2007 Alpha Diva Open 1st RD: Shadow Division

[ape2020]

Yup its time for the opening contest. For the entire tourney bracket and contestant picture use the link below.

2007 Alpha Diva Open (http://home.comcast.net/~ape2020/Alpha_Diva_2007_Bracket.pdf)

As always these are only guildlines and it up to each member to nominate ones that best fit their own idea of Alpha Diva.

Alpha Diva:
1. A female in the community to whom the others follow and defer. A strong individual in both mind and spirit.

2. A performer who is extremely talented but very imperious and tempermental. But the distinguishing factor is that their talent permits this somewhat uncouth or detached behaviour.

3. One with an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Requiring a great deal of attention and excessive effort to maintain beauty, style and image.

Note I will be adding profiles for each girl. Warning these profiles will contain spoilers so beware!!!!!

The actually polls will be in the posts attached to this one. Please hold off comments until I have both up as it will take two of them. Thanks.

-ape2020

[ape2020]

Note I will be adding profiles for each girl. Warning these profiles will contain spoilers so beware!!!!!

From Saitama City is the prefectural capital located in the southeastern area of Saitama Prefecture is the first rounds of the Shadow Division Play.

Natsumi Tsujimoto (You're Under Arrest!)ProfileNatsumi is an officer stationed at the Bokuto Station in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. She is very outgoing as well as very laid back. She often demonstrates superhuman strength and is a motorcycle enthusiast, capable of high-risk maneuvers on both bikes and mopeds. Natsumi has a prodigious appetite for food and alcohol, and has been known to show up at work with a hangover. She is also a chronic late sleeper. Despite having many bad habits, she is a very capable police officer and does her job seriously when needed. She keeps a mini-moped, a Hondo Moto-Compo (JR-2) in Miyuki's Honda Today squad car and uses it when a flanking strategy is required. It is prominently labelled "NATUMI", in the Nihon-shiki transliteration system.*****
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*****Princess Fatora (El-Hazard)ProfileThe conniving and lesbian princess of Roshtalia. She has been known to steal kisses from the unwary Shayla-Shayla (using the guise of Makoto. Fatora and Makoto bear a striking resemblance to each other, despite being from totally different worlds. Fatora's temperament seems to be a bit on the wild side, for she's always mad at someone for something.

Haruhi Suzumiya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)ProfileHaruhi Suzumiya is a girl in her first year of high school. Her classmates characterize her as being eccentric, beautiful, and unpredictable. She lacks a social life, detests small talk, and is viewed by her classmates as a deviant. In her introduction, she declares to be interested only in aliens, espers, time travelers, dimensional travelers (specifically sliders), and other oddities; normal humans are of no interest to her. She often refers to classmates as objects rather than people.*****
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*****Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)ProfileSultry and cool-hearted, she is the first of the Homunculi encountered in the series. She has the power to extend her fingers into lances in the blink of an eye to use as a weapon, and is thus known in some translations as the 'Ultimate Lance'. Gaining true humanity is the focal point of her ambition, arguably much more so than the rest of the Homunculi.

Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road)ProfileA quite attractive woman of many talents, and also many mysteries. It turns out that she is in the same class at school as Kyousuke. The first time we see her, she is an attractive, happy and friendly young girl. The second time, we see her playing blues on her saxophone, alone in the music room at school (appropriately, the title of the piece is "Madoka's Theme: Lonely Concert"). The third time, she easily defeats a group of punks who were attacking Hikaru. It is this last face that she has commonly turned to the world, and it is this face of "Madoka, the Pick" that Kyousuke's friends warned him to stay away from. Kyousuke is confused and must figure out which is the "real" Madoka. *****
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*****Yūko Ichihara (Xxxholic)ProfileThe owner of a mysterious shop in Tokyo. She is a dealer in wishes as she will grant the sincere wish of anyone who is willing to make an appropriate sacrifice in return. Although this never involves money, the price is usually so high that it is frequently unbearable. In the case of Kimihiro Watanuki, who sought to be rid of the evil spirits that plague him, the price was a long period of frequently demeaning servitude. As a result, she now has Watanuki as a sort of "personal assistant" to clean, cook, and perform other tasks she considers beneath her.

Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)ProfileLike as Princess Tutu is to Ahiru, Princess Kraehe is another side to Rue - and a not too nice one. Unlike Tutu, she uses force to retrieve heart pieces so that she may destroy them. In the anime, it would seem that Princess Kraehe loves the prince greatly, but the love she has for him is bittersweet. Perhaps because she suspects that if the prince gets all his heart pieces he will not choose her, Princess Kraehe tries desperately to prevent Princess Tutu from getting the heart pieces and returning the prince to his true self. In anime terms, she is one of the most complex characters ever. She acts out of loneliness and fear, but is not outwardly as weak as such characters generally are. She genuinely does love Mytho, having been aided by him at an early age, as he gave her a refuge from her Raven monster father, who she also yet loves. She stands constantly in the balance between her own, Mytho's, and her father's futures, each of which seem murky and incompatible from the start. *****
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*****Mei Etoh (Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight)ProfileA stubborn girl who tends to be industrious and competitive despite her standoffish nature. Mei secretly desires to be friendlier but finds it difficult to express her emotions. This is due to an event in her past during elementary school when she was unanimously voted to be the class representative. Before long, the students in her class started shirking his or her own duties, in effect giving Mei all the work to do herself. After this treatment from her peers, Mei had lost much faith in the intentions of people and distanced herself from others. When greeted by other students, Mei will usually not respond and just keep walking, apparently completely ignoring them, but is in fact too shy to engage in conversation. Mei has very little school spirit and feels that school events are a waste of time. Mei and Mutsuki have known each other since childhood, though Mei does not act like it.

-ape2020

[ape2020]

Note I will be adding profiles for each girl. Warning these profiles will contain spoilers so beware!!!!!

In the lower half of the Shadow Division opening round play. Sendai is a city with a population of one million, and is the political and economic center of Japan's Tohoku (northeast) Region.

Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)ProfileMisato Katsuragi is the Evangelion pilots' main superior officer. Responsible for the operations of the whole NERV headquarters whenever the commander is not present, Misato has only one goal in life: to destroy the angels that killed her father during the Second Impact. His death caused her great mental trauma which led to a long period of agnosia (loss of speech). Misato during the course of the series became Shinji's guardian, caretaker figure. An attractive woman with a cheerful, optimistic personality, Misato is also the only living human being to witness the Second Impact first hand and to have survived. She, in Fuyutski's terms witnessed hell.*****
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*****Imari (Bible Black: New Testament)ProfileA female student with a crush on Minase. As a virgin, she is chosen by the school nurse, Reika Kitami, for a sinister plan. The ending is left uncertain, as although Minase completed the spell and defeated Kitami, as well as Imari seems herself later on, she proceeds to show that she has Kitami's curse to transform her clitoris into a fully functional penis, as well as various statements that imply coming from Kitami's point of view. (The original Bible Black ends with Imari hysterically laughing while raping Saeki on top of a mystical symbol after Saeki attempts to recover the "Bible Black", which is burnt by Imari). During the events of Bible Black: La Lanza de Longinus (New Testament), she is an agent for a government agency whose priority is to investigate supernatural events.

Rei Tachibana (Pani Poni Dash!)ProfileRei is a girl with a heart and appearance as cold as ice. Of the girls in class 1-C, Rei is the most mature one. Threatening bodily harm is Rei's way of enforcing order in the classroom with Himeko being her usual target. She's the one to put Becky in her place when she gets out of hand and also the one to lure Becky out from behind the curtain with candy after she's put the fear of God into her. Rei has the second highest GPA in the entire school and works four days per week at a Chinese restaurant. Despite her apparent coldness, Rei is often the one to teach Becky important moral lessons. *****
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*****Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon)ProfileFiery, boy-crazy, and ambitious, longing to one day become a singer, model, and voice actress. She frequently engages in petty arguments with Usagi, who she sees as immature, and although she becomes calmer as the series progresses.

Miyabi Aizawa (GTO)ProfileAmong the students of Holy Forest, Aizawa hates Onizuka the most. Eventually all the students end up liking Onizuka, but Aizawa refuses to let go her hatred of Onizuka. She becomes obsessed with getting Onizuka fired, by any means necessary. Leading to emotional breakdown and attempted sucide.*****
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*****Naga the White Serpant (Slayers)ProfileIt is believed that Naga is really Gracia Ul Naga Saillune, the older sister of Amelia Wit Tesla Sailune. She is the self-proclaimed rival and traveling companion of Lina Inverse. While not a friend of Lina, she wasn't exactly an enemy, even though she often took sides opposite of the red-haired sorceress. Naga's exact age is not known, but it is assumed that she is around 19 or 20 during the time Slayers Special took place, making her several years older than Lina. Naga is also extremely busty and takes great pride in the superiority of said endowments over Lina.

Greta (Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar)ProfileGreta is Saga's self-proclaimed rival. The spoiled daughter of a rich family, she is not as popular as Saga and resents that, often setting up impromptu contests between them in an attempt to prove herself better than Saga. Greta often makes a fool of herself and has a good core (which she won't admit even to herself) but redeems herself at the end of the series. *****
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*****Minako Tominaga (Doki Doki School Hours)ProfileA brutally honest student who belongs to the cooking club. While she does has an in-your-face attitude, she isn't disliked by everyone. Minako is usually the one who puts the boys back in place.

-ape2020

[Victor Lewandowski]

My Votes:

Natsumi, Haruhi, Madoka, Rue

Misato, Rei Tachibana, Naga, Tominaga

[something]

The limitations on # of questions in one post for Fusion polls is rather irritating, isn't it? You just know we're gonna get less votes because people don't want to click each poll...

Haruhi Suzumiya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) vs Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- <3 ULTRA DIRECTOR SUZUMIYA HARUHI!

Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu) Vs. Mei Etoh (Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight)
- <3 again. She's far more subdued than your average diva, but when she gets on her high horse, oooh boy... but she's got the hacker skills to make it work.

Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs Imari (Bible Black: New Testament)
- I'd like it more if I knew both characters in any give battle, but with so many contestants it's questionable if I will, so I'm still voting even if I only know one... otherwise I wouldn't really be voting at all.

Rei Tachibana (Pani Poni Dash!) vs Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon)
- Love Rei. My favorite in PPD along with Becky.

Miyabi Aizawa (GTO) vs Naga the White Serpant (Slayers)
- Evil diva. This one is close, but Miyabi interests me more so she gets it.

[Spirit Of The Stage]

Votes;

Fatora
Haruhi Suzumiya - she's gonna walk this one? Never thought I'd say that against an FMA character...
Yuko
Mei :cry: Why put Mei up against Kraehe? She's gonna get slaughtered...I love Tutu and almost anyone else Rue-chan gets my vote...but my love for Manabi Straight and the cool yet brilliant Mei is a vote for the underdog...
Misato
Rei T (close one this one but like something, Rei is my fave of the girls bar Becky and she is super cool)
Miyabi
Greta - gotta love how she challenges Saga each and every time, when she's jealous of the lower class Saga being more popular...such a lovable show off... :D

[ape2020]

Well the 2007 Alpha Diva Open is off to a blazing start. Lets take a closer look at Shadow Division. Those raven hair beauties that battling for each and every one of your votes.

Favorite
Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu): And early clash with final four finalist Layla Hamliton sent our favorite little diva ballernia home early. In her second tourney many have place their money on Rue to go far.

Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion): No one can really ingore a girl from Eva. Especially an fan favorite like Misato who is hot too. While not totally a Diva per se, she might be pushed along by thoses looking for a strong Alpha female lead.

-ape2020

[The Great Bear]

Abstain, Haruhi, Yuuko, Rue.
Imari, Rei Tachibana, Naga the Serpent, Minako.

Some divas here, certainly.

[Mitsuki]

Princess Fatora
Haruhi Suzumiya
Yuko Ichihara
Rue/Princess Kraehe

Misato Katsuragi
Rei Tachibana (Rei vs. Rei!)
Naga
Greta

[Lumberjack]

Natsumi, Lust, Rue, Misato, and Naga

[Helschadenfreude]

My votes:

natsumi
lust ( I REFUSE to vote for anything related to Haruhi.. I refuse to be sucked in!!)

Yuko
Rue

Misato
Sailor Mars
Naga the White serpent
abstained

I pretty much voted for whoever I seconded I think...

[Puppet Master]

Voted for

Lust
Naga the White Serpent

[Jimmie M]

My votes:

Natsumi
Lust
Madoka

Misato
Rei Hino
Naga

[Dicrel Seijin]

Natsumi,
Lust (I'm sorry Haruhi. :cry: ),
Yuko,
ABSTAIN

Imari,
ABSTAIN,
Naga,
ABSTAIN

[ape2020]

From the shadow true evil shall emerage. Well this grouping sure has plenty of them just battling it out for the win.

Dark Horse
Haruhi Suzumiya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya): You almost can't call this little vixen a dark horse with all the luv and buzz her show is getting on AOD. Then again she is a rookie here and there are some other heavy hitter she must get past to get out of the Shadow Division. Let see if popularity or defination wins out here.

-ape2020

[ape2020]

There is light at the end of the tunnel as the first round of the 2007 Alpha Diva Tourney are almost over. Let your voices be heard.

-ape2020

[Victor Lewandowski]

First Round Results

Saitama City Sub Regional: Match 1 (32 Votes Cast)
Natsumi Tsujimoto (You're Under Arrest!) 15 (46 %)
Princess Fatora (El-Hazard) 17 (53 %)

Saitama City Sub Regional: Match 2 (33 Votes Cast)
Haruhi Suzumiya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) 25 (58 %)
Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist) 18 (41 %)

Saitama City Sub Regional: Match 3 (30 Votes Cast)
Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road) 7 (23 %)
Yūko Ichihara (Xxxholic) 23 (76 %)

Saitama City Sub Regional: Match 4 (33 Votes Cast)
Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu) 24 (72 %)
Mei Etoh (Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight) 9 (27 %)

Second Round Matches
Princess Fatora (El-Hazard) vs. Haruhi Suzumiya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Yūko Ichihara (Xxxholic) vs. Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Sendai Sub Regional: Match 1 (34 Votes Cast)
Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) 28 (82 %)
Imari (Bible Black: New Testament) 6 (17 %)

Sendai Sub Regional: Match 2 (34 Votes Cast)
Rei Tachibana (Pani Poni Dash!) 11 (34 %)
Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon) 21 (65 %)

Sendai Sub Regional: Match 3 (28 Votes Cast)
Miyabi Aizawa (GTO) 8 (28 %)
Naga the White Serpent (Slayers) 20 (71 %)

Sendai Sub Regional: Match 4 (23 Votes Cast)
Greta (Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar) 14 (60 %)
Minako Tominaga (Doki Doki School Hours) 9 (39 %)

Second Round Matches
Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs. Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon)
Naga the White Serpent (Slayers) vs. Greta (Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar)

[EmperorBrandon]

Nothing unexpected here it seems. I'm hoping Rue continues to do well, and possibly prevail over Haruhi if it comes to it.

[The Great Bear]

Interesting results again.

I have to think that Haruhi might be the odds on favorite, but things can change.

[Helschadenfreude]

Bleh, I was hoping Lust would pull the FMA popularity ness but not enough to beat the tide of Haruhism....

I can't believe Yuko won, yay.... Although she's against Rue now. Ack.

[Spirit Of The Stage]

First Round Results

Second Round Matches
Princess Fatora (El-Hazard) vs. Haruhi Suzumiya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Yūko Ichihara (Xxxholic) vs. Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Second Round Matches
Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs. Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon)
Naga the White Serpent (Slayers) vs. Greta (Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar)

Mostly expected, though Yuko getting the nod over old school fave Madoka was a nice surprise. And yeah, wasn't holding too much hope for Mei-chan to get the upset over Rue-chan though the possibility of a Haruhi/Rue match is there..

Misato vs. Rei will be interesting and Greta vs. Naga? Battle of the laughs... :sd:

[Jimmie M]

First Round Results

Saitama City Sub Regional: Match 1 (32 Votes Cast)
Natsumi Tsujimoto (You're Under Arrest!) 15 (46 %)
Princess Fatora (El-Hazard) 17 (53 %)


A close vote (Probably the closest of all the brackets) but Princess Fatora took it in the end. At least Natsumi fared better here than in AD2007.
I'm sure that Haruhi will be heavily favored against Fatora but you never know-Stranger things have happened. On to the next round!

[IamBoogiepop]

First Round Results

Saitama City Sub Regional: Match 1 (32 Votes Cast)
Natsumi Tsujimoto (You're Under Arrest!) 15 (46 %)
Princess Fatora (El-Hazard) 17 (53 %)


A close vote (Probably the closest of all the brackets) but Princess Fatora took it in the end. At least Natsumi fared better here than in AD2007.
I'm sure that Haruhi will be heavily favored against Fatora but you never know-Stranger things have happened. On to the next round!

My vote is for Fatora... she be Princess Diva. And they be fierce! :P Plus, as far as I'm concerned, she's one of the ULTIMATE AIC Divas (which is saying something).

~Justin