ISML 2017: Gintoki Sakata Not All He's Cracked Up To Be

ISML 2017: Gintoki Sakata Not All He's Cracked Up To Be

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
May 7, 2017

Match Day 15 of the 2017 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period is in the books, and a major upset took place in the Male Division. In the Female Division, Emilia routed Yui Hirasawa 1261-642, Homura Akemi shot down Misaki Shokuhou 896-786, Kotori Kanbe defeated Kayo Hinazuki 784-672, Haruhi Suzumiya rolled past Ai-chan 970-701, Kosaki Onodera hammered Izetta 1236-403, Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere whipped past Fate Testarossa 855-584, Aqua won the closest race of the round, a 947-934 thriller over Shino Asada and Holo chomped up Kotori Minami 920-805.

Beatrice defeated Renge Miyauchi 934-807, Kaori Miyazono prevailed over Hifumi Takimoto 861-790, Chiyo Sakura cruised past Madoka Kaname 1074-616, C.C. stormed past Miuna Shiodome 927-685, Kurumi Tokisaki outshot Aria Holmes Kanzaki 1251-535, Nanami Aoyama slaughtered Shirayuki 1138-569 and Konjiki no Yami defeated Yuuki Konno 915-836.

In the Male Division, Takashi Natsume rolled past Reigen Arataka 838-377, Rentarou Satomi won a 799-748 barnburner over Genos, Killua Zoldyck took home a 699-681 nailbiter over Subaru Uchimaki, Subaru Natsuki whipped past Ayumu Aikawa 871-745, Taihei Doma dominated Kusuo Saiki 860-499, Hei blew past Atsushi Nakajima 686-480, Tatsuya Shiba manhandled Yuuji Sakai 976-512 and Izayo Sakamaki prevailed over Yuuta Togashi 831-754.

Kamito Kazuhaya leveled Shigeo Kageyama 784-508, Felix Argyle scored one of the Upset of the Year with an 884-757 Upset of the Round win over Gintoki Sakata, Edward Elric routed Kikuhiko 1138-185, Kraft Lawrence got off the schneid with a 859-283 pasting of Toyohisa Shimazu, Kyon outdueled Lancer in a 795-777 thriller, Osamu Dazai defeated Kouhei Inuzuka 778-345 and Roy Mustang put L Lawliet to the sword, 795-623.

In Winter Seasonal action, Tooru routed Matone Mayonaka 1430-221 and Aki Adagaki flattened Yui Hanasaka 1014-506.

Match Day 16 of the 2017 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period is scheduled for May 8, 2017. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSamoe.com and join the ongoing debate.