Best Guy 4

Best Guy 4: You're Gonna Carry That Salt was an r/anime character tournament conducted in the AnimeBracket voting website. It was hosted by moderator ShaKing807 and held during 2018 February to March. The contest's subtitle honours Spike Spiegel's win in last year's Best Guy by referencing the ending card of Cowboy Bebop's final TV episode, which itself comes from the Beatles' song "Carry That Weight"W.

The tournament was won by Koro-sensei, defeating Edward Elric in his first finals appearance. Koro-sensei's victory was seen as an unlikely one because he was a #25 seed, in a tournament where most champions fall into the Top 20 seeds range. His win in the final was marred with allegations of vote-stuffing using new Reddit accounts, which directly caused the implementation of the 2 months minimum account age requirement for future r/anime tournaments.

Rintarou Okabe will make his final Best Guy appearance here after falling in the semi-finals, as he would claim his long-awaited title eight months later by winning Best Character 4, making him ineligible for further tournaments.

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.
 * NO CROSSPOSTING / BRIGADING / LINKING the contest to other subreddits.

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 2017 Spring or later are NOT allowed
 * 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.