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Only one major surprise here, but honestly, I'm pretty shocked.
 

Today's Battles: 8/23

Well, most of us were right that Combat Butler Hayate's Maria cleaned her way to the win in her bracket, but not by quite as large a margin as I expected-- Saki's Touka Ryuumonbuchi did pretty well in second place. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei's Nami Hitou at least didn't end in last place, while Chaos;Head's Rimi Sakihata did.

Meanwhile, Rosario + Vampire's yuki-onna Mizore...wait for it...SNOWED the competition. I knew I liked her for a reason. Interestingly, Code Geass' Anya Alstreim took a decent second place, although characters from mega-series like that haven't done so well this year. Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka's Tsukasa Kiryuu and Kanokon's Chizuru Minamoto lost out big-time, of course.

I'm kind of shocked to see that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Mikuru picked up the win over Kagami by a solid 178 points; as I said in my predictions yesterday, I expected the Endless Eight backlash to put Lucky Star's Kagami at the top. Zero no Tsukaima's buxom maid Siesta was too busy trying to seduce the series' hero to even try, and Feldt was going all emo over her parents at the time. Sigh!

But no one should be surprised that CLANNAD's heroine, Nagisa Furukawa, squashed School Rumble's Eri Sawachika, MariaHolic's Shizu Shidou, and Maria-sama ga Miteru's Touko Matsudaira. The CLANNAD is strong in this one, kids.

The Next Battles: 8/24

• Strawberry Marshmallow's ANA COPPOLA vs Queen's Blade's NANAEL vs KimiKiss' ASUKA SAKINO vs Clannad's GIRL OF THE ILLUSORY WORLD
• A Certain Magical Index's KUROKO SHIRAI vs Strawberry Marshmallow's MIU MATSUOKA vs Code Geass' TIANZI vs Higurashi no Naku Koro ni's SHION SONOZAKI
• Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou's KOYOMI MORISHITA vs Saki's MIHARU YOSHITOME vs Toradora!'s AMI KAWASHIMA vs Zero no Tsukaima's IRUKUKU
• Zettai Karen Children's AOI NOGAMI vs Lucky Star's NANAKO KUROI vs Kodomo no Jikan's KURO KAGAMI vs Negima!?'s YUE AYASE

My Predictions: Ana Coppola, Shion, and..we haven't seen how Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou's been doing, and we've seen that we can never discount a Saki character, so i'm torn between Koyomi, Miharu, and Ami. We'll see! Moving on, I'd guess Yue for the final battle, as much as I'd love it to be Kuro from KoJika.

And the day after that, Yoko makes what will almost certainly only be her first appearance! <3

Your Turn!

Comments, complaints, predictions, and Endless Eight bitching in the comments, please!