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The Best Girl Contest is an annual character popularity tournament hosted by moderators in the r/anime subreddit and conducted through the AnimeBracket website. As the name suggests, it is a contest where users vote for their "best anime girl" in a massive single-elimination bracket. Traditionally held from June to July, the first Best Girl contest happened in 2014, making it the oldest r/anime tournament and preceding all other tournaments held in the subreddit. Best Girl also has the highest number of participants; thus, it's pretty much the only contest many redditors give a shit about.


Editions[]

Best Girl Editions
Edition Host Winner Runner-up Final Date
(UTC-04:00)
Bracket
Link
Best Girl 1 Jordy56 Kurisu Kurisu Makise
Steins;Gate
Holo Holo
Spice & Wolf
2014 July 20 AB Link
Best Girl 2 Yukino Yukino Yukinoshita
Oregairu
Saber Saber
Fate/stay night
2015 Aug 05 AB Link
Best Girl 3 ShaKing807 Mikoto Mikoto Misaka
A Certain Magical Index
Megumi t Megumi Tadokoro
Shokugeki no Souma
2016 July 04 AB Link
Best Girl 4 Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka
Fate/stay night
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama
Oregairu
2017 July 08 AB Link
Best Girl 5 Rem Rem
Re:Zero
Aqua Aqua
Konosuba
2018 July 19 AB Link
Best Girl 6 Asuna Asuna Yuuki
Sword Art Online
Winry Rockbell Winry Rockbell
Fullmetal Alchemist
2019 July 12 AB Link
Best Girl 7 Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya
Kaguya-sama
Maisan Mai Sakurajima
Seishun Buta Yarou
2020 July 20 AB Link
Best Girl 8 mpp00 Maisan Mai Sakurajima
Seishun Buta Yarou
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya
Koe no Katachi
2021 July 16 AB Link
Best Girl 9 Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka
Kaguya-sama
Lena Vladilena Milize
Eighty-Six
2022 July 19 AB Link
Best Girl 10 mpp00 Kurumi Tokisaki
Date A Live
Marin Kitagawa
Sono Bisque Doll
2023 July 30 AB Link


Trivia[]

Elite Eight[]

As of July 2022, there are 37 girls who have appeared in at least the quarter-finals in the Best Girl contest (out of a possible 72).


Best Girl Elite Eight Performances
Name Win 2nd SF QF
Kurisu Kurisu Makise BG1 0 0 0
Yukino Yukino Yukinoshita BG2 0 0 0
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka BG3 0 0 1 (BG2)
Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka BG4 0 0 2 (BG2, BG3)
Rem Rem BG5 0 0 1 (BG4)
Asuna Asuna Yuuki BG6 0 0 1 (BG1)
Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya BG7 0 0 0
Maisan Mai Sakurajima BG8 1 (BG7) 0 0
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka BG9 0 1 (BG7) 0
Holo Holo 0 1 (BG1) 5 (BG3, BG5, BG7, BG8, BG9) 2 (BG4, BG6)
Aqua Aqua 0 1 (BG5) 2 (BG6, BG8) 1 (BG7)
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 0 1 (BG4) 1 (BG2) 2 (BG8, BG9)
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya 0 1 (BG8) 0 2 (BG5, BG6)
Saber Saber 0 1 (BG2) 0 1 (BG3)
Megumi t Megumi Tadokoro 0 1 (BG3) 0 1 (BG2)
Winry Rockbell Winry Rockbell 0 1 (BG6) 0 0
Lena Vladilena Milize 0 1 (BG9) 0 0
Hitagi Hitagi Senjougahara 0 0 3 (BG1, BG2, BG3) 0
Ryuuko Matoi Ryuuko Matoi 0 0 1 (BG4) 2 (BG1, BG5)
Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino 0 0 1 (BG4) 1 (BG1)
Inaba Himeko Inaba 0 0 1 (BG1) 0
Ochako Ochako Uraraka 0 0 1 (BG5) 0
Mikasa Mikasa Ackerman 0 0 1 (BG6) 0
Mio kon Mio Akiyama 0 0 1 (BG9) 0
Emilia Emilia 0 0 0 3 (BG4, BG7, BG8)
Megumin Megumin 0 0 0 3 (BG7, BG8, BG9)
Mayuri Shiina Mayuri Shiina 0 0 0 2 (BG5, BG6)
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 0 0 0 2 (BG7, BG8)
Yoko Yoko Littner 0 0 0 1 (BG1)
Taiga Taiga Aisaka 0 0 0 1 (BG2)
Eru Eru Chitanda 0 0 0 1 (BG3)
Chiyo s Chiyo Sakura 0 0 0 1 (BG3)
Kanbaru Suruga Kanbaru 0 0 0 1 (BG4)
Tohru dragon Tohru 0 0 0 1 (BG5)
Jibril1 Jibril 0 0 0 1 (BG6)
Kyouko h Kyouko Hori 0 0 0 1 (BG9)
Miko Miko Iino 0 0 0 1 (BG9)


Distinctions

  • Holo, widely considered the strongest girl to have never won a Best Girl yet, has the most Elite Eight appearances with eight; she only missed the stage once on Best Girl 2 when she lost to Hitagi Senjougahara in the sixth round. Holo also has the most semi-finals appearances with five.
  • Mikoto Misaka is the lowest seed to win Best Girl, or any /r/anime major tournament for that matter, having won Best Girl 3 as seed #53. That final also had the lowest-ever seed to finish runner-up, the #42 seed Megumi Tadokoro.
  • Kaguya Shinomiya set several records in her historic Best Girl 7 victory: first champion to originate from a manga, first royal roader (win in debut appearance) since Best Girl 1, and first #1 seed to win the tournament.
  • Mai Sakurajima is the first girl to appear in two finals, losing in Best Girl 7 before winning it on Best Girl 8.
  • Best Girl 8 was the first edition to feature no new quarter-finalists. In other words, all 8 remaining girls from that year have already reached the Elite Eight beforehand.
  • Ai Hayasaka's victory in Best Girl 9 again set several records like Kaguya did: first champion with no romantic involvement, first series to win two Best Girl contests, and overtaking Mai Sakurajima as the most dominant champion to date as she never went below 58% vote shares in all of her matches.


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