And yesterday's rounds come out as expected, though voting was in general pretty light. Vivio did manage to pull more than half the vote in her round, but still comes in with 730 votes. The real surprise for me was Makoto's performance - sure, with light voting and real competition, I expect the vote to be split up, but her total was low enough that it calls into question the strength of the Kanon voting block. Suzu did a little better, but against a lot less opposition.

I'll start with C-10 today, as it's definitely the under-card of the day. Misa pulled a few more votes in the prelims, but only by a bit, and it's tough to say which way the votes are going to break, especially because today's voting is going to be focused on the other rounds - that is, nobody's going to bother voting for just this round's sake. I have to give Clare a disadvantage here, just because she's got the wrong assets for the tournament - while she'd be likely to win a battle royale in her round, she's just not in the possession of a lot of moe.

C-6... hoo boy. On paper this is an utter no-brainer. Yutaka had to come in through the second prelim round, and Nanoha won her round in the first prelim (not even mentioning the, y'know, former champion thing.) But Yutaka's actually a stronger contender than she looks. When her voting came up in the first prelim, she hadn't appeared yet, and was running off pure Lucky Star votes. Since then, she's established herself in the Izumi household, displayed bunches of cute-little-girl moe, and been generally precious in an "aww" fashion.

Nanoha, on the other hand, isn't a little loli anymore (though, of course, plenty of people remember the young Nanoha...) Being nice and curvy is not an advantage in this tournament, generally speaking. That said, the new season has a Nanoha that's subtly more like the fan vision of the character - some indiscriminate "White Devil" violence, some implied lesbianism (no, they don't actually come out and say it, but she's living in an apartment with Fate... with one bed... so even though it's presented completely innocently, the logical leap is not difficult.)

Nanoha still has the advantage, I think - when it comes down to it, Yutaka's relative lack of appearances would prove telling. However, if a lot of supporters from other series came in and piled up on the vote, it's theoretically possible that an already-strong Yutaka could come out on top. (This would prove to be self-destructive in the long run - galvanizing Nanoha fans with that many characters left on the bracket is not a good idea - but there you go.)

C-2 would have come out completely differently if it had been B-2 or D-2 instead. Luna -is- a cute, evil little idol singer. Sure, she's relegated to the "unsuccessful romantic rival" role, but she's definitely the type of character to do well in Saimoe. (Minus points for excessive crotch-kicking, though! Jackhammer action is not cool.) In contrast, Subaru is definitely a tomboy, with her moe coming mostly from overconsumption of ice cream (it's not a cone so much as a cluster when she's done loading it up, but when you eat a scoop at a time...) and her pursuit of her partner/roommate (nothin' implied about THIS lesbianism - though non-consensual groping is also not cool, it's not cool in a way that attracts votes).

Healthy and curvy versus little loli usually comes out bad for healthy and curvy here. But with Nanoha drawing in voters in the match next door, Subaru's chances are much greater than they'd ordinarily be - she can expect a lot of votes to carry over, and it just might be enough to do the job.

Yesterday's results:

1位　669 votes Suzu@Nagasarete Airantou
2位　418 votes Kusugawa Sasara@OVA ToHeart2
3位　280 votes Aaeru@Simoun

1位　731 votes Vivio@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
2位　360 votes Yamada Asu@Binbou Shimai Monogatari
3位　346 votes Cecile Croomy@Code Geass Lelouche of the Rebellion

1位　625 votes Sawatari Makoto@Kanon
2位　523 votes Hinaichigo@Rozen Maiden Ouverture
3位　404 votes Yoshida Kazumi@Shakugan no Shana Series

Today's matches:

C-02
<<江戸前留奈＠瀬戸の花嫁>>(Edomae Runa@Seto no Hanayome)
<<スバル・ナカジマ＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS>>(Subaru Nakajima@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
<<松平瞳子＠マリア様がみてる OVA>>(Matsudaira Touko@Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA)

C-06
<<高町なのは＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS>>(Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
<<小早川ゆたか＠らき☆すた>>(Kobayakawa Yutaka@Lucky Star)
<<神河繭子＠sola>>(Kamikawa Mayuko@sola)

C-10
<<弥海砂＠DEATH NOTE>>(Amane Misa@DEATH NOTE)
<<アイ＠ARIA The NATURAL>>(Ai@ARIA The NATURAL)
<<クレア＠CLAYMORE>>(Clare@CLAYMORE)

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