International Saimoe League

[Bane of Soldiers]

Stella 0 made me bleed on the inside....

Anyhow, I submitted these to ballot:
• Misaka Mikoto, Shana
• Toshinō Kyōko, Hoshii Miki
• Louise Vallière, Asahina Mikuru
• abstain, abstain (who are these people >_>)
• Index L. Prohibitorum, Oshino Shinobu
• Haruna, Mikazuki Yozora
• Fujibayashi Kyō, Sakagami Tomoyo
• Fear Kubrick, Akaza Akari
• Hiiragi Kagami, Hecate

[ZERO]

Here are the orders for the latest votes:

• Misaka Mikoto, Nakano Azusa, Katsura Hinagiku, Senjōgahara Hitagi, Nagato Yuki, Suzumiya Haruhi, Tōsaka Rin, Sengoku Nadeko, Saber, Akiyama Mio, Shana, Aisaka Taiga
  
  • That was hard
• Toshinō Kyōko, Hoshii Miki, Shinonome Hakase, Iwasawa Asami, Laura Bodewig, Inui Sana, Shinomiya Ayase, Kanzaki H. Aria, Mine Riko
• Kagura, Sakurano Kurimu, Yin, Asahina Mikuru, Chrome Dokuro, Louise Vallière, Erza Scarlet, Suigintō, Kuroko
• Matsumae Ohana, Haqua du Lot Herminium, Kaga Rin, Yune, Makise Kurisu, Miu, Hakamada Hinata, Kunieda Aoi, Aragaki Ayase
• Isayama Yomi, Oshino Shinobu, Index L. Prohibitorum, Fate Testarossa, Ryōgi Shiki, Hinamori Amu, Lala Satalin Deviluke, Ikaros, Chii
• Shinonome Nano, Haruna, Alice, Yozora, Kanade, Inami, Hotogi Shirayuki, Taneshima Poplar, Oikawa Tsurara
  
  • This was a hard one
• Shiina Mafuyu, Fujibayashi Kyō, Kamio Misuzu, Saginomiya Isumi, Hiiragi Tsukasa, Sakagami Tomoyo, Saten Ruiko, Alice, Enma Ai
• Fear Kubrick, , Sakura Kyōko, Tomoe Mami, Miki Sayaka, Yarizui Sen, Uryū Minene, Ayuzawa Misaki, Ayase Chihaya
• Hiiragi Kagami, Okazaki Ushio, Uiharu Kazari, Kawasumi Mai, Furude Rika, Hecate, Kotegawa Yui, Hoshina Utau, C.C.

[Bane of Soldiers]

Well, some of the results were surprising, others weren't. The top three winners of each pool pass preliminary round and will be part of this year's competition. The losers will move on to Phase II of the preliminary season in order to be a part of this year's competitors.

Winners:

• Aisaka Taiga, Misaka Mikoto, and Shana.
  The flame-haired & red-hot-eyed hunter takes first, BiriBiri takes second, and the Palmtop Tiger takes third.
  
  
• Iwasawa Asami, Iwasawa Asami, Mine Riko.
  The Quad Holmes took first, then GDM's singer took second, and the True Quad eased into third. Disappointing result, but very predictable
  
  
• Asahina Mikuru, Louise Vallière, Shirai Kuroko.
  The Void user pulled first, then came the SOS-dan's mascot, and finally a level 4 teleporter took third. I am puzzled as to why anyone voted for third in a contest of moe....
  
  
• Aragaki Ayase, Haqua du Lot Herminium, Makise Kurisu.
  The names in reverse order will reveal who came first, second, and third.
  
  
• Ikaros, Index L. Prohibitorum, Oshino Shinobu.
  The vampire came in first and the ever hungry Index received third.
  
  
• Haruna, Mikazuki Yozora, Suzutsuki Kanade.
  The chainsaw wielding Mahou Shoujo came close to losing third place to Hotogi Shirayuki by 134 votes
  
  
• Fujibayashi Kyō, Sakagami Tomoyo, Shiina Mafuyu.
  The CLANNAD duo came out strongest, with the tsundere following the school council president.
  
  
• Ayuzawa Misaki, Fear Kubrick, Sakura Kyōko.
  The lance wielding Mahou Shoujo takes first, followed by a cursed and cursing cube, and then by a tsundere school council president who happens to work at a maid cafe
  
  
• C.C., Hecate, Hiiragi Kagami.
  The Geass takes home gold, followed by the tsundere, and trailed by the quiet and sheltered Hecate.

[ZERO]

No time so:
ARENA 01: Akemi Homura Charlotte Dunois Eucliwood Hellscythe [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Hasegawa Kobato [Kashiwazaki Sena] Kōsaka Kirino Kuroi Mato Nakamura Yuri Tachibana Kanade Victorique de Blois Yui
ARENA 02: Hanato Kobato [Hirasawa Yui] Kanzaki Kaori [Kawashima Ami] Kinomoto Sakura Konjiki no Yami Kuchiki Rukia Nymph Tsukimiya Ayu
ARENA 03: [Astarotte Ygvar] Honma Meiko Horizon Ariadust (P-01s) Kaname Madoka [Kisaragi Chihaya] Minato Tomoka Shinonono Hōki Tsugumi Yuzuriha Inori
ARENA 04: Ayanami Rei Evangeline A.K. McDowell [Furukawa Nagisa] [Hirasawa Ui] Kuronuma Sawako Last Order Ryūgū Rena Takamachi Nanoha Yūki Mikan
ARENA 05: [Ika-Musume] Kirishima Shōko Morishima Haruka Nakagawa Kanon Nanasaki Ai Oshimizu Nako Reki Shiina Mayuri [Tōwa Erio]
ARENA 06: Ichinose Kotomi [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Kōzuki Kallen Kushieda Minori Lucy Heartfilia [Sanzen'in Nagi] Shinku Suiseiseki Tainaka Ritsu
ARENA 07: [Amami Haruka] Himeji Mizuki Irisviel von Einzbern Kasugano Sora [Sena Airi] Shiomiya Shiori Tsurugi Minko Wendy Marvell Yamada Aoi
ARENA 08: Haibara Ai [Hanekawa Tsubasa] Holo Hyūga Hinata Ibuki Fūko Izumi Konata [Kotobuki Tsumugi] Maria Sōryū Asuka Langley
ARENA 09: Anjō Naruko Dalian [Elucia de Lute Irma] Gasai Yuno Konoe Subaru Shimada Minami Takahara Ayumi Takakura Himari [Ueno Kirika]

[Bane of Soldiers]

Arena 1, of course, had some difficult selections, but not as much as the first day. I predict a landslide vistory by Kanade, Homura, and Kuroneko. In the other arenas, most contestants have no chance against the ever popular K-On and Clannad. (With the exception of Ritsu, she never does well.)

• Nakamura Yuri, Tachibana Kanade
• Hirasawa Yui, Tsukimiya Ayu
• Kisaragi Chihaya, Shinonono Hōki
• Furukawa Nagisa, Last Order
• Morishima Haruka, Tōwa Erio
• Ichinose Kotomi, Sanzen'in Nagi
• Himeji Mizuki, Shiomiya Shiori
• Holo, Kotobuki Tsumugi
• Konoe Subaru, Takahara Ayumi

[Bane of Soldiers]

Results for Day 2 of Preliminary Phase I. My predictions were pretty accurate, although K-On and Clannad didn't place the first-second that I anticipated.

• Akemi Homura, Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko), Tachibana Kanade
  Of course, Tenshi wins gold. But I'm kinda surprised that Kuroneko was forced from first by over 1000 votes, as she is very popular; I thought Akemi Homura would take second, but she lost to Kuroneko by ~200 votes, and beat Yuu and Char by ~100 and ~200 votes respectively. I'm wondering if Tenshi has anything to do with it, or that the Homura faction is not as strong as I had thought it would be.
  
  
• Hirasawa Yui, Konjiki no Yami, Nymph
  K-On cleanly slides into first, followed by Nymph, and then Yami. These three placed without much difficulty, fourth place being ~500 votes away from Yami.
  
  
• Honma Meiko, Kaname Madoka, Yuzuriha Inori
  New anime seasons prevail, with Guilty Crown and AnoHana triumphing over another Puella Magi faction. Guilty Crown, weak in previous rounds, easily took first by ~700 over Meiko and Madoka
  
  
• Furukawa Nagisa, Hirasawa Ui, Last Order
  Surprisingly, Last Order stands at first, followed by the bean bread lover and the responsible sister. Toaru is popular after all, but was interesting that Clannad and K-On, perhaps more popular, were defeated at the hands of a supercomputer of a genetic clone.
  
  
• Kirishima Shōko, Nakagawa Kanon, Tōwa Erio
  Idk who any of these girls are. Erio wins, followed by Shoko and then Kanon. This grouping consisted mostly of the smaller titles in this competition
  
  
• Ichinose Kotomi, Illyasviel von Einzbern, Sanzen'in Nagi
  Berserker's Master takes first, followed by one of the legendary tsundere four/five (if you count aria), and then by the screeching violin.
  
  
• Himeji Mizuki, Irisviel von Einzbern, Shiomiya Shiori
  Von Einzbern takes the crown again! And then comes Mizuki and Shiori takes third.
  
  
• Holo, Izumi Konata, Kotobuki Tsumugi
  Surprising results... Holo not only makes it into the regular season, she places first in her arena. Equally surprising is that Konata beat out the pastry-serving pianist, who hails from a legendary moe pool.
  
  
• Elucia de Lute Irma, Gasai Yuno, Konoe Subaru
  Don't know much about these girls either. Subaru barely gets away with first, and the Future-Diary-yandere-ish girl lags behind Irma by less than a hundred votes
  

[Bane of Soldiers]

So it appears that my idea around the seeding round was wrong. "The results of this event will be used towards initial seeding of Contestants in the Regular Season only." So all the girls from the 0 group will be competitors in the regular season. This stuff still is confusing... So as it stands, these girls have made it in

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