Best Girl of Fall 2025: Seasonal Salt! Shiny sixty-four!

And now it's time to start our Fall 2025 bracket with 64 girls!!!

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## [Here is a screenshot of the full results](https://imgur.com/a/BEfjgRI)

We have to delete 7 characters, which is one of the fewest numbers we have in the recent years: (Shows with a * can only have 3 girls in due to the new rules)

* Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray*: Gold City, Michelle My Baby, Fuyuno Nakasumi

* Gnosia: Yuuri, Comet, Yuriko

* A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace: Arisa Nashida

## [Here is a screenshot after the 7 deletions.](https://imgur.com/a/owlEIWj)

## [Vote For Seasonal Salt Fall 2025 Here!](https://animebracket.com/best-girl-of-fall-2025-seasonal-salt-/vote)
## [Bracket here!](https://animebracket.com/best-girl-of-fall-2025-seasonal-salt-/results)

[Happy Voting!](#absolutely "Happy Voting!")

### Have fun voting and don't forget to upvote the post if you love the seasonal salt!

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## Mini Challenge:

* Comment on the seeding.
* Who was your favorite girl that didn't make it into the bracket?

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Commentaires

HuTaosTwinTails2026-01-03 13:55

Miko #3! Let's go.

Shmappii2026-01-03 14:01

I feel like spending the day with Hinako consists of one-sided conversation that is occasionally broken up by realizing she's at the bottom of the ocean again.

thisisdropd2026-01-03 14:02

It's rare for the protagonist to be eliminated while there are still others from the same show that's still in the running.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-03 21:35

Yuuri?

Yeah I think the obvious explanation for this is "People don't see Yuuri as a girl so they didn't vote for Yuuri", which could be a bit puzzling given Setsu made it, AND [Gnosia]>!that episode in which Yuuri is clearly a girl!< ... So I'm guessing it's because [Gnosia]>!Yuuri looks like a dude 95% of the time and Setsu looks like a girl 100% of the time!<

To be honest, I'm more puzzled by the fact that Jina & Stella made it, over Comet - who seemed to be well beloved - and Kukrushka who had quite an episode!

Jina is the 'typical nice, shy sweet girl' so I guess I shouldn't be surprised because that archetype always hit it with people, but for most episodes Stella was kinda just there?

Blue-Direwolf2026-01-04 03:59

I'm guessing a lot of the Gnosia voters played the game too, so the character bias got carried over into the poll.

Player_One_12026-01-03 14:16

I need Haa-san in my life!

Ceryto22026-01-03 15:00

>MC: Comment on the seeding.

I must say I am surprised Reze landed behind Scarlet. I guess Reze coming from a movie that you would have to have seen in cinemas and being from a sequel was a big enough of a hindrance that Scarlet could punch her way through to the top seed.

The WataTabe girls being top 8 was to be expected same for Lufas and Shiori. Diana being from one of the most popular shows also makes sense althoough I personally didn't expect her to somehow. Otherwise the Gnosia girls are pretty low and I would have expected for some of the Umas to be a bit higher seeded. I also would have loved to have Alma and Kris a little higher.

>MC: Who was your favorite girl that didn't make it into the bracket?

Nazuna from lvl 9999 Gacha. I just loved her dork energy and her comedy bits hit right with me.

noctaviann2026-01-03 15:03

>Comment on the seeding.

I was happy that Mari (from our furry romance) and Latty (from almost generic isekai no. 415465) made it, only for them to face Scarlet and Yuzuki out of the gate, welp...

**Vote for Mari!**

Also, the monster trio, Miko, Shiori, and Hinako got more votes than I expected. I can hear the funny music playing while Miko brags that she got 10% more votes than Shiori.

>Who was your favorite girl that didn't make it into the bracket?

* [Kisara ](https://imgur.com/ciOdn42)from With you our love will \[...\]. Diana from Scarlet's show - which was completely unremarkable - placed six, while Kisara didn't make the cut even though she at the very least had a pretty unique design.
* Akine form Blue Orchestra, although that might be for the best actually. She might actually make it far in the bracket next time, if people actually start watching this show...

ClemFire2026-01-03 17:31

Miko is for sure gloating and telling the fish woman to suck it

BaytaCosmico2026-01-03 18:06

>Kisara from With you our love will [...]. Diana from Scarlet's show - which was completely unremarkable - placed six, while Kisara didn't make the cut even though she at the very least had a pretty unique design.

For real! Quite bummed by this.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-03 15:28

I am very happy to see all three Watatabe ladies in seeds 3 - 5. Miko is the one I'm rooting to take this: cute and kind and loyal, that's so her! Quite surprised to see Reze missed first seed, but this sub doesn't always go for the big battle anime (and maybe not enough people have actually seen the movie yet)... which is not to take anything away from Scarlett; I know she is popular too here.

I am not super surprised by any of the ladies not making the bracket, though perhaps a little that no one from To Your Eternity made it. I didn't like the third season, but there were people who did.

ClemFire2026-01-03 17:34

As someone who watched the movie I like Reze a lot and her VA performance was the best in the movie, but as a character I prefer Denji. It's really impressive how her VA Reina Ueda though got two top 5's with Reze and Hinako.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-03 17:39

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm a source reader for CSM so I know Reze from the manga and can see why she is popular all over again with the anime version of her out. I do like her, but she is not my favorite in the series either and even an Reina Ueda VA performance will likely not change that.

ClemFire2026-01-03 17:44

When reading the manga I was honestly indifferent to Reze , but Reina Ueda's performance made me view her in a much more forgiving light. For me VAs can do a lot for how I see a character though.

Komarist2026-01-03 15:34

u/qwertyqwerty4567 - Imagine being the 5th Wedding Rings girl and not even needing a deletion. Anyway, those were four easy votes

MC2: Racio from Gnosia. Also thought she was one of its most popular characters

JayWhy752026-01-03 15:46

Racio is explicitly stated to be non-binary and makes a comment about how the people with genders are so strange in the first episode.

Yuri, who was eliminated, is also non-binary I believe. (Consider if they were a girl, they likely don't show so many scenes of them waking up from a cold sleep shirtless). And Setsu who is the 32nd seed here has also explicitly stated many times they are not a woman and are non-binary.

I don't know how to proceed on this but it is at least a bit odd to me to have non-binary people being assigned a gender by this being the "best girl" bracket.

silmarilen2026-01-03 16:40

Usually if it's unclear characters are allowed to join both contests (best boy and best girl), but since Setsu explicitly mentions not being a woman i also found it weird to see them in here.

On the other hand, if we stay true to the anime they woudn't be able to join either contest, so i'm fine with them getting the same treatment as the undefined ones.

Lurker-Mclurkerson2026-01-03 18:46

Nonbinary and agender are allowed in both contests, otherwise they'd be entirely excluded without a contest of their own. That's why you'll see something like the same Houseki no Kuni/Land of the Lustrous characters show up in both Best Girl and Best Guy.

SmallJon2026-01-03 15:47

Pouring one out for my best drunk Arisa, and hoping Takara can find a new human to sleep on.

SouekiSennoSTM2026-01-03 15:56

I'm slightly taken aback and a little disappointed to see numerous Gnosia characters culled right off the bat (it's the best series from autumn), but in the case of Yuuri, I'm not sure why he was included in the first place in a best girl contest?

He is portrayed as male in every episode in all but one alternative scenario, from everything we've seen and had released of the anime series thus far.

Lurker-Mclurkerson2026-01-03 19:13

The official translation uses "they" for Yuuri's pronouns and their gender is [REDACTED] on the official material released. Most fans on the Gnosia threads seem to be assuming nonbinary.

AnonymousTrollLloyd2026-01-04 00:07

Best Girl and Best Boy contests allow NB characters and anyone you can make a case for, for the sake of not devolving into transphobic shitshows when Ranma inevitably wins both.

Hot_Researcher_68392026-01-03 16:11

CSM girls' underperformance was telegraphed by their poor seeding in Fall 2022. But there is no Bocchi level surprise hit this season so I still think Reze has a shot to win.

The 1 vs 4 matchup is interesting as Watatabe has been a consistent top 6 karma ranking for the season, while One Punch Woman has been slipping for a while. I'm thinking the finale will be Hinako v Reze, or it might be Shiori instead of her??? Hinako has the main protag advantage while Shiori is the more stereotypical best girl. There eventual matchup might not be one-sided like most same show fights.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-03 21:42

> I still think Reze has a shot to win.

I still think she's the favorite to be honest (even if she seeded #2).

IceAnt5732026-01-04 02:42

It's also probably more interesting this way based off Seasonal Best Girl contest history.

Seed 1 has won all the contests in 2025 so far and has been winning since Summer 2024 (including Best Girl of 2024).

RottenPingu12026-01-03 16:20

Congratulations Scarlett!!! Great character.

cppn022026-01-03 16:22

Shocked to see Reze not winning the seeding. Could this actually become an exciting competition? Sad though that Tackle will have to fight her right away

>Who was your favorite girl that didn't make it into the bracket?

Hisui from A Start Brighter Than The Sun

BaytaCosmico2026-01-03 18:08

>Hisui from A Start Brighter Than The Sun

She's there. Just seeded way too low.

cppn022026-01-03 18:21

She's 122nd. Only the top 64 make the bracket.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-03 23:53

Oh no! This sucks. I thought there was a group B and she'd be in it. :((

octopathfinder2026-01-03 16:26

> Who was your favorite girl that didn't make it into the bracket?

Mitsuko from the sisters episode in Fujimoto 17-26

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-03 16:43

Damn, like 3/4 are girls from anime I did not watch. Still left my vote.

PS: Vote for the best kitsune Miko!

MC: RIP all of the Nukitashi and Shuumatsu Touring girls.

darkmacgf2026-01-03 17:19

Nukitashi was the previous season

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-03 17:35

Hm, I was sure it was this season. Maybe got confused because of specials.

spubbbba2026-01-03 17:05

There's some pretty slim pickings, but then that's not surprising after one of the weakest seasons in a while.

Good to see May I ask and This Monster at the top, both those were highlights.

Usodearu0072026-01-03 17:18

Im not surprised reze isnt the top seed but i still think she is the favorite overall. well she is the only one among my top picks who stands a chance anyway.

MC: all nukitashi girls & yua ichida from chiramune.

Kingpimpy2026-01-03 17:26

i dont think ill ever understand why people like CSM girls so much

none of them really is appealing to me and none of them feels like a best girl candidate

and then ellen and origin are at 130 and 119 respectively

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-03 21:47

> i dont think ill ever understand why people like CSM girls so much

Imagine getting stepped on by one of them;

Did you picture it?

Well, was your first thought "That would probably hurt"?

Or "YES, PLEASE"?

[](#bigthink)

If it's the former, that's why you won't like the CSM girls as much as others do!

Kingpimpy2026-01-03 21:58

i rather get stepped on by the chained soldier girls is all im saying

or insulted in fact

or worse idc

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-03 22:08

Hah, fair enough!

I thought you didn't like them because you weren't really into that *getting stepped on* thing... But yeah, I think that's a big part of the appeal for the CSM girls!

(For me it's not that - well, it's not JUST that! - I just like unhinged girls like Power! Plus she's voiced by my #1 VA!)

Frostbitten_Moose2026-01-03 23:55

To be fair, once the rewards come out, the Mahou girls aren't really doing the stepping anymore. There's a lot of power swapping going on there. Which is just tragic for the girl with a dog fetish.

ClemFire2026-01-03 17:30

Watatabe girls in top 5 let's go.

I'm also happy to see Wanda make it through at a respectable placing. Her VA Hina Yomiya has the type of voice you can't help but root for.

redlegsfan212026-01-03 17:52

Sorry for being late, I didn't know why my alarm clock went off this morning.

**TOP 5 SCORES**

^^^*Same ^^^as ^^^initial ^^^scores

Rank | Girl | Score
-: | :- | -:
1 | Scarlet El Vandimion | 170.00
2 | Reze | 157.00
3 | Miko Yashiro | 136.00
4 | Hinako Yaotose| 123.00
5 | Shiori Oumi | 123.00

**PROJECTED QUARTERFINALS**

Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed
:- | :-: | :-: | -:
Scarlet El Vandimion | 68.55% | 31.45% | Amelia Rosequartz
Hinako Yaotose | 50.00% | 50.00% | Shiori Oumi
Reze | 63.82% | 36.18% | Lufas Maphaahl
Miko Yashiro | 59.39% | 40.61% | Diana

**PROJECTED SEMIFINALS**

Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed
:- | :-: | :-: | -:
Scarlet El Vandimion | 58.02% | 41.98% | Hinako Yaotose
Reze | 53.58% | 46.42% | Miko Yashiro

**PROJECTED FINALS**

Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed
:- | :-: | :-: | -:
Scarlet El Vandimion | 51.99% | 48.01% | Reze

Link to spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YK9Vdq93na-iYPunD2QLaVgMC_3QZThDb2s1EoecfGI

Explanations: https://www.reddit.com/user/redlegsfan21/comments/10dup0w/ranime_contests_bracket_explaination?sort=qa

Open to questions and please give feedback.

Zeralyos2026-01-03 18:54

Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed
:- | :-: | :-: | -:
Hinako Yaotose | 50.00% | 50.00% | Shiori Oumi

I kinda want this to happen just because it'd be the truest tie we've ever seen in one of these contests. Normally when you see an even seeding like this it isn't somewhere conducive to a predicted matchup.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-03 23:57

Shiori vs Miko would be more fun to see. I don't think Hinako stands an even chance against either of them.

Zeralyos2026-01-04 00:01

That would be fun but it'd have to be a finals match, whoever wins between Hinako and Shiori deserves to be there.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-04 00:26

Shiori should win handily against Hinako based on this sub's history, no? Hinako may be the MC but aside from her flashback when she was little, she's not exactly best girl material. Not sure how much that must protect little Hinako effect will work here though.

Zeralyos2026-01-04 00:38

Without a score gap in the seeding there's only one way to find out.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-04 00:48

Yeah. Just something tells me this match up won't happen. Have a feeling Hinako won't make it that far.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-03 17:55

Nashida getting eliminated is a shame. She really added a nice zing to Mangaka.

Good to see the Watatabe girls right up at the top and Saihito supremacy too. I'd be happy for Scarlet to win this.

Wish the girls from Yano-kun, Star Brighter Than and Wandance were ranked better but I'll hope for upsets.

Whoa! Making me choose between Mari and Scarlet right off the bat. This is evil! Maybe I'll vote Mari just because Scarlet is sure to win this.

On vs Melphie is a tough one too. Argh. Maybe I'll go with On here. Loved her in Wandance more than Melphie tbh.

If Wanda loses to that person from that horrible show, I'll be throwing hands istg.

81Ranger2026-01-04 12:22

I had to go look who Wanda was matched up with. Heh.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-04 13:13

I don't remember who Yuguure was - the female MC or that android - but neither is in any way comparable to my girl Wanda. I only watched some 3 episodes before dropping that show but it only got worse from the sounds of it.

81Ranger2026-01-04 12:23

I quite enjoyed Nashida - my favorite show of the season, too.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-04 13:10

She and Hazama made the best duo of the season for me. Such fun chemistry they had.

bandannadann2026-01-03 18:22

I have to imagine Reze is going to win this contest pretty handily in the end, but I do want to see these Uma girls go far. Dicta Striker especially deserves top 8

Xatu442026-01-03 18:57

Praying for adorable smolbot Alma.

MC: RIP Alma's mom Suzume. Also Marie 2, Amber, and especially the cats.

SmallJon2026-01-03 20:06

I really wanted a Marie 2 vs Makina, but the world is cruel

Salty1452026-01-03 19:55

Wow. This season kinda blew. Reze and Scarlet were expected. I further expect the Umas to do well. Not much else of note here really. Fuyumura and Ukyo should be ranked much higher. They’re gonna die early unfortunately to some seasonal harem slop girl probably and that’s straight tragic.

manquistador2026-01-03 20:29

Really uninspiring list of girls this season, but I guess that also reflects my general apathy towards most of the shows this season in general.

Urgnu-the-Gnu2026-01-03 20:48

Ooh, almost missed the start of this. Well, I did miss eliminations, but actually there wasn't a single girl I wanted in the bracket that didn't make it. Even one of my top favourites, Wanda, made it in without my help, even though Wandance was heavily underwatched (for understandable reasons).

Scarlet as top seed makes sense. I'll support her, even if I got less interested in her show as time went on. Reze also makes sense. And so do the three main girls of This Monster Wants to Eat Me, but I wouldn't have guessed for Miko to be in front of the other two, since her role was much smaller in comparison. Not complaining though.

I'm also glad about the Sanda representation, even though I think Niko should be a top ten seed. Even with just being a side character, yes.

And I'm very happy that seeds #10, #14 and #15 go to horse girls. They should rank higher, but we're getting there. They also are more of Fingers crossed for all of them.

Wait, hold on, I just noticed. Have y'all just forgot to nominate Super Creek? She would have easily been more popular than any of the other horse girls, I'm sure. You go call your mothers to apologize right now!

Anyway, if I can ask only one thing of you, vote for Wanda, she's wonderful! If I can ask two more things of you, also vote for the horse girls and the Sanda girls.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-03 21:28

First girl I support is #9, which means I could very well have 0 girl in the quarterfinals...

She'll have to beat some AssStat girl, I think she should be the favorite (Despite being lower seed), but still...

[](#emptyinside)

I guess I'm gonna preemptively root for Reze, hoping that I am gonna like her when I finally watch her movie!

Komarist2026-01-03 21:51

> beat some AssStat girl

Ah, but have you considered that beautiful white-haired girl with elven blood is a candidate for the next royal leader and shares 5/6 of her first name with Emilia while sounding similar?

[](#emiliaohdear "Urgnu-the-Gnu - you know who to vote all contest")

Melbuf2026-01-03 23:47

i thought you could only be in this in the first season you showed up in? wouldn't that disqual all the tales of wedding rings girls?

Komarist2026-01-03 23:58

Rules changed a couple years ago that anyone who hasn't made the bracket of a seasonal or all-time contest remains eligible

Melbuf2026-01-04 00:30

gotcha

Frostbitten_Moose2026-01-03 23:47

Figures. Only four of these girls I care about and two of them have to be against each other. Even worse, it has to be Yuriko against fucking Reze of all people. I love Reze, she's great. But Tackle is the best! And like any tokusatsu heroine, she's gonna die early.

Edit: Wait, forgot there was a fifth one in there. So four of the five girls I care about are facing each other, which is kinda crazy. But in this case, I feel confident that the better girl's gonna win. Also, it took this long for Kasumi Kendo to get in? Seriously?

IceAnt5732026-01-04 02:34

#**Today's Seeding Results**
[The Top 8 Predictions I made yesterday.](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q1xovx/best_girl_of_fall_2025_seasonal_salt_elimination/nxahmep/)

I didn't think Scarlet had it in her. I predicted Seed 3 and she ended up being Seed 1 ahead of Reze.

I had Shiori as Seed 2 and she is the lowest seed between her, Hinako, and Miko at Seed 5.

I underestimated Miko. I knew she would be a Top 8 Seed, but I had her as Seed 8 and not Seed 3.

Was pretty close with Hinako. Had her as Seed 5 when she's Seed 4.

Overestimated the *Cinderella Gray* characters to be Top 8 Seeds and SQ as well.

I wasn't sure if Diana or Amelia would be Top 8 Seeds, but that's underestimating the show popularity of *May I Ask For One Final Thing?* and *My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s*.

I still expect Reze to win even if she is Seed 2 and not Seed 1. Her bracket makes it easy for me to vote for her until the Semi-Finals where she is seeded to face Miko barring Melinda doing an upset to face her in Round 3.

We're really going to get projected Hinako vs. Shiori aren't we...

Seed 19 Futami means she needs to do an upset in Round 2 to advance and that Round 3 opponent is Miko. Oh that's unfortunate.

#**Today's Voting**
Giving votes to the *Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle* girls means hoping everyone bar Nanase are capable of seeding upsets which isn't happening.

Please secure the Round 2 Iana run!

Hoping Alma can do an upset on Terenezza.

Appreciate all votes for Futami, Ha-san, Touko, and Satou!
_______
>Who was your favorite girl that didn't make it into the bracket?

Both are because of deletions.

Arisa Nashida would have been Seed 28 and I wish she was in over Satou.

Comet is stupid funny and would have been Seed 45.

Psyduckisnotaduck2026-01-04 03:31

happy for the Watatabe girls. Fuyumura's probably the best overall character in the bracket.

favorite girl in the bracket though is Obey Your Master and it's not remotely close. the sheer Aura she had. she came into the show, hijacked an entire arc, and did it with a crazy Joker energy. absolute queen. also it's unfortunate I think Tamamo Cross qualified in Spring, because her best stuff was in cour 2, and damn was it great. Dicta Striker is also a GOAT, though, absolutely metal. I'm curious...is there a reason Super Creek wasn't eligible or did people just forget to nominate her? I mean, if it's the latter that's probably better for her.

kinda sad about how underseen Yano-kun's Ordinary Days is, Yoshida is such a delightful, lovable lead. But she isn't quirked up enough or pretty enough to really grab people's attention. She's just a really good normal person with a kind heart and really relatable reactions.

Nashida's the only one I care about that missed the bracket. I fell off A Star Brighter than the Sun and Touring After the Apocalypse or maybe I'd care more about those. I remember really liking the girl with the glasses in the former.

\-

void42026-01-04 04:53

I'm disappointed that obey your master is 14th and not 16th lol

81Ranger2026-01-04 12:33

I didn't get that far into a lot of shows this season, so I'm not as familiar with a lot of the characters in this one.

Favorite show of the season by a good margin was A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace, which really hit the spot for me. Alma-chan is fine, and I've watched about half of Kashiwada - which has mild Takagi-san vibes. It's fine.

May I Ask for One Final Thing? has entertained me, but it's a pretty thin show beyond the charisma of the main character. I've got a couple episodes into a few others, but they haven't really grabbed me. I really enjoyed Mangaka but its' been a light season that has inspired me to catch up on shows that I didn't finish previously or older shows that look good.

Voting for the Mangka girls, Alma-chan, Kashiwada, and Wandance. I'll probably vote for Scarlett in the later rounds unless she runs into a character from Mangka and definitely in a final against the #2 seed (I have a habit of voting against characters from shoenen action shows I don't care for).