Japan Saimoe ’09 – Final Match

It’s finally all coming to an end.

Final Match

Aisaka Taiga vs Hirasawa Yui

Taiga was one of my top favourites from the start of the tournament, so I’m glad she made it this far. I don’t like Yui at all, but this is acceptable. Needless to say, I’ll be voting for Taiga.

My predictions for the semifinals were both right. Taiga got revenge for her fallen KugiRie tsunderekko comrades, and Yui defeated Mihoko despite her boost from Nodoka’s loss. Vote counts have finally gone over the 1000 mark, and the fact that it took so long indicates either a lack of interest in the tournament or harsher region banning (probably the latter).

I’m predicting a Taiga win here, which is interesting because she’s also won this year’s Korea Best Moe. Also, this is the last and only year that Taiga will be able to participate in saimoe, so it’s great that she can be so successful in her short time here. There’s a K-ON! OVA coming out, which should make the girls eligible for next year’s saimoe, giving Mio one more chance (though their popularity will have faded by then, replaced by whatever new moe show is out).

Japan Saimoe ’09 – Semifinals

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My top 4 rankings: Taiga > Mihoko > Nodoka > Yui
Taiga’s been one of my favourites this entire tournament, and I love Mihoko too. Couldn’t care less about Nodoka and Yui, but whatever. I was going to put Taiga as the image here, but I think she’s got what it takes to move on to the final match, so I’m letting Mihoko have this one.

Japan Saimoe ’09 – Top 8

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We’re finally down to the top eight.

Japan Saimoe 2009 – Block B Summary

Moe moe kyun DENIED

Yay, upsets!
(Mio kyun by PeaCh)

HELL YES

B-08
1位　563票　南夏奈＠みなみけ おかえり (Minami Kana@Minami-ke Okaeri)
2位　526票　秋山澪＠けいおん! (Akiyama Mio@K-ON!)
3位　188票　ヒロ＠ひだまりスケッチ×365 (Hiro@Hidamari Sketch x365)
4位　33票　関内・マリア・太郎＠【獄・】さよなら絶望先生 (Sekiutsu Maria Tarou@Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)

This is why I love Japan saimoe. Would’ve preferred a Hiro win, but Kana is my second choice.

B-05
1位　548票　伊吹風子＠CLANNAD ～AFTER STORY～ (Ibuki Fuuko@CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~)
2位　299票　雨宮優子＠ef – a tale of melodies. (Amamiya Yuuko@ef – a tale of melodies.)
3位　208票　小牧愛佳＠ToHeart2 ad (Komaki Manaka@ToHeart2 ad)
4位　125票　うめ先生＠ひだまりスケッチ×365 (Ume-sensei@Hidamari Sketch x365)

… and this is why I hate Japan saimoe. No one gets in the way of my Yuuko </3

Japan Saimoe 2009 – Block A Summary

Farewell, Gertrud. May the tacos guide your way.

Nothing surprising whatsoever, but ah well.
Hit “read the rest”, as usual.

Japan Saimoe 2009 is almost here

At last. D:

Main page (not in english):
http://saimoe2009.tonkotsu.jp/

Synchroom:
http://synchroom.wikispaces.com/SaiMoe2009
Pretty much everything you need to know can be found here. Schedule, match data, etc.

Hit the ‘read more’ thing for… well, more.

Japan Saimoe 2009 Preview

It’s almost time for JSM ’09 to start~ .. well, not really, but… never mind.

Anyway, here’s the series we can expect to do ridiculously well this year and I won’t like it:

• K-ON! – Kyoani + moeblobs = rabid otaku? I actually find K-ON! rather mediocre; the only girls I really like are Mio (although partially because she looks so much like Yomi <3) and Tsumugi. Notice that each K-ON! girl corresponds to a LS girl – Yui = Tsukasa (= hate), Mio = Kagamin, Ritsu = Konata, Tsumugi = Miyuki, Sawako = Kuroi-sensei, etc.
• Lucky ☆ Star – Kyoani again. LS girls will be returning this year because of the conveniently timed OVA. The only particularly moe girl in LS is Kagamin, but we can expect every last one of them to do well anyway. But then, there might be anti-voting, because of the much unwanted final match last year..
• Clannad – Kyoani once more. I’ve ranted about this series far too much in the past, will not bother doing it again.
• Haruhi – second season fffffff (in the end, the only character I really really like is Ryoko, lol)

As you can see, they’re all Kyoani. >__>;

Series that will do well this year and I will like it:

• Hayate no Gotoku!! – Yes. Second season is far too dull in comparison to the first one, but Hina is moe to the max, so I don’t care. Hoping HnG! girls do really well this year.
• Toradora! – No complaints here.
• Kannagi – No complaints here either. But lol @ people who are still raging at ‘second-hand Nagi’
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei – Hell yes. And they’ll be back next year, too.
• Spice and Wolf – Horo. <3
• Strike Witches – I haven’t seen it yet, but I see no reason for it to do badly.
• Hidamari Sketch x365 – Miyako is <3. And Yuno too, I guess.

Maybe:

• Minami-ke Okaeri – Never got past the first season, cause asread is made of lulz.
• Zero no Tsukaima – This series got bad. Really bad.
• Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu – Why has everyone forgotten about Haruka already?! ;___;
• Saki – Dunno what Japan thinks of this, lol.
• To Aru Majutsu no Index – Maybe just Mikoto will do well. The other characters got pretty shafted.
• ef – a tale of melodies. – If Yuuko doesn’t do well I’m going to cry.
• Ga-Rei -Zero- – Yomi > Mio. Seriously, guys. ]:<
• Jigoku Shoujo – I’d like to see Ai win a few matches, but I don’t have high hopes.

Probably not:

• Shugo Chara!! Doki – They did ‘okay’ last year, but nothing special, really.
• White Album – Oh God no.
• Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei – All 50 girls get in the tournament every year, and none of them survive.
• Kodomo no Jikan – Oh lol.
• Pandora Hearts – Alice ):

As we can see, this year isn’t going to be as fun as last year. Why? No Shana, no Nanoha, no Aria (maybe Aria, not sure). Just Kyoani massacring (I had to look up how to spell that) everyone in sight.