21 heartbreaking stories of people who regret not getting a COVID-19 vaccine




21 heartbreaking stories of people who regret not getting a COVID-19 vaccine


Amy Graff
Nico Madrigal-Yankowski
SFGATE
Aug. 22, 2021
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 12:04 p.m.

An unvaccinated California father of nine children got COVID-19 and landed in the hospital, and while he recovers, he remains dependent on oxygen and unable to do most daily activities. Jonathan Weltsch of Humboldt County told the Times-Standard he regretted not getting inoculated.


“I was told my whole life not to take experimental drugs and I was 100% against an experimental vaccine,” Weltsch said. “I was so strong-willed against it. … Then I lost my breath and I wished I was vaccinated.” 


That's one story. A Missouri mother of an unvaccinated 37-year-old who died of COVID-19 shared another: Kimberle Jones told the New York Times she got the jab as soon as she was able to, but she said her daughter believed that the government-run campaign was a plot against Black people like her.


“I want to be a voice for her,” Jones said. “I really think my daughter would want me to say, ‘Go get vaccinated.’”


Another mother shared with KHTV that her 13-year-old got coronavirus and was fighting for his life. Angela Morris of Arkansas said the hardest part about watching her son suffer is it could have been preventable if he were vaccinated. 


"It's very hard to see him in this situation. It's very hard not knowing if he's really going to come home anymore or not," Morris said. "It's heartbreaking. I wish I would've made better choices for him."


Each of these stories is unique, but they also have many things in common: They’re filled with regret, death and acceptance. And they’re all centered around people who didn’t get vaccinated for some reason or another.


They’re not the only stories. Here are 18 more, from all over the country, stories of real people who were stridently anti-vaccine who changed their minds when the virus almost killed them or someone they love.


A Sacramento woman shares the story of her husband's devastating death

“I keep expecting him to walk through the door,” Mia Vinnard told KCRA. “But that’s not ever going to happen again. And that’s a hard pill to swallow.”


Vinnard's husband, Brad, was in the hospital for two weeks before he died. "It all happened so fast," she said. "I wish we would have gotten vaccinated. I mean one simple shot could've prevented all of this."


Man says his brother, a conservative talk radio host who died of COVID, wishes he got vaccine

The brother of Nashville radio personality Phil Valentine shared with WWTN-FM on July 23 that his anti-vaccine brother was on supplemental oxygen and urged people to get the shot.


“First of all, he's regretful that he wasn't a more vocal advocate of the vaccination,” Mark Valentine said of his brother, according to the Associated Press. “For those listening, I know if he were able to tell you this, he would tell you, ‘Go get vaccinated. Quit worrying about the politics. Quit worrying about all the conspiracy theories.’"


Phil Valentine died Saturday.


California man changes heart about vaccine after hospitalization from COVID-19

Philly Baird of Rippon, California, was admitted to the ICU, where he was fighting for his life. 


"I was an idiot. I didn't get the shot, I believed in all the hoopla," Baird, who is a Philadelphia Eagles football fan and legally changed his first name to Philly, told KCRA. "It's not going to stop you from getting COVID, don't be stupid. It's just going to prevent you from fighting minute-by-minute to be with your loved ones."


Family members get vaccine after seeing 'Big Bunk' struggle for his life in Sacramento hospital

Anthony "Big Bunk" Moreno, a California father of two and stepfather of three, has been intubated in the ICU for more than a month. Known for his big heart and for helping anyone at the drop of a hat, he told his sister-in-law, Marisa Sanchez, he wished he would have been vaccinated.


His family members are getting vaccinated and hoping others will do the same. “Seeing him in the condition that he’s in, that’s what’s making me get the vaccine,” Nicole Cordero, Moreno's girlfriend, told ABC 10.


A 30-year-old COVID-19 survivor is now a vaccination believer

Angelique Dieguez-Chamie, 30, of Butte, Montana, initially questioned whether the vaccine was safe. It was too new for her, she said.


One day, she felt an oncoming cold. The next, she couldn't walk or see straight. When she was admitted to the hospital, her blood oxygen level was at 64% when it normally is at 90%.


"I almost left my 26-year-old husband a widower, because I didn't get the vaccine to protect myself and others," she told the Montana Standard. “I know it’s scary putting something in your body that has been out barely a year, but being in a hospital at 30 years old, thinking you’re never going to see your husband [or pets] again is way scarier, I promise you.” 


Her husband got the vaccine. She wishes she had, too, after battling COVID-19.

“Now, knowing what I do, I would get the shot,” Shelly Wachter of Syracuse, New York, told the Lincoln Journal Star at the end of July. Doing so, Wachter  said, “could have saved myself and my family so much by having gotten the vaccination.”


She hopes her story will help change the minds of others. “I would like for the politicians to bow out and let the right people talk,” she said. “This is a real health issue, it’s not a political thing.”


Nebraska dad says telling his children he had to go to the hospital was 'about the hardest thing I'd done'

“For being an unlucky son of a gun, I guess in a lot of ways I was lucky,” Quentin Bowen told the Omaha World-Herald after doctors said he wasn't getting better, but also wasn't getting worse.


“I would say trust the science, forget the politics and the social media, and get vaccinated,” Bowen said. “There’s nothing in this vaccine that can do to you what this disease can do to you, so why take the chance?”


An entire family gets COVID-19, and the father is hit the worst

“I was very short of breath. I couldn’t catch my breath. If I breathed in too deeply, I’d cough uncontrollably,” Chris Ard of Florida, who resisted the vaccine, told WKRG.


“I would recommend everybody get vaccinated,” Ard said. “Don’t wait because when it’s too late, it’s too late, and there were times I was going through this that I regretted not getting vaccinated.”


Mother gives birth via Caesarian section while struggling to breathe from COVID-19

“I didn’t care about myself,” Kristen Hutton of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, told WPBF a few days after giving birth. “I just kept telling them, ‘Just take the baby out! Just get the baby!’”


The baby, named Palmer, was delivered healthy and happy. Hutton wished she got the shot so she could have avoided such a painful ordeal in an important moment of her life.


“I thought I was going to die,” she said. “When I was laying on the table going into the OR [operating room], I couldn’t breathe. So they had me lay flat. I said, ‘I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.’”


24-year-old Georgia man needs double lung transplant to survive COVID-19

“He wanted to wait a few years to see you know, if there’s any side effects or anything from it,” Paul Nuclo, stepfather of Blake Bargatze, told WSB-TV. “As soon as he got in the hospital, though, he said he wished he had gotten the vaccine.”


Bargatze's mother, Sheryl Nuclo, is telling others to get vaccinated. “Maybe if some people were kind of on the fence and swaying, he wants them to see what might be the extreme of what can happen,” Sheryl said. “Not using a fear tactic, but it can happen.”


Husband and wife in Texas die days apart

"Before she got intubated, one of the last things she told her sister was 'Please make sure my children get vaccinated,'" Dottie Jones, cousin of Lydia Rodriguez, told ABC 13. "It's hard to do that in hindsight. To think that she wouldn't be there. She would be there for her kids right now if she had been vaccinated."


Lydia Rodriguez died two weeks after her husband, Lawrence, the Seattle Times reported. 


Newly engaged couple wanted to wait a year for the vaccine. Fiancee wishes they hadn't.

“We just wanted to wait a year from when it started to be — when it came out, like when it started to be available to people, like, just to watch and see what people’s reactions were to it,” Jessica DuPreez said on CNN of her and her fiance, Michael Freedy, not being vaccinated. “We didn’t think a year would matter.”


Freedy's last text to Jessica before he died was straight to the point. "I should have gotten the damn vaccine," he wrote.


The couple have a son who would text his dad at the hospital. "Dad, are you still alive?" one read.


New Orleans man pleads with others to get vaccinated from hospital bed

"If you haven’t gotten it yet, go get the vaccine. I wish I did," Steve Witschel said in a selfie video obtained by ABC. "The last week or so, my life was hell. I thought I was going to die."


Witschel is dealing with the long-term effects of COVID-19. “I’ve never been that sick and never felt that miserable, never had that little energy. I could barely brush my teeth without running out of breath. It’s horrible. Once I’m out of this, hopefully I get out of this, I will get the vaccine for sure. And I’m going to wear a mask all the time," he said.


Unsure whether he'll survive, Virginia man wants to change as many minds as possible while he still can

"When you feel like you have to fight for your life, you don't realize that you're fighting for every single breath all day long," Travis Campbell told ABC News. "If I have a day or two left, I don't want to waste my time," he said. "I want to help as many people as I can, to let them see the real truth, that [the delta variant] is real, and it's only getting stronger and faster."


After losing a relative, a Florida family turns the funeral into a vaccine and testing site

“He was in the hospital. He said, ‘Bae, I’m going to get the vaccine when I get out of here,’” Charnese Davis told WFTV 9 about her late husband, Marquis Davis. “So, he was going to get it. I was like ‘Good, I’m so happy you said that, but it’s too late.’” With the help of their church, the wake and funeral service were turned into an opportunity to help others in the community.


Atlanta man didn't trust vaccines because of online conspiracy theories

“He was deep into TikTok conspiracy theories and, for him, he just didn’t want to get (the shot),” Brittany Wright told WSB-TV of her late husband, Braderick Wright. “He told him he didn’t want to lose me. I told him I didn’t want to lose him,” Wright said. “I told him I loved him.”


North Carolina health care worker, diagnosed with COVID-19, hopes this isn't the last time she sees her grandchildren

“Things just started going through my mind. I should have gotten vaccinated and now I’m putting my family through this, for something I could have prevented,” Lateasa McLean told WSOC-TV.


“My grandson, and my granddaughter, they’re wheeling me out and I’m thinking, ‘Is this going to be the last time that I see them?’” McLean recalled.


After losing dad and brother in same week, Florida woman urges others to get vaccinated

"It has been one of the most, roughest and hardest experiences that I have ever had to go through in my whole life and I would never, ever wish this on anybody in their family," Payten McCall told WBAL-TV.


"I wanted him so badly to walk me down the aisle and he won't be there," McCall added. "And it's all because we were scared. We were scared to get the vaccine and we were scared about everything."


Do you have a story of regret over not getting vaccinated to share? Email agraff@sfgate.com.


Editor's note: This story was updated 11 a.m. Aug. 23 to correct that Lydia Rodriguez also died of COVID-19.

ISML 2021: Kurumi Tokisaki Takes Aquamarine Necklace



ISML 2021: Kurumi Tokisaki Takes Aquamarine Necklace

Sakuta Azusagawa Takes Aquamarine Pendant


By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue

29 August 2021


Listed as a 25-1 dark horse, Kurumi Tokisaki won the 2021 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Necklace with the Upset of the Round, a 3337-3180 scalp of Mikoto Misaka, whose first attempt at winning a necklace has been denied with authority. Mai Sakurajima was third with 2377 votes, Elaina was fourth with 1807 votes, Mashiro Shiina was fifth with 1224 votes, Emilia was sixth with 915 votes, Kaguya Shinomiya was seventh with 672 votes and Asuna Yuuki was last with 620 votes.





However, Sakuta Azusagawa fulfilled the predictions on winning the Aquamarine Pendant, defeating Touma Kamijou 3271-2465. Yuu Ishigami was third with 1971 votes, Kazuto Kirigaya was fourth with 1422 votes, Subaru Natsuki was fifth with 1122 votes, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was sixth with 929 votes, Yuuta Togashi was seventh with 859 votes and Taki Tachibana was last with 702 votes.






Chika Fujiwara was tipped to take the Aquamarine Bracelet, and she did so with a 3723-2900 thumping of Zero Two. Iroha Isshiki was third with 1793 votes, Tooru was fourth with 1521 votes, Ai Hayasaka was fifth with 1220 votes, Mitsuha Miyamizu was sixth with 1097 votes, Tamako Kitashirakawa was seventh with 801 votes and Shouko Makinohara was last with 712 votes.





A longshot to win the Aquamarine Ring, Saitama outpunched the competitors, edging out the more fancied Kaito Kuroba 2773-2358. Hiro was third with 1906 vootes, Yuu Otosaka was fourth with 1512 votes, Ryuuji Takasu was fifth with 1200 votes, Shidou Itsuka was sixth with 994 votes, Giyuu Tomioka was seventh with 871 votes and Masamune Izumi was last with 491 votes.






Miku Nakano is your winner of the Winter Diadem, earning a score of 38022.5. Candidates for the Spring Seasonal were revealed, with the field including Vladilena Milize (1668), Sayuu Ogiwara (2000), Hayase Nagatoro (1580), Miko Iino (2362), Spring favorite Nezuko Kamado (2995), Kuroha Shida (1309), Azusa Aizawa (1484), Vivy (1305), Sakura Minamoto (1160), Hestia (1548), Mash Kyrielight (1494), Shirokusa Kachi (1162), Shuna (1825), Nadeshiko Kagamihara (1112), Ai Mizuno (1300), Masumi Sera (1258), Yuki Yoshikawa (1527) and Kobayashi (2377).





Mikoto Misaka (3062), Mai Sakurajima (3010) and Kurumi Tokisaki (2856) advanced in a special pool in the Female Division, while Sakuta Azusagawa (3001), Hachiman Hikigaya (2716) and Houtarou Oreki (2646) also advanced, meaning both major Aquamarine winners delivered more than just simple, honest victories.





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 world's premier anime character competition, the International Saimoe League!

Let's Spend The Night Together


 

Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind, oh my

I'm in no hurry, I can take my time, oh my

I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied

(Tongue's getting tied)

I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry

I'm high, but I try, try, try, oh my


Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night together now





I feel so strong that I can't disguise, oh my

(Let's spend the night together)

But I just can't apologize, oh no

(Let's spend the night together)





Don't hang me up and don't let me down

(Don't let me down)

We could have fun just groovin' around

Around, and round, and oh my my


Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night together





Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever


You know I'm smiling, baby

You need some guiding, baby

I'm just deciding, baby, now

I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night together

Let's spend the night together now

Oh my my my my my my my





This doesn't happen to me every day, oh my

(Let's spend the night together)

No excuses offered anyway, oh my

(Let's spend the night together)

I'll satisfy your every need

(Your every need)

And now I know you will satisfy me

Oh my my my my my my


Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night

Together now, oh my my my my my my my





Now I need you, need you more than ever, oh my

(Let's spend the night together)

I'll satisfy your every need, whoa my my

Now I know, I know you'll satisfy me, whoa my my

(Let's spend the night together)

I beg you baby, whoa my my my my my my

Oh come on now

Oh baby my my my my...




Under My Thumb

 


Under my thumb

The girl who once had me down

Under my thumb

The girl who once pushed me around


It's down to me

The difference in the clothes she wears

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

And ain't it the truth babe?





Under my thumb

It's a squirmin' dog who's just had her day

Under my thumb

A girl who has just changed her ways


It's down to me

Yes it is

The way she does just what she's told down to me

The change has come

She's under my thumb

Ah, ah, say it's alright





Under my thumb

Is a Siamese cat of a girl

Under my thumb

She's the sweetest, hm, pet in the world


It's down to me

The way she talks when she's spoken to

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

Ah, take it easy babe

Yeah





It's down to me, oh yeah

The way she talks when she's spoken to

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

Yeah, it feels alright


Under my thumb

Her eyes are just kept to herself

Under my thumb, well I

I can still look at someone else





It's down to me, oh, that's what I said

The way she talks when she's spoken to

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb





Say, it's alright

Say it's all

Say it's all

Take it easy babe

Take it easy babe

Feels alright

Take it, take it easy babe...




BoBA ISML 2021 Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 6



ARENA 1 [[Elaina - 2]] [[Misaka Mikoto - 1]] [[Sakurajima Mai - 5]] [[Tokisaki Kurumi - 6]] [[Shinomiya Kaguya - 3]] [[Shiina Mashiro - 4]] [[Emilia - 7]] [[Yūki Asuna - 8]]

By >=1000
Over/Under: 50000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Azusagawa Sakuta - 1]] [[Kirigaya Kazuto - 3]] [[Togashi Yūta - 5]] [[Kamijō Tōma - 2]] [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka - 8]] [[Natsuki Subaru - 6]] [[Tachibana Taki - 7]] [[Ishigami Yū - 4]]

By >=1000
Over/Under: 80000
Under

ARENA 3 [[Miyamizu Mitsuha - 5]] [[Zero Two - 4]] [[Fujiwara Chika - 1]] [[Hayasaka Ai - 2]] [[Kitashirakawa Tamako - 8]] [[Isshiki Iroha - 6]] [[Tōru - 7]] [[Makinohara Shōko - 3]]

By >=800
Over/Under: 50000
Over

ARENA 4 [[Saitama - 8]] [[Hiro - 1]] [[Itsuka Shidō - 2]] [[Takasu Ryūji - 6]] [[Kuroba Kaito - 4]] [[Otosaka Yū - 3]] [[Izumi Masamune - 5]] [[Tomioka Giyū - 7]]

By >=800
Over/Under: 50000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Ram]] [[Nakano Itsuki]] [[Nakano Miku]] [[Roxy Migurdia]] [[Hori Kyōko]] [[Haibara Ai]]

Over/Under: 70000
Over

ARENA 6 Vladilena Milizé Ogiwara Sayu Nagatoro Hayase [[Iino Miko]] [[Kamado Nezuko]] Shida Kuroha Minami Yume Azusa Aizawa Vivy [[Minamoto Sakura]] [[Hestia]] [[Mash Kyrielight]] Nico Robin Kachi Shirokusa Kisaragi Alice Emilico Shuna Aonuma Neiru Kagamihara Nadeshiko [[Mizuno Ai]] Sera Masumi Yoshikawa Yuki Hinami Aoi [[Kobayashi]] Azazel Ameri Shirakawa Miho [[Ange]] Takanashi Sei Koguma [[Tanya von Degurechaff]]

Over/Under: 70000
Over

ARENA 7 Elaina [[Misaka Mikoto]] [[Sakurajima Mai]] Tokisaki Kurumi [[Shinomiya Kaguya]] [[Shiina Mashiro]] Emilia Yūki Asuna [[Yukinoshita Yukino]] Violet Evergarden Rem Katō Megumi Shana Chitanda Eru Itsuka Kotori Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)

Over/Under: 70000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] [[Kirigaya Kazuto]] Togashi Yūta [[Kamijō Tōma]] Ayanokōji Kiyotaka Natsuki Subaru Tachibana Taki Ishigami Yū [[Shirogane Miyuki]] Rimuru Tempest [[Hikigaya Hachiman]] Korosensei Sora Accelerator Kinoshita Hideyoshi Oreki Hōtarō

Over/Under: 70000
Over

ARENA 9 [[Kochō Shinobu - 6]] [[Yatogami Tōka - 3]] [[Furukawa Nagisa - 8]] [[Miyazono Kaori - 1]] [[Sawamura Spencer Eriri - 4]] [[Asada Shino - 5]] [[Makise Kurisu - 2]] [[Kuriyama Mirai - 9]] [[Hiiragi Shinoa - 11]] [[Kirisaki Chitoge - 7]] [[Saya - 12]] [[Sakurasawa Sumi - 10]]

Over/Under: 70000
Over

ARENA 10 [[Nohara Shinnosuke - 12]] [[Kūjō Jōtarō - 5]] [[Dio Brando - 8]] [[L Lawliet - 6]] [[Uchiha Madara - 3]] [[Inumaki Toge - 2]] [[Satoshi - 9]] [[Saiki Kusuo - 1]] [[Aki Tomoya - 7]] [[Sesshōmaru - 11]] [[Hyakuya Yūichirō - 10]] [[Uchiha Obito - 4]]

Over/Under: 70000
Over


Voter Id: 5d695ead-0731-5675-af48-bd57ebd759f7

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BoBA ISML 2021 Predictions: Aquamarine Necklace And Pendant Odds


 

BEDLAM ON BALTIC AVENUE

2021 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

AQUAMARINE NECKLACE ODDS


Elaina 3-1

Mikoto Misaka EVEN

Mai Sakurajima 20-1

Kurumi Tokisaki 25-1

Kaguya Shinomiya 5-1

Mashiro Shiina 10-1

Emilia 30-1

Asuna Yuuki 50-1


BEDLAM ON BALTIC AVENUE

2021 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

AQUAMARINE PENDANT ODDS


Sakuta Azusagawa EVEN

Kazuto Kirigaya 10-1

Yuuta Togashi 30-1

Touma Kamijou 3-1

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 60-1

Subaru Natsuki 40-1

Taki Tachibanma 55-1

Yuu Ishigami 20-1

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ISML 2021: Mikoto Misaka Tipped To Win Aquamarine Necklace



ISML 2021: Mikoto Misaka Tipped To Win Aquamarine Necklace


By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue

25 August 2021


In her bid to win re-election to the Saimoe Prime Minister's office at the second asking, Mikoto Misaka positioned herself in good stead to claim the Aquamarine Necklace after routing Shouko Makinohara 3161-1524 on Match Day 5 of the 2021 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period. Misaka is placed as an even-money first choice and has been projected to win by under 1,000 votes with a turnout of over 50000 cast. In the Female Division, Isla defeated Aqua 2130-1832, Krul Tepes prevailed over Chitoge Kirisaki 1801-1699, Elaina stormed past Yui Yuigahama 2811-1863, Ichigo got past Origami Tobiichi 2163-2038 and Yui Hirasawa rocked Saya 2202-1698.





Kuroko Shirai zapped Zero Two 2641-2453, Hina Amano shot past Ginko Sora 2123-1820, Index Prohibitorum bodied Nagisa Furukawa 2481-1595, Mai Sakurajima romped past Mitsuha Miyamizu 2986-1591, Ruiko Saten pummeled Shinoa Hiiragi 2485-1645 and Schwi Dola shook Chiyo Sakura 2289-1580.





Emilia flew past Kanade Tachibana 2419-1874, Kaede Azusagawa delivered the Upset of the Round, a 2170-1873 scalp of Saber, Shinka Nibutani whipped past Sumi Sakurasawa 2383-1314, Kaguya Shinomiya thumped Kamui Kanna 2839-1631 and Shiro roared past Taiga 2364-1604.





Megumin exploded past Kaori Miyazono 2112-1773, Asuna Yuuki slashed past Chizuru Ichinose 2638-1569, Kazari Uiharu defeated Shinobu Kochou 2280-1942, Tamako Kitashirakawa drove past Takagi 2073-1822, Rikka Takanashi prevailed over Tsukasa Yuzaki 2286-2168 and Rin Tohsaka silenced Yoshino 2037-1830.




Kei Shirogane belted Kurisu Makise 2250-1589, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Ai Hayasaka 2729-1717, Azusa Nakano won a 1993-1909 barnburner over Rio Futaba, Suzune Horikita overcame Shiro Asada 1910-1763, Nao Tomori roared past Tooru 2446-1764 and Misaki Shokuhou shocked Meiko Honma 2640-1497.





Wrapping Female Division play, Sagiri Izumi slammed Shouko Nishimiya 2216-2037, Iroha Isshiki stood tall against Beatrice 2252-1627, Sora Kasugano defeated Tohka Yatogami 2006-1760, Mashiro Shiina smashed Chika Fujiwara 2465-1862, Utaha Kasumigaoka crushed Eriri Spencer Sawamura 2109-1572 and Mio Akiyama boomed past Nanami Aoyama 2108-1799.





Sakuta Azusagawa is tipped by the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue to win the Aquamarine Pendant after dismantling Sorata Kanda 2900-1288. In the Male Division, Shouya Ishida defeated Hodaka Morishima 1840-1655, Naofumi Iwatani won a 1710-1696 barnburner over Kusuo Saiki, Yuuta Togashi toasted Saika Totsuka 2447-1483, Ken Kaneki roughed up Osamu Dazai 1917-1432 and Joseph Joestar got off the schneid with a 1691-1605 snoozer win over Madara Uchiha.





Hiro eased past Yuuji Itadori 2379-1672, Shidou Itsuka clocked Isaac Foster 2040-1494, Mochizou Ouji pounded Dio Brando 1807-1657, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji throttled Shinnosuke Nohara 2573-1520, Masamune Izumi stormed past Haruka Kasugano 1864-1555 and Rintarou Okabe rolled past Goro 1993-1850.




Yuu Ishigami drove past Shirou Emiya 2284-1655, Gilgamesh impaled Tomoya Okazaki 1749-1650, Lelouch Lamperouge crushed Sesshomaru 1849-1354, Subaru Natsuki dominated Kazuma Satou 2159-1615, Yuzuru Otonashi blasted Fuutarou Uesugi 2035-1493 and Ainz Ooal Gown defeated Tomoya Aki 1827-1675.





Taki Tachibana bodied Kaito Kuroba 2436-1561, Karma Akabane won the closest race of the round, a 1768-1756 nailbiter over Joutarou Kuujou, Kiritsugu Emiya flew past Yato 1715-1633, Levi leveled Nasa Yuzaki 2164-1830, Nagisa Shiota defeated L Lawliet 1853-1465 and Edward Elric prevailed over Eren Yeager 1724-1684.




Touma Kamijou broke Giyuu Tomioka 2662-1474, Mikaela Hyakuya whipped past Toge Inumaki 1794-1550, Tatusya Shiba overcame Megumi Fushiguro 1821-1607, Kazuto Kirigaya slashed past Yuu Otosaka 2296-1631, Eugeo pummeled Inosuke Hashibira 1932-1672 and Archer dominated Yuuichirou Hyakuya 1918-1506.





Wrapping up Male Division play, Saitama punched Kyoujurou rengoku 2223-1551, Kousei Arima thumped Satoshi 2099-1453, Ryuunosuke Akasaka defeated Rudeus Greyray 1837-1710, Riku Dola rocked Itachi Uchiha 2290-1600, Gintoki Sakata slayed Obito Uchiha 1952-1413 and Ryuuji Takasu roared past Satoshi Fukube 1784-1700.


Match Day 6 of the 2021 International Saimoe Period is scheduled for 27 August 2021, Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

Gimme Shelter

 


Ooh, a storm is threatening

My very life today

If I don't get some shelter

Ooh yeah I'm gonna fade away



War, children

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

War, children

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away



Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'

Our streets today

Burns like a red coal carpet

Mad bull lost its way



War, children

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

War, children

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away



Rape, murder, it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

Rape, murder, yeah, it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

Rape, murder, it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away



Mmm, a flood is threatening

My very life today

Gimme, gimme shelter

Or I'm gonna fade away



War, children

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away



I tell you love, sister

It's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

Kiss away, kiss away




BoBA ISML 2021 Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 5



ARENA 1 Makinohara Shōko [[Misaka Mikoto]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Aqua]] Isla

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 3 Krul Tepes [[Kirisaki Chitoge]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 4 [[Elaina]] Yuigahama Yui

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Ichigo]] Tobiichi Origami

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 6 Saya [[Hirasawa Yui]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 7 Shirai Kuroko [[Zero Two]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Amano Hina]] Sora Ginko

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 9 Furukawa Nagisa [[Index L. Prohibitorum]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 10 [[Sakurajima Mai]] Miyamizu Mitsuha

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 11 Hiiragi Shinoa [[Saten Ruiko]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 12 Sakura Chiyo [[Schwi Dola]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 13 [[Emilia]] Tachibana Kanade

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 14 Azusagawa Kaede [[Saber]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 15 [[Nibutani Shinka]] Sakurasawa Sumi

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 16 [[Shinomiya Kaguya]] Kanna Kamui

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 17 Aisaka Taiga [[Shiro]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 18 [[Miyazono Kaori]] Megumin

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 19 Ichinose Chizuru (Mizuhara Chizuru) [[Yūki Asuna]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 20 Kochō Shinobu [[Uiharu Kazari]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 21 [[Takagi]] Kitashirakawa Tamako

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 22 Yuzaki Tsukasa [[Takanashi Rikka]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 23 Tōsaka Rin [[Yoshino]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 24 [[Shirogane Kei]] Makise Kurisu

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 25 [[Tokisaki Kurumi]] Hayasaka Ai

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 26 [[Futaba Rio]] Nakano Azusa

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 27 Asada Shino [[Horikita Suzune]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 28 Tōru [[Tomori Nao]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 29 [[Shokuhō Misaki]] Honma Meiko

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 30 [[Doma Umaru]] Kuriyama Mirai

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 31 Nishimiya Shōko [[Izumi Sagiri]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 32 [[Isshiki Iroha]] Beatrice

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 33 [[Yatogami Tōka]] Kasugano Sora

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 34 [[Shiina Mashiro]] Fujiwara Chika

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 35 Sawamura Spencer Eriri [[Kasumigaoka Utaha]]

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 36 [[Akiyama Mio]] Aoyama Nanami

by >=700
Over/Under: 5000
Over

ARENA 37 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] Kanda Sorata

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 38 Morishima Hodaka [[Ishida Shōya]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 39 Iwatani Naofumi [[Saiki Kusuo]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 40 [[Togashi Yūta]] Totsuka Saika

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 41 [[Dazai Osamu]] Kaneki Ken

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 42 Joseph Joestar [[Uchiha Madara]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 43 Hiro [[Itadori Yūji]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 44 [[Itsuka Shidō]] Isaac Foster

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 45 [[Ōji Mochizō]] Dio Brando

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 46 Nohara Shinnosuke [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 47 Kasugano Haruka [[Izumi Masamune]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 48 Goro [[Okabe Rintarō]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 49 Emiya Shirō [[Ishigami Yū]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 50 [[Gilgamesh]] Okazaki Tomoya

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 51 [[Lelouch Lamperouge]] Sesshōmaru

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 52 Natsuki Subaru [[Satō Kazuma]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 53 Uesugi Fūtarō [[Otonashi Yuzuru]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 54 [[Ainz Ooal Gown]] Aki Tomoya

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 55 [[Tachibana Taki]] Kuroba Kaito

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 56 Kūjō Jōtarō [[Akabane Karma]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 57 [[Emiya Kiritsugu]] Yato

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 58 [[Yuzaki Nasa]] Levi

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 59 [[Shiota Nagisa]] L Lawliet

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 60 Eren Yeager [[Edward Elric]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 61 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Tomioka Giyū

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 62 [[Inumaki Toge]] Hyakuya Mikaela

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 63 Shiba Tatsuya [[Fushiguro Megumi]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 64 [[Kirigaya Kazuto]] Otosaka Yū

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 65 Hashibira Inosuke [[Eugeo]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 66 Hyakuya Yūichirō [[Archer]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 67 Rengoku Kyōjurō [[Saitama]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 68 [[Arima Kōsei]] Satoshi

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 69 [[Akasaka Ryūnosuke]] Rudeus Greyrat

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 70 [[Riku Dola]] Uchiha Itachi

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 71 [[Sakata Gintoki]] Uchiha Obito

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under

ARENA 72 Fukube Satoshi [[Takasu Ryūji]]

by <=1500
Over/Under: 6500
Under


Voter Id: b6a471da-2a3f-5874-bcdf-01ba588c7016