Best Girl 6

Best Girl 6: Starting Salt in Another Contest was the sixth edition of r/anime's annual Best Girl Contest held in the website AnimeBracket.

Megumin secured the top seed for the second time, becoming the first contestant in the history of Best Girl to earn the first seed more than once. Despite avoiding a Holo match in the round of 16, she still lost in the same stage against Mayuri Shiina. Meanwhile, old contenders like Holo, Ryuuko Matoi, and Saber fell by the wayside as new faces entered this year's Final Four, which is widely regarded by r/anime users as the worst (in terms of tastes, anyway).

Mikasa Ackerman reached the final four for the first time in a textbook case of recency bias, what with Attack on Titan 's Season 2 being broadcasted in the middle of the contest rounds. Last year's runner-up Aqua also reached the semi-finals. The title match ultimately came down to Sword Art Online 's poster girl Asuna Yuuki, and "surprise" finalist Winry Rockbell from one of r/anime's most beloved shows Fullmetal Alchemist. Asuna ended up demolishing the mechanic in the second-most lopsided Best Girl final in history.

The "Best Girl Madness" prediction brackets were introduced this year, which was created and managed by u/????? through the use of Google Sheets. u/????? took home the most points after predicting ??.??% of the correct outcomes in the entire contest.

Rules & Tournament FormatEdit

NominationEdit

EliminationsEdit

Bracket StageEdit

ScheduleEdit

Round 1 (Round of 512)Edit

Megumin's the top seed again. Joining her among the contest's top favorites include #2 seed and Best Girl 5 runner-up Aqua, #3 seed and perennial contender Holo, surprise #4 seed Asuna Yuuki, and My Hero Academia top dog and #5 seeded Ochako Uraraka. These seedings meant that Megumin avoided a third consecutive Holo match-up in the round of 16, instead they will meet at the final should they advance through 8 rounds.

Best Girl mainstay Winry Rockbell gained a sudden boost in popularity as she secures the 6th seed, her highest-ever position in her career. However, this means she is placed in the same group with Holo, Ryuuko, and Yoko Littner. Meanwhile, Emilia occupies the 7th seed as she looks to make a deep run in this contest after an embarrassing round 4 loss to Alice Nakiri last year. The 8th seed contains a new and unlikely girl: Ram from Re:Zero, who appears to have been boosted further by the crossover show Isekai Quartet.

Group A - June

Group B - June

Group C - June

Group D - June

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Round 2 (Round of 256)Edit

Group A - June

Group B - June

Group C - June

Group D - June

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Round 3 (Round of 128)Edit

Group A - June

Group B - June

Group C - June

Group D - June

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Middle Rounds (Rounds 4, 5, & 6)Edit

Group A  (Explosive Division)Edit

Left side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
1		Megumin	6346
64		Erina Nakiri	2744		1		Megumin	7992
32		Haruhi Suzumiya	4021		33		Misato Katsuragi	4548
33		Misato Katsuragi	4206							1		Megumin	4940
16		Tatsumaki	4166							17		Mayuri Shiina	5867
80		Eru Chitanda	4542		80		Eru Chitanda	4890
17		Mayuri Shiina	5501		17		Mayuri Shiina	7213
81	30px	Anzu	2950

Right side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
8		Ram	5198
57		Shiro	3586		8		Ram	6684
25		Suzuha Amane	5054		25		Suzuha Amane	6084
40		Kobayashi	3568							8		Ram	2948
9		Mikasa Ackerman	5929							9		Mikasa Ackerman	7494
73		Tanya von Degurechaff	2979		9		Mikasa Ackerman	7468
24		Riza Hawkeye	4091		41		Mio Akiyama	5382
41	30px	Mio Akiyama	4416

Group B  (Aincrad Division)Edit

Left side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
4		Asuna Yuuki	6166
68		Alice Nakiri	3912		4		Asuna Yuuki	8089
29		Zero Two	6076		29		Zero Two	8058
36		Sayaka Miki	3975							4		Asuna Yuuki	6763
13		Mayoi Hachikuji	5294							13		Mayoi Hachikuji	4657
52		Tsukihi Araragi	3617		13		Mayoi Hachikuji	8773
20		Saber	6294		20		Saber	7060
84		Megumi Tadokoro	3376

Right side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
5		Ochako Uraraka	4705
69		Taiga Aisaka	5155		69		Taiga Aisaka	7468
28		Karen Araragi	4917		28		Karen Araragi	7642
92		Azusa Nakano	4503							28		Karen Araragi	5174
12		Wiz	5516							21		Jibril	6163
53		Hange Zoe	3890		12		Wiz	5579
21		Jibril	5596		21		Jibril	9645
44		Illyasviel von Einzbern	3534

Group C   (Axis Division)Edit

Left side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
2		Aqua	6339
63		Suruga Kanbaru	4229		2		Aqua	6989
31		Tohru	5218		31		Tohru	5771
34		Ritsu Tainaka	4027							2		Aqua	6717
15		Violet Evergarden	5708							15		Violet Evergarden	3440
50		Krista Lenz	3786		15		Violet Evergarden	6485
18		Yui Hirasawa	5508		18		Yui Hirasawa	5796
47		Sasha Blouse	4054

Right side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
7		Emilia	5701
58		C.C.	3571		7		Emilia	6439
26		Asuka Langley Soryu	4718		26		Asuka Langley Soryu	6128
90		Mitsuha Miyamizu	4093							7		Emilia	4307
10		Darkness	4600							23		Shouko Nishimiya	5694
55		Iroha Isshiki	4610		55		Iroha Isshiki	5382
23		Shouko Nishimiya	4929		23		Shouko Nishimiya	6764
42		Tsubasa Hanekawa	4665

Group D  (Yoitsu Division)Edit

Left side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
3		Holo	6179
62		Fubuki (OPM)	2836		3		Holo	5604
30		Yui Yuigahama	4679		30		Yui Yuigahama	3449
94		Sakura Matou	3320							3		Holo	6056
14		Momo Yaoyorozu	4388							19		Yunyun	4042
51		Rin Shima	3497		14		Momo Yaoyorozu	3860
19		Yunyun	4590		19		Yunyun	5246
46		Hina	3993

Right side
	Pic	Round of 64				Pic	Round of 32				Pic	Sweet 16
6		Winry Rockbell	5489
59		Kaori Miyazono	3370		6		Winry Rockbell	4925
27		Yoko Littner	4926		27		Yoko Littner	3911
38		Yuuki Konno	3388							6		Winry Rockbell	5348
11		Ryuuko Matoi	5260							11		Ryuuko Matoi	4447
54		Homura Akemi	3371		11		Ryuuko Matoi	5447
22		Satania	4292		22		Satania	3512
43		Tsumugi Kotobuki	3207

Elite EightEdit

Final Bracket
								Quarter-finals
(17) Mayuri Shiina  7061	(9) Mikasa Ackerman   9509	(4) Asuna Yuuki   9450	(21) Jibril  6434	(2) Aqua   10,336	(23) Shouko Nishimiya  6644	(3) Holo  7812	(6) Winry Rockbell   8877
								Semi-finals
(9) Mikasa Ackerman - 6602		(4) Asuna Yuuki - 10,552		(2) Aqua - 7768		(6) Winry Rockbell - 9938
								Third-place playoff
	(9) Mikasa Ackerman - ???				(2) Aqua - ???
								Final
		(4) Asuna Yuuki - 11,937		(6) Winry Rockbell - 6996

External LinksEdit

AnimeBracket (link)
Best Girl Contest ★	BG1 (2014) • BG2 (2015) • BG3 (2016) • BG4 (2017) • BG5 (2018) • BG6 (2019) • BG7 (2020)
Best Guy Contest ★	BGuy1 (2015) • BGuy2 (2016) • BGuy3 (2017) • BGuy4 (2018) • BGuy5 (2019) • BGuy6 (2020) • BGuy7 (2021)
Best Char. Contest ☆ ‡	BCh1 (2015) • BCh2 (2016) • BCh3 (2017) • BCh4 (2018) • BCh5 (???)
Others	Seasonal Salt • Couples/Ships • Best OP/ED • Exhibitions
Terms	Shit taste • Recency bias • Spite votes • Cursed
Best Girls	Kurisu • Yukino • Mikoto • Rin • Rem • Asuna • BG7
Best Guys	Lelouch • Araragi • Spike • Koro • Mob • Levi • BGuy7
Best Chars.	Roy • Hitagi • Shinobu • Okabe • BCh5
‡ Hiatus / Unknown fate