July 11, 2009
For the second time this season, a Rozen Maiden Alice Doll wins an International Saimoe League necklace.
Suiseiseki, the celebrated doll known for her "Desu" ending to her sentences, clinched the ISML 2009 Emerald necklace with a 1552-1433 victory over C.C. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Outside the Rogers Center, where a certain football team donning green-the Saskatchewan Roughriders-was crushing the Toronto Argonauts, she was surrounded by Suigintou (who defeated Nanoha Takamachi 1828-1301 to finish unbeaten in Mexico City), Shinku (who wrapped up her campaign with a Rozen Maiden sweep, defeating Hanyuu Furude in Bogota 1581-1335), Kanaria, Kirakishou, Hina-Ichigo, her twin sister Souseiseki, Jun and Nori Sakurada, and Tomoe Kashiwaba in a victory rally.
"Hello everyo~~~ne desu!" she said, to the roars of the crowd, many rasing banners that said, "DESU!" and "She's back DESU!" and "DESU is just the beginning DESU!" as well as flag that had the Rozen Maiden logo, Suiseiseki's face and green maple leaves.
She continued on. "Well, I got my necklace desu. What have you ever got desu ka?" she said to Shinku with a wry grin.
"Hmmmph, as long as I got a victory to finish this campaign off, I don't care," she said, drinking her cup of tea to the laughter of the crowd.
"ohhhh? I have a necklace too," said Suigintou with an evil laugh.
With a sigh, Shinku said, "Mercy me, you two are so full of it today."
"Yare yare desu. Any way desu," Suiseiseki said, turning to the crowd, "I want to thank every one of you for believe in me and us here on this stage desu. You made it happen desu. Give yourseves a big hand desu!"
"DE-SU! DE-SU! DE-SU!" chanted the crowd.
"I love you Suiseiseki!" said one fan from the top of his lungs.
"Stay away from my sister," said Souseiseki, brandishing her shears.
"Mou, come on, you know you're not competing this season desu. Lighten up desu," she said, hugging Souseiseki.
The angry scowl turned into a smile, then a wink. "I was only kidding," she said. "On behalf of all of us," she said to the crowd, "we want to thank the people here standing with us: Shinku, Suigintou, Hina, Kanaria, Kirakishou, myself, Jun, Nori and Tomoe, and of course, all of you for your continuing support."
"That's right desu," Suiseiseki added, grabbing the microphone. "We are the Rozen Maiden Alice Dolls, and when you believe in us desu, we will never die desu! We love you desu! Now let's play some more in the Ruby stage desu!!!"
The crowd roared one more time as ALI PROJECT's "Seishoujo Ryouiki" and "Kinjirareta Asobi" blared through the speakers.
A few curious Saskatchewan Roughriders took photos of the event.
"I guess it was no surprise that my team won, she [Suiseiseki] won, so everybody that likes green won today," said an anonymous Roughriders fan from Moose Jaw, SK. "It's a great feeling."
Defending champion Fate Testarossa Harlaown dropped her last match in the Emerald stage to Shana in Tokyo, 1879-1401.
Meanwhile, in Kinshasa, Congo DR, Haruhi Suzumiya's unbeaten streak ended with a 1853-1412 loss to Tomoyo Sakagami.
"I knew that if I didn't get a good turnout, everyone would have at least defeat heading into the Ruby stage," Suzumiya said after the match. "I think Fate's tenure as the defending champions could end this year at the hands of a worthy challenger like Tomoyo or Yuki. But I hope I can bounce back on Ruby match day 1."
In fact, it was a rare clean sweep for CLANNAD.
Kyou Fujibayashi defeated Kagami Hiiragi 1492-1259 in Milan, Nagisa Furukawa took down Rena Ryuuguu 1696-1366 in Istanbul, Fuuko Ibuki chalked up an easy 1871-760 victory over Shiori Misaka in Santiago, Kotomi Ichinose sounded off Sakura Kinomoto 1790-1299 in Buenos Aires, and even Mei Sunohara got a win-a 1881-830 destruction of Remilia Scarlet in Sao Paulo.
Fate/Stay Night also had a clean sweep.
Rin Tosaka prevailed over Rika Furude 1723-1370 in London. Saber sliced down Alice Carroll 1982-802 in Moscow and Illyasviel von Einzbern edged Sayuri Kurata 1603-1368 in Los Angeles.
Yet another group that also held its own were the Toradora! representatives. Minori Kushieda blasted Tamaki Kawazoe 1611-915 in Paris, Ami Kawashima took out Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere 1448-1242 in Lima and Taiga Aisaka rolled past Reimu Hakurei 1816-1170 in Katowice.
In other action...Chii defeated Aya Shameimaru 1407-926 in Mumbai, Vita won a 1154-1138 thriller over Evangeline MCDowell in New York City, Mikuru Asahina wiped out Mikoto Misaka 1967-973 in Shanghai, Nagi Sanzen'in defeated Konata Izumi in an impressive 1743-1474 victory in Lagos, Maria rolled past Shiki Ryogi 1976-90 in Seoul and Nayuki Minase defeated Nagi 1578-1013 in Karachi.
Ami Hinamori tallied up a 1187-1105 victory over Anya Earlstreim in Dhaka, Yuuhi Katagiri thumped Akari Mizunashi 1624-834 in Manila, Yuki Nagato scored a thrilling 1436-1426 nail-biter over Hinagiku Katsura in Jakarta, Mai Kawasumi rolled past Index L. Prohibitorum in Tehran and Ayu Tsukimiya defeated Kallen Kozuki (stadtfeld) in an easy 1625-980 decision in Bangkok.
Wrapping up action in the Emarald phase...Horo chomped up Tsukasa Hiiragi and her balsamic vinegar 1738-1341 in Algiers, Hayate Yagami tore down Kirino Chiba 1643-769 in Madrid, Konjiki no Yami (Golden Darkness) whipped Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga 2070-684 in Sydney and Marisa Kirisame took out Patchouli Knowledge 1261-674 in Santo Domingo.
Shana's victory also moves her to number one in the overall ISML rankings. Chii, Katarigi, McDowell and Kirisame are eliminated from the competition.
TOP 16 through Emerald
1. Shana 132 pts (44-0-1) (SAP)
2. Haruhi Suzumiya 132 pts (44-0-1)
3. Tomoyo Sakagami 129 pts (43-0-2) (AQ)
4. Kyou Fujibayashi 126 pts (42-0-3)
5. Fate Testarossa Harlaown 120 pts (40-0-5) (C)
6. Yuki Nagato 120 pts (40-0-5) (TOP)
7. Suigintou 117 points (39-0-6) (AM)
8. Kagami Hiiragi 114 points (38-0-7)
9. Rin Tosaka 114 points (38-0-7)
10. Taiga Aisaka 111 points (37-0-8)
11. Suiseiseki 108 points (36-0-9) (EM)
12. Saber 105 points (35-0-10)
13. Mikuru Asahina 105 points (35-0-10)
14. Nanoha Takamachi 105 points (35-0-10)
15. Konata Izumi 105 points (35-0-10)
16. Nagisa Furukawa 102 points (34-0-11)
(C) = Defending Champion
(AQ) = Aquamarine Necklace winner
(TOP) = Topaz Necklace winner
(AM) = Amethyst Necklace winner
(SAP) = Sapphire Necklace winner
(EM) = Emerald Necklace winner
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