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For those interested, here are my character rankings from before Ruby 1 and after Ruby 7:

Before Ruby 1:

Spoiler for Character Ranking before Ruby 1:

Tachibana Kanade - 76.14
Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) - 73.13
Misaka Mikoto - 63.61
Aisaka Taiga - 61.4
Eucliwood Hellscythe - 60.75
Nakano Azusa - 54.55
Kōsaka Kirino - 53.56
Akiyama Mio - 53.4
Shana - 53.1
Aragaki Ayase - 51.15
Nakamura Yuri - 50.53
Suzumiya Haruhi - 50.07
Yui-nyan - 49.52
Nagato Yuki - 49.34
Saber - 49.34
Last Order - 47.11
Konjiki no Yami - 46.72
Hirasawa Yui - 46.12
Katsura Hinagiku - 44.65
Senjōgahara Hitagi - 44.63
Louise Vallière - 44.06
Charlotte Dunois - 42.86
Sengoku Nadeko - 42.14
Sakagami Tomoyo - 42.02
Illyasviel von Einzbern - 41.14
Victorique de Blois - 41.09
Fujibayashi Kyō - 40.78
Kuroi Mato - 39.88
Holo - 39.79
Furukawa Nagisa - 39.62
Tōsaka Rin - 39.6
Nymph - 39.46
Iwasawa Masami - 38.19
C.C. - 37.61
Izumi Konata - 36.7
Hirasawa Ui - 35.47

Takanashi Rikka - 59.11
Shiina Mashiro - 58.79
Kuroyukihime - 56.81
Yūki Asuna - 52.72
Hasegawa Kobato - 51.91
Kashiwazaki Sena - 49.26
Chitanda Eru - 48.76
Aoyama Nanami - 48.18
Nibutani Shinka - 45.95
Yuzuriha Inori - 45.66
Nyarlathotep - 44.46
Yui - 42.72
Takanashi Tōka - 41.19
Kanzaki H. Aria - 40.91
Natsume Rin - 40.54
Kirigaya Suguha - 40.42
Mikazuki Yozora - 40.33
Makise Kurisu - 39.98
Oshino Shinobu - 39.63
Tōwa Erio - 39.51
Shirakiin Ririchiyo - 38.76
Yūki Mikan - 38.75
Momo Belia Deviluke - 38.67
Nōmi Kudryavka - 37.95
Kirishima Shōko - 37.65
Ayano Keiko (Silica) - 37.47
Sanka Rea - 36.82
Misaki Mei - 36.67
Roromiya Karuta - 36.4
Honma Meiko - 35.86
Kotegawa Yui - 35.86
Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) - 35.21
Akemi Homura - 35.19
Konoe Subaru - 34.32
Araragi Tsukihi - 34.15
Araragi Karen - 34.13

After Ruby 7:

Spoiler for Character Ranking after Ruby 7:

Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) - 74.13
Tachibana Kanade - 73.99
Eucliwood Hellscythe - 63.68
Misaka Mikoto - 61.78
Aisaka Taiga - 60.22
Kōsaka Kirino - 55.51
Nakano Azusa - 55.12
Aragaki Ayase - 54.66
Akiyama Mio - 54.06
Yui-nyan - 51.93
Suzumiya Haruhi - 51.33
Shana - 51.32
Nakamura Yuri - 50.77
Saber - 50.03
Nagato Yuki - 49.08
Konjiki no Yami - 47.33
Hirasawa Yui - 46.23
Last Order - 44.78
Senjōgahara Hitagi - 44.03
Louise Vallière - 43.61
Katsura Hinagiku - 43.46
Charlotte Dunois - 42.24
Sengoku Nadeko - 41.59
Sakagami Tomoyo - 41.57
Tōsaka Rin - 41.18
Kuroi Mato - 40.77
Illyasviel von Einzbern - 40.48
Victorique de Blois - 40.23
Nymph - 40.11
C.C. - 40.1
Furukawa Nagisa - 39.44
Fujibayashi Kyō - 38.79
Holo - 37.91
Iwasawa Masami - 37.11
Izumi Konata - 36.73
Hirasawa Ui - 36.02

Takanashi Rikka - 58.89
Shiina Mashiro - 58.7
Kuroyukihime - 56.45
Hasegawa Kobato - 53.73
Yūki Asuna - 53.08
Kashiwazaki Sena - 49.28
Chitanda Eru - 48.92
Aoyama Nanami - 47.8
Nibutani Shinka - 46.21
Yuzuriha Inori - 44.58
Nyarlathotep - 42.9
Momo Belia Deviluke - 42.07
Mikazuki Yozora - 41.32
Yui - 40.89
Takanashi Tōka - 40.58
Kanzaki H. Aria - 39.91
Shirakiin Ririchiyo - 39.83
Yūki Mikan - 39.74
Honma Meiko - 39.32
Makise Kurisu - 39.16
Tōwa Erio - 38.95
Natsume Rin - 38.84
Oshino Shinobu - 38.56
Kirigaya Suguha - 38.43
Kirishima Shōko - 38.13
Ayano Keiko (Silica) - 37.96
Konoe Subaru - 37.03
Nōmi Kudryavka - 36.85
Kotegawa Yui - 36.2
Sanka Rea - 35.98
Roromiya Karuta - 35.88
Misaki Mei - 35.75
Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) - 35.44
Akemi Homura - 34.89
Araragi Karen - 34.83
Araragi Tsukihi - 34.03


The award for most improved over the course of Ruby goes to Menma with Momo and Subaru not too far behind. All three of them gathered up a fair number of extra wins with their new found power. It's been suggested that their sudden increase in strength comes from Asuna fans supporting them to help boost Asuna's SDO. We'll probably see the truth of this claim once Emerald 1 comes to an end.

Two other characters that also boosted by quite a bit were Ayase and C.C.. I'm not really sure where C.C.'s boost came from but Ayase is continuing to reap the rewards of Oreimo season 2. She's risen to the point where she looks about as strong as Kirino does. Unfortunately, Oreimo season 2 has come to an end so Ayase may finally be reaching her peak strength. If so, I hope she manages to hang on to her current level of strength as long as she can.

No one really took a dive in strength in Ruby. Last Order, Suguha and Kyou looked a bit weak though. Holo ends up losing most of what she gained during Amethyst. She still looks a bit stronger than before, though.

Kanade finally loses her spot at the top of my rankings to Kuroneko and both of them are a world ahead of everyone else. As I said before, Oreimo 2 has ended so Kuroneko will have to maintain her strength on her own for a while now. If she can, there's a very good chance that there's a Tiara in her future.