Group A1: 9/21 Chiaki Minami vs. Minna Dietlinde Wilcke I support Minna but I expect Chiaki to win her match here by a good margin. Despite being in a rather weak draw, her win over Last Order in Round 2 was impressive. Minami-ke has been impressive this year, most notably with Kanna Minami’s epic Round 1 upset [...]
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So I’m totally two for eight in my Group D predictions so far, especially with Ranka Lee and Patricia Martin losing her first matches by mile. (Komoe was my original gut instinct, too, arrrgghh) Saimoe isn’t really as simple as some people make it out to be. Click image for full size Group D Unlike many of the [...]
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Something seems to be seriously wrong with K-ON!. Are you sure this is the same anime that had people buying Yui’s guitar and 17 copies of the OST? Are you sure this anime was in fact made by Kyoto Animation and hyped to high heaven? It sure doesn’t seem like the moefest it claimed to [...]
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Results of ISML 2009, Diamond 2: Results by Arena: Cumulative Statistics:
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“Despite a reasonably trick draw, I would be surprised if Mio didn’t eat group B2 for breakfast. Myriad spoilers do lie in Mio’s way, however, the first being Kana Minami in the first round. It’s highly unlikely, but, wait no, it’s impossible. I will stop writing about Saimoe forever if Mio manages to lose her [...]
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Latest group A winners: Minami Chiaki (so far, all according to plan) Ikaruga Ayame (I didn’t talk about this match, but this is apparently an “upset”. Didn’t really surprise me at all, however) Nagase Minato Hayakawa Misaki (first wrong prediction *sigh*. I thought the Geass faction would hold its weight. Oh well) Last Order Shokatsuryou Koumei (I knew that [...]
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Hello, everyone, kevo here writing in place of CCY about everything you need to know for the 2009 Anime Saimoe Tournament starting in just under 24 hours.  Before we get started, here are some resources including translations, more discussion, and instructions on how you can get involved. So let’s dispense with the background stories and [...]
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If you are keep up with the news, then you would know that Suiseiseki won the Emerald Necklace. This win says about the current tactical nature of ISML. Pre-Emerald performance statistics suggested that Suiseiseki would not go 9-0, and if she did, she would have an SDO of 114. Those same statistics also suggested that [...]
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Sapphire 3 seemed to be back to normal again, with the exception of some matches, notably Furude Rika’s win over Katsura Hinagiku and Suiseiseki’s win over Furukawa Nagisa. What did not happen was Suigintou did not defeat Shana, which means that either the RM faction is weakening (see previous post) or that Shana, along with [...]
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Suigintou Does anyone know who she is? Apparently, yes. I remember her as the only contestant in ISML 2009 that uses ou instead of ō for some weird reason. All jokes aside, Suigintou rapidly rose among the ranks in Topaz and eventually took the Sapphire necklace. She beat distinguished veterans such as Suzumiya Haruhi, Shana, Fate [...]
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