Best Guy 8

Best Guy 8: Love is Salt is an r/anime character tournament held in the AnimeBracket website and hosted by moderator mpp00. The title is a pun on the manga series Kaguya-sama: Love is War, after its main character Miyuki Shirogane won the tournament's previous edition.

Rules & Tournament Format
All voting rounds begin and end at 18:00 Eastern Time (UTC-5). (15:00 Pacific, 23:00 UTC, 07:00 Beijing)

Voting policy
 * You must register or login to a reddit account in order to vote.
 * Accounts must be at least 2 months old.
 * NO CROSSPOSTING / BRIGADING / LINKING the contest to other subreddits (whether this rule is enforced depends on the host)

Nomination
 * Lasts 2 days
 * Enter name, series, image URL address
 * Image links must come from MyAnimeList or Anilist, otherwise the nomination will be deleted
 * Males only. Sexless characters and unknown genders are allowed.
 * Characters who have made their animated debut in 2021 Spring or later are NOT allowed (e.g. No Fushi, Shinei Nouzen, Hiroshi Odokawa, etc.)
 * Best Guy champions       and Best Character winners     are also NOT allowed.
 * Check the entrants list first to prevent repeat nominations

Eliminations
 * Voters will choose the characters they want to participate in the main bracket stage.
 * All nominees are divided into 4-6 groups. (depending on nominees)
 * Each group lasts 1 day
 * Approval voting - Vote whoever you like; there is no limit.
 * 512 players with the highest adjusted votes will advance to the main bracket.
 * Series Limit: maximum of 5 characters per series.

Main Bracket
 * 512 players, single-elimination
 * Seeded by results in the previous stage
 * Rounds 1-6 are split into 4 groups per round; each group lasts one day. Thus, each round lasts 4 days.
 * Quarter-finals and beyond will last one day each
 * A consolation match for third-place, if available, will be held in a separate website.
 * If a match is tied, the higher-seeded contestant wins.