[Team Rocket Elite]

It seems like Mikoto is winning this year as well. Tenshi only managed 59% on Kuroneko while Mikoto hit 61% on the far stronger Nakano Azusa. It's not like K-On is in a slump since Mio just smashed Yuki. Assuming none of the previously existing voters changed their voting habits, 80-90% of the new voters voted Mikoto over Azusa. The existing voters were expected to have 49-54% support for Mikoto. That's a pretty unbelievable difference. Mikoto had a Diamond 7 spike last year that turned out be to completely real so I think this is probably her real strength. A lot of Mikoto's supporters seem to only show up for the last match of the regular season and the playoffs. If Mikoto is to have any competition, it looks like it'll be Shana who had a similarly good performance against Taiga. However, it's not quite as impressive since Shana tends to overperform against other Kugimiya Rie characters. To close of their year, Tsumugi, Mikuru and Kyou had solid Topaz 7 performances. So did Suzutsuki Kanade and Makise Kurisu. Tachibana Kanade is going to have to work harder if she wants to take home the grand prize this year.