Konata easily dispatched Konoka, taking an early lead and running away with the round, in relatively light voting. No shock there - Konoka's just out of her league at this point.

Today's match, well... I could go either way, personally. Nanoha isn't as moe as she once was (let me tell you, S1 Nanoha is pretty moe - off to time more episodes of that this evening when I'm done here.) Vita, well... she's not really as moe as she was either, but she looks more or less the same, just in a dorky, plain military uniform instead of her rather cool-looking gothy outfit. Nanoha loses on the lolita front (or rather, everyone does - damned few characters are permanently nine), but gained back plenty on the sexy front (where Vita has nothin', nothin' at all). The only real problem is that both characters are ass-kicking types, which is great, except that Nanoha kicks significantly more ass per swing of the boot - she was a pretty good match for Vita back in A's, but by Strikers Nanoha would stand a good chance against some of the lesser Dragon Ball fighters.

Even so, both characters had a good end of the season. As far as tournament implications, though, Vita has effectively no chance at the title - a weak quarterfinal draw might get her to the semis, but she's just not moe on the same level as the big names. But Nanoha's an ex-champ, and last year Fate vs. Nanoha went to Fate by a large margin - so it wouldn't be unprecedented for the Nanoha fans to swing Vita to give another character a shot. (Then again, Fate in A's was moe to levels previously unrecorded by humankind...)

Obviously, anyone who wants Nanoha out of the tournament is going to pile on Vita, which is essentially the only reason that this is a competitive round - if Vita gains some of Nanoha's support the way Fate got some of Nanoha's, that plus every tactical voter in the tourney might be enough to do it.

I've been meaning to include pics in these, but I honestly haven't had the time - between the job and the other job, my free time is pinched a little, and hunting down pictures of Nanoha is too much like the other job. ;p
Yesterday's block B final:

1位　1166 votes Izumi Konata@Lucky Star
2位　793 votes Konoe Konoka@Negima!?

Today's final, Block C:

高町なのは＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
ヴィータ＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Vita@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)

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