ISML 2012

ISML 2012
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ISML 2012 was marked by Angel's complete domination, having won all possible matches in the entire tournament without tying or losing. (art by Katsuzou Hirata)
Start date	2012 Jan 01 (nominations)
End date	2012 Oct 28 (Tiara final)
Participants	72 (36 Nova, 36 Stella)
Website	https://2012.internationalsaimoe.com/
Necklace Winners
Aquamarine	Kanade Tachibana (#2)
Amethyst	Ruri Gokou (#2)
Ruby	Mikoto Misaka (#3)
Emerald	Eucliwood Hellscythe (#2)
Topaz	Mio Akiyama (#2)
Sapphire (Nova Winner)	Kanade Tachibana (#3)
Diamond (Stella Winner)	Mikoto Misaka (#4)
Female final positions
Tiara	Kanade Tachibana
Runner-up	Eucliwood Hellscythe
Semi-finals	Ruri Gokou (3rd) Taiga Aisaka (4th)
Quarter-finals	Mio Akiyama (5th) Mikoto Misaka (6th) Yuki Nagato (8th) Yuri Nakamura (11th)
Male final positions
Scepter	Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya (Male Exhibition Winner)
Runner-up	Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Semi-finals	Lelouch vi Britannia Houtarou Oreki
Quarter-finals	Yuzuru Otonashi Izaya Orihara Kyon Keima Katsuragi
Seasonals & ToC
Winter	Ririchiyo Shirakiin
Spring	Kuroyukihime
Summer	Asuna Yuuki
Fall	Rikka Takanashi

ISML 2012 was the 5th edition of the International Saimoe League. This edition marked the beginning of the Nova / Stella era, a time where the main tournament was split into two separate divisions of 36 girls: Nova Division for contestants with 2 ISML appearances or less, and Stella Division for contestants with 3 or more ISML appearances. The matchdays were reduced to just 35, split into 5 periods of 7 matches. Since the number of periods was reduced, which corresponds to necklace awards, the gem order was completely re-arranged.

Meanwhile, the postseason was expanded into 2 phases: the first is the division playoffs, which involves a single-elimination bracket contested between the top 16 contestants within each division, with the bracket winner claiming one of the two remaining gems renamed as "circlets". The second is the tiara playoffs, from which the quarter-finalists from each division will battle it out in another single-elimination bracket for the right to claim ISML's grand prize.

Kanade Tachibana defeated Eucliwood Hellscythe in the Tiara final, capping off what is arguably the most dominant season in ISML history. The Angel was the first champion to complete a perfect season: she posted a 35-0 record in the Nova Division, and then won all of her matches in the Nova and Tiara playoffs, with the majority of her wins being blowouts. On the other hand, the defending champion Mikoto Misaka was eliminated in the Tiara quarter-finals by Hellscythe.

In the male exhibition tournament, Sword Art Online protagonist Kirito won the Scepter after dethroning Lelouch in the semi-final and defeating two-time finalist Hideyoshi Kinoshita in the title match.

The seasonal diadem was introduced in 2012, which is contested between females who appeared in anime broadcast between each season of the year.

Regular Season

Each division plays a single round-robin format. 35 matches, split into 5 periods of 7 matches. Top 16 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. Strength of schedule of DEFEATED opponents (SDO)
4. Strength of schedule of ALL opponents (SAO)
5. Vote difference (VD)
6. Total votes earned (VF)
7. Staff selection

What is SDO?

• I don't know.

What is SAO?

• I don't know.

Nova Standings

Nova regular season final standings
#	Name	Pts	W	L	SDO	SAO	VD	VF
1	Kanade Tachibana	105	35	0	2244.035	2244.035	113,659	182,315
2	Eucliwood Hellscythe	102.771	34	1	2141.264	2246.264	88,541	165,839
3	Ruri Gokou	100.464	33	2	2040.799	2248.57	59,789	152,167
4	Yui (Angel Beats)	97.946	32	3	1942.854	2251.089	52,530	149,272
5	Yuri Nakamura	95.856	31	4	1846.998	2253.178	48,443	147,024
6	Kirino Kousaka	91.655	29	6	1663.867	2257.379	35,772	139,151
7	Sena Kashiwazaki	91.647	29	6	1663.695	2257.387	33,817	135,965
8	Kobato Hasegawa	91.476	29	6	1663.874	2257.559	30,156	134,254
9	Inori Yuzuriha	87.38	27	8	1484.839	2261.654	18,547	127,604
10	Charlotte Dunois	84.975	26	9	1399.864	2264.059	14,030	124,057
11	Aria Holmes Kanzaki	82.455	25	10	1317.408	2266.579	14,221	125,044
12	Mato Kuroi	78.273	23	12	1161.287	2270.762	6719	123,783
13	Erio Touwa	77.951	23	12	1161.185	2271.084	2685	118,134
14	Victorique de Blois	77.848	23	12	1161.609	2271.186	2176	118,385
15	Yozora Mikazuki	72.793	21	14	1010.543	2276.242	-6085	114,726
16	Haruna (Zombie)	70.57	20	15	939.973	2278.465	-6530	114,545
17	Kurisu Makise	67.376	18	17	806.284	2281.659	-6051	114,955
18	Elucia de Lute Ima	66.313	18	17	811.552	2282.721	-10,235	111,741
19	Subaru Konoe	62.108	16	19	690.924	2286.926	-11,877	109,381
20	Haqua du Lot Herminium	62.028	16	19	685.25	2287.006	-11,543	109,992
21	Shouko Kirishima	59.928	15	20	622.22	2289.107	-13,133	110,694
22	Masami Iwasawa	59.006	15	20	625.242	2290.029	-20,761	110,105
23	Ayase Aragaki	57.537	14	21	567.785	2291.498	-16,342	110,865
24	Mizuki Himeji	52.915	12	23	452.762	2296.12	-21,609	106,412
25	Shiori Shiomiya	47.746	10	25	357.973	2301.288	-27,947	101,287
26	Irisviel von Einzbern	47.043	9	26	322.163	2301.991	-21,848	108,239
27	Homura Akemi	43.416	7	28	228.773	2305.618	-20,018	109,349
28	Kanade Suzutsuki	43.381	8	27	273.439	2305.654	-29,334	100,234
29	Riko Mine	42.403	7	28	244.315	2306.631	-25,288	103,144
30	Kanon Nakagawa	41.154	7	28	238.844	2307.881	-30,475	100,226
31	Fear Kubrick	39.199	6	29	197.077	2309.836	-29,751	99,506
32	Sora Kasugano	35.719	4	31	127.41	2313.316	-29,855	101,801
33	Meiko Honma	34.9	4	31	117	2314.135	-33,951	101,717
34	Minami Shimada	28.703	2	33	49.099	2320.332	-41,779	96,333
35	Kyouko Sakura	27.695	2	33	57.123	2321.34	-47,257	94,626
36	Yuno Gasai	21.404	0	35	0	2327.63	-59,416	88,284

Stella Standings

Stella regular season final standings
#	Name	Pts	W	L	SDO	SAO	VD	VF
1	Mikoto Misaka	102.935	34	1	2154.874	2251.412	62508	154,984
2	Shana	100.753	33	2	2052.145	2253.594	63,241	155,779
3	Taiga Aisaka	100.61	33	2	2050.049	2253.737	71,736	160,384
4	Mio Akiyama	98.514	32	3	1955.896	2255.832	49,818	148,037
5	Yuki Nagato	96.538	31	4	1861.54	2257.808	51,192	149,426
6	Azusa Nakano	96.391	31	4	1859.423	2257.955	55,588	151,365
7	Saber	94.235	30	5	1760.761	2260.112	42,614	144,252
8	Haruhi Suzumiya	90.102	28	7	1574.268	2264.244	50,769	149,911
9	Hinagiku Katsura	87.37	27	8	1486.897	2266.976	23,154	130,803
10	Hitagi Senjougahara	84.626	26	9	1402.271	2269.721	10,915	125,206
11	Yui Hirasawa	82.063	25	10	1320.208	2272.284	8786	125,761
12	Nadeko Sengoku	80.547	24	11	1239.661	2273.8	13,190	126,304
13	Shinobu Oshino	74.102	21	14	1033.882	2280.245	5093	121,586
14	Rin Tohsaka	73.177	21	14	1026.698	2281.17	-5198	117,479
15	Illyasviel von Einzbern	71.257	20	15	956.211	2283.09	-4100	118,225
16	Tomoyo Sakagami	69.511	19	16	894.79	2284.836	369	119,755
17	Louise de la Valliere	68.76	19	16	886.681	2285.587	-7724	115,515
18	Mikuru Asahina	65.685	18	17	838.582	2288.662	-14,304	113,195
19	Kyou Fujibayashi	64.914	17	18	758.86	2289.433	-5285	116,334
20	Last Order	64.653	17	18	756.035	2289.694	-9400	116,123
21	Konata Izumi	62.167	16	19	720.122	2292.18	-14,305	112,810
22	Nagisa Furukawa	57.852	14	21	574.334	2296.495	-15,045	111,070
23	C.C.	55.872	13	22	521.98	2298.475	-17,199	111,262
24	Golden Darkness	55.727	13	22	518.152	2298.619	-15,871	109,201
25	Kagami Hiiragi	55.417	13	22	514.292	2298.93	-15,705	111,863
26	Ikaros (Heaven's Lost Property)	49.779	10	25	350.79	2304.568	-15,452	110,629
27	Nymph (Heaven's Lost Property)	44.293	8	27	265.396	2310.054	-24,663	105,253
28	Nagi Sanzenin	42.106	7	28	227.916	2312.241	-25,510	105,495
29	Tsumugi Kotobuki	41.101	7	28	226.728	2313.246	-31,292	104,625
30	Index	40.855	7	28	223.536	2313.492	-33,165	102,543
31	Kotomi Ichinose	36.475	5	30	156.812	2317.872	-34,409	101,393
32	Holo	32.549	3	32	84.515	2321.798	-33,796	100,887
33	Ui Hirasawa	31.254	3	32	88.312	2323.093	-43,156	98,414
34	Kuroko Shirai	30.32	3	32	83.091	2324.027	-47,993	95,821
35	Mafuyu Shiina	28.896	2	33	55.49	2325.451	-42,348	94,905
36	Hecate (Shana)	22.941	0	35	0	2331.406	-53,053	91,077

Gem Rounds

Aquamarine

Every single one of the necklace match contestants in Aquamarine period happened to have 7 wins, with Aisaka Taiga at the very advantage high SDO of 91.718, 3.651 higher than the next highest SDO holder Nakamura Yuri . It seemed that she shouldn't have much trouble to obtain her third necklace. But Kanade Tachibana proved that her overwhelming strength, which had smashed every single opponent that stood in her way and left her with low SDO, was just enough to cancelled out her low SDO disadvantage. With Shana also in the match to split the votes of Kugumiya Rie fans, Taiga missed out on the Aquamarine Necklace by 0.554 points and the first Necklace of 2012 goes to Kanade.

Aquamarine Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	Vote Pct. (%)	SDO	Final Score
1	Kanade Tachibana	2890	21.24%	79.312	47.678
2	Taiga Aisaka	2252	16.55%	91.718	47.124
3	Mikoto Misaka	2546	18.71%	83.887	46.675
4	Eucliwood Hellscythe	2318	17.04%	84.430	45.180
5	Shana	1950	14.33%	85.511	42.855
6	Yuri Nakamura	737	5.42%	88.067	34.772
7	Kirino Kousaka	913	6.71%	78.997	33.043

Amethyst

Knowing that if she get this necklace, she will be the first contestant in the history of ISML to obtain the same necklace three times in a roll, Nagato Yuki fought hard in order to make it into the necklace match. Aisaka Taiga once again held the advantage of having the highest SDO and this time she was determine that the recent lost in Aquamarine necklace match would not happen again. But for Taiga, there was also Shana , her Kugumiya Rie sister who was also aiming at this necklace to set one step further into completing the collection of seven necklace. In the end, it was Gokou Ruri who gained the highest necklace score by combining her second highest SDO and third highest vote percentage and won the Amethyst Necklace among the chaos.

Amethyst Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	Vote Pct. (%)	SDO	Final Score
1	Ruri "Kuroneko" Gokou	1852	15.93%	84.290	44.025
2	Taiga Aisaka	1695	14.58%	88.228	43.987
3	Shana	1948	16.75%	80.958	43.740
4	Yuki Nagato	1867	16.06%	78.660	42.227
5	Saber	1700	14.62%	80.985	41.616
6	Eucliwood Hellscythe	1810	15.57%	71.179	39.294
7	Yui (Angel Beats)	755	6.29%	79.615	33.032

Ruby

After suffering a bitter defeat in the last period from Nagato Yuki , Mikoto Misaka showed us that she still had the power of a former champion by taking down 7 wins, defeating the former Ruby necklace holder Shana and landed herself a place in the Ruby necklace match with the highest SDO. Despite having tough opponents such as Aisaka Taiga , this time without Shana to split the votes from Kugumiya Rie fans, and some new faces from Nova division, the match was completed one sided towards Mikoto. At the end of the match, not only Mikoto gained the Ruby necklace, she also broke the record of highest votes earned in a necklace match and became the first champion to obtain a necklace after gainning the Tiara.

Ruby Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	Vote Pct. (%)	SDO	Final Score
1	Mikoto Misaka	3984	34.33%	97.897	66.962
2	Azusa Nakano	2242	19.32%	81.750	46.569
3	Taiga Aisaka	2023	17.43%	74.301	42.199
4	Kobato Hasegawa	751	6.27%	80.445	33.286
5	Inori Yuzuriha	1171	10.09%	65.249	31.840
6	Sena Kashiwazaki	680	5.86%	75.833	31.137
7	Mato Kuroi	754	6.40%	56.495	25.329

Emerald

Former Emerald Necklace winner Aisaka Taiga found herself unable to defend her previous necklace after a narrow lose to Mikoto in Round 7. The new Haganai girl Hasegawa Kobato was lucky enough to have strong opponents who were weaker than her in the first 6 round and held her lead in SDO, only to be completely smashed in the last round by the quiet, white-hair necromancer Eucliwood Hellscythe , who then took her place as the highest SDO holders. With three tough opponents already out of running after gaining their necklace, and two strong K-ON girls splitting the votes among the K-ON fans, Eucliwood easily snatched the Emerald Necklace and made it her second necklace.

Emerald Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	Vote Pct. (%)	SDO	Final Score
1	Eucliwood Hellscythe	1987	19.79%	92.147	50.508
2	Mio Akiyama	1601	15.95%	90.183	46.009
3	Azusa Nakano	1476	14.70%	89.010	44.373
4	Haruhi Suzumiya	1668	16.62%	68.787	39.544
5	Shana	1637	16.31%	67.758	38.893
6	Inori Yuzuriha	969	9.65%	60.291	29.749
7	Yuri Nakamura	701	6.98%	65.604	28.851

Topaz

Knowing that the Topaz necklace was the last possible necklace, ISML veteran Shana was desperate to protect her streak of at least one necklace each year, smashing high SDO holder Saber and Taiga in the last two round and put them out for running. But that action also allowed her weaker Kugumiya Rie sister Kanzaki H. Aria to gain a place in the necklace match and snatch some votes away from the Kugumiya Rie fans. With 2010 champion Akiyama Mio holding the highest SDO and was determine to follow Mikoto's footstep of getting a necklace after gaining the Tiara. Shana's power was not enough to close up the gap between the odds of SDO and Mio successfully gained the last necklace of the year.

Topaz Necklace
Rank	Contestant	Votes	Vote Pct. (%)	SDO	Final Score
1	Mio Akiyama	3026	25.60%	82.793	53.199
2	Shana	3223	27.09%	74.093	51.786
3	Yui (Angel Beats)	1560	13.11%	81.395	40.243
4	Yuki Nagato	1577	13.25%	63.931	34.565
5	Sena Kashiwazaki	1054	8.86%	61.443	29.340
6	Kobato Hasegawa	875	7.35%	56.528	26.197
7	Aria H. Kanzaki	563	4.73%	61.472	25.223

Exhibition Gems

What the fuck is going on

Aquamarine Bracelet
Rank	Contestant	Votes
1	Meiko "Menma" Honma	2233
2	Tsumugi Kotobuki	2196
3	Riko Mine	2027
4	Yuno Gasai	1891
5	Mafuyu Shiina	1707
6	Millhiore Firianno Biscotti	1680
7	Sana Inui	1546

Amethyst Brooch
Rank	Contestant	Votes
1	Ikaros	2192
2	Holo	2075
3	Nagi Sanzenin	1929
4	Fear Kubrick	1346
5	Shiori Shiomiya	1283
6	Kanade Suzutsuki	1209
7	Minami Shimada	1027

Ruby Medallion
Rank	Contestant	Votes
1	C.C.	2035
2	Masami Iwasawa	1734
3	Irisviel von Einzbern	1712
4	Haruna	1591
5	Golden Darkness	1584
6	Nymph	1489
7	Kanon Nakagawa	1196

Emerald Anklet
Rank	Contestant	Votes
1	Sora Kasugano	1681
2	Elucia de Lute Ima	1455
3	Ayase Aragaki	1427
4	Kotomi Ichinose	1368
5	Ui Hirasawa	1336
6	Kuroko Shirai	1298
7	Kyouko Sakura	1237

Topaz Earrings
Rank	Contestant	Votes
1	Inori Yuzuriha	2342
2	Tomoyo Sakagami	2181
3	Louise de la Valliere	1945
4	Mato Kuroi	1632
5	Illyasviel von Einzbern	1411
6	Yozora Mikazuki	1106
7	Subaru Konoe	1064

Playoffs

Nova / Stella Playoffs:

• 16 females from each division play in a single-elimination bracket.
• Winners of the Round of 16 match advance to Tiara playoffs
• Winner of each division claims the Sapphire circlet (Nova) or Diamond circlet (Stella)
• Third place is awarded to the semi-finalist who lost to the division winner.
• Rankings from quarter-finals and below are decided by their final position in the regular season
• These rankings will be used as seedings for the Tiara Playoffs.

Nova (Sapphire)

The first two days of Post Season Phase 1 went smoothly for Nova division with no upset. 16th seed contestant Haruna's lose to Kanade left Eucliwood to be the only character from "Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?" anime advancing onto Post Season Phase 2 while all the other contestants from Nova had at least one comrade from the same series. A surprise upset happened on the 3rd day when 3th seed Gokou Ruri defeated 2th seed Eucliwood Hellscythe by merely 1 votes. But Ruri was soon outblowed in the final day by the undefeated Tenshi Kanade Tachibana and Kanade obtain the Sapphire Circlet after smashing every opponents who stood in her way.

Nova Playoffs
	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
1	Kanade Tachibana	6578
16	Haruna (Zombie)	2036
				1	Tenshi	5827
8	Kobato Hasegawa	4274		8	Kobato	4001
9	Inori Yuzuriha	3958
								1	Tenshi	7005
4	Yui (Angel Beats)	5306						4	Yui (AB)	2849
13	Erio Touwa	3149		4	Yui (AB)	4807
				5	Yurippe	4657
5	Yuri Nakamura	5351
12	Mato Kuroi	3141											Final
												1	Tenshi	6770
2	Eucliwood Hellscythe	5615										3	Kuroneko	3404
15	Yozora Mikazuki	2661
				2	Eu	6117
7	Sena Kashiwazaki	4299		7	Sena	3451
10	Charlotte Dunois	3764						2	Eu	5061
								3	Kuroneko	5062
3	Ruri Gokou	5162
14	Victorique de Blois	3102		3	Kuroneko	5048
				6	Kirino	4423
6	Kirino Kousaka	4704
11	Aria Holmes Kanzaki	3626

Stella (Diamond)

Like Nova division, the Stella division also went smoothly on the first day with no upsets. However, on the second day, 7th seed contestant Saber surprised everyone by defeating 2sd seed contestant Shana by the VD of 211. The third day came with excitement as the two interesting matches were set up, at the end the result showed that Yuki was unable to defeat Mikoto again like she had did in Amethyst Round 7 and Saber was unable to continuously defeat two Kugumiya Rie voiced character. The final day ended with Mikoto Misaka defeating Aisaka Taiga and obtained her second jewels this year.

Stella Playoffs
	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
1	Mikoto Misaka	5256
16	Tomoyo Sakagami	3290
				1	Mikoto	5705
8	Haruhi Suzumiya	4634		8	Haruhi	4018
9	Hinagiku Katsura	3818
								1	Mikoto	5984
4	Mio Akiyama	4998						5	Yuki N.	4044
13	Shinobu Oshino	3403		4	Mio	4806
				5	Yuki N.	5045
5	Yuki Nagato	4992
12	Nadeko Sengoku	3409											Final
												5	Mikoto	5950
2	Shana	5404										2	Taiga	4261
15	Illyasviel von Einzbern	3108
				2	Shana	4818
7	Saber	4804		7	Saber	5029
10	Hitagi Senjougahara	3504						7	Saber	3648
								6	Taiga	6524
3	Taiga Aisaka	5572
14	Rin Tohsaka	2972		3	Taiga	5222
				6	Azusa N.	4748
6	Azusa Nakano	5193
11	Yui Hirasawa	2703

Tiara Playoffs

Format:

• 8 quarter-finalists from each division are combined together in a 16-player single-elimination bracket.
• Nova girls will always play against Stella girls in the Round of 16.
• Bracket: N1-S8, S4-N5 N2-S7, S3-N6, S1-N8, N4-S5, S2-N7, N3-S6
• Winner of the final match claims the Heavenly Tiara and declared as this year's champion.

Characters are seeded by the following criteria:

• (1) Winner
• (2) Finalist
• (3) Whoever lost to the division winner in the semis
• (4) The other semi-finalist
• (5-8) Quarter-finalists, arranged by final regular season position

ISML 2012 tiara playoff seeds
Nova Seeds	Stella Seeds
N1: Kanade Tachibana	S1: Mikoto Misaka
N2: Ruri Gokou	S2: Taiga Aisaka
N3: Yui	S3: Yuki Nagato
N4: Eucliwood Hellscythe	S4: Saber
N5: Yuri Nakamura (Nova 5th)	S5: Shana (Stella 2nd)
N6: Kirino Kousaka (Nova 6th)	S6: Mio Akiyama (Stella 4th)
N7: Sena Kashiwazaki (Nova 7th)	S7: Azusa Nakano (Stella 6th)
N8: Kobato Hasegawa (Nova 8th)	S8: Haruhi Suzumiya (Stella 8th)

Bracket

Phase 2 started off straight away with a brutal match up of Regular Season Nova 2nd seed Eucliwood Hellscythe against Regular Season Stella 2nd seed Shana , where it marked the first time ISML veteran Shana lost a match so early in a fight for Tiara. This was also an early sign for Eucliwood's later overwhelming strength of continuously defeating two strong Stellas, this year's Ruby Necklace and Diamond Anklet winner Mikoto Misaka on the Quaterfinal and Aisaka Taiga who was then the only Stella left standing on the Semifinal. While Nova 1st seed Kanade Tachibana continued outblowing her opponents like she'd done during the Regular Season, showing no mercy to prevent the same fate from last year happening to her again. The final day came with the top 2 Regular Season seed from Nova facing off each other, after a long day, Kanade took down Eucliwood with the decisive 9064-4485 and became the new Tiara Winner, taking her sorrow from last year along with it.

Tiara Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
N1	Kanade Tachibana	6223
S8	Haruhi Suzumiya	3095
				N1	Tenshi	7851
S4	Saber	4128		N5	Yurippe	2362
N5	Yuri Nakamura	5127
								N1	Tenshi	7594
N2	Ruri Gokou	4901						N2	Kuroneko	3438
S7	Azusa Nakano	4305		N2	Kuroneko	6133
				S3	Yuki N.	4361
S3	Yuki Nagato	5166
N6	Kirino Kousaka	3866											Final
												N1	Tenshi	9064
S1	Mikoto Misaka	6212										N4	Eu	4485
N8	Kobato Hasegawa	4450
				S1	Mikoto	4920
N4	Eucliwood Hellscythe	5771		N4	Eu	6480
S5	Shana	4994						N4	Eu	5966
								S2	Taiga	4542
S2	Taiga Aisaka	7103
N7	Sena Kashiwazaki	3548		S2	Taiga	5803
				S6	Mio	5695							3rd place
N3	Yui (Angel Beats)	4576										N2	Kuroneko	6871
S6	Mio Akiyama	6251										S2	Taiga	6598

Winner's Gallery

Necklace & Tiara

2012 Aquamarine: Kanade Tachibana

2012 Amethyst: Ruri Gokou

2012 Ruby: Mikoto Misaka

2012 Emerald: Eucliwood Hellscythe

2012 Topaz: Mio Akiyama

2012 Sapphire: Kanade Tachibana (Nova Winner)

2012 Diamond: Mikoto Misaka (Stella Winner)

HEAVENLY TIARA: Kanade Tachibana

Seasonals

2012 Winter Diadem: Ririchiyo Shirakiin (Inu x Boku SS)

2012 Spring Diadem: Kuroyukihime (Accel World)

2012 Summer Diadem: Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)

2012 Fall Diadem: Rikka Takanashi (Chuunibyou)

Exhibitions

2012 Aquamarine Bracelet: Meiko Honma

2012 Amethyst Brooch: Ikaros

2012 Ruby Medallion: C.C.

2012 Emerald Anklet: Sora Kasugano

2012 Topaz Earrings: Inori Yuzuriha

2012 Male Exhibition Winner: Kirito (Sword Art Online)

Trivia

General

• This is the first edition with no new [necklace]] winners.
• In Ruby Necklace match, Inori Yuzuriha became the first contestant of 2012 who had passed Preliminary in Phase 2 to participate in a necklace match. She also participated in the Emerald necklace match and was the winner of Topaz earrings.
• Shana is the only contestants who has participated in 4 different necklace matches this year.
• All the contestants who came second in their groupings in Preliminary Phase 2 managed to make it through Phase 3 and advanced in Regular Season.
• The top three and the bottom three rank of the Final Standing after Elimination are taken by Nova contestants.
• In the Final Standing, Aisaka Taiga is the contestants with the highest rank that does not have a necklace, she is also the only Stella in Semifinal.
• Highest SDO at the end of a period: 100.134 by Mikoto Misaka (Emerald Period)
• Following the step of Mikoto Misaka and Akiyama Mio, this year's Tiara winner Kanade Tachibana is also the Aquamarine Necklace Winner.
• As of Ruby Necklace match, Mikoto Misaka became the first former Tiara holder to win a necklace after gaining the Tiara. This was followed by Akiyama Mio after Topaz Necklace match.
• All the auto-advanced contestants in Nomination period managed to make it through Preliminary Period and advanced into Regular Season.
• All the necklace winners this year were auto-advanced during Nomination period.
• All the contestants in Post Season Phase 2 entered at least one Necklace Match back in Regular Season.
• The Top 1 ranked from from Nova and Stella during Nomination Period are Akemi Homura and Louise Vallière, both of them couldn't make it into the Post Season.
• All the Regular Season contestants managed to come top 3 in their groupings during the Preliminary Phase 1 at least once.
• At the end of ISML 2012 Nagato Yuki was the only contestants who managed to be in the top 8 in the Final Standing starting from 2008. (2008: 2, 2009: 4, 2010: 7, 2011: 7, 2012: 8)

Vote extremes

• Highest Votes:
  • Preliminary Phase 1: Kanade Tachibana , 5464
  • Stella Seeding Round: Yui Hirasawa, 3286
  • Preliminary Phase 2 (Nova only): Erio Touwa, 4191
  • Preliminary Phase 3 (Nova only): Shouko Kirishima, 4700
• Regular season: Mikoto Misaka (vs Kuroko Shirai, Aqua 1, 6996 - 1539)
• Necklace round: Mikoto Misaka, 3984 (Ruby, 66.962 score)
• Lowest Votes:
  • Preliminary Phase 1: Himari Takakura , 626
  • Seeding Round: Misuzu Kamio , 545
  • Preliminary Phase 2: Astarotte Ygvar & Chihaya Ayase , 849
  • Preliminary Phase 3: Himari Takakura , 1108
• Necklace round: Aria Holmes Kanzaki, 563, (Topaz, 25.223 score)

All-time RS wins table

Top 16 ISML competitors arranged by total regular season wins after this year. Bold names indicate tiara champions.

ISML All-TIme RS Wins after 2012
#	Name	08	09	10	11	12	Total	+/-
1	Shana	59	62	48	45	33	247	0
2	Yuki Nagato	58	53	44	47	31	233	0
3	Haruhi Suzumiya	60	59	41	40	28	228	0
4	Hinagiku Katsura	54	51	48	42	27	222	0
5	Tomoyo Sakagami	60	58	41	30	19	208	0
6	Kyou Fujibayashi	58	57	39	28	17	199	0
7	Saber	43	45	41	32	30	191	1
8	Kagami Hiiragi	58	52	35	26	13	184	1
9	Taiga Aisaka	0	52	45	43	33	173	3
10.5	Nagi Sanzenin	45	44	37	27	7	160	0
	Mikuru Asahina	42	50	26	24	18	160	1
13	Fate Testarossa	60	55	31	12	0	158	2
	Konata Izumi	49	45	27	21	16	158	0
	Rin Tohsaka	41	53	32	11	21	158	2
15	Nagisa Furukawa	42	46	31	23	14	156	1
16	Mikoto Misaka	0	23	46	48	34	151	4