ISML 2009: Shana, Saber, Fuuko and Tomoyo rolling in Aquamarine Match Day 4
March 24, 2009
The franchise characters from CLANNAD, Fate/Stay Night and Shakugan no Shana took home some huge victorries in Aquamarine Match Day 4 of the 2009 International Saimoe League Season.
Shana, ranked #1, defeated Taiga Aisaka, 1256-971, as people floated lifeless in the rivers crossing and surrounding Bogota. Saber pulled off an impressive 1225-1040 upset special over Tsukasa Hiiragi in London.
The home field advantage carried Saber, a.k.a. Arthuria Pendragon, to the finish line. Flags of England, the United Kingdom, and other healdic banners waved to the sounds of a number of groups who chanted "We're walking in a Saber Wonderland."
A close contest awaited fans in Cairo. Fuuko Ibuki edged Rena Ryuuguu, 1075-1071. Meanwhile, Tomoyo Sakagami had no issue in booting out Touhou's Remilia Scarlet, 1449-695 near Topkapi in Istanbul.
A number of mainstays in the tournament were provided with some muscle-flexing matches. Yuki Nagato skated by Ami Hinamori, 1477-825, in New York City. Fate Testarossa Harlaown, the defending ISML champion, whizzed by Aya Shameimaru, 1318-633. Haruhi Suzumiya more than doubled-up Alice Carroll, 1521-739 in Kinshasa. Konata Izumi defeated Sayuri Kurata, 1318-922, in Buenos Aires. Kagami Hiiragi also did a double-up plus on Makoto Sawatari, 1497-736, in Moscow. Rika Furude plastered Kirino Chiba, 1319-594, in Toronto.
Kyou Fujibayashi gave Patchouli Knowledge a taste of her own biblical medicine. One book hurl was all it took, in a 1523-562 farce of a match in Bangkok. Kotomi Ichinose has no issues against Nayuki Minase, launching the tried-and-true violin in a 1323-654 wipeout in Jakarta. And Hinagiku Katsura put the clamps on Minori Kushieda, winning 1250-851 in Shanghai.
Other returnees had some competition. Nanoha Takamachi, who saw the detractors come calling after barely edging Rin Tosaka by two votes, had a few more coming in in a 1098-905 victory over Konjiki no Yami (Golden Darkness) in Lagos. Hanyuu Furude escaped Holo, outlasting her 1014-1014 in Paris. Sakura Kinomoto had to lay out the trump Clow Card in a 1113-1083 thriller over Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere in Sao Paolo.
Other newcomers had their fun. Marisa Kirisame is on pace to be the one with the Wooden Spoon. Ami Kawashima dusted her, 1218-790, in Katowice. Index Librorum Prohibitorum scored a 1048-845 decision over Tamaki Kawazoe in Tokyo. Kallen Kozuki (Stadtfeld) outlasted Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga, 1098-925, in Mexico City. A "thrilla in Manila" this wasn't: Mei Sunohara defeated Shiki Ryogi 1267-760.
Misuzu Kamio pulled off an impressive 947-696 win over Shiori Misaka in Sydney, while Mikoto Misaka's electrical attacks worked against Vita and her large hammer, Graf Eisen, in a 1090-742 victory in Tehran.
Hayate Yagami and Reinforce Zwei were no match for Reimu Hakurei as she won, 997-861 in Dhaka. And Illyasviel von Einzbern busted Anya Earlstreim, 1160-826, in Los Angeles while Santo Domingo saw Yuuhi Katagiri outlast Nagi, 937-909.
In other results, Suigintou defeated Maria, 1096-947, in Madrid. Rin, riding off a near-upset of Nanoha, wiped off Evangeline McDowell, 1278-681 in Milan. Suiseiseki, who saw previous success in Korea by winning the 2006 tournament along with the tournament in Japan, was at it again as Akari Mizunashi fell, 1133-815, in Seoul. Any questions of Chii's relevance to the tournament being tenuous were trumped as she clobbered Shinku, 1128-981, in Mumbai. And Nagisa Furukawa laid the dango on Mikuru Asahina, 1159-1009, in Algiers.
