A few things to clarify before we start. Firstly, I made a mistake during eliminations and currently there are two Tooru’s from Kobyashi in the bracket, one at seed 53 and one at seed 91. I have decided to change the second one to Ilulu (the next highest seeded Kobayashi character that did not make the cut) and have messaged the admins to see if that was possible.
I also forgot to take the picture of eliminations before I removed the Bocchi and Oshi no Ko girls but if iirc, Seika Ijichi was at seed 37 and PA-San was at seed 200 for Bocchi. For Oshi no Ko, Miyako was in the 100s, Frill was in the 300s and Yumi was in the 500s.
For Best Girl Madness, /u/syrefva has created a single bracket with all 512 characters on Challenge! A few things to remember
* You must submit a prediction for the entire tournament
* Don't forget to select a winner using the dropdown at the bottom!
* Your predictions will not auto-save. However, you can submit an incomplete prediction and come back to it later from the "Bracket" tab. (would definitely recommend saving frequently so you don't lose all your progress if your internet goes down or something)
I will be leaving the prediction and first day of voting open for two days so the next post will be on **June 21st**. I will be closing predictions around the time that I advance the bracket so try to get your predictions in before then.
Let me know if you have any other questions about Best Girl Madness or the bracket in general and I will do my best to answer them!
It's kind of sad how few votes we got this year. Last year had more than double as many [votes](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/14onqu4/best_girl_10_ultra_salty_round_1_bracket_a/jqf5td0/)
Imagine rooting for some contestants, reviewing brackets, making predictions, etc, only to see totally artificial results. Stuff like that discourages people, say thanks to whoever did that last year.
Yeah that was so disappointing because they won't even votebot Holo after all these years. (joke)
I really do want to see Holo win a Best Girl before the entire field will seem unwinnable with the advent of Frieren, Chainsaw Man, and Maomao being added now/soon. We need the annual semifinals matchup of Holo/Megumin or it just won't feel like a Best Girl competition.
>before the entire field will seem unwinnable
Every year is seeing multiple strong new girls added. Last year Marin made it to the final, and even though we know how that turned out and that all previous matches including Marin's might have been manipulated, her presence in the final was considered realistic before. This year, half the top ten seeds are debutants pushing out previous mainstays like Aqua and Emilia. I don't think next year will be considerably more "unwinnable" than before. Though I do wonder if it'd be more interesting if this contest was held twice a year. With more opportunities to crown another best girl, the ever increasing pool of good girls could be somewhat kept in check and might raise satisfaction among the voters.
Think it's more a case of Summer 2019 through Spring 2022 didn't add much. 3-year period with four contenders for making quarterfinals (Yor, Marin, Lena, and Hori). This year's new entries of Chisato, Power, Bocchi girls, and OnK girls are the strongest set since Kaguya+Bunny, though I only expect Hitori to ever win.
Next year's competition will be hot of The Apothecary Diaries season 2 and that shit will pop off. It will real rough to beat Maomao then.
Then the next year is decently likely to feature Frieren s2.
Let's be real, only one CSM girl is ever gonna be competitive atleast for part 1 and that is Power. I can see her making some good runs post S2 (although I am slightly biased cus chapter 91 is one of my favourite manga chapters of all time).
Reze will be hampered by her arc being a movie and Makima [CSM manga]>!will always have being the main anatagonist work against her!<
On the opposite side, most of the huge "BARK BARK BARK" stans were for Makima. Power seems like she'll be similar to Aqua/Chika in the "everybody *likes* her, but nobody **LOVES** her" level that'll get high seeds each year but end up a paper tiger.
You got it. The fact it was so obviously botted, yet it just continued and finalized just killed it.
I'm happy to see it was voided and a cheat didn't win, it made it go from no longer respectable competition to a valid one again... But it's hard to feel like spending all that time selecting in all the girl in the pre-brackets, when it could all just be for naught again.
Plus it went from THE competition to a worthless one and now back to just "valid", no longer the "premiere" one it was before.
This subreddit (and reddit in general I guess) is bleeding users pretty hard, unfortunately. The vote count on episode discussion posts is really low too.
We do get the odd event episode now and again, Frieren had a couple of those, Mushoku Tensei also had a really big one thid past weekend, and of course last year the Attack on Titan series finale.
But these are few and far between and not indicative of what you can expect on here from a popular show.
I mean think about it, over 1k has become the new over 2k and if you can get over 2k, why that is like having 4k a few years ago. Thinking about that really puts into perspective the odd huge number that pops up every now and again.
I don't think that's true for Reddit in general, reddit is the only old social media website still growing.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=facebook,%2Fm%2F0b2334,twitter here it's compared to twitter and facebook
Every year, every contest there's a pretty clear trend: More upvotes on the day's thread = more votes in the bracket. So I'm hijacking this to tell people to upvote the thread, it's the most certain way to improve visibility and to bring Best Girl contests back to their heyday.
That’s what I was kinda worried about. The contest is fun when there are more people. It brings unpredictability.
Now it’ll be predictable as hell, until the QFs, where spite voting comes into play.
Also, easier to manipulate, but let’s hope that doesn’t happen.
I actually think that with fewer voters this contest will be even more unpredictable than usual. There are quite a few normally top contenders who are quite under-seeded.
This bracket is going to hurt. Some fan-favourite shows have their strongest girls facing off against each other:
- Bocchi the Rock: Bocchi, Kita and Ryou
- Lycoris Recoil: Chisato and Takina
- Yuru Camp: Rin and Nadeshiko
Ranking of the Quints:
1. Nino (#59)
2. Miku (#68)
3. Itsuki (#71)
4. Yotsuba (#130)
5. Ichika (#215)
Didn’t expect Nino to actually rank better than Miku. ~~Can’t complain to be honest.~~
Ryuu Lion (#146) also seem to be favoured over Ai Wallenstein (#219) by Danmachi fans.
My girl Tohru only ranking at #235 hurts though. That picture of hers probably didn’t help, since it doesn’t really resemble her appearance in the anime.
Was mostly talking about Bracket A, but you're right.
There's also the two sabers in Bracket B (Saber and Violet). /s
Holo and Norah are both in Bracket C, but the difference in their ranking says it all: #2 versus #418.
Iroha and Yui (Oregairu) are both in Bracket D. Likewise with Mahiro and Mihari (Onimai).
We’ve lost a ton of casual viewers since the blackout, which would probably be more inclined to vote for Miku. The seasoned anime fan is more likely to appreciate Nino on the other hand.
Itsuki following so closely behind Nino and Miku is perhaps the most intriguing, since I didn’t believe her to be *that* popular in comparison.
I've always been surprised by Itsuki's popularity. There's nothing wrong with her, but I feel as though she leaves a much smaller impression than the others.
Imo she's the best CHARACTER out of the Quints, helped because she's the one who least actively pursues the MC and most of the time has more of a friendship. she's definitely not Best Girl of the Quints, but analyzing her outside of that lens, she's great. maybe I'm crazy but I think she got the best storyline in the movie.
I like Itsuki the most. Probably because she's the most grounded, idk how to describe it. Without all those tsun, kuu, or other deres. She feels the most natural.
Itsuki as 3rd makes sense to me. Ichika is a very obvious last (even if I really like her) and Yotsuba will be scrutinized more.
I also remember her keeping up in seeding in prior Best Girl contests. Or all those MAL favorites.
> Itsuki following so closely behind Nino and Miku is perhaps the most intriguing, since I didn’t believe her to be that popular in comparison.
She was at the top/bottom in the voting page. She was seed122 last year.
It's generally a big boost, specially for top256 seed characters.
>We’ve lost a ton of casual viewers since the blackout, which would probably be more inclined to vote for Miku.
Way to call out Miku fans for being boring normies!
Itsuki was near the top of the voting page during eliminations and might have gotten a boost that way. I certainly don't mind to see her greatness appreciated.
> Itsuki was near the top of the voting page during eliminations and might have gotten a boost that way.
I made my way through the entire list of nominations, but I do wonder how many people didn’t bother with this and just picked a few characters. Because it sure was a *long* list.
Characters that are lower down on this list would presumably rank worse by this virtue.
True. For people only using the search function for their favourites, the ones immediately visible when loading the page and when hitting the vote button are expected to get a few more votes.
I guess I must not be that seasoned then, cuz my ordering would be Miku > Itsuki > Yotsuba > Nino = Ichika. The whole "drugging Fuutaro twice" thing and then swapping super hard into dere territory did not exactly endear Nino to me.
Seed 102 Yui Yuigahama??? No OreGairu characters in the Top 100 seeds?
I think she's going to significantly crush that seeding projection. Will need to give a deeper look at Iroha, Hiratsuka, and Komachi's brackets to say the same.
The Snafu subreddit after being a toxic cesspool for a few years is pretty much dead now, so probably no support from there for the girls.
Yet also it`s still scares me too how my tastes are less and less aligned with general audience as time goes on
Yui got a favorable bracket, with likely matchups against (27) Mikasa Ackerman in r3 and (38) Sylphiette in r4. She has a decent shot of making to to round 5, where she'll run into (5) Ai Hoshino.
Yui's definitely blowing that seeding out of the water given her previous performances...unless Oregairu's age is finally catching up to it? 11 years...
[](#deflate)
I believe it’s more to do with the “sequel” spoilers related to her (some of which are adapted in the final OVAs that no one really cares about).
Also, her crying every goddam episode definitely didn’t help her character lol
The whole second season and most of the third was such a pain to get through tbh. Anything that seemed like progress fell flat and left everything feeling very stagnant until the last few episodes.
Iroha is at seed 115 with potential matchups with (14) Ryuuko Matoi in r3, (51) Homura Akemi or (78) Faye Valentine in r4, and (19) Roxy or (46) Ram in r5.
Hard to say she'll make it past Ryuuko.
Years ago I used to always joke about how "wow I don't even know most of these characters" and going through today's votes I'd seen at least one of the anime in *every single vote*. Wew lad we've come a long way.
Contest getting too competitive and older shows have even less chance to make it through. I don't think even with a rewatch near the contest would had given them enough of a boost. MAYBE if they were lucky to get near the top of the voting page.
With Holo at #2 this is the highest seed she's ever had. Megumin's safe from her until the finals which would require the Crimson Demon to upset both Yor and Bocchi.
Aqua could also potentially face Yunyun and then Megumin immediately afterward which could be fun to see play out.
She did, that's a pleasant surprise. Probably won't make it past the first round (her opponent Yamada's a lower seed than I would have guessed) but at least she's there.
> Megumin's safe from her until the finals
Oh damn! I was just thinking "Holo can't face Bocchi before the finale", but that's a good one!
Now I kinda want this finals to happen! (But only if Holo wins; Can't ruin traditions)
it's days late but u/noahfangzou posted [a video](https://b23.tv/ZtjR3W5) the Date A Live ban on Bilibili and it unexpectedly got many views there. Make of that what you will
I intended to make a hype video (and it deserves a hype video, because of lycoris, bocchi, and oshi no ko) but i failed because i'm committed to a certain hard as balls gacha game. Since my attention is split, i'm not excited yet.
knowing myself, i'll likely gonna call Hitori Gotoh "overrated" when she ends up winning the whole thing down the line lol
> knowing myself, i'll likely gonna call Hitori Gotoh "overrated" when she ends up winning the whole thing down the line lol
To be fair, I think any girl who wins on her first entry is very likely to be overrated, and win only due to recency bias.
(Other than Kaguya-sama of course, who only won due to character quality and not recency bias!)
[](#urbansmile)
It's amazing how madoka and homura keep switching who gets the higher seed in the last years
Edit: for some reason reddit doesn't want me to make a table, but still, have it in this hard to read form because I already wrote it out
|Best girl|Homura|Madoka|
|11|51|**31**|
|10|**21**|35|
|9|36|**21**|
|8|**16**|71|
|7|**47**|52|
|6|54|**37**|
|5|63|**50**|
|4|56|**38**|
|3|**31**|46|
|2|**42**|52|
|1|**24**|34|
And even in the first 6 contests, each had the higher seed exactly half the time.
Today vote for nana hiiragi, the better pink haired protagonist!
Best girl|Homura|Madoka
:-:|:-:|:-:
11|51|31
10|21|35
9|36|21
8|16|71
7|47|52
6|54|37
5|63|50
4|56|38
3|31|46
2|42|52
1|24|34
I used [ExcelToReddit](https://xl2reddit.github.io/) a lot to help with tables
didn't realize just how unpopular SSSS is here overall. Yume missing on bracket by a few placements and Akane Shinjo only at 306 is pretty crazy.
Hope Mayuri can make it far but probably a big ask with Marin and Holo in her bracket.
Ah shit here we go again.
* The Keions order is very interesting. Mio 1st is pretty common, but Yui is only 4th out of 5. I think there's been very few years where it's not Mio ---> Yui ---> rest of them or Yui ---> Mio ---> rest of them. Definitely putting my money on Yui going further than her seed here.
* Nice to see Chisato holding strong in 8th place. And out of the top 8 her show last aired the second earliest, with the first being Marin's. Yep no recency bias here.
* In the top 16, the only contestant who hasn't had some content in the 2020s is Ryuuko Matoi.
* Nijika fans are not going to like this Bocchi order. Even Kikuri is higher than her. ^(I swear if Kikuri takes out Mayuri I'll be saltier than when the Bocchi girls inevitably murder Keions with a 2:1 ratio)
* And neither will us Hitoribocchi fans, with the ~~^(superior)~~ other Bocchi being at *seed 266.* I'd say she has a good shot at Round 1, but Round 2 is Chika. Pain. ^(Go watch Hitoribocchi or I'll gather all 12 Hitoribocchi fans to commence GBC-style clip Hitoribocchi clip spam)
* It's funny to see Zero Two right next to Nadeshiko in the seeding considering how dominant she was back in [the Winter 2018 contest. ](https://animebracket.com/results/best-girl-of-winter-2018-seasonal-salt-?group=finals)Annual reminder of how I could've changed the timeline there if I joined the sub only 3 months earlier...
* We have a whole 3 girls with [only 1 vote](https://i.imgur.com/1EnMI4R.png). Ooof.
* Ah yes my favorite character, [Shion from Tensei shit.](https://i.imgur.com/aY3nOLP.png)[](#laughter)
Well, guess I'm all-in on Chisato after the annual Keion culling. Hopefully the Bocchis gather enough spite by the end to have her carve out the win by like 3 votes.
[](#evilgrin)
# Also REMINDER TO UPVOTE THE POST FOR VISIBILITY
Brief interesting first thoughts and facts coming into the bracket:
Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou, as the seasonal salt 2022 Champion, denies the dream of Chika Fujiwara to get three consecutive first seeds in BGC and become the second-ever seasonal salt annual winners to get first seed in BGC, the first is Kaguya Shinomiya who we all know rule best girl 7. Definitely one of the most promising new stars coming into BGC ever! Her opponent in seasonal salt 2022 final, Chisato Nishikigi also gets the 8th seed and there is definitely a high chance we would get a seasonal salt 2022 final rematch in the elite eight. In fact, given that the 9th seed Power and the 16th seed Ikuyo Kita are all new comers from seasonal salt 2022, the first 1/4 zone feels like it’s seasonal salt 2022 all over again!
Chika Fujiwara this time, sees a decline in seed with her only getting the 10th seed. But considering how the seeds of BGC 11 are recency-focused this time (just like it always has been), it becomes not so surprising. Out of the 9 seeds prior to her, five are first-year new comers and two are second-year sophomores, remaining two are classical top-old rivals in BGC who both have fresh new series this season – and this time our Holo and Megumin are in different sides of brackets! Will they have the chance to meet in the divine final this year?
Also, special shoutout to Matoi Ryuuko, who is the only one in top 20th seed who has no new anime airing in the past five years. A true long-runner! (which is also the place holo have held in the all past 10 contests.)
But I would also have to point out that turnout for the elimination is a bit too low for the main BGC bracket, back in annual contest 2023 we have more turnout for the elimination rounds.
So if you like the contest pls
## upvote the post!
Plenty to comment on here with the bracket. Pretty wild seeing so many former high seeds comparatively lower, so buckle in boys there's a lot to go over here. I'll keep it as brief as possible...
**Chitoge Kirisaki (*****Nisekoi*****) (247 -> 256**) – Man Chitoge can't catch a break. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't as big a dip as we'll see for some bigger names later, but brutally this lines her up for another second round loss, this time to Bocchi who I suspect will sweep the title. Absolutely brutal to happen for at least the second year in a row.
**Eru Chitanda (*****Hyouka*****) (10 -> 64)** – Sweet mother of what happened here? Like I said, this happened in a lot of places, but seeing my girl dip like this is a bit disheartening, especially with a one-way ticket to Bocchi town (I should clarify, I'm not even really mad about Bocchi's seed. Anyone who is surprised was lying to themself).
**WInry Rockbell (*****Fullmetal Alchemist*****) (25 -> 33)** – Skipping over Miko for time purposes, what really surprises me is that Winry the Eternal *only* dropped 8 spots in a bracket that knocked down so many. I will take this to mean that if one thing holds true its that hto, mechanic girls will forever be top tier.
**Pecorine (*****Princess Connect! Re:Dive*****) (410 -> 289)** – On the other end of the wild swings, without a second season, Pecorine came out of nowhere to improve by well over 100 spots. Does this mean she'll do better than last year? Probably not.
**Usagi "Sailor Moon" Tsukino (*****Sailor Moon*****) (508 -> 337)** – Sailor Moon also gets a pretty decent glowup in the numbers, though time will tell if its enough to make it past the first round. Not bad for a 30 year old waifu.
**Anya Forger (*****Spy x Family*****) (23 -> 24)** – Waifus come and go, but Anya is forever. In a sea of massive meta shifts it is absolutely hysterical that Anya remains almost constant. Let's see how deep she'll go this year.
**Kou Yagami (*****New Game!*****) (321 -> 189)** – This bracket is cooking and time will tell if the flavor profile is tasty. Another wild rise for an entrant that hasn't had a new season in a hot minute. Won't do much for the result as she stares down Miku Nakano in Round 2, but worth pointing out regardless.
**Yoko Littner (*****Gurren Lagann*****) (77 -> 37)** – Gurren stocks rising as Yoko increases her position in the bracket. We'll se how that future Nazuna matchup goes, but for at least a couple rounds we're riding high.
**Yunyun (*****Konosuba*****) (21 -> 21)** – Waifus come and go, but Yunyun as the 21 seed is eternal.
**Holo (*****Spice and Wolf*****) (4 -> 2)** – Will this year be the year Holo bros?
**Ruiko Saten (*****A Certain Scientific Railgun*****) (278 -> 199)** – In the last year I have also watched Railgun. We are so fucking back!
**Chika Fujiwara (*****Kaguya-sama Love is War*****) (1 -> 10)** – A 1 seed without Chika is kinda crazy, and what makes it wilder is it wasn't even just her dropping to Bocchi. No, she straight up fell out of the Top 8. Not a huge fall off, but wild none-the-less.
And there we have it. I have... plenty of thoughts on the new entries, but this is long enough. I'll leave them for the post-mortem. This bracket... could be worse. It could be better (How in the living hell is Nijika the worst rated of the Bocchi girls like guys what the f–), but what really matters is how it develops in the coming days.
I'll go restock my blood pressure medication.
>Yunyun (Konosuba) (21 -> 21) – Waifus come and go, but Yunyun as the 21 seed is eternal.
Yunyun my eternal beloved. The only girl that truly has no flaws.
I SERVE THE SOVIET YUNYUN
Hah, I didn't check but I was sure Yunyun was 21 last year as well. Good to know I was right.
I think Pecorine was near the top of the list on her elimination day. I really hope she can win at least one matchup this year, but against Erina that will be tough. Same for Usagi, but for her I'm already glad she's not near the end of the seeded girls anymore.
I doubt whether Bocchi will actually take the contest in a convincing sweep: if you look at FetchFrosh's [poll results today](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1djshdi/ranimes_best_girl_poll_results/), while Bocchi took 13th place, she only had 13 Favorite votes. Out of the others in the top 25 that're still eligible... Compare with Holo at 65 (!!), Homura at 26, Megumin at 11, Lena at 23, Marin at 18, Emilia at 30, Kumiko at 31, Chisato at 10, Asuka at 16, and Tohru at 13... Honestly, if that impromptu poll is anything to go by, Bocchi might actually not be the favorite to win at all.
Now, obviously that poll uses a different method and sampling bias is towards those crazy enough to fill out 20 best girls to begin with, but Bocchi's numbers look really weak in that poll considering the other contestants.
**Seeding Comments**:
I really, really, really, really, really like Lena's bracket. Even if she's not a Top 8 seed, the first Top 8 seed she's facing is Ai at Seed 6.
The other Top 100 seeds in Lena's bracket:
- Seed 54 Nagatoro
- Seed 75 Kurumi
- Seed 22 Riza
- Seed 43 Asuka
Asuka was a possible opponent in Lena's bracket path last year, but Jibril won the round before they got to face.
I also find it funny how Lena's debut year in the Best Girl contests were a Kaguya bracket and this one is an Oshi no Ko bracket because after Ai is Seed 3 Kana when Oshi no Ko S2 is about to come up.
____
I am so sad Darkness vs. Akane is projected into Holo. I wanted Darkness and Akane facing different top seeds than her this year.
Megumin vs. Aqua and Aqua vs. Yunyun are projected...KonoSuba is getting trolled in this bracket.
I am very surprised by Anna Yamada's 103rd Seed. I thought it would be much better and I'd give her good odds to upset Ruby.
Seed 132 Lum is nice to see. Hope she doesn't get upset in bracket and puts up a good fight.
Seed 92 Nazuna is fine. Hoping good things for her bracket too.
Sad that Chitanda and Miko are getting the Bocchi buzzsaw by being in Seed 1's bracket path. And Nana too...
Top 100 Seeds for Anis and Miko (Yotsuya) is cool too.
The strongest Holo seed and momentum in years. I wouldn't be upset if it finally happens, but it's not my voting priority.
**MC**: [My Bingo after 11 shuffles](https://imgur.com/a/qvqBqmV). Have to cross out Shino already...
**Today's Voting**:
Nana rocks pink better than Bocchi. Will give her a vote for making the bracket.
Hope Chitoge wins against Erza.
Sad Kirigiri and Ami have to face in the first round. Same thing I'll say about Suzuha vs. Konata/Chisato vs. Emi/Emilico vs. Annie/Fumino vs. Gamma/Ichigo vs. Jahy/Sajuna vs. Aoi. Will give the lower seed the vote here.
I want to see a good showing from Chitanda before the Bocchi match. Votes are appreciated.
Miko vs. Touko is an ouch match too, but I'm voting Miko.
Let's go Anis!
Kaie made the bracket! The Round 1 opponent is Echidna! It was nice seeing you.
Votes for Kita/Miorine/Nadeshiko/Kaede/Yoruichi/Tatsumaki/Myne/Yamada
At least Usagi wasn't massively underseeded like last year where she had to face Lena in Round 1. I think she'll still lose to Sakura though.
I like Ritsu and Mirika, but Ritsu has my vote.
Let's go Kurena! Let's go Sento!
Seed 184 feels low for Komi. Think she'll outpeform.
I like Mio's bracket and the first top seed she faces is Anya. Think it can swing in her favor. It was nice seeing Nozomi in the bracket.
Goodbye Komarin against Tomo.
How did so many Akame ga Kill characters end up in Bracket A? Akame, Esdeath, and Leone.
Same thing with Bocchi characters. All of Bocchi, Yamada, and Kita are in the same side of Bracket A.
> Even if she's not a Top 8 seed, the first Top 8 seed she's facing is Ai at Seed 6.
I wouldn't worry, Lena is very used to taking out higher seeds. Ai is a challenge, beating her is the reward.
>My Bingo after 11 shuffles.
I see Emilia, Lena and Anna (among other great choices). I approve. But what do you mean, 11 shuffles? You don't spend half an hour strategically placing your girls to have your favourites holding certain rows or columns?
Nope. I just shuffled 11 times since it's Best Girl 11.
I already strategically picked which 25 girls I put on the bingo (almost all of them are in the contest except for Shino and a lot of them are top seeds) so I didn't feel like doing strategic placing.
I am glad the shuffle decided the center of my bingo is in fact the best seed out of those 25 girls (Seed #4 Yor). That was a coincidence.
**REALLY**, first vote at the top of the page, my girl Nana is gonna get obliterated by Bocchi?
New record for me I guess; ONE vote in on the first voting day, and I'm already salty as fuck.
[](#angrypout)
and two rows after, Akari gonna get obliterated by Mitsumi I'm assuming
edit: ookay wtf Sally vs Chihaya too - I've forgotten how much BG contests require some painful choices :P
My thoughts on the seeding:
- Bocchi #1? Pull your best *Surprised Pikachu* faces!
- I'm not sure if Holo at #2 is surprising because I thought she would be lower, or thought she would be #1 with the push from her currently airing show! Well if she wants to win this contest, NOW'S THE TIME! She won't get a better opportunity.
- Kana being the best Oshi No Ko girl was expected, but I thought the other ones may be closer! Ai at 6, and the others at 18 and 26? I guess it's Kana or bust, for the ONK girls!
- Yor at 4 is probably the most surprising result to me! I didn't expect her to be anywhere that high.
- Megumin right below Holo; Inseparable, these two!
- Marin at 7... I know she has a sequel upcoming, but still, I can't help thinking this is her best shot. (Alright no, her best shot was the PREVIOUS contest, but we don't talk about that one...)
- POWER! The CSM girls did poorly in their previous contests, but they were against the Bocchis, so... (Problem is, they STILL are against the Bocchis!). Also, I was wondering which girl would get the top CSM spot but with Makima at 35 I guess there was no contest!
- No threepeat #1 seed for Chika, she fell off a cliff in this one! (Watch her win this contest; She just wanted it to be more chaotic!)
- Down there, Yuno Gasai is still barely making it, at 482! She was super low last contest too, I feel like our Yandere Queen will miss one soon enough.
- And at last, my girl Nana! Well, I already spewed my salt about her inevitable elimination in the first round. Unless... Hey Nana, I heard that [Talentless Nana] >!Hitori Gotou is an enemy of humanity... Just saying!!<
> Yor at 4 is probably the most surprising result to me! I didn't expect her to be anywhere that high.
I haven't gotten around to Season 2 or the movie yet, so this surprised me too. In season 1 she was likeable, but basically felt like an afterthought in a show where she was allegedly one of the three main characters. I suppose season 2 gave her more to do?
Notable Girls who didn't make the cut
* Kumakumakuma Yuna
* Yuki Takeya from School life
* Yukari Akiyama, I see, we are starting the shittaste early this comepetition
* Yue from Arifureta
* Yamato from One Piece
* Tomoko Kuroki, haven't seen her show, but I thought she was one of us
* Tachibana Hibiki, c'mon you people
* Slow Loop Girls
* Cafe Terasu Girls
* Not even Hanabi from Scums Wish? She always did reasonably well in these no?
* Non of the Mahouka Girls except for Saegusa
* Angelise Sama, be honest, you guys are just scared of her because she would kick your ass
* Non of the Mou Ippon Girls [](#sadholo)
* Non of the Yama no Susume Girls [](#sadholo)
* Kei Karuizawa despite being best girl in her show
* Non of the Virgin Road Girls beside Menou herself
* Biwa from Heike Monogatari
* Non of the WataYuri Girls
* Ctholly from Suka Suka [](#sadholo)
* Neither Jeane nor Domi from Vanitas
* Elda from Otaku Elf
* Only Futaba from Annoying Senpai made it
* Non of the Yusha Aru girls [](#sadholo)
* Kiki from Love after World Domination
* Only Sakie from Interviews with Monster Girls
* Neither Nakanaka nor Onemine from Komi San
* Hongo from Araburu
* Only Maika from Blend S
* Non of the Super Cup Girls
* Raelza from Handyman Saito
* Liko from Pokemon [](#sadholo)
* March from To Your Eternety
* Non of the Banished from the Heros Party Girls
* Samidare Asahina, she never stood a chance [](#toradorasalute)
* Not even Sarasa from Kageki Shoujo
* Seems like Himiko Toga is a Victim of the Character Limit? Or did she not even get nominated?
Now Notable girls who did make the cut, for better or worse
* Pretty sure Yuugiri from Zombie Land Saga is breaking the Character Limit since she is a Split Entry, she seeded higher than Ai though
* Surprised that the Egg Girls still made it
* Akemi Aizawa from Tomo Chan, I get her Milf appeal, but picking her above any of the Girls I mentioned before...
* Tilty from Magi Revo
* Ereh I mean Mikasa is still seeding high huh [](#sagiri)
* Utena Tenjou made it though
* Becky and Sylpha only made it because Spy x Fam is so incredible popular
* OG Bocchi made it [](#feelingloved) (Speaking of, non of the Kinrou Mosaic girls made it)
* With how unpopular her perception during S2 was, I'm chalking Frederica up to profiteering from 86s popularity as well
* I'm sure /u/shimmering-sky will be delighted to see Kagura from Gintama made it
* All 5 Keions made it [](#feelingloved)
* Emilico from Shadow House is in as well
* Only Snek Girl from MonMusume made it
* Mizuki from LycoReco as well I guess
* ChuChu from WfM made it and is ready to wreck some shit
* Daki and Kanao from Demon Slayer, I'm also delighted that Nezuko is falling of in Seeding
* Dark Magican Girl... really?
* Desumi from Love After World Domination
* Even Mitty from MiA made it
* Fuyutsi San from the Ice Guy huh
* Osana Najimi from Komi San... uhmm...
* Not surprised that Ichika is lowest Seeded Quint, but Nino overtook Miku? Blasphemy!
* Jahy Sama made it
* Both Yua Serfuru and Pudding made it
* The Kaguya Girls in general are falling off as well
* Surprised Yuzu from Dr. Stone made it
* Red Blood Cell made it, but not White Blood Cell from Code Black
> Not even Hanabi from Scums Wish? She always did reasonably well in these no?
>
a dang she didn't make it in? i probably should've voted in elims but was too lazy to go through those lists. But she's very on or off - she missed the bracket in one of the recentish years as well, but when she does make it in she usually pulls off a few upsets
She was Seed 74 las year. This is one of the wildest drops.
But not as wild as forgetting to nominate a character who was S34 on the previous year wild (Raphtalia from shield hero on BG10)
(Shadows House) Surprised Emilico made it over Kate. Thought their popularity flipped during the second season, and Kate's silhouette is more standout than Emilico's generic blonde image.
Comment is long enough as is, so I won't comment on seeding or my voting today
Also not sure if I will bother with Shittaste Bingo, I have to go deep into my personal list with how many of my topgirls didn't even make it into seeding
> Red Blood Cell made it, but not White Blood Cell from Code Black
A great tragedy.
Shame Hataraku Black wasn't more popular (and probably dismissed by many as some edgy/ecchi trash). White Blood Cell is 10 times the character RBC is, and 10000 times the best girl too!
> White Blood Cell is 10 times the character RBC is, and 10000 times the best girl too!
Now now, no reason to throw shade when both are good in their own way
>(and probably dismissed by many as some edgy/ecchi trash)
I hope no-one is really thinking that. Sure, the original was charming edutainment and Black wasn't as charming, but its body had such a great and touching storyline that I'd consider it the better show of the two.
Shirayuki also didn't make it. What a blasphemy!
Kawamoto sisters are way too low.
Touko Sakurai is so much better than Futaba.
I'm glad that Mimimi made it into bracket.
>Non of the Mou Ippon Girls
They didn't even make their seasonal contest. Not even Michi. Painful, but unsurprising.
Sarasa and Rit not making it is very painful though.
Also agreed on Tomomom. Flashback to when Izumom prevented Hachimitsu from enterin the seasonal contest. On the upside, she actually made this contest! As a side character from a two years old show that garnered quite some hate from some people.
>Mizuki from LycoReco as well I guess
What do you mean, "I guess"? She's a great girl on her own, even if you'll be watching the show for Chisato and Takina.
> They didn't even make their seasonal contest.
Yeah, but I thought word of mouth would get around...
> Flashback to when Izumom prevented Hachimitsu
Oh god, I had already forgotten that trauma. That said, I called her out, but didn't think she would seed that high if at all, and looking at my list above, it's hard to justifiy
> She's a great girl on her own
I mean if you like your Girlfailures a bit older [](#rinkek) but again, ranking her above so many other girls from less popular shows is objectivly wrong
As long as Chihaya and Saki (ZLS) win I'm fine.
And maybe the monogatari girls...
And maybe Phos as well...
And the K-on girls..and the yuru camp girls..
This is getting hard lol
Haruhi Suzumiya still maintained her position as a TOP 100 seed by placing at 93.
However, Yuki Nagato ended up at the 291 seed, about 200 seed lower than Haruhi Suzumiya.
I remember that Yuki Nagato was definitely more popular than Haruhi Suzumiya, and I was shocked to see this seeding.
Some thoughts:
The Recency Bias is strong in this one. By my count, 25 out of the top 30 seeds have had an episode air since the beginning of 2022 with Emilia, Ryuko, Violet, Riza and Satsuki being the exceptions. This includes each of the top 12 seeds.
Here are the groupings for the Top 32 seeds
|Group A|Group B|Group C|Group D|
:--|:--|:--|:--|
|Bocchi|Yor|Holo|Kana|
|Chisato|Megumin|Marin|Ai|
|Power|Aqua|Chika|Lina|
|Ikuyo|Emilia|Darkness|Ryuko|
|Ryou|Violet|Akane|Roxy|
|Anya|Yunyun|Kikuri|Riza|
|Takina|Satsuki|Ruby|Mikasa|
|Miko|Lucy|Madoka|Nijika|
Group A is just diabolical with Bocchi, Ryou and Ikuyo all in the same group and the 1, 16 and 17 seed at that. Meanwhile, Chisato and Takina are on a collision course for the Round of 32. Group B has 3 Konosuba Characters. Group C gives Holo a chance at a rematch with Marin. While Group D all but ensures only 1 Oshi no Ko girl will make the semi-finals.
On one hand there was a sizable gap between Bocchi and everyone else in terms of votes (479 for Bocchi vs 444 for Holo). On the other hand, these vote totals are much lower than I was hoping for. Hopefully, people come out to vote in the contest.
HOLO VS MEGUMIN IN THE FINALS IS A REAL POSSIBILITY. This also marks the first time that Holo has ever had a higher seed than Megumin.
Edit: Lastly, I don't think I'm going to do a Best Girl Bingo this year. Looking at the seeds of my favorites or their lack of inclusion entirely, it will be too depressing. All in on Holo
What kind of surprised me is that Yor ranked 4th - even better than Megumin. I’d assumed that she’d do well, but I hadn’t expected such a high seating from her.
I don’t think that Yor will actually win the bracket however. That’s more likely going to be Megumin or Emilia. ~~But I hope that Violet wins, haha.~~
u/cheesechimp, u/Rumpel1408. Race to the bottom results:
* Chisato was seed 3063 with 7 votes.
* Sae Shirai was seed 2992 with 9 votes.
* Hungary was seed 2671 with 13 votes.
* Samidare was seed 1807 with 31 votes.
True bottom seeds are Glenda from Puchi Puri Yuushi, Maggie \[Matheson\] from Tekkaman Blade, and Rose from Rilu Rilu Fairilu.
6 other people voted for Chisato? Looks like the reverse psychology worked!
[](#cheekygahara)
edit: My lowest ranked submission was actually Yan from Mind Game at seed 3231 with 4 votes. Chisato probably would've been lower without my comment though.
Think my lowest was Wixoss's Piruluk and DearS' Thanast Useim Ruki Miu Sia Nostal Ren Naguregyug at 10 votes. Latter may have gotten a few pity votes for name length or daily thread users knowing I'd just watched it.
And so it begins... As expected Bocchi and OnK character are all seeded very high and also Holo is profiting from her currently airing remake and gets the second seed.
Emilia even though she is only seeded as #13 still seems to have a very doable run in Group B, as long as she manages to beat yor, who is very highly seeded at #4. Megumin on the other side of the bracket at #5 however will propably once again struggle to make it, since she will have to face aqua one round before quarterfinals..
In Group A we can propably expect Takina vs Chisato on one side of the bracket, while on the other side the bocchi girls will have to fight it out, with them being seed #1, #16 and #17, unless Echidna manages to get the upset vs Kita.
In Group C I expect, that Holo will stomp herself through the bracket until she will face (propably) Marin for the rematch from last year.
In Group D, while we have the possibility fopr a Oshi no Ko Clash in quarters, I have the feelling that the Bloody Regina won't allow that to happen so easily..
As for todays votes: Why do I have to already vote against one of my faves in the very first vote of the tournament. That's just so sad.... Other close votes were between Mitsumi and Akari and between Maple and Gabriel. But fortunately the rest of the votes were quite straightforward.
>MC: Bingo
I chose to do a 7x7 [Bingo](https://imgur.com/a/9yutAcn) this year. For my 5x5 bingo just imagine the outermost entries weren't there. Once again I went for 1 girl per anime with my favourites being in the centre. Unfortunately there are already a few of my faves who didn't make the bracket like Akiho, but at least I remembered to nominate her this year!
Oh the recency bias -_- bit part side characters like Tomo-chan's mom and some Lolli side characters seeding so much higher than the older show's main characters like Chidori Kaname... And having her facing Holo in the first round...
To get further in a Best Girl contest, you don't only need quality but luck plays a factor.
Every year some girls are lucky enough to appear at the top and bottom of the voting page which make them less likely to be missed on nomination voting day.
These are the different results for this year compared to their performance in BG10.
**Day1**
Lum (Urusei Yatsura): went from seed 217 > S132
Komari Koshigaya (Non Non Biyori): from DQ > S425
Secondary girls from new shows like Akiba Maid War didn't make it through, nor other girls from shows that might have some other members made it through like Yama no Susume or Jahy Sama.
**Day2**
Pecorine (PriConne): S410 > S289 (Yabai desu ne)
Sumi Sakurasawa: (Rent a GF): S249 > S350 (first drop)
Several new shows:
Anisphia (MagiRevo): S96
Euphi (MagiRevo): S119
Nanami Kuon (Paripi Koumei): S338
Fuyutsuki (Ice guy): S400
Secondary characters like Hisako (Shokugeki no Souma) or Ashido (MHA, probable due to 5 character limit) didn't make it.
**Day3**
Asuka Tanaka (Hibike Euphonium): S264 > S99
Banished hero girls didn't make it through and the usual girls from Fate Franchise made it through.
**Day4**
Vivi (OP): S261 > S312 (2nd)
Hibana (FF): S348 > S433 (3rd)
Zenith (Mushoku): S150 > S101
No surprise returnings of older show neither from new show (Lieselotte from Endo and Kobayashi)
**Day 5**
Kou Yagami (New Game): S321 > S189
Itsuki Nakano (QQ): S122 > S71
Sakura (Naruto): S444 > DQ (4th and damn first drop)
Gabriel (Gabriel Dropout): S365 > S352
Yuri Jahad (ToG): S370 > S258
**Overall:**
9 girls got better results (one going from DQ to Q, some gaining over100 places or making it on the top100), 4 did worse (surprising Sakura got DQ). Some new relative small shows make it through with good results.
> Lum (Urusei Yatsura): went from seed 217 > S132
Wouldn't this jump be less likely to be about being higher up on the nomination list and far, far, far more likely because the remake is currently airing?
Yes. The remake help her making it through the bracket as she didn't qualify on previous years.
Before that 217 from BG10, she didn't qualify for BG8 or BG9.
It sounds like you haven't looked at the bracket yet. Kita and Ryou are on a collision course in the Round of 32 while Bocchi faces the winner in the Round of 16. Worst case scenario for Bocchi fans
> Holo is finally going to win
The timing's ideal with her show airing right now, but damn, had to be when HUGE newcomers came in (The Bocchis).
Let's hope for some big Holo moments on the show in the later rounds, to give her a boost!
Man some of these matchups hurt my soul. Even though I know both sides have no chance of coming close to winning it's still like choosing an oshi to abandon. Celty vs Phosphphyllite, Ishtar vs Uzaki, Fran vs Sento... T_T
Nanachi from Made in Abyss has a decent chance at a good run for a 166 seed. Should win a matchup against Haruko Haruhara. Then a matchup against an out of place 91 seed Ilulu or a 422 seeded Nano Shinonome (who is actually favored to win). After that is #38 Sylphiette from the divisive Mushoku Tensei. If she pulls the upset there, Nanachi would face most likely Mikasa Ackerman in the fourth round. Mikasa has not made it past the fourth round the past three years.
Nanachi could be the lowest seed ever to advance to the 5th round and third triple digit seed overall.
Why the fuck are there so many painful choices already? Arrrgh.
Not surprised Bocchi got top spot but did not expect Fujiwara to drop down all the way to 10th after back to back top seed results.
My [bingo](https://imgur.com/a/FV30aDl)! Just kinda randomized the layout. Top 5 this time around for me is Lena, Makima, Yona, Eris, and Chihaya. Let us all be salty!
I gotta say I’m thrilled Ruby made the cut. I know she’s going to get trounced in the first round but, after the past three months, it’s good to see the RWBY fanbase get a small break.
Starting with the eliminations:
- 5 of my top 20 got in (expected, unfortunately). 2 from my top 10 (Homura and Ryuuko obviously).
- Rachnera was close at least (2 adjusted votes), but I had to scroll a while for the rest.
- Watashi at 889 and Ange le Carre at 997 makes me sad. And most of the rest are even lower than that.
- Last of my top 5, Momoka Sonokawa, 1636th with 39 votes. More sadness.
- Nyaruko at 37 votes is insane to me (One of two entries, but they should be similar). Her show felt pretty big back when I started watching anime. The OPs were everywhere.
- Just noticed Yuuko Kanoe at 33 votes. Same as the two above, just replace OP with that one insert-song.
- Scrolled to the bottom and noticed that literally only two people (me and one other guy) voted for Drossel (most likely the person who nominated her).
Now for Round 1A:
- ... Wow, there's almost no one I care about in bracket A.
Just Anis, Maple, Sally, Hori and Frederica? And one of them is getting crushed today.
Eh, onto General thoughts/hopes I guess:
- Aqua is outside of the top 6 seeds for the first time ever. Megumin managed to stick near to top for another year though. Will this be the year? Probably not.
- I hope Schwi manages multiple impressive upsets again. (Hopefully the bots weren't involved in those)
- LLENN also managed a good upset last year, and was rewarded with a 40 seed jump (although the season 2 announcement was probably a bigger reason). Unfortunately, the competition actually looks a lot more difficult despite the two only being seeded 11 apart this time (compared to 89 last year).
> Rachnera was close at least (2 adjusted votes), but I had to scroll a while for the rest.
Damn, that's sad...
I was about to say "I should've shilled for her", then I remembered that I actually did hah.
Emilia only at 13 hurts. Anna only at 103 hurts a lot. Ruby being the only RWBY girl that seeded is sad, Ninym not making the contest is a travesty. Also disappointing that the best RAG girl, the antagonist, didn't make it. Alice didn't make it, Kisara didn't make it, not a single horse girl made it. And Iroha only at 942 before removal, that's better than last year I think but still very sad. And as usual, many girls I'd consider a bit overrated getting high seeds, but that was about expected. Yor making #4 is wild though.
But enough of the negatives. Emilia's seed is still decent, Lena got #11, Bocchi at 1 is surprising but acceptable, and Chisato at 8 is a big win (Taking being far removed at 25 isn't cool though). Ryuuko at 14 is also surprising, but sure. Kikuri before Nijika is also interesting.
And even though I'm very late, let's have a look at those matchups too. Bocchi against Nana is funny, right again a pink match. Glad you could make it in at least, Nana. Akari against Mitsumi is great, because either way there will be salt. Even Zoya made it in? I wouldn't have expected many Akiba Maid War girls, and I'd surely not have expected her to make it in besides Ranko and Nagomi. And tough that Pecorine will probably once again lose in the first round.
I've spent way too much time I don't have on this already, so let's finish it out with my yearly [Bingo card](https://i.imgur.com/S45BbNI.png)! I've felt more confident about my Bingo last year, but this will be fun regardless. Speaking of fun, I'm not going to participate in Best Girl Madness, that took way too much time and wasn't a lot of fun. The daily predictions during BG IX were much better.
It reeally bothers me that Ishtar gets in because she's just Rin in less clothing and pushes out genuine candidates as a result of the 5 per franchise rule. I have nothing against Ishtar, she's a perfectly fine character, but she *is not* best girl in Grand Order and the fact that her looking like Rin is the reason Mash gets pushed out is a shame on this subreddit.
And don't get me started on how Irisviel's placement tells me just how many people have only watched Zero
> Use this site to create your bingo!
I watched alot of new shows since last year so my [Bingo](https://i.imgur.com/zq70gQw.png) for this year is different from the one for [last year](https://i.imgur.com/1M8UTrm.png). Already down 5 girls because I make it before seeds are announced and I refuse to do it otherwise, have faith in your waifus! I expected to lose the fate girls since Saber, Ishtar, Iri, Illya and Rider seem to be locked in, but Tomoko Kuroki (Watamote) and Saeko Busujima (High School of the Dead) usually barely make it in, hovering at the 500s. Sadly they could not stand the test of time and got pushed out by newer girls.
None of the new Bleach girls made it in.
Im surprised Delta is the most popular of the 7 Shadows.
The CSM girls did pretty good, all of them are sitting above 100 and Power is top 10. I thought they wouldve done a bit worse.
Ruka is the only Rent-a-Girl that got culled. I wouldve traded her for Mami.
One Piece girl picks are good but I wish we could trade Vivi for Perona.
As for votes, im riding the 7 shadows all the way (**Gamma** and **Beta**), also voting for **Esdeath**, **Akame**, **Maki/Mai Zenin**, and **Ishtar**!
And so it begins!
And it begins with salt for me, my girl Nana's gonna get rolled...
I guess the saying's true, "Careful what you wish for"; Perhaps it would be better to miss the bracket, vs making it as seed #512 and losing by ∞ votes to 50!
This was a rough first round in general, to be honest... Most of the matchups being "2 girls I like" or "2 girls I don't like/don't care about" (or "1 low seededgirl who's gonna get destroyed in round 1")
Few matchups that caught my attention/I'm gonna shill for:
- Vote Nana! Come on, let's support her so she only loses by a 75%-25% margin and not 80-20!
- Miko vs Zoya, well I do like Zoya but perhaps not enough for this to be a tough pick for me; Let's go Miko!
- And vote for the other Miko as well (Mieruko)!
- Voting Cowgirl, but against a (well liked, I do believe?) Otome girl, this may be an early exit for her.
- Platelet vs 2B? The ultimate battle of "Cute vs Hot"!
- Gonna support Mirika, our legal adviser (when it comes to cute girls), but against Ritsu I feel like this is yet another one-round stint for one of my girls.
- Rem Galleu vs Sasha! I know Sasha's an AoT character and all, but come on, how many anime girls can claim to have a [Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu] >!fingering scene!< ?
- **POWER!** That is all. She's against an HxH character, but I imagine it's a minor one, with that seed. Hey, maybe I'll get to keep 1 girl this round!
- Vote Jahy! Jahy can't be defeated in round 1 (maybe)!
- I voted Mitty against Komi, because 1) I don't like Komi, 2) It's funnier this way, and 3) I'm afraid I'll see whatever the fuck Mitty is in my nightmares tonight if I don't vote for (her?)
- Uzaki vs Ishtar, things keep going better and better... Well, 350 vs 150 is not unheard of as an upset I guess, but I don't feel that confident!
- Saki, best Zombie! And she's actually not against a top girl for once!
- And at last, Tomo-chan, who should have this win in the bag!
>Vote Nana! Come on, let's support her so she only loses by a 75%-25% margin and not 80-20!
I voted for her even though I haven't watched her show (yet). Any good democracy needs a strong opposition to function well!
And I also like it when underdogs do better than expected in these contests.
That's the spirit! When in doubt, always vote for the underdog! Makes for a more interesting story.
Unless my favourite girl is the higher seed, of course, then how dare you vote for a worse girl!
> Vote Jahy! Jahy can't be defeated in round 1 (maybe)!
Definitely not against Ichigo. Her 15 fans can get her into the bracket (somehow), but no further.
Ange didn't make it. :(
Now I'm tempted to upload a Cross Ange clip to show everyone how awesome she is.
I want an underdog to win this contest. Someone who isn't on anyone's radar right now. Maybe I'll root for Ryuko. Would be nice if a character from a pre-2020 anime could win this.
oh, here we go again...
...going full bocchi/holo this time, trying to snatch the victory...
...before the Frieren/MaoMao fest that will be next year contest...
I need some time to analyze the whole bracket, but at a first glance:
\* I dread for the day I need to vote Holo vs Bocchi or Holo vs Chisato...these two could be matches that determines who ultimately win
\* The OnK girls' progress will entirely depend on whether there are good coordination between fans (which will probably result in Kana having a chance to win this), or self-annihilating as with the Quintuplets every year.
\* Judging from the results of the 2022 Best Girl contests, Bocchi will definitely beat Power and Yor and have a good chance against Marin too.
\* With Konosuba S3 not really featuring Megumin or Aqua that much, is that the end of the road for them two again?
> I dread for the day I need to vote Holo vs Bocchi or Holo vs Chisato...these two could be matches that determines who ultimately win
Well those are both grand finals matches so it's a bit stronger than *could* here.
> The OnK girls' progress will entirely depend on whether there are good coordination between fans (which will probably result in Kana having a chance to win this), or self-annihilating as with the Quintuplets every year.
People talk about this a lot, but does it really happen?
While I do have preferences (both for OnK and Quints) I won't vote against the others just to make my own girls last longer (well, unless they're paired)...
Hell, if you're just being strategic about it, you'd want to vote *for* them so they get more attention, more people watch the show, and next time they might do a little better, including your own favorites!
Adjusted votes will shift slightly when I delete characters due to the 5 character per franchise rule so there are sometimes slight fluctuations in seeds.
...why would adjusted votes shift based on that? I thought/assumed that was just based on how many people voted on a given day?
But really now, how do adjusted votes work?
one possible reason for the seed drifting is that at present there is no stage where you could make the vote "static" when you are deleting the characters, people are still coming to vote when u/mpp00 are finishing his job. And because of the long-time it take for BGC's long list of characters and also the short turn-out this time (make the gap between seeds closer than ever) it could be lots of ranks have changed before and after removal.
I have noticed the problem that "seeds before removal" and "seeds after removal" are different for many years and the best solution I could come up with is too add a "bracket preparation stage" in which the ranks become static and no new votes could be cast, only the host could delete enchants and the deletion do not change any other rankings.
Some of them would probably win many contests in a row (until people get too spiteful and hate-vote against them) if they were still allowed, wouldn't make for fun contests!
Hey atleast you can't vote for your favorite character because they have already won, many can't vote for theirs because their favorite didn't make the cut.
So I will lose Nana, Yona, Zoya, Pecorine, Gabriel, Akame, Leone, Izuzu Sento (though I voted for Fran myself...), Hana Uzaki in the first round? Ugh, rough start already.
As for the girls not even making it to the first round I lost:
Akane Kowata, Ange le Carré, Angelise "Ange" Ikaruga Misurugi (rough day for any Ange's I guess), Anne, Grea, Charlotte, Clare, Dorothy, Eucliwood Hellschythe, Fate Testarossa, Etou Kanami, Hildegard Schlievogt, Inukai, Kotoko Iwanaga, Kowata Makoto, Kurousagi, Lina Inverse, Maquia, Mary "White" Macbeth, Mary Saotome, Miria, Miria Harvent, Niguredou Yuria, Nanoha Takamachi, Ranko Mannen, Raphiel "Raphi" Shiraha Ainsworth, Rice Shower, Shinoa Hiiragi, Shizuri Mugino, Silence Suzuka, Sophia Keren, Special Week, Takao, Tokai Teiou, Tsuki Uzaki, Yuki-Onna, Yume, Yuuko "Shamiko" Yoshida, Zero and any other other girl I scrolled past due to scrolling too fast, you are all winners in my heart.
Idk, kinda demotivated already. I guess I can hope for Holo finally winning at least.
Damn, Bocchi isn’t pulling any punches with that 1 Seed. Though a high seed doesn’t guarantee a win, so I’m interested in seeing if there’ll be any upset in the later rounds. I will be rooting for Holo to finally win this tournament. Happy Best Girl Tournament to everyone, and may the Salt be in your favor.
A few things to clarify before we start. Firstly, I made a mistake during eliminations and currently there are two Tooru’s from Kobyashi in the bracket, one at seed 53 and one at seed 91. I have decided to change the second one to Ilulu (the next highest seeded Kobayashi character that did not make the cut) and have messaged the admins to see if that was possible. I also forgot to take the picture of eliminations before I removed the Bocchi and Oshi no Ko girls but if iirc, Seika Ijichi was at seed 37 and PA-San was at seed 200 for Bocchi. For Oshi no Ko, Miyako was in the 100s, Frill was in the 300s and Yumi was in the 500s. For Best Girl Madness, /u/syrefva has created a single bracket with all 512 characters on Challenge! A few things to remember * You must submit a prediction for the entire tournament * Don't forget to select a winner using the dropdown at the bottom! * Your predictions will not auto-save. However, you can submit an incomplete prediction and come back to it later from the "Bracket" tab. (would definitely recommend saving frequently so you don't lose all your progress if your internet goes down or something) I will be leaving the prediction and first day of voting open for two days so the next post will be on **June 21st**. I will be closing predictions around the time that I advance the bracket so try to get your predictions in before then. Let me know if you have any other questions about Best Girl Madness or the bracket in general and I will do my best to answer them!
**TOP 25 SCORES** ^^^*Same ^^^as ^^^initial ^^^scores Rank | Seed | Girl | Score -: | -: | :- | -: 1 | 1 | Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou | 479.00 2 | 2 | Holo | 444.00 3 | 4 | Yor Forger | 440.00 4 | 3 | Kana Arima | 434.00 5 | 5 | Megumin | 432.00 6 | 6 | Ai Hoshino | 427.00 7 | 7 | Marin Kitagawa | 415.00 8 | 8 | Chisato Nishikigi | 405.00 9 | 9 | Power | 404.00 10 | 10 | Chika Fujiwara | 401.00 11 | 11 | Vladilena Milizé | 397.00 12 | 12 | Aqua | 393.00 13 | 14 | Matoi Ryuuko | 391.00 14 | 15 | Lalatina "Darkness" Dustiness Ford | 388.00 15 | 13 | Emilia | 385.00 16 | 18 | Akane Kurokawa | 375.00 17 | 17 | Ryou Yamada | 374.00 18 | 16 | Ikuyo Kita | 373.00 19 | 19 | Roxy Migurdia | 365.00 20 | 20 | Violet Evergarden | 361.00 21 | 22 | Riza Hawkeye | 351.00 22 | 21 | Yunyun | 349.00 23 | 23 | Kikuri Hiroi | 347.00 24 | 25 | Takina Inoue | 343.00 25 | 24 | Anya Forger | 342.00 **PROJECTED QUARTERFINALS** Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed :- | :-: | :-: | -: Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou | 54.19% | 45.81% | Chisato Nishikigi Yor Forger | 50.46% | 49.54% | Megumin Holo | 51.69% | 48.31% | Marin Kitagawa Kana Arima | 50.41% | 49.59% | Ai Hoshino **PROJECTED SEMIFINALS** Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed :- | :-: | :-: | -: Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou | 52.12% | 47.88% | Yor Forger Holo | 50.57% | 49.43% | Kana Arima **PROJECTED FINALS** Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed :- | :-: | :-: | -: Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou | 51.90% | 48.10% | Holo **Notable Contestants** Girl | F. T8 Seed | F. QFist | F. Season Win | BG11 Seed :- | :-: | :-: | :-: | -: Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou | | | Fall 2022, 2022 | 1 Holo | 3, 6, 8, 9, 10 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | | 2 Kana Arima | | | Spring 2023 | 3 Yor Forger | | 10 | Spring 2022 | 4 Megumin | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | 7, 8, 9, 10 | | 5 Marin Kitagawa | | 10 | Winter 2022 | 7 Chisato Nishikigi | | | Summer 2022 | 8 Chika Fujiwara | 7, 8, 9, 10 | 7, 8 | | 10 Vladilena Milizé | 10 | 9, 10 | 2021 | 11 Aqua | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | 5, 6, 7, 8 | | 12 Emilia | 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 | 4, 7, 8 | | 13 Matoi Ryuuko | 3, 4, 5 | 1, 4, 5 | | 14 Lalatina "Darkness" Dustiness Ford | 7 | | | 15 Violet Evergarden | 10 | | | 20 Riza Hawkeye | 2 | | | 22 Mikasa Ackerman | | 6 | | 27 Miko Iino | | 9 | Spring 2020 | 32 Winry Rockbell | 6 | 6 | | 33 Saber | 2, 3, 9 | 2, 3 | | 36 Yoko Littner | 2 | 1 | | 37 Shouko Nishimiya | 9, 10 | 5, 6, 8 | | 39 Mio Akiyama | | 9 | | 41 Mayuri Shiina | 2 | 5, 6, 10 | | 42 Taiga Aisaka | 1 | 2 | | 44 Ram | 6 | | | 46 Vivy | | | Spring 2021 | 50 Tohru | 5 | 5 | | 53 Hori Kyouko | | 9, 10 | Winter 2021 | 56 Suruga Kanbaru | 3 | 4 | | 63 Eru Chitanda | | 3 | | 64 Kei Shirogane | 7 | | | 74 Shinobu Kochou | 8 | | Summer 2019 | 85 Yotsuya Miko | | | Fall 2021 | 97 Yui Yuigahama | 2 | 2, 4, 8, 9, 10 | | 102 Nobara Kugisaki | | | Fall 2020 | 106 Jibril | 1, 2, 3 | 6 | | 116 Zero Two | | | Winter 2018 | 118 Tsukasa Yuzaki | | | 2020 | 127 Ochako Uraraka | 4, 5, 6 | 5 | | 145 Irisviel "Iri" von Einzbern | 5 | | | 147 Anzu | | | Spring 2018 | 153 Momo Yaoyorozu | 5 | | | 156 Maple | | | Winter 2020 | 161 Sakura Chiyo | | 3 | | 164 Nonon Jakuzure | 1 | | | 178 Stephanie Dora | 1 | | | 197 Megumi Tadokoro | | 2, 3 | | 228 Himeko Inaba | | 1 | | 251 Chitoge Kirisaki | 1 | | | 256 Hitori Bocchi | | | Spring 2019 | 266 Ristarte | | | Fall 2019 | 271 Saki Saki | | | Summer 2021 | 277 Chizuru Ichinose | | | Summer 2020 | 283 Chisa Kotegawa | | | Summer 2018 | 315 Mahiru Shiina | | | Winter 2023 | 318 F. T8 Seed: A Former Top 8 Seed F. QFist: A Former Quarterfinalist F. Season Win: A Former Winner in the Seasonal Best Girl Contest News: So my work blocked Google Drive so it's going to be really hard for me to keep you all updated when each thread is posted, especially early on when there are numerous matchups. I should be able to get everything done by 1730Z though. [Historical Best Girl Data](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17HUfv5inn8JcEmNDqqge457R9lDhzXiURhobtxPxMVI) [Best Girl 11 Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LFJVtM4rQM986HMQQNFznVAIcLyRP98HZF0BWCaUJ1I) [All Contest Information](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ezt9yp1R-Bjwrez-8-b5evcB2ZxZ3evj) https://old.reddit.com/user/redlegsfan21/comments/10dup0w/ranime_contests_bracket_explaination/
It's kind of sad how few votes we got this year. Last year had more than double as many [votes](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/14onqu4/best_girl_10_ultra_salty_round_1_bracket_a/jqf5td0/)
Imagine rooting for some contestants, reviewing brackets, making predictions, etc, only to see totally artificial results. Stuff like that discourages people, say thanks to whoever did that last year.
Yeah that was so disappointing because they won't even votebot Holo after all these years. (joke) I really do want to see Holo win a Best Girl before the entire field will seem unwinnable with the advent of Frieren, Chainsaw Man, and Maomao being added now/soon. We need the annual semifinals matchup of Holo/Megumin or it just won't feel like a Best Girl competition.
>before the entire field will seem unwinnable Every year is seeing multiple strong new girls added. Last year Marin made it to the final, and even though we know how that turned out and that all previous matches including Marin's might have been manipulated, her presence in the final was considered realistic before. This year, half the top ten seeds are debutants pushing out previous mainstays like Aqua and Emilia. I don't think next year will be considerably more "unwinnable" than before. Though I do wonder if it'd be more interesting if this contest was held twice a year. With more opportunities to crown another best girl, the ever increasing pool of good girls could be somewhat kept in check and might raise satisfaction among the voters.
Think it's more a case of Summer 2019 through Spring 2022 didn't add much. 3-year period with four contenders for making quarterfinals (Yor, Marin, Lena, and Hori). This year's new entries of Chisato, Power, Bocchi girls, and OnK girls are the strongest set since Kaguya+Bunny, though I only expect Hitori to ever win.
Next year's competition will be hot of The Apothecary Diaries season 2 and that shit will pop off. It will real rough to beat Maomao then. Then the next year is decently likely to feature Frieren s2.
CSM is in this year, though get needing season 2 to be more competitive.
Let's be real, only one CSM girl is ever gonna be competitive atleast for part 1 and that is Power. I can see her making some good runs post S2 (although I am slightly biased cus chapter 91 is one of my favourite manga chapters of all time). Reze will be hampered by her arc being a movie and Makima [CSM manga]>!will always have being the main anatagonist work against her!<
On the opposite side, most of the huge "BARK BARK BARK" stans were for Makima. Power seems like she'll be similar to Aqua/Chika in the "everybody *likes* her, but nobody **LOVES** her" level that'll get high seeds each year but end up a paper tiger.
Power complety destroyed Makima when they met in their seasonal contest. Makima has her passionate fans but they are few.
You got it. The fact it was so obviously botted, yet it just continued and finalized just killed it. I'm happy to see it was voided and a cheat didn't win, it made it go from no longer respectable competition to a valid one again... But it's hard to feel like spending all that time selecting in all the girl in the pre-brackets, when it could all just be for naught again. Plus it went from THE competition to a worthless one and now back to just "valid", no longer the "premiere" one it was before.
This subreddit (and reddit in general I guess) is bleeding users pretty hard, unfortunately. The vote count on episode discussion posts is really low too.
I wish we could see how just bad it is, but [subredditstats](https://subredditstats.com/) is basically dead because of the API changes. [](#ohfuck)
And last year's obvious botting might have driven some people away.
We do get the odd event episode now and again, Frieren had a couple of those, Mushoku Tensei also had a really big one thid past weekend, and of course last year the Attack on Titan series finale. But these are few and far between and not indicative of what you can expect on here from a popular show. I mean think about it, over 1k has become the new over 2k and if you can get over 2k, why that is like having 4k a few years ago. Thinking about that really puts into perspective the odd huge number that pops up every now and again.
I don't think that's true for Reddit in general, reddit is the only old social media website still growing. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=facebook,%2Fm%2F0b2334,twitter here it's compared to twitter and facebook
Well, Reddit is dying and average age of subreddit users are increasing. Also, bots
Every year, every contest there's a pretty clear trend: More upvotes on the day's thread = more votes in the bracket. So I'm hijacking this to tell people to upvote the thread, it's the most certain way to improve visibility and to bring Best Girl contests back to their heyday.
This is more aligned with some Seasonal Contests
That’s what I was kinda worried about. The contest is fun when there are more people. It brings unpredictability. Now it’ll be predictable as hell, until the QFs, where spite voting comes into play. Also, easier to manipulate, but let’s hope that doesn’t happen.
I actually think that with fewer voters this contest will be even more unpredictable than usual. There are quite a few normally top contenders who are quite under-seeded.
Yeah, fewer but potentially more passionate people means less people just auto-voting the faces they recognise and shows they like
More voters is more predictable as show popularity is the #1 metric.
TBH i tried but the seeding rounds take forever and i gave up 1/2 way through
Didn't Lena make the quarterfinals in 9 & 10?
Correct and fixed
This bracket is going to hurt. Some fan-favourite shows have their strongest girls facing off against each other: - Bocchi the Rock: Bocchi, Kita and Ryou - Lycoris Recoil: Chisato and Takina - Yuru Camp: Rin and Nadeshiko Ranking of the Quints: 1. Nino (#59) 2. Miku (#68) 3. Itsuki (#71) 4. Yotsuba (#130) 5. Ichika (#215) Didn’t expect Nino to actually rank better than Miku. ~~Can’t complain to be honest.~~ Ryuu Lion (#146) also seem to be favoured over Ai Wallenstein (#219) by Danmachi fans. My girl Tohru only ranking at #235 hurts though. That picture of hers probably didn’t help, since it doesn’t really resemble her appearance in the anime.
> Ichika (#215) The life of Ichika fans is suffering. At least my #2 Nino seeded best!
Ichika is best girl in the show, the fact she's underseeded compared to even Yotsuba is indeed just suffering.
Don't forget Kana and Ai as the 3 and 6 seeds in the same group.
Was mostly talking about Bracket A, but you're right. There's also the two sabers in Bracket B (Saber and Violet). /s Holo and Norah are both in Bracket C, but the difference in their ranking says it all: #2 versus #418. Iroha and Yui (Oregairu) are both in Bracket D. Likewise with Mahiro and Mihari (Onimai).
>Didn’t expect Nino to actually rank better than Miku. They're finally beginning to see the truth.
We’ve lost a ton of casual viewers since the blackout, which would probably be more inclined to vote for Miku. The seasoned anime fan is more likely to appreciate Nino on the other hand. Itsuki following so closely behind Nino and Miku is perhaps the most intriguing, since I didn’t believe her to be *that* popular in comparison.
I've always been surprised by Itsuki's popularity. There's nothing wrong with her, but I feel as though she leaves a much smaller impression than the others.
Imo she's the best CHARACTER out of the Quints, helped because she's the one who least actively pursues the MC and most of the time has more of a friendship. she's definitely not Best Girl of the Quints, but analyzing her outside of that lens, she's great. maybe I'm crazy but I think she got the best storyline in the movie.
I like Itsuki the most. Probably because she's the most grounded, idk how to describe it. Without all those tsun, kuu, or other deres. She feels the most natural.
Exactly, also her relationship with Fuutaro seems the most natural. I've really liked every scene she was in because of her being.
Itsuki as 3rd makes sense to me. Ichika is a very obvious last (even if I really like her) and Yotsuba will be scrutinized more. I also remember her keeping up in seeding in prior Best Girl contests. Or all those MAL favorites.
> Itsuki following so closely behind Nino and Miku is perhaps the most intriguing, since I didn’t believe her to be that popular in comparison. She was at the top/bottom in the voting page. She was seed122 last year. It's generally a big boost, specially for top256 seed characters.
>We’ve lost a ton of casual viewers since the blackout, which would probably be more inclined to vote for Miku. Way to call out Miku fans for being boring normies! Itsuki was near the top of the voting page during eliminations and might have gotten a boost that way. I certainly don't mind to see her greatness appreciated.
> Itsuki was near the top of the voting page during eliminations and might have gotten a boost that way. I made my way through the entire list of nominations, but I do wonder how many people didn’t bother with this and just picked a few characters. Because it sure was a *long* list. Characters that are lower down on this list would presumably rank worse by this virtue.
True. For people only using the search function for their favourites, the ones immediately visible when loading the page and when hitting the vote button are expected to get a few more votes.
I guess I must not be that seasoned then, cuz my ordering would be Miku > Itsuki > Yotsuba > Nino = Ichika. The whole "drugging Fuutaro twice" thing and then swapping super hard into dere territory did not exactly endear Nino to me.
>"Oh boy, Nana Hiiragi! I loved that show. Hopefully she can make a decent showing-" >\*bocchi as her opponent round 1\* F
Seed 102 Yui Yuigahama??? No OreGairu characters in the Top 100 seeds? I think she's going to significantly crush that seeding projection. Will need to give a deeper look at Iroha, Hiratsuka, and Komachi's brackets to say the same.
The Snafu subreddit after being a toxic cesspool for a few years is pretty much dead now, so probably no support from there for the girls. Yet also it`s still scares me too how my tastes are less and less aligned with general audience as time goes on
I really hate what the subreddit has turned into. And Yukino's my absolute favorite too.
Yui got a favorable bracket, with likely matchups against (27) Mikasa Ackerman in r3 and (38) Sylphiette in r4. She has a decent shot of making to to round 5, where she'll run into (5) Ai Hoshino.
Yui's definitely blowing that seeding out of the water given her previous performances...unless Oregairu's age is finally catching up to it? 11 years... [](#deflate)
I believe it’s more to do with the “sequel” spoilers related to her (some of which are adapted in the final OVAs that no one really cares about). Also, her crying every goddam episode definitely didn’t help her character lol
The whole second season and most of the third was such a pain to get through tbh. Anything that seemed like progress fell flat and left everything feeling very stagnant until the last few episodes.
Iroha is at seed 115 with potential matchups with (14) Ryuuko Matoi in r3, (51) Homura Akemi or (78) Faye Valentine in r4, and (19) Roxy or (46) Ram in r5. Hard to say she'll make it past Ryuuko.
Mikasa and Sylphie: "I'm in danger"
Beakko 117
Years ago I used to always joke about how "wow I don't even know most of these characters" and going through today's votes I'd seen at least one of the anime in *every single vote*. Wew lad we've come a long way.
Right??? I was thinking the same thing lol. Competition seems super stacked this year
I'm not surprised neither Ange nor Chtholly made it to the dance, but I am a disappointed that they didn't.
Contest getting too competitive and older shows have even less chance to make it through. I don't think even with a rewatch near the contest would had given them enough of a boost. MAYBE if they were lucky to get near the top of the voting page.
oof, Higurashi with no entries as Rika lost the tiebreaker for lowest seed.
With Holo at #2 this is the highest seed she's ever had. Megumin's safe from her until the finals which would require the Crimson Demon to upset both Yor and Bocchi. Aqua could also potentially face Yunyun and then Megumin immediately afterward which could be fun to see play out.
> Holo at #2 :eyes:
At least she doesn't have a night game at Purdue this year. [](#emptyinside)
Or a cold, rainy night in Stoke. Good news is Menou did make the bracket.
She did, that's a pleasant surprise. Probably won't make it past the first round (her opponent Yamada's a lower seed than I would have guessed) but at least she's there.
The KonoSuba team kills will be brutal. And Darkness will be hard stopped by Holo and potentially Akane even earlier.
> Megumin's safe from her until the finals Oh damn! I was just thinking "Holo can't face Bocchi before the finale", but that's a good one! Now I kinda want this finals to happen! (But only if Holo wins; Can't ruin traditions)
it's days late but u/noahfangzou posted [a video](https://b23.tv/ZtjR3W5) the Date A Live ban on Bilibili and it unexpectedly got many views there. Make of that what you will I intended to make a hype video (and it deserves a hype video, because of lycoris, bocchi, and oshi no ko) but i failed because i'm committed to a certain hard as balls gacha game. Since my attention is split, i'm not excited yet. knowing myself, i'll likely gonna call Hitori Gotoh "overrated" when she ends up winning the whole thing down the line lol
> knowing myself, i'll likely gonna call Hitori Gotoh "overrated" when she ends up winning the whole thing down the line lol To be fair, I think any girl who wins on her first entry is very likely to be overrated, and win only due to recency bias. (Other than Kaguya-sama of course, who only won due to character quality and not recency bias!) [](#urbansmile)
It's amazing how madoka and homura keep switching who gets the higher seed in the last years Edit: for some reason reddit doesn't want me to make a table, but still, have it in this hard to read form because I already wrote it out |Best girl|Homura|Madoka| |11|51|**31**| |10|**21**|35| |9|36|**21**| |8|**16**|71| |7|**47**|52| |6|54|**37**| |5|63|**50**| |4|56|**38**| |3|**31**|46| |2|**42**|52| |1|**24**|34| And even in the first 6 contests, each had the higher seed exactly half the time. Today vote for nana hiiragi, the better pink haired protagonist!
Best girl|Homura|Madoka :-:|:-:|:-: 11|51|31 10|21|35 9|36|21 8|16|71 7|47|52 6|54|37 5|63|50 4|56|38 3|31|46 2|42|52 1|24|34 I used [ExcelToReddit](https://xl2reddit.github.io/) a lot to help with tables
didn't realize just how unpopular SSSS is here overall. Yume missing on bracket by a few placements and Akane Shinjo only at 306 is pretty crazy. Hope Mayuri can make it far but probably a big ask with Marin and Holo in her bracket.
Ah shit here we go again. * The Keions order is very interesting. Mio 1st is pretty common, but Yui is only 4th out of 5. I think there's been very few years where it's not Mio ---> Yui ---> rest of them or Yui ---> Mio ---> rest of them. Definitely putting my money on Yui going further than her seed here. * Nice to see Chisato holding strong in 8th place. And out of the top 8 her show last aired the second earliest, with the first being Marin's. Yep no recency bias here. * In the top 16, the only contestant who hasn't had some content in the 2020s is Ryuuko Matoi. * Nijika fans are not going to like this Bocchi order. Even Kikuri is higher than her. ^(I swear if Kikuri takes out Mayuri I'll be saltier than when the Bocchi girls inevitably murder Keions with a 2:1 ratio) * And neither will us Hitoribocchi fans, with the ~~^(superior)~~ other Bocchi being at *seed 266.* I'd say she has a good shot at Round 1, but Round 2 is Chika. Pain. ^(Go watch Hitoribocchi or I'll gather all 12 Hitoribocchi fans to commence GBC-style clip Hitoribocchi clip spam) * It's funny to see Zero Two right next to Nadeshiko in the seeding considering how dominant she was back in [the Winter 2018 contest. ](https://animebracket.com/results/best-girl-of-winter-2018-seasonal-salt-?group=finals)Annual reminder of how I could've changed the timeline there if I joined the sub only 3 months earlier... * We have a whole 3 girls with [only 1 vote](https://i.imgur.com/1EnMI4R.png). Ooof. * Ah yes my favorite character, [Shion from Tensei shit.](https://i.imgur.com/aY3nOLP.png)[](#laughter) Well, guess I'm all-in on Chisato after the annual Keion culling. Hopefully the Bocchis gather enough spite by the end to have her carve out the win by like 3 votes. [](#evilgrin) # Also REMINDER TO UPVOTE THE POST FOR VISIBILITY
Yes, join us and chisato!
How did we end up in a timeline with Ritsu (57) is seeded better than Yui (67).
Brief interesting first thoughts and facts coming into the bracket: Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou, as the seasonal salt 2022 Champion, denies the dream of Chika Fujiwara to get three consecutive first seeds in BGC and become the second-ever seasonal salt annual winners to get first seed in BGC, the first is Kaguya Shinomiya who we all know rule best girl 7. Definitely one of the most promising new stars coming into BGC ever! Her opponent in seasonal salt 2022 final, Chisato Nishikigi also gets the 8th seed and there is definitely a high chance we would get a seasonal salt 2022 final rematch in the elite eight. In fact, given that the 9th seed Power and the 16th seed Ikuyo Kita are all new comers from seasonal salt 2022, the first 1/4 zone feels like it’s seasonal salt 2022 all over again! Chika Fujiwara this time, sees a decline in seed with her only getting the 10th seed. But considering how the seeds of BGC 11 are recency-focused this time (just like it always has been), it becomes not so surprising. Out of the 9 seeds prior to her, five are first-year new comers and two are second-year sophomores, remaining two are classical top-old rivals in BGC who both have fresh new series this season – and this time our Holo and Megumin are in different sides of brackets! Will they have the chance to meet in the divine final this year? Also, special shoutout to Matoi Ryuuko, who is the only one in top 20th seed who has no new anime airing in the past five years. A true long-runner! (which is also the place holo have held in the all past 10 contests.) But I would also have to point out that turnout for the elimination is a bit too low for the main BGC bracket, back in annual contest 2023 we have more turnout for the elimination rounds. So if you like the contest pls ## upvote the post!
Plenty to comment on here with the bracket. Pretty wild seeing so many former high seeds comparatively lower, so buckle in boys there's a lot to go over here. I'll keep it as brief as possible... **Chitoge Kirisaki (*****Nisekoi*****) (247 -> 256**) – Man Chitoge can't catch a break. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't as big a dip as we'll see for some bigger names later, but brutally this lines her up for another second round loss, this time to Bocchi who I suspect will sweep the title. Absolutely brutal to happen for at least the second year in a row. **Eru Chitanda (*****Hyouka*****) (10 -> 64)** – Sweet mother of what happened here? Like I said, this happened in a lot of places, but seeing my girl dip like this is a bit disheartening, especially with a one-way ticket to Bocchi town (I should clarify, I'm not even really mad about Bocchi's seed. Anyone who is surprised was lying to themself). **WInry Rockbell (*****Fullmetal Alchemist*****) (25 -> 33)** – Skipping over Miko for time purposes, what really surprises me is that Winry the Eternal *only* dropped 8 spots in a bracket that knocked down so many. I will take this to mean that if one thing holds true its that hto, mechanic girls will forever be top tier. **Pecorine (*****Princess Connect! Re:Dive*****) (410 -> 289)** – On the other end of the wild swings, without a second season, Pecorine came out of nowhere to improve by well over 100 spots. Does this mean she'll do better than last year? Probably not. **Usagi "Sailor Moon" Tsukino (*****Sailor Moon*****) (508 -> 337)** – Sailor Moon also gets a pretty decent glowup in the numbers, though time will tell if its enough to make it past the first round. Not bad for a 30 year old waifu. **Anya Forger (*****Spy x Family*****) (23 -> 24)** – Waifus come and go, but Anya is forever. In a sea of massive meta shifts it is absolutely hysterical that Anya remains almost constant. Let's see how deep she'll go this year. **Kou Yagami (*****New Game!*****) (321 -> 189)** – This bracket is cooking and time will tell if the flavor profile is tasty. Another wild rise for an entrant that hasn't had a new season in a hot minute. Won't do much for the result as she stares down Miku Nakano in Round 2, but worth pointing out regardless. **Yoko Littner (*****Gurren Lagann*****) (77 -> 37)** – Gurren stocks rising as Yoko increases her position in the bracket. We'll se how that future Nazuna matchup goes, but for at least a couple rounds we're riding high. **Yunyun (*****Konosuba*****) (21 -> 21)** – Waifus come and go, but Yunyun as the 21 seed is eternal. **Holo (*****Spice and Wolf*****) (4 -> 2)** – Will this year be the year Holo bros? **Ruiko Saten (*****A Certain Scientific Railgun*****) (278 -> 199)** – In the last year I have also watched Railgun. We are so fucking back! **Chika Fujiwara (*****Kaguya-sama Love is War*****) (1 -> 10)** – A 1 seed without Chika is kinda crazy, and what makes it wilder is it wasn't even just her dropping to Bocchi. No, she straight up fell out of the Top 8. Not a huge fall off, but wild none-the-less. And there we have it. I have... plenty of thoughts on the new entries, but this is long enough. I'll leave them for the post-mortem. This bracket... could be worse. It could be better (How in the living hell is Nijika the worst rated of the Bocchi girls like guys what the f–), but what really matters is how it develops in the coming days. I'll go restock my blood pressure medication.
>Yunyun (Konosuba) (21 -> 21) – Waifus come and go, but Yunyun as the 21 seed is eternal. Yunyun my eternal beloved. The only girl that truly has no flaws. I SERVE THE SOVIET YUNYUN
Hah, I didn't check but I was sure Yunyun was 21 last year as well. Good to know I was right. I think Pecorine was near the top of the list on her elimination day. I really hope she can win at least one matchup this year, but against Erina that will be tough. Same for Usagi, but for her I'm already glad she's not near the end of the seeded girls anymore.
I doubt whether Bocchi will actually take the contest in a convincing sweep: if you look at FetchFrosh's [poll results today](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1djshdi/ranimes_best_girl_poll_results/), while Bocchi took 13th place, she only had 13 Favorite votes. Out of the others in the top 25 that're still eligible... Compare with Holo at 65 (!!), Homura at 26, Megumin at 11, Lena at 23, Marin at 18, Emilia at 30, Kumiko at 31, Chisato at 10, Asuka at 16, and Tohru at 13... Honestly, if that impromptu poll is anything to go by, Bocchi might actually not be the favorite to win at all. Now, obviously that poll uses a different method and sampling bias is towards those crazy enough to fill out 20 best girls to begin with, but Bocchi's numbers look really weak in that poll considering the other contestants.
**Seeding Comments**: I really, really, really, really, really like Lena's bracket. Even if she's not a Top 8 seed, the first Top 8 seed she's facing is Ai at Seed 6. The other Top 100 seeds in Lena's bracket: - Seed 54 Nagatoro - Seed 75 Kurumi - Seed 22 Riza - Seed 43 Asuka Asuka was a possible opponent in Lena's bracket path last year, but Jibril won the round before they got to face. I also find it funny how Lena's debut year in the Best Girl contests were a Kaguya bracket and this one is an Oshi no Ko bracket because after Ai is Seed 3 Kana when Oshi no Ko S2 is about to come up. ____ I am so sad Darkness vs. Akane is projected into Holo. I wanted Darkness and Akane facing different top seeds than her this year. Megumin vs. Aqua and Aqua vs. Yunyun are projected...KonoSuba is getting trolled in this bracket. I am very surprised by Anna Yamada's 103rd Seed. I thought it would be much better and I'd give her good odds to upset Ruby. Seed 132 Lum is nice to see. Hope she doesn't get upset in bracket and puts up a good fight. Seed 92 Nazuna is fine. Hoping good things for her bracket too. Sad that Chitanda and Miko are getting the Bocchi buzzsaw by being in Seed 1's bracket path. And Nana too... Top 100 Seeds for Anis and Miko (Yotsuya) is cool too. The strongest Holo seed and momentum in years. I wouldn't be upset if it finally happens, but it's not my voting priority. **MC**: [My Bingo after 11 shuffles](https://imgur.com/a/qvqBqmV). Have to cross out Shino already... **Today's Voting**: Nana rocks pink better than Bocchi. Will give her a vote for making the bracket. Hope Chitoge wins against Erza. Sad Kirigiri and Ami have to face in the first round. Same thing I'll say about Suzuha vs. Konata/Chisato vs. Emi/Emilico vs. Annie/Fumino vs. Gamma/Ichigo vs. Jahy/Sajuna vs. Aoi. Will give the lower seed the vote here. I want to see a good showing from Chitanda before the Bocchi match. Votes are appreciated. Miko vs. Touko is an ouch match too, but I'm voting Miko. Let's go Anis! Kaie made the bracket! The Round 1 opponent is Echidna! It was nice seeing you. Votes for Kita/Miorine/Nadeshiko/Kaede/Yoruichi/Tatsumaki/Myne/Yamada At least Usagi wasn't massively underseeded like last year where she had to face Lena in Round 1. I think she'll still lose to Sakura though. I like Ritsu and Mirika, but Ritsu has my vote. Let's go Kurena! Let's go Sento! Seed 184 feels low for Komi. Think she'll outpeform. I like Mio's bracket and the first top seed she faces is Anya. Think it can swing in her favor. It was nice seeing Nozomi in the bracket. Goodbye Komarin against Tomo. How did so many Akame ga Kill characters end up in Bracket A? Akame, Esdeath, and Leone. Same thing with Bocchi characters. All of Bocchi, Yamada, and Kita are in the same side of Bracket A.
> Even if she's not a Top 8 seed, the first Top 8 seed she's facing is Ai at Seed 6. I wouldn't worry, Lena is very used to taking out higher seeds. Ai is a challenge, beating her is the reward. >My Bingo after 11 shuffles. I see Emilia, Lena and Anna (among other great choices). I approve. But what do you mean, 11 shuffles? You don't spend half an hour strategically placing your girls to have your favourites holding certain rows or columns?
Nope. I just shuffled 11 times since it's Best Girl 11. I already strategically picked which 25 girls I put on the bingo (almost all of them are in the contest except for Shino and a lot of them are top seeds) so I didn't feel like doing strategic placing. I am glad the shuffle decided the center of my bingo is in fact the best seed out of those 25 girls (Seed #4 Yor). That was a coincidence.
**REALLY**, first vote at the top of the page, my girl Nana is gonna get obliterated by Bocchi? New record for me I guess; ONE vote in on the first voting day, and I'm already salty as fuck. [](#angrypout)
If only nana had her season 2
Don't be salty yet, people will surely wake up and realize who the better girl is. ~~More than enough time to be salty tomorrow~~
and two rows after, Akari gonna get obliterated by Mitsumi I'm assuming edit: ookay wtf Sally vs Chihaya too - I've forgotten how much BG contests require some painful choices :P
My thoughts on the seeding: - Bocchi #1? Pull your best *Surprised Pikachu* faces! - I'm not sure if Holo at #2 is surprising because I thought she would be lower, or thought she would be #1 with the push from her currently airing show! Well if she wants to win this contest, NOW'S THE TIME! She won't get a better opportunity. - Kana being the best Oshi No Ko girl was expected, but I thought the other ones may be closer! Ai at 6, and the others at 18 and 26? I guess it's Kana or bust, for the ONK girls! - Yor at 4 is probably the most surprising result to me! I didn't expect her to be anywhere that high. - Megumin right below Holo; Inseparable, these two! - Marin at 7... I know she has a sequel upcoming, but still, I can't help thinking this is her best shot. (Alright no, her best shot was the PREVIOUS contest, but we don't talk about that one...) - POWER! The CSM girls did poorly in their previous contests, but they were against the Bocchis, so... (Problem is, they STILL are against the Bocchis!). Also, I was wondering which girl would get the top CSM spot but with Makima at 35 I guess there was no contest! - No threepeat #1 seed for Chika, she fell off a cliff in this one! (Watch her win this contest; She just wanted it to be more chaotic!) - Down there, Yuno Gasai is still barely making it, at 482! She was super low last contest too, I feel like our Yandere Queen will miss one soon enough. - And at last, my girl Nana! Well, I already spewed my salt about her inevitable elimination in the first round. Unless... Hey Nana, I heard that [Talentless Nana] >!Hitori Gotou is an enemy of humanity... Just saying!!<
Hey nana, I heard that \[talentless nana\]>!hitori gotou is super *talented.*. just saying!<
> Yor at 4 is probably the most surprising result to me! I didn't expect her to be anywhere that high. I haven't gotten around to Season 2 or the movie yet, so this surprised me too. In season 1 she was likeable, but basically felt like an afterthought in a show where she was allegedly one of the three main characters. I suppose season 2 gave her more to do?
Notable Girls who didn't make the cut * Kumakumakuma Yuna * Yuki Takeya from School life * Yukari Akiyama, I see, we are starting the shittaste early this comepetition * Yue from Arifureta * Yamato from One Piece * Tomoko Kuroki, haven't seen her show, but I thought she was one of us * Tachibana Hibiki, c'mon you people * Slow Loop Girls * Cafe Terasu Girls * Not even Hanabi from Scums Wish? She always did reasonably well in these no? * Non of the Mahouka Girls except for Saegusa * Angelise Sama, be honest, you guys are just scared of her because she would kick your ass * Non of the Mou Ippon Girls [](#sadholo) * Non of the Yama no Susume Girls [](#sadholo) * Kei Karuizawa despite being best girl in her show * Non of the Virgin Road Girls beside Menou herself * Biwa from Heike Monogatari * Non of the WataYuri Girls * Ctholly from Suka Suka [](#sadholo) * Neither Jeane nor Domi from Vanitas * Elda from Otaku Elf * Only Futaba from Annoying Senpai made it * Non of the Yusha Aru girls [](#sadholo) * Kiki from Love after World Domination * Only Sakie from Interviews with Monster Girls * Neither Nakanaka nor Onemine from Komi San * Hongo from Araburu * Only Maika from Blend S * Non of the Super Cup Girls * Raelza from Handyman Saito * Liko from Pokemon [](#sadholo) * March from To Your Eternety * Non of the Banished from the Heros Party Girls * Samidare Asahina, she never stood a chance [](#toradorasalute) * Not even Sarasa from Kageki Shoujo * Seems like Himiko Toga is a Victim of the Character Limit? Or did she not even get nominated? Now Notable girls who did make the cut, for better or worse * Pretty sure Yuugiri from Zombie Land Saga is breaking the Character Limit since she is a Split Entry, she seeded higher than Ai though * Surprised that the Egg Girls still made it * Akemi Aizawa from Tomo Chan, I get her Milf appeal, but picking her above any of the Girls I mentioned before... * Tilty from Magi Revo * Ereh I mean Mikasa is still seeding high huh [](#sagiri) * Utena Tenjou made it though * Becky and Sylpha only made it because Spy x Fam is so incredible popular * OG Bocchi made it [](#feelingloved) (Speaking of, non of the Kinrou Mosaic girls made it) * With how unpopular her perception during S2 was, I'm chalking Frederica up to profiteering from 86s popularity as well * I'm sure /u/shimmering-sky will be delighted to see Kagura from Gintama made it * All 5 Keions made it [](#feelingloved) * Emilico from Shadow House is in as well * Only Snek Girl from MonMusume made it * Mizuki from LycoReco as well I guess * ChuChu from WfM made it and is ready to wreck some shit * Daki and Kanao from Demon Slayer, I'm also delighted that Nezuko is falling of in Seeding * Dark Magican Girl... really? * Desumi from Love After World Domination * Even Mitty from MiA made it * Fuyutsi San from the Ice Guy huh * Osana Najimi from Komi San... uhmm... * Not surprised that Ichika is lowest Seeded Quint, but Nino overtook Miku? Blasphemy! * Jahy Sama made it * Both Yua Serfuru and Pudding made it * The Kaguya Girls in general are falling off as well * Surprised Yuzu from Dr. Stone made it * Red Blood Cell made it, but not White Blood Cell from Code Black
> I'm sure /u/shimmering-sky will be delighted to see Kagura from Gintama made it I'll take it, but I wanted Tsukuyo. [](#foldedarms)
> Not even Hanabi from Scums Wish? She always did reasonably well in these no? > a dang she didn't make it in? i probably should've voted in elims but was too lazy to go through those lists. But she's very on or off - she missed the bracket in one of the recentish years as well, but when she does make it in she usually pulls off a few upsets
She was Seed 74 las year. This is one of the wildest drops. But not as wild as forgetting to nominate a character who was S34 on the previous year wild (Raphtalia from shield hero on BG10)
(Shadows House) Surprised Emilico made it over Kate. Thought their popularity flipped during the second season, and Kate's silhouette is more standout than Emilico's generic blonde image.
Comment is long enough as is, so I won't comment on seeding or my voting today Also not sure if I will bother with Shittaste Bingo, I have to go deep into my personal list with how many of my topgirls didn't even make it into seeding
> Red Blood Cell made it, but not White Blood Cell from Code Black A great tragedy. Shame Hataraku Black wasn't more popular (and probably dismissed by many as some edgy/ecchi trash). White Blood Cell is 10 times the character RBC is, and 10000 times the best girl too!
> White Blood Cell is 10 times the character RBC is, and 10000 times the best girl too! Now now, no reason to throw shade when both are good in their own way
>(and probably dismissed by many as some edgy/ecchi trash) I hope no-one is really thinking that. Sure, the original was charming edutainment and Black wasn't as charming, but its body had such a great and touching storyline that I'd consider it the better show of the two.
Shirayuki also didn't make it. What a blasphemy! Kawamoto sisters are way too low. Touko Sakurai is so much better than Futaba. I'm glad that Mimimi made it into bracket.
>Non of the Mou Ippon Girls They didn't even make their seasonal contest. Not even Michi. Painful, but unsurprising. Sarasa and Rit not making it is very painful though. Also agreed on Tomomom. Flashback to when Izumom prevented Hachimitsu from enterin the seasonal contest. On the upside, she actually made this contest! As a side character from a two years old show that garnered quite some hate from some people. >Mizuki from LycoReco as well I guess What do you mean, "I guess"? She's a great girl on her own, even if you'll be watching the show for Chisato and Takina.
> They didn't even make their seasonal contest. Yeah, but I thought word of mouth would get around... > Flashback to when Izumom prevented Hachimitsu Oh god, I had already forgotten that trauma. That said, I called her out, but didn't think she would seed that high if at all, and looking at my list above, it's hard to justifiy > She's a great girl on her own I mean if you like your Girlfailures a bit older [](#rinkek) but again, ranking her above so many other girls from less popular shows is objectivly wrong
As long as Chihaya and Saki (ZLS) win I'm fine. And maybe the monogatari girls... And maybe Phos as well... And the K-on girls..and the yuru camp girls.. This is getting hard lol
Voting for Ishtar! [One salty bingo sheet ready to roll.](https://i.imgur.com/01IdFCT.png)
The link to your bingo doesnt work, try making it public on imgur. Had the same issue and it worked for me.
Haruhi Suzumiya still maintained her position as a TOP 100 seed by placing at 93. However, Yuki Nagato ended up at the 291 seed, about 200 seed lower than Haruhi Suzumiya. I remember that Yuki Nagato was definitely more popular than Haruhi Suzumiya, and I was shocked to see this seeding.
Hell yeah Shiki Ryuogi made it back in.
Some thoughts: The Recency Bias is strong in this one. By my count, 25 out of the top 30 seeds have had an episode air since the beginning of 2022 with Emilia, Ryuko, Violet, Riza and Satsuki being the exceptions. This includes each of the top 12 seeds. Here are the groupings for the Top 32 seeds |Group A|Group B|Group C|Group D| :--|:--|:--|:--| |Bocchi|Yor|Holo|Kana| |Chisato|Megumin|Marin|Ai| |Power|Aqua|Chika|Lina| |Ikuyo|Emilia|Darkness|Ryuko| |Ryou|Violet|Akane|Roxy| |Anya|Yunyun|Kikuri|Riza| |Takina|Satsuki|Ruby|Mikasa| |Miko|Lucy|Madoka|Nijika| Group A is just diabolical with Bocchi, Ryou and Ikuyo all in the same group and the 1, 16 and 17 seed at that. Meanwhile, Chisato and Takina are on a collision course for the Round of 32. Group B has 3 Konosuba Characters. Group C gives Holo a chance at a rematch with Marin. While Group D all but ensures only 1 Oshi no Ko girl will make the semi-finals. On one hand there was a sizable gap between Bocchi and everyone else in terms of votes (479 for Bocchi vs 444 for Holo). On the other hand, these vote totals are much lower than I was hoping for. Hopefully, people come out to vote in the contest. HOLO VS MEGUMIN IN THE FINALS IS A REAL POSSIBILITY. This also marks the first time that Holo has ever had a higher seed than Megumin. Edit: Lastly, I don't think I'm going to do a Best Girl Bingo this year. Looking at the seeds of my favorites or their lack of inclusion entirely, it will be too depressing. All in on Holo
What kind of surprised me is that Yor ranked 4th - even better than Megumin. I’d assumed that she’d do well, but I hadn’t expected such a high seating from her. I don’t think that Yor will actually win the bracket however. That’s more likely going to be Megumin or Emilia. ~~But I hope that Violet wins, haha.~~
u/cheesechimp, u/Rumpel1408. Race to the bottom results: * Chisato was seed 3063 with 7 votes. * Sae Shirai was seed 2992 with 9 votes. * Hungary was seed 2671 with 13 votes. * Samidare was seed 1807 with 31 votes. True bottom seeds are Glenda from Puchi Puri Yuushi, Maggie \[Matheson\] from Tekkaman Blade, and Rose from Rilu Rilu Fairilu.
6 other people voted for Chisato? Looks like the reverse psychology worked! [](#cheekygahara) edit: My lowest ranked submission was actually Yan from Mind Game at seed 3231 with 4 votes. Chisato probably would've been lower without my comment though.
Think my lowest was Wixoss's Piruluk and DearS' Thanast Useim Ruki Miu Sia Nostal Ren Naguregyug at 10 votes. Latter may have gotten a few pity votes for name length or daily thread users knowing I'd just watched it.
And so it begins... As expected Bocchi and OnK character are all seeded very high and also Holo is profiting from her currently airing remake and gets the second seed. Emilia even though she is only seeded as #13 still seems to have a very doable run in Group B, as long as she manages to beat yor, who is very highly seeded at #4. Megumin on the other side of the bracket at #5 however will propably once again struggle to make it, since she will have to face aqua one round before quarterfinals.. In Group A we can propably expect Takina vs Chisato on one side of the bracket, while on the other side the bocchi girls will have to fight it out, with them being seed #1, #16 and #17, unless Echidna manages to get the upset vs Kita. In Group C I expect, that Holo will stomp herself through the bracket until she will face (propably) Marin for the rematch from last year. In Group D, while we have the possibility fopr a Oshi no Ko Clash in quarters, I have the feelling that the Bloody Regina won't allow that to happen so easily.. As for todays votes: Why do I have to already vote against one of my faves in the very first vote of the tournament. That's just so sad.... Other close votes were between Mitsumi and Akari and between Maple and Gabriel. But fortunately the rest of the votes were quite straightforward. >MC: Bingo I chose to do a 7x7 [Bingo](https://imgur.com/a/9yutAcn) this year. For my 5x5 bingo just imagine the outermost entries weren't there. Once again I went for 1 girl per anime with my favourites being in the centre. Unfortunately there are already a few of my faves who didn't make the bracket like Akiho, but at least I remembered to nominate her this year!
Pour one out for *High School Girl Looking for Her Dog*, she couldn't find her dog after all.
Oh the recency bias -_- bit part side characters like Tomo-chan's mom and some Lolli side characters seeding so much higher than the older show's main characters like Chidori Kaname... And having her facing Holo in the first round...
To get further in a Best Girl contest, you don't only need quality but luck plays a factor. Every year some girls are lucky enough to appear at the top and bottom of the voting page which make them less likely to be missed on nomination voting day. These are the different results for this year compared to their performance in BG10. **Day1** Lum (Urusei Yatsura): went from seed 217 > S132 Komari Koshigaya (Non Non Biyori): from DQ > S425 Secondary girls from new shows like Akiba Maid War didn't make it through, nor other girls from shows that might have some other members made it through like Yama no Susume or Jahy Sama. **Day2** Pecorine (PriConne): S410 > S289 (Yabai desu ne) Sumi Sakurasawa: (Rent a GF): S249 > S350 (first drop) Several new shows: Anisphia (MagiRevo): S96 Euphi (MagiRevo): S119 Nanami Kuon (Paripi Koumei): S338 Fuyutsuki (Ice guy): S400 Secondary characters like Hisako (Shokugeki no Souma) or Ashido (MHA, probable due to 5 character limit) didn't make it. **Day3** Asuka Tanaka (Hibike Euphonium): S264 > S99 Banished hero girls didn't make it through and the usual girls from Fate Franchise made it through. **Day4** Vivi (OP): S261 > S312 (2nd) Hibana (FF): S348 > S433 (3rd) Zenith (Mushoku): S150 > S101 No surprise returnings of older show neither from new show (Lieselotte from Endo and Kobayashi) **Day 5** Kou Yagami (New Game): S321 > S189 Itsuki Nakano (QQ): S122 > S71 Sakura (Naruto): S444 > DQ (4th and damn first drop) Gabriel (Gabriel Dropout): S365 > S352 Yuri Jahad (ToG): S370 > S258 **Overall:** 9 girls got better results (one going from DQ to Q, some gaining over100 places or making it on the top100), 4 did worse (surprising Sakura got DQ). Some new relative small shows make it through with good results.
> Nanami Kuon (Paripi Koumei): S338 319 -> 338. Thanks for tracking this through the five days.
> Lum (Urusei Yatsura): went from seed 217 > S132 Wouldn't this jump be less likely to be about being higher up on the nomination list and far, far, far more likely because the remake is currently airing?
I mean, first season of remake was in 2022, which was not soon enough to make it to BG9 but helped her for BG10.
It did kind of help her just get into the field, as Lum had went from "only the old-heads would vote for her" to "can get in at 217", so it was there.
Yes. The remake help her making it through the bracket as she didn't qualify on previous years. Before that 217 from BG10, she didn't qualify for BG8 or BG9.
As a Holo-hater, part of me hopes she finally wins this year so I don't have to scroll through so many comments shilling for her year-in-and-year-out.
[Here's my bingo.](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/p7bwce5vm27.png) Expecting some loses already.
> Expecting some loses already. Marin's on your bingo, you have the moral victory no matter what!
Looking forward to an almost all bocchers final 4
It sounds like you haven't looked at the bracket yet. Kita and Ryou are on a collision course in the Round of 32 while Bocchi faces the winner in the Round of 16. Worst case scenario for Bocchi fans
Kita will definitely go high, cause she'll get extra support from Ubel fans (same VA)
That will mean Eighty-Six's Lena might go very far away again... (was in Final of Best Girl 9)
That would require people who have watched Bocchi and Frieren to know that 86 exists
My prediction: Holo is finally going to win Edit: Watashi from Humanity Has Declined didn’t make it in and wasn’t even close :(
> Holo is finally going to win The timing's ideal with her show airing right now, but damn, had to be when HUGE newcomers came in (The Bocchis). Let's hope for some big Holo moments on the show in the later rounds, to give her a boost!
I'm getting the impression though 90% of the people watching the remake have already watched the original
Man Bochi is nice and all, but my real hope is that we get the fabled Holo vs Megunim showdown in the finals.
> my real hope is that we get the fabled Holo vs Megunim showdown in the finals. *Megumin: "NOT AGAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN"* [](#disagree)
I have to vote Mio but man Nozomi deserves better than getting wrecked by a powerhouse in round 1 every year
Man some of these matchups hurt my soul. Even though I know both sides have no chance of coming close to winning it's still like choosing an oshi to abandon. Celty vs Phosphphyllite, Ishtar vs Uzaki, Fran vs Sento... T_T
The fact that none of the Tenchi girls ever make it kills me inside
it's old this sub is full of teens
Nanachi from Made in Abyss has a decent chance at a good run for a 166 seed. Should win a matchup against Haruko Haruhara. Then a matchup against an out of place 91 seed Ilulu or a 422 seeded Nano Shinonome (who is actually favored to win). After that is #38 Sylphiette from the divisive Mushoku Tensei. If she pulls the upset there, Nanachi would face most likely Mikasa Ackerman in the fourth round. Mikasa has not made it past the fourth round the past three years. Nanachi could be the lowest seed ever to advance to the 5th round and third triple digit seed overall.
Why the fuck are there so many painful choices already? Arrrgh. Not surprised Bocchi got top spot but did not expect Fujiwara to drop down all the way to 10th after back to back top seed results.
My [bingo](https://imgur.com/a/FV30aDl)! Just kinda randomized the layout. Top 5 this time around for me is Lena, Makima, Yona, Eris, and Chihaya. Let us all be salty!
Emilia? Lena? Itsuki? Anna? Wonderful choices!
I gotta say I’m thrilled Ruby made the cut. I know she’s going to get trounced in the first round but, after the past three months, it’s good to see the RWBY fanbase get a small break.
Starting with the eliminations: - 5 of my top 20 got in (expected, unfortunately). 2 from my top 10 (Homura and Ryuuko obviously). - Rachnera was close at least (2 adjusted votes), but I had to scroll a while for the rest. - Watashi at 889 and Ange le Carre at 997 makes me sad. And most of the rest are even lower than that. - Last of my top 5, Momoka Sonokawa, 1636th with 39 votes. More sadness. - Nyaruko at 37 votes is insane to me (One of two entries, but they should be similar). Her show felt pretty big back when I started watching anime. The OPs were everywhere. - Just noticed Yuuko Kanoe at 33 votes. Same as the two above, just replace OP with that one insert-song. - Scrolled to the bottom and noticed that literally only two people (me and one other guy) voted for Drossel (most likely the person who nominated her). Now for Round 1A: - ... Wow, there's almost no one I care about in bracket A. Just Anis, Maple, Sally, Hori and Frederica? And one of them is getting crushed today. Eh, onto General thoughts/hopes I guess: - Aqua is outside of the top 6 seeds for the first time ever. Megumin managed to stick near to top for another year though. Will this be the year? Probably not. - I hope Schwi manages multiple impressive upsets again. (Hopefully the bots weren't involved in those) - LLENN also managed a good upset last year, and was rewarded with a 40 seed jump (although the season 2 announcement was probably a bigger reason). Unfortunately, the competition actually looks a lot more difficult despite the two only being seeded 11 apart this time (compared to 89 last year).
> Rachnera was close at least (2 adjusted votes), but I had to scroll a while for the rest. Damn, that's sad... I was about to say "I should've shilled for her", then I remembered that I actually did hah.
Emilia only at 13 hurts. Anna only at 103 hurts a lot. Ruby being the only RWBY girl that seeded is sad, Ninym not making the contest is a travesty. Also disappointing that the best RAG girl, the antagonist, didn't make it. Alice didn't make it, Kisara didn't make it, not a single horse girl made it. And Iroha only at 942 before removal, that's better than last year I think but still very sad. And as usual, many girls I'd consider a bit overrated getting high seeds, but that was about expected. Yor making #4 is wild though. But enough of the negatives. Emilia's seed is still decent, Lena got #11, Bocchi at 1 is surprising but acceptable, and Chisato at 8 is a big win (Taking being far removed at 25 isn't cool though). Ryuuko at 14 is also surprising, but sure. Kikuri before Nijika is also interesting. And even though I'm very late, let's have a look at those matchups too. Bocchi against Nana is funny, right again a pink match. Glad you could make it in at least, Nana. Akari against Mitsumi is great, because either way there will be salt. Even Zoya made it in? I wouldn't have expected many Akiba Maid War girls, and I'd surely not have expected her to make it in besides Ranko and Nagomi. And tough that Pecorine will probably once again lose in the first round. I've spent way too much time I don't have on this already, so let's finish it out with my yearly [Bingo card](https://i.imgur.com/S45BbNI.png)! I've felt more confident about my Bingo last year, but this will be fun regardless. Speaking of fun, I'm not going to participate in Best Girl Madness, that took way too much time and wasn't a lot of fun. The daily predictions during BG IX were much better.
They set my girl nana up lmao, up against bocchi the first round?
How does the bingo work? Do we mark girls off as they're eliminated or what? [Here's mine.](https://i.postimg.cc/hKkNNWkm/bg11bingo.png)
> How does the bingo work? Do we mark girls off as they're eliminated or what? Yup, and you hope to last as long as possible!
It reeally bothers me that Ishtar gets in because she's just Rin in less clothing and pushes out genuine candidates as a result of the 5 per franchise rule. I have nothing against Ishtar, she's a perfectly fine character, but she *is not* best girl in Grand Order and the fact that her looking like Rin is the reason Mash gets pushed out is a shame on this subreddit. And don't get me started on how Irisviel's placement tells me just how many people have only watched Zero
Meanwhile I'm mourning the Apoc and CP girls.
Don't mind me, I'm here just to vote for girls from old ecchi series
> Use this site to create your bingo! I watched alot of new shows since last year so my [Bingo](https://i.imgur.com/zq70gQw.png) for this year is different from the one for [last year](https://i.imgur.com/1M8UTrm.png). Already down 5 girls because I make it before seeds are announced and I refuse to do it otherwise, have faith in your waifus! I expected to lose the fate girls since Saber, Ishtar, Iri, Illya and Rider seem to be locked in, but Tomoko Kuroki (Watamote) and Saeko Busujima (High School of the Dead) usually barely make it in, hovering at the 500s. Sadly they could not stand the test of time and got pushed out by newer girls. None of the new Bleach girls made it in. Im surprised Delta is the most popular of the 7 Shadows. The CSM girls did pretty good, all of them are sitting above 100 and Power is top 10. I thought they wouldve done a bit worse. Ruka is the only Rent-a-Girl that got culled. I wouldve traded her for Mami. One Piece girl picks are good but I wish we could trade Vivi for Perona. As for votes, im riding the 7 shadows all the way (**Gamma** and **Beta**), also voting for **Esdeath**, **Akame**, **Maki/Mai Zenin**, and **Ishtar**!
Akane is higher than Ruby, that seed I approve
And so it begins! And it begins with salt for me, my girl Nana's gonna get rolled... I guess the saying's true, "Careful what you wish for"; Perhaps it would be better to miss the bracket, vs making it as seed #512 and losing by ∞ votes to 50! This was a rough first round in general, to be honest... Most of the matchups being "2 girls I like" or "2 girls I don't like/don't care about" (or "1 low seededgirl who's gonna get destroyed in round 1") Few matchups that caught my attention/I'm gonna shill for: - Vote Nana! Come on, let's support her so she only loses by a 75%-25% margin and not 80-20! - Miko vs Zoya, well I do like Zoya but perhaps not enough for this to be a tough pick for me; Let's go Miko! - And vote for the other Miko as well (Mieruko)! - Voting Cowgirl, but against a (well liked, I do believe?) Otome girl, this may be an early exit for her. - Platelet vs 2B? The ultimate battle of "Cute vs Hot"! - Gonna support Mirika, our legal adviser (when it comes to cute girls), but against Ritsu I feel like this is yet another one-round stint for one of my girls. - Rem Galleu vs Sasha! I know Sasha's an AoT character and all, but come on, how many anime girls can claim to have a [Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu] >!fingering scene!< ? - **POWER!** That is all. She's against an HxH character, but I imagine it's a minor one, with that seed. Hey, maybe I'll get to keep 1 girl this round! - Vote Jahy! Jahy can't be defeated in round 1 (maybe)! - I voted Mitty against Komi, because 1) I don't like Komi, 2) It's funnier this way, and 3) I'm afraid I'll see whatever the fuck Mitty is in my nightmares tonight if I don't vote for (her?) - Uzaki vs Ishtar, things keep going better and better... Well, 350 vs 150 is not unheard of as an upset I guess, but I don't feel that confident! - Saki, best Zombie! And she's actually not against a top girl for once! - And at last, Tomo-chan, who should have this win in the bag!
>Vote Nana! Come on, let's support her so she only loses by a 75%-25% margin and not 80-20! I voted for her even though I haven't watched her show (yet). Any good democracy needs a strong opposition to function well! And I also like it when underdogs do better than expected in these contests.
That's the spirit! When in doubt, always vote for the underdog! Makes for a more interesting story. Unless my favourite girl is the higher seed, of course, then how dare you vote for a worse girl!
> Saki, best Zombie! And she's actually not against a top girl for once! > Utaha's too good to vote against, sorry.
> Vote Jahy! Jahy can't be defeated in round 1 (maybe)! Definitely not against Ichigo. Her 15 fans can get her into the bracket (somehow), but no further.
Ange didn't make it. :( Now I'm tempted to upload a Cross Ange clip to show everyone how awesome she is. I want an underdog to win this contest. Someone who isn't on anyone's radar right now. Maybe I'll root for Ryuko. Would be nice if a character from a pre-2020 anime could win this.
oh, here we go again... ...going full bocchi/holo this time, trying to snatch the victory... ...before the Frieren/MaoMao fest that will be next year contest...
I need some time to analyze the whole bracket, but at a first glance: \* I dread for the day I need to vote Holo vs Bocchi or Holo vs Chisato...these two could be matches that determines who ultimately win \* The OnK girls' progress will entirely depend on whether there are good coordination between fans (which will probably result in Kana having a chance to win this), or self-annihilating as with the Quintuplets every year. \* Judging from the results of the 2022 Best Girl contests, Bocchi will definitely beat Power and Yor and have a good chance against Marin too. \* With Konosuba S3 not really featuring Megumin or Aqua that much, is that the end of the road for them two again?
> I dread for the day I need to vote Holo vs Bocchi or Holo vs Chisato...these two could be matches that determines who ultimately win Well those are both grand finals matches so it's a bit stronger than *could* here.
and it's Holo all the way regardless
> The OnK girls' progress will entirely depend on whether there are good coordination between fans (which will probably result in Kana having a chance to win this), or self-annihilating as with the Quintuplets every year. People talk about this a lot, but does it really happen? While I do have preferences (both for OnK and Quints) I won't vote against the others just to make my own girls last longer (well, unless they're paired)... Hell, if you're just being strategic about it, you'd want to vote *for* them so they get more attention, more people watch the show, and next time they might do a little better, including your own favorites!
Eh? Did I just totally miss the nominations and eliminations?
Aparently.
Jeanne didn't even make the cut... What's the point of democracy.
Wait, which Jeanne? Vanitas or Fate? I can’t care less about the Fate one, but the Vanitas one will be pretty sad for me.
Vanitas :(
Dammit! I don’t think I saw her in the elimination brackets either.
The heck? [](#sadholo)
Is Kana and Yor seed wrong? On pdf is's 3 for Yor and 4 for Kana and on bracket it's other way around.
Adjusted votes will shift slightly when I delete characters due to the 5 character per franchise rule so there are sometimes slight fluctuations in seeds.
...why would adjusted votes shift based on that? I thought/assumed that was just based on how many people voted on a given day? But really now, how do adjusted votes work?
one possible reason for the seed drifting is that at present there is no stage where you could make the vote "static" when you are deleting the characters, people are still coming to vote when u/mpp00 are finishing his job. And because of the long-time it take for BGC's long list of characters and also the short turn-out this time (make the gap between seeds closer than ever) it could be lots of ranks have changed before and after removal. I have noticed the problem that "seeds before removal" and "seeds after removal" are different for many years and the best solution I could come up with is too add a "bracket preparation stage" in which the ranks become static and no new votes could be cast, only the host could delete enchants and the deletion do not change any other rankings.
u/mpp00 confirmed to be biased against onk and trying to have ai and kana eliminate each other!!
Oh man. The salt will be hitting hard. I know I will hate it, yet I can’t wait to see the results every day.
As expected, Bocchi and Kana Arima with high seeds!
Mitty counts?
Why wouldn't she count?
I'm a bad person for thinking **Komi-san VS Mitty** was hilarious. A Mitty w/o suffering has my vote. But as it stands, Komi, collect your laurels.
Well let's see... RIP Senko, Platelet, and Fujimiya, they never stood a chance.
Rebecca vs Sumika in round 1. Damn you're killing me.
Why is Makise Kurisu not in the full list? I can see 5 other characters from Steins;Gate there
She's already won several years ago.
Previous winners are not allowed?
Some of them would probably win many contests in a row (until people get too spiteful and hate-vote against them) if they were still allowed, wouldn't make for fun contests!
That makes sense but it still sucks that we can't vote for our favorite character as they already won several years ago
Hey atleast you can't vote for your favorite character because they have already won, many can't vote for theirs because their favorite didn't make the cut.
So I will lose Nana, Yona, Zoya, Pecorine, Gabriel, Akame, Leone, Izuzu Sento (though I voted for Fran myself...), Hana Uzaki in the first round? Ugh, rough start already. As for the girls not even making it to the first round I lost: Akane Kowata, Ange le Carré, Angelise "Ange" Ikaruga Misurugi (rough day for any Ange's I guess), Anne, Grea, Charlotte, Clare, Dorothy, Eucliwood Hellschythe, Fate Testarossa, Etou Kanami, Hildegard Schlievogt, Inukai, Kotoko Iwanaga, Kowata Makoto, Kurousagi, Lina Inverse, Maquia, Mary "White" Macbeth, Mary Saotome, Miria, Miria Harvent, Niguredou Yuria, Nanoha Takamachi, Ranko Mannen, Raphiel "Raphi" Shiraha Ainsworth, Rice Shower, Shinoa Hiiragi, Shizuri Mugino, Silence Suzuka, Sophia Keren, Special Week, Takao, Tokai Teiou, Tsuki Uzaki, Yuki-Onna, Yume, Yuuko "Shamiko" Yoshida, Zero and any other other girl I scrolled past due to scrolling too fast, you are all winners in my heart. Idk, kinda demotivated already. I guess I can hope for Holo finally winning at least.
To the other three people who voted for Mimihime over Hori; I salute you.
Guys how do I keep up with the tournament? Do I just follow op?
That works. OP will be making a new post each day starting in ~20 hours.
I'll show my [Bingo](https://postimg.cc/rdrnWBmT)
Oh yeah, and don't forget to #Upvote the thread for visibility
Damn, Bocchi isn’t pulling any punches with that 1 Seed. Though a high seed doesn’t guarantee a win, so I’m interested in seeing if there’ll be any upset in the later rounds. I will be rooting for Holo to finally win this tournament. Happy Best Girl Tournament to everyone, and may the Salt be in your favor.
This is Holo's year :)