Saimoe Tournaments

I was looking at the winners page and I have to say, who is that girl that they are claiming is Setsuna Sakurazaki and why is her hair down and why is she in a dress? She... never looks like that. At all.

Bleah, too many choices I liked in the same round

ARENA 01: [[Taneshima Poplar]] Okazaki Ushio Asahina Mikuru

ARENA 02: Lala Satalin Deviluke Hirasawa Yui [[Uiharu Kazari]]

ARENA 03: Ichinose Kotomi [[Victorique de Blois]] Laura Bodewig

ARENA 04: [[Kotobuki Tsumugi]] Rose Yin

ARENA 05: Astraea Yūki Mikan [[Izumi Konata]]

ARENA 06: Sanzen'in Nagi Alice [[Morishima Haruka]]

ARENA 07: Kinomoto Sakura [[Eucliwood Hellscythe]] Nishizawa Ayumu

ARENA 08: Oikawa Tsurara [[Tsukuyomi Komoe]] Sakagami Tomoyo

ARENA 09: [[Abstained]] Furude Rika Kotegawa Yui C.C.

ARENA 10: Akaba Chizuru [[Haruna]] Akemi Homura

ARENA 11: [[Seraphim]] Saber Stocking

ARENA 12: [[Yui]] Holo Furude Hanyū

ARENA 13: [[Abstained]] Nessa Fate Testarossa Kaname Madoka

ARENA 14: [[Kanzaki Kaori]] Fujibayashi Kyō Tomoe Mami

ARENA 15: [[Kōsaka Kirino]] Sonohara Anri Hecate

ARENA 16: Hiiragi Kagami Shiina [[Shiina Minatsu]]

ARENA 17: Louise Vallière Furukawa Nagisa [[Sōryū Asuka Langley]]

ARENA 18: Ryūgū Rena Suiseiseki [[Yamada Aoi]]

ARENA 19: Ayanami Rei Ibuki Fūko [[Shiina Mafuyu]]

ARENA 20: [[Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)]] Kataoka Yūki Hinamori Amu

ARENA 21: [[Ōkami Ryōko]] Senjōgahara Hitagi Sōseiseki

ARENA 22: [[Cecilia Alcott]] Sengoku Nadeko Nino

ARENA 23: [[Isurugi Mio]] Amakusa Shino Tōsaka Rin

ARENA 24: Tachibana Kanade [[Tamura Manami]] Nakagawa Kanon

edited 1st Mar '11 12:43:49 PM by Dorkus

I wanted to abstain on the Fate round, but then I decided I would vote for the person most likely to be able to beat her. So I went with the Madoka girl since people seem to keep talking about that show.

Where is that setsuna pic in a dress?

ARENA 01: Taneshima Poplar Okazaki Ushio [[Asahina Mikuru]]

ARENA 02: Lala Satalin Deviluke Hirasawa Yui [[Uiharu Kazari]]

ARENA 03: Ichinose Kotomi [[Victorique de Blois]] Laura Bodewig

ARENA 04: [[Kotobuki Tsumugi]] Rose Yin

ARENA 05: Astraea Yūki Mikan [[Izumi Konata]]

ARENA 06: Sanzen'in Nagi Alice [[Morishima Haruka]]

ARENA 07: Kinomoto Sakura Eucliwood Hellscythe [[Nishizawa Ayumu]]

ARENA 08: Oikawa Tsurara [[Tsukuyomi Komoe]] Sakagami Tomoyo

ARENA 09: Furude Rika [[Kotegawa Yui]] C.C.

ARENA 10: Akaba Chizuru Haruna [[Akemi Homura]]

ARENA 11: Seraphim [[Saber]] Stocking

ARENA 12: [[Yui]] Holo Furude Hanyū

ARENA 13: Nessa [[Fate Testarossa]] Kaname Madoka

ARENA 14: Kanzaki Kaori [[Fujibayashi Kyō]] Tomoe Mami

ARENA 15: [[Kōsaka Kirino]] Sonohara Anri Hecate

ARENA 16: [[Hiiragi Kagami]] Shiina Shiina Minatsu

ARENA 17: Louise Vallière [[Furukawa Nagisa]] Sōryū Asuka Langley

ARENA 18: Ryūgū Rena Suiseiseki [[Yamada Aoi]]

ARENA 19: Ayanami Rei Ibuki Fūko [[Shiina Mafuyu]]

ARENA 20: [[Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)]] Kataoka Yūki Hinamori Amu

ARENA 21: [[Ōkami Ryōko]] Senjōgahara Hitagi Sōseiseki

ARENA 22: [[Cecilia Alcott]] Sengoku Nadeko Nino

ARENA 23: Isurugi Mio [[Amakusa Shino]] Tōsaka Rin

ARENA 24: Tachibana Kanade [[Tamura Manami]] Nakagawa Kanon

Bah long names messed up my formatting ><.

edited 1st Mar '11 1:05:18 PM by Raso

Here.◊

[1] Hair style is different but the outfit is similar. (I wouldn't be surprised if it appeared in Neo.)

edited 1st Mar '11 1:10:05 PM by Raso

ARENA 01: Taneshima Poplar Okazaki Ushio Asahina Mikuru

ARENA 02: Lala Satalin Deviluke Hirasawa Yui Uiharu Kazari

ARENA 03: Ichinose Kotomi Victorique de Blois Laura Bodewig

ARENA 04: [[Abstained]] Kotobuki Tsumugi Rose Yin

ARENA 05: [[Abstained]] Astraea Yūki Mikan Izumi Konata

ARENA 06: Sanzen'in Nagi Alice Morishima Haruka

ARENA 07: Kinomoto Sakura Eucliwood Hellscythe Nishizawa Ayumu (Second favourite Hn G heroine)

ARENA 08: Oikawa Tsurara Tsukuyomi Komoe Sakagami Tomoyo

ARENA 09: [[Abstained]] Furude Rika Kotegawa Yui C.C.

ARENA 10: Akaba Chizuru Haruna Akemi Homura

ARENA 11: Seraphim Saber Stocking

ARENA 12: [[Abstained]] Yui Holo Furude Hanyū

ARENA 13: Nessa Fate Testarossa Kaname Madoka

ARENA 14: [[Abstained]] Kanzaki Kaori Fujibayashi Kyō Tomoe Mami

ARENA 15: [[Abstained]] Kōsaka Kirino Sonohara Anri Hecate

ARENA 16: Hiiragi Kagami Shiina Shiina Minatsu (Dunno how you could watch the special episode and not vote for her.)

ARENA 17: Louise Vallière Furukawa Nagisa Sōryū Asuka Langley

ARENA 18: Ryūgū Rena Suiseiseki Yamada Aoi (HAIL RENA)

ARENA 19: Ayanami Rei Ibuki Fūko Shiina Mafuyu

ARENA 20: [[Abstained]] Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) Kataoka Yūki Hinamori Amu

ARENA 21: Ōkami Ryōko Senjōgahara Hitagi Sōseiseki

ARENA 22: [[Abstained]] Cecilia Alcott Sengoku Nadeko Nino

ARENA 23: Isurugi Mio Amakusa Shino Tōsaka Rin (Seitokai Yakuindomo's perverted comedy maker)

ARENA 24: Tachibana Kanade Tamura Manami Nakagawa Kanon

Most of my picks were pretty boring I guess. Oh well.

I'm surprised to see a couple Saki characters nominated. I didn't know the series was that popular.

Well, two characters got to the semifinals of last years Japan's Saimoe.

Hitagi, huh? I know that a lot of people are obsessed with her but I always thought Saimoe would be dominated by childlike or naive characters.

Saki is extremely popular in Japan. Also, that last round was TOUGH.

^^ ISML is really more of a popularity contest in practice, as opposed to finding who is the most Moe Moe in terms of the more conservative scope of the concept.

Don't the Tsundere tend to do really well?

They do very well, yes. Fuck Taiga, by the way. Here's my ballot:

ARENA 01: Iwasawa Asami [[Merry Nightmare]] Haramura Nodoka

ARENA 02: [[Akiyama Mio]] Ayatsuji Tsukasa Busujima Saeko

ARENA 03: Itsuwa Yamamoto Nanako [[Elucia de Lute Irma]]

ARENA 04: Ikaros [[Yūno Arashiko]] Chrome Dokuro

ARENA 05: Ayuzawa Misaki [[Last Order]] Tainaka Ritsu

ARENA 06: Saginomiya Isumi Sendō Erika [[Misaka Mikoto]]

ARENA 07: Shana Erza Scarlet [[Aragaki Ayase]]

ARENA 08: Himeji Mizuki [[Ryōgi Shiki]] Shinonono Hōki

ARENA 09: [[Saten Ruiko]] Yagami Hayate Yuno

ARENA 10: [[Abstained]] Shinku Charlotte Dunois Nymph

ARENA 11: Kawashima Ami [[Takamachi Nanoha]] Nakano Azusa

ARENA 12: Suigintō Segawa Izumi [[Amae Koromo]]

ARENA 13: [[Shiomiya Shiori]] Amano Tōko Oshino Shinobu

ARENA 14: [[Ika-Musume]] Celty Sturluson Kiriya Nozomi

ARENA 15: Hoshina Utau [[Katsura Hinagiku]] Sakurano Kurimu

ARENA 16: [[Shirai Kuroko]] Hiiragi Tsukasa Aisaka Taiga

ARENA 17: Huang Lingyin [[Nanasaki Ai]] Amatsume Akira

ARENA 18: Hanato Kobato [[Hirasawa Ui]] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 19: [[Kushieda Minori]] Kasugano Sora Enma Ai

ARENA 20: Illyasviel von Einzbern [[Nagato Yuki]] Kirishima Shōko

ARENA 21: [[Kuronuma Sawako]] Serizawa Fumino Kamio Misuzu

ARENA 22: Kuroi Mato [[Maria]] Mōri Ran

ARENA 23: Inami Mahiru Haibara Ai [[Index L. Prohibitorum]]

ARENA 24: Lucy Heartfilia Nakamura Yuri [[Suzumiya Haruhi]]

The toughest one for me was the match with Saten, Hayate and Yunocchi. x__x

Forgive me if I'm asking a really stupid question, but I've been up for 36 hours and I'm completely out of it, but what the heck is this tournament? Favourite Moe character or something?

No idea. Watching Celty get beaten so badly is kind of sad, though. Whatever the contest is about.

Judging by the name Saimoe though it's probably about which you think is the most moe. Or supposed to be about that.

edited 3rd Mar '11 9:48:39 AM by Arha

It's a popularity contest, no more, no less.

Worldwide popularity contest. It's fun in a "Hey, look at this!" sort of way I say.

Also, the formatting sucks.

ARENA 01: Iwasawa Asami [[Merry Nightmare]] Haramura Nodoka

ARENA 02: [[Akiyama Mio]] Ayatsuji Tsukasa Busujima Saeko

ARENA 03: Itsuwa Yamamoto Nanako [[Elucia de Lute Irma]]

ARENA 04: Ikaros [[Yūno Arashiko]] Chrome Dokuro

ARENA 05: Ayuzawa Misaki Last Order [[Tainaka Ritsu]]

ARENA 06: Saginomiya Isumi Sendō Erika [[Misaka Mikoto]]

ARENA 07: Shana Erza Scarlet [[Aragaki Ayase]]

ARENA 08: Himeji Mizuki Ryōgi Shiki [[Shinonono Hōki]]

ARENA 09: [[Saten Ruiko]] Yagami Hayate Yuno

ARENA 10: Shinku [[Charlotte Dunois]] Nymph

ARENA 11: Kawashima Ami Takamachi Nanoha [[Nakano Azusa]]

ARENA 12: [[Abstained]] Suigintō Segawa Izumi Amae Koromo

ARENA 13: [[Shiomiya Shiori]] Amano Tōko Oshino Shinobu

ARENA 14: Ika-Musume Celty Sturluson [[Kiriya Nozomi]]

ARENA 15: Hoshina Utau Katsura Hinagiku [[Sakurano Kurimu]]

ARENA 16: Shirai Kuroko [[Hiiragi Tsukasa]] Aisaka Taiga

ARENA 17: Huang Lingyin [[Nanasaki Ai]] Amatsume Akira

ARENA 18: Hanato Kobato [[Hirasawa Ui]] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 19: Kushieda Minori [[Kasugano Sora]] Enma Ai

ARENA 20: Illyasviel von Einzbern [[Nagato Yuki]] Kirishima Shōko

ARENA 21: Kuronuma Sawako [[Serizawa Fumino]] Kamio Misuzu

ARENA 22: [[Abstained]] Kuroi Mato Maria Mōri Ran

ARENA 23: [[Inami Mahiru]] Haibara Ai Index L. Prohibitorum

ARENA 24: Lucy Heartfilia Nakamura Yuri [[Suzumiya Haruhi]]

edited 3rd Mar '11 12:54:59 PM by Dorkus

I'm kind of disappointed that neither Hayate nor Hideyoshi is in the tournament. Hell, even Jun would be nice.

Saimoe's featured trap matches as exhibitions or for April Fool's before, just not in the main tourney (which is for actual female characters).

ARENA 01: Iwasawa Asami [[Merry Nightmare]] Haramura Nodoka

ARENA 02: [[Akiyama Mio]] Ayatsuji Tsukasa Busujima Saeko

ARENA 03: [[Itsuwa]] Yamamoto Nanako Elucia de Lute Irma

ARENA 04: Ikaros [[Yūno Arashiko]] Chrome Dokuro

ARENA 05: Ayuzawa Misaki Last Order [[Tainaka Ritsu]]

ARENA 06: Saginomiya Isumi Sendō Erika [[Misaka Mikoto]]

ARENA 07: Shana Erza Scarlet [[Aragaki Ayase]]

ARENA 08: Himeji Mizuki Ryōgi Shiki [[Shinonono Hōki]]

ARENA 09: Saten Ruiko Yagami Hayate [[Yuno]]

ARENA 10: Shinku [[Charlotte Dunois]] Nymph

ARENA 11: Kawashima Ami Takamachi Nanoha [[Nakano Azusa]]

ARENA 12: Suigintō [[Segawa Izumi]] Amae Koromo

ARENA 13: Shiomiya Shiori Amano Tōko [[Oshino Shinobu]]

ARENA 14: [[Ika-Musume]] Celty Sturluson Kiriya Nozomi

ARENA 15: Hoshina Utau [[Katsura Hinagiku]] Sakurano Kurimu

ARENA 16: [[Shirai Kuroko]] Hiiragi Tsukasa Aisaka Taiga

ARENA 17: Huang Lingyin [[Nanasaki Ai]] Amatsume Akira

ARENA 18: Hanato Kobato [[Hirasawa Ui]] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 19: [[Kushieda Minori]] Kasugano Sora Enma Ai

ARENA 20: Illyasviel von Einzbern [[Nagato Yuki]] Kirishima Shōko

ARENA 21: Kuronuma Sawako [[Serizawa Fumino]] Kamio Misuzu

ARENA 22: Kuroi Mato [[Maria]] Mōri Ran

ARENA 23: Inami Mahiru [[Haibara Ai]] Index L. Prohibitorum

ARENA 24: Lucy Heartfilia Nakamura Yuri [[Suzumiya Haruhi]]

Some real BS choices here.

edited 3rd Mar '11 6:24:29 PM by Raso

1) Abstain
2) Mio. I've read Highschool Of The Dead, but don't like Busujima Saeko. I know nothing of Ayatsuji Tsukasa.
3) "Elucia de Lute Irma". I don't recognize Itsuwa, and don't know Yamamoto Nanako at all. (Why can't different translations be consistent? I only knew who "Elucia" was due to the picture. :/)
4) Abstain
5) Last Order. Close call with Ritsu, but in the end I decided to vote for cuteness. I don't know Ayuzawa Misaki at all (and that line over the o in the series title isn't helping; is it a oo or a ou?)
6) Misaka. Again, I know one other character - Isumi - but not the other - Sendo Erika. This was an easy vote.
7) Erza. For the first time so far, I know every series... but Fairy Tail is the only one I follow. (Shakugan No Shana seemed a bit too typical, while I got bored of Aragaki Ayase's Ore Imo early on. Maybe I should give it another try sometime. :/)
8) Abstain
9) Saten. I don't particularly know any of these, but enough to vote. Had I not reread Railgun recently, I probably would've voted for Yuno. I don't know Yagami Hayate, since I have never watched that series.
10) Shinku. I don't know the other two. (...I'm getting kinda tired of linking them all. Surprised? :P)
11) Azusa. I don't like Ami, don't know the other.
12) Izumi. Almost mistook Izumi for a character I don't like, which would've made me abstain.
13) Shiori. Easy vote.
14) Nozomi. The only one I really knew.
15) Hinagiku. Don't know the others.
16) Kuroko. The only one which was a hard vote between all three options. I ended up voting by series rather than character.
17) Abstain
18) Ui. "Konjiki no Yami" is Golden Darkness, yes? ...No matter though; I prefer Ui over essentially all the characters in To Love Ru.
19) Abstain
20) Yuki. No contest... not that I know the others. :/
21) Fumino. Don't know the other two. (I didn't realize that Shoujo series were represented here though. :/)
22) Maria. Is she ever going to get a surname?
23) Index. Don't know the others.
24) Haruhi. Took me a bit to decide her over Lucy.

EDIT: And yes, I do know that there was an easy way to format it just like how everybody else did. I like my way better.

edited 4th Mar '11 1:51:03 AM by Sabbo

Your formatting looks a lot better though. The way ISML formats it isn't exactly pleasing to the eye.

New round is open.

You changed your handle again?