ISML 2011

ISML 2011
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Start date	2011-02-06
End date	Main: 2011-11-15 Exhibitions: 2011-12-25
Participants	144 (preliminaries) 50 (Main Tournament)
Website	https://2011.internationalsaimoe.com/
Necklace Winners
Aquamarine	Mikoto Misaka (#2)
Topaz	Kanade Tachibana
Amethyst	Yuki Nagato
Sapphire	Ruri Gokou
Emerald	Taiga Aisaka (#2)
Ruby	Shana (#6)
Diamond	Eucliwood Hellscythe
Female final positions
Tiara	Mikoto Misaka
Runner-up	Shana
Semi-finals	Kanade Tachibana (3rd) Ruri Gokou (4th)
Quarter-finals	Taiga Aisaka (5th) Azusa Nakano (6th) Yuki Nagato (7th) Hinagiku Katsura (8th)

ISML 2011 was the 4th edition of the International Saimoe League. The regular season was reduced to 50 characters, down from the 64-player league used in the past three editions. Mio Akiyama was the defending champion, but her title defense ended after she lost to Hinagiku Katsura in the first playoff round.

The 2011 edition introduced several features that would eventually become key staples of ISML: first, the necklace matches were decided on a special round instead of simply being awarded to the best-performing girl on a given period, and girls can only win one necklace per year. The second is the playoffs bracket being changed to a single-elimination format, allowing for a quicker elimination period and higher-stakes matches. The third is the expansion of exhibition awards, which includes exhibition gems (basically "necklaces" but with different accessories), the "Divine Circlet", and the Male Exhibition Tournament, whose winner is awarded the "Lapis Scepter" — male equivalent of the female "Heavenly Tiara" championship.

The tournament concluded with Mikoto Misaka winning the Tiara against Shana. This was the first final to not feature new characters, as the finalists were runner-ups prior to 2011 (Shana in 2009 and Mikoto in 2010). On the other hand, this year's standout newcomers included Kanade Tachibana, the titular character of the Key-staffed show Angel Beats! who went undefeated until her loss to Shana in the semi-finals, and 2011 Winter debutantes Ruri Gokou from Oreimo and Eucliwood Hellscythe from Is This a Zombie?, who joined the Angel as new necklace winners and fellow playoff contestants.

Nominations

Rules

How to nominate

• nominations will last from 2011 February 6-13, both at 00:00 UTC
• Female characters only
• Nominees can appear in any released anime, including currently-airing series at the time of nominations (i.e. Is This A Zombie?).
• To nominate a character, simply type its name AND its series. Name order / spelling / language / aliases don't matter as long as it's clear who you're referring to.
• Each voter is given a ballot with 32 entries.
• Ballots must fulfill several important conditions in order for their nominations to be counted; failure to meet all of them will result in a voided ballot, i.e. Not counted.
  • Must nominate at least four (4) girls
  • Must represent at least three (3) anime series (spin-offs and crossovers do NOT count as separate series)
  • Invalid entries are discarded independently and will NOT void your entire ballot unless it fails to meet any minimum requirements above.
• 96 girls with the most nomination votes will qualify for the preliminaries (144 prelim spots subtracted by 48 direct invites)
• In a tie for last place, the ISML staff will choose who qualifies; girls who haven't appeared in ISML's main tournament or preliminaries will be prioritized.

Direct Invites

The following girls are already qualified for the preliminary rounds, thus they do not need to be nominated again.

• ISML 2010: Necklace winners, and girls with at least 73.5 or more points after the regular season
• Saimoe 2010: Group finalists (top 24 round)
• KBM 2010 Top 24 girls in final ranking (see below)

A total of 48 girls were automatically qualified. If a girl has multiple qualifications, she will only appear in the earliest instance of this list.

ISML 2010

Direct Invites via ISML 2010
Name	Series	Qualification
Mio Akiyama	K-On!	Aquamarine
Taiga Aisaka	Toradora!	Topaz
Yuki Nagato	Haruhi Suzumiya	Amethyst
Shana	Shakugan no Shana	Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond
Mikoto Misaka	A Certain Magical Index	Ruby
Hinagiku Katsura	Hayate the Combat Butler	144 pts
Azusa Nakano	K-On!	129 pts
Saber	Fate/stay night	123 pts
Haruhi Suzumiya	Haruhi Suzumiya	123 pts
Tomoyo Sakagami	Clannad	123 pts
Kyou Fujibayashi	Clannad	117 pts
Nagi Sanzenin	Hayate the Combat Butler	111 pts
Nadeko Sengoku	Monogatari	111 pts
Yui Hirasawa	K-On!	108 pts
Kagami Hiiragi	Lucky Star	105 pts
Hitagi Senjougahara	Monogatari	99 pts
Rin Tohsaka	Fate/stay night	96 pts
Mafuyu Shiina	Seitokai no Ichizon	93 pts
Nagisa Furukawa	Clannad	93 pts
Fate Testarossa	Lyrical Nanoha	93 pts
Holo	Spice & Wolf	90 pts
C.C.	Code Geass	84 pts
Konata Izumi	Lucky Star	81 pts
Mikuru Asahina	Haruhi Suzumiya	78 pts
Maria	Hayate the Combat Butler	75 pts
Illyasviel von Einzbern	Fate/stay night	75 pts

Saimoe 2010

Direct Invites via Saimoe 2010
Name	Series	Eliminated
Koromo Amae	Saki	Semis
Nodoka Haramura	Saki	Semis
Aoi Yamada	Working!!	Quarters
Fumino Serizawa	Mayoi Neko Overrun!	Top 24
Isumi Saginomiya	Hayate the Combat Butler	Top 24
Kanade Tachibana	Angel Beats!	Top 24
Komoe Tsukuyomi	A Certain Magical Index	Top 24
Kurimu Sakurano	Seitokai no Ichizon	Top 24
Nanako Yamamoto	Hanamaru Kindergarten	Top 24
Nanoha Takamachi	Lyrical Nanoha	Top 24
Ruiko Saten	A Certain Magical Index	Top 24
Yui	Angel Beats!	Top 24
Yuno	Hidamari Sketch	Top 24
Yuuki Kataoka	Saki	Top 24

KBM 2010

• The rankings are based on assumptions by ISML Forum user Shmion84 in his thread, as data from the official Anizone website has become inaccessible due to the site's shutdown.
• (1) Latest round
• (2) Points
  • Earned in the entire tournament, including preliminary rounds
  • Girls earn (100 - [Place]) points after every match
  • Which means in a 1v1 match, the winner gains 100-1 = 99 points, and the loser gains 100-2 = 98.
• (3) Votes in the Main Event (top 96 onward)

Direct Invites via KBM 2010
Name	Series	Rank	Eliminated	Points	M.E Votes
Yuri Nakamura	Angel Beats!	07th	Quarters	493	794
Kuroko Shirai	A Certain Magical Index	08th	Quarters	492	800
Tsumugi Kotobuki	K-On!	13th	Top 16	297	791
Ritsu Tainaka	K-On!	18th	Top 32	297	718
Shinobu Oshino	Monogatari	20th	Top 32	297	669
Ui Hirasawa	K-On!	22nd	Top 32	297	628
Anri Sonohara	Durarara!!	23th	Top 32	297	592
Kazari Uiharu	A Certain Magical Index	24th	Top 32	297	579

Results

New nominees are labeled in bold.

ISML 2011 Nomination Results
#	Name	Series	Votes
01	Ruri "Kuroneko" Gokou	Oreimo	1067
02	Kirino Kousaka	Oreimo	1066
03	Eucliwood Hellscythe	Is This A Zombie?	835
04	Victorique de Blois	Gosick	722
05	Sora Kasugano	Yosuga no Sora	585
06	Squid Girl	Invasion! Squid Girl	540
07	Houki Shinonono	Infinite Stratos	434
08	Merry Nightmare	Merry the Dream Eater	430
09	Ikaros	Heaven's Lost Property	428
10	Nymph	Heaven's Lost Property	426
11	Lingyin Huang	Infinite Stratos	416
12	Index Librorum Prohibitorum	A Certain Magical Index	396
13	Rose	Dragon Crisis!	391
14	Haruna	Is This A Zombie?	383
15	Louise de La Valliere	The Familiar of Zero	358
16	Mio Isurugi	MM!	335
17	Elucia de Lute Ima	The World God Only Knows	327
18	Misaki Ayuzawa	Maid-sama!	320
19	Ayase Aragaki	Oreimo	309
20	Suigintou	Rozen Maiden	293
21	Shiori Shiomiya	The World God Only Knows	279
22	Golden Darkness	To Love Ru	275
23	Sawako Kuronuma	Kimi ni Todoke	272
24	Ai Haibara	Detective Conan	248
25	Kotomi Ichinose	Clannad	238
26	Astraea	Heaven's Lost Property	228
27	Tsurara Oikawa	Nurarihyon no Mago	226
28	Homura Akemi	Madoka Magica	223
29	Madoka Kaname	Madoka Magica	222
30	Suiseiseki	Rozen Maiden	206
31	Ryouko Ookami	Okami-san	204
32	Cecilia Alcott	Infinite Stratos	204
33	Kanon Nakagawa	The World God Only Knows	202
34	Fuuko Ibuki	Clannad	198
35	Minatsu Shiina	Seitokai no Ichizon	194
36	Mami Tomoe	Madoka Magica	193
37	Seraphim	Is This A Zombie?	193
38	Rika Furude	Higurashi	192
39	Haruka L. Morishima	Amagami	192
40	Popura Taneshima	Working!!	190
41	Mato Kuroi	Black Rock Shooter	190
42	Minori Kushieda	Toradora!	177
43	Ai Nanasaki	Amagami	177
44	Nozomi Kiriya	Mayoi Neko Overrun!	176
45	Charlotte Dunois	Infinite Stratos	172
46	Mizuki Himeji	Baka and Test	169
47	Arashiko Yuuno	MM!	167
48	Tsukasa Ayatsuji	Amagami	154
49	Saeko Busujima	Highschool of the Dead	153
50	Erika Sendou	Fortune Arterial	151
51	Erza Scarlet	Fairy Tail	145
52	Ami Kawashima	Toradora!	142
53	Utau Hoshina	Shugo Chara!	140
54	Tsukasa Hiiragi	Lucky Star	138
55	Shouko Kirishima	Baka and Test	137
56	Lucy Heartfilia	Fairy Tail	137
57	Ushio Okazaki	Clannad	135
58	Mikan Yuuki	To Love Ru	134
59	Sakura Kinomoto	Cardcaptor Sakura	133
60	Chizuru Akaba	Seitokai no Ichizon	133
61	Hecate	Shakugan no Shana	130
62	Rena Ryugu	Higurashi	129
63	Amu Hinamori	Shugo Chara!	126
64	Shino Amakusa	Seitokai Yakuindomo	122
65	Manami Tamura	Oreimo	122
66	Rei Ayanami	Neon Genesis Evangelion	122
67	Shiina	Angel Beats!	121
68	Kaori Kanzaki	A Certain Magical Index	121
69	Stocking Anarchy	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	121
70	Yui Kotegawa	To Love Ru	120
71	Alice	Pandora Hearts	120
72	Lala Satalin Deviluke	To Love Ru	120
73	Mahiru Inami	Working!!	119
74	Ai Enma	Hell Girl	119
75	Kobato Hanato	Kobato	118
76	Celty Sturluson	Durarara!!	116
77	Shinku	Rozen Maiden	114
78	Hayate Yagami	Lyrical Nanoha	113
79	Last Order	A Certain Magical Index	111
80	Masami Iwasawa	Angel Beats!	110
81	Itsuwa	A Certain Magical Index	110
82	Chrome Dokuro	Katekyo Hitman Reborn!	110
83	Shiki Ryougi	Kara no Kyoukai	106
84	Izumi Segawa	Hayate the Combat Butler	105
85	Tohko Amano	Book Girl	104
86	Akira Amatsume	Yosuga no Sora	103
87	Misuzu Kamio	Air	101
88	Ran Mouri	Detective Conan	101
89	Laura Bodewig	Infinite Stratos	100
90	Yin	Darker than Black	99
91	Ayumu Nishizawa	Hayate the Combat Butler	98
92	Hanyuu	Higurashi	97
93	Nessa	Fractale	97
94	Asuka Langley Soryu	Neon Genesis Evangelion	96
95	Souseiseki	Rozen Maiden	94
96	Nino	Arakawa Under the Bridge	93

Disallowed

These listed characters were disallowed in the tournament for various reasons, but managed to get nomination votes anyway. Direct invites are not included in this list.

• Athena Tennousu @ Hayate the Combat Butler - 148 votes
  • Deemed ineligible because her appearance in a flashback scene in the anime's season 2 episode 10 doesn't count. Athena would make her official animated debut in season 4, which aired two years after this tournament.
• Hideyoshi Kinoshita @ Baka and Test - 110 votes
  • Come on, man
• Hatsune Miku @ Vocaloid - 58 votes
  • Declared invalid because she originates from a line of voice synthesizer software, and has not appeared in any anime where she either has ample screentime, or plays a significant role in its plot. While Miku has made appearances in 2channel and Anizone saimoe tournaments in 2008 because of a cameo appearance in Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, the ISML staff considers those appearances insufficient.

Preliminaries

For more details, see ISML 2011/Preliminaries

144 girls will compete through three rounds to determine the 50 girls who will qualify for the regular season. This section will only display those who qualified and are eliminated on each round.

Phase 1

Format:

• 16 groups of 9 girls; single round robin
• "Triple Threat" group stage — matches are 1v1v1, lasts 4 rounds
• 1st place gets 4 points, 2nd place gets 2, 3rd placer gets zero
• The girl with the most points from each group qualifies for regular season (16 total); the rest are transferred to Phase 2

Advanced

Phase 2

Format:

• 16 groups of 8 girls
• Single elim
• Winner of each bracket final qualifies for Regular Season (16 total); rest are transferred to Phase 3

Advanced

ISML 2011 Prelim Phase 2 — Bracket Finals
Grp	Winner (Qualify)	Score	Loser (To Phase 3)
A	Rin Tohsaka	3797 - 3653	Elucia de Lute Ima
B	Last Order	4245 - 3489	Masami Iwasawa
C	Houki Shinonono	3592 - 3558	Ikaros
D	Charlotte Dunois	4554 - 2888	Ayase Aragaki
E	Nymph	3792 - 3305	Squid Girl
F	Lingyin Huang	3698 - 3469	Kurimu Sakurano
G	Sora Kasugano	3836 - 3790	Ui Hirasawa
H	Yuri Nakamura	4624 - 2978	Golden Darkness
I	Yui Hirasawa	4370 - 3378	Index
J	Mikuru Asahina	3936 - 3632	Tsumugi Kotobuki
K	Tomoyo Sakagami	4069 - 3419	Nagi Sanzenin
L	Saber	3973 - 3308	C.C.
M	Kyou Fujibayashi	3819 - 3655	Holo
N	Nagisa Furukawa	3784 - 3732	Seraphim
O	Hitagi Senjougahara	4242 - 3201	Louise de La Valliere
P	Nadeko Sengoku	4146 - 3144	Mafuyu Shiina

Phase 3

Format:

• All girls are split into groups of 8
• Limited voting - vote 3 girls per group
• 3 rounds. After each round, bottom-ranked girls are eliminated.
  • Round 1: 14 groups. Top 5 per group + 2 girls with the highest vote percentage survive
  • Round 2: 9 groups. Top 5 per group + 3 girls with the highest vote percentage survive
  • Round 3: 6 groups. Top 3 qualify for Regular Season (18 total)

Eliminated

Advanced

Regular Season

50 girls will play a single round-robin league that lasts for 49 match days (excluding necklace rounds), split into 7 periods of 7 matches each. At the end of the regular season, Top 16 girls will advance to division playoffs, ranked in this order:

• (1) Points (3 for a win, 1 for a tie. A loss adds points based on [Your Votes / Opponent's Votes].)
• (2) Wins
• (3) SDO — Strength of schedule of DEFEATED opponents
  • In other words, add the total number of points from all of opponents a girl has defeated. If a girl loses to a given opponent, that opponent's points will not count towards her SDO.
• (4) Strength of schedule of ALL opponents (SAO)
• (5) Vote difference (VD)
• (6) Total votes earned (VF)
• (7) Staff selection

Standings

ISML 2011 Regular Season Table
#	Name	Pts	W	L	SDO	SAO	VD	VF
1	Kanade Tachibana	147	49	0	3528	3528	130576	239689
2	Mikoto Misaka	144	48	1	3384	3531	85220	214366
3	Yuki Nagato	141	47	2	3243	3534	84908	214745
4	Azusa Nakano	135	45	4	2982	3540	80717	212612
5	Shana	135	45	4	2973	3540	86948	215881
6	Ruri Gokou	132	44	5	2841	3543	75396	208302
7	Taiga Aisaka	129	43	6	2712	3546	77891	209310
8	Hinagiku Katsura	126	42	7	2586	3549	63228	199078
9	Mio Akiyama	126	42	7	2595	3549	71637	207810
10	Haruhi Suzumiya	120	40	9	2340	3555	70888	207689
11	Eucliwood Hellscythe	117	39	10	2223	3558	62650	198476
12	Yui (Angel Beats)	111	37	12	2007	3564	41076	189200
13	Yuri Nakamura	108	36	13	1899	3567	39228	188301
14	Hitagi Senjougahara	105	35	14	1809	3570	26293	178698
15	Charlotte Dunois	105	35	14	1812	3570	23042	174923
16	Nadeko Sengoku	102	34	15	1698	3573	18169	174037
17	Victorique de Blois	99	33	16	1611	3576	14229	172296
18	Saber	96	32	17	1497	3579	20312	177137
19	Yui Hirasawa	96	32	17	1500	3579	19039	178816
20	Kirino Kousaka	93	31	18	1407	3582	16957	176413
21	Tomoyo Sakagami	90	30	19	1323	3585	8349	169522
22	Kyou Fujibayashi	84	28	21	1134	3591	4347	166813
23	Nagi Sanzenin	81	27	22	1053	3594	-7956	161203
24	Kagami Hiiragi	78	26	23	975	3597	-8972	161347
25	Mikuru Asahina	72	24	25	834	3603	-13324	160553
26	Nagisa Furukawa	69	23	26	792	3606	-12965	157648
27	Konata Izumi	63	21	28	663	3612	-21507	155162
28	Golden Darkness	63	21	28	663	3612	-26526	147593
29	Mato Kuroi	57	19	30	579	3618	-25479	151603
30	Louise de La Valliere	57	19	30	549	3618	-31282	147116
31	Ayase Aragaki	57	19	30	549	3618	-33573	148405
32	Index	54	18	31	498	3621	-34589	147726
33	C.C.	54	18	31	495	3621	-20412	155316
34	Holo	51	17	32	510	3624	-33244	146966
35	Tsumugi Kotobuki	48	16	33	420	3627	-36856	148532
36	Ui Hirasawa	39	13	36	258	3636	-43390	145406
37	Last Order	36	12	37	237	3639	-45567	142429
38	Fate Testarossa	36	12	37	237	3639	-38245	141242
39	Rin Tohsaka	33	11	38	219	3642	-43196	141487
40	Mafuyu Shiina	33	11	38	216	3642	-42062	139514
41	Haruna (Zombie)	33	11	38	189	3642	-48005	137352
42	Kuroko Shirai	27	9	40	180	3648	-49405	141513
43	Nymph (Heaven's Lost Property)	21	7	42	90	3654	-48177	135723
44	Masami Iwasawa	21	7	42	84	3654	-55913	135967
45	Sora Kasugano	12	4	45	27	3663	-54537	133483
46	Seraphim (Zombie)	12	4	45	27	3663	-63300	129024
47	Lingyin Huang	12	4	45	27	3663	-63384	128192
48	Houki Shinonono	9	3	46	54	3666	-66865	126530
49	Shiina (Angel Beats)	6	2	47	9	3669	-76258	124764
50	Laura Bodewig	0	0	49	0	3675	-76111	121788

Gem Rounds

Format:

• Top 7 girls at the end of each period (except past winners) will enter the necklace rounds
• Vote 1 girl only
• The winner is determined by highest Final Score, calculated using the following:
  • Vote percentage (VF%) x Strength of defeated opponents (SDO)
  • This means that the necklace winner may not be awarded to the girl with the most raw votes, as the winning girl may have defeated more higher-ranked opponents on the regular season table.

Aquamarine

With a narrow loss to Shana in Aquamarine 7, the previous necklace holder Akiyama Mio was at a severe SDO disadvantage compared to the board leader of the season, Misaka Mikoto. However, the new necklace round rule of the year gave those who had worse SDO due to bad scheduling a fighting chance at obtaining the necklace still, but the focus was instead on newcomer Tachibana Kanade, who faced an even larger SDO disadvantage to Mikoto, but had smashed thorugh all her opponents so far with terrifying force. Mikoto would hold steadfast, however, and obtained enough votes to defend her SDO advantage, snatching the Aquamarine necklace as well as delivering the first blow of disappointment to Kanade in 2011.

2011 Aquamarine Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	VF%	SDO	Final Score
1	Mikoto Misaka	2301	19.59%	78.000	15.277
2	Kanade Tachibana	2872	24.45%	60.000	14.668
3	Mio Akiyama	1834	15.61%	63.000	9.835
4	Shana	1581	13.46%	63.000	8.478
5	Yuki Nagato	1439	12.25%	63.000	7.717
6	Eucliwood Hellscythe	1259	10.72%	66.000	7.073
7	Yuri Nakamura	462	3.93%	66.000	2.596

Topaz

With a loss to Nakano Azusa and barely enough SDO to qualify for the match, Aisaka Taiga, the previous Topaz necklace holder, was all but out of the competition for necklace - as it was with everyone else, in a sense, with Tachibana Kanade both holding a historically high SDO of 102 (giving her a massive advanage over the rest of the competitors) and the same terrifying force she had throughout the year. The result of the necklace match was completely one-sided in every sense, giving Kanade her first necklace in ISML, to no one's surprise.

2011 Topaz Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	VF%	SDO	Final Score
1	Kanade Tachibana	2977	28.53%	102.000	29.105
2	Azusa Nakano	1604	15.37%	63.000	9.686
3	Yuki Nagato	1329	12.74%	66.000	8.407
4	Shana	1382	13.25%	51.000	6.756
5	Eucliwood Hellscythe	920	8.82%	60.000	5.291
6	Ruri Gokou	1191	11.42%	42.000	4.795
7	Taiga Aisaka	1030	9.87%	45.000	4.443

Amethyst

Nagato Yuki, the previous Amethyst necklace holder, fought hard this round to have a fighting chance at defending it, and she was able to score all seven wins for her efforts. However, in the necklace round she faced Eucliwood Hellscythe who, despite having lost once, ended up with a higher SDO than Nagato in the end. Still, Yuki persevered and secured just enough advantage to offset her lower SDO and became the second girl in ISML history to have successfully defended a necklace over two years.

2011 Amethyst Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	VF%	SDO	Final Score
"|1	Yuki Nagato	1996	19.24%	78.000	15.006
2	Eucliwood Hellscythe	1829	17.63%	84.000	14.808
3	Shana	1624	15.65%	39.000	6.105
4	Ruri Gokou	1362	13.13%	45.000	5.907
5	Azusa Nakano	1172	11.30%	48.000	5.422
6	Taiga Aisaka	1063	10.25%	48.000	4.918
7	Mio Akiyama	1329	12.81%	36.000	4.611

Sapphire

The previous Sapphire necklace winner, Shana, had not had much of a chance to obtain any necklaces in previous seasons, but in Sapphire she had much stronger opponents and would went on to lead the SDO scoreboard, only to lose to Nakano Azusa at the last round. The end result was a roughly equal fighting ground for four competitors - Azusa, who had the rare chance of having the highest SDO of the season; Gokou Ruri, who defeated Azusa's senpai previously to tie her in SDO and looking to obtain her first necklace of the year; Katsura Hinagiku, who only has a slightly small SDO disadvantage compared to the previous two characters, and Shana herself, who still has enough SDO to put up a fight. The ensuing climatic battle attracted the highest VF total of the year, and at the end, it was Ruri who managed to overcome Azusa in votes, as well as having narrowed her gap to Shana enough to defend her SDO advantage, and obtained her first necklace in ISML.

2011 Sapphire Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	VF%	SDO	Final Score
1	Ruri Gokou	2707	19.56%	66.000	12.906
2	Azusa Nakano	2637	19.05%	66.000	12.573
3	Shana	2767	19.99%	60.000	11.993
4	Hinagiku Katsura	1814	13.10%	63.000	8,256
5	Haruhi Suzumiya	1317	9.51%	57.000	5.423
6	Victorique de Blois	1336	9.65%	48.000	4.663
7	Taiga Aisaka	1265	9.14%	48.000	4.386

Emerald

Once again, it's Shana who's looking to defend a previously obtained necklace. And once again, she ended up losing the ever important seventh match of the season to Misaka Mikoto, putting herself all but out of running for the necklace. The two girls of K-on, Nakano Azusa and Akiyama Mio, had not successfully secured even a single necklace between them so far and were desperate to do so. However, Mio ended up losing to Aisaka Taiga by a mere VD of 2 in Emerald 6, which more or less puts her out of running. Unrelenting, she ended up defeating her kouhai Azusa in Emerald 7 in a surprise display of power. It still failed to put her in any position to run for the necklace, but it did successfully drag Azusa out of the running as well. With backing from Shana voters and no opposition left at comparable SDO, Taiga easily snatches the Emerald Necklace.

2011 Emerald Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	VF%	SDO	Final Score
1	Taiga Aisaka	1426	16.48%	69.000	11.368
2	Mio Akiyama	1440	16.64%	57.000	9.484
3	Eucliwood Hellscythe	1165	13.46%	54.000	7.269
4	Shana	1390	16.06%	45.000	7.227
5	Azusa Nakano	1110	12.82%	51.000	6.541
6	Hinagiku Katsura	1171	13.53%	45.000	6.088
7	Haruhi Suzumiya	953	11.01%	51.000	5.616

Ruby

Misaka Mikoto, the previous Ruby necklace holder, cannot defend her necklace due to the new one year per necklace rule. Although it was not Shana's turn again to defend a necklace for a change, the Ruby necklace is still her most coveted necklace due to the theme of her power. Unfortunately, she would yet again lose an important match, this time against Nagato Yuki, with a VD of 3, leaving Akiyama Mio and Katsura Hinagiku free to pursue the position of having a comfortable SDO advantage above the rest. Mio had never been able to win against Hinagiku personally in ISML, and she failed to do so this year as well. Hinagiku ended the period with a decently large SDO advantage on all her competitors - but Shana managed a spectacular turnaround in the necklace round, managing nearly 30% higher votes than Hinagiku, successfully overcoming her SDO disadvantage and obtaining the Ruby Necklace she yearned for four years.

2011 Ruby Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	VF%	SDO	Final Score
1	Shana	1770	23.98%	51.000	12.232
2	Hinagiku Katsura	1355	18.36%	63.000	11.567
3	Hitagi Senjougahara	925	12.53%	57.000	7.144
4	Eucliwood Hellscythe	870	11.79%	57.000	6.720
5	Azusa Nakano	909	12.32%	48.000	5.912
6	Haruhi Suzumiya	750	10.16%	57.000	5.793
7	Mio Akiyama	801	10.85%	45.000	4.884

Diamond

As Shana leaves the necklace field with a fiery Ruby Necklace in possession, she would leave behind the chance to compete for the last necklace of the year, and the last ray of hope for many characters. Nakano Azusa and Akiyama Mio led the scoreboard amongst the necklace-less characters, but with a comically low 48 SDO each, as well as the inclusion of their senpai/classmate Hirasawa Yui in the match with the same low 48 SDO draining their votes, they stood no chance at fighting for the necklace. Suzumiya Haruhi, who held the necklace during 2008 but then having not obained another one since, was at the highest SDO at the end of the round. Her victory almost looked certain, as she had won in the 1v1 matches against both her nearest competitors, Eucliwood Hellscythe and Nakamura Yuri, but Eucliwood managed an almost as spectacular turnaround as Shana did in Ruby, and overtook Haruhi with overwhelming advantage in votes, obtaining her first necklace in ISML.

On matters unrelated to necklace, at the end of Diamond 6, both Tachibana Kanade and Misaka Mikoto had accured 48 wins out of 48 matches so far, and they were schedule to face each other next, creating the most climatic final regular season battle in ISML history so far. At the end of the day, Kanade managed to overwhelm Mikoto with a VD of 177 - an extremely low value compared to her consistent 1000+ VD she managed on near everyone else - and became the first character in ISML history to obtain a perfect win record in regular season.

2011 Diamond Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	VF%	SDO	Final Score
1	Eucliwood Hellscythe	1584	20.21%	57.000	11.522
2	Haruhi Suzumiya	1177	15.02%	60.000	9.012
3	Hinagiku Katsura	1536	19.60%	45.000	8.821
4	Azusa Nakano	1221	15.58%	48.000	7.479
5	Mio Akiyama	1036	13.22%	48.000	6.346
6	Yuri Nakamura	765	9.76%	57.000	5.565
7	Yui Hirasawa	517	6.60%	48.000	3.167

Playoffs

With a format change from Double Elimination to Single Elimination, the post-season matches are far quicker paced than ever, with no room for error. There was no upsets in the first round, with all the top 8 defeating the other 8. In the second round, however, Nagato Yuki, who was placed third in overall rankings, lost to Gokou Ruri who was placed 6th, with a non-trivial VD of 492. The bigger surprise had yet to come, however, as Tachibana Kanade, the undefeated champaion of the regular season, lost to Shana with more than 1000 VD. Shana would go on to face Misaka Mikoto in the finals. It was the second time for both of them to be running in the semi-finals, and after a long and hard battle, Mikoto prevailed and became the new ISML tiara holder.

Bracket

Tiara Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
1	Kanade "Tenshi" Tachibana	6107
16	Nadeko Sengoku	2900
				1	Tenshi	6442
8	Hinagiku Katsura	4513		8	Hinagiku	4130
9	Mio Akiyama	4491
								1	Tenshi	6929
4	Azusa Nakano	5580						5	Shana	7624
13	Yuri Nakamura	3471		4	Azusa N.	5107
				5	Shana	5508
5	Shana	5418
12	Yui (Angel Beats)	3630											Final
												5	Shana	8052
2	Mikoto Misaka	6133										2	Mikoto	9208
15	Charlotte Dunois	3381
				2	Mikoto	5836
7	Taiga Aisaka	5359		7	Taiga	4899
10	Haruhi Suzumiya	4086						2	Mikoto	7619
								6	Kuroneko	5334
3	Yuki Nagato	5743
14	Hitagi Senjougahara	3616		3	Yuki N.	5114
				6	Kuroneko	5606							3rd place
6	Ruri "Kuroneko" Gokou	5133										1	Tenshi	9993
11	Eucliwood Hellscythe	4316										6	Kuroneko	6955

Final Rankings

Rank	Character(s)	Anime Series
Tiara	Mikoto Misaka (Aquamarine)	Toaru series
Runner-up	Shana (Ruby)	Shakugan no Shana
3rd	Kanade Tachibana (Topaz)	Angel Beats!
4th	Ruri Gokou (Sapphire)	Oreimo
5th	Taiga Aisaka (Emerald)	Toradora!
6th	Azusa Nakano	K-ON!
7th	Yuki Nagato (Amethyst)	Haruhi Suzumiya
8th	Hinagiku Katsura	Hayate the Combat Butler
9th	Mio Akiyama	K-ON!
10th	Haruhi Suzumiya	Haruhi Suzumiya
11th	Yui (Angel Beats)	Angel Beats!
12th	Eucliwood Hellscythe (Diamond)	Is this a zombie?
13th	Yuri Nakamura	Angel Beats!
14th	Charlotte Dunois	Infinite Stratos
15th	Hitagi Senjougahara	Monogatari
16th	Nadeko Sengoku	Monogatari

Trivia

General

• A few characters had their names misspelled in ISML 2011's website, which has been left unchanged. These errors were rectified in the following edition.
  • Masami Iwasawa was displayed as "Iwasawa Asami"
  • Elucia de Lute Ima was displayed as "Elucia de Lute Irma"

Winner's Gallery

Necklace & Tiara

2011 Aquamarine necklace: Kanade Tachibana

2011 Topaz necklace: Mikoto Misaka

2011 Amethyst necklace: Yuki Nagato

2011 Sapphire necklace: Ruri Gokou

2011 Emerald necklace: Taiga Aisaka

2011 Ruby necklace: Shana

2011 Diamond necklace: Eucliwood Hellscythe

HEAVENLY TIARA: Mikoto Misaka

Exhibitions

2011 Aquamarine bracelet: Hatsune Miku

2011 Topaz earrings: Sakura Kinomoto

2011 Amethyst brooch: Kagura (Gintama)

2011 Sapphire amulet: Shiori Shiomiya

2011 Emerald ring: Remilia Scarlet

2011 Ruby medallion: Illyaviel von Einzbern

2011 Diamond anklet: Madoka Kaname

2011 Divine circlet: Sakura Kinomoto

2011 Male Exhibition Tournament: Lelouch vi Britannia

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