Anime Saimoe Tournament 2011 (Japan)

[Sphire]

Aw, Yuina didn't even come close. A lot of fake votes though, even for Ohana.

For today rooting:
E4: Minami.
E8: uh...dunno...ibuki maybe
E12: I like all 3, so... FUTABA KON! since she'll get no love...

[Aya Reiko]

Spoiler for erilspo:

guesses...
E4- Yui (w/ help from Azusa)
E8- Nohohon-san (the other two are too weak here)
E12- Azusa (w/ help from Yui)

[Triple_R]

So I just heard from Coldlight that Sayaka won her AST Round 1 match. Upon coming to this thread, I read that she defeated anime's version of Paris Hilton in order to do so... that just makes it even sweeter.

Three cheers for the Blue Puella Magi! Hip-Hip Hurray! Hip-Hip Hurray! Hip-Hip Hurray!!!

I hope that Sayaka, and the other Madoka Magica girls, keep doing well.


Oh, nice to see Ohana doing well too.

[broken270]

Sayaka broke through. Ohana dominated. Ayumi just made it for the cut off.

Spoiler for Can I vote yet?:

Kanade Yuuki @ Fortune Arterial: <<悠木かなで＠FORTUNE ARTERIAL 赤い約束>>
Ibuki Hinata @ Hoshizora E Kakaru Hashi: <<日向伊吹＠星空へ架かる橋>>
Haqua Du Lot Herminium @ The World God Only Knows: <<ハクア・ド・ロット・ヘルミニウム（ハクア）＠神のみぞ知るセカイ シリーズ>>

[Ichuki]

Picks- Haqua and Sheryl
Predictions- Yui, Ibuki, Haqua (K-On is losing power and saimoe champions don't do so well the year after their victory)

[ars89]

Oh man Yuina lost, didn't think Sayaka was that strong. Wow didn't think Reki would come in last, but oh well fine with Ayumi. Yay Ohana dominated.

Today i'm rooting for Minami, Honne, and Haqua.

[Team Rocket Elite]

Yesterday's Results:

Wakura Yuina - 291
Kusano - 40
Miki Sayaka - 445

Takahara Ayumi - 271
Reki - 149
Faris Nyan-Nyan - 242

Tsuda Kotomi - 86
Matsumae Ohana - 407
Sawanatsu Kotone - 177

A solid performance by Sayaka. She won her match without any trouble at all. Ohana had even less trouble in her match, though. The second match was close like I expected but I was completely wrong about who was in the running. It was Ayumi versus Faris for first place not Ayumi versus Reki. It was a surprisingly good performance by Faris but not enough to actually win the match.

Today's matches:

Shimada Minami vs Yuuki Kanade vs Hirasawa Yui
Hinata Ibuki vs Nohohon-san vs Sheryl Nome
Kon Futaba vs Nakano Azusa vs Haqua du Lot Herminium

Considing current events in BakaTest, this is a particularly bad time to be facing Shimada Minami. It doesn't help that K-On characters haven't looked very good so far. Perhaps if this match happened earlier, Yui could edge out a close win but I don't think she can beat Minami right now. I've seen Infinite Stratos and have absolutely no clue whatsoever how Nohohon-san made it through preliminaries and didn't look that bad either. It's not like Ibuki is that strong but I get the feeling Nohohon-san isn't really as strong as she was during preliminaries. I'm going with Ibuki here. Sheryl shouldn't really cause problems either. At the start of the season I expected Haqua to give Azusa a tough time. Once again after seeing how K-On has done I have doubt Azusa can win. She might not even get that close. Anti-champion votes are not going to help either. Haqua is pretty strong so I think she's going to beat Azusa.

Votes:
Hirasawa Yui
Hinata Ibuki
Nakano Azusa

Prediction:
Shimada Minami
Hinata Ibuki
Haqua du Lot Herminium

[timbits]

there's probably going to be lots of sympathy votes for minami today.

[Zeroryoko1974]

1st hour voting favors Haqua, Minami, and Nohohon-san. For the Sheryl haters out there, she is currently in last place

[Game8910]

Originally Posted by Game8910

If Ayumi wins her match then she is the goddess. Heard it here first.

Awwww hell yes this is the best saimoe news I've seen all fucking year!!

That means for Haqua....THERE.IS.HOPE

Since its Haqua vs K-ON I figured this picture is fitting



HAQUA IS ALWAYS #1

[christinemarie]

Originally Posted by christinemarie

Picks for 9/5/2011
E3 Yuina Wakura (Let's face it, Sayaka Miki even in her desperation can't beat a previously spoiled girl who just doesn't want that much effort cause its boring or even the loli girl that can sprout woods out of nowhere. With Ohana around, this is Yuina Wakura possible victory.)
E7 Ayumi Takahara (After learning that Feyris is already.., only Ayumi have what it takes to win, a certain part of the manga should be animated that involves an aggressive approach of Keima, 2 birds with one stone indeed.)
E11 Ohana Matsumae (Unless the To Aru faction plans to assassinate Hobiron, we expect her to walk through this round without much hindrance.)

Sayaka Miki goes all the way, without even her adversaries making a budge. Ayumi winning is no brainer if only gamma line exists. Ohana move to the next round with ease, but it's funny she didn't reach 500 as others hope for.

Result so far 24-25-8; only 7 picks of mine remains in JMOE with Homura Akemi, Mayushii, and Erio's Elimination. Victorica, Elsie, Ika Musume, Menma, and Char move on to the next round.

Picks for 9/6/2011 (DFC duo vs K-ON's dynamic duo)
E4 Minami (I love the current Baka season, hopefully she can hold her own ground against a powerhouse Yui with some sweet backup from other factions.)
E8 No picks
E12 Haqua (Defending champion needs to let go as she's the sole remaining pick of mine last year in the top eight, and didn't expect she goes all the way and win it all. Mirror match?)

[Arkanis]

I'm so glad that Sayaka won.

In the Haqua - Azusa match I'm really split between those two. I'm pleased with either of them.

[OverFunk]

Echoing yesterday's bet.

If Haqua loses, automatic death flag in the manga.

[Zeroryoko1974]

All the matches pretty much the same. Nohohon-san is the only one with a sizable lead. Azu-nyan and Haqua have been going back and forth with Haqua going ahead again in the last couple of hours. This will likely be another match decided by fake votes in the last hour. Overall, suprisingly not big voting numbers. Winners will probably not have much over 200. interesgly enough, Haqua and Minami have almost the exact number of votes Poor Futuba, she is only averaging about 4 votes/hr

[Micchi]

Picks: 6-6 (33-24)
Predictions: 10-2 (44-13)

Most surprised by Charlotte's win. Also laughed at prospect of a Sayaka snipe. Lol.

Picks: Yui, Nohohon-san, Azusa
Predictions: Yui, Nohohon-san, Azusa

Sadly even with the combo, I'm not that sure if the K-ON duo will make it... But I must believe in Azunyan!!

[Wanderer]

Supporting Yui and Haqua today.

And just 'cause I felt like it, I made a list of what I think the likelihood of each character winning their block at this point in time:

Spoiler:

Group A

Victorique 50%
Mikoto 40%
Kurisu 5%
Astarotte 3%
Other 2%

Group B

Kanade 60%
Ryuuko 25%
Merry 10%
Suzuna 2%
Erica 2%
Other 1%

Group C

Madoka 95%
Other 5%

Group D

Squid Girl 75%
Yuno 10%
Last Order 10%
Other 5%

Group E

Sayaka 40%
Ohana 30%
Charlotte 20%
Uiharu 3%
Saten 3%
Yui 2%
Haqua 1%
Other 1%

Group F

Shana 40%
Mami 30%
Naruko 15%
Nakocchi 13%
Other 2%

Group G

Kirino 40%
Kyouko 40%
Minko 10%
Index 5%
Yui 2%
Rose 2%
Other 1%

Group H

Kuroneko 90%
Sherlock 5%
Kuroko 3%
Other 2%

[Marisa Kirisame]

Monami needs to win today.

[BaKaBaKaOtaKu]

1 445 Miki Sayaka @ Puella Magi Madoka ☆ Magica
2 291 Wakura Yuina @ Hanasaku Iroha
3 40 Kusano @ Sekirei: Pure Engagement

Yipeee!!!! Sayaka won!!! ==))

1 404 Charlotte Dunois (Charles) @ Infinite Stratos
2 373 Touwa Erio @ Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
3 40 Touwa Meme @ Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

TT___TT mah Denpa Girls.. i hate Split voting. D'X If My Meme wasn't there...Erio could've won. DX


aaaandd...YUI AND AZUSA SHOULD WIN THIS!!!! K-ON GLORY ISN'T YET OVER!!!

[ahelo]

Hacqua-Minami combo is more superior than K-On's. Hoping for no fakes cause I kinda want Minami to win this. Also I'm voting for Hacqua because Azusa already won and Hacqua is actually a good Tsundere character.

[Ithekro]

Azusa is fighting...and it looks clean so far (no weird spikes). Yui's not fighting as hard, but she is fighting...she is lazy after all.