Best Girl 4

r/anime's Best Girl 4: A Certain Salty Railgun was hosted by moderator ShaKing807 and ran from June until July 2017. The competition ended in a Fate vs. Oregairu rematch, with opposing heroines filling their roles; Rin Tohsaka won the championship after defeating Yui Yuigahama in a very lopsided title match. Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill) and Shinobu Oshino (Monogatari) rounded up the final four. This is also Shinobu's final Best Girl appearance as she won Best Character 3 a few months later, rendering her ineligible for future contests.

Best Girl 4 saw the debut of Konosuba, Re:Zero, and My Hero Academia, highly popular shows whose contestants would become heavy-hitting forces of the r/anime contests for the next few years.

The subtitle is a pun on Best Girl 3 champion Mikoto Misaka's anime series A Certain Scientific Raligun.

Bracket
For logistical reasons, the first two rounds (512 and 256) are shown in tables instead; and the bracket format will be used for rounds 3 and onwards.

Round 1
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