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The results:-

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1位　953票　古河渚＠CLANNAD [Furukawa Nagisa @ CLANNAD]
2位　891票　川添珠姫＠バンブーブレード [Kawazoe Tamaki @ BAMBOO BLADE]

And Nagisa proceeds! So this means another LS x CLANNAD confrontation in the semifinals.

Next up: Tsukasa vs Fuko!

I’d confess to Zange-chan, iykwim.

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The results:-

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1位　1138票　柊かがみ＠らき☆すた [Hiiragi Kagami @ Lucky Star]
2位　790票　坂上智代＠CLANNAD[Sakagami Tomoyo @ CLANNAD]

YESSSSSSSS! Kagamin wins! Surprisingly enough there was more fakes for Tomoyo than Kagami. According to the unofficial vote counter, it was 1.3k Kagami votes to 1.1k Tomoyo votes before it ended, so there was like… 400 fakes for her? Wow, unexpected. I was expecting it the other way round, lol.

Anyways, next match is Furukawa-pan vs BLADE BRAVER. Quite an important match too, since it determines who will be facing Kagami on the 30th.

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Well, Gonzo can still do things properly! I’m glad Yajima’s death scene was left pretty much intact, along with the emotional value of the moment. They did shortened the fight where Kouchi goes berserk a bit I think. I loved the outtro remix for this episode too, it was nicely done to fit in with the sad moment at the end. “Ame ga Furu” is gonna be one of my favourite songs this season.

As manga readers will know, Yajima’s death is pretty much the big turning point of the series where Kouichi comes in to grasp with the meaning of possessing power. Being a Factor is pretty much a big responsibility and to quote Stan Lee, “with great powers come great responsibilities” and Kouichi pretty much realizes the truth of that principle with Yajima’s death.

Well, this should probably mean that the anime will finally go in to the real meat of the series, and I sure as hell hope they can still pull it off nicely. Despite some disappointing decisions on Gonzo’s behalf, I still do have an optimistic outlook for this show and I hope it will be rewarded in due time.

It looks like there will still be some ridiculous stuff from Gonzo that we might have to put up with, such as the love-comedy sequences. The slap by Risa when she was questioning Kouichi about Emi was just, *groan* facepalm-inducing as well as Kouichi’s younger sister (her way of waking him up was just wtf lol?!). Guess I’ll just have to grit my teeth through that. Rachel isn’t entirely unwelcome though…

Also, Emi finally gets her black seifuku outfit \o/! I still don’t like how they made her in to such a “helpless” character though. One of the best parts of the manga involved Kouichi trying to make the moves on a grossed out Emi who was keeping an eye on Kouichi for JUDA in secret and with the changes they’ve done, it looks like that won’t be happening at all. And the twins will finally get their screen time next week too! I hope the “nutcracker” is still kept in.

OMG ITS… ▼

Final episode in the Sunohara arc and everything resolves just fine. But Mei is kinda naive, really, to try and get Sunohara back in that soccer club that’s populated by assholes. Didn’t he quit because they were bullying him? If I were Mei, I wouldn’t even try to think of getting my brother back in to a club that bullied him until he snapped.

Anyways, I’m pretty damn surprised they kept the “Sanae is Nagisa’s sister” lie for that long. God, it was hillarious when Sunohara tried to ask for Sanae’s hand from Akio. Tomoya can be such a bastard at times. Must add though, his flashbacks of his time with Sunohara sure was…. “suggestive”? Ahahahaahaaaa

Next week is surprisingly Misae’s arc! Apparently we get to see her in her high-school days too! Woot!

Art session gets turned in the gravure photoshoot, lol. Ayumi being deliciously cute, especially when she looks so helpless, is pretty much expected, but when Torako lets her hair down…. wow!

In fact, so hawt that Miss Bisexual actually pulls off a Lupin the Third on her, XD.

Next week, cat episode. Hey, doesn’t that cat look familiar?

Quarterfinals 1 @ 10/25

柊かがみ＠らき☆すた [Hiiragi Kagami@Lucky Star]
坂上智代＠CLANNAD [Sakagami Tomoyo@CLANNAD]

Quarterfinals 2 @ 10/26

川添珠姫＠バンブーブレード(Kawazoe Tamaki@Bamboo Blade]
古河渚＠CLANNAD [Furukawa Nagisa @ CLANNAD]

Quarterfinals 3 @ 10/27

柊つかさ＠らき☆すた [Hiiragi Tsukasa@Lucky Star]
伊吹風子＠CLANNAD [Ibuki Fuuko@CLANNAD]

Quarterfinals 4 @ 10/28

千葉紀梨乃＠バンブーブレード [Chiba Kirino @ BAMBOO BLADE]
桂ヒナギク＠ハヤテのごとく! [Katsura Hinagiku @ Hayate the Combat Butler]

Matchups are announced and it looks like it’s set to be a KyoAni fest this year. Thankfully, my most dreaded draw of Kagami vs Hinagiku was avoided, but Tomoyo isn’t a pushover either ._.

Block F Finals

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1位　1198票　古河渚＠CLANNAD [Furukawa Nagisa @ CLANNAD]
2位　1047票　八神はやて＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS [Yagami Hayate @ Nanoha StrikerS]

Block H Finals

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1位　1312票　桂ヒナギク＠ハヤテのごとく! [Katsura Hinagiku @ Hayate the Combat Butler]
2位　926票　石動乃絵＠true tears [Isurugi Noe @ true tears]

And we come to an end to the group stage of Saimoe 2008 and our eight finalists are Ibuki Fuko, Chiba Kirino, Hiiragi Kagami, Sakagami Tomoyo, Kawazoe Tamaki, Furukawa Nagisa, Hiiragi Tsukasa and Katsura Hinagiku.

The drawings for the final tournament will be held soon and the matchups announced. I just bloody hope I don’t see Kagami vs Hinagiku right off the bat… ORZ.

… you find a skirt on your desk one day?

The Answer:- ▼

In other words, Kyou no Go no Ni TV series isn’t really that bad after all! People, stop complaining about the lack of panty flashes!