Today's Battles 8/27
I'm sure it'll come to no surprise that magical loli Evangeline A.K. McDowell, of Negima fame, won her bracket without much difficulty-- it looks like a lot of people didn't even bother voting-- the winner of the second battle had more votes than almost any two of the first battle combined. Of course, Evangeline's competition wasn't all that strong: Zettai Karen Children's Mio Tsukushi, Chrome Shelled Regios' Felli Loss, and Kyouran Kazoku Nikki's Yuuka Midarezaki. Score one for the witches!
Across the aisle, A Certain Magical Index's Mikoto Misaka took the win with 450 points, about 268 more than the second placer, Sawako Yamanaka (from K-On!). She beat Shigofumi's Chiaki by over 300 points, and Combat Butler Hayate's Fumi Hibino by exactly 400. Ouch.
Utawarerumono's Kamyu won in her bracket, with Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei's Kaere Kimura and Natsu no Arashi!'s Kaja Bergmann fighting a bitter battle for second (Kaja won, by two points). Cure Mint, Yes! Pretty Cure 5's Komachi Akimoto, was last, but even she wasn't far behind the other runners-up.
Finally, Hidamari Sketch's Yoshinoya won the last bracket, to the bitter pain of Rosario + Vampire's Moka Akashiya, who took a fairly distant second about a hundred points behind). Gintama's Kagura sawt and watched the battle uncaringly, while Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei's Ai Kaga just stood around apologizing for losing.
Tomorrow's Battles: 8/28
- Nabari no Ou's RAIMEI SHIMIZU vs Zero no Tsukaima's HENRIETTA DE TRISTAIN vs Clannad's RIE NISHINA vs Zettai Karen Children's SHIHO SANNOMIYA
- Combat Butler Hayate's ATHENA TENNOS vs White Album's YUKI MORIKAWA vs Polyphonica's PERSERTE vs Minamike's TOUMA MINAMI
- Toradora!'s SUMIRE KANOU vs Ef's KEI SHINDOU vs Kemeko Deluxe!'s MEI MISHIMA vs The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's HARUHI SUZUMIYA
- K-On!'s RITSU TAINAKA vs Combat Butler Hayate's SAKI KIJIMA vs Hatuskoi Limited's KEI ENOMOTO vs Candy Boy's YUKINO SAKURAI
My predictions: Henrietta or Rie, Touma Minami (Athena's more of a manga character so far and I don't think Perserte is that well-known; Yuki could take it I suppose...but I think 2ch loves its reverse trap), Haruhi may surprise us in the third battle, and I'd bank on either K-On!'s drummer Ritsu or the clumsy made Saki in that last one.
Whew...four more days before we've finished all the first brackets, so expect a BIG SaiMoe post with the next round of brackets on September 1st!


























And this time I think I agree with your predictions entirely.