I'm delaying the start of Round Two until tomorrow due to my illness acting up.
Knowing that there was rampant cheating in match one and Osaka in all honesty is statistically unlikely to be the true winner of the first match, will I do a re-do?
No, the system of voting we currently have has virtually removed cheating and I predict that Osaka won't make it to quarter-finals, let alone the final match. Plus, the only reason I'm going to allow the win is @Fash@poa.st doing the right thing and pulling in random people to vote for Osaka during that match, and I don't want that behavior punished just because of cheating on both sides.
If you were hoping for some closure of that issue and are disappointed we won't know for sure who really won that match, then blame SJW for refusing to give me the data from that poll and the cheaters on both sides.
Nevertheless, Osaka will face Tatsumaki tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern Standard Time.
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MATCH #16: 11. SHINOBU OSHINO VS. 22. LIRU
After Lum beat Marin and made cosplay lovers every cry, we finally arrive at the final match of Round One. Today, a vampire loli faces a brown, fluffy tailed werewolf, a classic face-off fitting for the an epic end to the first round of the tournament.
Thank you Kvit for the description of Shinobu PoastOak for the pic!
** 11. Shinobu Oshino / Monogatari **
Monogatori is a modern classic. It is such a classic that it makes you wonder why it only has one represenative in the entire tournament. From the memes to the songs to the story, Monogatari has it all. Shinobu, the sole representative from the series, has great power too, being a classic loli and engaging personality that will get all the far right lolicons crawling out of the Varis Hangout woodworks. If you don't like loli, she even has an alternative ara form if she gains enough power.
From the proprietor of the Vampire Maid Cafe, kvit:
"A blood chilling vampiric beauty Kiss-Shot-Acerola-Orion-Heart-Under-Blade (Oshino Shinobu) is easily one of the best characters in anime. From a lonely monster who attempted to die for another person’s sake, to a woman who learns to love life through her relationship with that person. Much of her character is spent in playful conversation with her master letting a barrage of quips, quirks, and cuteness build up in their classic back and forth. She jokes with her master and drags him along on fun (if occasionally ridiculous) adventures. Yet behind all of that is a deeply beautiful character who wishes to escape the fate of a monster living eternally as a pariah. One who comes to embrace life alongside her master, developing an irreplaceable bond between the two."
Our final girl, Liru the Werewolf inhabits a unique and precarious position. She may have won her Royal Rumble from fluffy tail fanatics, but she is more known for her doiujin game nowadays than for her anime, however cultish a classic it may be. She also lacks much fan art and merch that's not outright ero. With no extra girl to take votes from her opponent, and Raphtalia, Senko, and Holo already moving to Round Two, Liru will have a harder time against Shinobu. But, as we have seen before, stranger things have happened.
From the Royal Rumble:
"FOREVER EVER! Liru the werewolf journeys with three other baka monster girls as the travel to fight supposed oni's across Japan. She flaunts her wild and free spirit and
Most of you perhaps know her from Seisemic's doujin eroge, Wolf Girl With You, famous for Seisemic overcoming massive challenges to bring a deliciously vanilla game of you being lovey-dovey with this deliciously brown werewolf. This in itself spawn meme magic that brought down Gawker Media in that commie rag's worst defeat at the hand of the Hulkinator.
Liru is not the sole fluffy tail or canine representative in the tourney, and not necessarily the favorite, but she is the most unique of the bunch with a cult following, a unique meta story, and hopes to achieve victory."
For two hours after the first major update, it seemed like Lum was going to solidify her lead over Marin. The cosplaying cutie had a trick up her sleeve and boosted her vote counts by a handful, closing the gap between her and the space oni.
Lum still leads by six votes, but with over half a day left with the match, anything can happen.
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MATCH #15: 6. LUM VS. 27. MARIN KITAGAWA
Not only did a vampire crush Rei, but Asuka essentially won the Asuka vs Rei pseudo-match.
Today, for the penultimate match of Round One, we have old school versus new school with a lovey-dovey ayy oni facing off a lovey-dovey gyaru otaku.
We introduce a real classy lady today. Besides Nausicaä, Lum is the only girl to appear in an anime show pre-90's; in fact, if you count the manga, Lum is the only girl the whole tournament who appeared before the 80's. Her continued presence online and off only shows her power as an anime girl. With the second season of the anime remake going on and going strong, Lum may be "old", but she remains relevant and impactful as ever. There is so much to say about Lum and her series that it would take a whole essay just to get through it all. She is a worthy contestant.
Lum is a Space Oni from the planet Oniboshi. Her father is a high commander of Oniboshi's imperial space forces, which he decides to invade Earth with. He chooses his daughter Lum to represent the Space Onis. To save Earth from destruction, a "champion" from Earth must beat Lum in a game of tag. The champion so happens to be the horn-dog jock and Japanese high schooler Ataru Moroboshi. By sheer dumb luck, Ataru beats Lum and accidentally "proposes" to her, starting a long romance that spans solar systems and decades.
** RR 26. Marin Kitagawa / My Dress-up Darling **
Marin is the new comer of the match. While her win was the weaker ones of the Royal Rumble, Marin still held strong in the hearts of Fedi frens as her infectious smile and bubbly attitude helped her win. She is no flavor of the month, with fan art and merch still pouring in, her manga still going strong, and a second season of the anime coming in a year or two. Her being new might be a disadvantage against the classic space oni, but we've seen stranger results in this tournament and Marin may have the beginner's luck necessary to beat Lum at her own lovey-dovey game.
From the Royal Rumble match:
"Every guy's fantasy is a girl that is simultaneous pretty, popular, and is a complete and utter nerd-dork. Wakana Gojou hit the jackpot finding his sweetheart cosplaying gyaru-otaku from Tokyo. Marin always shows a bubbly light whenever she appears on page or on screen, always the optimist and seeing the best out of anyone but the worst of people.
Even being a relative new comer, her influence in otakuism can be seen with girls like Asuna, Boryeon, and Owari and in the Fediverse with her many fans and her own personal picture bot.
If you love cosplaying cuties, vote for Marin."
Rei is the other half of the great Asuka vs Rei debate. In terms of the Fediverse, Rei is a weaker contestant than Asuka, not being mentioned as often, not accompanying memes. On the other hand, Rei did not enter the top sixteen seeds for nothing. She has more total nominations that Asuka and still has instant name recoginition even among non-anime enjoyers. Will that be enough to beat the strongest vampire of Tokyo?
Rei was created by Gendou Ikari using the remains of his wife Yui and the physical body of the angel Lilith. Being the clone of a mad scientist's wife and, Rei has little active personality, instead passively soaking in her surroundings while she figures out her place in the world. She may or may not be the key to the end of the world. Oh who are we kidding? It's not much of a spoiler anymore that Rei is the key to activate Third Impact and Human Instrumentality. That renders her a useless, eldritch plot device until the retconning sequels come out. Best thing Hideki Anno ever did was give Rei hair growth for the Evangelion sequel movies.
** RR 19. Nazuna Nanakusa / Call of the Night **
Nazuna is one swell gal. She tied Tatsumaki and Tsumugi for the most votes of the Royal Rumble, especially in a match with the most total votes of an Royal Rumble match. Her series is cool, fun romp, and perhaps objectively better than NGE. Nazuna may be relatively new for anime enjoyers, but she may be on her way to "classic girl" status in a decade or two.
From the Royal Rumble match:
"From the surprise hit series from the Summer 2022 season, Nazuna the vampire rules the night just as she hopes to rule this match and the tourney.
Nazuna is surprisingly strong among the vampire masquerade, yet never wishes to flaunt her strength; instead, she gathers it to do what is most important to her: becoming and remaining as free as possible. Her carefree existence amazes and enthralls the loner loser Kou Yamori who feels entrapped by modern society. Together they find freedom in the night and in love."
Holo continues to dominate the lead as we close the night. Suiseiseki gained a couple more supporters, but nothing that could overtake the Wise Wolf.
Some wonder how Holo could not be crushing the doll, but it seems there are far more oldfags among the ranks than expected, oldfags who remember both Rozen Maiden and the memes fondly.
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MATCH #13: 3. HOLO VS. 30. SUISEISEKI
Hope everyone enjoyed that tech problems-caused break! We resume the match on what probably is a lopsided fight between a beloved wolf goddess and a feisty living doll known for an ancient internet meme.
We finally have the tourney favorite at long last. Holo may be third seed from technicalities, but she is the expected winner of this tourney for many Fedi friends. She has it all. She's beautiful. She's a monster girl. She's a good lover, wife, and mother. Her series is a classic in every media. Her memes are never stale. Holo is the perfect contestant.
Holo the Wise Wolf is the harvest goddess of the village Pasloe. Feeling the ennui of thanklessly watching a village that doesn't seem to need her anymore, Holo hops one day into the cart of the traveling merchant, Kraft Lawrence. Together, they travel the world with Lawrence teaching Holo about economics and salesmanship and Holo teaching Lawrence her wisdom and how to act less autistically, while they both fall in love. She also loves to drink, especially drinking apple cider, much to Lawrence's chagrin.
** WC 30. Suiseiseki / Rozen Maiden **
DESU! DESU! DESU! DESU! DESU! DESU! DESU!
Two wild cards came from the same Royal Rumble match. One was Wiz and the other is the meme living doll from Rozen Maiden, Suiseiseki. That shows the power of monster girls on the Fediverse. Unfortunately, Suiseiseki is the weaker wild care of the two, and worse still, she has to face the toughest opponent. That does not mean she lacks support. A few Fedi neighbors remember both Rozen Maiden and fondly and by gosh by golly they will try to help their little doll win.
From the Rumble match:
"The third Rozen Maiden and Jun Sakurada's precocious living doll, Suseiseki took the internet by storm when her series came out in the mid-2000's, a time only old fags will remember.
Besides the memes from her favorite Japanese phrase, Suseiseki gained popularity for her beautiful design and her huge feisty personality in one small doll girl package."
With only three more hours to go, Anchovy seems to be the projected winner, barring spirit shenanigans on Team Kurumi's part. Will Kurumi fans let the Pasta Fascist drive all over their clock yandere?
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MATCH #12: 10. KURUMI TOKISAKI VS. 23. ANCHOVY
We are almost through Round One of the tournament, with only four more matches starting with today's match. We had a snoozer with the classic red-headed tsundere beating the classic cute youkai. Today we have a cool yandere facing a pasta tsundere.
"Ara ara Shido-kun!" Date A Live is a cool series that combines several seemingly distinct genres and tropes into an awesome package: mahou shoujo, rom-com, shonen action, mecha, lolis, aras, and the works. With such a strong variety, you have plenty of girls from this series alone worthy of being in the tournament: Tohka Yatogami, Origami Tobichi, Yoshino, and more. The series revolves around girls with power known as Spirits who threaten the world unless one special guy named Shido Itsuka takes the girls on dates and seals their power with a kiss.
The most popular of girls from Date A Live is the wielder of the time spirit Zafkiel, Kurumi Tokisaki, the twintail sporting a clock eye. Called "the Worst Spirit" for her brutality and misanthropy, Kurumi nevertheless carries a strong sense of justice using her spirit powers to help Shido and the gang, albeit aloofly and independently of the good guy organization, Ratatoskr. Toward the later part of the series, Kurumi reveals her romantic side to Shido as she learns there still a few good humans out there. Kurumi is the yandere with a heart of gold, which is why she is a contestant in this tourney.
** RR 23. Anchovy / Girls und Panzer **
Besides Darjeeling, Anchovy is the only GuP girl to get in the main tournament. Anchovy performed very well in her Royal Rumble match, having secured a ten point lead over her GuP rival, Yukari, soundly defeating the battle meido Hayasaka, and crushing the gun autist of Sword Art Online, Sinon. Can Anchovy use her superior Italio-Japanese tactics to face a crazy and in-love Battle Spirit?
From Fedi's leader of the Spice and Wolf fan club, WolfGirlsInWheatField and his Royal Rumble descritption:
"Anchovy (Chiyomi Anzai) is from the manga and anime series Girls und Panzer, where she is the Anzio Girls High School Sensha-dō (tank competition) team leader. Anchovy, nicknamed Duce by her fellow team members (a reference to Benito Mussolini), has guided her team to the top of the Sensha-dō rankings, in spite of their often subpar tanks in comparison to other schools.
She is aggressive and a natural leader when it comes time to battle with other schools, although Anzio is often bested and taken advantage of by its love of cooking pasta and other Italian dishes and ignoring Sensha-dō, something Anchovy struggles to control and which she sometimes enables.
Outside of Sensha-dō, she is kind and affectionate to her friends and even rivals, often asking if she can make some pasta for them. Duce! Duce! Duce!"
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MATCH #11: 7. ASUKA LANGLEY SORYU VS. 26. BOTAN
While Mugi-chads may have won, their girl was given heat by the British who made sure the sensha-do match was not an easy one. Today, we have two 90's girls who will face off and see who has the better classic touch.
Perhaps the predecessor of all best girl polls on the internet can stem from the most well-known and oldest "best girl" debate in all of otakudom: Asuka or Rei? Ever since the show aired in the 1995, the two girls represented a fierce. The debate may have exhausted itself and turned into a bit of a meme by 2020, but anyone who respects the anime medium must pay their dues to this legendary battle.
In NGE, Asuka is the red headed, hot headed Eva pilot with daddy and mommy issues. She is competent in piloting skills, but her out-of-control passion and leads to issues in battle and out of battle, both with superiors and her peers like Rei and Shinji. Despite her temperament issues, Asuka can be very helpful and will often push you to do your best. Anyone who loves Asuka must learn to tame the wild beast before they can get to her heart.
** RR 26. Botan / Yu Yu Hakusho **
If you have been paying attention to the tourney, you will notice that less than a quarter of the girls are from before 2000's, less so if you discount the Evangelion girls. Still, there were a few 80's and 90's girls too good to leave on the forgotten shelf of girls.
From the Fedi's shinigami expert, RMIV and his Royal Rumble description:
"Botan is the Shinigami 死神 of Yu Yu Hakusho, and direct assistant to Yusuke Urameshi across its 4 seasons. bubbly personality? chronically chipper? an English accent? bedecked in her traditional pink kimono wrapped in a white obi, she flies around on a boat oar symbolizing her relationship to the River Styx. yes, seriously, she's the Grim Reaper and she couldn't be more adorable.
occasionally she has reason to doff her trad garb and suit up in a red leather jacket, grabbing her St Louis slugger baseball bat when come time to crush skulls. when it's your time to crush skulls she'll reveal she is in fact a licensed personal trainer and acted as such for Team Urameshi throughout the Dark Tournament. all this to say, never was there ever a more ride-or-die girl you could have in your corner; Botan's chief value is loyalty.
according to the preview for Episode 82, Botan pseudonymously has the world high-score on Ms. Pac-Man. her favorite holiday is Christmas 🎄"
Darjeeling is an interesting girl. Among the girls of GuP, she is not mentioned often in our side of the Fediverse, unlike Erika, Anchovy, and Yukari. And yet, Darjeeling managed to enter the sweet sixteen who automatically entered the tournament, while Yukari and Anchovy had to fight in the Royal Rumble and Erika did not enter the tournament at all. That shows the power of a few users who knows how to legitimately game the game and do whatever is permissible to win. Can that same spirit help her against a fan favorite?
Darjeeling is the commander of the St. Gloriana Girls College's sensha-do team. Embracing her inner Brit, she remains calm and collected, even in the most tense of tank battles, inspiring her team mates . She loves tea and is often seen drinking tea even during sensha-do matches. Graceful and kind, she hopes that her disadvantage and be turned around for this match.
** RR 18. Tsumugi Kotobuki / K-On! **
We finally reached the first winner of the Royal Rumble. Tsumugi is special and not just for winning the first Royal Rumble round. She ties Tatsumaki and Nanzuna for the most votes throughout the Rumble. She is also the official mascot for the Mugicha Club instance, where the tourney is officially host.
Tsumugi is a lively and dorky girl and keyboardist of the Houkago Tea Time band. She and her friends go through high school experiencing many soft adventures.
With Samus being the Fedivere's best vidya girl and Korone and Tenma being the Fediverse's best chuubas, at long last, we enter the this war's main battles to determine the very simple question: Which anime girl deserves to be the Fediverse's Queen and Official Waifu?
=== MAY THE BEST GIRL WIN ===
This thread will have all the info, rules, data, and announcements going forward, including relevant data.
RURUS tl;dr
All polls start at 3 PM Eastern Standard Time (-5 UTC) and end the next at the same time. One user equals one vote.
Let me know about any issues.
Any ties will result in a one hour blitz poll right after the main poll closes.
Do not cheat or rig, like using alts to vote multiple times.
Do not threaten to cheat or to disturb the tournament.
Do not hate vote based on personal infighting, religion, or politics.
Congratulations also to Asuka, whose victory annoucement was delayed due to the technical problems yesterday! She most likely will not face Rei in the main tournament, but Asuka's victory might give a little closure to legendary debate.
The Fluffy Tail Mafia strikes again! Congratulations to Holo for winning the thirteenth match! :SenkoHappyNosies::mofutail:
Also, good job Suiseiseki for doing well!
Congrats to Shinobu for being the final victor of the first round of this tournament! Despite the wily tricks of the Fluffy Tail Mafia, the vampire loli has charmed and enthralled her way the second round and will face off the Space Oni Princess of Onibashi.