And in the end, there wasn't anything to be worried about. With the voting totals falling off some from yesterday's 2k figure, Nanoha and Hayate both win crushing victories. Nanoha took more votes than Chika and Vivio put together, and Hayate won even more votes (though not quite as much as Nanoha and Vivio combined).

Definitely some tourney fatigue setting in for the vote totals - either that, or people are getting consigned to the progress of the juggernauts. We'll see how it affects voting in the next few rounds.

Today's first match is yet more Kanon vs. Strikers action, with Miyako from Hidamari Sketch added in. Caro is much closer to the concept of a normal magical girl than most of the Strikers characters, who are generally much more hot-blooded; a good amount of her popularity comes from the writers having thrown her and her team-mate Elio together more or less from the start. (And how often do you get a character who receives a bust grope, not that she has one yet, and doesn't respond violently? It was almost refreshing, if a little corny...) On the other hand, Makoto is also cute in a kind of helpless way. Either one of them could win it, depending on people's reaction to yesterday's voting; if the Kanon crowd turns out for revenge in numbers, bringing down Caro wouldn't be too tough - but the Strikers voters have been turning out in the numbers needed to keep advancing their characters. And there's also a (better!) Kanon character in the other match...

Shiori versus Rena versus Yue? Wow, this is just a weird round, with completely different moe involved. Shiori, as one of the original sad girls in snow, has almost unparalleled sickly moe. Yue takes the lead as the head lolita in the round, though I'm afraid her philosophy won't help her much here - brains are not what the average Saimoe voter is looking for. (Hey, I like her, but I'd like her better ten years from now, right?) Rena's the violent yandere whose show is currently getting the "nice boat" treatment. Initial prediction isn't much more than "not Yue". If it came down to their individual voting total alone, Rena would have a good chance at it - but with Makoto in the other round, and blood in the eye of the Kanon fanbase, it could go the other way easily.
Yesterday's results:

1位　842 votes Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
2位　574 votes Itou Chika@Ichigo Mashimaro
3位　197 votes Vivio@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

1位　931 votes Yagami Hayate@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
2位　382 votes Minase Akiko@Kanon
3位　173 votes Misaka Kaori@Kanon

Today's matches:

C2-3
<<キャロ・ル・ルシエ＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS>>(Caro Ru Lushe@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
<<宮子＠ひだまりスケッチ>>(Miyako@Hidamari Sketch)
<<沢渡真琴＠Kanon>>(Sawatari Makoto@Kanon)

D2-3
<<美坂栞＠Kanon>>(Misaka Shiori@Kanon)
<<竜宮レナ＠ひぐらしのなく頃に>>(Ryuuguu Rena@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
<<綾瀬夕映＠ネギま！？>>(Ayase Yue@Negima!?)

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