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That’s the one Studio Deen handled, right?

>That’s the one Studio Deen *miss*-handled, right? Correct

Handled is a bit of a stretch. Handled implies a certain amount of care.

Isn't there a big anniversary coming up next year for the VN (like the 20th anniversary or something)? Surely the Fate route remake/rewrite wil be announced there! Considering that even the JP fanbase has been asking for a new Fate route anime it isn't entirely out of the running.

Nasu supposed to write the second half of Tsukihime Remake + Mahoyo sequels. I don't think a Fate route anime is coming out too soon cause Strange Fake TV series is coming and ufotable is working on Mahoyo (please be multiple movies; 1 isn't enough). Think a remaster is the most we can hope for.

I just finished Lostbelt 6 yesterday People voting for ryuko over saber deserve the guillotine

Saber is not in LB6.

...Just in a couple of flashy flashbacks...

Well this is an ANIME contest so when I judge a girl I only judge them based off of what is shown in the anime and try not to let light novels, visual novels or manga add to my decision.

Don’t get me wrong I didn’t think she would win but think she has done enough anime wise to not go out like that.

I remember having this conversation during the Best Guy because of Guts. If we start using source content I'm going to be extremely salty by some of these results because some girls have no business losing so early when they would be top tier if their source material had a complete/proper adaptation (on top of my head : Chihaya, Hina, Kumoko...). I mean I'm pretty sure some of them would still fail miserably though

Think about it this way: Hayasaka won best girl based off 25% being in an amazing meme template and 25% Kaguya manga readers who knew about future arcs. At the time she barely had any screentime. It's fine to vote to however you'd like.

And you could argue the same about Kaguya. Her best arc was yet to be animated meanwhile Mai just had it's "best moment".

Whattttt that's crazy. I absolutely give Saber a boost based off the VN. If you like her in other related media it's perfectly fine.

Bro, Anju getting almost as many votes as Aqua and Hori was not on my bingo card let me tell you that. Hell, she got more than Bloody Regina. Some people were expecting Saber to lose but wow. Last 32. We got some juicy matchups in round 5.

I think Anju constantly getting more votes than Lena is a bit of a byproduct of the later rounds getting more voters in general. Like this round group D had 5 matches where the winner had over 4000 votes while in group B the highest vote for a single character was only 3700.

Exactly. Watch out for Lena's forth coming results if the increase in voter participation sustains.

I'm sure there are at least 12 people here voting for Anju because they confuse her with Lena [](#azusalaugh)

Similarly to the people confusing Touka for Rikka

Beach episode. And that sliding out from under the bed and out the window scene. Touka > Rikka

“Atleast 12”

Not exactly wrong, just very far off the real number

I love 86 and I just don't get it. Yeah, she's a solid character but she has a relatively small amount of screen time and lines, why is she this fucking popular? Are people somehow confusing her with Milizé?

She's voiced by Hayami Saori, is kind and pretty, and has [86 p1] >!a tragic love story as the main part of her storyline, so she also gets sympathy points.!< All these combine for someone that voters of these contests have an easy time voting for.

Also, some of us (not naming names) have on occasion ticked her picture thinking she's Lena, because after 28 different captchas (including the ever fun "delay captcha" where you think you had all bicycles... but after a 5 second fade, even more bikes come up) you just want to get it over with.

Capchas? I haven't seen any. I vote for Anju partially out of sympathy [86] >!because of her mixed ancestry she got thrown in the camps because the Alba saw her as an 86 and was then abused by other 86 who carved "whore's daughter" into her back.!< I also think shes a kind person, especially considering all she's been through. She also gives off the onee-san vibe.

> Capchas? I haven't seen any. Amazing. I jump through hoops every time.

Are you on the app?

Also the "...she's in 86 and people are voting for the series." That too.

None of the other 86 girls are performing nearly as well, so unlikely that is having much of a factor.

Kurena had the toughest matchup going against Yunyun with Konosuba's popularity and recency with the spinoff featuring her

Wow I hate Reddit spoiler formats. Let me spoiler multiple paragraphs please. Also automoderator apparently hates line breaks between spoiler tags and the explanation. Fourth try. I've been thinking on this the past couple days since she started turning out major numbers: I think a large reason I enjoy her, at least, is because the storytelling around her is so dense. It's a fantastic use of "show, don't tell" that I simply don't see often and I think it carries over to popularity in a way. She might not have had the MOST screentime but the screentime she does have is put to amazing use. Spoilers for, well, the entire season. [86 S1]>!First, her role in the story: Anju is the character that we experience what the 86 policy and the war really costs on an individual level. Lena mourns the deaths en masse, Shin already accepted everyone's death, so they don't work well for this storybit. Anju's relationship to Daiya and her ongoing reaction/mourning to his death is what gives us the personal connection to the unjustness and terribleness of what San Magnolia is doing.!< [still 86 S1] >!She rarely if ever says anything about it, trying to act normally as possible, but there's three short scenes that I remember that sell this excellently: Anju accidentally cooking food for an extra person, the like... 3 second clip Fido took that shows Anju absolutely breaking down when she think no one's watching, and Anju's and Theo (or Raiden? I think it's Theo) conversation about each of their futures and what they would want if they weren't in the army or something along those lines... and it pans out to include a scene of a couple whose hair color matches Anju's and Daiya's. The implication is clear - she can't move on because Daiya's not there to move on with her. These clips all together probably don't even take up 3 minutes, but they manage to give such a strong impression of her thoughts and mental state about events that I'm thoroughly wowed by it. !< Anywho. I can think of a number of main characters that I voted for that I enjoyed watching less than Anju per minute of screentime, just because of how insanely well done the production team of 86 handled her storywriting.

I’m with you. Anju is an awesome character and much more deserving of votes than many others in the tournament. Might not have a lot of focused screen time but she makes the most of it.

> spoiler tags and the explanation. It's from back when the spoiler tag worked differently and you had to put the brackets next to the ( ). I think r/anime was one of the last to change spoiler formatting and only because Reddit stopped supporting the old standard.

Beatrice is fucking annoying, so I voted for the character who didn't annoy me.

I think it's because of her personality and how she plays a nice foil for Lena.

Even then she has just an absurd amount of votes, way more than what makes sense based on the anime. At this point, I'm assuming lots of source readers are here and pushing hard for her. She probably has some important roles in the novels that makes her even more popular with the source readers.

I think she didn't had a hard opponent that voters go for. If source readers were voting Lena would had way more votes

Remember the recent spike in votes started from Group C. Make your conclusions after Lena's results the day after.

Oh, the source readers are here. I think Anju's vote count is very likely explained by the increasing number of voters. It's way easier to participate in the later rounds as those huge lists can be a bit daunting.

>Hell, she got more than Bloody Regina. Being fair, a lot more people started voting after Group B. Nobody even broke 4k votes in Round 4 Group A and Group B (even Marin had 3.7k votes) where as multiple girls in Group C and D have (Megumin, Vivy, Yui, Aqua, Hori).

The power of being voiced by Saori Hayami is real

To be fair Lena was up against CC, who may have been seeded at 60 but code geass has a lot of dedicated fans

Code Geass is also the same genre, so fans of one are likely fan of the other and can cause friction if one show isn't obviously heads and shoulders above the other.

While I was okay with Saber going out, I was not prepared for her to get smoked like that. Kinda stings a bit even if Ryuuko is a great girl. Edit: nope, I’m definitely salty.

##BRACKET D ROUND 4 Matchups | Top Girl | Bottom Girl | Total Votes :-- | :-- | --: | --: Most Voted Matchup | Hori Kyouko (27) | Rei Ayanami (38) | 7013 Average | | | 6700 Least Voted Matchup | Emilia (3) | Tatsumaki (67) | 6413 **TOP VOTEGETTERS** Rank | Girl (Seed) | Votes --: | :-- | --: 1 | Hori Kyouko (27) | 4535 2 | Aqua (6) | 4408 3 | Anju Emma (11) | 4379 4 | Ryuuko Matoi (51) | 4226 5 | Kurumi Tokisaki (30) | 4002 **RESULTS** High Seed (seed) | W% | L% | Low Seed (seed) | tUI | PoW :-- | :--: | :--: | --: | --: | --: Emilia (3) | 55.42% | 44.58% | Tatsumaki (67) | | 93.9% Kurumi Tokisaki (30) | 62.30% | 37.70% | Ami Kawashima (94) | | 89.5% Saber (14) | 38.32% | 61.68% | Ryuuko Matoi (51) | 1.87 | 52.5% Mio Akiyama (19) | 58.77% | 41.23% | Sasha Blouse (46) | | 95.2% Aqua (6) | 63.61% | 36.39% | Nino Nakano (59) | | 99.5% Hori Kyouko (27) | 64.67% | 35.33% | Rei Ayanami (38) | | 97.0% Anju Emma (11) | 64.87% | 35.13% | Beatrice (54) | | 95.6% Homura Akemi (22) | 53.43% | 46.57% | Mitsuri Kanroji (43) | | 53.9% 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 D is Ryuuko Matoi seeded 51st - The Highest seed eliminated of Bracket D is Saber seeded 14th - Upsets today: 1 - Total upsets (rate): 59 / 480 (12.29%) **OVER/UNDERPERFORMERS** Overperfomer (Seed) | OP Pr | OP Ac | UP Ac | UP Pr | Underperformer (Seed) | Diff :-- | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | --: | --: Ryuuko Matoi (51) | 50.37% | 61.68% | 38.32% | 49.63% | Saber (14) | 11.31% Kurumi Tokisaki (30) | 57.35% | 62.30% | 37.70% | 42.65% | Ami Kawashima (94) | 4.95% Anju Emma (11) | 60.00% | 64.87% | 35.13% | 40.00% | Beatrice (54) | 4.87% **TOP 10 SCORES BRACKET D GIRLS** Rank | Girl (Seed) | Score --: | :-- | --: 1 | Aqua (6) | 895.5 2 | Hori Kyouko (27) | 880.6 3 | Anju Emma (11) | 822.1 4 | Ryuuko Matoi (51) | 782.8 5 | Kurumi Tokisaki (30) | 735.6 6 | Emilia (3) | 674.5 7 | Mio Akiyama (19) | 670.1 8 | Illyasviel von Einzbern (126) | 575.9 9 | Ishtar (115) | 565.1 10 | Tatsumaki (67) | 542.6 **BRACKET A ROUND 5 PREDICTIONS** Top Girl | TS% | BS% | Bottom Girl | PoU :-- | :--: | :--: | --: | --: Chika Fujiwara (1) | 52.8% | 47.2% | Kanade Tachibana (32) | 31.8% Yor Forger (16) | 55.1% | 44.9% | Eris Boreas Greyrat (48) | 19.0% Shouko Nishimiya (8) | 57.4% | 42.6% | Winry Rockbell (25) | 10.4% Ram (24) | 44.5% | 55.5% | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 82.5% *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. Top 5 Over/underperformers will be replaced next round with the top seed's performance.

##ROUND 4 **MOST DOMINANT VICTORIES** Bracket | Winning Girl (seed) | W% | L% | Losing Girl (seed) :-: | :-- | :--: | :--: | --: C | Vivy (50) | 65.44% | 34.56% | Zero Two (15) A | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 65.30% | 34.70% | Miko Iino (9) B | Marin Kitagawa (13) | 65.24% | 34.76% | Yoko Littner (77) A | Shouko Nishimiya (8) | 65.11% | 34.89% | Shiro (72) D | Anju Emma (11) | 64.87% | 35.13% | Beatrice (54) D | Hori Kyouko (27) | 64.67% | 35.33% | Rei Ayanami (38) C | Megumin (2) | 64.63% | 35.37% | Misato Katsuragi (66) B | Vladilena Milizé (5) | 63.43% | 36.57% | C.C. (60) C | Yui Yuigahama (26) | 62.91% | 37.09% | Komi Shouko (90) D | Aqua (6) | 62.22% | 37.78% | Nino Nakano (59) **CLOSEST MATCHUPS** Bracket | Winning Girl (seed) | W% | L% | Losing Girl (seed) | Vote Diff :-: | :-- | :--: | :--: | --: | --: B | Jibril (28) | 50.12% | 49.88% | Asuka Langley Souryuu (37) | 14 C | Hanabi Yasuraoka (74) | 51.70% | 48.30% | Eru Chitanda (10) | 203 B | Kaori Miyazono (20) | 52.07% | 47.93% | Mikasa Ackerman (45) | 212 C | Anya Forger (23) | 52.21% | 47.79% | Shirogane Kei (42) | 289 A | Yor Forger (16) | 53.00% | 47.00% | Miku Nakano (49) | 323 D | Homura Akemi (22) | 53.43% | 46.57% | Mitsuri Kanroji (43) | 446 D | Emilia (3) | 55.42% | 44.58% | Tatsumaki (67) | 695 B | Lalatina "Darkness" Dustiness Ford (12) | 55.51% | 44.49% | Maki Shijo (53) | 593 C | Esdeath (31) | 55.94% | 44.06% | Touka Takanashi (34) | 754 B | Tooru (36) | 56.17% | 43.83% | Nezuko Kamado (29) | 647 **BIGGEST UPSETS** Bracket | Top Girl | TS% | BS% | Bottom Girl | tUI | PoU :-: | :-- | :--: | :--: | --: | --: | --: C | Eru Chitanda (10) | 48.30% | 51.70% | Hanabi Yasuraoka (74) | 2.89 | 47.2% A | Miko Iino (9) | 34.70% | 65.30% | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 2.64 | 14.4% D | Saber (14) | 38.32% | 61.68% | Ryuuko Matoi (51) | 1.87 | 52.5% C | Zero Two (15) | 34.56% | 65.44% | Vivy (50) | 1.74 | 81.6% B | Yunyun (21) | 42.68% | 57.32% | Shizuka Hiratsuka (44) | 1.07 | 18.5% B | Nezuko Kamado (29) | 43.83% | 56.17% | Tooru (36) | 0.31 | 48.3% **OVER/UNDERPERFORMERS** Bracket | Overperfomer (Seed) | OP Pr | OP Ac | UP Ac | UP Pr | Underperformer (Seed) | Diff :-: | :-- | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | --: | --: A | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 43.77% | 65.30% | 34.70% | 56.23% | Miko Iino (9) | 21.53% B | Shizuka Hiratsuka (44) | 44.74% | 57.32% | 42.68% | 55.26% | Yunyun (21) | 12.58% A | Ram (24) | 47.37% | 59.86% | 40.14% | 52.63% | Suruga Kanbaru (41) | 12.49% D | Ryuuko Matoi (51) | 50.37% | 61.68% | 38.32% | 49.63% | Saber (14) | 11.31% C | Vivy (50) | 55.27% | 65.44% | 34.56% | 44.73% | Zero Two (15) | 10.17% B | Tooru (36) | 49.75% | 56.17% | 43.83% | 50.25% | Nezuko Kamado (29) | 6.42% A | Kanade Tachibana (32) | 51.45% | 57.77% | 42.23% | 48.55% | Echidna (33) | 6.32% B | Vladilena Milizé (5) | 57.70% | 63.43% | 36.57% | 42.30% | C.C. (60) | 5.73% A | Winry Rockbell (25) | 52.37% | 57.71% | 42.29% | 47.63% | Erina Nakiri (168) | 5.34% C | Esdeath (31) | 50.73% | 55.94% | 44.06% | 49.27% | Touka Takanashi (34) | 5.21% **TOP 10 SCORES** Rank | Girl (Seed) | Score --: | :-- | --: 1 | Marin Kitagawa (13) | 1,022.23 2 | Megumin (2) | 993.72 3 | Mayuri Shiina (56) | 902.32 4 | Aqua (6) | 895.50 5 | Vladilena Milizé (5) | 893.38 6 | Hori Kyouko (27) | 880.57 7 | Violet Evergarden (7) | 867.28 8 | Anju Emma (11) | 822.12 9 | Vivy (50) | 818.36 10 | Ryuuko Matoi (51) | 782.77 **VOTER TURNOUT** Each round's voter turnout. Numbers are in the following order: Lowest / **Average** / Highest ROUND | Bracket A | Bracket B | Bracket C | Bracket D :-- | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: 1 | 1995 / **2248** / 2816 | 2651 / **2971** / 3474 | 2189 / **2559** / 3269 | 2178 / **2526** / 3137 2 | 2872 / **3215** / 3671 | 3279 / **3538** / 4052 | 3151 / **3493** / 4044 | 3824 / **4163** / 4659 3 | 3729 / **4020** / 4379 | 4468 / **4683** / 5127 | 3984 / **4397** / 4805 | 4463 / **4897** / 5499 4 | 4734 / **5080** / 5383 | 5128 / **5471** / 5710 | 5973 / **6452** / 6892 | 6413 / **6700** / 7013 5 | | | | 6 | | | | | **Quarterfinals** | **Semifinals** | **Finals** | | | | | **PROJECTED QUARTERFINALS** Top Girl | TS% | BS% | Bottom Girl :-- | :--: | :--: | --: Yor Forger (16) | 46.3% | 53.7% | Mayuri Shiina (56) Vladilena Milizé (5) | 46.6% | 53.4% | Marin Kitagawa (13) Megumin (2) | 53.4% | 46.6% | Violet Evergarden (7) Aqua (6) | 53.4% | 46.6% | Ryuuko Matoi (51) **PROJECTED SEMIFINALS** Top Girl | TS% | BS% | Bottom Girl :-- | :--: | :--: | --: Marin Kitagawa (13) | 53.1% | 46.9% | Mayuri Shiina (56) Megumin (2) | 52.6% | 47.4% | Aqua (6) **PROJECTED FINALS** Top Girl | TS% | BS% | Bottom Girl :-- | :--: | :--: | --: Megumin (2) | 49.3% | 50.7% | Marin Kitagawa (13) *Projected Quarter/Semi/Finals are based on current Best Girl scores

The top 2 most dominant victories being Vivy and Mayuri is kind of crazy.

Agreed

**Marin**'s alone in the >1000 points club! Well, **Megumin**'s hot on her tail (probably stayed below 1k on purpose so **Holo** doesn't notice her). Also I think it's the first time the model predicts a **Marin** victory! **Megumin** has a big edge in this tournament though, she can't face her archnemesis **Holo** before the finals!

Megumin definitely looks like she's got a free road to the final while A+B side should be decided between Holo, Lena and Marin. The question is will the winner of those three come out strengthened or will there be spite votes.

Can Megumin overcome her 6-contest streak of crashing out in the round of 16 or quarterfinals...

> The question is will the winner of those three come out strengthened or will there be spite votes. I wonder how big a part it plays; I would love to see alternate timelines where the journey to the end play out differently, to see if the end result would change! (Mayuri, can you help me with that?) I know how *I* vote and to me it doesn't matter one bit how the characters got there, I vote for the girl I want to win no matter what... But I don't know if others (how many others) do spitevote far in the contest just to make a girl lose because she beat their waifu!

TBH, I didn't think of voting this way until just now. I will always vote for characters I want to win. But if it is really, really close, and I don't care about eithe character that much, then I might think about voting against the one who took out a character I like. If I'd done that I might have voted for Ram instead actually (Ram didn't really beat any characters I particularly liked while Mayuri took out more than one character I liked). Still, while I am not a big fan of Steins;Gate girls, I do like her a touch more than Ram. Only a touch more though. Not forgiving Tohru for beating Nezuko though.

I only personally really care for like 10 characters that I'm voting *for*. Everything else is spite from the last 10 years.

That's what the #2 should give you to be honest.

And yet only 2 of the 9 previous second seeds reached the final.

With the way seeding is determined, I don't think specific seeding matters that much. As in, there's not much of a difference between #2 and #5, for example, when it comes to bracket results. No statistical analysis behind that, though. Just a hunch.

Chitanda losing being the biggest upset of the round feelsbadman

Ryuuko making the finals of group D would be outrageous (and not just because I support Emilia). It's funny how this upset is causing this projection. Mayushii making her group's finals also seems relatively unlikely to me, not to mention winning it.

It wouldn't be that outrageous. She's made the final 8 three times before, though if she makes it this time it would primarily be due to Emilia performing poorly for a 3 seed.

I feel like the model is overestimating Mayuri. Her huge victory over Iino had as much to do with the anti-Kaguya vote as her own inherent popularity.

3 girls in top 10 scores are outside top 50 seed. wow. Well, looking at the names you can tell they are underseeded though.

Things may not bode well for **Emilia!** We can talk about tough opponents all we want, but other than like 1 round, she's only had underwhelming performances (despite being helped by her high seed - though she didn't have the greatest luck for her matchups). **Mayuri** expected to upset Ram? She made the quarterfinals in best girl 5 and 6, could she pull it again? Well, a win today would only bring her to the top 16, she would also need to beat Winry or Shouko.

I continue to be surprised by how much better Kurumi and Anju are doing than Emilia. Emilia is probably going to lose to Kurumi next round. But depending on when in the year Season 3 of Re:Zero releases next year, she'll get a big boost for next year.

> Emilia is probably going to lose to Kurumi next round This is not a sentence I ever expected to see before this round.

Yeah, I'd go even further and say that is not a sentence that ever should make sense. (I still love you, Kurumi.)

I mean after S4 I like Kurumi more than Emilia....

Hori is putting some crazy numbers too, looks like certain useless goddess is in danger. I should rewatch horimiya?

That's not as surprising given how well Hori did last year and her currently airing show.

This is the year of the Aqua. She's going all the way. MAYBE Lena stops her. Maybe.

Kurumi was up against Ami, that was as easy a matchup as you can have it at this point in the contest. Emilia's opposition was surprisingly high, but OPM remains a very beloved show so that might explain it. No way DAL or Kurumi in particular can get the same bonus - other than to personally spite me, of course. If Kurumi wins, this is the only reason I'll be able to come up with.

> other than to personally spite me, of course Good news! You can look forward to some more Kurumi shilling in 3 days.

You're lucky my time is very limited this year, else I could come up with so many more great Emilia screens and clips than you could ever counter with any Kurumi shilling!

Re:Zero event this weekend, so may boost it slightly. Still always weird to see such big discrepancies between voting totals within each bracket.

>Least Voted Matchup Emilia (3) Tatsumaki (67) 6413 Yeah no way Emilia will end up making it to top 4. She is high seeded because a lot of people know her, but not that many people will actually vote for her when it matters.

Need ReZero season 3

It all depends on winning the actual matchups. Unfortunately I don't quite disagree, but the majority of people voting for her future opponents could still vote for her in the actual matchups. There is no good reason she shouldn't be reaching the finals of her group at least this year. I'm also moving Mio pre-emptively on the grudge vote list for kicking her out in the group semis, and I've already ordered an extra large dose of salt for Sunday.

I can't believe how close the Homura/Mitsuri matchup was. It's a weird day in the contest when a win for the better character is what reveals the shit taste of the sub the most. That and Ami losing, but I've given up that fight long ago.

I don't know why people even pretend like this contest is for the quality of the characters. It's just a show popularity contest and occasionally people get guilted into voting for the less popular but better show (usually through memeing a character into being a certain level of "deserving", like Holo).

We all know very few people actually vote for character quality, that doesn't stop disappointment or saltiness. People vote based on quality, appearance, the show they're on, and it's all valid. That's what makes it a beautiful salt mine every year. I just think Mitsuri beating Homura would have been particularly egregious, just like Jibril beating Asuka a round or two ago.

Every win the prez's sister from Kaguya got is magnitudes more egregious than either of those. Kayo from Erased got beaten round one by the least popular of the Maid Dragons. Nanachi was beaten by Rudeus' mom round two (I guarantee even most Mushoku Tensei fans couldn't remember her name off the top of their head if you asked them point blank). Kino isn't even in the contest, lol. I don't vote or comment in them anymore usually, although this year is an exception. They're always shit taste shitshows.

That was disturbing, but Homura probably had anti-votes because she's not exactly super-likable.

If voting for "best written character", then I'd go Homura without a second thought. If limiting myself to Homura at the end of the series, then I'd also stick with Homura. But post Rebellion, she is too cray cray for me. I voted for her until the last round on the strength of character itself, but I can only support a character I do not like personality wise (no matter how one justifies it) so far. Mitsuri is nowhere as interesting, but she is also far more likeable. So personally, I am glad it wasn't a one-sided stomp. Not too salty with Homura going through, I would have voted for Anju next regardless of who won this round anyway.

It is the End of Evangelion ( girls )

We are (NOT) in the Contest

This sub does (not) have good taste

I’m just here to tell everyone to vote for Mayuri

yes, all power to TUTTURU!

> (14) Saber: 2625 vs (51) Ryuko: 4226 I feel a little better about Chitanda's narrow loss yesterday after seeing how big of a margin Saber got blitzed by. Emilia and Homura also narrowly squeaked by while Anju (apparently the GOAT) Emma destroyed her 4th straight opponent. I do wonder if there's some strategic voting going on in this bracket. Bingo Board Status: I lost 3 more this round (Chitanda, Misato and Yoko) bringing my total up to 15/25 dead but still no bingo. That could change this round if Holo or Anya [fall](https://imgur.com/a/URk2fMa)

>Who’s your favorite girl from a non-anime show? My mom

Same

Says a lot that I've only just noticed that Raphtalia didn't make the contest this year at all. 2nd season must have really taken it's toll for her to go from a mid-30s seed to completely out over the course of a year. Sad to see Ami go but I always knew it would happen. Thought Nino might have gotten a little closer to Aqua as well but here we are. Down to just Mio in this bracket and that's sure to end in disappointment soon. Voting for Kanade, Eris, and Mayuri. Kanade and Mayuri are easy picks. Yor is sadly underutilized in her show so far and I haven't been fully endeared to her yet so Eris it is. I cannot choose between Winry and Shouko. Happy if either move forward.

Funny thing about Raphtalia is that if even one person remembered to nominate her I'm pretty sure she still would've made it into the top quarter of the bracket.

You're probably right. She's a very likable character in a show everyone has forgotten about unfortunately.

If she would have been nominated, she no doubt would have made it. I think most nominators go for niche characters assuming the obvious girls will get in.

I have no doubt, but has such a thing ever happened to a character with a seed that high before? Still think it's pretty telling that she, and by extension the show, was effectively forgotten.

Yeah, plus there's not much time between processed nominations and the elimination rounds, so can't really check if someone has been missed.

RIP Beako I guess, never thought Anju would go this far >Who’s your favorite girl from a non-anime show? Raven from Teen Titans

RIP Saber now if only the Fate route had an adaptation

/r/anime did not lose their way. Today is a good day.

The results are decent which means that /r/anime did, in fact, lose its usual way.

How can you say r/anime lost its way when Ryuuko won? It's contradictory.

r/anime lost their way to the Holy Grail :(

Rei lost, r/anime has lost their way.

Homura won? There still may be hope in this world

Midsuri has been defeated

Ngl I'd be angry if Homura was to lose to a waifu bait character

**Today's Results**: Emilia's vote totals aren't great when Aqua, Hori, and Anju (which I'm surprised about) are breaking past 4.3k votes. I can see this Emilia vs. Kurumi matchup going the way of Kurumi. Saber got crushed which I'm sad over, but Ryuko is an older favorite and she gets to face an even older favorite in Round 5. Happy the Mio support there is there against Sasha. Aqua and Hori crushed their opponents for a big matchup in Round 5. Hori has had the slightly better vote totals for the last two rounds, but this is a direct H2H. Looking at Anju's bracket, it's pretty favorable for her to get this far which I'm not complaining about as a fan of the Snow Witch. Homura's vote totals also continue to remain poor, but I think having Anju as an opponent in Round 5 might help her out. Mitsuri broke 3k votes which is surprising to me. **Today's Voting**: Of the remaining 8 girls in Bracket A (Chika, Kanade, Yor, Eris, Shouko, Winry, Mayuri, and Ram) I only have decently strong support for Yor, Mayuri, and Ram. And Mayuri is facing Ram this round. Still, whoever makes it out on the right side of Bracket A is someone I'll be fine with.

Oh God.... I'm going to have to decide who to vote for between Emilia and Kurumi... two of my favorite characters....

One of them controls time and says "ara ara". I think it's a pretty clear choice. No hate to Emilia though.

Start of my upcoming bracket D shilling comment: > [Ara ara](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEX6V57GV8w)

This video is blessed

Oh wow, Ryuuko destroyed Saber. And here I was hoping for an easy next round for Mio. Alright, whose turn is it to post the moe moe kyun clip this year? [](#evilgrin) **Today's votes** : **Kanade Tachibana** \- ~~Chika Fujiwara~~ **Yor Forger** \- ~~Eris Boreas Greyrat~~ ~~Ram~~ \- **Mayuri Shiina** 2 easy, 1 difficult and 1 abstaining ~~^(I'll watch ASV when Shouko wins I swear)~~

> Alright, whose turn is it to post the moe moe kyun clip this year? Posting *Moe Moe Kyun* clips can help a girl win? [I'll keep this in mind next year for my girl Ranko!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF0kelypQqU)

Don't wait for Shouko to win to watch a silent voice, it's a great movie, so start watching it now!

I know, I'm just never in the mood for something that heavy. Been putting it off for a good few years now [](#giveuponlife)

I feel that, it was tough to watch and as much as I liked it I'm still hesitant to go back into it again. I don't want to spoil anything, but the whole movie isn't just constant depression.

Just hoping to carry this precious angel to the next phase >Kanade Tachibana - Chika Fujiwara

I guess our votes will cancel out today.

Even Mayushii [](#seasonaldisapproval)

> Emilia 3554 > Kurumi Tokisaki 4002 [](#utahapraises) Holy shit, she has a shot next round.

Fellow clock enjoyers assembling

Fellow ara ara enjoyers assembling

Until it’s revealed the people voting for Tokisaki are the same people voting for Emilia. You have to consider the overlap.

That's true for every match-up. Don't know how much of it was anti-Ami voters but am happy Kurumi even has a chance.

Nah, my vote for Tatsumaki will go straight back to Emilia

Did you see their opponents? A Toradora side character vs. the OPM main girl, who would you think is a tougher opponent? Also, my allegiance to Kurumi ended with that matchup, Emilia must win. I swear, there are dozens like me, dozens!

OPM's top girl is still a side character and Ami hovers the line between main/supporting (main on MAL and AniList). Tatsumaki likely got some votes from the "pick the show" crowd.

Yeah, the side vs. main wasn't the main argument (although personally I don't see how Ami could be considered a main character when Rem for instance was considered a supporting character). The show being much more popular probably played a bigger part.

Oof, even though I voted for Ryuuko I did not expect Saber to get bent over so badly. Despite being a perennial high seed, that makes it 7 straight contests now where Saber has failed to make to make top 8. Quite the fall for our former finalist. Kurumi looking very impressive. She might actually have a shot at upsetting Emilia next round. mini-challenge: Mary Jane Watson (Spiderman)

>Kurumi looking very impressive. She might actually have a shot at upsetting Emilia next round. I really hope so

So end the runs of all the Evangelion girls. For shame. Mini-challenge: are we limiting it to just shows? Then it's Katara, from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Mayuri vs Ram is tough but in the end i defer to the tuturu

Always defer to the tuturu!

this year's contest is wacked, a lot of the pre-established characters got uprooted left and right

# BG 10 Madness Round 4 Group D Update [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.* To end off Round 4, we have our best day of predictions for the round by just 1% over yesterday: 5.42 / 8 (67.75%). This is about 9% higher than our worse day which was Group A. We again have a whole slew of brackets reaching 7 / 8 (87.5%) correct picks with there being 15 for today. This makes 7 / 8 our highest accuracy on every single day of Round 4 with there being 4, 5, 9, and 15 brackets achieving it on the different days. *Our mysterious pair of Untitled brackets (if matched up) finally had a bad day and would only be... tied in 1st now.* **Score (Weighted) Leaderboard:** |Rank|Bracket Name|Score (max 1024)|Score Potential| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|Upsets are a myth — Testotesta (+0)|862 (+56)|1822 (-24)| |2|Syrefva — Syrefva (+0)|858 (+56)|2090 (-8)| |3|DJBays "Winning" Prediction (+6)|849 (+56)|1809 (-0)| |4|BG10 Jopyrus (+6)|848 (+56)|2032 (-0)| |5|mpp's A+B — mpp00 (+7)|847 (+56)|2063 (-0)| |6|Covaxe — Covaxe (-2)|845 (+48)|1869 (-8)| |7|Best Girl 10 grimis cares (-1)|844 (+48)|2108 (-8)| |8|U/ryhafke Best Girl 10 AB (+0)|843 (+48)|1803 (-8)| |9|EXPLOSION — Malthael07 (+10)|840 (+56)|2056 (-8)| |10|Best Girl X Group A & B — Krugo (+1)|840 (+48)|1976 (-24)| |11|Shiveon (+2)|838 (+48)|2070 (-8)| |12|Best Girl X — Lemon\_Mochii (+2)|837 (+48)|2053 (-32)| |13|SkyEagle003's prediction — skyeagle003 (-8)|836 (+40)|2084 (-40)| |14|Schibelscky — Schibelscky (+9)|836 (+56)|1956 (-8)| |15|Best Girl 10 — 02Hiro (-8)|835 (+40)|2067 (-16)| **Picks (Unweighted) Leaderboard:** |Rank|Bracket Name|Picks (max 480)|Picks Potential| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|Syrefva — Syrefva (+0)|421 (+7)|450 (-1)| |2|BG10 Jopyrus (+0)|420 (+7)|446 (-0)| |3|Covaxe — Covaxe (+0)|418 (+6)|448 (-1)| |4|mpp's A+B — mpp00 (+3)|418 (+7)|445 (-0)| |5|My Utterly Terrible Choices BG:X - mynameisnoobish (-1)|418 (+6)|444 (-3)| |6|6feetdiep's Best Girl Madness X1 (-2), EXPLOSION — Malthael07 (+2)|417 (+5, +7)|445 (-2, -1)| |8|Upsets are a myth — Testotesta (+1)|417 (+7)|443 (-2)| |9|Best Girl 10 — 02Hiro (-3), Shiveon (+0)|416 (+5, +6)|444 (-2, -1)| |11|Best Girl X — Lemon\_Mochii (+1)|415 (+6)|443 (-3)| |12|SkyEagle003's prediction — skyeagle003 (-1)|414 (+5)|443 (-4)| |13|99% of gamblers quit before they win big — jwefoijiowjfi (+2)|414 (+7)|442 (-1)| |14|Best Girl X Group A & B — Krugo (+0)|414 (+6)|440 (-2)| |15|Prediction for u/ Zeralyos (-2)|414 (+5)|437 (-3)|

Missed the Ryuuko upset today... quite surprised since it felt like she had been falling off in this contest over the last couple years. The good thing is I had Mio winning this next matchup anyways... the bad thing is I'm not sure she can do it. Tomorrow is Group A, so I'm fully expecting to fall off a little bit since it's been my kryptonite this whole contest... and also Round 5 is 16 points per prediction, we're gonna see some pretty spicy results haha

I also predicted the Saber upset one round too late, unfortunate, but at least we still have a chance to get points next round... maybe. I can get max 3/4 for group A tomorrow, but I feel like the only one I'm too worried about is Yor hopefully she can pull it off because I have her upsetting Chika next round... my picks might have been too spicy though, we'll see lol.

“Aw man I can’t believe I forgot to keep up with Best Girl, let’s see what I mis- WHAT DO YOU MEAN HANABI TO ROUND 5?”

Mayushii's watch must keep going...

This is the first time ever that Saber hasn't made it to the 5th round. Everybody who voted against her should be sent to Tiger Dojo 13.

I love all the salt Anju has brought us.

Saber got crushed by a lot more than I expected. Other than that, the votes either went my way, or in a way that I am not too surprised. Other than Emilia and Homura all the other winner this round hit got over 4k or came really near it (Mio) Given the way things have gone, I am going to root for a Ryuuko vs Anju Group D Final, even though Kyouko is probably the one who is going to take this group. Next Round: Chika, Yor, Shouko and.. Mayuri I guess.

> Emilia vs Kurumi FUCK I'M SCARED. also, any reason how Emilia has the least amount of votes out of all the winners in group d?

Her opponent was from a well-beloved show, that explains some of it. It also explains why Kurumi was crushing her opponent as opposed to Emilia. As for why less people voted on her match-up, that's surprising for sure. Maybe some indifference because she'd win anyways or because some other people found the matchup less interesting?

Holy shit, I cannot believe that you guys voted for Hori over Rei. I knew this sub had shit taste but this shit is just on another level, did you lose your sense of taste alltogether because of COVID or something? Hori is a DEVELOPED character from a STUPID show who only won because her show is more popular. She has been given some characterization and is just there to give an actual character arc and cute romance to idiots with shit taste. Meanwhile Rei has no personality and a deliberate lack of characterization. She has an actual character arc and is deliberately made to be a motionless fuckdoll unlike Hori. Of course you wouldn't understand that because you have literally no taste whatsoever and will vote for whichever waifu is from the new show you just watched. I bet you haven't even watched any of Evangelion's fanservice because it's too old and prefer to watch the newest cute romance trash anime instead. Absolutely disgusting. I thought this subreddit was supposed to be for men of culture, but I suppose I was mistaken. I'll be taking my leave now for the Evangelion rule 34 sub where they actually have a semblance of taste. Good day sir.

I can't tell if this comment is serious or sarcasm

Pleasantly surprised Ryuuko beated Saber, sad Tatsumaki, Ami, and Nino all lost. I like Aqua quite a bit, but I feel Nino is like the best written character in Quintessential Quintuplets.

>I feel Nino is like the best written character in Quintessential Quintuplets. Easy there! This is a war zone already, and you want to start a quint war here on top of that?

In fairness, my tsundere bias may be showing.

Nino is not just a tsundere though, she's just a tsuntsun. \[Quintessential Quintuplets\]>!And turns dere later but exclusively for the main character.!< Dammit, now I'm already participating in the quint war.

Saber losing that badly is heresy but also likely the product of her age and how much of her content is locked away outside anime.

Did not expect such a thrashing for Saber.

...i dropped date a live after what...4 episode...? ...is this kurumi really this big of a deal...? Meanwhile my king lost, but at least was against a worthy opponent... ...and please please please, can we kill anju next round? c'mon.... (Chika,Eris,Shouko, Mayuri... today was easy...)

> is this kurumi really this big of a deal...? She's a superb character who benefits a lot from the author having the patience to only slowly reveal the true nature of who she is over the length of the story. This gives her a lot of texture, and also creates this sense of anticipation whenever she appears. Plus, her design is amazing.

It also helps that S4 finally had her story arc where she goes from being the most interesting character and the girl everyone is downbad for, seriously Kurumi is just seductive as all hell, to easily the best girl in Date A Live and deserving of her popularity. She best girls so fucking hard in the latter half of S4 it's honestly insane.

Kurumi is 70-80% of the show's merchandise (despite it having a sizeable harem cast) and has basically carried DAL into getting a fifth season plus some OVAs. [On this site](https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?Brand=578), she's 32 of the 45 figures.

> one figure costs $1990 > another costs $1630 and is sold out This... this can't be USD... can it? What the hell

Anime fans are something else. Ever consider a [character-themed fork?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7YoL4ScCRc&t=542s)

Man is singlehandedly funding the anime.

His actual wife sounds almost as good as his waifu lol Also, a lot of that merch looks amazing, as in stuff that you'd buy just for the aesthetics even without knowing anything about the character. Not only is it really nicely made, but the art styles are very varied and it doesn't look generic at all.

Outside the reddit bubble Kurumi has always been one of the most popular girls of all time. She is like finding a gem in the trash can that is Date a Live.

Kurumi is a gem but I wouldn't consider Date A Live trash. It has a good story and there are other good characters besides Kurumi.

Kurumi is a great character that comes out of nowhere. The show is a pretty mid harem show. She's a bit like Esdeath a Tually. Where she outshines the show she's in. Just with more actual pathos and I interesting background.

Im out. Bracket rigged as usual. All my best girls are gone now. Time to go cry in a waifu pillow fort til the next one

Yor vs. Eris was a tough choice for me…but I don’t know how I could ever not vote Yor. God damnet.

At least K-on isn't completely out of it yet

VOTE KANADE! KUUDERE SUPREMACY!

How the hell did beatrice lose against anju ? (Especially after s2 content ) I cant even remember much about anju .. if lena was the one to win against anju i would have accepted the result but anju ?? I guess some people just vote for anju because they dont want to vote for a re:zero character or beatrice herself .. Also saber losing by this much is surprising .. i guess people only remember heavens feel saber Mc : who is your favorite girl from non-anime show ? Toph from avatar : the last airbender

Last round went as expected, with the exception of Ryuuko absolutely crushing Saber, what's up with that? Tatsumaki also got worryingly close to Emilia. (If I wanted to be mean, I'd say it's worrying for the people voting for Tatsumaki and even worse against Emilia, but I'm not saying it. I might just think it.) Down to eight girls in group A, I'm voting all right today - although Shouko really deserves the win, and I'd vote Mayushii if I didn't prefer to play the Bingo for a little bit longer (I also like Ram just a little bit more). MC: Technically right but slightly cheating would be to answer Korra. I'm not quite prepared to include all live action series I've watched, but I did always like Andromeda's Rommie.

This captcha is getting out of control man, sometimes 5-6+ screens to be able to vote. wtf

[But it's easy!](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/5f630df2014da_yJc4X7c__700.jpg)

Do I need to rewatch **86** again? Because since the first rounds I kept repeating that **Anju's** votes were because people were actually confusing her with Lena. But we have had multiple rounds by now so thats weird... I just cannot comprehend how she can get almost 1,000 votes over characters like **Emilia**?! Did I miss anything when watching 86? I'm glad **Homura** won tho, I would be salty if she had also lost, **Beako** was enough for one day. Rest in Peace, Beatrice, I do Choose You. \--------------- For next round I'm cheering for **Chika**, **Eris** and **Ram**

Can't believe Saber lost to Ryuuko wtf guys ;\_;

To give you the pov of someone who voted for Ryuuko, Saber was just more forgettable in my experience. I only watched the ufotable Fate titles and I don't think she gets as much attention in them as she does in other titles. Ryuuko, on the other hand, is the main character of her show and at least to me, she was way more memorable than Saber. I ended up really liking and enjoying her story and her being the main vocal point of it makes her an integral part of the experience. In the ufotable animes, Saber feels much more like a supporting charter (which she is). While does get her time to shine on some occasions, she fails to leave as big of an impact as Rin, Sakura, Archer, Shirou, and Gilgamesh

You really should watch Fate: Zero. Its much more of an ensemble cast than UBW but they really go into their motivations and personalities a lot more. And the reason why Saber feels less front and centre than Rin in UBW is because she is because in UBW where its specifically for Rin just like Heavens Feel is for Sakura and Fate route is for Saber.

But Saber in Fate/Zero isn’t even her real character… She isn’t some noble knight with emotions and ideals about chivalry.

[Farewell, **Nino!**](https://imgur.com/9ZKwTtL) 5 girls left in my bingo. ^^Which ^^means ^^my ^^Bingo ^^could ^^still ^^be ^^alive ^^if ^^I ^^positioned ^^them ^^better. ^^Note ^^for ^^next ^^year! **Saber** losing by a 1.6:1 margin was quite a surprise! Well, **Ryuuko** is quite the tough opponent I suppose. More and more girls (contenders or not) are getting >4000 votes now... Which may not bode well for **Emilia**, who only had 3500 votes. Sure she had a tough opponent, but at this point most matchups have tough opponents, didn't stop the other girls from getting 4k against the likes of Saber, Rei, an AoT girl, a Re:Zero girl... All this to say: I wouldn't be *that* surprised to see a 30>3 upset next round! For this round: One girl at risk for me, so vote **Chika!** Also vote **Mayuri**, let's get a Steins Gate girl in the top 16! And while we're at it, let's bring **Shouko** in too, to give a scare to the top contenders! >Mini Challenge: Who’s your favorite girl from a non-anime show? I don't watch a lot of non-anime shows so I feel like my answer for this will never change; **Kim Wexler** from Better Call Saul!

Did... did you forget bingo is about five in a line instead of protecting the four corners at all costs?

Hah, I usually put them in a diagonal line, but I made this one on a new website and after placing them randomly before realizing I couldn't swap them easily, I remade them quickly without thinking too much about it, and had a brain fart! ^^Maybe ^^I ^^was ^^positioning ^^them ^^more ^^like ^^in ^^a ^^tower ^^defense ^^game

> 5 girls left in my bingo. [Top right Marin gang unite!](https://i.imgur.com/oYGmqrP.png)

Day 16 of lying on the ground and counting to ten because I’m so fucking mad.

Honestly, today was better than most. Not seeing much that has me saying "wow fuck r/anime" so for today at least I'll live.

Silent Voice was the first anime that I watched and cried. I had depression for a few weeks.

Not really much surprising yesterday imo, except that Hori completely decimated Rei. Aqua might actually be in trouble. **Today** Chika and Kanade is so tough for me, they are both in my top 10 easily. So I’m going to give Kanade the vote… if she wins, great. If not at least it will be a closer match. Also, would love to see Kanade make a new record for how long she has lasted in these contests. She constantly gets eliminated in Round 5. Other than that I am voting exclusively for favourites, except Mayuri over Ram. Looking at last week’s results though that should be Mayuri’s to lose. Good, she deserves it. (I like Winry a ton as well, but not as much as Shouko) **Today’s Question** That’s tough!! But maybe Eleven from Stranger Things, or most of the characters (but especially Misty) from Yellowjackets.

Last day of Round 4, I guess since each day of Round 5 only has 4 matches I might as well comment on all of them, but that's a tomorrow problem. Anyway... **Kurumi Tokisaki** v. Ami Kawashima – I guess I really need to watch *Date a Live* cause I'm a little floored that a decade old harem anime just snuffed out the last of the *Toradora* girls by a country mile. I guess with a fifth season on the way the show does still have some legs, so I shouldn't be surprised, but *Toradora*? Oh well. Saber v. **Ryuuko Matoi** – On the other side of the equation, here we have an actual upset by pretty much the same margin. I'm for it since I always just kinda found Saber a little bland for my taste, but I'd be lying if both options weren't solid picks to enter the Round of 32. It's matches like this that keep things interesting around here. **Mio Akiyama** v. Sasha Blouse – The last of the *K-On!* girls keeps the flame going while avenging her underclassman. How poetic. Those vote totals make me a little worried that her journey ends here despite a higher seed placement compared to Ryuuko, but sometimes I've just gotta put my faith in the seeding. Go Mio Go! **Anju Emma** v. Beatrice – I'm a broken record at this point, and while I'm not big on Beatrice myself, this just feels wrong. I must have watched a different version of 86 then the rest of y'all cause this kinda of fervent support for a forgettable member of the side cast defies reason. **Homura Akemi** v. Mitsuri Kanroji – Congrats to all the Homura fans I've seen in the comments. The subreddit gets to live another day, though the fact that the vote totals were that close does kinda dampen the mood. Whatever, a win is a win, regardless of totals. Hold your heads high and batten down the hatches for the next match up. On the overall, Group D has shaped up nicely as we round out the Top 32. Kurumi's got a tough road ahead of her with the 3 seed in her sights, but crazier things have happened before. Mio looks to cling on as the sole *K-On!* girl left, but faces stiff competition in Ryuuko (to speak nothing of what comes later). Hori's the underdog going up against the 6 seed, but was able to pull up more votes in Round 4 than her opponent did, so if she can maintain that momentum she's golden. As for the last match, best of luck Homura. Do us all proud!

> I guess I really need to watch Date a Live Kurumi's a side character that, outside a background cameo, doesn't show up until episode [DAL]>!7.!< Best options are: 1. **Date A Bullet**. Standalone for the spinoff LN series, 51 minutes, available on CrunchyRoll under Date A Live as season 31. 2. **Kurumi Star Festival** OVA made between seasons 2 and 3. 29 minutes, though you'll need to sail the seas to watch it.

Emilia didn't win her matchup as dominantly as I hoped but at least she won with a slightly higher margin than last round. Her next round opponent Kurumi however got more votes than her which is concerning but it might be due to emilia having had a stronger opponent (I'm not coping no..). Also Ryuuko demolished Saber with like 1.6k more votes, I'll take it, but that was very surprising. On the other side of the bracket we have 3 girls winning with 2k votes up. And I really don't know where Anju is getting all these votes from. I'm already expecting her to win just as easily vs Homura. Aqua vs Hori matchup will propably decide at least the right side of this bracket though. Today's Votes: * **Chika (1)** \- Kanade (32): This is propably the last time I will be voting for Chika this contest, but I do slightly prefer her over Kanade * Yor (16) - **Eris (48)**: Closest matchup for me today. Eris really grew on me over time and I think Yor would need a bit more focus and development in her show for her to overtake Eris for me. But when she eventually does in the next season, this matchup might swing for me **Shouko (8)** \- Winry (25): Matchup I propably care the least about today. Both girls didn't leave that big of an impression on me after watching their show/movie. But Shouko is cute, so my vote goes to her. Mayuri (56) - **Ram (24):** Going to side with the second best Re:Zero girl over the second best Steins;Gate girl here. >Mini Challenge Hard one since I don't watch many non-anime series, but maybe Suki from avatar

> (I'm not coping no..) *Narrator: "He was, in fact, coping"* Joking aside, I do believe she had tough matchups, but... Top girls manage to crush it despite getting tough matchups. And all her matchups are going to be tough from this point on, Kurumi, Ryuuko/Mio, Aqua/Hori...

[GET CHANCE AND LUCK MOTHER FUCKERS DONT LET KANADE LOSE!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmnwh4u9y0)

Everybody be sure to vote for Shouko Nishimiya. This is her year!

Aqua from Kingdom Hearts, if she counts.

>Who’s your favorite girl from a non-anime show? Azula

Its not gonna happen, but I would love it if Kanade Tachibana took the win here. She is the last surviving Key character by a noticabloe margin, as to be expected from the runner up of the most popular Key character contest for the company's 20th anniversary (behind only Kyosuke Natsume of Little Busters). I wish the other Key characters did better (ESSPECIALLY Tomoyo), but I am happy to see Kanade get this far.

THIS IS THE YEAR HOLO WINS IT.

Day 16 of lying on the ground and counting to ten because I’m so fucking mad.

Today is the day of Camlann, the day when the king fell.