[Saimoe] Final result

• 1位　1521票　古手梨花＠ひぐらしのなく頃に(Furude Rika@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
• 2位　1499票　三千院ナギ＠ハヤテのごとく！(Sanzenin Nagi@Hayate the Combat Butler)

Seeing Nagi' loss, of course it's a zetsubou for me, but still, congrats to Rika for defying all the obstacle and become the Champion of Saimoe 2007. No one really think that Rika can become the champion at the start of the tournament, at the start of the group stage, and even at the start of quarter final. But she has done it, thanks to the gaijins and the not-so-interesting route to the final.
The match went pretty much tail to tail, even though in the final half Rika have a slightly more votes than Nagi, while Nagi speed up in the final hours. The gaijins proves to be the differences again in this match.



Character: Foreign/Japan/Total
Nagi: 291/1208/1499
Rika: 435/1086/1521




Frankly speaking this year Saimoe lack festivity compared to last year. The heat that the tournament have especially in last year quarter final and final is dearly missed in this tournament. Mainly because many top guns (eg: Fate, Suiginto, Kagami, perhaps Hinagiku or Maria too) were eliminated too early because of group seeding, fake/hate votes etc. The final 4 isn't even something everyone dream of (even though my Nagi advance to final). The total vote for final just marginally reach 3000, still not something comparable to Rena-Kagami match.

So we will meet again in Saimoe 2008. Rozen maiden is almost certain to miss (unless another series come out before mid-year), and new series will compete with the current star (HiguKai, Hayate no Gotoku, Nanoha StrikerS, Lucky Star etc).
For totally new series, so far my current pick for 2008 saimoe would be Mayu&Reika (Goshusho Sama Ninomiya-kun), Aoi (Myself; Yourself), Fuko&Kotomi (Clannad)....now lets see what Winter Anime series offer for us.