2ch! 2ch has left me in despair...

Nanoha goes down to Rena by 38 votes. Fake voting wasn't particularly heavy, but virtually all of them were for Nanoha, which was probably enough to do it. Come on, Japan, don't you like women? (As if I haven't been payin' attention...) Ah well, putting TWO first-place trophies on the fireplace next to Fate's runner-up would have just been ostentatious. If Strikers was only a bit better...

Actually, I say that, but the Japanese vote total was practically deadlocked - Nanoha had one extra vote. Foreign voters pushed Rena over the top.

Much less at stake in today's matchup, personally speaking. Nagi wins, Konata wins, it's all good... an otaku takes home the cup. Again, tough to pick the winner. Hayate has a freshness advantage, but is it really an advantage when occasionally it's just going stale?

Konata is the viewer, pure and simple. Rather, she's the viewer's gate into participating in a little slice-of-life show with otherwise normal people. There's a fundamental disconnect between a show like Azumanga and the life of your average otaku. Sure, okay, you can still feel some of the nostalgia, but with Konata, you can feel both the nostalgia of "wow, high school wasn't too bad after all" and "whoa, that game was awesome when I was twelve!" If you've had moments like not getting homework done because a quick session of MMO turned into a marathon, then Konata is absolutely your girl in this match.

Nagi is the same type of character, but placed in a love comedy... so she has a target, more or less, and gets jealous or embarrassed a lot depending on what Hayate is up to. She spends a lot more time living in her own little fantasy world than Konata, who's fairly well-examined despite herself - but Nagi has the wealth and power to make at least some of it happen, and more of it occurs just because of Hayate being Hayate (or, in other words, sufficiently close to "the coolest man in the universe" to keep Nagi's dream from being deflated.)

No winner picked today. I'll just root for the victor against Rena, thanks.
Yesterday's quarterfinal result:

1位　1474 votes Ryuuguu Rena@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
2位　1436 votes Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

Today's quarterfinal:

泉こなた＠らき☆すた(Izumi Konata@Lucky Star)
三千院ナギ＠ハヤテのごとく！(Sanzenin Nagi@Hayate the Combat Butler)

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