Saimoe 2007 Group Finals Preview: Group D

Saimoe 2007 Group Finals Preview

Group D

Yuno

How she got here:

1^st Round: Defeated Yumi Fukuzawa 765-351

2^nd Round: Defeated Barasuishou 784-500

3^rd Round: Defeated Hayate Yagami 1155-1104

Yuno, sometimes called Yunotchi by Miyako, is a young playful girl and main protagonist in Hidamari Sketch. She lives in the Hidamari apartments, along with her close friends and neighbors Miyako, Hiro, and Sae. Her friends think of her as a very nice person. Yuno dreams of being a great artist someday. Although she is a skilled artist overall, she considers painting and drawing her specialties.

Having great ambitions is something Yuno believes in doing. A talented artist, and a specialist in drawing and painting, being a great Saimoe candidate to go with being creatively gifted isn’t too dang shabby. And you should that Yuno knows it!

Yuno already toppled a couple of heavy hitters from Rozen Maiden and Nanoha StrikerS in Barasuishou and Hayate. She faces her toughest competition yet in this group of death in Rena.

And speaking of Rena…

Rena Ryuuguu

How she got here:

1^st Round: Defeated Iroha Miyamoto 992-327

2^nd Round: Defeated Shiori Misaka 825-583

3^rd Round: Defeated Kagami Hiiragi 1901-1768

Rena is a girl who returned from Ibaraki to Hinamizawa one year ago, and is in same grade-level as Keiichi. She has an obsession with things she perceives as cute — generally, these things are not considered cute by others. Every now and then, she goes treasure hunting in the town's trash heap, searching for 'cute' things to collect, and upon finding something "cute", it's difficult to stop her. She has a habit of repeating words at the ends of sentences, most famously kana ("I wonder") and when finding something cute, she states that she wants to take it home. According to Mion, while Rena might seem cute herself, people should be careful not to anger her as she becomes quite scary when angered. She is especially sensitive about the topic of Oyashiro-sama; in Tsumihoroboshi-hen, her delusions about the god's true nature go so far as to make her take the school hostage, trying to unreasonably force a police investigation into the matter. When she needs a weapon, she uses a large cleaver that she found at the trash heap.

Oh, if looks could KILL! They would not only kill, but make fake voters pay for trying to have their opponents cut it close. Rena was not tested until the third, but when the truth found out that Kagami Hiiragi was accused of having fake votes, it turned a close race into another win for the Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni flagship yanderekko.

Rena’s the type of person you don’t want mess with, as well as a person you would love to be with…if you treat her right. She makes professional hitmen look like overpaid amateurs, and serial killers look like they haven’t committed enough homicides to catch up with her. In short…she deserves to come back to the round of 16.

What to expect:

It’s a battle of franchise characters. Yuno from Hidamari vs. Rena from Higurashi is a delicious contest that will solely be in the hands of the voters. I see Rena coming with this one.

BoBA Prediction:

Rena by more than 100 votes.