The '06 Moé Invitational Tournament - Finals, Groups I through VI

[ayareiko]

Championship Outlook (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moechamp3ot.gif)

Group I Finals (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=group11pm.gif)
Hazuki (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hazuki2lz.jpg) vs. Kaho (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kaho4lh.jpg)

Group II Finals (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=group24eh.gif)
Kurumi Momose (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kurumi2qm.jpg) vs. Midori Kasugano (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=midori1dt.jpg)

Group III Finals (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=group32yr.gif)
Momo (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=momo7bg.jpg) vs. Marie (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marie5pa.jpg)

Group IV Finals (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=group41md.gif)
Anna Coppola (http://img226.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ana3do.jpg) vs. Sarara (http://img361.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sarara2kn.jpg)

Group V Finals (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=group51qj.gif)
Kotori Shirakawa (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kotori3xi.jpg) vs. Hinako (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hinako5jk.jpg)

Group VI Finals (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=group61ul.gif)
Momoko Asuka (http://img420.imageshack.us/my.php?image=momoko9kn.jpg) vs. Haruka (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=haruka.jpg)

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

[TnAdct1]

My picks for the finals:

-Hinako
-Haruka
-Ana (go, Mamiko)
-Marie
-Kurumi
-Hazuki

[weaksoul]

Looks like it's up to Hazuki to demolish the Sister Princess army now. I'm not really that suprised many SP characters made it this far, but a new challenger appears! The Goddess of Moe herself, Hazuki of Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~. Sorry Kaho, you're the first to lose. Hazuki can't possibly lose here, she has 200x more moe characteristics.

Most of the sister princess characters are one trick ponies in moe. They each have their "assigned" moe characteristics, where Hazuki is the personification of moe itself.

The other two I'm interested in left is Kurumi and Anna. I'd like to see Kurumi continue her story and Anna is so very moe~.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

Come on, Momo!

Monkey love!

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Kotori Shirakawa (D.C. ~Da Capo~) - Because Kotori is awesome.

Haruka (Sister Princess) - That's one SisPri char...

Anna Coppola (Ichigo Mashimaro) - Can Anna finally knock out the surprisingly strong Sarara?

Marie (Sister Princess) - Two SisPri, but no strong feelings.

Midori Kasugano (Midori Days) - Figures these two had to go head to head, as either one would have beaten most of the other chars left >_> Luck of the draw I guess.

Hazuki (Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~) - Please let Hazuki win, Please let Hazuki win, Please let Hazuki win, Please let Hazuki win, Please let Hazuki win...

No matter what else happens, all will be right in the world if Hazuki wins. I hope she can overcome the fact that her show has not been released state-side yet...

[Victor Lewandowski]

I am so glad Midori did not have to go up against a SisPri character this round. All four of them got my votes and Anna and Midori for the two non-SisPri brackets. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[ayareiko]

A break down...

9 shows represented --
- 2 unlicenced. (Pani Poni Dash! & D.C. ~Da Capo~)
- 2 licenced but unreleased. (Ichigo Mashimaro & Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~)
- 1 partially licensed. (Angel Tales, the sequel OVA is unlicenced.)
- 1 licenced by 4kids, so the sub will never see the light of day. (Ojamajo Doremi)
- 3 licenced and fully released. (SisPri, Midori Days, Bottle Fairy)

Sister Princess have four characters, all others have one. So basically, seven come from series out on R1 DVD, the rest you have to rely on other sources.

[Gatts]

If you guys want to know why I haven't pinned the thread, it's because there are already three threads pinned in the forum. Don't think I haven't seen all of the requests to pin from all of the other threads. I'm not going to pin every single poll that starts in the forum. People who want to vote in the poll already know about it. People who have no interest in voting in the poll aren't going to vote in it just because it's being pinned.

I will probably pin the final rounds after this one considering the anime draft should be done or near done at that time, but for now these threads are getting 60~70 votes per outing (which I should point out is the same amount of votes that the pinned anime draft is getting). The thread not being pinned is not hurting the outcome much at all.

[something]

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Gatts said:
I will probably pin the final rounds after this one considering the anime draft should be done or near done at that time, but for now these threads are getting 60~70 votes per outing. The thread not being pinned is not hurting the outcome.

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Boo. The threads only seem to get good votes because we try to keep them visible, which involves us bumping them, which is actually against the forum rules, though it's been "overlooked" so far. One thread that we never bumped and which fell quickly came out with only 30-some votes.

I fully appreciate why the other rounds did not get pinned. There were way too many of them. But we're at the bracket finals now. And even better, we only have one thread going at a time now, as we did the round before this as well.

And honestly, this is a far, far more interesting tourney than the Draft (for which everything you posted could also be said just as well), but whatever.

[Gatts]

For what it's worth, I don't pin the Anime Draft either. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Gatts said:
For what it's worth, I don't pin the Anime Draft either. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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But as a mod, you represent "THE MAN!" as a whole, so you must bear my complaints =P Heh.

[touma]

This one was actually easy for me, for a change.
Four Sister Princess girls, one Bottle Fairy, and Seiji's right-hand girl.

The funny thing is about this, is that I am currently in the middle of watching Sister Princess. Disc 7 should arrive tomorrow via Netflix. I would suppose that I am slightly biased towards the sisters. Voting now.

[LimePie]

Bringing you your daily dose of Momoko pictures.

Thumbs up! (http://mars.walagata.com/w/ojamajolimepie/momoko132.jpg)
Just plain silly! (http://mars.walagata.com/w/ojamajolimepie/momoko124.jpg)

[SnowfairyX]

Group I Finals
Hazuki (Tsukuyomi Moon Phase)

Group IV Finals
Anna Coppola (Ichigo Mashimaro)

These were my only votes. The rest I skipped due mostly to unfamiliarity with the characters.

[bci110]

The characters that I picked to cut the nets down in the Bracket Finals of the Moe Invitational:

Bracket I - Kaho (Sister Princess)
Bracket II - Midori Kasugano (Midori's Days)
Bracket III - Marie (Sister Princess)
Bracket IV - Sarara (Bottle Fairy)
Bracket V - Hinako (Sister Princess)
Bracket VI - Momoko Asuka (Ojamajo Doremi)

[Suwako Moriya]

Hazuki (Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~)
Kurumi Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)
Momo (Angel Tales)
Anna Coppola (Ichigo Mashimaro)
Kotori Shirakawa (D.C. ~Da Capo~)
Haruka (Sister Princess)

Took longer than I thought to decide between Kotori and Hinako.

[XenoCrisis0153]

this voting session, I went with...
- Kotori
- Haruka
- Sarara
- Marie
- Midori
- Kaho

... I just love those Sister Princesses, haha

[something]

Just a little over 24 hours left to choose the bracket winners... everyone voooote!

[touma]

There are less than eight hours left to vote.
I am really curious to see how Sister Princess does. There is a possibility that four of the girls will be in the final six contestants. I think that this is rather amazing for one show, especially one that seems to polarize opinions so much. Of course the fact that it had 13 cute girls to start with did not hurt. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[ayareiko]

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disarm said:
Just a little over 24 hours left to choose the bracket winners... everyone voooote for Hazuki!

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Corrected for great justice.
Of the four SisPri still standing, Kaho is the only one I really don't want to advance. The other three are matched up against characters I don't feel strongly enough whether or not they lose.

My votes--

Hazuki
Kurumi
Marie
Anna
Kotori
Haruka

[weaksoul]

TBH, it really should be difficult for Hazuki to lose. If she wins this round, it pretty much spells doom for all Sister Princess characters. Most people are voting based on the series, Sister Princess, not the personality traits of the characters themselves (most, not all).

So Hazuki (which really, I don't blame people for unfamiliarity, but any amount of familiarity should make it extraordinarily obvious that she's technically the strongest contender in the finals.) will either crush Sister Princess or lose this round.

We'll see, I guess. (By the way, I know there's that whole personal preference thing, but it's hard to find someone who knows both characters to like any sister princess character over Hazuki, not that I'm doubting there are people like that out there).

[ayareiko]

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weaksoul said:
TBH, it really should be difficult for Hazuki to lose. If she wins this round, it pretty much spells doom for all Sister Princess characters. Most people are voting based on the series, Sister Princess, not the personality traits of the characters themselves (most, not all)

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If that was the case, SisPri should've been obliterated ages ago.

One hour left!!!

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Hazuki (Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~) 23 34%
Kaho (Sister Princess) 44 65%

...

Well, that's that, I will not be voting in or posting to the finals thread.
Was a fun run while it lasted, I suppose.

[ayareiko]

The Final Battle is decidied...

Hinako vs. Haruka vs. Anna Coppola vs. Marie vs. Kurumi Momose vs. Kaho

[Victor Lewandowski]

This is bad. Midori lost. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif And all four SisPri girls are in the championship. I was planning to have Midori win it all.

Looks like some of us have a similar idea. Having all four of the SisPri girls in the championship may allow one of the other two girls to emerge victorious /images/graemlins/devil.gif as the four SisPri girls are busy chopping the pot unless everyone finds one SisPri girl to rally behind.

[bci110]

To probably no one's surprise, all four of the SisPri girls left in the tourney won their respective brackets, along with Anna Coppola and Kurumi Momose. The Moe Invitational Tounament Finalists are as follows:

Bracket I - Kaho (Sister Princess)
Bracket II - Kurumi Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)
Bracket III - Marie (Sister Princess)
Bracket IV - Anna Coppola (Ichigo Machimaro)
Bracket V - Hinako (Sister Princess)
Bracket VI - Haruka (Sister Princess)

Congratulations to all the winners for surviving this grueling tournament. Now on to the Finals!!! /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Mr. Nail Bat]

Simply hideous results.

[EmperorBrandon]

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Geoduck said:
Simply hideous results.

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Geez... how the heck did Karen and Aria managed to get taken out early, yet Haruka and Hinako are somehow still in? Out of the SisPri bunch, I voted only for Marie and hoped that at least some of the other ones would fall out and allow more even ground in the final match. /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif

[Suwako Moriya]

Exactly even if one likes all 12 sisters, you can't vote for all four remaining in the tournament. One has to pick and choose. Thus yes the vote will be divided. Still if SP fans are like a herd and will flock behind one SP girl, I wonder who it will be. Either way I have to carefully decide who to vote for.

[weaksoul]

Well, at least there's still one character left worth voting for. Ana Coppola of Ichigo Mashimaro. She'll lose, but at least I'll go down fighting :/

[Victor Lewandowski]

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weaksoul said:
Well, at least there's still one character left worth voting for. Ana Coppola of Ichigo Mashimaro. She'll lose, but at least I'll go down fighting :/

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I voted for the other non-SisPri girl in the final, but I'm figuring on these two finding a way to rise above the cute SisPri carnage and fight for the title. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[ape2020]

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disarm said:
Well, that's that, I will not be voting in or posting to the finals thread.

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Yup with Midori and Hazuki out I don't know any of the other girls. That means I won't be voting either. Not that it matter anyways.

-chimp1010