Saimoe Japan 2012 – MetaMoe Update and Round 1 [END]
With only 97 of the original 289 girls remaining the stakes are higher than ever as we enter Round 2. Also inside, find out which players remain in Metanorn’s MetaMoe competition.
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I don’t have the time on my hands to go through each round at the moment (and remember to use animesaimoe.org for all the information on matches and whatnot!), so what I WILL do is go ahead and predict who I believe will be the winners of each Group. The group winners won’t actually be revealed for another 3 rounds, but what the hell! Also, I’d love you hear your predictions in the comments!~
Group A: I see this round ending in a deciding match between either Koromo and Kobato, or Koromo and Saki (depending on how much of a threat the Saki supporters pose). I’d go ahead and predict that in the end Koromo will be the winner of Group A. On an off chance, probably Kobato.
Group B: Despite the lack of Saki, this group looks like it’ll be one of the more intense on both sides. I’m predicting Toki vs. Iori on one side and Akari vs. Mei on the other. As much as I want to say Toki will take it all, I’m going to give this one to Akari. There’s also the possibility of Mei continuing her dark horse run, after all she did rack up one of the higher totals. (Still, it’s not much compared to Toki.)
Group C: One of the weaker groups imo, but that makes it all the more fun! Right now I’m seeing either Shizuno vs. Yayoi or Astarotte. Either way, I think Shizuno will take this group.
Group D: CHIHAYA! CHIHAYA! CHIHAYA! *cough* Okay, so this is one of couple groups with little Saki threat. Anyway, I’m predicting an Asami Imai win here, either Chihaya or Kurisu, whichever wins the inevitable match. Nagi, however, might prove a threat. Oh right, I have to pick one … uh, Kurisu.
Group E: With 639 votes in her first match, I have to give this group to Saki’s Yuu.
Group F: So this is the group I’m most looking forward to in Round 2. There are a lot of popular Saki girls, but there’s also some other tough competitors thrown in like Eru, Riirichiyo, Nyariko, and to a lesser extent Haruka. It’s definitely be an exciting four matches. For the entire group I predict … Eru to win.
Group G: Saki will most likely tear through this group with little trouble. With that said, as much as I want Momo to win, I’ll say Nodoka. She seems to be one of the more popular Saki girls.
Group H: NO SAKI!? WHAT IS THIS!? Definitely the weakest bracket imo, but still some fun matches to be had. OH HOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEE NANO WIN!~ But I’ll have to give this one to Shana, though Sena will probably be tough competition.
Since I combined four groups worth of results there have been MANY changes to the MetaMoe banners, which you can take a look at below. As of now nobody has been knocked out of the competition, though a few people are on the verge of being eliminated and once Round 2 starts people will start dropping very quickly because of the nature of the game. By the end of the next round there will only be 32 girls left of the 97 still in the running. As you can see, lots of tougher rounds to come!~
- Foshizzle is currently the only person with all of his picks still in the running.
- Highway and Karakuri currently have the most amount of eliminated picks, at four. (gogo Tsukihi and Ai~)
Updated Banners:
POWUH: Meta Resident with 1557 comments
Hina was eliminated?!?!?!?!?!?!
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
POWUH: 700-799 and Horror Expert with 701 comments
Hina did make it through to the next round! It was the other Papakiki girls who didn’t.
POWUH: Meta Resident with 1557 comments
I meant Hinagiku =/
POWUH: 700-799 and Horror Expert with 701 comments
OH! Right, yeah that was really surprising. I thought she’d make it all the way to the top eight!
POWUH: Meta Resident with 1557 comments
Though Hina-chan is really cute. I just like Miu more.
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
I wanted to hit Hina-chan with a truck does that make me evil? Wuhahahhahahahhaahahhah
POWUH: Meta Resident with 1557 comments
The Seiyuu’s VA work was just cringe-inducing, I have to agree. Hina’s character was pretty moe, but the VA was just a huge negative. I cringed less as the series went on, but it was still somewhat painful to listen to.
POWUH: Meta Resident with 1557 comments
On a different note, I just noticed that my email has two avatar pics o.O
Same email, except when I capitalize the first letter of my email it gives the correct pic. The other one is an older avatar.
POWUH: Meta Team and Spammy Tamer with 7115 comments
Next time I’ll figure out before I make picks that people who qualify in the first round stand a better chance than people who qualify in the second round. 🙂
But I’d probably still make the same picks. I went with the people I like, and I barely know any of the people who won (well, not barely, but it’s more like 70% of the people who won I don’t know).
POWUH: 700-799 and Horror Expert with 701 comments
Honestly, I think you had the curse of bad seeding! Even so, Saki almost won her match and Asia didn’t do too bad either. ´▽｀
As for not knowing a lot of the characters, part of my hopes covering Saimoe on Metanorn was that it might pique some interest in new shows for some people. (I personally have a couple new shows on my backlog thanks to Saimoe 2012!)
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
I knew my banner would eventually get nicked but twice in one shot? Ouch!! It was a 50/50 possibility for Yuuko Kanoe but I thought Eucliwood Hellscythe had a stronger fanbase. It was nothing short of surprising that she was eliminated this quickly.
POWUH: 700-799 and Horror Expert with 701 comments
Judging from her performance in ISML, Eucliwood seems much more popular among the international fanbase compared to a mostly Japanese one. To be fair, she was up against some tough competition in her match though!
POWUH: Meta Team and Megane-chan with 3214 comments
Ahahaha Tsukihi just baaaaaaaaarely made it xD
POWUH: 700-799 and Horror Expert with 701 comments
lol that was an incredibly close call. Poor fire sisters, I was hoping they’d do better. ;_;
POWUH: Meta Resident and Werewolf Chaser with 1270 comments
OMG my three of my
servantsgirls just got eliminated!?? That was…. fast.Woah Fosh had some good taste/premonition!!
This and the fact tht I just found out I failed three of my subject…… Creepy coincidence.
POWUH: 700-799 and Horror Expert with 701 comments
I don’t mean to be bearer of bad news, but Yuka just got eliminated today. ;_; KURISU IS THE LAST HOPE!
POWUH: Meta Resident and Werewolf Chaser with 1270 comments
*Switch to Okabe voice* You better not lose CHRISTINAAAAA!!!
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
What can I say I am made of cute characters~
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Goddamn, blame it on Fosh to predict winners. I feel so bad with Chihaya and Iri. ><
POWUH: 700-799 and Horror Expert with 701 comments
Fosh, moe expert extraordinaire! XD Chihaya and Iri were taken too soon, maybe next year their chances will be better. ;_;
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Hnnnnnnnnnnnnggggg <3
POWUH: 500-599 with 543 comments
Wow, despite picking girls at almost random (except Karuta), I’m doing okay. Only 2 out. So surprised I haven’t been eliminated all the way yet…