By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
September 8, 2010
Hinagiku Katsura was going to be in for a tough International Saimoe League title defense. On a day where favorites like Shana, Mikoto Misaka and Mio Akiyama prevailed, Tiara Match Day 2 was not the nicest of days to the defending champion as she was consigned to the loser's bracket.
Katsura claimed victories in Africa, West Asia, Thailand, China, Oceania, Taiwan and Indonesia. But critical victories in Hong Kong, Russia, the Philippines, Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America and the USA guided Nakano to a 3190-3063 victory.
Shana was on her way to an easy 34106-2835 victory over Haruhi Suzumiya. She carried every region except for Africa and Japan (both split at 50%), Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, Eastern Europe and Russia (which went 64.3% in favor of Suzumiya). Shana's strongest region came in West Asia, where she garnered 61.8% of the vote.
A close match awated Taiga Aisaka and Mikoto Misaka, but it was the Railgun that came away with a 3124-3095 victory. Misaka's strongest contingent came from Japan, with 58.8% of the vote. MIsaka also scored crucial victories in Indonesia, Africa and Russia. Latin America was Aisaka's strongest contingent, with 59.6% of the vote.
Mio Akiyama thumped Yuki Nagato to the tune of 3384-2872. Akiyama failed to carry Eastern Europe, Russia, South Korea, China and Japan, who voted 58.3% in favor of Nagato. But a strong showing in Africa—of all places, with 71.4% of the vote—combined with convincing victories in West Asia, Thailand, Oceania, Canada, Latin America and the Philippines (with 66.1% of the vote) gave Hokago Tea Time's bassist the victory.
There were other matches going on as well. In a classic battle between former ISML opponents, Ayu Tsukimiya defeated Nayuki Minase 2954-2689. Minase's strongest block of votes came in Africa, with 80%. Minase also scored victories in Taiwan, the USA, Eastern Europe and Oceania. Otherwise, Tsukimiya garnered just about every other region, the strongest being Japan, where she took 63.63% of the votes.
Tsumugi Kotobuki routed Ritsu Tainaka 3294-2725 in a clash between keyboardist and drummer. Tainaka's strongest region was Eastern Europe, where she took 60.2% of the votes. Thailand was Kotobuki's main region, where she took 62.8% of the votes. The Philippines also voted strongest for Kotobuki, voting 60.9% for her.
It wasn't even close between Rio Kazemiya and Kanata Sorami, with Sorami crushing the expert bugler 4239-1151. Thailand was Sorami's strongest region, with 96.5% of the vote. Every region had at least 63.1% of votes voting for Sorami. It was that one-sided.
Gurren Lagann's punch still rang true, as Nia Teppelin defeated Aoi Sakuraba 2929-2560. Teppelin's strongest contingent came from Russia, who voted 74.3% in favor of Nia. Japan was Sakuraba's strongest region, with 60% of the vote. Oceania was deadlocked at 50-50 when the polls closed.
Hideyoshi Kinoshita trounced Kotori Takanashi easily, 4570-1359. Hong Kong was the most lopsided region for this one-sided encounter, with 84.1% voting in favor of Kinoshita. The only region that didn't go in favor of Kinoshita was Africa, and that was a 50-50 deadlock.
Finally, to close out Tiara Match Day 2, Hotaru Imai rolled past Meimi Haneoka 3211-1319. The old school was effectively shut out of this one, with every region voting in favor of the franchise character from Gakuen Alice. West Asia was Imai's strongest region, with 82.9% of the vote.
The race for the 2010 International Saimoe League continues with Tiara Match Day 3, and the Loser's Bracket First Round, on September 9, 2010. Vote online for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com.
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