UPDATED REPORT: ISML 2019: Dark Horse Kurumi Tokisaki Wins Emerald Necklace

ISML 2019: Dark Horse Kurumi Tokisaki Wins Emerald Necklace
Dark Horse Sweep As Tomoya Okazaki Wins Emerald Pendant

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue
October 23, 2019

Match Day 4 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period has concluded. Listed as a 40-1 dark horse, Kurumi Tokisaki beat favorite Mashiro Shiina 8919-7399 to win the Emerald Necklace. Chtholly Nota Seniorious was third with 5689 votes, Mai Sakurajima ended a streak of red lantern finishes with 4244 votes for fourth, Asuna Yuuki was fifth with 3499 votes, Kurisu Makise was sixth with 2852 votes, Schwi Dola had 2237 votes to finish seventh and in a slight surprise, it was Emilia's turn to finish last with 2047 votes.

Also listed as a 40-1 dark horse to win the Emerald Pendant was Tomoya Okazaki. He defeated 70-1 longshot Touma Kamijou 8285-7767 to win the Emerald Pendant. Rintarou Okabe was third with 5811 votes, Taki Tachibana was fourth with 4504 votes, Willem Kmetsch was fifth with 3799 votes, Levi was sixth with 3212 votes in another horror showing, Archer was seventh with 2721 votes and Yuuta Togashi was last with 2351 votes.

Advancing to the Ruby Period via wild card from the Female Division were Megumin (6144) and Taiga Aisaka (5862), while Lancer (5589) and Kazuma Satou (5693) survived the cut from the Male Division.

Leaving no doubt at who deserves to be Saimoe Leader of the Free World for the 2019 term was Rem, who outgunned Megumi Katou 151883.1 to 79204.8 to build on her status as current Saimoe Prime Minister. Hachiman Hikigaya will be the Deputy Saimoe Leader of the Free World after routing Houtarou Oreki 129199.2 to 93440.7.

Making the cut for the Summer Seasonal Tournament were ISML veterans Cocoa Hoto (10174) and Hestia (7915), and newcomers Gray (9275), Reines El-Melloi Archisorte (9191), Shinobu Kochou (8827), Momo Chiyoda (7745), Yuuko Yoshida (8185) and Homare Onishima (7358). Hoto is listed as the odds-on favorite to win the Fall Diadem, but she will have an uphill battle to climk in Kaguya Shinomiya should she secure the prize.

In exhibition action, Kanade Tachibana and Sora prevailed over Mikoto Misaka and Accelerator 9921-9271, Eru Chitanda and Lelouch Lamperouge lit up Shana and Kazuto Kirigaya 10409-7904, Ruri Gokou and Korosensei defeated Kotori Itsuka and Hideyoshi Kinoshita 9615-8817, Chii and Freya eased past Rin Okumira and Yukio Okumura 8864-6435,. and Yuu Koito and Touko Nanami got past Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki 8981-8087.

Match Day 1 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Ruby Period is scheduled for October 24, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate. And keep it right here on The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the 2019 International Saimoe League, the world's premier anime character competition.

NOTE: This is an updated report from the initial posting on the Bedlam. The current tournament is the Summer Seasonal. The Fall Seasonal is scheduled to take place at a later time.

BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Ruby Match Day 1

ARENA 1 [[Tōsaka Rin]] Isshiki Iroha
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 2 Tōru [[Nishimiya Shōko]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 3 Miyamizu Mitsuha [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 4 Yuigahama Yui [[Takanashi Rikka]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Izumi Sagiri]] Megumin
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 6 Takagi [[Kanna Kamui]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 7 [[Tokisaki Kurumi]] Alice Zuberg
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Kafū Chino]] Shiro
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 9 [[Violet Evergarden]] Nakano Azusa
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 10 [[Emilia]] Akiyama Mio
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 11 [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious]] Sawamura Spencer Eriri
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 12 Kitashirakawa Tamako [[Makise Kurisu]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 13 Index L. Prohibitorum [[Sakurajima Mai]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 14 Tomori Nao [[Yūki Asuna]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 15 Aisaka Taiga [[Shiina Mashiro]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 16 [[Schwi Dola]] Yoshino
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 17 [[Rimuru Tempest]] Satō Kazuma
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 18 [[Natsume Takashi]] Saiki Kusuo
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 19 Kanda Sorata [[Riku Dola]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 20 Natsuki Subaru [[Emiya Kiritsugu]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 21 Takasu Ryūji [[Azusagawa Sakuta]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 22 Yato [[Saitama]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 23 [[Levi]] Dazai Osamu
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 24 [[Emiya Shirō]] Bakugō Katsuki
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 25 [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]] Edward Elric
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 26 [[Eugeo]] Okazaki Tomoya
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 27 [[Tachibana Taki]] Araragi Koyomi
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 28 [[Togashi Yūta]] Otonashi Yuzuru
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 29 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Kyon
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 30 [[Archer]] Izumi Masamune
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 31 [[Okabe Rintarō]] Lancer
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 32 Shiota Nagisa [[Willem Kmetsch]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ISML 2019 SUMMER SEASONAL TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
ARENA 33 [[Hoto Kokoa]] Onishima Homare
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 34 [[Yoshida Yūko]] Kochō Shinobu
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 35 Reines El-Melloi Archisorte [[Hestia]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 36 [[Chiyoda Momo]] Gray
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

Voter Id: bde0dbfc-521f-5890-884d-3313b36eb8b3

A clarification: the current seasonal tournament as of this post is Summer, not Fall. A revised report will be posted on the Bedlam.