ISML 2011 Preliminary Period, Phase 1, Day 5 - My Votes and Results!

For three of the first 8 groups there is one character leading alone. They are very strong and are probably going to win. For the other 5 groups things are far from decided!

These are my votes:

And these are the results:

Reactions:

• (Group 1) Mio and Elsie first. Mio was indeed expected, but Elsie is the real exploit. She won in Arena 2 by a mere 8 votes over Asami! Merry is just behind with 10 points. In the next match Elsie will face Mio, so Merry and Elsie will most probably end up seconds together.
• (Group 2) Misaka is leading the group by herself with Ritsu, Last Order and Ikaros seconds. Ikaros was defeated by Last Order in Arena 1, she helped her onee-sama in getting the first place!
• (Group 3) Shinonono is still there with Shana, but next time the two will have to face each other and it will be hard for the haremette to defeat the flame haze! Saten wins in Arena 1 and grabs the second place. If all goes well she might keep it.
• (Group 4) Azunian wins over france-tan in Arena 1 and this was expected. The surpising thing is that the margin is not so high. Azusa won with about 3000 votes of difference the previous matches, this time they were less than 1000. This is a testament of the strength of Charlotte! Nymph shows that the good results of the Sora no Otoshimono characters was not random. She is now second with france-tan. In the last match she will face Azunian though, so Charlotte will be second alone.
• (Group 5) Hinagiku and Ika-Musume are leading the group and the last match will decide who will pass the preliminary phase! Judging by the quantity of the votes they get, Hinagiku has a definite advantage.
• (Group 6) Apparently this group is balanced since there are three characters first at 12 points. The truth is that they still have to face each other and they will do so in the next match. The first three positions will be decided there! Ui and Lingyin are very close, while Taiga is definitely the favourite.
• (Group 7) Yuki and Sora are leading the group. In the next match Yuki will probably take the lead and win the group.
• (Group 8) Haruhi won this group when she defeated Yurippe in the last match. The second place is basically also decided, as Index has to face the leader of the SOS Dan in the last match. So Haruhi first, Yurippe second and Index third.

Next match will see the second half of the groups!