Anime Saimoe Tournament 2007 - Tournament Proper

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by thenightsshadow

@ minhtam2448: Is it really good etiquette to try and knock out someone due to being a threat?

It's more or less because I hate Haruhi because of her overly assertive nature and I was undecided for Group 8, so I let both Haruhi girls take the fall.

And to Demi, I was seriously considering adding Nanoha to my "Anime to Watch" list.

[Drakarst]

I'm really happy to see Tessa win.

As for today, my allegiance lies with Yuki. Tsundere and silentmoe can be similar since girls in both archetypes often try not to reveal their true emotions, making it all the more sweeter when you see that they actually like someone. I think tsundere girls are moe mainly because usually they're so violent and angry, making their few deredere moments so very powerful and emotional. Yuki is similar in that normally she acts so cold, distant, and unemotional, so that when she does show her caring and emotional side, you're in awe. The two situations that come to mind immediately are when

Spoiler for novel #6:

she takes off her glasses and when that guy falls in love with her.

Novel #6 ends like this:

I finally couldn't resist asking a question which I've been dying to ask,

"When you realized that his confession was all just a misunderstanding, did you feel any pity about it?"

"..."

Nagato stopped, and sort of turned her face towards me. A sudden wind blew by and covered Nagato's face with her hair.

The night wind was so cold as though it could slice off my ears. After waiting for a while, a tiny voice travelled through the wind and into my ears,


"...A little bit."

It's such a subtle moment that's still so filled with emotion. That's why Yuki appeals to me.

Voted for Fate because of certain cruel people. :'( Also voted for Mai.

[Demi.]

Originally Posted by minhtam2448

And to Demi, I was seriously considering adding Nanoha to my "Anime to Watch" list.

Yea, you should really consider some more. I'm confident that you will seriously wonder why you ever voted against Fate for tactical purposes.

Spoiler for Some more persuasion:

[niwasatou]

I could only convince 2 people to vote for Mai.. I'll keep a look at my MSN online contacts, though. Won't go into lengths why I don't vote Haruhi, she's just too annoying and self-centered for me to be moe.

I decided to go with Yuki because I don't dislike SHnY and today is silent type bluish hair day.

[Psieye]

Originally Posted by Teiran

Pretty much nil, for the reason you just described. I think Ohno and Ogiue (and presumably Kasukabe, though a cursory glance couldn't find her) made the second prelims this year, but none made the main bracket. I wouldn't expect a much better performance from the Genshiken girls next year, either, since the current series is literally more of the same--a manga-faithful extension of what we've already seen. If the girls didn't do well the first time around, I doubt that people would view them as different enough to send them any further. It's kind of a shame, since I absolutely love Genshiken, but its characters just aren't all that suited for this kind of atmosphere, even if Ogiue makes a fine tsundere.

Ogiue, of course, has more exposure this time around since Genshiken 2 is four times the length of the OVA. I can't see that making any real impact, though.

Both Ohno and Kasukabe made the main bracket in 2005, but each lost her first-round match.

Disagreed. S2 will likely cover Vol 8 material, which is Ogiue's backstory. Doesn't mean she'd be a juggernaut, but it does mean under favourable groupings, she'd manage to get into the main tournament and perhaps even reach Round 2.

Originally Posted by Drakarst

I'm really happy to see Tessa win.

As for today, my allegiance lies with Yuki. Tsundere and silentmoe can be similar since girls in both archetypes often try not to reveal their true emotions, making it all the more sweeter when you see that they actually like someone. I think tsundere girls are moe mainly because usually they're so violent and angry, making their few deredere moments so very powerful and emotional. Yuki is similar in that normally she acts so cold, distant, and unemotional, so that when she does show her caring and emotional side, you're in awe. The two situations that come to mind immediately are when

Spoiler for novel #6:

she takes off her glasses and when that guy falls in love with her.

Novel #6 ends like this:

I finally couldn't resist asking a question which I've been dying to ask,

"When you realized that his confession was all just a misunderstanding, did you feel any pity about it?"

"..."

Nagato stopped, and sort of turned her face towards me. A sudden wind blew by and covered Nagato's face with her hair.

The night wind was so cold as though it could slice off my ears. After waiting for a while, a tiny voice travelled through the wind and into my ears,


"...A little bit."

It's such a subtle moment that's still so filled with emotion. That's why Yuki appeals to me.

Voted for Fate because of certain cruel people. :'( Also voted for Mai.

That chapter pwnt a lot with Yuki Moe yes. Me, the one-line descriptions of her eyes are enough to fill me with Yuki Moe, e.g. "her eyes changed as if ice turned to water" in that same chapter. Heck I mean take "Asahina Mikuru no Yuutsu" from Vol 6 where she finally becomes more than a Moe blob, gets good development, etc etc and because of ONE LINE OF PROSE DESCRIPTION, Yuki comes out with the "earned most Moe points this chapter" title.

Won't go into lengths why I don't vote Haruhi, she's just too annoying and self-centered for me to be moe.

Aye, I couldn't vote for the S1 Haruhi. S3 Haruhi though... is another matter.

[Demi.]

More Feito-chan images.






...and decided to vote Mai despite originally planning to vote for Haruhi.

[Psieye]

Fu... sure is hell trying to sort through these images after a night of essentially no sleep. If only I discovered those Yuki threads sooner...





Dargel... I'm gonna crash for now. Let my body decide whether it wants 1 hour or 10 hours of sleep. I've uploaded some Elite-grade Yuki images but there's still 1000+ to sort through from teh raw pool.

[niwasatou]

Originally Posted by Demi.

...and decided to vote Mai despite originally planning to vote for Haruhi.

That gets you deserved reward~



Kick-ass Mai is moe too. Mamono wo utsu mono.

[pikuchan]

Yay, Tessa won

Voted for Mai today.
Still undecided about Fate vs Yuki though, damn it's really hard to choose between those two...

[niwasatou]

Last bit of Mai shien for today(night).




Ha,hachimitsu kuma-san

[Demi.]

Some more lovely Feito-chan support.

[Mad Dog]

Originally Posted by niwasatou

That gets you deserved reward~



Kick-ass Mai is moe too. Mamono wo utsu mono.

Heh. The last thing you'll ever see if Mai loses! lol


Standing by Mai till the very end! (posting these before my PC crashes completely!)

[wontaek]

Ave Nagato Yuki Caelorum,
Gaude, virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa,
Dignare me laudare te, virgo stella,
Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.

(Hail! Nagato Yuki of the heaven)
Home made Taiyaki for those who recognize the Latin source and visit my home.

[Liddo-kun]

Some more Fate and Mai support images:

Fate cosplaying ARIA


Mai in her usa mimi mode. *-*

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by Mad Dog

Spoiler for NSFW:

That should be tagged NSFW, like so.

[cicido]

Row row, fight tha powah~
Good luck to mai and fate as I vote SOS combo.
Nobody can disobey the goddess, nor can they resist a GEASS.

[todkapuz]

you know the only thing that is missing from the Koren voting system? ... egtting to see what combos were popular... in the Japanese system you have to cast both votes at one time, so it makes comboination stats easy... I wonder how hard it would be to develop an applet to do that for Koren Best Moe..... today is just one of those days.... what combos are good ... Yuki and Haruhi ... Yuki and Mai ... I wonder I wonder. the latter for me. *off to watch Clannad.. hoping for at little Kotomi-chan~~~~~~~~~*

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by cicido

Row row, fight tha powah~
Good luck to mai and fate as I vote SOS combo.
Nobody can disobey the goddess, nor can they resist a GEASS.

Uh, what up with the freaky Gurren Lagann reference?

Seedings will be updated shortly.

[-MotokoAoyama-]

Yay! I'm very happy that desu got through. one of my predictions were right while the other was off, but oh well, I didn't really care about the other match anyway, haha. Today I voted Mai and Fate-chan, because I like Yukarin (Mai's seiyuu), and Nanoha aces. Honestly, I'd be happy if Haruhi won too, as I seem to like both of them and just voted Mai because I think Haruhi has more support already.

[Vibeke]

pheew~ I had so much schoolwork to do that I even wasn't able to post my Eruru support ;_; and she lost too ;_; good that Tessa made it - I also voted for her

Today I present you the biggest flood ever - 888 pics of Nagato Yuki

http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/f...yuki_supermoe/

I'm also voting for Mai, so I hope she will reach Haruhi ;_;


Edit: Oh shoot, Psieye had already posted almost all Yuki images T.T and most of them are the same as mine... TT_TT