October 10, 2007
Saimoe update 10/10
Hm. No surprise in the Shinku match, though even Takako managed a thousand votes - that may well be our performance baseline for anyone who's made it to this round. Shinku's total was a good third larger, so it wasn't particularly close.
Tsukasa vs. San was close, though, with the balsamic vinegar triumphing over the sushi (wait, you're supposed to use malt vinegar for that!) Vote spread of around 70, both around the 1500 vote mark... I don't know that Tsukasa would have won this one if Kagami hadn't gone down already, but it was just enough. Too bad for Seto no Hanayome, which is now out of the tourney, though it did pretty good for a comedy show that wasn't moe-centric in the first place.
I really don't know what to say about E3-2. Nishizawa, the hungry hamster, has managed to overcome formidable odds... well. No, not really - E block was the closest to a weak group this year. But still, if you had told me at the beginning of the tourney that she had a shot at making the sweet sixteen, I'd have called you an idiot. But she keeps on trucking, and keeps on winning... I can't properly call the round, because I'm still unfamiliar with Strawberry Panic, except that it seems to be full of lesbians. (This is not a negative.) Ayumu has the vote advantage, though, so maybe Hayate can advance another character.
I hesitate to use words like "underdog" to describe the next round, mostly because it would be somewhat in bad taste. Aruruu's cute, it cannot be denied. She has a fun tiger-god thing. She's moe in the daddy's-little-girl sense. But oy, against Suiseiseki? I don't even expect a serious assassination attempt - that sort of thing is best left to Tsukasa next week. One of the few third-round matches that's over before it started...
Yesterday's matches:
1ä½ã€€1461 votes Shinku@Rozen Maiden Ouverture
2ä½ã€€1089 votes Itsukushima Takako@Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
1ä½ã€€1519 votes Hiiragi Tsukasa@Lucky Star
2ä½ã€€1448 votes Seto San@Seto no Hanayome
Today's matches:
E3-2
<<涼水玉é’ï¼ ã‚¹ãƒˆãƒãƒ™ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ‘ニック>>(Suzumi Tamao@Strawberry Panic)
<<西沢æ©ï¼ ãƒãƒ¤ãƒ†ã®ã”ã¨ãï¼>>(Nishizawa Ayumu@Hayate the Combat Butler)
F3-1
<<ã‚¢ãƒ«ãƒ«ã‚¥ï¼ ã†ãŸã‚れるもã®>>(Aruruu@Utawarerumono)
<<ç¿ æ˜ŸçŸ³ï¼ ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¼ãƒ³ãƒ¡ã‚¤ãƒ‡ãƒ³ オーベルテューレ>>(Suiseiseki@Rozen Maiden Ouverture)
Comments are disabled.
Post is locked.
Tsukasa vs. San was close, though, with the balsamic vinegar triumphing over the sushi (wait, you're supposed to use malt vinegar for that!) Vote spread of around 70, both around the 1500 vote mark... I don't know that Tsukasa would have won this one if Kagami hadn't gone down already, but it was just enough. Too bad for Seto no Hanayome, which is now out of the tourney, though it did pretty good for a comedy show that wasn't moe-centric in the first place.
I really don't know what to say about E3-2. Nishizawa, the hungry hamster, has managed to overcome formidable odds... well. No, not really - E block was the closest to a weak group this year. But still, if you had told me at the beginning of the tourney that she had a shot at making the sweet sixteen, I'd have called you an idiot. But she keeps on trucking, and keeps on winning... I can't properly call the round, because I'm still unfamiliar with Strawberry Panic, except that it seems to be full of lesbians. (This is not a negative.) Ayumu has the vote advantage, though, so maybe Hayate can advance another character.
I hesitate to use words like "underdog" to describe the next round, mostly because it would be somewhat in bad taste. Aruruu's cute, it cannot be denied. She has a fun tiger-god thing. She's moe in the daddy's-little-girl sense. But oy, against Suiseiseki? I don't even expect a serious assassination attempt - that sort of thing is best left to Tsukasa next week. One of the few third-round matches that's over before it started...
Yesterday's matches:
1ä½ã€€1461 votes Shinku@Rozen Maiden Ouverture
2ä½ã€€1089 votes Itsukushima Takako@Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
1ä½ã€€1519 votes Hiiragi Tsukasa@Lucky Star
2ä½ã€€1448 votes Seto San@Seto no Hanayome
Today's matches:
E3-2
<<涼水玉é’ï¼ ã‚¹ãƒˆãƒãƒ™ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ‘ニック>>(Suzumi Tamao@Strawberry Panic)
<<西沢æ©ï¼ ãƒãƒ¤ãƒ†ã®ã”ã¨ãï¼>>(Nishizawa Ayumu@Hayate the Combat Butler)
F3-1
<<ã‚¢ãƒ«ãƒ«ã‚¥ï¼ ã†ãŸã‚れるもã®>>(Aruruu@Utawarerumono)
<<ç¿ æ˜ŸçŸ³ï¼ ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¼ãƒ³ãƒ¡ã‚¤ãƒ‡ãƒ³ オーベルテューレ>>(Suiseiseki@Rozen Maiden Ouverture)
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at
05:12 PM
| Comments (5)
| Add Comment
Post contains 359 words, total size 3 kb.
1
It would be pretty cool if Aruruu knocked off Suiseiseki, but I don't expect it.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 10, 2007 05:19 PM (+rSRq)
2
I just don't see how. If it was Eluluu, maaaaaybe - she has a good voting base on her own, maybe enough to put her within range where the other factions can come into play. But Aruruu just isn't as moe as her sister...
Then again, I like girls with a figure, Japan not so much.
Then again, I like girls with a figure, Japan not so much.
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at October 10, 2007 08:30 PM (LMDdY)
3
You've got to be kidding. Japan, or at least Japan's otaku, love girls like Mikuru and Unshou.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 11, 2007 12:31 AM (+rSRq)
4
Except in Saimoe, where having anything larger than an A cup is generally detrimental. ;p
Just look at the remaining competitors. Most of 'em are, well, flat. Shana, Nagi, Konata, Vita, Yuno, Shinku, Aruruu, Suiseiseki, Tsukasa, Rika, Suigintou, AND Louise are all notably un- or under-endowed.
The only remaining competitors with breasts are Rena, Sayuri, Mion, Alicia, and Eri. (Nanoha's kind of a weird middle example - she probably has the biggest of the remaining characters, but she was also definitely in the "totally flat" category in recent memory.) Even of them, it's not like any of them have notably large breasts, but they're there. Only the Higurashi characters are likely to advance further, either...
It's arguably worse than last year, where at least half the quarterfinals had some sort of chest (Eri, Eluluu, Chikaru, and Rin.) But no character with a chest beat one without from that point on.
We're not actually talking about a direct aversion to breasts per se. But when it comes to moe, being a lolita is a definite plus, and that's just part of the package...
Just look at the remaining competitors. Most of 'em are, well, flat. Shana, Nagi, Konata, Vita, Yuno, Shinku, Aruruu, Suiseiseki, Tsukasa, Rika, Suigintou, AND Louise are all notably un- or under-endowed.
The only remaining competitors with breasts are Rena, Sayuri, Mion, Alicia, and Eri. (Nanoha's kind of a weird middle example - she probably has the biggest of the remaining characters, but she was also definitely in the "totally flat" category in recent memory.) Even of them, it's not like any of them have notably large breasts, but they're there. Only the Higurashi characters are likely to advance further, either...
It's arguably worse than last year, where at least half the quarterfinals had some sort of chest (Eri, Eluluu, Chikaru, and Rin.) But no character with a chest beat one without from that point on.
We're not actually talking about a direct aversion to breasts per se. But when it comes to moe, being a lolita is a definite plus, and that's just part of the package...
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at October 11, 2007 06:00 AM (LMDdY)
5
Adorable > Sexy in Saimoe it seems.
Posted by: Will at October 11, 2007 09:32 AM (WnBa/)
13kb generated in CPU 0.1178, elapsed 0.1445 seconds.
30 queries taking 0.1298 seconds, 54 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
30 queries taking 0.1298 seconds, 54 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
