Would also somewhat explain why Miko was seeded so high (can't spite vote in placement)
Holy shit, Mayuri winning is absolutely huge.
IDC about Eris vs Karen-- either one will get annihilated by Yor next round-- but I am disappointed Karen didn't get some sweet revenge for Mitsuha.
Next round, Kanade vs Chika is gonna be really hard. Gonna have to think on that. Still happy Kanade beat Echidna though.
**Today**
Yoko and Marin is TOUGH. I went with Yoko, but just barely and mostly because it's such a tossup that I'd rather see a close result or an upset than a blowout. If Marin wins as expected though, all is good. She deserves it.
The chances are very low... but imo CC deserves this win. A classic best girl character who only isn't competitive due to recency BS.
But even more critically: VOTE ASUKA. It's insane that one of the most influential and iconic characters in anime, ever, is the underdog against Jibril.
>VOTE ASUKA. It's insane that one of the most influential and iconic characters in anime, ever, is the underdog against Jibril.
I don't know. [Predictions say Asuka has a 68.9%](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1515qf9/best_girl_10_ultra_salty_round_4_bracket_b/js6q288/) chance of winning.
Doesn't sound like much of an underdog to me. If it happens, it's a seeding upset and that's all I'll consider it. Not a triumph against the odds.
Do want to see Lena vs. Asuka though in Round 5 because that sounds interesting.
I don't really take stock of or care too much about the predictions. I do think that a 9 slot seed difference is a fairly big upset though. At one point or another, people voting on this contest vastly preferred Jibril.
> Do want to see Lena vs. Asuka though in Round 5 because that sounds interesting.
I would far rather see CC vs Asuka, but in either of those matchups Asuka has my vote.
There's a reason people have been talking about certain girls being "underseeded."
>At one point or another, people voting on this contest vastly preferred Jibril.
The people that didn't feel like scrolling through hundreds and hundreds of girls to click Asuka's picture in the preliminaries that determine seeding, yeah.
Think in an actual bracket match it's different.
>I would far rather see CC vs Asuka
Lena Loyalty is too strong to consider that.
> The people that didn't feel like scrolling through hundreds and hundreds of girls to click Asuka's picture in the preliminaries, yeah.
Yeah. I guess NGNL fans were more willing to vote in prelims. Which leads me to believe that they are *also* more likely to vote in the contest.
The question is if enough of them are bigger fans of NGE than NGNL lol.
I get what you are saying, but just because a mathematical model says that Asuka has a slightly higher chance of winning doesn't make her any less of the low seed, nor does it account for the fact that it completely depends on who comes out to vote today lol.
> Lena Loyalty is too strong to consider that.
It depends on how many fans of 86 are bigger fans of Code Geass, how many come out to vote today, etc. The vote difference between the two last round was only around 300 votes. And also, you just said seeds don't matter lol.The predictive modelling says that theres a 10% chance of an upset. That isn't insignificant.
Do I think it will happen? Probably not. But we can hope.
>It depends on how many fans of 86 are bigger fans of Code Geass, how many come out to vote today, etc. The vote difference between the two last round was only around 300 votes. And also, you just said seeds don't matter lol.The predictive modelling says that theres a 10% chance of an upset. That isn't insignificant.
Ah, you seem to think I was speaking for other people.
I wasn't.
Lena is my #1 that I want to win this contest. That's the Lena Loyalty that is too strong for me to even want to think about C.C. vs. Asuka.
>But we can hope.
[We?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgtv8PWdeIQ)
I think it'd be much more of a difficult choice for me if it were Lelouch vs Lena in a best-character tourney, but Lena vs CC is always going to be Lena-favored for me. (For reference I think I've voted for CC every previous round)
> IDC about Eris vs Karen-- either one will get annihilated by Yor next round
I wouldn't be so sure. Yor seems to be at her limit with around 2800 votes, meanwhile Eris got a big boost today, and she's around 2800 too. I believe she can win.
>Still happy Kanade beat Echidna though.
Did I miss something? I don't remember Kanade having such a strong performance, getting 3k+ votes this late in previous contests.
This is the best she's done since best girl 4. This is also the highest seed she's had since then.
1- Eliminated in Round 5
2- Eliminated in Round 4
3- Eliminated in Round 4
4- Eliminated in Round 5
5- Eliminated in Round 3
6- Eliminated in Round 3
7- Eliminated in Round 3
8- Eliminated in Round 2
9- Eliminated in Round 3
Why? I'm not sure. Angel Beats is a well-liked anime, but in terms of the industry trends now it's basically an ancient relic. Maybe nostalgia?
Either way though, I'm here for it. Kanade is one of the best girls of all time imo and deserves some respect.
I am assuming Marin is gonna lose mostly because they are voting against her or because they are voting Yoko believing that Marin is gonna get votes anyway
>I'd rather see a close result or an upset than a blowout.
That's the spirit! I was just writing how voting for the upset (when in doubt) is generally better for the contest.
I feel that, so long as both girls feel equally worthy of votes. The amount of times we have had random and low-seeded side characters in this contest beat huge names just because of what show they are from is appalling. Looking at you, Stephanie Dola.
No, seriously. Explain me her character. Stop saying random stuff to argue against. I have watched Code Geass, and found almost every other character better than CC… which wasn’t even hard because all she does is laze around and has nothing going on for her, except her … eating pizza, and saying obvious things to Lelouch.
Maki Vs Darkness is going to be very interesting. One likes to suffer, while one is always destined to suffer. On the one hand, Darkness should lose because that would probably be something she would enjoy. On the other hand, Maki losing would be fitting because she's literally always the bride's maid, never the bride.
It's like a battle of self-imposed masochism Vs a battle of evasive masochism.
Kanbaru lost... that leaves me only with one girl to truly root for...
\*\*VOTE ASUKA\*\*
Also vote Maki Shijo... give Darkness the suffering she wants by making her lose.
> Kanade Tachibana: 3033 vs Echidna: 2217
> Mayuri Shiina: 3515 vs Miko Iino: 1868
Hell yeah
> Who is your favorite girl from a game?
Velvet Crowe from Tales of Berseria
Mayuri upset continues to ensure my Group A predictions are and will be garbage... on the bright(?) side, there's now an even wider gap between my A/B and C/D ranks (56 vs. 1).
BG Madness spreadsheet will be updated in... maybe 8-9 hours. Will also post the leaderboards for both today & yesterday under this comment.
edit: spreadsheet has been updated. I had 1 day of glory only :(
At least I'm feeling ok about tomorrow...
Every time I have a terrible round and expect to finally drop on these leaderboards we have our overall worst round collectively and I somehow gain ranks... crazy.
How are our lord and saviors the "Untitled" collection doing now compared to the rest of us?
Haha the trick isn't to have very accurate predictions, the trick is to have less wrong predictions than everyone else ;)
Our mysterious potentially-nonexistent Untitled friend is... actually still doing better than the rest of us haha... but I think it would only be by 1 point in the weighted leaderboard now unlike when it was 8 points a couple days ago. ~~Unweighted is another story tho, I'm not sure any of us are gonna catch up there (5 points ahead currently)~~
I guess you aren't wrong on that part :P
God damn, either we have a genius in the our midst or they saw the future and cheated. Either way I'm impressed.
Well there's still a pretty decent chance that it is in fact not the same person who made those 2 brackets but until someone steps up and claims one of them... who knows, maybe there is a secret genius xD
Leaderboard has been updated! You've actually managed to maintain 2nd in the weighted and take 1st in the unweighted!
But yeah, Group A has just been a rollercoaster this whole time and it's looking like that'll continue... right side will probably be Shouko vs. Mayuri... left side I can honestly see any of the 4 making it to the Group A finals at this point lmao. The only constant certainty is my predictions are fucked...
I'm actually happy with the results, but unhappy with my predictions. I didn't trust Mayuri or Kanade, but voted for them and they won. I also missed the Eris win but that series was lost to me ever since the unexpected Riza loss. Now my predictions are completely falling apart even when I should otherwise be happy.
Another Shouko win! This is her year! Lets gooooo!!!!
The best girl from a game for me has to be Makoto from Persona 5. Basic but she is just fantastic.
Very surprised Iino lost, but Shiina is like a major part of Steins;Gate, so I can see why. I like Iino more, but Shiina is great as well.
Also, Yor Vs Eris is going to be a bloodbath.
As source reader, Yor vs Eris is definitely a hard pick. I do think Yor probably gonna win.
However, if MT anime complete S3 part1 (Presumably Ln 15++) maybe Best girl 13 or 14 contest in 2026 or so, i’d give Eris a big W.
**Today's Results**:
The first time Chika has managed a better vote total than Yor in this contest. Though comparing their respective opponents, Miku got 666 more votes than Mirai. Maybe the Round 6 matchup will be a little more interesting than I think it would be.
Wasn't sure if Kanade was the right old favorite to beat Echidna, but she managed it convincingly.
Felt Eris beating Karen and Yor vs. Eris sounds like an interesting matchup.
Mayuri has always been a tough opponent (she's eliminated a Seed 1 Megumin in Best Girl 6) so I'm not surprised she could do the seeding upset. It being by almost double the votes is less expected. Still good on Mayuri and I'll keep rooting for Miko in future contests.
Do think she is bulldozing past Ram and right into a match with Shouko in Round 6.
**Today's Voting**:
*Please show your love and support for Lena!*
I'll enjoy this match. C.C. is great too.
Speaking of Reina's (not a Bloody one though), the run is going to end here. It was a good one to get to Round 4 as an almost 200 seed. Going to send Reina off with a vote.
I feel Tooru > Nezuko happening, but Nezuko is showing a decent amount of support.
I also think Kaori > Mikasa is going to happen.
Yoko is...not really going to be a test for Marin, but a way more challenging opponent than what Marin has been facing so far.
Ooh...Jibril vs. Asuka is going to end in Asuka's favor. That feels clear-cut to me.
And finally, the 2 KonoSuba matches at the end of Bracket B. Is the Maki factor already good enough to beat Darkness? The fact that Maki who is arguably a tertiary Kaguya character is Darkness' toughest opponent by far just highlights how unimpressed I am at that portion of the bracket.
I think people want to see Darkness vs. Yunyun, but I don't want that to happen at Hiratsuka's expense.
**Mini-Challenge**:
>Who is your favorite girl from a game?
For 10 years now: Lucina.
I really want her to get it this year. Beat the recency bias odds.
Oshi no Ko, Lycoris Recoil, and Bocchi the Rock girls are in the wings to take over next year too. I really think next year will be a bigger bloodbath than usual.
Vote margins are all over the place this contest. unxpected blowout wins from the far lower seeded opponents and sometimes very close matchups where a blowout would have been expected for the higher seed. Also never would have expected Miko to go before Kei. This also opens the door to 4/5 kaguya girls most likely not making it past round 4, which would be a first.
For tomorrow y'all better vote for Yoko, to at least not let her get blownout by marin.
>Mini Challenge
Akiho Senomiya from Robotics;Notes
>Also never would have expected Miko to go before Kei.
There's a chance Kei could even last a round longer than Miko (which I think will be truly shocking) since Kei has Anya for a Round 4 opponent and the child debuff is real in these contests.
Personally I never bought into Yor being a contender...
She barely made the finals in her seasonal contest (in a weak season too), almost lost to Eiko, who's not exactly considered an 'all time top girl'.
And she lost in the quarterfinals in the yearly contest.
Think she's about to get steamrolled by Eris, despite being seeded 3x higher.
^^With ^^a ^^bit ^^of ^^ĥelp ^^from ^^recency ^^bias
Some interesting results with this one. Didn't expect Miko to get dumpstered like that.
Updated [Bingo](https://i.imgur.com/o2rBEWp.jpg). Next year I think I will try and choose more of my favorites instead of girls I like + ones that will go far.
I'll try and post my thoughts/comments now that were further in and matchups are harder to choose between. Posting time is a pain though so will see....
|Holo - ~~Reina~~ ^(1)|Lena - ~~C.C.~~ ^(1)|
|:-|:-|
|Nezuko - Tooru ^(2)|~~Jibril~~ \- Asuka|
|Marin - Yoko ^(3)|~~Darkness~~ \- Maki ^(4)|
|Kaori - ~~Mikasa~~|Yunyun - ~~Shizuka~~|
1. Tough choice but I prefer Holo/Lena.
2. Don't really care either way. Will probably vote for Nezuko unless someone wants to shill Tooru
3. Both are awesome, not sure on this one.
4. Kaguya girl
Instead of shilling, I'd encourage you to vote for Tooru and Yoko most importantly because they are the underdogs. If you have no strong preference, when in doubt, always vote for the upset. Closer competition and upsets make the contest more interesting, so we'll always have content at least. (Also Tooru and Yoko are way better developed characters than their opponents and much more interesting in my opinion.)
>If you have no strong preference, when in doubt, always vote for the upset. Closer competition and upsets make the contest more interesting, so we'll always have content at least.
I agree although I would say that the Nezuko vs. Tooru matchup there is no clear underdog.
>(Also Tooru and Yoko are way better developed characters than their opponents and much more interesting in my opinion.)
True. I've normally tried to separate Best Guy/Girl with Character since we had BC contest to differentiate but might be worth considering now that Best Character has been scrapped.
I will likely pity vote Yoko since I expect her to be stomped... think I'll decide on Nezuko vs. Tooru when I wake up.
Actual character that develops over the story vs literal plot device that spends most of her time in a box, never speaks, and only exists as motivation for the MC and to occasionally grow boobs to save his ass. It *should* be a landslide for Tooru
> Next year I think I will try and choose more of my favorites instead of girls I like + ones that will go far.
Ngl, I somehow judge anyone who hasn't had a Bingo at this point for having basic af taste. I got Bingo [days ago](https://imgur.com/uTZ3iQH) bot on my small board as well as on my [big one](https://imgur.com/wQ6toXQ) as of today...
Is it really that surprising that in a contest for **Best Girl** **In the history of Anime** the 4th or 5th most popular side character from a romcom lost?
Like, I haven't seen any reason to specifically dislike Tenten from Naruto but I sure as hell wouldn't vote for her over plot relevant characters like Saber or Rem.
But, if it's just that, then Steins;Gate has had a victory to its name too. So it becomes "is it surprising in a contest for Best Girl in the History of Anime, the 4th best character from one series lost to the 2nd best character from another?", which is a lot closer than "Tenten vs. Saber." (Rem doesn't count there due to being a side character in a series where her fans had a pretty good reason to be pissed off at the most plot-relevant character, and charged her past that as a result.)
The point I was trying to make was more that just because a character isn't hated (for this example Iino/Tenten) doesn't make them an inherently good character. The original comment sounded like they were surprised that Iino could possibly lose, given that she hadn't done anything to make people dislike her. I do see your point though.
For what it's worth, Steins;Gate is my favorite anime...by far, and I personally wouldn't even put Mayuri in my top 20 "Best Girls". There are just so many great characters out there that have way more development and better design than either Iino or Mayuri that I think it's a bit silly when people are upset that a less-complete supporting character could lose.
\*\*I'd like to take this moment to shill for Nakiami from [Bounen no Xamdou](https://myanimelist.net/anime/4177/Bounen_no_Xamdou) who is an incredible character who will most likely never sniff the Best Girl Elimination Bracket due to her show being completely unkown to the majority of anime watchers. Definitely worth a watch as I think it was very ahead of it's time in terms of themes and especially animation.
Maybe it's because of the difference in opponents. Miko was up against a popular character from a popular show while Chika was up against someone from a show that no one ever talks about and it's a mystery how Mirai even got seeded that high. I don't even know how she beat Tanya last round.
And honestly, that fact ties into another issue. It's possible that Iino losing is the start of "end the Kaguya dynasty", and also the "...I fear that this loss just awakened a sleeping giant" side of it. Now, there's only Chika left in the group and the Kaguya fans who would originally have to decide which of Chika/Miko they want to push to the top here don't have to choose anymore, so they can all just put their support to Chika.
But on the other side, of the mix, I'm not sure if any of the new Akaverse girls will hurt the real Kaguya contenders as much as it sounds. It's going to destroy the lesser contenders (once Ruby is in the field even the biggest little sister fetishist who only reads Akasaka will have no excuse to keep trying to make Kei happen, and you can likely say Kana will suck away a lot of Maki voters), but Miko and Chika will still be contenders even with the addition of 6-7 new Akaverse girls coming in.
It's just that with the major overlap between the fandoms I don't see Miko or Chika ever in the running for a win again as long as Kana is in the competition who to me right now seems to be the hottest contender between the shows going forward..
More than likely, though "hottest contender" and "Akaverse" series translates to "Kana's a likely bet to be on the ballot for one year and win out", so it's also a moot point.
She *is* somewhat polarizing among the manga readers...
Without spoiling anything, well if you've watched Season 3 you may have some hints about why she's polarizing.
(She's also controversial to some due to her personality, many people don't like the disciplinarian type and all, "no fun allowed!").
But I think most spite against her is just Kaguya spite, not necessarily against her.
I haven't read all of Kaguya, but considerably farer than the adaption. From what I read Iino is far superior to most other Kaguya Girls, inlcuding Hayasaka
Echida lost? Damn. Ram won...Winry won...alright, I'm satisfied.
*Lena* vs C.C (LENASWEEP!)
Huh actually that's the only one today where I'm invested in the outcome.
Need you guys to come up big for me today and vote for Asuka and Hiratsuka sensei! Though I can endure any amount of salt as long as Holo is still in the bracket.
Mini Challenge: Edelgard from Fire Emblem
Lots of tough to choose matchups this round for me (Holo vs Reina, Marin vs Yoko, Lena vs C.C., Darkness vs Maki, Yunyun vs Shizuku), could really go either way an any of them.
Nice to see Kanade making a good run. Hopefully she can put up a good fight against Chika.
> Mini Challenge
Fall-from-Grace from Planescape: Torment, with honorable mentions to Magical Girl Kaleido Ruby and Zombie Assistant Kurisutina
Super late on this, but whatever.
I'm surprised Angel/Kanade is still so popular. not really a big Angel Beats fan tbh. It's...fine. The final episode is great, I guess.
not really surprised it was close between Yor and the most popular Quint. Shouldn't really be taken as a sign that Yor is all that weak, really tough opponent.
Karen vs Eris was tough, but I do like that Eris got this far.
With Miko gone (surprised by that for sure), Shouko has a clear path to face Chika, Yor, or an outside chance of Eris. I actually wouldn't give her terrible odds against any of them, I think she rolled an ideal group to get to the end.
Today's voting was Holo, Tohru, Marin, Mikasa, CC (pity vote), Asuka, Darkness, Hiratsuka-sensei. A few tough calls but we're past the heartbreak and into the part where I'm not as emotionally invested and can enjoy this without as much salt.
Mini-Challenge
Favorite video game girl is an interesting question. I haven't played a heck of a lot of gamers, not really much of a gamer, but I've watched playthroughs of a ton of games.
lot of options I can think of, but a recent standout is Nia from Xenoblade 2. I believe in Welsh catgirl supremacy. Always really liked Kyouko Kirigiri from Danganronpa. Franziska von Karma from the Ace Attorney series. Aerith specifically in the remake. Cynthia from Pokemon is PEAK CHARACTER DESIGN, but her legend is cemented by showing up in the next set of games in a postgame area with an even scarier team. and being a badass in the anime, too. character design so peak there's two characters in Legends Arceus that resemble her.
Bravo Tuturu! I thought her watch is going to stop but she convincingly crushed Miko in one of the surprising positive results this season.
Very unfortunate to see Miku ~~despite not the best quint to me, Eatsuki all the way!~~ failing to stop Yor, but boy that’s close enough and proves again that Yor might be less invincible than you might think. Eris might prove to be another tough competitor that might just be able to knock her down in one shocking swoop. Heck even Chika might be in trouble and our piano playing angel is definitely not out of the race yet.
Only result that I can consider not the right one today is Ram beating that purple hair monkey, but at least Ram’s an OK character.
MC: Reincarnation of destroyer Shigure in Kancolle (despite me never seeing Kancolle’s disasterous anime adaptions)
...sad to see both monogatari girls gone, but i like eris, so that's fine (i will never forgive fu***ng ram, though)... glad to see that shouko obliterated that thing called shiro...
...today pretty easy choices ( holo, marin, tooru, kaochan, asuka, hiratsuka sensei and darkness)...
...sorry vladilena, i cannot betray the geass witch, but you should win anyway...
Group B's winner is either gonna be Marin or Holo. Very surprised to see Mayuri beat Miko.
>Who is your favorite girl from a game?
Recently 'A' from Xenoblade 3: Future Redeemed
Ram moves on, so [no Bingo for me yet](https://i.imgur.com/V1XAolx.png). I'll loose Shizuka (or Yunyun) today, but even if Kaori and Tooru lose I won't have a Bingo yet. Not even if Holo fell (Lena would be tough though, so let's not speak of that), but that's not going to happen. Speaking of, once again she will not have the opportunity to shine since Reina is a formidable opponent.
MC: I'm pretty sure Emilia got added to AFK Arena a while ago, so... But that's cheating. I'd say Iroha from Magia Record, but that's also cheating since I've only watched the anime. So I think I'll have to go with Lumine, since I adore her visual design and her fan art without even playing Genshin Impact.
RIP Monogatari girls, you are all the best in my heart <3 I hope Holo avenges you.
Nice result by Mayuri Shiina, the power of TUTURU triumphs over Kaguya bias!
I've come to realize I really don't like the manic pixie dream girl archetype as I'm constantly surprised by how many votes those characters get. On that note, vote Mikasa over Kaori :P
MC: Aerie from Baldur's Gate 2
Alrighty then...
**Kanade Tachibana** v. Echidna – Vote totals sure are escalating. With comparable totals this round to Chika we'll have to see how Round 5 goes. I doubt Chika will be stopped, but at the same time Echidna wasn't exactly a pushover, so who knows.
Miko Iino v. **Mayuri Shiina** – Definitely wasn't expecting Mayuri to pull out more votes than Chika or Shouko to upset the 9 seed of all things. I guess outcomes like this are to be expected, but at the same time a nearly 2000 vote different is quite something given how innocuous her first three matches were. Tu tu ru!
Other than that, I guess there's not much else to say as everything else kinda played out predictably. Outside of Kanade who I'm wildly indifferent too, the Top 8 of Group A shaped up pretty decently. Mayuri and Winry showing that they still got some fight left in them despite being so old they remember Best Girl 1. I'm sure Chika, Shouko, and Ram will put an end to that, but overall not a bad showing. Im curious to see how the Yor v. Eris match shapes out since both had comparable vote totals this Round. The other three matches seem more or less locked in, though I'd be pleasantly surprised to see another upset or two break Top 16. As always, only time will tell.
Yickes. Miko got destroyed. Given that she lost about 1150 votes from the previous round, so I guess many switched team.
That really leave me with only Shouko to root for on the right side of bracket A.
Chika finally broke 3k votes, but that is rather unconvincing for a first seed. I could see her fall to Yor or whoever take the right side.
As for today's vote Kaori vs Mikasa is a hard one for me. I could vote either way depending on the day (swinging Mikasa today).
Going to root for Lena for this bracket, but she'll likely get stomped by whoever wins between Holo and Marin..
Favourite girl from a game: Alright, I am going to -really- narrow it down to favourite girl in a game I am \*currently\* playing, it would be Haishima Kagari in School Girl Strikers. If going with all games is super hard, but I am likely to pick one of my first favourite which is Rydia in Final Fantasy IV. And Saber.
I swear, if Lena loses to a goddam lazy pizza sponsor character, I’ll hunt down each and every one of those voters.
Please vote for an actual character and best girl over a plot device.
Yo, I'm a Lena stan but just kindly vote her and be quiet. She's not losing to C.C anyways so be calm. If she loses, she loses but no need to put down the other character. We are all here to have fun.
Besides don't draw unnecessary spite votes against her from the other voters.
Pst pst, Hey guys. We all know Holo isn’t going to win this tournament either so how about we mix things up and vote for the best KyoAni girl who is the most special girl AND the best musician at this point in the contest? I promise we’re gonna share the prize with Holo if she gets anywhere.
I say it’s a good deal, right? Right? Please. I can’t watch another KyoAni and especially another Hibike girl get massacred like that again… I’m barely hanging on to my senses here. We can’t let this happen
The best part about this contest is that 511 girls have to lose. >Who is your favorite girl from a game? Tifa Lockhart (FFVII)
More, actually. Lots of best girls were mercilessly eliminated even before entering the contest.
The most shocking one for me was Raphtalia from Incel Hero for sure
iirc no one even bothered to nominate her this year lmao
You are aware that the 'in" in "incel" stands for "involuntary", right?
Well, it's what they'd claim.
This is the first contest where not a single Monogatari girl made it into the top 32.
[удалено]
Doesn't help that it's been 5 years since Zoku Owarimonogatari aired, with no sign of Off Season being adapted any time soon.
> Moreover, arguably the two most popular girls from that series won contests already I think this is the important thing to remember. Take away the top 2 girls from any series, and it will be challenging for the rest to keep up the fight. Kaguya is down to basically just Chika at this point after Miko lost. Konosuba would need to rely on Darkness and Yunyun without Aqua and Megumin. It's a testament to the series that it could continue to do this well for so long without its top 2 characters and without recency bias.
Yeah, most series top two girls can't even dream of going this deep, much less the next two in the series.
I am still amazed that Konosuba still hasn't taken a title yet. Seems like it really should one of these years with how popular it is.
I feel fairly certain we're watching it happen right now
Don't jinx.
> Kaguya is down to basically just Chika at this point after Miko lost. *Maki: "It's fine, just pretend I don't even exist. I often feel the same way..."* [](#emptyinside)
Unfortunately she has a really tough matchup next. It’s been a great run tho
It happens. Characters like Faye Valentine and Haruhi (among others) would probably be winners if this contest existed early enough and now are not contenders.
this entire subreddit is insanely front loaded, often to the point of absurdity... this year is even crazier, how did we lose toothbrush so soon?
I get that but I’m sorry Kanbaru did not just lose to a wet napkin. If they lost to actual characters with any personality that would be completely different.
Who is Ram, is what I want to ask. Even though she was kinda prominent in recent season, but not to the level of Kanbaru. Also, teasing Araragi \> insulting Subaru.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, and maybe it's because I've read the Re:Zero LN's too, but I'd say Ram is an excellent character with a complex personality. Kanbaru is a similarly complex character, but if people looked at Kanbaru the same way you look at Ram they'd say she's just an excitable pervert and vote against her for that reason.
> but if people looked at Kanbaru the same way you look at Ram they'd say she's just an excitable pervert and vote against her for that reason. That may have been true before Hanamonogatari. Kanbaru got an entire arc dedicated just to her and got 10x the characterization Ram got in some flashbacks.
It’s almost certainly because you read the light novels. Im sure she does become a better character, but based on only the animes I don’t think your comparison is fair whatsoever. Kanbaru is clearly a far more fleshed out character. She also probably has more screen time in a single episode than Ram has in both seasons combined.
I'm a Re Zero anime only and a Monogatari fan as well, and I voted for Ram over Kanbaru. Also your last line makes it seem like you didn't watch Re Zero S2.
I absolutely did watch S2, and I loved it. You are definitely over emphasizing how plot relevant Ram was, along with the fact that you probably think every character gets more screen time than they actually do in every anime. If someone were to splice every Ram clip together I would be completely shocked if it was more than 25 minutes. Edit: According to your Mal you stopped watching after Nise and didn’t watch Kanbarus main arc so I’m very confused lol.
>If someone were to splice every Ram clip together I would be completely shocked if it was more than 25 minutes. I don't really get how you'd be shocked by this when Ram had ample screentime in the episodes where they face off with Roswal. Splice Ram's scenes from those couple of episodes alone and you've got 25 minutes of screentime before we get into her other scenes throughout that season.
Man. I feel old.
Mix of the series being older and I'm sure there's a non insignificant amount of spite voters against the bigger shows.
gone with wind. Man
It's like watching the decline of man in real time.
Still the only series to win every regular contest (Shinobu and Gahara both won best character, but I'd imagine one of them would win best girl if available)
I used to pray for times like this🙏🏾
Mayushii fights on for another round, what are chances against Ram??
Guaranteed in my view. Mayuri got the most votes in this round for Bracket A.
Wasn't that because of spite votes against Kaguya-sama ?
To almost double? There can't be that much spite in only Round 4 unless people are that psychologically scarred from all of Kaguya, Shirogane, Hayasaka, and Ishigami winning to do it now at the first reasonable opportunity for Miko to lose. I think more people just voted Mayuri because they wanted to vote for Mayuri in the matchup.
> There can't be that much spite This is your most fatal mistake.
I mean I like Mayuri and all and vote for her on her own merits for quite a few rounds... but Hayasaka winning last year on the power of recency bias, overall show popularity, and brigading was such a clown result I will never vote for a Kaguya character again, ever. So yeah, there's spite happening.
I feel like I need to repeat myself here. There is spite but... >To almost double? There can't be that much spite Mayuri won by almost double the amount of votes. I think it's fair to assume spite does not make up the majority of votes and is closer to being a minority.
The Kaguya girls probably get a couple spite votes every round, but Miko losing 1200 votes means some Miko supporters actually prefer the *Tuturu~!* and swapped over! (Also, some of the Miko votes in the previous round were probably spite votes against NGNL due to the brigading accusations).
I'm wondering myself. For the sake of my Bingo I want Ram to win, otherwise if Eru wins and Ram loses that'll be my Bingo, and I also prefer Ram. A Mayushii upset would be amazing though, and since I also like her a lot, I'd be totally fine with it.
I love Ram and I love Mayuri I'm still not sure how i'll vote when that happens
##BRACKET A ROUND 4 Matchups | Top Girl | Bottom Girl | Total Votes :-- | :-- | --: | --: Most Voted Matchup | Yor Forger (16) | Miku Nakano (49) | 5383 Most Voted Matchup | Miko Iino (9) | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 5383 Average | | | 5080 Least Voted Matchup | Winry Rockbell (25) | Erina Nakiri (168) | 4734 **TOP VOTEGETTERS** Rank | Girl (Seed) | Votes --: | :-- | --: 1 | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 3515 2 | Ram (24) | 3178 3 | Shouko Nishimiya (8) | 3165 4 | Chika Fujiwara (1) | 3070 5 | Kanade Tachibana (32) | 3033 **RESULTS** Winning Girl (seed) | W% | L% | Losing Girl (seed) | tUI | PoW :-- | :--: | :--: | --: | --: | --: Chika Fujiwara (1) | 62.22% | 37.78% | Mirai Kuriyama (65) | | 99.0% Kanade Tachibana (32) | 57.77% | 42.23% | Echidna (33) | | 59.7% Yor Forger (16) | 53.00% | 47.00% | Miku Nakano (49) | | 89.6% Eris Boreas Greyrat (48) | 57.62% | 42.38% | Karen Araragi (145) | | 84.3% Shouko Nishimiya (8) | 65.11% | 34.89% | Shiro (72) | | 96.7% Winry Rockbell (25) | 57.71% | 42.29% | Erina Nakiri (168) | | 65.7% Miko Iino (9) | 34.70% | 65.30% | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 2.64 | 14.4% Ram (24) | 59.86% | 40.14% | Suruga Kanbaru (41) | | 32.7% tUI: Traditional Upset Indicator originally used by Tsubasa_sama. The formula is log_2(B/S) where B is the bigger seed number and S is the smaller seed number. A large upset typically has a UI value greater than **1.00** PoW: Probability of Win **UPSETS** - The **Lowest remaining seed** of Bracket A is Mayuri Shiina seeded 56th - The **Highest seed eliminated** of Bracket A is Miko Iino seeded 9th - Upsets today: 1 - Total upsets (rate): 54 / 456 (11.84%) **OVER/UNDERPERFORMERS** Overperfomer (Seed) | OP Pr | OP Ac | UP Ac | UP Pr | Underperformer (Seed) | Diff :-- | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | --: | --: Mayuri Shiina (56) | 43.77% | 65.30% | 34.70% | 56.23% | Miko Iino (9) | 21.53% Ram (24) | 47.37% | 59.86% | 40.14% | 52.63% | Suruga Kanbaru (41) | 12.49% Kanade Tachibana (32) | 51.45% | 57.77% | 42.23% | 48.55% | Echidna (33) | 6.32% **TOP 10 SCORES BRACKET A GIRLS** Rank | Girl (Seed) | Score --: | :-- | --: 1 | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 902.3 2 | Yor Forger (16) | 778.3 3 | Shouko Nishimiya (8) | 769.9 4 | Chika Fujiwara (1) | 740.1 5 | Ram (24) | 724.6 6 | Miku Nakano (49) | 690.2 7 | Kanade Tachibana (32) | 662.5 8 | Eris Boreas Greyrat (48) | 633.2 9 | Winry Rockbell (25) | 572.0 10 | Mitsuha Miyamizu (81) | 513.0 **BRACKET B ROUND 4 PREDICTIONS** Top Girl | TS% | BS% | Bottom Girl | PoU :-- | :--: | :--: | --: | --: Holo (4) | 61.1% | 39.0% | Reina Kousaka (196) | 3.0% Nezuko Kamado (29) | 50.3% | 49.8% | Tooru (36) | 48.3% Marin Kitagawa (13) | 63.5% | 36.5% | Yoko Littner (77) | 1.1% Kaori Miyazono (20) | 56.5% | 43.5% | Mikasa Ackerman (45) | 13.3% Vladilena Milizé (5) | 57.7% | 42.3% | C.C. (60) | 9.5% Jibril (28) | 47.1% | 52.9% | Asuka Langley Souryuu (37) | 68.9% Lalatina "Darkness" Dustiness Ford (12) | 60.3% | 39.8% | Maki Shijo (53) | 4.0% Yunyun (21) | 55.3% | 44.7% | Shizuka Hiratsuka (44) | 18.5% *Predictions are projected vote shares based on current Best Girl scores [Link to Spreadsheet with results and predictions](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AtXys0FgNMSL4k5qGjJB_9lcLzhkinu8PCZj5Z18qKs/edit?usp=sharing) [Explanation of numbers](https://www.reddit.com/user/redlegsfan21/comments/10dup0w/ranime_contests_bracket_explaination/) Feedback is welcomed and appreciated.
It's pretty interesting how the top 2 match-ups got the same number of votes. Either that's a huge coincidence or 100% of people voted on those 2 match-ups.
I only voted in one of those matchups
Probably the latter, but that can still be considered a big coincidence. Although I am voting on every matchup at this point in the contest since I have an opinion on all of them, so I'd expect others to do the same.
Fellow spite voter? [](#concealedexcitement)
Sometimes a spite voter, sometimes a grudge voter, and sometimes I'm just fully convinced of a character. Oh, yeah, and sometimes I also know both girls and vote for the one I really like better (odd, I know).
> sometimes I also know both girls and vote for the one I really like better Wait, that's allowed?
I don't know, I'm just a bad boy like that. But better don't tell the mods, just to be sure.
What about when you know both and vote for the one you dislike the least? Like how I have to hold my nose and vote for the anime girl equivalent of stale bread in Mikasa because Kaori's a terrible person.
Mayuri really went *HEY HEY!* to claim the #1 spot in the bracket out of the blue! I expect her to steamroll Ram in a similar fashion, but can she defeat Shouko? Should be tough.
21% overperformance feels like a lot.
It is a lot. This is only the second time it's happened in the second round or later between characters from different series.
Something wrong with the Results table's Probability of Win? Based on the name, I think that should be the opposite of yesterday's Probability of Upset.
Sending my power to Darkness today > Who is your favorite girl from a game? Mitsuru from Persona 3
Bro come the fuck on, both Monogatari girls eliminated in this round?? At least we still have Mayushii ;[
I had hope for Kanbaru, but she lost to Ram with over 1000 votes difference. I wouldn't have been this mad if it was close. I expected too much from r/anime... Can't wait for Asuka to lose to Jibril, cause it's totally happening now
Holy shit, Mayushii actually did it and by a landslide too. Ykw, maybe I've been too harsh on this sub. Welldone.
must protect the tuturu
Miko Iino got over 3000 votes last round, but only around 1800 today. This shows that large part of voters in this contest are in fact not one title fans who will vote for their girls no matter what.
Those could also be spite votes against Schwi, because of that suspicious win of Steph earlier.
Almost everyone in that thread was completely confident it was brigading, despite zero evidence existing on any major NGNL channel. r/anime spite voting against a conspiracy that probably never happened wouldn't surprise me lol.
It's pretty simple. Character I like gets upset: "brigading and recency bias reeeEEEEEeee" Character I don't like gets upset: "nothing to see here, maybe people don't have as trash taste as I thought"
> (8) Miko: 1868 vs (56) Mayuri: 3515 [](#cokemasterrace) I don't care too much about the result one way or the other, but this is definitely the most surprising vote margin I've seen in a while. Miku getting within around 300 votes of Yor also shows that Yor may not be as much of a slam dunk as we had previously thought.
> Miku getting within around 300 votes of Yor also shows that Yor may not be as much of a slam dunk as we had previously thought. Or maybe Miku is just that tough of an opponent [](#pout)
i honestly think 500-1500 of those are just spite votes after kaguya won best girl multiple times. Would also somewhat explain why Miko was seeded so high (can't spite vote in placement)
or Re:Zero fans looking to fix an easier matchup for Ram lmao this contest is great every time
Tutturu motherfuckers. Huge win for Lab Member 002
#ALL GLORY TO THE SOVIET YUNYUN
I serve the Soviet Yunyun! [](#toradorasalute)
Holy shit, Mayuri winning is absolutely huge. IDC about Eris vs Karen-- either one will get annihilated by Yor next round-- but I am disappointed Karen didn't get some sweet revenge for Mitsuha. Next round, Kanade vs Chika is gonna be really hard. Gonna have to think on that. Still happy Kanade beat Echidna though. **Today** Yoko and Marin is TOUGH. I went with Yoko, but just barely and mostly because it's such a tossup that I'd rather see a close result or an upset than a blowout. If Marin wins as expected though, all is good. She deserves it. The chances are very low... but imo CC deserves this win. A classic best girl character who only isn't competitive due to recency BS. But even more critically: VOTE ASUKA. It's insane that one of the most influential and iconic characters in anime, ever, is the underdog against Jibril.
>VOTE ASUKA. It's insane that one of the most influential and iconic characters in anime, ever, is the underdog against Jibril. I don't know. [Predictions say Asuka has a 68.9%](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1515qf9/best_girl_10_ultra_salty_round_4_bracket_b/js6q288/) chance of winning. Doesn't sound like much of an underdog to me. If it happens, it's a seeding upset and that's all I'll consider it. Not a triumph against the odds. Do want to see Lena vs. Asuka though in Round 5 because that sounds interesting.
I don't really take stock of or care too much about the predictions. I do think that a 9 slot seed difference is a fairly big upset though. At one point or another, people voting on this contest vastly preferred Jibril. > Do want to see Lena vs. Asuka though in Round 5 because that sounds interesting. I would far rather see CC vs Asuka, but in either of those matchups Asuka has my vote.
There's a reason people have been talking about certain girls being "underseeded." >At one point or another, people voting on this contest vastly preferred Jibril. The people that didn't feel like scrolling through hundreds and hundreds of girls to click Asuka's picture in the preliminaries that determine seeding, yeah. Think in an actual bracket match it's different. >I would far rather see CC vs Asuka Lena Loyalty is too strong to consider that.
> The people that didn't feel like scrolling through hundreds and hundreds of girls to click Asuka's picture in the preliminaries, yeah. Yeah. I guess NGNL fans were more willing to vote in prelims. Which leads me to believe that they are *also* more likely to vote in the contest. The question is if enough of them are bigger fans of NGE than NGNL lol. I get what you are saying, but just because a mathematical model says that Asuka has a slightly higher chance of winning doesn't make her any less of the low seed, nor does it account for the fact that it completely depends on who comes out to vote today lol. > Lena Loyalty is too strong to consider that. It depends on how many fans of 86 are bigger fans of Code Geass, how many come out to vote today, etc. The vote difference between the two last round was only around 300 votes. And also, you just said seeds don't matter lol.The predictive modelling says that theres a 10% chance of an upset. That isn't insignificant. Do I think it will happen? Probably not. But we can hope.
>It depends on how many fans of 86 are bigger fans of Code Geass, how many come out to vote today, etc. The vote difference between the two last round was only around 300 votes. And also, you just said seeds don't matter lol.The predictive modelling says that theres a 10% chance of an upset. That isn't insignificant. Ah, you seem to think I was speaking for other people. I wasn't. Lena is my #1 that I want to win this contest. That's the Lena Loyalty that is too strong for me to even want to think about C.C. vs. Asuka. >But we can hope. [We?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgtv8PWdeIQ)
Ah, I see.
I think it'd be much more of a difficult choice for me if it were Lelouch vs Lena in a best-character tourney, but Lena vs CC is always going to be Lena-favored for me. (For reference I think I've voted for CC every previous round)
> IDC about Eris vs Karen-- either one will get annihilated by Yor next round I wouldn't be so sure. Yor seems to be at her limit with around 2800 votes, meanwhile Eris got a big boost today, and she's around 2800 too. I believe she can win.
>Still happy Kanade beat Echidna though. Did I miss something? I don't remember Kanade having such a strong performance, getting 3k+ votes this late in previous contests.
This is the best she's done since best girl 4. This is also the highest seed she's had since then. 1- Eliminated in Round 5 2- Eliminated in Round 4 3- Eliminated in Round 4 4- Eliminated in Round 5 5- Eliminated in Round 3 6- Eliminated in Round 3 7- Eliminated in Round 3 8- Eliminated in Round 2 9- Eliminated in Round 3 Why? I'm not sure. Angel Beats is a well-liked anime, but in terms of the industry trends now it's basically an ancient relic. Maybe nostalgia? Either way though, I'm here for it. Kanade is one of the best girls of all time imo and deserves some respect.
There’s been a lot of weird results this year
I am assuming Marin is gonna lose mostly because they are voting against her or because they are voting Yoko believing that Marin is gonna get votes anyway
>I'd rather see a close result or an upset than a blowout. That's the spirit! I was just writing how voting for the upset (when in doubt) is generally better for the contest.
I feel that, so long as both girls feel equally worthy of votes. The amount of times we have had random and low-seeded side characters in this contest beat huge names just because of what show they are from is appalling. Looking at you, Stephanie Dola.
Lena deserves votes for being a goddam amazing person who through lots of trials and still comes out strong and just. CC’s just… there. Cmon.
You 100% have not watched code geass. And if you have, I'm sorry for you having such shit take. Maybe illiterate?
No, seriously. Explain me her character. Stop saying random stuff to argue against. I have watched Code Geass, and found almost every other character better than CC… which wasn’t even hard because all she does is laze around and has nothing going on for her, except her … eating pizza, and saying obvious things to Lelouch.
We truly are in the best worldline with Mayuri absolutely decimating Miko. What a time to be alive!
Maki Vs Darkness is going to be very interesting. One likes to suffer, while one is always destined to suffer. On the one hand, Darkness should lose because that would probably be something she would enjoy. On the other hand, Maki losing would be fitting because she's literally always the bride's maid, never the bride. It's like a battle of self-imposed masochism Vs a battle of evasive masochism.
Kanbaru lost... that leaves me only with one girl to truly root for... \*\*VOTE ASUKA\*\* Also vote Maki Shijo... give Darkness the suffering she wants by making her lose.
She would have the max suffering by making her lose at the finals. It’s like edging!
For the first day I'm not salty 🙏 Also, Yoshizawa Kasumi (Persona 5), it's a shame they didn't make a Royal anime so I can never vote for her here.
> Kanade Tachibana: 3033 vs Echidna: 2217 > Mayuri Shiina: 3515 vs Miko Iino: 1868 Hell yeah > Who is your favorite girl from a game? Velvet Crowe from Tales of Berseria
Mayuri upset continues to ensure my Group A predictions are and will be garbage... on the bright(?) side, there's now an even wider gap between my A/B and C/D ranks (56 vs. 1). BG Madness spreadsheet will be updated in... maybe 8-9 hours. Will also post the leaderboards for both today & yesterday under this comment. edit: spreadsheet has been updated. I had 1 day of glory only :( At least I'm feeling ok about tomorrow...
[Combined bracket predictions spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FFrQDenQBJnOAAqJVr-fF-8fqfZW3IuXtkNDC9fKIvI/edit?usp=sharing): *please let me know if I was not able to match your brackets correctly.* # Round 3 Group D Update This round, Jopyrus manages to hold on to 1st in both leaderboards. Our average accuracy was 12.45 / 16 (77.81%) which makes this our second best group of Round 3 after Group B. Our highest accuracy was 16 / 16 (100%) with Syrefva being the sole achiever (finally my moment to shine!). **Score (Weighted) Leaderboard:** |Rank|Bracket Name|Score (max 768)|Score Potential| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|BG10 Jopyrus (+0)|680 (+60)|2176 (-12)| |2|My Utterly Terrible Choices BG:X - mynameisnoobish (+1)|675 (+60)|2203 (-4)| |3|Best Girl 10 — 02Hiro (-1)|675 (+56)|2179 (-16)| |4|Best Girl X — Lemon\_Mochii (+0)|669 (+60)|2189 (-4)| |5|Syrefva — Syrefva (+14)|666 (+64)|2178 (-0)| |6|Best Girl X Group A & B — Krugo (+0)|664 (+56)|2184 (-16)| |7|Easy Work (+10)|664 (+60)|1928 (-4)| |8|mpp's A+B — mpp00 (-1)|663 (+56)|2159 (-16)| |9|Upsets are a myth — Testotesta (+1)|662 (+56)|1934 (-8)| |10|duhu1148 predicts (+11)|661 (+60)|1933 (-0)| |11|Covaxe — Covaxe (-6)|661 (+52)|1909 (-20)| |12|Untitled — lexinger (+8)|658 (+56)|1922 (-8)| |13|Untitled — pure\_fuel (-1)|657 (+52)|1873 (-20)| |14|6feetdiep's Best Girl Madness X1 (+0), EXPLOSION — Malthael07 (+1)|656 (+52, +52)|2168 (-20, -8)| **Picks (Unweighted) Leaderboard:** |Rank|Bracket Name|Picks (max 448)|Picks Potential| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|BG10 Jopyrus (+0)|399 (+15)|458 (-2)| |2|My Utterly Terrible Choices BG:X - mynameisnoobish (+0)|398 (+15)|460 (-1)| |3|Syrefva — Syrefva (+5)|397 (+16)|457 (-0)| |4|6feetdiep's Best Girl Madness X1 (-1)|396 (+13)|456 (-4)| |5|Best Girl 10 — 02Hiro (-1)|396 (+14)|455 (-3)| |6|mpp's A+B — mpp00 (+2)|395 (+14)|454 (-3)| |7|Covaxe — Covaxe (-2)|395 (+13)|453 (-4)| |8|Best Girl X — Lemon\_Mochii (+5)|394 (+15)|455 (-1)| |9|EXPLOSION — Malthael07 (+1)|394 (+13)|454 (-2)| |10|Prediction for u/ Zeralyos (-5)|394 (+12)|452 (-5)| |11|Shiveon (-4)|393 (+12)|454 (-5)| |12|Best Girl X Group A & B — Krugo (+2), Upsets are a myth — Testotesta (+3)|392 (+14, +14)|453 (-3, -2)| |14|99% of gamblers quit before they win big — jwefoijiowjfi (+3), SkyEagle003's prediction — skyeagle003 (-2)|391 (+14, +12)|453 (-1, -4)| *Round 4 Group A results will be coming soon*^(TM)
# Round 4 Group A Update With Round 4 and each correct pick counting for 8 points, we're now starting to see some crazy jumps in the weighted leaderboard! In fact, we had *3* brackets jump from 30+ to the Top 15! Overall, this was our worst round yet by far with an average accuracy of only 4.67 / 8 (58.38%). We had 4 high-scoring brackets with 7 / 8 (87.50%) correct picks; all 4 of them are now in the Top 15 for the weighted leaderboard. **Score (Weighted) Leaderboard**: |Rank|Bracket Name|Score (max 832)|Score Potential| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|Covaxe — Covaxe (+10)|717 (+56)|1901 (-8)| |2|My Utterly Terrible Choices BG:X - mynameisnoobish (+0)|715 (+40)|2139 (-64)| |3|Upsets are a myth — Testotesta (+6)|710 (+48)|1910 (-24)| |4|Best Girl X — Lemon\_Mochii (+0)|709 (+40)|2125 (-64)| |5|Best Girl 10 — 02Hiro (-2)|707 (+32)|2147 (-32)| |6|6feetdiep's Best Girl Madness X1 (+8)|704 (+48)|2160 (-8)| |7|BG10 Jopyrus (-6)|704 (+24)|2104 (-72)| |8|Best Girl X Group A & B — Krugo (-2)|704 (+40)|2056 (-128)| |9|Bree's A&B Bracket (+21)|702 (+56)|2174 (-0)| |10|Shiveon (+7)|702 (+48)|2142 (-32)| |11|SkyEagle003's prediction — skyeagle003 (+8)|700 (+48)|2172 (-8)| |12|Best Girl 10 grimis cares (+20)|700 (+56)|2156 (-8)| |13|U/ryhafke Best Girl 10 AB (+11)|699 (+48)|1891 (-24)| |14|ProtonJuan (+21)|698 (+56)|2138 (-8)| |15|Syrefva — Syrefva (-10)|698 (+32)|2114 (-64)| **Picks (Unweighted) Leaderboard:** |Rank|Bracket Name|Picks (max 456)|Picks Potential| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|My Utterly Terrible Choices BG:X - mynameisnoobish (+1)|403 (+5)|456 (-4)| |2|6feetdiep's Best Girl Madness X1 (+2)|402 (+6)|455 (-1)| |3|BG10 Jopyrus (-2)|402 (+3)|453 (-5)| |4|Covaxe — Covaxe (+3)|402 (+7)|452 (-1)| |5|Syrefva — Syrefva (-2)|401 (+4)|453 (-4)| |6|Best Girl 10 — 02Hiro (-1)|400 (+4)|452 (-3)| |7|Best Girl X — Lemon\_Mochii (+1), Shiveon (+4)|399 (+5, +6)|451 (-4, -3)| |9|mpp's A+B — mpp00 (-3)|399 (+4)|450 (-4)| |10|Upsets are a myth — Testotesta (+2)|398 (+6)|451 (-2)| |11|Prediction for u/ Zeralyos (-1)|398 (+4)|446 (-6)| |12|SkyEagle003's prediction — skyeagle003 (+2)|397 (+6)|452 (-1)| |13|EXPLOSION — Malthael07 (-4)|397 (+3)|450 (-4)| |14|Best Girl X Group A & B — Krugo (-2)|397 (+5)|448 (-5)| |15|99% of gamblers quit before they win big — jwefoijiowjfi (-1)|396 (+5)|449 (-4)|
Every time I have a terrible round and expect to finally drop on these leaderboards we have our overall worst round collectively and I somehow gain ranks... crazy. How are our lord and saviors the "Untitled" collection doing now compared to the rest of us?
Haha the trick isn't to have very accurate predictions, the trick is to have less wrong predictions than everyone else ;) Our mysterious potentially-nonexistent Untitled friend is... actually still doing better than the rest of us haha... but I think it would only be by 1 point in the weighted leaderboard now unlike when it was 8 points a couple days ago. ~~Unweighted is another story tho, I'm not sure any of us are gonna catch up there (5 points ahead currently)~~
I guess you aren't wrong on that part :P God damn, either we have a genius in the our midst or they saw the future and cheated. Either way I'm impressed.
Well there's still a pretty decent chance that it is in fact not the same person who made those 2 brackets but until someone steps up and claims one of them... who knows, maybe there is a secret genius xD
2 more ranks and I'll be in the top half. Getting from 64 (iirc) to 43 in four days it feels like momentum is on my side.
Yeah my group A predictions are now entirely fucked for at least 2 rounds lmao. RIP Miko. Looking forward to the Leaderboard update, no rush.
Leaderboard has been updated! You've actually managed to maintain 2nd in the weighted and take 1st in the unweighted! But yeah, Group A has just been a rollercoaster this whole time and it's looking like that'll continue... right side will probably be Shouko vs. Mayuri... left side I can honestly see any of the 4 making it to the Group A finals at this point lmao. The only constant certainty is my predictions are fucked...
I'm actually happy with the results, but unhappy with my predictions. I didn't trust Mayuri or Kanade, but voted for them and they won. I also missed the Eris win but that series was lost to me ever since the unexpected Riza loss. Now my predictions are completely falling apart even when I should otherwise be happy.
Another Shouko win! This is her year! Lets gooooo!!!! The best girl from a game for me has to be Makoto from Persona 5. Basic but she is just fantastic.
Very surprised Iino lost, but Shiina is like a major part of Steins;Gate, so I can see why. I like Iino more, but Shiina is great as well. Also, Yor Vs Eris is going to be a bloodbath.
Yor is good but as a LN reader of Mushoku Tensei I'd sell a kidney to see Eris win. Also her abs are awesome.
Love Yor, but a well written tsundere is just hard to beat.
As source reader, Yor vs Eris is definitely a hard pick. I do think Yor probably gonna win. However, if MT anime complete S3 part1 (Presumably Ln 15++) maybe Best girl 13 or 14 contest in 2026 or so, i’d give Eris a big W.
I think Yor is gonna win as well, though I'll be voting for Eris because I love tsunderes.
Yor vs Eris is worthy of power scaling discussion too
Bracket B is going to make me very salty tomorrow. I can feel it.
**Today's Results**: The first time Chika has managed a better vote total than Yor in this contest. Though comparing their respective opponents, Miku got 666 more votes than Mirai. Maybe the Round 6 matchup will be a little more interesting than I think it would be. Wasn't sure if Kanade was the right old favorite to beat Echidna, but she managed it convincingly. Felt Eris beating Karen and Yor vs. Eris sounds like an interesting matchup. Mayuri has always been a tough opponent (she's eliminated a Seed 1 Megumin in Best Girl 6) so I'm not surprised she could do the seeding upset. It being by almost double the votes is less expected. Still good on Mayuri and I'll keep rooting for Miko in future contests. Do think she is bulldozing past Ram and right into a match with Shouko in Round 6. **Today's Voting**: *Please show your love and support for Lena!* I'll enjoy this match. C.C. is great too. Speaking of Reina's (not a Bloody one though), the run is going to end here. It was a good one to get to Round 4 as an almost 200 seed. Going to send Reina off with a vote. I feel Tooru > Nezuko happening, but Nezuko is showing a decent amount of support. I also think Kaori > Mikasa is going to happen. Yoko is...not really going to be a test for Marin, but a way more challenging opponent than what Marin has been facing so far. Ooh...Jibril vs. Asuka is going to end in Asuka's favor. That feels clear-cut to me. And finally, the 2 KonoSuba matches at the end of Bracket B. Is the Maki factor already good enough to beat Darkness? The fact that Maki who is arguably a tertiary Kaguya character is Darkness' toughest opponent by far just highlights how unimpressed I am at that portion of the bracket. I think people want to see Darkness vs. Yunyun, but I don't want that to happen at Hiratsuka's expense. **Mini-Challenge**: >Who is your favorite girl from a game? For 10 years now: Lucina.
##Vote Holo!
This year for sure
We're going to have to overcome the giant Marin shaped hurdle at the end if we are going to push her to the finals
either that or Lena, the 2 primary hurdles to overcome
Next year is her year, when the new anime will debut. Holo + recency bias = unstoppable force.
I really want her to get it this year. Beat the recency bias odds. Oshi no Ko, Lycoris Recoil, and Bocchi the Rock girls are in the wings to take over next year too. I really think next year will be a bigger bloodbath than usual.
I'm voting, I'm voting...
Holo/Yoko/Lena. This bracket has easy choices.
Vote margins are all over the place this contest. unxpected blowout wins from the far lower seeded opponents and sometimes very close matchups where a blowout would have been expected for the higher seed. Also never would have expected Miko to go before Kei. This also opens the door to 4/5 kaguya girls most likely not making it past round 4, which would be a first. For tomorrow y'all better vote for Yoko, to at least not let her get blownout by marin. >Mini Challenge Akiho Senomiya from Robotics;Notes
>Also never would have expected Miko to go before Kei. There's a chance Kei could even last a round longer than Miko (which I think will be truly shocking) since Kei has Anya for a Round 4 opponent and the child debuff is real in these contests.
Yeah, I had argued in the past that Anya might be fine because at lease she is recognizable but her votes last round doesn't invoke confidence.
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Miku is many people's favorite from Quints (mine included), and quints was very popular, so I'm not really surprised at it being that close.
Personally I never bought into Yor being a contender... She barely made the finals in her seasonal contest (in a weak season too), almost lost to Eiko, who's not exactly considered an 'all time top girl'. And she lost in the quarterfinals in the yearly contest. Think she's about to get steamrolled by Eris, despite being seeded 3x higher. ^^With ^^a ^^bit ^^of ^^ĥelp ^^from ^^recency ^^bias
This group B is fire, but there is only one choice possible. Vote Holo now and till the end!
Some interesting results with this one. Didn't expect Miko to get dumpstered like that. Updated [Bingo](https://i.imgur.com/o2rBEWp.jpg). Next year I think I will try and choose more of my favorites instead of girls I like + ones that will go far. I'll try and post my thoughts/comments now that were further in and matchups are harder to choose between. Posting time is a pain though so will see.... |Holo - ~~Reina~~ ^(1)|Lena - ~~C.C.~~ ^(1)| |:-|:-| |Nezuko - Tooru ^(2)|~~Jibril~~ \- Asuka| |Marin - Yoko ^(3)|~~Darkness~~ \- Maki ^(4)| |Kaori - ~~Mikasa~~|Yunyun - ~~Shizuka~~| 1. Tough choice but I prefer Holo/Lena. 2. Don't really care either way. Will probably vote for Nezuko unless someone wants to shill Tooru 3. Both are awesome, not sure on this one. 4. Kaguya girl
Instead of shilling, I'd encourage you to vote for Tooru and Yoko most importantly because they are the underdogs. If you have no strong preference, when in doubt, always vote for the upset. Closer competition and upsets make the contest more interesting, so we'll always have content at least. (Also Tooru and Yoko are way better developed characters than their opponents and much more interesting in my opinion.)
This is the way
>If you have no strong preference, when in doubt, always vote for the upset. Closer competition and upsets make the contest more interesting, so we'll always have content at least. I agree although I would say that the Nezuko vs. Tooru matchup there is no clear underdog. >(Also Tooru and Yoko are way better developed characters than their opponents and much more interesting in my opinion.) True. I've normally tried to separate Best Guy/Girl with Character since we had BC contest to differentiate but might be worth considering now that Best Character has been scrapped. I will likely pity vote Yoko since I expect her to be stomped... think I'll decide on Nezuko vs. Tooru when I wake up.
Actual character that develops over the story vs literal plot device that spends most of her time in a box, never speaks, and only exists as motivation for the MC and to occasionally grow boobs to save his ass. It *should* be a landslide for Tooru
> Next year I think I will try and choose more of my favorites instead of girls I like + ones that will go far. Ngl, I somehow judge anyone who hasn't had a Bingo at this point for having basic af taste. I got Bingo [days ago](https://imgur.com/uTZ3iQH) bot on my small board as well as on my [big one](https://imgur.com/wQ6toXQ) as of today...
Seeing Miku lose hurts my heart >Who is your favorite girl from a game? Meltryllis from Fate/Extra
Iino got smacked the fuck down. This pleases me.
Is that some sort of manga reader thing because as an anime-only I see no reason to dislike her yet.
Is it really that surprising that in a contest for **Best Girl** **In the history of Anime** the 4th or 5th most popular side character from a romcom lost? Like, I haven't seen any reason to specifically dislike Tenten from Naruto but I sure as hell wouldn't vote for her over plot relevant characters like Saber or Rem.
But, if it's just that, then Steins;Gate has had a victory to its name too. So it becomes "is it surprising in a contest for Best Girl in the History of Anime, the 4th best character from one series lost to the 2nd best character from another?", which is a lot closer than "Tenten vs. Saber." (Rem doesn't count there due to being a side character in a series where her fans had a pretty good reason to be pissed off at the most plot-relevant character, and charged her past that as a result.)
The point I was trying to make was more that just because a character isn't hated (for this example Iino/Tenten) doesn't make them an inherently good character. The original comment sounded like they were surprised that Iino could possibly lose, given that she hadn't done anything to make people dislike her. I do see your point though. For what it's worth, Steins;Gate is my favorite anime...by far, and I personally wouldn't even put Mayuri in my top 20 "Best Girls". There are just so many great characters out there that have way more development and better design than either Iino or Mayuri that I think it's a bit silly when people are upset that a less-complete supporting character could lose. \*\*I'd like to take this moment to shill for Nakiami from [Bounen no Xamdou](https://myanimelist.net/anime/4177/Bounen_no_Xamdou) who is an incredible character who will most likely never sniff the Best Girl Elimination Bracket due to her show being completely unkown to the majority of anime watchers. Definitely worth a watch as I think it was very ahead of it's time in terms of themes and especially animation.
Spite votes. Lot of people don't want to see another Kaguya girl win. That's all it is.
It's weird to see it the same round that Chika won rather convincingly though.
Maybe it's because of the difference in opponents. Miko was up against a popular character from a popular show while Chika was up against someone from a show that no one ever talks about and it's a mystery how Mirai even got seeded that high. I don't even know how she beat Tanya last round.
And honestly, that fact ties into another issue. It's possible that Iino losing is the start of "end the Kaguya dynasty", and also the "...I fear that this loss just awakened a sleeping giant" side of it. Now, there's only Chika left in the group and the Kaguya fans who would originally have to decide which of Chika/Miko they want to push to the top here don't have to choose anymore, so they can all just put their support to Chika.
Tbf it's likely the last year where Kaguya characters are even remotely in the running anways with a new batch of Akaverse girls coming in next year.
But on the other side, of the mix, I'm not sure if any of the new Akaverse girls will hurt the real Kaguya contenders as much as it sounds. It's going to destroy the lesser contenders (once Ruby is in the field even the biggest little sister fetishist who only reads Akasaka will have no excuse to keep trying to make Kei happen, and you can likely say Kana will suck away a lot of Maki voters), but Miko and Chika will still be contenders even with the addition of 6-7 new Akaverse girls coming in.
It's just that with the major overlap between the fandoms I don't see Miko or Chika ever in the running for a win again as long as Kana is in the competition who to me right now seems to be the hottest contender between the shows going forward..
More than likely, though "hottest contender" and "Akaverse" series translates to "Kana's a likely bet to be on the ballot for one year and win out", so it's also a moot point.
It's me. I'm the spite voter, it's me.
Right with you 🤝 Spite voting against kaguya all the way
Mbn saying this against Kaguya and get upvoted. Say, if I said I did the same against Oregairu. I'm just gonna harvesting downvotes.
We must protect Kei from wild beasts like this ^
She *is* somewhat polarizing among the manga readers... Without spoiling anything, well if you've watched Season 3 you may have some hints about why she's polarizing. (She's also controversial to some due to her personality, many people don't like the disciplinarian type and all, "no fun allowed!"). But I think most spite against her is just Kaguya spite, not necessarily against her.
Kaguya sama has had too many Ws already.
I haven't read all of Kaguya, but considerably farer than the adaption. From what I read Iino is far superior to most other Kaguya Girls, inlcuding Hayasaka
I don’t really dislike her by any means, it’s just that her suffering is literally a drop in the sea compared with how much Tururu suffered.
Does a character have to have suffered to be best girl?
Also not in r/Anime's opinion, because no one has arguably suffered more than Holo and she still hasn't won yet :P
Echida lost? Damn. Ram won...Winry won...alright, I'm satisfied. *Lena* vs C.C (LENASWEEP!) Huh actually that's the only one today where I'm invested in the outcome.
Need you guys to come up big for me today and vote for Asuka and Hiratsuka sensei! Though I can endure any amount of salt as long as Holo is still in the bracket. Mini Challenge: Edelgard from Fire Emblem
Very surprised to see Iino get so few votes compared to Mayuri. Not even close, damn!
Mayuri wrecked Miko, holy shit
There's some wacky shit goin on in bracket A...
Lots of tough to choose matchups this round for me (Holo vs Reina, Marin vs Yoko, Lena vs C.C., Darkness vs Maki, Yunyun vs Shizuku), could really go either way an any of them. Nice to see Kanade making a good run. Hopefully she can put up a good fight against Chika. > Mini Challenge Fall-from-Grace from Planescape: Torment, with honorable mentions to Magical Girl Kaleido Ruby and Zombie Assistant Kurisutina
...immediate upvote, for mentioning a masterpiece of old like planescape...
Super late on this, but whatever. I'm surprised Angel/Kanade is still so popular. not really a big Angel Beats fan tbh. It's...fine. The final episode is great, I guess. not really surprised it was close between Yor and the most popular Quint. Shouldn't really be taken as a sign that Yor is all that weak, really tough opponent. Karen vs Eris was tough, but I do like that Eris got this far. With Miko gone (surprised by that for sure), Shouko has a clear path to face Chika, Yor, or an outside chance of Eris. I actually wouldn't give her terrible odds against any of them, I think she rolled an ideal group to get to the end. Today's voting was Holo, Tohru, Marin, Mikasa, CC (pity vote), Asuka, Darkness, Hiratsuka-sensei. A few tough calls but we're past the heartbreak and into the part where I'm not as emotionally invested and can enjoy this without as much salt. Mini-Challenge Favorite video game girl is an interesting question. I haven't played a heck of a lot of gamers, not really much of a gamer, but I've watched playthroughs of a ton of games. lot of options I can think of, but a recent standout is Nia from Xenoblade 2. I believe in Welsh catgirl supremacy. Always really liked Kyouko Kirigiri from Danganronpa. Franziska von Karma from the Ace Attorney series. Aerith specifically in the remake. Cynthia from Pokemon is PEAK CHARACTER DESIGN, but her legend is cemented by showing up in the next set of games in a postgame area with an even scarier team. and being a badass in the anime, too. character design so peak there's two characters in Legends Arceus that resemble her.
I know this is going to be impossible, but I'll say it anyway...be a member of the Dai-Gurren Brigade! Vote for Yoko!!!
Vote **Maki** Vote **Asuka** Vote **C.C.** Vote **Yoko** That is all. Have a nice day.
Bravo Tuturu! I thought her watch is going to stop but she convincingly crushed Miko in one of the surprising positive results this season. Very unfortunate to see Miku ~~despite not the best quint to me, Eatsuki all the way!~~ failing to stop Yor, but boy that’s close enough and proves again that Yor might be less invincible than you might think. Eris might prove to be another tough competitor that might just be able to knock her down in one shocking swoop. Heck even Chika might be in trouble and our piano playing angel is definitely not out of the race yet. Only result that I can consider not the right one today is Ram beating that purple hair monkey, but at least Ram’s an OK character. MC: Reincarnation of destroyer Shigure in Kancolle (despite me never seeing Kancolle’s disasterous anime adaptions)
...sad to see both monogatari girls gone, but i like eris, so that's fine (i will never forgive fu***ng ram, though)... glad to see that shouko obliterated that thing called shiro... ...today pretty easy choices ( holo, marin, tooru, kaochan, asuka, hiratsuka sensei and darkness)... ...sorry vladilena, i cannot betray the geass witch, but you should win anyway...
I am content. Mayushi convincingly beat a character from Kaguya-sama. Today is a good day.
Ram won, we win these. MC: My favourite girl from a game is probably Emi Ibarazaki from Katawa Shoujo, or Aoi Asahina from Danganronpa
> MC: My favourite girl from a game is probably Emi Ibarazaki from Katawa Shoujo Good pick! ^^Some ^^people ^^may ^^say ^^I'm ^^a ^^little ^^biased
Are we counting VNs as games for this question? Feels a bit like cheating xD
VOTE LENA VOTE MARIN As for the question, Okita Souji from FGO and all of her forms.
> VOTE LENA > VOTE MARIN If Marin gets through Holo and faces Lena, you'll have a tough quarterfinals!
It's gonna be tough either way tbh.
Group B's winner is either gonna be Marin or Holo. Very surprised to see Mayuri beat Miko. >Who is your favorite girl from a game? Recently 'A' from Xenoblade 3: Future Redeemed
This has to be the end for Nezuko, right? She can't keep getting away with it, right?
For the MC, my favorite has got to be Edelgard from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Such a cool design and tragic back story.
Ram moves on, so [no Bingo for me yet](https://i.imgur.com/V1XAolx.png). I'll loose Shizuka (or Yunyun) today, but even if Kaori and Tooru lose I won't have a Bingo yet. Not even if Holo fell (Lena would be tough though, so let's not speak of that), but that's not going to happen. Speaking of, once again she will not have the opportunity to shine since Reina is a formidable opponent. MC: I'm pretty sure Emilia got added to AFK Arena a while ago, so... But that's cheating. I'd say Iroha from Magia Record, but that's also cheating since I've only watched the anime. So I think I'll have to go with Lumine, since I adore her visual design and her fan art without even playing Genshin Impact.
RIP Monogatari girls, you are all the best in my heart <3 I hope Holo avenges you. Nice result by Mayuri Shiina, the power of TUTURU triumphs over Kaguya bias!
Yes Erina lost! Wenry you beautiful mechanic! Thank you!
Yor vs Eris. May the true mama won. And you know who.
Yes, I love my mama Eris
I've come to realize I really don't like the manic pixie dream girl archetype as I'm constantly surprised by how many votes those characters get. On that note, vote Mikasa over Kaori :P MC: Aerie from Baldur's Gate 2
> Maki vs Lalatina but I want both to advance -_-
Alrighty then... **Kanade Tachibana** v. Echidna – Vote totals sure are escalating. With comparable totals this round to Chika we'll have to see how Round 5 goes. I doubt Chika will be stopped, but at the same time Echidna wasn't exactly a pushover, so who knows. Miko Iino v. **Mayuri Shiina** – Definitely wasn't expecting Mayuri to pull out more votes than Chika or Shouko to upset the 9 seed of all things. I guess outcomes like this are to be expected, but at the same time a nearly 2000 vote different is quite something given how innocuous her first three matches were. Tu tu ru! Other than that, I guess there's not much else to say as everything else kinda played out predictably. Outside of Kanade who I'm wildly indifferent too, the Top 8 of Group A shaped up pretty decently. Mayuri and Winry showing that they still got some fight left in them despite being so old they remember Best Girl 1. I'm sure Chika, Shouko, and Ram will put an end to that, but overall not a bad showing. Im curious to see how the Yor v. Eris match shapes out since both had comparable vote totals this Round. The other three matches seem more or less locked in, though I'd be pleasantly surprised to see another upset or two break Top 16. As always, only time will tell.
Yickes. Miko got destroyed. Given that she lost about 1150 votes from the previous round, so I guess many switched team. That really leave me with only Shouko to root for on the right side of bracket A. Chika finally broke 3k votes, but that is rather unconvincing for a first seed. I could see her fall to Yor or whoever take the right side. As for today's vote Kaori vs Mikasa is a hard one for me. I could vote either way depending on the day (swinging Mikasa today). Going to root for Lena for this bracket, but she'll likely get stomped by whoever wins between Holo and Marin.. Favourite girl from a game: Alright, I am going to -really- narrow it down to favourite girl in a game I am \*currently\* playing, it would be Haishima Kagari in School Girl Strikers. If going with all games is super hard, but I am likely to pick one of my first favourite which is Rydia in Final Fantasy IV. And Saber.
Day 13 of lying on the ground and counting to ten because I’m so fucking mad.
Mc : who is your favorite girl from a game ? Probably Tohsaka rin from fate if visual novels are included (all 4 main girls are high level)
I swear, if Lena loses to a goddam lazy pizza sponsor character, I’ll hunt down each and every one of those voters. Please vote for an actual character and best girl over a plot device.
yo!...you vladilena fans are feeling a little too entitled as of late... ...lena will probably win, but this is not reason to trash poor c.c....
> you vladilena fans are feeling a little too entitled as of late... Time to knock them off a peg!
Yo, I'm a Lena stan but just kindly vote her and be quiet. She's not losing to C.C anyways so be calm. If she loses, she loses but no need to put down the other character. We are all here to have fun. Besides don't draw unnecessary spite votes against her from the other voters.
Pst pst, Hey guys. We all know Holo isn’t going to win this tournament either so how about we mix things up and vote for the best KyoAni girl who is the most special girl AND the best musician at this point in the contest? I promise we’re gonna share the prize with Holo if she gets anywhere. I say it’s a good deal, right? Right? Please. I can’t watch another KyoAni and especially another Hibike girl get massacred like that again… I’m barely hanging on to my senses here. We can’t let this happen