More or less as expected, Rena clears Yuno to get into the quarterfinal, though the match was a little closer than I would have expected - either Rena attracted some anti-voting, or Yuno was significantly stronger than I had expected. Yuno took an early lead in the voting, but a steady stream of Rena votes later in the day put the yandere over the top.

I honestly don't know who to root for today. Shinku is one of the few Rozen dolls that I can stand - or rather, I like her attitude. Not quite tsundere, not quite the stereotypical ojou-sama type, just a touch of violence but not so much that we start feeling sorry for Jun. But Ayumu! I had her pegged for an early exit; I still have no idea how the hell she's made it this far (well, okay, actually fairly weak opposition and a strong Hayate block accounts for it, but still.) She's a joke character, in the end, with just enough fleshing out to stay interesting, and just enough appearances so that we don't forget her. In any kind of ordinary circumstances, this would be a slaughter that would make Higurashi look like Barney, but Shinku wasn't ever the strongest draw of the Rozen team, and she lost a lot of support after the OAV (it's true, it's very hard to get votes in Saimoe as an antagonist).

I'd like to see Ayumu win for the pure "lol" factor - and if we have to have two characters from one show in the semi-finals, I'd much rather it be Nagi and Ayumu than Suigintou and Shinku. (Or, worse, those two AND Suiseiseki...) Fortunately, the prospect of a three-Rozen final will probably drive enough anti-votes onto Ayumu's side to put her over the top...
Yesterday's Block D final results:

1位　1183 votes Ryuuguu Rena@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
2位　1047 votes Yuno@Hidamari Sketch

Today's Block E final:

<<真紅＠ローゼンメイデン オーベルテューレ>>(Shinku@Rozen Maiden Ouverture)
<<西沢歩＠ハヤテのごとく！>>(Nishizawa Ayumu@Hayate the Combat Butler)

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