Bit of a surprise yesterday, though it shouldn't have been in retrospect. Tamao and Takako won their rounds handily (though Eika from Sky Girls at least gave Tamao a run for her money.) Yoko ended up losing to Shion from Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru, which makes no sense unless you realize that Takako's from the same show and thus Shion probably got a lot of spill-over votes. Bodes well for the Koishiteru crowd, though voting was actually really, really light, around 1300.

E-2 features Shinku from Rozen versus Athena from Aria, both of which did fairly well in the early voting. Definite advantage for Shinku here, though - she's the first of the real contenders from the Rozen crowd, and unlike some of the also-rans from that show, she had a nice, meaty role in the recent OAV.

E-6 is another round about which I know squat. Shimako and Youko are both popular enough to have qualified from the first prelim, with roughly equivalent votes, but I've never seen Inukami and don't know Marimite enough to keep those characters straight.

The real action today is in E-10. All three characters qualified in the first prelim, Ayumu took second in her round... but Akira got more votes, even though it was only enough to put her in sixth for her round. The last big match was also Lucky Star versus Hayate, but it's going to be harder for Lucky Star this time around. Neither of them are major characters, Ayumu's karaoke episode was pretty nice, and Akira is just starting to grate on me at this point; even Shiraishi has had all he can take of the girl. I'm not really rooting for Ayumu in context of the series (come on, she's up against Nagi!), but her episodes are quite fun, whereas I'd be perfectly happy if Akira were murdered and her corpse dumped in a river. Then again, the Japanese seem to like the little idol types, so who knows?
Yesterday's results:

1位　587 votes Juujou Shion@Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
2位　537 votes Yoko@Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
3位　253 votes Kakizaki Megu@Rozen Maiden Ouverture

1位　707 votes Itsukushima Takako@Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
2位　304 votes Minase Iori@iDOLM@STER XENOGLOSSIA
3位　277 votes Zashikiwarashi@xxxHOLiC

1位　613 votes Suzumi Tamao@Strawberry Panic
2位　568 votes Ichijou Eika@Sky Girls
3位　167 votes Nina Wang@Mai-Otome Zwei

Today's matches:

E-02
<<真紅＠ローゼンメイデン オーベルテューレ>>(Shinku@Rozen Maiden Ouverture)
<<天海春香＠アイドルマスター XENOGLOSSIA>>(Amami Haruka@iDOLM@STER XENOGLOSSIA)
<<アテナ・グローリィ＠ARIA The NATURAL>>(Athena Glory@ARIA The NATURAL)

E-06
<<藤堂志摩子＠マリア様がみてる OVA>>(Toudou Shimako@Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA)
<<ようこ＠いぬかみっ！>>(Youko@Inukami!)
<<白雪姫＠おとぎ銃士 赤ずきん>>(Shirayuki-hime@Otogi Jushi Akazukin)

E-10
<<小神あきら＠らき☆すた>>(Kogami Akira@Lucky Star)
<<西沢歩＠ハヤテのごとく！>>(Nishizawa Ayumu@Hayate the Combat Butler)
<<南都夜々＠ストロベリー・パニック>>(Nanto Yaya@Strawberry Panic)

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