Best Girl of Fall 2025: Seasonal Salt! FINAL!

### We have our two finalists! Let’s see who would become the fourth seasonal champion of 2025!

The final begins today!

[Enjoy!](#rum "Enjoy!")

## [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)

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

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The pick-up round will be open until the final result of the seasonal salt fall 2025. Max to three votes per voter.

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## Mini Challenge:

* Final Day, No Challenge Just Vote!

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Commentaires

noctaviann2026-01-08 14:05

Let the best fist win!

Miko still beat Shiori in the raw number of votes in the semi-final.

redlegsfan212026-01-08 14:06

##SEMIFINALS

Matchup | Top Seed | Bottom Seed | Total Votes
:-- | :-- | --: | --:
Most Voted Matchup | Reze (2) | Miko Yashiro (3) | 453
Average | | | 443
Least Voted Matchup | Scarlet El Vandimion (1) | Shiori Oumi (5) | 432

Total Votes: 885

Unique Voters: 476

**TOP VOTEGETTERS**

Rank | Girl | Votes
--: | :-- | --:
1 | Reze | 272
2 | Scarlet El Vandimion | 259
3 | Miko Yashiro | 181
4 | Shiori Oumi | 173

**RESULTS**

Seed | Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Seed | Bottom Seed | tUI | HSP
-: | :- | :-: | :-: | -: | :- | -: | -:
1 | Scarlet El Vandimion | 59.95% | 40.05% | 5 | Shiori Oumi | #N/A | -0.25%
2 | Reze | 60.04% | 39.96% | 3 | Miko Yashiro | #N/A | 6.13%

**TOP 5 SCORES**

Rank | Girl | Score
-: | :- | -:
1 | Scarlet El Vandimion | 214.39
2 | Reze | 197.89
3 | Shiori Oumi | 143.20
4 | Hinako Yaotose | 138.26
5 | Miko Yashiro | 131.69

**PROJECTED FINALS**

Top Seed | TS% | BS% | Bottom Seed
:- | :-: | :-: | -:
Scarlet El Vandimion | 52.00% | 48.00% | 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 (may be late to respond) and please give feedback.

redlegsfan212026-01-08 14:06

**RESULTS WITH ABSTAINMENTS**

Top Seed | TS% | Abstain% | BS% | Bottom Seed
:- | :-: | :-: | :-: | -:
Scarlet El Vandimion | 54.41% | 9.24% | 36.34% | Shiori Oumi
Reze | 57.14% | 4.83% | 38.03% | Miko Yashiro

CannikinX2026-01-08 14:31

OK, the "scores" were already confusing to me as to how (or rather why) they are calculated like that, but now I really have no idea what they are supposed to measure, because Shiori and Miko got almost exactly the same percentages of their respective matches (with Miko getting more raw votes), yet Shiori's score went up by 1 point (and Scarlet dropped 1 point), while Miko's score dropped by a massive 20 points (and Reze went up 20).

TheDuckAvenger2026-01-08 16:05

Not the bracket keeper, but AFAIK the score is some sort of Elo rating. Since Scarlet was rated quite a bit higher than Shiori, a 60-40 was more or less the expected result and the points stayed pretty much the same. Meanwhile Reze overperformed against Miko when comparing with the projected results and their scores were adjusted accordingly.

Also AFAIK the Elo system wasn't really designed for single elimination brackets and this can result in some wonkiness in the scores of characters that got eliminated.

CannikinX2026-01-08 16:53

The real problem is that Elo rating is based on the fundamental assumption that the matches are zero-sum: that the points/votes in each match up add to a fixed total, and the gain of one implies the equivalent loss of the other.

In this circumstance the vote totals are not consistent. You could have 1 character gain/lose votes while the other stays mostly the same, or you could have both gain/lose.

Once the fundamental zero-sum assumption of Elo goes out the window, most useful data goes out with it.

CannikinX2026-01-08 16:23

To elaborate, I think this scoring system is flawed because the vote totals are not consistent from round to round and can have large fluctuations, meaning the previous round's "scores" are not directly applicable to the current match with a different vote total (their percentages are not comparable). Sudden increases in a single character's votes (that weren't voting previously) disproportionately drop the score of the opponent, despite the opponent's consistent performance in raw votes (or vice versa if less total people vote).

Case in point: Scarlet, Miko, Shiori, and Hinako all were fairly consistent in their vote counts, with Miko consistently outperforming the latter 2 in both raw votes and winning margin (except one round). Yet, because some 40ish people decided to show up just for Reze in this latest round, but not for the others, suddenly Miko scores well below all of them. Despite her numbers being largely the same, this scoring system implies that Miko would lose against Shiori and Hinako if they had a match up, when the previous vote counts say otherwise.

I think the scoring system should be some kind of running average of the cumulative raw vote counts of that character throughout the tournament. That way characters with consistent high votes will be judged on their own cumulative performance, rather than scaled to match-to-match random circumstances that aren't comparable. After all, it is the raw vote count that wins matches, not the percentage of a previous match.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-08 20:58

If I draw a chess game vs Magnus Carlsen, my ELO will climb like crazy, and his will drop a lot.

(That's my guess anyway)

CannikinX2026-01-08 22:09

The Elo analogy doesn't work, because it assumes zero-sum: a win for you automatically means a loss for your opponent. This is not the case in this match, where a vote for Reze does not automatically mean a loss for Miko. Yet the scoring system implicitly assumes both that +44 new votes for Reze = -44 votes for Miko, and -6 votes for Miko = +6 for Reze.

In reality, these are not the same pool of voters. At the very minimum, we know at least 38 (44-6) new people showed up to vote for Reze that didn't vote for either in the previous round. And the vote difference being an odd 91 (and also not equal or even close to the gain/loss spread of 50) should immediately raise red flags that one or both of these assumptions *must* be wrong. You can't have half a voter.

This is like you losing 6 games against Magnus Carlsen, but as a result your Elo rating drops as if you lost 45.5 games against him, because he has won 38 more games that weren't against you. It doesn't take a genius statistician to see that these numbers don't add up.

EDIT: Math

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-08 23:44

> The Elo analogy doesn't work, because it assumes zero-sum: a win for you automatically means a loss for your opponent. This is not the case in this match, where a vote for Reze does not automatically mean a loss for Miko.

It's not a zero sum system, but it's still a system in which their ELO is based on their performances vs the expected perfomances (for both them, AND their opponents), and so on.

-----

But let's drop the chess analogies I guess;

Scarlet (Shiori's opponent) had 215 ELO. Reze (Miko's oponent) had 177 Elo.

Shiro making the same result in a 142 ELO vs 215 ELO matchup, will make her climb more than Miko with the same result in a 151 vs 177 matchup.

Shiro did X against a MUCH stronger opponent, while Miko did the same X against a just slightly stronger opponent.

That's why Shiori climbed (because "She held her own against a grandmaster") while Miko dropped (she held her own against a high school champion).

Shiori was NOT supposed to do that well. But she did, hence she climbed.

Miko was expected to do BETTER (against that weaker opponent. Not WIN, but do better). But she didn't, so she dropped.

CannikinX2026-01-09 00:29

Yes, Miko is supposed to drop a little, but not a massive amount like she did. You cannot have the scores be explicitly given as zero-sum (the score lost by one is exactly the score gained by the opponent) then proceed to throw out zero-sum in the calculation, because now the scores are being penalized by counting matches you did not play at all as losses against you.

You cannot predict a winner based on previous win ratio, when the actual determiner of a winner is a raw numerical count, i.e. higher total number of wins regardless of total amount of matches played (or total losses for that matter).

This problem becomes blatantly clear when someone like Miko, who has consistently gotten more votes than Shiori and Hinako (except in 1 round), and should win against them by the rules of the tournament (vote count), somehow is now ranked well below them and predicted to lose because of the percentages of totally different matches.

EDIT: reworded first paragraph to make the discrepency between scoring and the calculation more clear

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-08 23:49

(already replied, but to go with concrete numbers, as an example):

- To "stand still" (neither climb nor drop) Shiori needed 172 votes against the strong Scarlet. She got 173, thus climbed.
- To stand still (neither climb nor drop), Miko needed 190 votes vs the weaker Reze. She only got 181, thus dropped.

Basically, Miko didn't get enough votes against the weaker opponent, while Shiori got more votes than she should have against the stronger one.

So (to go back with chess analogies) that's like me going 2W 10L against Magnus Carlsen,while you go 10W 2L against a middleschooler.

My ELO will climb more than yours. Because I overperformed against a GM (I was supposed to get 0 win), while you underperformed against a noob (you were supposed to get 12 wins 0 loss). Even if you had more wins than me, my Elo will climb more, because your wins were easier.

Miko's (votes) were easier.

CannikinX2026-01-09 00:20

EDIT: corrected my math, and addressed the "0 score" scenario.

No, your analogy is not correct. The way this system works is that if you went 50-1 against an amateur, while the master got 100-1 against a (totally different) amateur, if you subsequently go 40-130 (you won 10 games less than your last match up) against the master (won 30 more wins than their last match up), this leads to a calculated equivalent of you winning 20 (and losing 145) out of 170 total, while the master is calculated as having 130 (and losing 40) wins out of 170 as expected. This makes no sense. Not only do their total numbers of effective matches not equal each other (the loser is losing non-existent matches), but their scores are subsequently distributed as if they do equal each other.

Also if any match resulted in 12-0, as in your example, against a grandmaster (i.e. anyone who cannot win at least 1 match against said grandmaster) the loser will have their score immediately go to 0 under this system, and tossed out of the tournament with a final score of 0, even if previously they went 100-1 against a veteran player, putting them in instant dead last behind even people who lost their first match 1-100 against an amateur, as well as every previous opponent they already defeated but didn't clean sweep (opponent wins 0). This is why points are awarded additively under Elo, not multiplicatively, so that the "multiply by 0" scenario can never happen.

Do the math on your numbers, and see how they don't add up. Underperforming by 181 to the expected 190 (a 4.8% underperformance) should in no way result in a 13.3% drop in score (131.69/151.88).

CannikinX2026-01-09 03:22

Holy crap, I had to edit this previous post so many times because my brain was exploding trying to apply zero-sum rules to non-zero-sum matches. The numbers fundamentally do not add up, and it was near impossible to try to make sense of them.

I think I got the numbers right as of the time of this post. EDIT: Spoke too soon, LOL.

The fundamental flaw starts right at the beginning in the elimination round (not covered in the example above), where you can vote for anyone and everyone irrespective of any other contestant. This is already incompatible with zero-sum, because it is effectively "all wins, 0 losses" for everyone. This skews everything from then on.

Next, each round is not equivalent. Vote totals can change at any time, and if one opponent gains votes it is not necessarily at the expense of the other (and vice versa for losses). If these gains are new votes, they effectively become wins for that contestant in games with no opponent. Because the numbers for the winner are plainly available to calculate from the raw results, this discrepency subsequently becomes mathematically equivalent to a half-loss for their opponent per extra vote.

This leads to the calculated wins and losses not adding up, because the winner and loser of each match do not have the same total effective matches. And yet, the scores are transfered between them as if they were exactly equal matches (1 score point lost by the loser is 1 point given to the winner), disproportionately punishing the loser (and awarding the winner) who effectively played and lost extra matches against a non-existent "half-opponent".

Starting with non-zero-sum numbers and running them through open, non-zero-sum matches is impossible to reconcile with zero-sum scoring. You are starting with matches against no opponent for everyone, then making everything worse with every match by adding phantom losses to the losers and making the winner's votes proportionally more valuable simultaneously.

CannikinX2026-01-09 08:58

TL;DR summary of the many walls of text in this thread that I posted about the problems of this scoring system:

1. This current system has score distribution treated as zero-sum (1 point lost = 1 point gained by opponent). Total sum of the final scores is exactly equal to the sum of all the starting scores.

2. The whole tournament is not zero-sum, from the elimination round (all wins, 0 losses) to each individual match (1 vote gained by one does not equal 1 vote lost by the other). The total number of final votes can rise or fall randomly at any point.

3. A non-zero-sum tournament is fundamentally incompatible with zero-sum ranking. Changes in total sum of votes are treated as games with a winner or loser but no opponent. The winner and loser do not face each other in an equal number of games (number of wins/votes does not equal number of losses), but have their scores distributed as if they did.

4. Multiplicatively scaled score (as opposed to additive scaling in Elo rankings) results in illogical scenarios, with the ultimate edge case of a final match going 1-0 resulting in the loser immediately dropping to 0 score, and finishing the tournament scored dead last behind every other contestant, including every contestant they explicitly defeated already on the way to the finals.

5. If total unscaled votes by each individual is what wins matches, then unscaled votes are what should be used to predict future/theoretical matchups, not percentages of totally different matchups. A player that previously won 100-90 votes should be heavily favored to win against a player that won 10-1 votes in another match on the same day (same voter pool including abstainments), despite the latter having a much higher ratio.

A running average of each contestant's cumulative votes is very straightforward to calculate, representative of their overall performance throughout the tournament, and directly comparable to the average votes of any other contestant at any given point, not randomly scaled up and down across non-comparable matches. If you consistently get very high votes, but run into a particularly bad matchup, your average still will have you favored against someone who consistently gets low votes, not suddenly dropping to the bottom of the pack with one bad match like with the current system.

Hot_Researcher_68392026-01-08 14:08

> Make some bold predictions about Annual Salt of 2025!

A post late but the true finals will be Shisui v Reze. Year-end contest boosts contestants with the most popularity, and these 2 have the biggest edge over any other seasonal winners. Not to mention Reze will have recency bias, Shisui will have Apothecary Diaries' dedicated fanbase and S2 cour 2 now that people had time to watch it. This mean that if Reze doesn't win today, none of the seasonal winners will take the crown. I'm betting for Shisui.

Korkez112026-01-08 14:43

[Apothecary Diaries] >!Shisui had pretty weak showing in both Winter contest as Shisui and in BG contest as Loulan so I don't think she'll get to the final especially considering this sub's bias against supporting characters from popular shows (as every guy from Frieren can confirm)!<. I think it will be either Nico vs. Reze or Monica vs. Reze

Hot_Researcher_68392026-01-08 15:56

Yes, but [AD] >!She should still be the strongest character after Maomao, it would be unimaginable otherwise due to her importance in the story. But throughout the contest, she consistently had less vote than Gyokuyou, and I can't imagine anyone that watched S2 would vote for her over Loulan. Therefore, I suspect her underperformance was due to people not having finished season 2, thus a bit of time should remedy that. Also, she had to compete in the winter with only the first half of the season so she wouldn't be at her full strength then!<

Urgnu-the-Gnu2026-01-08 16:11

[Spoiler response] >!She got seed #17 and got into the fourth round of BG 12. That's not a weak performance at all. And by now only more people will have watched the second season in full. Pretty much everyone else that debuted this year will most likely only make it into BG 13 and BG 14 as triple digit seeds if at all. Shisui is primed to dominate the yearly contest.!<

Hot_Researcher_68392026-01-08 16:11

> bias against supporting characters from popular shows

This sub does not want a second winner from the same show period, even if it's a co-lead. It's mostly Himmel that people voted against, which is pretty stupid because he's better than many main characters imo. Whether you like him or not, his screentime shouldn't be counted against him because he showed every possible traits of a best guy in what time he had. Also Stark made it to the semis, and only lost to a potential second winner.

I guess this really doesn't help my point, but I'm hopedicting Shisui anyway.

Usodearu0072026-01-08 17:21

Recency bias ? Its quite the opposite in fact.. its because the movie was only released recently that she didnt dominate this contest. In her best girl contest debut next year, she will have become much more popular among the voters than she currently is.

Kaoruko too was hurt because of the netflix releases. So i would like to believe she will be even more dangerous in the annual contest and might actually stand a chance this time against monica if they ever meet.

Those 2 + monica are the favorites to win it all for me.

ali941272026-01-08 17:28

Wouldn't Reze technically be able to bypass the recency bias rule by having made a voiced cameo in season 1? Shisui as well.

Zeralyos2026-01-08 17:54

I wouldn't consider Reze's 5 seconds in season 1 enough to get her in, Loulan at least had a couple actual scenes in comparison iirc.

ali941272026-01-08 18:06

The Best Girl 2025 nomination rules simply said that they had to make their **debut** before a certain date. I don't think there's a reasonable argument to be made that it's not a debut. It's not a substantial appearance, but it is one. Otherwise, Thanos' first appearance in Avengers wouldn't count as a debut.

Zeralyos2026-01-08 18:17

Best Girl of [year] doesn't have a recency bias rule, the main Best Girl X contest does. If Reze's cameo was enough to count you would've already seen her in the Best Girl 12 bracket.

ali941272026-01-08 18:21

I meant the main contest. I think she just wasn't nominated/voted for by people for that exact reason, but she has been pedantically eligible since 11.

EDIT: Did some googling. Apparently there have been users that have brought this up a couple times over the past 2 years, but they were never answered definitively with a judgement call by the organizers.

Zeralyos2026-01-08 18:30

I'd want to double check with the host to make sure, but it takes a lot to prevent literally everyone from nominating a character from a show this big.

Edit: host has confirmed she will not be eligible in BG13.

ali941272026-01-08 18:44

My googling doesn't point to any judgement calls made by the contest organizers that barred Reze's eligibility. Reze isn't on either Best Girl 11 or 12's total character list.

Hey, u/changshiyixia, thoughts? Does Reze having technically debuted in 2022 make her eligible for Best Girl 13?

Hot_Researcher_68392026-01-08 18:03

What do you mean? Recency bias always helps, see how no winter girls other than Kaguya won the annual salt, same goes for best girl.

The reason Reze isn't sweeping is that the seasonals have low participation, allowing niche picks to show up perform better. She, and Kaoruko will perform better in the year-end contests and best girl due to the increased participation favoring popular animes, and that a long wait can only hurt them, but not by so much that it will hurt their chances.

Usodearu0072026-01-08 18:09

Im talking about reze specifically since she is a movie character. So she will only get stronger as time goes on.. what im saying is that if it was a season 2 instead of a movie , it would have been an easy win for her.

The bigger shows here mostly dominated the seasonal contests even with low participation.. (csm s1 , bocchi, lycoris recoil, oshi no ko , frieren , apothecary diairies , makeine )

thisisdropd2026-01-08 14:09

Gutted that both Watatabe girls bowed out in the semis. I'd love to see a fox vs mermaid matchup.

Scarlet will find that simply punching Reze is not a good idea. She'll need Chronoa's blessing.

darkmacgf2026-01-08 16:13

> both

rip hinako

Dr_Kitten2026-01-08 21:59

It's what she would've wanted

Salty1452026-01-08 14:17

Guys. Let’s think rationally here.

She’s literally gonna kill you. Like not even in a sexy way, but a very angry and mean-spirited way. She is literally out for blood. She’s absolutely crazy and you know what they say about sticking your dick in crazy. She is the *villain* of her story. The bad guy. The one you should want to stay far, far away from. Like holy hell, why did y’all both seed her so high *and* let her get this far.

Oh, and then there’s Reze. She’s there too I guess.

michhoffman2026-01-08 15:01

Don't forget about the other semi-finalists either. I think r/anime may have a type.

Salty1452026-01-08 15:07

Absolutely.

fozi4ek2026-01-08 15:16

I love that I could predict how your comment will end from the beginning

Warm-Enthusiasm-95342026-01-08 20:16

It's a common joke pattern, but it was still pretty funny.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-08 20:56

> She’s literally gonna kill you. Like not even in a sexy way, but a very angry and mean-spirited way. She is literally out for blood. She’s absolutely crazy and you know what they say about sticking your dick in crazy. She is the villain of her story. The bad guy. The one you should want to stay far, far away from.

Me when someone asks me to describe my ideal woman.

[](#awe)

ZeonTwoSix2026-01-09 07:06

> *"I love a woman that can kick my ass."* - Spike Spiegel, Cowboy Bebop

Nome_de_utilizador2026-01-09 00:10

Don't threaten me with a good time.

HuTaosTwinTails2026-01-08 14:18

Well done caring. Don't get the hype behind Reze at all. So guess I'll hope Scarlett wins.

Nick_BOI2026-01-08 14:28

Boom.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-08 14:30

Oh well, not the results I was hoping for. I am a source reader for CSM, but since I haven't seen the movie I can't fully commit to the hype train. So good luck to the eventual winner, but I will probably abstain from voting.

gvon892026-01-08 16:17

I understand you know what happens, but movie was a mind blowing experience in theaters. I also gained a new favorite character in Beam.

ClemFire2026-01-08 15:09

Sad to see both Shiori and Miko lose, but for the finals I will cheer on Reze.

My opinion of her from the manga to the anime did almost a complete 180 mostly due to Reina Ueda's great VA performance.

Warm-Enthusiasm-95342026-01-08 20:17

The VA performance was great, but anime Reze was exactly what I imagined from reading the manga.

ClemFire2026-01-08 20:22

Her writing was always on point in the manga, but I personally didn't start empathizing with her until watching the movie

kara_no_tamashi2026-01-08 15:50

I didn't vote until now, but what a great surprise to see people appreciate the bloodstained lady aka the ad dog noblewoman aka th elady of beating aka the knigdom's iron fist savior aka ... scarlet.

IceAnt5732026-01-08 16:01

#**Today's Results**
Boring result for me, but I would like to [thank everyone that supported Hinako, Shiori, and Miko in this contest!](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/1012e2ea5730.png) We're going to do this again later in the week for Best Girl of 2025 (at least I think that contest is happening shortly after) so I'd love even more support for them there!

~~I say that like there isn't a strong chance they get matched up in the early rounds against other favorites of mine.~~

Also for the first time in the Semi-Finals, Reze got more votes than Scarlet.
#**Today's Voting**
Reze being the first *Chainsaw Man* girl to get a win sounds fun since S1 had the unfortunate timing to have its girls get wiped out by Kessoku Band in the Fall 2022 Best Girl Contest.

ali941272026-01-08 17:02

Honestly, I think if the Reze Arc movie had come out a little before the last Best Girl contest or the next one, she'd have a great shot at winning (though no WSJ girl has ever won). She'd technically be able to bypass the recency bias rule by having made a cameo at the end of season 1.

Urgnu-the-Gnu2026-01-08 16:04

Of course it had to be Scarlet vs. Reze in the final. But interestingly, Scarlet performed worse than Reze in the semis. I'd still put my money on Scarlet, but this might be quite interesting after all.

gvon892026-01-08 16:16

Honestly, my vote comes down to simply being a movie character vs a main character of a series. Reze is cool and all but Scarlet is the MC and is cool in her own right. Scarlet FTW

Xatu442026-01-08 16:17

Hell yeah, now we're starting to see Reze looking like a crown contender.

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-08 16:24

No third place voting? Damn. I cannot vote in the final as I have not finished either anime.

redditraptor62026-01-08 16:48

Oh man, for some reason these have not been showing up on my feed or in my push notifications. Luckily, I basically agree with them almost every single match up that’s happened, and I’m here to vote for Scarlet in the end.

My only regret is that I wasn’t there to vote for Ukyo Kuonji, my very first best girl/waifu from when I started my otakudom twenty some years ago. Poor Ukyo, can’t believe y’all massacred my girl like that 😂

Agarvorn2026-01-08 17:32

*\*gasp\**, who's going to win? ;)

Scarlet form a *Totally Forgettable Power Fantasy* if only the gender roles were reversed.
or
Reze - a choice so obvious that even fucking "chainsawfolks" failed to make another spoiler out of it

Overall one ot the more disappointing brackets where most of my favs lost in 2 first rounds, and winners were extremely predicable. At the very least Watatabe girls put out good fight, otherwise it would be a total disaster.

Usodearu0072026-01-08 17:36

Wow i didnt expect for reze to score the most votes here ! Will it be the first upset in a seasonal final since 2 years ago ? Lets hope its the case.

Falsus2026-01-08 17:47

Well I will go with my back up choice of Scarlet, she is really cool. Just sad that her anime couldn't do her truly justice.

OppaiEmperor19962026-01-08 18:26

I don't see a third place match anywhere. It's close between the two semifinalists, but I would've voted for **Shiori**.

Today's vote:

The flower of the battlefield dances

Blooming proudly and beautifully

I thought I didn't need any help

Until I met you

I have no intention of losing

Until this body decays

Because I swore I dedicate myself

To you and only you

Like a first kiss

This "love" also lasts forever

The English translations of the last part of "Senjou no Hana" by CHiCO with HoneyWorks

Let's go, Scarlet! Bring home the dub.

porpoiseoflife2026-01-08 18:56

My vote will go to only one deserving woman and that is Our Lady Of One Punch Ma'am, Scarlet El Vandimion. Beautiful, intelligent, capable, and strong, she is as fast with her wit as she is with her fist. Yet she is not indiscriminate with her anger, for she only flattens the noses of those who do her an incurable wrong. If you treat her with the dignity and respect that she deserves, Scarlet is the woman that will stand by your side until the end of time. And if that isn't long enough for her, then she will fight Time itself for you.

ZeonTwoSix2026-01-08 22:37

> Our Lady Of One Punch Ma'am

Inb4 CJDachamp calls her "Our Aurafarming Lady of #BlackAirForceEnergy"...

bananeeek2026-01-09 11:06

It's Mikover.

[](#sadholo)

If only WataTabe was a bit more popular... In the end of the day this is just a popularity contest, so I'll take whatever win I can get.

Just checked MAL and CSM has over 10x the user pool WataTabe has, so it's insane the latter even got to the QFs. and with most of its cast at that.