Very balanced matches yesterday - difference between the low finisher and the top was only 59 votes. Vita squeaked past Miyako with a 25-vote margin, while Yuno got just enough votes to top Hayate.

I'm somewhat surprised by the strength of the Hidamari vote (though it's tough to tell whether that's also some anti-Strikers vote from here.) That said, I don't think Yuno is enough of a match to seriously contest Rena in the block final; there would have to be some serious anti-Higurashi sentiment between then and now, and given that the only remaining Higurashi match in the round is between two Higurashi characters, I don't think it's likely to develop.

On the other hand, Nanoha vs. Vita could be quite interesting indeed. But I'll save the fanboy rant (er, deep analysis, I meant to say) for the day of that match.

On to today's matches. Shinku vs. Takako won't be very interesting. Okay, sure, there's enough anti-Rozen sentiment that you can't write anybody off, and it's not like Takako got here without winning a couple of rounds. But it's Shinku's round to lose, and if she does lose it, it's a pure assassination job. (Is her support as strong as it was last year? No, especially after the "heel turn" in Overture, even though that was a prequel story. But I don't think it's enough to prove decisive here.)

Our other match should be as hot as anything we've seen in the round. Lucky Star fans have to be smarting after Kagami went down, and we know that the Seto crowd can deliver one hell of a vote total in a heavily-contested match. Not sure how to call this one, honestly. With Kagami out of the picture, suddenly Lucky Star is a lot less menacing, so perhaps there's something less of a potential anti-voting block against Tsukasa and Konata now. On the other hand, nobody was really expecting a Seto character to run away with the tourney, so people aren't going to be piling on Tsukasa just to take out San. All depends on how much of that Lucky Star vote comes out - if Tsukasa delivers the same kind of vote total as her sister, I don't think San can match it. But if she comes in weaker, I think the anti-votes (and San's natural charm, of course) will be enough for a fishy result.
Yesterday's matches:

1位　1121 votes Vita@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
2位　1096 votes Miyako@Hidamari Sketch

1位　1155 votes Yuno@Hidamari Sketch
2位　1104 votes Yagami Hayate@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

Today's matches:

E3-1 (10/10)
真紅＠ローゼンメイデン オーベルテューレ(Shinku@Rozen Maiden Ouverture)
厳島貴子＠乙女はお姉さまに恋してる(Itsukushima Takako@Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru)

F3-2 (10/10)
瀬戸燦＠瀬戸の花嫁(Seto San@Seto no Hanayome)
柊つかさ＠らき☆すた(Hiiragi Tsukasa@Lucky Star)

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