September 17, 2007

Saimoe update 9/17

Shana fans proved the stronger, as she pulled out a 160-vote victory over Eva, with Kanaria and Kallen polling negligible amounts of votes. In the other match, Isumi destroyed all comers with a commanding thousand-vote finish, crushing Siesta and Yui. The Shana victory isn't a surprise in retrospect - I'm informed that the sequel starts in two weeks, so she's going to get an unusual late-round boost. Isumi's just plain cute and is featured heavily in last week's and this week's episodes.

Tough call in A2-2. Sia and Konomi are major characters of shows with a moderate fan base; Izumi is a minor character in a show with a huge fan base. I'm not terribly familiar with TH2 or Shuffle either, sad to say. Izumi's got a bit of an advantage in some appearances two weeks ago, but is it enough to put her in over main characters? Probably not...

B2-2 is another no-holds-barred match, pitting the Kanon and Lucky Star fandoms against each other right off the bat. Konata has the early advantage, with higher vote totals and a fan base that can deliver truly large amounts of votes if they all decide to get off their butt. Nayuki can't count on that kind of support, but she isn't the same kind of threat in the long run, so she may benefit from non-Lucky Star fans (or just plain Konata haters) taking the opportunity of a close match to sink Konata's chances. On the gripping hand, voting for your moe character on 2ch is absolutely Konata-ish, which may help things for her.
Yesterday's results:

1位 975 votes Shana@Shakugan no Shana Series
2位 811
votes Evangeline A.K. McDowell@Negima!?
3位 213
votes Kanaria@Rozen Maiden Ouverture
4位 177
votes Kallen Stadtfeld(Kouzuki Karen)@Code Geass Lelouche of the Rebellion

1位 1010
votes Saginomiya Isumi@Hayate the Combat Butler
2位 568
votes Siesta@Zero no Tsukaima
3位 274
votes Narumi Yui@Lucky Star

Today's matches:

A2-2
<<瀬川泉@ハヤテのごとく!>>(Segawa Izumi@Hayate the Combat Butler)
<<リシアンサス(シア)@SHUFFLE! MEMORIES>>(Lisianthus(Sia)@SHUFFLE! MEMORIES)
<<柚原このみ@OVA ToHeart2>>(Yuzuhara Konomi@OVA ToHeart2)

B2-2
<<水瀬名雪@Kanon>>(Minase Nayuki@Kanon)
<<泉こなた@らき☆すた>>(Izumi Konata@Lucky Star)
<<エリス@エル・カザド>>(Ellis@EL CAZADOR DE LA BRUJA)

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at 06:00 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 Yikes.  Poor Ellis. 

Posted by: Wonderduck at September 17, 2007 10:29 PM (+7VNs)

2 It looks like the vote totals are back up again. The low totals late in the last round seem to have been the result of fatigue, and probably also of obscure characters, but now we're playing in the major leagues and there's going to be at least one big-name character from a popular series in nearly every round from now on.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at September 18, 2007 12:09 AM (+rSRq)

3 I just saw a post with screen grabs for the last episode of Lucky Star. Konata is dressed up as a Yuki-witch for the cultural festival -- and is guaranteed a win in this round because of it. I don't see how she can lose. (But of course, that means I've hexed her.)

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at September 18, 2007 12:21 AM (+rSRq)

4 Darn you. I was going to save that for tomorrow, but now I went and watched it. Agreed, and it'll help Kagami too, though I don't know if the bump will persist long enough for Tsukasa and Miyuki. (The dancing is even more moe than the Yuki costume.) Or rather, if this had happened before round 1, Yutaka would have taken Nanoha out.

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at September 18, 2007 12:57 AM (LMDdY)

5 I havent seen the last episode of Lucky Star yet, but if Nanoha were to lose in round 1, geez there would be some very upset Nanoha fans, which could hurt Lucky Star characters later on. Like supposedly it could have caused Konata to lose to Nayuki today.

Posted by: VitaminC at September 18, 2007 01:42 PM (ULDpd)

6 Both LS and Nanoha air on the same date so while Yukuta got a boost form the final, Nanoha would have gotten a boost form her Starlight Breaker Plus.

Posted by: Xellos_-^ at September 18, 2007 03:07 PM (12gxe)

7 But Nanoha only airs on that date in Kanagawa - the Tokyo airing is almost a week later. ;p

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at September 18, 2007 05:22 PM (LMDdY)

8 you are telling that otaku form 2ch doesn't download raws?

Posted by: Xellos-_^ at September 18, 2007 05:48 PM (12gxe)

9 Have you SEEN those raws? My buddy doesn't call them the "eye cancer release" for nothing. And Nanoha Strikers, love it though I do, isn't exactly beautiful-looking to start with...

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at September 18, 2007 06:04 PM (LMDdY)

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