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ISML 2022: Mikoto Misaka Wins Aquamarine Necklace

ISML 2022: Mikoto Misaka Wins Aquamarine Necklace Hachiman Hikigaya Takes Aquamarine Pendant

By Jo-Ryan Salazar The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue 12 December 2022

Mention the words Mikoto Misaka and Aquamarine and you mention a combo that withstands the tests of time. A clear-cut favorite to finally get over the hump and win re-election as Saimoe Prime Minister, Misaka routed Rikka Takamashi 4048-1923 to win the Necklace on Match Day 6 of the 2022 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period. Yukino Yukinoshita was third with 1649 votes, Violet Evergarden was fourth with 1314 votes, Kurumi Tokisaki was fifth with 1058 votes, Mai Sakurajima was sixth with 643 votes, Rem was seventh with 541 votes and Eru Chitanda was last with 467 votes in a rare tough day out for Hyouka.

Hachiman Hikigaya won the Aquamarine Pendant, accelerating past Accelerator 3786-2455. Yuuta Togashi was third with 1891 votes, Houtarou Oreki was fourth with 1298 votes, Sakuta Azusagawa was fifth with 862 votes, Kazuto Kirigaya was sixth with 738 votes, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was seventh with 544 votes and Sora was last with 487 votes.

A number of faces were spared the cut in the Female Division Wildcard: Sora Kasugano (2813), Isla (2867), Kanade Tachibana (2869), Index Prohibitorum (3540), Ritsu Tainaka (2786) and Ai Haibara (3183). In the Male Division Wildcard, advancing to the Amethyst were Masamune Izumi (1991), Kaito Kuroba (2304), Dio Brando (1900), Saika Totsuka (2239), Nasa Yuzaki (2097) and Ainz Ooal Gown (1894).

Seasonal matches also took place. In Seasonal action, Nezuiko Kamado defeated Illyasviel von Einzbern 2785-2230, Silence Suzuka raced past Tooru Amuro 2727-2111, Kotoko Iwanaga prevailed over Sakura Matou 2337-2066, Takagi thumped Ninym Ralei (3070-1686, Special Week stormed past Momo Chiyoda 2640-1569, Renge Miyauchi blew past Toge Inumaki 2885-1559, Kobayashi roared past Kyaru 2620-1995 and Sajina Inui cruised past Wakana Gojou 2960-1146.

Eris Boreas Greyrat defeated Yuuko Yoshida 2363-1811, Ai Hayasaka routed Zhuge Kongming 3696-1559, Miko Iino tore down Zhong Lanzhu 3255-1181, Tohka Yatogami crushed Eika Tsukimi 3116-1653, Yoshino leveled Shouko Komi 3057-1914, Shikimori rolled past Filo 2817-1426, Tomoyo Sakagami upended Kogorou Mouri 3022-2047 anf Ushio Kofune defeated Reina Aharen 2556-2095.

Wrapping up Seasonal action, Ushio Okazaki hammered Serena 3308-1144, Fuuko Ibuko blazed pastMio Kofune 2958-1653, Kurumi trounced Hinata Hyuuga 3249-1876, Ruka Sarashina slayed Son Goku 2619-1704, Sumi Sakurasawa won the closest race of the round, a 2119-2102 thriller over Shalltear Bloodfallen, Kei Karuizawa annihilated Hizuru Minakata 3010-1736, Yume Irido mowed down Jolyn Kuujou 2780-1865, Albedo defeated Ayano Yugiri 2310-1994, Suzune Horikita whipped past Nazuna Nanakusa 2938-1840, Kisaraslammed David Martinez 3104-1409 and Lucy eased past Rin Shima 2333-1881.

Match Day 1 of the 2022 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period is scheduledfor 13 December 2022. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate. And keep it right here on the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the world's premier anime character competition, the International Saimoe League.

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Cowards.

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ISML Voting

ARENA 01: Shokuhō Misaki [[Abstain]] Emilia ARENA 02: [[Akemi Homura]] Hinazuki Kayo ARENA 03: Kanbe Kotori [[Hirasawa Yui]] ARENA 04: Izetta [[Abstain]] Ai-chan ARENA 05: Onodera Kosaki [[Fate Testarossa]] ARENA 06: [[Louise Vallière]] Suzumiya Haruhi ARENA 07: [[Minami Kotori]] Aqua ARENA 08: Holo [[Abstain]] Beatrice ARENA 09: Miyauchi Renge [[Abstain]] Asada Shino ARENA 10: [[Kaname Madoka]] Takimoto Hifumi ARENA 11: [[Sakura Chiyo]] Shiodome Miuna ARENA 12: C.C. [[Abstain]] Miyazono Kaori ARENA 13: Shirayuki [[Abstain]] Tokisaki Kurumi ARENA 14: Aoyama Nanami [[Konno Yūki]] ARENA 15: Konjiki No Yami [[Abstain]] Kanzaki H. Aria ARENA 16: Genos [[Abstain]] Natsume Takashi ARENA 17: Satomi Rentarō [[Abstain]] Uchimaki Subaru ARENA 18: Killua Zoldyck [[Abstain]] Reigen Arataka ARENA 19: Doma Taihei [[Abstain]] Natsuki Subaru ARENA 20: Saiki Kusuo [[Abstain]] Nakajima Atsushi ARENA 21: Hei [[Abstain]] Aikawa Ayumu ARENA 22: Togashi Yūta [[Abstain]] Shiba Tatsuya ARENA 23: Sakamaki Izayoi [[Abstain]] Kageyama Shigeo ARENA 24: Kazehaya Kamito [[Abstain]] Sakai Yūji ARENA 25: Kikuhiko [[Abstain]] Sakata Gintoki ARENA 26: [[Edward Elric]] Shimazu Toyohisa ARENA 27: Kraft Lawrence [[Abstain]] Felix Argyle ARENA 28: Inuzuka Kōhei [[Abstain]] Kyon ARENA 29: Dazai Osamu [[Abstain]] L Lawliet ARENA 30: Roy Mustang [[Abstain]] Lancer ARENA 31: [[Tachibana Kanade (Angel)]] Itsuka Kotori ARENA 32: Sora [[Abstain]] Accelerator

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Winners of ISML(International Saimoe League) 2008-2022

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(vía https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6pXzhpCWNU)

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In an upset for the ages, Eru Chitanda became the 2015 International Saimoe League champion! I was rather pleased with her victory because she was the only one besides Kosaki Onodera in the Tiara Finals that can actually be considered moe. I suppose, to a lesser extent, Makise Kurisu and Yoshino are moe, as well, but Eru is probably the most moe out of all the contestants in the Tiara Finals. Let’s face it; her opponent in the final match, Yukino Yukinoshita, is an unlikable character from a mediocre anime. I have absolutely no idea why the fuck she was supported so much throughout the entire year.

The victory felt quite hollow, however. You should read through the ISML forums as the action unfolds in the tournament. It is absolute madness. You’ll find loads of crazy talk about anti-votes, strategies, and sabotaging other contestants. They were talking about how Eru might have been the weakest winner of the Tiara in the history of ISML. You know you’ve got issues with your competition when the participants themselves don’t even buy the results.

You may wonder how these people could possibly know how many of the votes in a match were due to people anti-voting a specific character without actually going out and talking to the people who voted. In the case of the final match between Eru Chitanda and Yukino Yukinoshita, however, I think they have a point. You see, before the competition even began this year, ISML announced that there was going to be a Tournament of Champions after the normal Tiara events had concluded. This tournament was going to feature only previous winners of the Tiara.

Well, one of the issues ISML is battling right now is swarms of people with shit taste that blindly support a single girl and vote for every other match in a way that they perceive will be beneficial to that one girl they support. Namely, there are three girls that are supported by masses of crazed voters like this: Kanade Tachibana, Misaka Mikoto, and Ruri Gokou. I can understand the support for Kuroneko because she’s actually really moe. As for Misaka, I’ve never seen her anime, so I won’t comment on her. However, Kanade…I don’t know what the fuck to say about that. It makes no sense at all, but people come out in swarms to vote for Kanade.

I don’t think there are as many supporters for these 3 girls as it would first seem, though. It’s just that their supporters are so dedicated that they will cheat their way to victory by taking advantage of the poor accountability inherent in a voting system executed over the Internet. It’s not like a national election where everyone is assigned a specific poll location and each voter is checked to assure they each only vote once. When you hold a vote like this over the Internet, all the vote-counters have to go by are IP addresses. Well, it’s easy for people to change IP addresses via proxy servers. Someone can submit 30 votes, change the contestants they are voting for each time except for one match where they vote for the one girl they support in all of their 30 votes, change their IP address each time they submit a new vote, and there’s no way for a vote-counter to know that those 30 votes all came from the same person. Because of this, a competition like ISML is always going to be susceptible to multi-voters, and you’re going to get skewed results. You can make efforts to weed out apparent multi-voters, but you just know there’s no way that process is entirely accurate.

In round 8 of the Emerald period, these Kanade, Misaka, and Kuroneko supporters finally had a reason to come storming out of their caves and participate in ISML. There was a qualifier match during this round that featured Kanade, Misaka, Kuroneko, and the other past winners of the Tiara. The three with the most votes out of the eight contestants would move on to the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions. Well, you can guess which three moved on. In fact, none of the other five even came within 4000 votes of Kanade, Misaka, or Kuroneko. It’s fucking pathetic. Then, to prove how shitty this wave of voters’ taste is, they went and voted Shitoge Kirisaki as the winner of the Emerald necklace. I guarantee you, Shitoge would not have won the necklace had they not held the qualifier match for the Tournament of Champions in the same round, bringing out the masses with shit taste. Shitoge ended up getting a necklace she didn’t deserve, and I got told to suck a guy’s dick for being a Shitoge hater. No, sir, you should be the one sucking a dick for having shit taste.

In the Tiara finals, Yukino had a couple close encounters with Eucliwood Hellscythe and Yoshino. There may have been a few Yukino anti-voters from the Kanade, Misaka, and Kuroneko crowd that came out early, but they won out in the end because the number of participants that voted in the final round was comparable to the number that voted in round 8 of the Emerald period when they had that qualifier match.

Think about it. If you’re a rampant Kanade, Misaka, or Kuroneko supporter, and you want to employ a strategy to get your girl to win the Tournament of Champions, do you want the girl who went undefeated in the Regular Season and is clearly the favorite to win the Tiara, Yukino Yukinoshita, facing off against your girl in the Tournament of Champions? No, so they came out in that final match and assured that Yukino would not take part in the Tournament of Champions. That’s why you saw a number of voters in that round similar to the number that participated in round 8 of the Emerald period. It didn’t matter who Yukino’s opponent was. It could have been Kosaki Onodera, or it could have been Shitoge Kirisaki. It didn’t matter.

Eru Chitanda went 28-7 in the Regular Season, good for rank #4 in the Stella Division. That’s respectable, but it’s clear she didn’t have the support that Yukino had throughout the season. I like Eru, but Yukino should have beaten Eru to win the Tiara. Instead, the Kanade, Misaka, and Kuroneko supporters have assured that the fourth contestant in the Tournament of Champions poses little threat to them. Eru Chitanda may very well get beat by several thousand votes when she faces off against Kuroneko tomorrow.

ISML screwed up by announcing the Tournament of Champions before the season began. They should have waited until the Tiara had been decided before announcing it. That way, the crazed Kanade, Misaka, and Kuroneko fans wouldn’t have influenced the outcome of the Tiara or the Emerald necklace.

I will praise ISML for one thing, though. They did the right thing by excluding past winners from the Regular Season this year. If Kanade, Misaka, and Kuroneko fans are going to vote solely for their selfish desire to see their one girl through instead of for which girls they actually think are the most moe, then they need to be removed from participation. They got lucky in 2014 when Kotori Itsuka defeated Kanade in the final match since people finally asked, “Hey, why the fuck should we vote for the candidate who has already won this tournament before?” But if people are going to vote like that, then why have a contestant who has won it before compete again? Removing past winners ensured that supporters of other girls would have more fun participating in ISML since they would not be sabotaged by the swarms of crazed Kanade, Misaka, and Kuroneko fans.

Despite that, I think ISML is still a very flawed tournament. If I were put in charge of ISML, I would completely redo the rules. ISML as it stands just is not a fun experience for many people. It sure as shit wasn’t fun for me. The three girls that I consider god-tier waifus – Tamako Kitashirakawa, Mikuru Asahina, and Kotomi Ichinose – all got eliminated by the end of the Preliminary Phase. If none of your girls make it to the Regular Season, then you’re stuck with several grueling months of voting for girls you don’t give a shit about. I was stuck with just one girl I really cared about in the Regular Season: Kobato Hasegawa. Well, guess what happened to Kobato. She only won 8 matches, so she didn’t even come close to making the postseason. The only girl out of the original 14 I nominated that made it to the postseason was Rikka Takanashi. Well, she got eliminated in the Division Finals, so I had nobody I cared much about in the Tiara Finals.

The bottom line is, if you’re not a Kanade, Misaka, Kuroneko, or Yukino supporter right now, ISML is probably going to suck for you. That’s the problem with ISML: it’s only fun for the supporters of a very select few girls. Chances are that your favorite girls are going to get eliminated before the Regular Season, so you’re stuck going through several months of voting for the same damn 72 girls that don’t include any of your favorite girls.

I understand it’s a difficult problem to solve. You want to have multiple matches per round because finding patterns in people’s voting to eliminate multi-voters is much easier when you can look at how people voted in multiple matches. At the same time, though, having multiple matches in a single round opens matches up to being sabotaged by people executing their selfish strategies instead of just voting for the best girl. It’s a damned if you do/damned if you don’t situation.

Still, due to cheaters skewing the results, the possibility of your girls getting sabotaged by die-hard supporters of a select few other girls, and the long Regular Season that makes you spend way too much time voting for girls you don’t give a shit about, I cannot recommend anyone participate in ISML, even if you are into moe culture. This was my first year participating in it, and due to my experiences with it this year, it will also be my last. If you could somehow assure that there is a 1-to-1 relationship between the number of votes cast and the number of individuals who voted, I think it would be a more enjoyable experience. As it stands now, though, ISML is not worth the trouble.

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Congrats to Mashiro and Sora. :D

Vote for YOUR fave anime cuties in the International Saimoe League!! It’s fun!

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So i have no Idea how Date a Live made it so far, but god for the sake of humanity, lets not have Kotori in the Finals like last year. Come on SHANA or a Moogatari girl hasn’t reached that far.

YAHALLO, lets go my Princesses Hinagiku and Fate-CHan. Sorry for this time Ruri and Kanade.

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ISML 2022: That's! A! Wrap!

ISML 2022: That's! A! Wrap! An Era Of Saimoe Finally Draws To A Close

By Jo-Ryan Salazar The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue 22 February 2023

This is the final Saimoe news bulletin for the International Saimoe League on The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue. Nearly two decades of memories, great battles and countless sagas in the Saimoe movement drew to a close with the conclusion of Match Day 8 in the 2022 International Saimoe League Eliminations Period.

The first of three Female Division necklaces up for grabs went to Mashiro Shiina, who defeated Violet Evergarden 3241-1550. Elaina was third with 1222 votes, Nao Tomori was fourth with 870 votes, Miko Nakano was fifth with 781 votes, Mai Sakurajima was sixth with 66 votes, Rem was seventh with 564 votes and Yukino Yukinoshita was last with 500 votes.

The second Female Division necklace went to Yui Yuigahama, who defeated Shiro 2598-2256. Nagisa Furukawa was third with 1306 votes, Nanami Aoyama was fourth with 820 votes, Illyasviel von Einzbern was fifth with 680 votes, Konata Izumi was sixth with 434 votes, Yuri Nakamura was seventh with 378 votes and Yui-nyan was last with 237 votes.

Ai Haibara won the third Female Division necklace, prevailing over Kumiko Oumae 3420-3376, Shouko Nishimiya was third with 1100 votes, Isla was fourth with 720 votes, Hu Tao was fifth with 576 votes, Iroha Isshiki was sixth with 469 votes, Megumi was sixth with 402 votes and Eriri Spencer Sawamura was last with 345 votes.

The first Male Division pendant up for grabs went to Conan Edogawa, who delivered the Final Upset of the Round as declared by the Bedlam, a 2968-2796 scalp of Miyuki Shirogane. Accelerator was third with 1344 votes, Sakuta Azusagawa was fourth with 1100 votes, Kazuto Kirigaya was fifth with 873 votes, Taki Tachibana was sixth with 654 votes, Subaru Natsuki was seventh with 508 votes and Touma Kamijou was last with 470 votes.

Takashi Natsume took the second Male Division pendant after belting Shidou Itsuka 2321-1793. Shirou Emiya was third with 1354 votes, Saika Totsuka was fourth with 1103 votes, Saitama was fifth with 870 votes, Ryuunosuke Akasaka was sixth with 761 votes, Kazuma Satou was seventh with 617 votes and Ainz Ooal Gown was last with 560 votes.

Tanjiro Kamado earned the third Male Division pendant of Eliminations 8, a 2058-2021 victor over Sasuke Uchiha. Gilbert Bougainvillea was third with 1502 votes, Inuyasha was fourth with 1181 votes, Nasa Yuzaki was fifth with 1019 votes, Mikaela Hyakuya was sixth with 904 votes, Mochizou Ouji was seventh with 789 votes and Tomoya Aki was last with 560 votes.

Finally, a convoy of dual matches and the odd race involving more than two took place to cap off an era of Saimoe to be believed. Schwi Dola flew past Jibril 2294-1552, Mahiro Oyama defeated Hideyoshi Kinoshita 1905-1417, Hitori Gotou rocked Yui Hirasawa 2793-2192, Jinx leveled Vi 1777-1017, Pikachu shocked Ai Kizuna 2879-1639, Aqua Minato prevailed over Kokori Amamiya 1607-1555, and in a battle of hololive rivals, Gawr Gura (1336) outlasted Pekora Usada (1281) and Kanaeru Kobo (958).

Amiya sailed past Laffey 2004-1353, Mikoto Misaka finished off her service to Saimoe with victories over Gotou (3454-2344) and Kanade Tachibana (3400-2172), Takagi took down Nagisa Kubo 2142-1498, Raiha Uesugi rolled past Takebayashi 1782-1594, Wein Salema Arbalest won a 1459-1246 snoozer over Kazuya Souma, Nodoka Manabe barreled past Jun Suzuki 1850-1355, Shuu Ogata defeated Haruhiko Ichijou 1632-1438 and Tom outdid Jerry 1987-1904.

Chisato Nishikigi routed Kei Karuizawa 3316-1315, Satoshi and Pikachu eased past Sakura Kinomoto and Cerberus 2713-2142, Mio Akiyama boomed past Ryou Yamada 2694-2107, Lelouch Lamperouge stormed past Light Yagami 2694-2107, Yuki Nagato hammered Fate Testarossa 2206-959, Archer torched Loid Forger 2366-2334, Yuki prevailed over Shinya Yukimura 1493-1304, Lyrule drove past Yu-no 1402-1195, Catarina Claes clocked Aileen Lauren Dautriche 1628-1303 and Seika Ijichi pulverized Kou Yagami 2532-1166.

Nishikigi and Takina Inoue teamed up to defeat Azusa Nakano and Yui Hirasawa 2691-2498, Umaru Doma trounced 2652-1049, Erika Kurumi defeated Laura La Mer 1441-993, Kana Sukoya blew past Himiko Toga 1720-1051, Yamada bounced back with a 2616-2487 statement win over Konata Izumi, Sanae Dekomori thumped Souji Mitsuka 2281-1016, Eru Chitanda had Houtarou Oreki's number 2431-1840, Shuu Ogata outhandled Rentarou Satomi 13900.2-12321.9 and in a special group race, Saber came away victorious with a score of 23777.7.

Wrapping up an era of Saimoe that millions around the world witness in real time, Shinku defeated Yaya 1650-1406, Isuzu Sento drove past Mai Kawakamu 2013-1292, Seiya Kanie overcame Tatsuya Shiba 1689, and Rudeus Greyrat closed the Saimoe era with a 1766-1281 victory over Naofumi Iwatani.

That's. A. WRAP! The International Saimoe League has concluded for the very last time, and the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue thanks you for what has been a journey of anime greatness to remember. This blog will continue to cover other things, such as content on its YouTube sister channel (Bongaboi151) and sports recaps, but all the bulletins you see here can be viewed in their entirety on bedlamba.blogspot.com. Thank you for your support of the International Saimoe League. May your love for all things anime shine here, now…and into the future.

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My Votes.

Let’s go Onodera!

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Valid argument (C) to person who made original post

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The International Saimoe League Nomination Period results were released today. Comparing the number of ballots this year to last year’s Nomination Period, one can see that many more people submitted ballots last year. The top vote-getter had 4470 nominations. This year, the top vote-getter only had 492 nominations. It’s very unlikely that the number of people participating in this suddenly got cut down to around a tenth of last year’s number. I think it’s likely that there were a lot of duplicate ballots and people cheating last year to get their favorite characters seeded highly. They must have been much better at identifying bad ballots this year, so the number of ballots is a lot lower. That’s my theory, anyway.

Since past winners are not going to be eligible for the Heavenly Tiara this year, this may very well be the year Shana finally breaks through and wins the tournament. Asuna Yuuki will probably be the biggest threat to Shana, seeing as her legion of fans assured she was the top vote-getter this year in the Nomination Period. Looking at the Nova Division nominations, it is apparent that both Love Live! and Date A Live are hugely popular among the participants, so we could see someone from one of those two shows jump up and steal the Tiara this year, as well. I bet a lot of people just stuffed their ballots with every character from one of those two series. I also think that Isuzu Sento is another big threat; she seems to be very popular. I haven’t seen Amagi Brilliant Park, so can someone tell me if people like her for anything other than her cow tits?

I had figured iDOLM@STER characters would be very popular, as well, considering how popular those idol shows are right now, but not a single iDOLM@STER character advanced to the next round. Yeah, don’t ask me why Love Live! has such a huge showing but iDOLM@STER does not. You’ll get a huge shrug from me.

Looking at how my nominees did, only 6 of the 14 made it to the next round. Ugh! Let’s go through each one individually.

1. Mikuru Asahina: 26 nominations, needed 27 to advance AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH! This was the toughest blow, not just because she’s my waifu, but she only needed one more freaking nomination to make the cut! ONE! I just want to wring the necks of all the people who didn’t vote for her! Only one of you had to nominate her, just one! This is the first time Mikuru did not advance beyond the nomination round. :(

2. Kotomi Ichinose: 52 nominations, advances to next round Alright, so the most perfect girl made it. Woohoo! Somehow, she didn’t get nearly as many nominations as Tomoyo Sakagami or Kyou Fujibayasha. WTF, people? Oh well, I’ll support any of the Clannad girls. Even Fuuko Ibuki and Ushio Furukawa made it! In fact, Ushio may be the youngest contestant in the tournament, being only 5 years old.

3. Tamako Kitashirakawa: 84 nominations, advances to next round She, Mikuru, and Kotomi are the 3 top-tier moe characters IMO (maybe Kobato should be in there, too), so it’s nice to see 2 of the 3 make it. None of the other Tamako Market characters made it, though Mochizou came awfully close to making the cut in the Male Division.

4. Kobato Hasegawa: 82 nominations, advances to next round I expected Kobato to make it pretty easily considering she made it to the finals last year. I was surprised she only ranked 48th among the Stella Division contestants, though. I figured she would have been a lot higher. She didn’t even get as many nominations as Sena, who got 89 nominations. Yozora also advanced with 48 nominations.

5. Kaname Chidori: <30 nominations, needed 59 to advance I knew Kaname was a long shot, but it’s still sad to see she didn’t even get enough nominations to get listed on the page. It would seem Teletha is more popular among the voters since she got into the Stella Division in past competitions. Kaname is still considered Nova Division.

6. Eri Sawachika: 11 nominations, needed 27 to advance School Rumble is so old now, Eri is not likely to ever advance past the Nomination Period again.

7. Elsie: 34 nominations, needed 59 to advance Haqua has made it to the Stella Division and advanced with less nominations than would have been required if she were in the Nova Division, but Elsie is still stuck in trying to make it in the Nova Division. Pretty retarded if you ask me. Shiori also advanced to the next round, which I’m glad about, and I will support her. I just don’t understand how Elsie doesn’t have more fans than this.

8. Shana: 441 nominations, advances to next round This was a given. She is one of the huge favorites to win the whole competition this year. She and Rikka will likely be the only ones left for me to support in the later rounds.

9. Kumin Tsuyuri: <30 nominations, needed 59 to advance Another character who didn’t even get listed on the page. Even Satone made it with 104 nominations. How she can be so popular while Kumin isn’t even on the radar makes no sense to me. Sadly, Sanae also failed to make the cut by 9 nominations.

10. Rikka Takanashi: 323 nominations, advances to next round Not a surprise here. She will likely make the finals again this year.

11. Asuka Langley Soryu: 33 nominations, needed 59 to advance The Neon Genesis Evangelion duo of Asuka and Rei got about the same number of nominations last year, too.

12. Makoto Sawatari: 15 nominations, needed 27 to advance Another Stella Division candidate, like Eri, who is in an old series and not likely to advance past the Nomination Period again. :(

13. Nonon Jakuzure: <30 nominations, needed 59 to advance The Kill la Kill characters are really unpopular among this voter base. Ryuuko Matoi failed to advance this time, and none of the other characters even show up on the page. That’s too bad, because Nonon deserves it!

14. Chifuyu Himeki: 73 nominations, advances to next round She’s the only new character I nominated, and she got in along with Tomoyo, who had 89 nominations, and Hatoko, who had 67. Even though they advanced, it looks like When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace is not popular enough of a draw for these characters to advance beyond the Preliminary Stage.

I was surprised to see Michiru Matsushima from The Fruit of Grisaia didn’t make it. I guess Grisaia just wasn’t popular enough, though Amane Suou did make it with 82 nominations. Amane is the hottest girl in the series, but I would not say she is as moe as Michiru. For shame!

Well, that was pretty rough considering not even half of my characters made it to the next round, but at least I still have more characters from Clannad, Shiori Shiomiya from The World God Only Knows, Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan, Kyouko Sakura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Yuzuki Seo from Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun that I can support. Good luck to everyone in the Preliminary Stage!

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Oh man this Rie Kugimiya vs Kana Hanazawa is a horrible choice and was also highly torn between Sakurasou vs Angel beats RIP.

Sorry Euuuu <.<

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The International Saimoe League (ISML) 2015 contest has begun. This contest is made to choose the cutest girls (males now included as well) in anime. They are currently in the nomination period where fans can choose their favourite characters to be entered into the contest. The current...... Read more: http://haruhichan.com/wpblog/41138/voting-for-cutest-anime-girl-at-international-saimoe-league-2015-begins/