The '06 Moé Invitational Tournament - Voting Stage - Round 1, Group III

[ayareiko]

Group III Bracket (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3.gif)

Hyatt (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/hyatt.jpg) vs. Minawa Ando (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/minawa.jpg)
Lynn Minmay (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/minmay.jpg) vs. Kagura (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/kagura.jpg)
Ichijou-san (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Ichijou.jpg) vs. Misha (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/misha.jpg)
Sakuya (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/sakuya.jpg) vs. Riku Harada (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Riku.jpg)
Koyori Kokubunji (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Koyori.jpg) vs. Yohko Mano (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Yohko.jpg)
Yumi Omura (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/yumi.jpg) vs. Karen (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/karen.jpg)
Minazuki Rokumatsuri (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/minazuki.jpg) vs. Sakura Kinomoto (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Sakura.jpg)
Reiko Asagiri (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/reiko.JPG) vs. Yue Ayase (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/yue.jpg)
Saber (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/saber.jpg) vs. Hotaru Tomoe (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/hotaru.jpg)
Shia (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/shia.jpg) vs. Vanilla H (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/vanilla.jpg)
Haruka Suzumiya (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/haruka.jpg) vs. Michelle Chan (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Michelle.jpg)
Hana Makihatayama (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/hana.jpg) vs. Misuzu Kamio (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/misuzu.jpg)

Please choose who you think is more ''moé''.

[TnAdct1]

My votes for the third block:

Sakura
Michelle
Hana
Hyatt
(as Ritsuko from ReDeath) Minmei
Ichijou-san (tough one for me)
Sakuya
Koyori
Karen
Shia
Hotaru
Yue

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My votes

Sakura Kinomoto
Haruka Suzumiya
Misuzu Kamio
Minawa Andou
Lynn Minmay
Misha
Sakuya
Koyori Kokubunji
Karen
Shia
Hotaru Tomoe
Yue Ayase

[EmperorBrandon]

Once again, I voted on all, but my more decisive choices:

Sakuya vs. Riku - Riku
Haruka vs. Michelle - Haruka

[Suwako Moriya]

Some of the choices were quite tough, but in any case here are my votes this time.

Minazuki Rokumatsuri (Happy Lesson)
Haruka Suzumiya (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)
Misuzu Kamio (Air)
Minawa Ando (Mahoromatic)
Lynn Minmay (Macross)
Misha (Pita-Ten)
Riku Harada (D.N.Angel)
Yohko Mano (Devil Hunter Yohko)
Karen (Sister Princess)
Shia (Pita-Ten)
Hotaru Tomoe (Sailormoon S)
Yue Ayase (Negima)

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Sakura Kinomoto - The other girl looks pretty cute, but Sakura is Sakura (and I havent even seen CCS yet)
Haruka Suzumiya - She's Akane, so she wins.
Misuzu Kamio - It's pretty damn hard to vote against Misuzu in a moe tourney.
Minawa Ando - As much as I like Hyatt, she's just not moe, and the other girl is cute enough that I'm willing to vote for her without knowing anything about her.
Kagura - Sorry I just... can't get into Minmay's design. Not really cute.
Misha - Oh god this was easy. Ichijou is an awesome character, but she's creepy, man.
Sayaka - Purely on a google search, another blind vote for a Sister Princess character.
Koyori Kokubunji - Because she does evil magical girl so damn well.
Karen - Yumi's dead eyes gave it to Karen, although Yumi is still cute.
Vanilla - I've never been a huge Vanilla fan for whatever reason, but I'll still give her the nod.
Saber - Didn't even need to think about it.
Yue Ayase - Again just going off the pics, I need to give it to Yue.

[martod]

As I said before, I really, really, really hate Minazuki vs. Sakura. How can you pit this (http://home.comcast.net/~martod/Minazuki.jpg) vs. this (http://home.comcast.net/~martod/sakuralook.JPG) in the first round? I voted for Minazuki partially because I know she's going to get killed by Sakura, and partially because I think she is more moe than Sakura even if Sakura is the queen of cute.

The others are much easier. Minawa could be a dictionary illustration for moe, Karen is certainly one of the moe girls in Sister Princess(Sakuya, being the "sexy one", is not), and Yue is worth a vote, although I don't know if cynical-cute enters my definition of moe.

[Suwako Moriya]

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marko said:
I voted for Minazuki partially because I know she's going to get killed by Sakura, and partially because I think she is more moe than Sakura even if Sakura is the queen of cute.

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Honestly as much as I love Sakura, I feel that 70% of her moe powers come from Tomoyo's outfits. Or maybe not 70%, but a good portion of it. Not to say we should count that against her, but something to consider. Then again maybe you could say Sakura is also a good subject.

[ape2020]

Tough but only because many of the girls don't seem very moe to me. but here is my votes.

Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura):Easy choice.
Haruka Suzumiya (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien): Tuff when by looks only
Misuzu Kamio (Air): Tuff don't know either so went with not toy like.
Hyatt (Excel Saga): Had to go with one of my favs plus she need the help.
Kagura (Azumanga Daioh): Tuff because neither seem to fit the moe profile.
Misha (Pita-Ten): I've seen the show, she a little more annoy then moe but I voted her anywaa.
Riku Harada (D.N.Angel): Don't know either so went by looks alone.
Yohko Mano (Devil Hunter Yohko): Again neiter seem to fit the mold so I went old school.
Yumi Omura (Chobits): Looking for love in all the wrong places.
Shia (Pita-Ten): Most moe like character in the show.
Hotaru Tomoe (Sailormoon S): Rather easy for a character that can destory the world.
Reiko Asagiri (Gate Keepers): Well she is a ditz I guess.

-chimp1010

[Mr. Nail Bat]

Two tough battles...

Sakura vs. Minazuki: Sakura's cute, but Minazuki is moe.
Shia vs. Vanilla: Another tough one. I voted for Vanilla, and I'm not quite sure why.

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Geoduck said:
Shia vs. Vanilla: Another tough one. I voted for Vanilla, and I'm not quite sure why.

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Kinda how it went for me. I really couldn't decide if I liked Vanilla or not, and Shia was moe enough to provide enough competition to make me think about it, but I went with Vanilla in the end anyway.

I'm still not 100% sure why either.

[ayareiko]

My votes:

Minawa Ando
Lynn Minmay
Misha
Sakuya
Koyori Kokubunji
Karen
Sakura Kinomoto
Yue Ayase
Hotaru Tomoe
Vanilla H
Haruka Suzumiya
Misuzu Kamio

[weaksoul]

Wha... Why? Why does Saber seem to be losing from these posts? She was made with moe in mind >< Maybe the picture was bad? Sigh. Doesn't anyone know of Fate/Stay Night?! /images/graemlins/sad.gif

I'll be a sad tiger if Saber loses.

[EmperorBrandon]

That's just how it is. Some people are more familiar with certain characters, so they're more likely to vote on them, and then with the ones they're not familiar, a lot end up deciding on one picture (which may not be a good indicator if character is moe or not).

Regardless of how moe Saber is (I'm not familiar with her, so I couldn't say), she's up against Hotaru Tomoe, a pretty popular character from a well-established series. Not to mention she fits the definition very well on top of that from how she is in Sailor Moon S. She even has "moe" on the end of her family name, after all.

[Suwako Moriya]

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She even has "moe" on the end of her family name, after all.

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Plus she has Hot in her given name. Thus Hotaru Tomoe! Either way there are definitely several choices that were quite tough for me. However to be honest I actually do vote for the unfamiliar over the familiar for various reasons.

[ape2020]

I have a feeling the characters that are strictly R2 will get wiped out by those whose shows have been released here in R1. But that is the nature of the beast I guess.

-chimp1010

[Suwako Moriya]

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Chimp1010 said:
I have a feeling the characters that are strictly R2 will get wiped out by those whose shows have been released here in R1. But that is the nature of the beast I guess.

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Well to be honest I'd say yes and no. Eventually as the tournament reaches its conclusion the final battles will involve characters from anime licensed in R1 that are from established series. I'd guess the final two, but then again for all I know depending on the progress of the tournament those very two may have to fight before the final match.

However depending on which characters face who, there are times that the strictly R2 could beat out some R1. First because some may feel the "R1" choice is so not moe in their view that the other person is in easy choice. Second some may actually be less familiar with the R1. Third and finally sometimes a character can build a fanbase long before her series is licensed. Including in the aspect of being moe.

[ape2020]

Maybe but this is a strict poll situation and that swings the leverage over to the lurkers and casual voters. In that case there is a huge advantage to the R1 characters. Even more vocal and experanced anime fans like say me might not really watch R2 shows. I personal don't download fan subs and I don't buy R2 dvds. This is a region 1 site and that means there they are mostly region one voters.

The only variable in all of this is if the characters manga is being released here and the fans have built up over that. But characters that have no presence here either manga or anime I see getting slaughtered unless they go up again like charactes.

edit: Well looking at the matches up there seem to be only a few test of this theory of mine so those are the ones I will be watching the biggest in this round are

Haruka Suzumiya (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)
Michelle Chan (Read or Die the TV)

Hana Makihatayama (Ojamajo Doremi)
Misuzu Kamio (Air)

Shia (Pita-Ten)
Vanilla H (Galaxy Angel)

Saber (Fate/stay night)
Hotaru Tomoe (Sailormoon S)

Reiko Asagiri (Gate Keepers)
Yue Ayase (Negima)

Should be interesting especially the Pita-Ten and Negima with their vocal manga fanbase.

-chimp1010

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Chimp1010 said:
I have a feeling the characters that are strictly R2 will get wiped out by those whose shows have been released here in R1. But that is the nature of the beast I guess.

-chimp1010

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Depends on who votes, but yeah. I mean, Sailor Moon character (show has been in this country for years and years and years and is long as hell) versus a character that's from a game that hasnt been translated, and with an anime that's only aired a few episodes.

I voted for Saber but would be very surprised if she won.

[ayareiko]

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Chimp1010 said:
I have a feeling the characters that are strictly R2 will get wiped out by those whose shows have been released here in R1. But that is the nature of the beast I guess.

-chimp1010

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Depends on who votes, but yeah. I mean, Sailor Moon character (show has been in this country for years and years and years and is long as hell) versus a character that's from a game that hasnt been translated, and with an anime that's only aired a few episodes.

I voted for Saber but would be very surprised if she won.

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Not to mention, Hotaru is moe as hell. The real test to Chimp's theory comes in Round 2, Group IV: Nodoka vs. Osaka.

[ape2020]

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disarm said:
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Chimp1010 said:
I have a feeling the characters that are strictly R2 will get wiped out by those whose shows have been released here in R1. But that is the nature of the beast I guess.

-chimp1010

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Depends on who votes, but yeah. I mean, Sailor Moon character (show has been in this country for years and years and years and is long as hell) versus a character that's from a game that hasnt been translated, and with an anime that's only aired a few episodes.


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You maybe right, but then I think it will have more to do with voter turnout then who votes. If its low then the R2 have a shot, if its high then the R2 will be wiped out. Of course there are sure to be exceptions. Right now the closest one I see is the one with the F3 hentai girl against the R2 girl in another bracket. A niche genre vs a forgein show.

-chimp1010

[ape2020]

Actually I think a good test might be round 1 group IV:

Hiroe Ogawa (F3) vs. Yumi Fukuzawa (Maria-sama ga Miteru)

There are also a few Negima and Pita-Ten characters that will be interesting to watch against their round one oppenents.

-chimp1010

[EmperorBrandon]

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Chimp1010 said:

edit: Well looking at the matches up there seem to be only a few test of this theory of mine so those are the ones I will be watching the biggest in this round are

Haruka Suzumiya (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)
Michelle Chan (Read or Die the TV)



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I am quite interested in this match as well. Haruka should definitely win it as far as being moe is concerned (Michelle doesn't even come close), but given the immense popularity of ROD around here...

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Chimp1010 said:
Actually I think a good test might be round 1 group IV:
Hiroe Ogawa (F3) vs. Yumi Fukuzawa (Maria-sama ga Miteru)

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Besides that Hiroe character just not looking moe, for Yumi to lose in round one of a moe tourney would be... totally rediculous.

MariMite should have more than enough recognition to carry that match, EASILY.

[Suwako Moriya]

Heck speaking of match ups in general. It will be interesting to see the vocal vote vs the real vote. I mean for example if you look at Amano Sakogami vs Pafica Casull, seven have admitted to voting for Amano Sakogami while just two admitted to voting for Pafica Casull. Of course in reality it's more likely eleven votes for Amano Sakogami and about thirty five for Pacifa Casull. Something along those lines. Still even if the vocal votes are right about who is winning. The person may be winning by a much smaller or larger margin. Ah well just have to wait and see.

As for why out of all the possible choices, I use that as an example. Well it's probably blatant for multiple reasons so I don't need to explain it. In any case speaking of which. While Shia may not have the advantage of an R1 release like Vanilla, she does have the release of the Pitaten manga here to help her out.

[ape2020]

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disarm said:
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Chimp1010 said:
Actually I think a good test might be round 1 group IV:
Hiroe Ogawa (F3) vs. Yumi Fukuzawa (Maria-sama ga Miteru)

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Besides that Hiroe character just not looking moe, for Yumi to lose in round one of a moe tourney would be... totally rediculous.

MariMite should have more than enough recognition to carry that match, EASILY.

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But I don't have a clue about Yumi and I do with Hiroe, so I voted with what I know. Now if most people who vote are primarly region 1 viewers that give the advantage to Hiroe. Then again she is an hentai character so that could make her as unknown as Yumi. Again it will be an interesting test indeed. Plus I know her character is a legitimate moe character.

One other thing is these polls seem to sink real fast in this forum so I see that as an advantage to the R2 characters. It will mean the polls will likely fly under the radar of a lot of AOD members and only the hardcore fanboys and moephile will seek them out. Again I say voter turnout will be key.

-chimp1010

[ape2020]

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Kiku Sarasugawa said:
Heck speaking of match ups in general. It will be interesting to see the vocal vote vs the real vote. I mean for example if you look at Amano Sakogami vs Pafica Casull, seven have admitted to voting for Amano Sakogami while just two admitted to voting for Pafica Casull. Of course in reality it's more likely eleven votes for Amano Sakogami and about thirty five for Pacifa Casull. Something along those lines. Still even if the vocal votes are right about who is winning. The person may be winning by a much smaller or larger margin. Ah well just have to wait and see.

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Yup this would also go along with my theory of voter turnout will be key. There are usually many more that only lurk around and vote then actually do any postings.

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Kiku Sarasugawa said:As for why out of all the possible choices, I use that as an example. Well it's probably blatant for multiple reasons so I don't need to explain it. In any case speaking of which. While Shia may not have the advantage of an R1 release like Vanilla, she does have the release of the Pitaten manga here to help her out.

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Yes I also noted that a R2 character may have more support if it has a popular manga released over here. But I'm afraid Shia is going to be slaughter by Vanilla since she has a popular R1 show over here. Even though I did vote for Shia myself.

-chimp1010

[Mistystuffer]

Characters I like that I voted for:

Hyatt, Kagura, Koyori Kokubunji, Yumi Omura, Sakura Kinomoto, Hotaru Tomoe, Vanilla H

[XenoCrisis0153]

my choices:
- hyatt... one of my first anime loves
- kagura... love that competitive spirit, very funny
- Koyori... oh man, maid fetish meters are at max!!
- Yumi... I can't say no to maids, especially robotic ones
- Sakura... another long-time love
- Yue... not one of my fave Negima girls, but she's still cute
- Vanilla H... she's quiet but adorable, plus I got a Vanilla keychain
- Michelle... sexy sexy sexy
- Misuzu... defines cuteness, too bad about her condition but that only makes me love her more

[ayareiko]

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XenoCrisis0153 said:
my choices:
- Yumi... I can't say no to maids, especially robotic ones

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Uh... Yumi is human. Flesh and blood. I think the one you're talking about is Yuzuki.

[SnowfairyX]

Minawa Ando (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/minawa.jpg) (Mahoromatic) - I'm only familiar with Hyatt who I don't think is very moé so I'm going to go with this person based purely on her looks.

Lynn Minmay (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/minmay.jpg) (Macross) - Based on my familiarity of Kagura, I'm going to have to vote against her for this character, but just barely. I really wanted to vote for Kagura, but I just couldn't find anything moé about her.

Misha (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/misha.jpg) (Pita-Ten) - Easy.

Riku Harada (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Riku.jpg) (D.N.Angel)

Koyori Kokubunji (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Koyori.jpg) (Nurse Witch Komugi)

Karen (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/karen.jpg) (Sister Princess) - As shallow as it may sound, I'm going to have to vote against Yumi partly because of the design of her eyes, which I found to be very unappealing on a human character. I can't really say that she seems that moé either based on her personality so I'm going to have to go with an unknown.

Sakura Kinomoto (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Sakura.jpg) (Cardcaptor Sakura) - I wonder how many <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>fools</span> are going to give sympathy votes for the other character just because they think that the vast majority are going to vote for Sakura? Hopefully people aren't going to take their vote for granted and just vote exactly how they feel. Sakura should win in a landslide, but I'm just feeling very paranoid for some reason.

Reiko Asagiri (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/reiko.JPG) (Gate Keepers)

Hotaru Tomoe (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/hotaru.jpg) (Sailormoon S)

Shia (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/shia.jpg) (Pita-Ten) - Based on my familiarity with her from the manga and my bias, this was an easy choice as well.

Haruka Suzumiya (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/haruka.jpg) (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)

Misuzu Kamio (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/misuzu.jpg) (Air) - I've only seen the first 2 episodes of this series so far, but I already find this character to be one of the most moé characters I've ever seen. She's such an innocent and naive girl for her age that I find it just a bit disturbing /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif.

[Philemon]

Here are some pictures of Karen found on the Internet:

Pic #1 (http://innocent-dreamer.net/wallpaper/SisterPrincess/Animaga_Karen_800-600.jpg)

Pic #2 (http://homepage.mac.com/sp831/sisterprincess/karenpostcard.jpg)

Pic #3 (http://www.northarc.com/images/sister-princess/sister_27.JPG)

Pic #4 (http://www.northarc.com/images/sister-princess/sister_15.JPG)

Pic #5 (http://www.northarc.com/images/sister-princess/sister_01.JPG)

Pic #6 (http://www.northarc.com/images/sister-princess/sister_49.JPG)

Pic #7 (http://neogurus.net/scans/Sister_Princess/scans/Sister_Princess_001.jpg)

[martod]

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SnowfairyX said:
Sakura Kinomoto (http://membres.lycos.fr/ayareiko/images/moe/group3/Sakura.jpg) (Cardcaptor Sakura) - I wonder how many <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>fools</span> are going to give sympathy votes for the other character just because they think that the vast majority are going to vote for Sakura? Hopefully people aren't going to take their vote for granted and just vote exactly how they feel. Sakura should win in a landslide, but I'm just feeling very paranoid for some reason.


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I know I voted exactly how I feel. Sakura is cute and innocent, Minazuki is cute, innocent, and shy. By my definition of moe, she wins 3 to 2. There was an element of sympathy, but if she was any less moe, I would have gone for Sakura.

[TnAdct1]

We have less than twelve hours before this round ends.

[Suwako Moriya]

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TnAdct1 said:
We have less than twelve hours before this round ends.

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Translation: We have less than twelve hours to find out just how deadly Sakura Kinomoto will be in her first round. Err I mean how moe she is.

[TnAdct1]

Well, voting for this block is over, and as expected, Sakura and Hotaru easily beat their competition.

Also, it's nice to see that Yue made it to round 2 as well.

[ayareiko]

Alot of easy wins for alot of characters. Sakura, Misuzu, Minawa, Haruka, Misha, Hotaru, and Yue all won in a rout.

Upset of the week: Kagura defeats Minmay.
I personally didn't expect that to happen at all.

Furthermore, two SisPri characters are also knocked out, Sakuya (by Riku Harada) and Karen (by Yumi Omura).

[bci110]

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Aya Reiko said:Furthermore, two SisPri characters are also knocked out, Sakuya (by Riku Harada) and Karen (by Yumi Omura).

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Yeah, I was very surprised when I saw that. Both Sakuya and Karen were the "heavy hitters" of all the SisPri girls in this tournament, and now they're both eliminated. So who will carry the torch for Promised Island now? Kaho? Mamoru? Little Aria? Certainly not Yotsuba! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Also, while I'm glad that Koyori won her match, the score was much closer than I thought. I figured that Koyori would "bust" out over her competitor Yohko. Considering that Devil Hunter Yohko was ADV's first licensed title, I guess there's more Yohko fans than I thought.

[EmperorBrandon]

Not to much to note here, but I'm very happy that Riku won. /images/graemlins/happy.gif She's definitely not in doubt as far as moe is concerned. I'm also interested in how Haruka will do from here (since she did really well in the first round). She should definitely be one of the best contenders as far as moe is concerned. With Sakura and Hotaru, there's no doubt, either. Some really powerful characters in this group for sure.

[weaksoul]

I've lost most of my interest in the tourney now that Saber's defeated so early. It's pretty disappointing, IMO. Ah, well. Hopefully next year or two years down the road when Fate/Stay Night has more exposure in the USA, she will have a stronger ground to work from. I don't see anyone I'm particularly rooting for aside from the Mashimaro and Rozen girls.

[martod]

Believe me, Minazuki vs Sakura would have been quite close if Happy Lesson was as well-known as CCS. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif

I'm also surprised Karen lost. She's one of the more moe characters in SP.

At least I'm glad Minawa won as handily as she did.

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TnAdct1 said:
Well, voting for this block is over, and as expected, Sakura and Hotaru easily beat their competition.

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Man, poor Saber /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif

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weaksoul said:
I've lost most of my interest in the tourney now that Saber's defeated so early. It's pretty disappointing, IMO. Ah, well. Hopefully next year or two years down the road when Fate/Stay Night has more exposure in the USA, she will have a stronger ground to work from. I don't see anyone I'm particularly rooting for aside from the Mashimaro and Rozen girls.

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IM, FSN, RM... all are going to be gone relatively early because they're just too darn new. Saber never had a chance against Hotaru. Shinku is already out, and I doubt Souseiseki, Hina Ichigo, Suiseiseki or Suigintou (is she nominated?) will go far either. IM might go a bit father on pictures alone, but they're all toast once they face established R1 characters.

Only the most rediculously moe R2 characters (like Hazuki) will get really far, and even then I'm not sure. It all depends on how many easy matches they have.

[weaksoul]

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weaksoul said:
I've lost most of my interest in the tourney now that Saber's defeated so early. It's pretty disappointing, IMO. Ah, well. Hopefully next year or two years down the road when Fate/Stay Night has more exposure in the USA, she will have a stronger ground to work from. I don't see anyone I'm particularly rooting for aside from the Mashimaro and Rozen girls.

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IM, FSN, RM... all are going to be gone relatively early because they're just too darn new. Saber never had a chance against Hotaru. Shinku is already out, and I doubt Souseiseki, Hina Ichigo, Suiseiseki or Suigintou (is she nominated?) will go far either. IM might go a bit father on pictures alone, but they're all toast once they face established R1 characters.

Only the most rediculously moe R2 characters (like Hazuki) will get really far, and even then I'm not sure. It all depends on how many easy matches they have.

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Ah, Hazuki! Looks like I have someone specific I want to watch out for! For some reason, I thought she was out already.

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Ah, Hazuki! Looks like I have someone specific I want to watch out for! For some reason, I thought she was out already.

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No, but her first match was disturbingly close given how Hazuki is pretty much THE poster child for moe in the last few years.