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SaiMoe rages on. Let's see how everyone did on their predictions for today.

Strike Witch's Mio Sakamoto took home the gold against Minamike's Yoshino, Hayate the Combat Butler's Risa Asakaze, and Minamike's Riko (how did two Minamike competitors wind up in the same bracket in the first round anyway? That seems odd to me.)

Meanwhile, Negima's slew of moegirls finally took home a win with Konoka Konoe, who kicked Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu's lead, creamed Strawberry Marshmallow's Nobue Itou, and killed Hayate's Shiori Makimura. Aww.

If Haruhi fans are still wrathful about Endless Eight, it may not have stretched outside of the show's lead characters. First Tsuruya and now Kyon no Imouto have won in their brackets; Kyon no Imouto fended off Wagaya no Oinari-sama's Kuugen, Sekirei's Musubi, and Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka's Karen.

Finally, a big surprise: K-On!'s Tsumugi did NOT win her bracket. One hundred and seventy points ahead stands Saki's Momoko Touyoko, with Pani Poni Dash!'s Becky and Utawarerumono's Aruru in the dust behind.
 
How'm I Doing: Half of my predictions were right, but I expected Haruka Nogizaka and Tsumugi to win their brackets...
 

The Next Battles

There are no new competitions until August 17th, as a huge chunk of those who would vote in SaiMoe will be attending Comiket instead. That said, the next competitions are:

• Hayate the Combat Butler's YUKIJI KATSURA vs Koihime Musou's SOUSOU MOUTOKU vs Yozakura Quartet's AO NANAMI vs Clannad's MISAE SAGARA
• Maria-sama ga Miteru's YUMI FUKUZAWA vs Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei's RIN ITOSHIKI vs Strike Witches' ERICA HARTMANN vs Evangelion's MARI ILLUSTRIOUS MAKINAMI
• Valkyria Chronicles' ALICIA MELCHIOTT vs TokiKake Girl's AKIHA SHISHIDOU vs Kodomo no Jikan's RIN KOKONOE vs School Rumble's YAKUMO TSUKAMOTO
• TokiKake Girl's ITSUKI KANNAGI vs Macros Frontier's RANKA LEE vs Ef's MIZUKI HAYAMA vs Cooking Idol Ai! Mai! Main!'s MAIN HIIRAGI

My predictions:Yukiji Katsura's comedy is pretty popular in Japan, but I don't think she herself is...so I guess I'll guess Clannad's Misae will take that one. I'm reeeeally curious to see how Mari Makinami does, but I think she's too new to win, so I'd bet on Erica Hartmann. I favor Rin over Alicia but Yakumo is pretty popular too, so I don't actually have a guess for the third competition...and then, how can Ranka Lee lose against the others in her bracket?

How did you do with your predictions? And what do you think'll happen next?