AD2010: Round 6 voting

[dunno001]

Okay, now that I'm at a time that is more accessable on a regular basis, I should be able to get these up a bit better. Again, though, nothing witty...

[malazar]

Madoka, Oscar, and Kamina were all slam dunk easy picks for me. This round had some other potential strong choices too.

[FUNiOP]

Kamina and Haruko are two of my favorite characters, so that was easy. I don't like Mustang as much, but he would still be my next choice. It's too bad I voted for Faye before I saw him... I just hope he gets more votes than her from other people so I don't feel bad.

[bci110]

Tsuruya-san was obvious, but the other two were tough. I decided to go with Nagi-girl and Mai Kawasumi over Eva and the great Roy Mustang with my votes.

[Westlo]

Mikoto, Nagi-sama and Faye were my choices, sorry Kamina, Madoka and Eva :(

[Fudce]

Here are the ones I know and like:

Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
Kataoka Yuki (Saki)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Kyou Sohma (Fruits Basket)
Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
Miki (Shugo Chara)
Mikoto Misaka (Index/Railgun)
Nagi (Kannagi)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)
Tsuruya-san (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Yakumo Tsukamoto (School Rumble)

Rounding down to a top five:

Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
Kataoka Yuki (Saki)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Mikoto Misaka (Index/Railgun)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)

And the three I voted for...?

Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
Mikoto Misaka (Index/Railgun)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)

Touko is of course my own character, but she'd have been an instant vote (along with Grandma's pick of Kitty) anyway. Mikoto just about beat out Yuki and Kotomi for the third.

[HitokiriShadow]

Evangeline A.K. McDowell, Kotomi Ichinose and Touko Matsudaira.

Nagi, Shuurei Kou, Tsuruya, Mai Kawasumi and Mikoto Misaka are also all characters I'm quite fond of as well. Nagi and Shuurei are particularly great and were quite tempting to vote for.

[EmperorBrandon]

There's certainly a rather large number of characters I'm tempted to vote for this round, so it was a tough choice, but I narrowed them down.

[Zeether]

Yakumo, Evangeline, and Kamina.

[Classical]

Oh pooh, this is probably the toughest round in terms of voting yet. I've seen and like Nagi-sama, Kyou Sohma, Yuki Katoaka, Kotomi Ichinose, Eva McDowell, and Faye Valentine.

My favorite Clannad girl, Kotomi "Killer Violinist" Ichinose was the automatic first vote. I like Eva more than the rest, so loli vampire got vote #2. After some thinking I boiled the rest down to Yuki "Taco-san" Katoaka and Kyou Sohma. Kyou has a slight edge so I unfortunately had to leave out Taco-san.

[populuxe]

I haven't been following the draft, but whoever drafted Oscar got one of my three votes.

[something]

Have seen and liked:
Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan)
Kataoka Yuuki (Saki)
Ichinose Kotomi (Clannad)
Kawasumi Mai (Kanon)
Misaka Mikoto (To Aru Majutsu no Index/Kagaku no Railgun)
Nagi (Kannagi)
Rico (Gunslinger Girl)
Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Matsudaira Touko (Maria-sama ga Miteru)
Tsuruya-san (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu)
Tsukamoto Yakumo (School Rumble)

This was the first round where there were a bunch of characters that I saw but didn't care for enough to leave in the list (like Miki in SC, or Kyou in FruBa). Though that doesn't mean I actively disliked them.

Top 5:
Ichinose Kotomi (Clannad)
Misaka Mikoto (To Aru Majutsu no Index/Kagaku no Railgun)
Nagi (Kannagi)
Matsudaira Touko (Maria-sama ga Miteru)
Tsukamoto Yakumo (School Rumble)

VOTES:
Ichinose Kotomi (Clannad)
Nagi (Kannagi)

There was one easy choice - Nagi. After that... ah! So difficult. All four are on the same level really. Kotomi has Clannad power. Mikoto has currently airing power. Touko has yuri power. Yakumo has... ...well, I love her but my inability to name anything immediately takes her out. . So Kotomi... Mikoto... Touko. I need a three sided coin.

Ah hell, I'll go with Kotomi. If the Railgun candidate were Kuroko, she'd have been a lock.

Edit: oh, right, we get three votes. :sd: Crap, I would have voted for Matsudaira Touko (Maria-sama ga Miteru) too then! =/ Oh well... brain fart.

[Jimmie M]

My votes for Round 6:

Keiichi Morisato (Ah! My Goddess)
Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)

[Fudce]

Edit: oh, right, we get three votes. :sd: Crap, I would have voted for Matsudaira Touko (Maria-sama ga Miteru) too then! =/ Oh well... brain fart.

:cry: Poor Touko-sama...

[Buckeye]

Now time for my pick 6, now in round 6. So you know what that means. First vote is for my own character, "Violinist of Destruction" Kotomi Ichinose. As for my other two votes, these six are in the running.

"Maga Nosferatu" Evangeline AK McDowell
"Vespa Woman" Haruko Haruhara
"Cursed Cat Boy" Kyou Sohma
"Delinquent Demon Slayer" Mai Kawasumi
"Miniskirt Colonel" Roy Mustang
"Big Sister in Everything but Age" Yakumo Tsukamoto

As usual, my votes will be revealed the day before the closing of this poll.

[The Great Bear]

Edit: oh, right, we get three votes. :sd: Crap, I would have voted for Matsudaira Touko (Maria-sama ga Miteru) too then! =/ Oh well... brain fart.

You could just PM dunno and ask him to add that as your third vote.

Just a thought…

…

As for my own votes, I went with a beautiful sword swinger, a rather traditional beauty, and then a very unconventional girl. Perhaps you can't really call her a girl…

[something]

You could just PM dunno and ask him to add that as your third vote.
Just a thought…
Worth a try. Need to give Touko her love.

[njchobitsfan]

Faye and Evangeline for butt kicking, Kotomi for heart melting.

[Dack Ralter]

Hmm. Not so bad this round. Went with Kamina, Kotomi Ichinose, and Lisa Fukuyama.

[dunno001]

Just as a heads up, I've received a request for individual vote modification on this round, so I will have to make said change internally; the results will be posted upon round closure.

[Suwako Moriya]

Primary Vote
Miki (Shugo Chara)


Potential Second and Third Votes are in here
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)
Tsuruya-san (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Kataoka Yuki (Saki)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
Mikoto Misaka (Index/Railgun)
Nagi (Kannagi)
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I'll make a decision later, I still need to decide in round 5 before it's too late.

[Buster Blader 126]

On to another round!

After the initial vote for Yakumon, the narrowing begins...

Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima!)
Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Haruko Haruhara (FLCL)
Kamina (Gurren Lagann)
Yuki Kataoka (Saki)
Keiichi Morisato (Ah! My Goddess)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Kyo Sohma (Fruits Basket)
Lisa Fukuyama (Girls Bravo)
Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
Nagi (Kannagi)
Rico (Gunslinger Girl)
Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Shuurei Kou (The Story of Saiunkoku)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)
Tsuruya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Mikoto Misaka (Index/Railgun)

...which wasn't much at first - only three characters that I did not know at all were removed.

Though the Top 5 was pretty quick to narrow down:

Taco Girl
Kotomi
Nagi
Shuurei
Tsuruya

The elegant Shuurei has my 2nd vote, while the final vote goes to she who goes Nyoro~n, who edges out the other three by a slight margin.

[malazar]

Just as a heads up, I've received a request for individual vote modification on this round, so I will have to make said change internally; the results will be posted upon round closure.

Oh boy, hanging chads in the anime draft voting now? :devil:

[dunno001]

Just as a heads up, I've received a request for individual vote modification on this round, so I will have to make said change internally; the results will be posted upon round closure.

Oh boy, hanging chads in the anime draft voting now? :devil:

But this is where my executive powers over the draft come into play! *rips off chad* There! Now it's a valid vote! :P

[The Great Bear]

Oh boy, hanging chads in the anime draft voting now? :devil:But this is where my executive powers over the draft come into play! *rips off chad* There! Now it's a valid vote! :P

Has anyone stopped to think of what Chad thinks about all this? One of you leaves him hanging, while the other rips him off?

Will no one think of the Chads?

[Suwako Moriya]

Will no one think of the Chads?

The thing is thinking about the Chads is what caused the problem in the first place.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

Will no one think of the Chads?

I've only known one Chad in my life, and he was a jerk.

So: no.

[Randall Flagg]

Pretty easy round this time.

Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop) - Always enjoyed the character, but the videotape episode sealed the deal
Tsuruya-san (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) - What's not to love about Tsuruya-san?
Yakumo Tsukamoto (School Rumble) - The absolute best and sexiest School Rumble girl.

[Spirit Of The Stage]

I love easily votes for once. Only Yakumo made me struggle for a third vote, but in the end, the loli vampire, the beautiful genius (with everything that isn't a violin) and drill head girl get the votes this time.

[Mitsuki]

It came down to Kotomi, Mai and Tsuruya.

[Fencedude]

Characters I know and like:

Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Haruhara Haruko (FLCL)
Kamina (Gurren Lagaan)
Kataoka Yuki (Saki)
Keiichi Morisato (Ah! My Goddess)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
Miki (Shugo Chara)
Mikoto Misaka (Index/Railgun)
Nagi (Kannagi)
Rico (Gunslinger Girl)
Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)
Tsuruya-san (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

Eliminated a few whom I only saw part of their series, and a few whom I hadn't seen any of.

Top Five:
Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)
Mikoto Misaka (Index/Railgun)

Tsuruya just missed out here, if Railgun weren't airing she probably would have taken Mikoto's spot.

Top Three:
Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)

Mai was, of course, a given. Evangeline was also a given, because she's Awesome Squared Factorial. Still the best Evil Loli Vampire Who Helps the Good Guys Because Shut Up Thats Why!

Third was hard, but went with Touko due to the mind blowing awesomeness of the end of Marimite season 4.

[Suwako Moriya]

Third was hard, but went with Touko due to the mind blowing awesomeness of the end of Marimite season 4.

Thanks for the reminder, I think I'll use that as a reason to make her the "second" vote. Now, I just need to come up with a third vote.:sweat:

[Spirit Of The Stage]

Third was hard, but went with Touko due to the mind blowing awesomeness of the end of Marimite season 4.

Thanks for the reminder, I think I'll use that as a reason to make her the "second" vote. Now, I just need to come up with a third vote.:sweat:

Touko was already good in S2, she was great in S3, she was mind blowing awesome in S4. You don't need a reason not to vote for her...

...unless to piss of Fudce, which would be fun - albeit at Touko's expense. Gah - what a choice...:P

[Suwako Moriya]

It was a tough choice and many good people had to be eliminated, but the
votes have been finalized. They are as follows.


Miki (Shugo Chara)

I will admit biased towards female art students due to a certain trio of series is partially to blame for this. Sure, she's not exactly an art student, but she does represent art in a sense.


Matsudaira Touko (Maria Watches Over Us)

I was uncertain about her at first, but over time she proved her worth. Also, I will admit in some ways season 4 influenced to vote for her. Also, she has drills.


Kataoka Yuuki (Saki)

She has the power of tacos. She has the power of the fang. She has the type of attractiveness that only a girl like her can have.

[Konoha]

This was the easiest round for me, as it contained 3 auto-votes: Shuurei, Oscar, and Madoka.

[Fudce]

Matsudaira Touko (Maria Watches Over Us)

I was uncertain about her at first, but over time she proved her worth. Also, I will admit in some ways season 4 influenced to vote for her. Also, she has drills.

Well, twintails are lovely and delicious, and twin drills are the ultimate form of the twintail... :)

[EmperorBrandon]

Third was hard, but went with Touko due to the mind blowing awesomeness of the end of Marimite season 4.

Thanks for the reminder, I think I'll use that as a reason to make her the "second" vote. Now, I just need to come up with a third vote.:sweat:

Touko was already good in S2, she was great in S3, she was mind blowing awesome in S4. You don't need a reason not to vote for her...

You people are only increasing my impatience waiting for S4. Nozomi needs to get that solicited now. :P

[GundamWingMan]

Here's my votes:

Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Touko Matsudaira (Maria Watches Over Us)

[Suwako Moriya]

Matsudaira Touko (Maria Watches Over Us)

I was uncertain about her at first, but over time she proved her worth. Also, I will admit in some ways season 4 influenced to vote for her. Also, she has drills.

Well, twintails are lovely and delicious, and twin drills are the ultimate form of the twintail... :)

Clearly what we need is an anime about a lone female warrior. One that over time grows in power and her level of power is symbolized by her current style of twin tails.

[GundamWingMan]

Third was hard, but went with Touko due to the mind blowing awesomeness of the end of Marimite season 4.

Thanks for the reminder, I think I'll use that as a reason to make her the "second" vote. Now, I just need to come up with a third vote.:sweat:

Touko was already good in S2, she was great in S3, she was mind blowing awesome in S4. You don't need a reason not to vote for her...

You people are only increasing my impatience waiting for S4. Nozomi needs to get that solicited now. :P

That makes two of us, my friend! Moar Marimite! Moar "Mechanical Drill"! :P

[Buckeye]

One more day until this poll is closed, so that means I reveal my votes for this round. As a recap, here are my pick 6 for this round:
"Maga Nosferatu" Evangeline AK McDowell
"Vespa Woman" Haruko Haruhara
"Cursed Cat Boy" Kyou Sohma
"Delinquent Demon Slayer" Mai Kawasumi
"Miniskirt Colonel" Roy Mustang
"Big Sister in Everything but Age" Yakumo Tsukamoto

First of all, my first vote is for the one whose violin skills do nothing but rattle a lot of nerves, "Violinist of Destruction" Kotomi Ichinose, courtesy of the one who drafted her. Next vote is for someone who looks and acts like a big sister, but for some reason is actually younger. For that, vote #2 goes to "Big Sister in Everything but Age" Yakumo Tsukamoto. Finally, she rides a Vespa and fights with a guitar. She is rockin' and a rollin' saving the planet from giant robots that appear out of someone's forehead. "Vespa Woman" Haruko Haruhara rides away with my last vote for this round.

[GundamWingMan]

First of all, my first vote is for the one whose violin skills do nothing but rattle a lot of nerves, "Violinist of Destruction" Kotomi Ichinose.

"Violinist of Destruction", heh! A perfect description for Ms. Ichinose whom I also voted for. While I hope she moves on in the voting, let us pray she doesn't play an aria to celebrate her victory. She could crack the Earth's crust with her playing! :P

[Nosredna]

Haruko, Mai and Nagi for me. I'm beginning to think I should start using only two votes :P.

[Fudce]

ok, polls close, but we need to wait for dunno to confirm who voted for one additional character before the results are confirmed as official.

(Though I think we all know it was Something adding Touko to his two votes)

A preemptive congratulations to both Faye and Kotomi...

[something]

ok, polls close, but we need to wait for dunno to confirm who voted for one additional character before the results are confirmed as official.
(Though I think we all know it was Something adding Touko to his two votes)
Ouch, only 7 (i.e. 8) for Touko. Well, it's middle of the pack... Guess my vote sure isn't going to be involved in any top level tiebreakers though =P

[FUNiOP]

A preemptive congratulations to both Faye and Kotomi...

Dammit, I didn't mean to vote for Faye... Oh well, it doesn't look like Mustang would have beaten her anyway, and she still would have been my fourth choice if we got one.

[Fudce]

ok, polls close, but we need to wait for dunno to confirm who voted for one additional character before the results are confirmed as official.
(Though I think we all know it was Something adding Touko to his two votes)
Ouch, only 7 (i.e. 8) for Touko. Well, it's middle of the pack... Guess my vote sure isn't going to be involved in any top level tiebreakers though =P

It does break her out of the big low-level tie though... thanks :)

[bci110]

ok, polls close, but we need to wait for dunno to confirm who voted for one additional character before the results are confirmed as official.
(Though I think we all know it was Something adding Touko to his two votes)
Ouch, only 7 (i.e. 8) for Touko. Well, it's middle of the pack... Guess my vote sure isn't going to be involved in any top level tiebreakers though =P

Your vote was for Touko? OK, I'll go ahead and adjust the scores. All this will do is break that 5-way in the bottom half of the round.

[dunno001]

Okay, going in poll order, since that's just how it happens to be sorted right now, here's the results, votes, then points awarded:

Spirit of the Stage: 16, 19
Foxfossil: 18, 20.5
ilmaestro: 7, 6.5
Lumberjack: 9, 11
William K: 2, 2
Jimmie M: 5, 4
Buckeye: 18, 20.5
EmperorBrandon: 14, 17
Victor Lewandowski: 7, 6.5
Azumangaman: 12, 14.5
Fencedude: 13, 16
Suika Ibuki: 1, 1
Westlo: 7, 6.5
bluesilo: 10, 13
ibby: 7, 6.5
ape2020: 4, 3
Proximity: 12, 14.5
Konoha: 9, 11
Fudce: 8, 9
bci110: 9, 11
Buster Blader 126: 15, 18

Okay, now off to do round 8...

[EmperorBrandon]

Ouch, only 7 (i.e. 8) for Touko. Well, it's middle of the pack... Guess my vote sure isn't going to be involved in any top level tiebreakers though =P

Well, it does put her ahead of several other characters who got 7 votes.

It was kind of looking like the Key split might have been harsh on Mai, but thankfully that wasn't the case. I decided to give her my vote ahead of Kotomi (though they're both pretty awesome).

Thanks to those who voted for cat-boy. :)

[bci110]

Updated Scorecard after Round 6 (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/blog.php?b=2770)

No change in the top two - Buster Blader 126 still leads with 105.5 points and one win, while Proximity stills holds second with 101 points and 2 wins. EmperorBrandon leaps a spot to third place with 96.5 points, while Westlo dropped 3 spots to the 6th position. Westlo was also the biggest dropper, whereas both Fencedude and Buckeye made the highest climb at 3 notches apiece. The bottom three remain the same.

EDIT: And my scorecard agrees with dunno's so everything's good :) .

[Suwako Moriya]

It was kind of looking like the Key split might have been harsh on Mai, but thankfully that wasn't the case.

I passed on both of them. So the split effected them equally in my case. Speaking of splits, I'm familiar with series splits, but now franchise splits? I wonder what's next.

In any case, Miki would just like to say that she plans to with some assistance from others, lock on to the negative hearts of others.

[Buckeye]

Thanks to everybody who voted for Kotomi, and congratulations to Foxfossil for also winning this round.

[EmperorBrandon]

I passed on both of them. So the split effected them equally in my case. Speaking of splits, I'm familiar with series splits, but now franchise splits? I wonder what's next.

Well, Key titles seems to have a good amount of crossover in fandom (more likely if you've seen one, then they've seen the others, and know all the characters). It was on my mind when I was deciding when to draft Makoto, though surprisingly a lot of the later rounds went by without a Clannad character (no one drafted Ushio :cry: ), and don't think any Air characters either.

[Suwako Moriya]

It was on my mind when I was deciding when to draft Makoto, though surprisingly a lot of the later rounds went by without a Clannad character (no one drafted Ushio :cry: )

It's sad that Ushio didn't get drafted. Although she's just one of many that failed to make it in. As for Makoto, there's a good chance of her being my second vote in round 8. Only problem is I need a third vote. Also, I still need to vote in round 7....:sweat:

[Nosredna]

Congrats Foxfossil and Buckeye!

Coach Foxfossil, you said you were shocked Faye fell that far and thought she would do well in the voting round, did she live up to your expectations? Funny she was also grouped in that question I had for you with Yukari. Anything else you'd like to add?

Coach Buckeye, you said Kotomi wasn't your favorite Clannad girl, but she fit your theme. Did you imagine she would do this well? Is she your favorite Clannad girl now? :P Anything else you'd like to add?

[Buster Blader 126]

Anime club just ended, so I only got to see these now.

Thank you to those who voted for Yakumo! Also, nice to see Kotomi get first and Fate still pulling in the votes. Congrats to Foxfossil and Buckeye for the joint Round 6 win.

Also, I'll put up the list of the standings for future reference, courtesy of bci.

1. Buster Blader 126 - 105.5 points (1)
2. Proximity - 101 (2)
3. EmperorBrandon - 96.5
4. Foxfossil - 91.5 (1.5)
5. Spirit of the Stage - 88.5
6. Westlo - 87.5
7. Azumangaman - 76 (1)
8. Buckeye - 74.5 (.5)
9. Lumberjack - 71
10. Konoha - 65
11. Victor Lewandowski - 63
12. bluesilo - 62
13. Fudce - 58.5
14. Jimmie M - 57
15. Fencedude - 56.5
16. bci110 - 56
17. ilmaestro - 49
18. ape2020 - 44.5
19. ibby - 34.5
20. William K - 25
21. Suika Ibuki - 23

[Jimmie M]

Congrats on winning the round, Foxfossil & Buckeye!
And thanks to everyone who voted for Keiichi! :)

[Spirit Of The Stage]

Ah, first timing posting on my new laptop - Eva-chan did really well but glad Kotomi rightfully kicked so much rear without the aid of violin. :) Touko-chan - awwww....

Onto R8!

[Buckeye]

Coach Buckeye, you said Kotomi wasn't your favorite Clannad girl, but she fit your theme. Did you imagine she would do this well? Is she your favorite Clannad girl now? :P Anything else you'd like to add?
I didn't think I would win a round given that most of my characters are from series not widely seen, play second fiddle to the lead characters, or have a ton of personal baggage. In Kotomi's case, she played second fiddle to characters like Nagisa, Tomoyo, and Kyou. While I do love Kotomi because I have a thing for intelligent girls like her, and she is voiced by Mamiko Noto, Tomoyo is who I love from Clannad.

The reason why I took Kotomi is because I wanted someone from Clannad on my team. Kotomi was really stretching my theme since I used the fact that her parents were very successful and busy people and the life Kotomi had lived as a kid. For my business, I need smart girls like her whose Harvard-bound intellects are very helpful. Lastly, I am thrilled to have a round victory considering the expectations I have for the rest of my selections, and thanks to everybody who voted for the Violinist of Destruction.