Saimoe 2008

[Chun]

Upon further statistics dug up (Provided by Overfunk of Animesuki, crossposted from MT):

Statitics
Nanoha/Hayate 853 votes
Shana/Aono 533
Shana/Hayate 251
Shana 203
Nanoha/Aono 77
Nanoha 39
Hayate 16
Aono 15

88% of Nanoha's voters chose Hayate
85% of Aono's voters chose Shana

Accurate fake vote info
■第1試合
1位→2位　1656票→969票　高町なのは＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS
2位→1位　1578票→987票　シャナ＠灼眼のシャナII

■第2試合
1位→1位　1760票→1120票　八神はやて＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS
2位→2位　*867票→*625票　森宮蒼乃＠sola

Supposedly excluding fake vote info Nanoha would have been ahead. 1000 fake votes is nothing short of amazing.


Today's results:

Nagisa won. Enough said.

Yet another surprise from the Bamboo Blade cast, as Tamaki triumphs over Chiaki by about 200 votes.

Next up:

mDuo's last stand (Akari v. Chihiro) and Hinagiku's round to win.

~Chun

[mDuo13]

Go go Akari, everyone vote!

[Tsubasa]

I'm hella bitter, but I figure I might as well support a still viable character.  Hayate go go!

I voted Akari today. :3

[mDuo13]

SHE DID IT!

[Sunara Ishi]

I would love to see Akari in the finals but I don't know about the chances of that.
Pretty much all my characters have been eliminated. -.-;
But I'll support whomever that gets in (that I like.)

[mDuo13]

Alright, here we go again, Akari's toughest battle yet! But I believe in her!

[Tsubasa]

Vote Hayate today!  It's the last stand for any Nanoha character.  Hayate go go!

[Sunara Ishi]

T.T Akari lost... Shana lost... wtf?

Hayate is my last hope. T.T

[mDuo13]

Hayate is my last hope. T.T

I'm sorry, but Hayate has to lose today to make room for my last hope.

[Chun]

Hayate is my last hope. T.T

I'm sorry, but Hayate has to lose today to make room for my last hope.

I'm bitter Kyou lost but I'd faster see Hayate than Nagisa.

...no wait, I can't decide at all. Crap.

~Chun

[Tsubasa]

Dude, we have only three series that've cleared their blocks so far: CLANNAD, Bamboo Blade, and Lucky Star.  This year hella lacks variety.

And I didn't realize Bamboo Blade was this strong.

[mDuo13]

If Nagisa wins today, that makes the finalists 5/8 KyoAni stuff. Does nobody care about other studios any more?!

[Chun]

You know what impression the finalists this year give me? They're like a baked potato. You're like "dang, that's a really nice steak there I'd sure love to have that" but then you see the potato and feel sorry for it because you're taking it home to microwave for lunch tomorrow.

Viable; but secondary.

Fuko
Kirino
Kagami
Tomoyo
Tamaki
Tsukasa

They don't really jump out at me. They're cool, it's just I wouldn't run to it right away. (Well... maybe for Tomoyo. But even so she's not completely top.)

~Chun

[Tsubasa]

I think this year's batch of quarter finalists, taken as a whole, are better than last year's.  Aside from the obvious lack of Nanoha, which sucks big time, I like the selection.  Forgetting Fuuko and Tsukasa, I like Kirino, Tamaki, Kagami, and Tomoyo.  And whoever wins, I can agree with either Hayate or Nagisa (even though Hayate is decidedly better, IMO).

[mDuo13]

My opinion is really mixed on this year's finalists. On one hand, one of my picks actually made it to the finals (!!) and there are a couple other characters I also like. On the other hand, there are at least 2 finalists (Kagami and Hinagiku) whose appeal doesn't make any sense to me. Not just, I don't like them as much as other characters, but really I don't understand, on a fundamental level, how they are moe at all. And then there are the Bamboo Blade characters (since I never watched Bamboo Blade, I can't care) and Fuuko, who's my bottom tier within her series.

That still makes it better than last year's, though.

[Chun]

Hayate lost, Hinagiku won.

Total Count for Top 8:
Clannad: 3 (Fuko, Tomoyo, Nagisa) [Yeah, I can see it]
Lucky Star: 2 (Tsukasa and Kagami) [KyoAni is 5 of 8 >>]
Bamboo Blade: 2 (Kirino and Tamaki) [Talk about unexpected... I should finish this series]
Hayate the Combat Butler: 1 (Hinagiku) [...of all the characters in Hayate, WHY HINAGIKU]

~Chun

[LastElixir]

Finals are pretty bleh. Yeah BB is cool, Hina is cool, everyone loves clannad and raki... hell I like Kagami alot, but I mean... look at it... it's so... boring.

Here's my thoughts:

Kagami over Tomoyo
Nagisa over Tamaki
Fuuko over Tsukasa
Hinagiku over Kirino

Kagami over Nagisa
Hinagiku over Fuuko

Kagami will win but it will be a close call.

j

[mDuo13]

Hayate the Combat Butler: 1 (Hinagiku) [...of all the characters in Hayate, WHY HINAGIKU]

'cause she was in the hella easy H block. That's what I think.

[LastElixir]

Hayate the Combat Butler: 1 (Hinagiku) [...of all the characters in Hayate, WHY HINAGIKU]

'cause she was in the hella easy H block. That's what I think.

she's also pretty popular you know.

j

[Chun]

Hayate the Combat Butler: 1 (Hinagiku) [...of all the characters in Hayate, WHY HINAGIKU]

'cause she was in the hella easy H block. That's what I think.

she's also pretty popular you know.

j

Still, she's so... default it's ridiculous. I mean she's cool, but... not COOL.

I'd faster see Isumi there :V

~Chun