ISML 2020

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ISML 2020
Prev: 2019
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Return of the Royalties
Start date	2020 July 1 (nominations)
End date	2021 Feb 11 (champion reveal)
Participants	120 (Preliminaries) 96 (Main Tournament)
Website	https://2020.internationalsaimoe.com
Necklace Winners
Aquamarine	Asuna Yuuki
Topaz	Kurumi Tokisaki
Amethyst	Kaguya Shinomiya
Sapphire	Yukino Yukinoshita
Emerald	Mikoto Misaka
Ruby	Mashiro Shiina
Diamond	Rikka Takanashi
Pendant Winners
Aquamarine	Riku Dola
Topaz	Miyuki Shirogane
Amethyst	Yuu Ishigami
Sapphire	Gilgamesh
Emerald	Touma Kamijou
Ruby	Sakuta Azusagawa
Diamond	Rintarou Okabe
Female final positions
Tiara	Yukino Yukinoshita
Runner-up	Mikoto Misaka
Third place	Mai Sakurajima
Fourth place	Kaguya Shinomiya
Quarter-finals	Mashiro Shiina (5th) Asuna Yuuki (7th) Ai Hayasaka (8th) Rin Tohsaka (15th)
Male final positions
Scepter	Miyuki Shirogane
Runner-up	Sakuta Azusagawa
Third place	Touma Kamijou
Fourth place	Yuu Ishigami
Quarter-finals	Riku Dola (6th) Subaru Natsuki (10th) Rintarou Okabe (15th) Kazuma Satou (16th)
Seasonals & ToC
Winter	Kotoko Iwanaga
Spring	Kei Shirogane
Summer	Chizuru Ichinose
Fall	Elaina
Overall Year	Elaina
Tournament of Champions	Eru Chitanda (1st title) Houtarou Oreki (1st title)

ISML 2020 was the 13th edition of the International Saimoe League. The competition began in July 1st 2020, and ended in the midnight of Chinese New Year, February 12th 2021, in Beijing time. The returning champions were Mikoto Misaka and Lelouch vi Britannia, champions of the ISML 2011 Main Tournament and Male Exhibitions respectively.

The tournament's regular season, which is contested by 96 characters, underwent a major overhaul as it was changed into a three splits system: Split 1 involved groups of six, while Splits 2 and 3 lasted 3 periods each, and was contested between groups of 16 contestants. As a result, the wildcard rounds were reduced to just two rounds, held after the end of splits 1 and 2. This year also saw the return of the preliminary rounds, which are meant to reduce the number of qualified nominees to fit within the regular season's capacity, and the "jewelry exhibitions" (also known as exhibition gems), which are contested between the best performers of each period who have never won an ISML award.

As with most ISML tournaments, 2020 was characterized by the clash of several voting factions representing popular shows; in this edition it's between Kaguya-sama, Raildex, and Oregairu, who benefited from having new seasons airing that year. These shows earned the lion's share of gem awards as well.

The female division ended with Yukino Yukinoshita winning the Tiara against Misaka, foiling the latter's quest for a repeat championship just after she was unbanned from the champions rule. As the final match happened at the eve of the Spring Festival, it garnered a massive amount of attention in the ISML Tieba forums mostly due to Chinese Railgun fans, and Yukino supporters wanting to see their waifu join her boyfriend in the hall of fame. The event also caused the official ISML Discord server to receive an influx of new users eager to see the results.

Meanwhile, the male division was dominated by Kaguya-sama's lead protagonist Miyuki Shirogane, who led the tournament in nominations, voting numbers, and percentages, and finished the regular season undefeated and untied. He defeated Bunny Girl Senpai's Sakuta Azusagawa, who was making his second consecutive finals appearance, by just 30 votes to secure this year's Scepter, making him the third male champion to complete a perfect season and becoming the first-ever debutant to achieve such a feat regardless of sex.

Schedule

All voting rounds begin and end at 10:00 UTC (18:00 Beijing, 06:00 New York). Results are displayed ~12 hours after voting ends. Assuming there's no delays, each round will last 3 days from voting, results, and waiting time. Gem rounds last ~5 days.

• Nominations: July 1 - 8
• Preliminaries: July 22 - August 2
• Aquamarine: August 7 - September 2
• Topaz: September 5 - 24
• Amethyst: September 29 - October 16
• Sapphire: October 21 - November 7
• Emerald: November 13 - 29
• Ruby: December 4 - 21
• Diamond: 2020 December 26 - 2021 January 12
• Playoffs: 2021 January 19 - February 11

Nomination Round

The main tournament will consist of at least 120 contestants per gender.

• Subtracting all directly qualified contestants (14 female and 6 male), this means that only the top 106 females and top 114 males will qualify.
• Contestants will advance to these stages according to their rankings:
  • Regular season: Top 64 females and top 72 males
  • Preliminary Round 2: Females ranked 65-82, and males ranked 73-90.
  • Preliminary Round 1: All remaining contestants.
• If last place is tied, all relevant contestants will qualify as well.
• Nomination tiebreakers (except last place):
  1. ISML Career regular season wins
  2. ISML Career Main tournament wins
  3. Newest anime media release
  4. Staff selection

Rules

Nomination Rules for ISML 2020

For those unfamiliar with ISML's nomination system: nominations last seven days Each voter is given a ballot with 24 entries. 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. All characters must make their animated debut on December 31, 2019 or earlier. 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. Invalid entries are discarded independently and will NOT void your entire ballot unless it fails to meet the minimum requirements below. IMPORTANT CONDITIONS: Must represent at least eight (5) anime series (spin-offs and crossovers do not count as separate series) Must nominate at least two (2) males and females each Four (4) characters maximum per series/franchise. Don't exceed this limit, otherwise the staff will discard them all if you do because they can't choose. ISML champions from 2012-2019 CANNOT be nominated because of the champions ban rule; they will be placed in a separate tournament of champions instead. They are as follows: Female: Kanade Tachibana, Ruri Gokou, Kotori Itsuka, Eru Chitanda, Shana, Megumi Katou, Rem, and Violet Evergarden. Male: Kazuto Kirigaya*, Houtarou Oreki*, Hideyoshi Kinoshita*, Accelerator, Sora, Koro-sensei, Hachiman Hikigaya, and Rimuru Tempest. * despite being exhibitions, they're retroactively counted as official male champions

For more details regarding the seasonal tournament nominations, click here.

Direct Invites

These contestants are automatically qualified for the regular season, and thus do NOT need to be nominated, nor they will participate in the preliminary rounds.

2019 Necklace Winners
Topaz	Amethyst	Sapphire	Emerald	Ruby	Diamond
Rin Tohsaka	Yukino Yukinoshita	Sagiri Izumi	Kurumi Tokisaki	Mai Sakurajima	Kurisu Makise
Fate Series	Oregairu	Eromanga-sensei	Date A Live	Bunny Girl Senpai	Steins;Gate

2019 Seasonals
Winter Diadem	Spring Diadem	Summer Diadem	Fall Diadem	Winter Runner-up	Spring Runner-up	Summer Runner-up	Fall Runner-up
Kaguya Shinomiya	Fumino Furuhashi	Gray	Ishtar	Miku Nakano	Nezuko Kamado	Yuuko Yoshida "Shamiko"	USS Enterprise CV-6
Kaguya-sama: Love is War	Bokuben	Lord El-Melloi II Case Files (Fate)	Fate/Grand Order	5-toubun no Hanayome	Kimetsu no Yaiba	Machikado Mazoku	Azur Lane

Pendant Winners
Topaz	Amethyst	Sapphire	Emerald	Ruby	Diamond
Riku Dola	Sakuta Azusagawa	Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	Tomoya Okazaki	Touma Kamijou	Yuuta Togashi
No Game no Life: Zero	Bunny Girl Senpai	Classroom of the Elite	Clannad	Toaru series	Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Results

To view nomination results by anime, go to the results page.

Newcomers are indicated in bolded text.

Female Division

Female Nomination Results Source
#	Name	Series	Votes
Advanced to Regular Season
01	Mikoto Misaka	Toaru	428
02	Mashiro Shiina	Sakurasou	291
03	Rikka Takanashi	Chuunibyou	248
04	Asuna Yuuki	Sword Art Online	228
05	Emilia	Re:Zero	218
06	Iroha Isshiki	Oregairu	162
07	Kumiko Oumae	Sound! Euphonium	143
08	Kazusa Touma	White Album 2	141
09	Mio Akiyama	K-On!	140
10	Misaki Shokuhou	Toaru
11	Utaha Kasumigaoka	Saekano	137
12	Chika Fujiwara	Kaguya-sama: Love is War
13	Shiro	No Game No Life	132
14	Yui Yuigahama	Oregairu	130
15	Yui Hirasawa	K-On!	127
16	Taiga Aisaka	Toradora!	126
17	Kuroko Shirai	Toaru
18	Nao Tomori	Charlotte	125
19	Kei Karuizawa	Classroom of the Elite
20	Index	Toaru	124
21	Saber	Fate/stay night	118
22	Homura Akemi	Madoka Magica	115
23	Nagisa Furukawa	Clannad	110
24	Alice Zuberg	Sword Art Online	109
25	Isla	Plastic Memories
26	Shouko Nishimiya	A Silent Voice	107
27	Tamako Kitashirakawa	Tamako Market	105
28	Chino Kafuu	Gochiusa	100
29	Eriri Spencer Sawamura	Saekano
30	Madoka Kaname	Madoka Magica	99
31	Ai Haibara	Detective Conan	98
32	Yuu Koito	Bloom Into You	95
33	Haruhi Suzumiya	Haruhi Suzumiya	93
34	Azusa Nakano	K-On!	93
35	Mirai Kuriyama	Kyoukai no Kanata	91
36	Kaori Miyazono	Your Lie in April	90
37	Haruno Yukinoshita	Oregairu	87
38	Hina Amano	Weathering With You	86
39	Shinobu Kochou	Kimetsu no Yaiba	83
40	Schwi Dola	No Game No Life: Zero
41	Megumin	Konosuba	82
42	Reina Kousaka	Sound! Euphonium
43	Takagi	Teasing Master Takagi-san	80
44	Zero Two	Darling in the FranXX	79
45	Mei Misaki	Another	78
46	Nanami Aoyama	Sakurasou	77
47	Ai Hayasaka	Kaguya-sama: Love is War	76
48	Tohka Yatogami	Date A Live	74
49	Sakura Matou	Fate/stay night
50	Mafuyu Kirisu	Bokuben	73
51	Sora Kasugano	Yosuga no Sora	72
52	Mitsuha Miyamizu	Your Name
53	Mikasa Ackerman	Attack on Titan
54	Illyasviel von Einzbern	Fate/stay night	70
55	Ereshkigal (Lancer)	Fate/Grand Order
56	Umaru Doma	Himouto! Umaru-chan	66
57	Ruiko Saten	Toaru
58	Sakura Kinomoto	Cardcaptor Sakura	65
59	Shino "Sinon" Asada	Sword Art Online	64
60	Yuki Nagato	Haruhi Suzumiya	63
61	Kanna Kamui	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	62
62	Chtholly Nota Seniorious	SukaSuka	61
63	Inori Yuzuriha	Guilty Crown	57
64	Origami Tobiichi	Date A Live	56
Preliminary Round 2
65	Suzune Horikita	Classroom of the Elite	55
66	Touko Nanami	Bloom Into You	54
67	Shouko Makinohara	Bunny Girl Senpai	53
68	Holo	Spice and Wolf	51
69	Meiko "Menma" Honma	Anohana
70	Ginko Sora	Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
71	Reines El-Melloi Archisorte	Lord El-Melloi II Case Files	47
72	Rachel Gardner	Angels of Death	46
73	Yotsuba Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome
74	Yoshino	Date A Live	45
75	Mayuri Shiina	Steins;Gate	44
76	Chiyo Sakura	Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
77	Kokoa Hoto	Gochiusa
78	Shinobu Oshino	Monogatari	40
79	Nino Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome
80	Mizore Yoroizuka	Sound! Euphonium
81	Tohru	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	39
82	Ram	Re:Zero
Preliminary Round 1
83	Raphtalia	Shield Hero	38
84	Tomoyo Sakagami	Clannad	37
85	Itsuki Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome
86	Kanao Tsuyuri	Kimetsu no Yaiba
87	Nozomi Kasaki	Sound! Euphonium	35
88	C.C.	Code Geass	34
89	Konata Izumi	Lucky Star
90	Emma	The Promised Neverland	33
91	Nero (Saber Extra)	Fate/EXTRA
92	Kirino Kousaka	Oreimo	32
93	Ayase Aragaki	Oreimo
94	Aqua	Konosuba	31
95	Shiki Ryougi	Kara no Kyoukai
96	Ran Mouri	Detective Conan
97	Eucliwood Hellscythe	Is this a zombie?	30
98	Hinata Hoshino	Wataten
99	Kaede Azusagawa	Bunny Girl Senpai	29
100	Gabriel Tenma White	Gabriel Dropout	28
101	Asuka Langley Soryu	Neon Genesis Evangelion
102	Hitagi Senjougahara	Monogatari
103	Chitoge Kirisaki	Nisekoi	27
104	Jibril	No Game No Life	26
105	Isuzu Sento	Amagi Brilliant Park
106	Momo Chiyoda	Machikado Mazoku
107	Itsuwa	Toaru
Did not Qualify (20+ votes only)
120	Miuna Shiodome	Nagi no Asukara	25
121	Rei Ayanami	Neon Genesis Evangelion
122	Setsuna Ogiso	White Album 2
123	Beatrice	Re:Zero
124	Tsumugi Kotobuki	K-On!	24
125	Mash Kyrielight	Fate/Grand Order
126	Kokomi Teruhashi	Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan	22
127	Shinoa Hiiragi	Seraph of the End	21
128	Kyouko Kirigiri	Danganronpa
129	Ai Enma	Hell Girl	20
130	Kosaki Onodera	Nisekoi
131	Satone Shichimiya	Chuunibyou
132	Kei Shirogane	Kaguya-sama:Love is War
133	Ritsu Tainaka	K-On!
134	Victorique de Blois	Gosick

Male Division

Male Nomination Results Source
#	Name	Series	Votes
Advanced to Regular Season
01	Miyuki Shirogane	Kaguya-sama: Love is War	203
02	Yuu Ishigami	Kaguya-sama: Love is War	151
03	Rintarou Okabe	Steins;Gate	112
04	Waver Velvet	Lord El-Melloi II Case Files [Note 1]	110
05	Tanjiro Kamado	Kimetsu no Yaiba	105
06	Levi Ackerman	Attack on Titan	104
07	Subaru Natsuki	Re:Zero	89
08	Conan Edogawa	Detective Conan	83
09	Shirou Emiya	Fate/stay night	79
10	Jotaro Kujo	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	72
11	Takashi Natsume	Natsume's Book of Friends	71
12	Archer	Fate/stay night	70
13	Eren Yeager	Attack on Titan	69
14	Osamu Dazai	Bungou Stray Dogs
15	Lancer	Fate/stay night	67
16	Gilgamesh	Fate/stay night	65
17	Kusuo Saiki	Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan	61
18	Eugeo	Sword Art Online
19	Taki Tachibana	Your Name	56
20	Ryuuji Takasu	Toradora!	55
21	Shidou Itsuka	Date A Live
22	Mochizou Ooji	Tamako Market	53
23	Lelouch vi Britannia	Code Geass
24	Yato	Noragami	52
25	Kyon	Haruhi Suzumiya
26	Ken Kaneki	Tokyo Ghoul	46
27	Sorata Kanda	Sakurasou	45
28	Yuu Otosaka	Charlotte
29	Kaito Kuroba	Detective Conan
30	Haruka Nanase	Free!
31	Zenitsu Agatsuma	Kimetsu no Yaiba	41
32	Giyu Tomioka	Kimetsu no Yaiba	39
33	Edward Elric	Fullmetal Alchemist
34	Kousei Arima	Your Lie in April	38
35	Saika Totsuka	Oregairu
36	Koyomi Araragi	Monogatari	37
37	"Enkidu" [Note 2]	Fate/Grand Order
38	Yuzuru Otonashi	Angel Beats!	36
39	Kazuma Satou	Konosuba
40	Joseph Joestar	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	34
41	Merlin (Caster)	Fate/Grand Order
42	Saitama	One Punch Man	32
43	Monkey D. Luffy	One Piece	31
44	Isaac Foster	Angels of Death	29
45	Gintoki Sakata	Gintama	28
46	Haruka Kasugano	Yosuga no Sora
47	Chuuya Nakahara	Bungou Stray Dogs	27
48	Willem Kmetsch	SukaSuka
49	Ainz Ooal Gown	Overlord
50	Karma Akabane	Assassination Classroom
51	Nagisa Shiota	Assassination Classroom
52	Kiritsugu Emiya	Fate/Zero	26
53	Naruto Uzumaki	Naruto
54	Shu Ouma	Guilty Crown	25
55	Senku Ishigami	Dr. Stone
56	Izayoi Sakamaki	Mondaiji	24
57	Ryuunosuke Akasaka	Sakurasou	23
58	Mikaela Hyakuya	Seraph of the End
59	Norman	The Promised Neverland
60	Shouya Ishida	A Silent Voice	22
61	Hodaka Morishima	Weathering With You
62	Koichi Sakakibara	Another
63	Giorno Giovanna	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Part 5)	21
64	Hiro	Darling in the FranXX
65	Ray	The Promised Neverland	20
66	Syaoran Li	Cardcaptor Sakura
67	Nishikata	Teasing Master Takagi-san
68	Naofumi Iwatani	Shield Hero
69	Tomoya Aki	Saekano	19
70	Satoshi Fukube	Hyouka
71	Sasuke Uchiha [Note 3]	Naruto	18
72	Inosuke Hashibira [Note 3]	Kimetsu no Yaiba
Preliminary Round 2
73	Dio Brando [Note 3]	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	18
74	Hyakkimaru	Dororo (2020 reboot)	17
75	Karna (Lancer of Red)	Fate/Apocrypha
76	Seiya Ryuuguuin	Cautious Hero
77	Akihito Kanbara	Kyoukai no Kanata	16
78	Itachi Uchiha	Naruto
79	Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama	Mob Psycho 100
80	Arataka Reigen	Mob Psycho 100
81	Shuuichi Tsukamoto	Sound! Euphonium	15
82	Iori Kitahara	Grand Blue
83	Fuutarou Uesugi	5-toubun no Hanayome
84	Soma Yukihira	Shokugeki no Soma
85	Tsunayoshi Sawada	Katekyo Hitman Reborn!	14
86	Rentaro Satomi	Black Bullet
87	Taihei Doma	Himouto! Umaru-chan
88	Hei	Darker than Black
89	Ikki Kurogane	Chivalry of a Failed Knight
90	Tomoe	Kamisama Kiss
Preliminary Round 1
91	Sougo Ousaka	Idolish7	14
92	Shinji Ikari	Neon Genesis Evangelion	13
93	Sesshomaru	Inuyasha
94	Roronoa Zoro	One Piece
95	Shouyou Hinata	Haikyuu!!
96	Yuichiro Hyakuya	Seraph of the End
97	Ranpo Edogawa	Bungou Stray Dogs
98	Sadao Maou	The Devil is a Part-Timer!
99	Rei Kiriyama	3-gatsu no Lion	12
100	Ruka Urushibara	Steins;Gate
101	Shinra Kusakabe	Fire Force
102	Sebastian Michaelis	Black Butler
103	Haiji Kiyose	Run With the Wind
104	Bell Cranel	DanMachi
105	Makoto Itou	School Days
106	Kyousuke Natsume	Little Busters!
107	Makoto Naegi	Danganronpa
108	Tatsuya Shiba	Mahouka
109	Ginko	Mushishi
110	Takumi Usui	Maid-sama!	11
111	Noriaki Kakyoin	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Part 3)
112	Teitoku Kakine	Toaru
113	Kotarou Tennouji	Rewrite
114	Yaichi Kuzuryuu	Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
115	Ichigo Kurosaki	Bleach
116	Ash Ketchum (Satoshi)	Pokemon
117	Light Yagami	Death Note
118	Masamune Izumi	Eromanga-sensei
119	Inuyasha	Inuyasha
Did Not Qualify (10 votes only)
120	Kyousuke Kousaka	Oreimo	10
121	Tatsumi	Akame ga Kill!
122	Sakamoto	Sakamoto desu ga?
123	Izuku Midoriya	My Hero Academia
124	Legoshi	Beastars
125	Ciel Phantomhive	Black Butler
126	Seiya Kanie	Amagi Brilliant Park
127	Arata Kaizaki	ReLIFE
128	Bruno Bucciarati	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
129	Kotarou Azumi	Tsuki ga Kirei
130	Ren Amamiya (Joker)	Persona 5
131	Ryuunosuke Akutagawa	Bungou Stray Dogs
132	Thorfinn	Vinland Saga

^{[Note 1] Although Waver Velvet originally appeared in Fate/Zero, he recieved many nominations largely because of his eponymous role in the 2019 anime Lord El-Melloi Case Files, an anime which also had that year's Summer seasonal winner.
[Note 2] Enkidu (Fate/Grand Order) is genderless, but is entered under the male division because the mythological figure it is based on is male. In the Aquamarine period, their ISML name was changed following complaints from a Tieba thread. More details can be found here. This wiki will use the name "Enkidu" instead (quotes included).
[Note 3] A three-way tie happened between Sasuke Uchiha, Inosuke Hashibira, and Dio Brando for the last 2 direct qualification spots for the regular season. Since Sasuke has won an ISML match and the other two don't, the last spot was resolved using the recent anime release rule: Inosuke (Demon Slayer) 2019, Dio (JJBA Part 3) 2015.}

Preliminary Rounds

The Preliminary Period and seeding rounds return this year with a new format. Their last appearance was in 2015.

Elimination Rounds

These rounds are reserved for qualified contestants low on the nomination list.

• Preliminary Round 1: Females ranked 83rd and below and males ranked 91st and below will be subject to an approval voting match.
  • Top 6 advance to Preliminary Round 2
  • Remaining contestants are eliminated
  • If 6th place is tied, all relevant contestants will advance together.
• Preliminary Round 2: Six survivors from Round 1 will join 18 nominees ranked 65th-82nd (females) or 73rd-90th (males), this time in a range voting match.
  • Top 18 advance to regular season
  • Among them, 1st-6th will play in Seedings Round 4
  • 7th-18th will be seeded from 85-96
  • Remaining contestants are eliminated

Round 1

Preliminary Round 1 Female
Survived - 7*
Kaede Azusagawa	1328		Hinata Hoshino	868
Aqua	1168		Ayase Aragaki	847
Jibril	1022		Isuzu Sento	847
Tomoyo Sakagami	968
Eliminated - 18
Itsuki Nakano	819	C.C.	662
Itsuwa	815	Chitoge Kirisaki	651
Kanao Tsuyuri	804	Eucliwood Hellscythe	626
Gabriel Tenma White	794	Hitagi Senjougahara	623
Ran Mouri	794	Nero	601
Kirino Kousaka	779	Asuka Langley Soryu	580
Konata Izumi	737	Raphtalia	512
Shiki Ryougi	698	Momo Chiyoda	509
Nozomi Kasaki	669	Emma	480

Preliminary Round 1 Male
Survived - 6
Masamune Izumi	968		Yaichi Kuzuryuu	687
Ash Ketchum	808		Bell Cranel	680
Inuyasha	722		Sesshomaru	669
Eliminated - 23
Teitoku Kakine	658	Ichigo Kurosaki	413
Sadao Maou	655	Sebastian Michaelis	402
Tatsuya Shiba	616	Shouyou Hinata	398
Light Yagami	605	Kotarou Tennouji	398
Roronoa Zoro	584	Rei Kiriyama	377
Makoto Itou	569	Yuichiro Hyakuya	359
Ruka Urushibara	569	Kyousuke Natsume	338
Noriaki Kakyoin	544	Shinra Kusakabe	292
Takumi Usui	477	Ginko (Mushishi)	274
Makoto Naegi	462	Haiji Kiyose	170
Ranpo Edogawa (Bungou)	455	Sougo Ousaka	160
Shinji Ikari	430

Round 2

Preliminary Round 2 Female
Advanced to Seedings Rd 4
Kaede Azusagawa	15,095		Ram	14,034.9
Shouko Makinohara	14,455.4		Aqua	13,793.5
Jibril	14,061.9		Tohru	13,679.1
Seeded 85-96
(85) Tomoyo Sakagami	13,517.6	(91) Suzune Horikita	11,806.3
(86) Yoshino	13,410.8	(92) Nino Nakano	11,767.7
(87) Chiyo Sakura	12,934.8	(93) Ginko Sora	11,479.8
(88) Isuzu Sento	12,771.4	(94) Yotsuba Nakano	11,367.2
(89) Ayase Aragaki	12,092.3	(95) Holo	10,760.3
(90) Meiko Honma	12,042.8	(96) Hot Cocoa	10,647.1
Eliminated
Hinata Hoshino	10,611.6	Rachel Gardner	9613.6
Mayuri Shiina	10,480	Shinobu Oshino	9417
Mizore Yoroizuka	10,230.7	Touko Nanami	7752
Reines El-Melloi Archisorte	9751.2

Preliminary Round 2 Male
Advanced to Seedings Rd 4
Masamune Izumi	10,764.7		Itachi Uchiha	9698.5
Taihei Doma	10,573.6		Akihito Kanbara	9395
Ash Ketchum	10,050.9		Dio Brando [Note]	9245.7
Seeded 85-96
(85) Inuyasha	8778.8	(91) Bell Cranel	8121.7
(86) Shuuichi Tsukamoto	8551.9	(92) Karna	7903.9
(87) Soma Yukihira	8531.9	(93) Ikki Kurogane	7131.8
(88) Fuutarou Uesugi	8457.5	(94) Seiya Ryuuguuin	7123.9
(89) Yaichi Kuzuryuu	8279.7	(95) Shigeo Kageyama	6921.5
(90) Sesshomaru	8171.8	(96) Rentaro Satomi	6501.1
Eliminated - 6
Iori Kitahara	5984.7	Hyakkimaru	5317
Arataka Reigen	5710.8	Tsunayoshi Sawada	5101.2
Hei	5561.1	Tomoe	4796.8

^{[Note] The Preliminary Round 2 voting was restarted for another day after the ISML staff mistakenly involved Inosuke Hashibira instead of Dio Brando in the first match. Inosuke had already qualified for the regular season in a tiebreaker rule against Dio, due to having a more recent anime release (2019 > 2015).}

Seeding Rounds

The seeding rounds are held concurrently with the preliminary elimination rounds. They will decide the group draw in the first split.

• Round 1: 24 nominees, consisting of direct invites and the highest-ranked nominees. (Top 10 for female, Top 18 for male). Range-voting. They will be seeded from 1-18 according to their votes. Bottom six will be relegated to Round 2.
• Round 2: Six players from Round 1 will join the next 18 nominees. (24 total) Approval voting. Top 18 players will be seeded from 19-36. Bottom six will be relegated to Round 3.
• Round 3: Six players from Round 2 will join the next 18 nominees (24 total). Range-voting. These players will be seeded from 37-60.
• Round 4: Top 6 finishers from Preliminary Round 2 will join the next 18 nominees (24 total). Approval voting. These players will be seeded from 61-84.
• The remaining contestants 85-96 are already seeded in Preliminary Round 2.

Female Division

Female Seeds Rd 1 (Range Voting)
Seeded (1 - 18)
(1) Mikoto Misaka	46,487.2		(10) Rin Tohsaka	32,872.9
(2) Kaguya Shinomiya	44,363.4		(11) Sagiri Izumi	31,054.2
(3) Yukino Yukinoshita	43,422.8		(12) Emilia	30,547
(4) Asuna Yuuki	38,220.1		(13) Mio Akiyama	27,127.1
(5) Mashiro Shiina	37,019,1		(14) Misaki Shokuhou	26,888.4
(6) Mai Sakurajima	36,096.7		(15) Kurisu Makise	26,063.2
(7) Rikka Takanashi	34,761.9		(16) Kumiko Oumae	24,175
(8) Iroha Isshiki	34,022.2		(17) Miku Nakano	24,076.5
(9) Kurumi Tokisaki	33,929.3		(18) Gray (Fate)	22,945.1
Relegated - 6
Nezuko Kamado	21,878.8	Kazusa Touma	17,677.6
Fumino Furuhashi	18,303.9	Yuuko "Shamiko" Yoshida	13,945.5
Ishtar (Fate)	17,780.3	USS Enterprise (CV-6)	13,484.5

Female Seeds Rd 2 (Approval Voting)
Seeded (19 - 36)
(19) Chika Fujiwara	2326		(28) Yui Hirasawa	1593
(20) Yui Yuigahama	1996		(29) Saber	1569
(21) Shiro	1838		(30) Taiga Aisaka	1520
(22) Kuroko Shirai	1837		(31) Kei Karuizawa	1502
(23) Shouko Nishimiya	1711		(32) Tamako Kitashirakawa	1404
(24) Utaha Kasumigaoka	1702		(33) Nagisa Furukawa	1391
(25) Nao Tomori	1671		(34) Alice Zuberg	1310
(26) Chino Kafuu	1635		(35) Homura Akemi	1252
(27) Index	1616		(36) Isla	1251
Relegated - 6
Nezuko Kamado	1195	Ishtar (Fate)	950
Fumino Furuhashi	1122	Yuuko "Shamiko" Yoshida	799
Kazusa Touma	1120	USS Enterprise (CV-6)	671

Female Seeds Rd 3 (Range Voting)
Seeded (37 - 60)
(37) Hina Amano	14,997		(49) Haruhi Suzumiya	10,269.4
(38) Schwi Dola	13,710.3		(50) Madoka Kaname	9983.9
(39) Eriri S. S.	13,121.2		(51) Shinobu Kochou	9777
(40) Ai Haibara	12,430.6		(52) Mei Misaki	9720.4
(41) Nezuko Kamado	11,728		(53) Reina Kousaka	9678
(42) Azusa Nakano	11,550.5		(54) Nanami Aoyama	9319.7
(43) Haruno Yukinoshita	11,051.1		(55) Ishtar (Fate)	8952.6
(44) Takagi-san	10,871.9		(56) Kazusa Touma	8760.1
(45) Megumin	10,757.4		(57) Fumino Furuhashi	8725.3
(46) Kaori Miyazono	10,640.7		(58) Yuu Koito	6976.8
(47) Mirai Kuriyama	10,561.3		(59) Yuuko "Shamiko" Yoshida	5882.8
(48) 02	10,307.4		(60) USS Enterprise (CV-6)	5650.1

Female Seeds Rd 4  (Approval Voting)
Seeded (61 - 84)
(61) Ai Hayasaka	1565		(73) Sinon	1053
(62) Mitsuha Miyamizu	1364		(74) Aqua	1045
(63) Ruiko Saten	1228		(75) Jibril	1037
(64) Kanna Kamui	1224		(76) Tohka Yatogami	999
(65) Kaede Azusagawa	1156		(77) Chtholly N. S.	921
(66) Sora Kasugano	1154		(78) Sakura Matou	909
(67) Ram	1130		(79) Yuki Nagato	903
(68) Shouko Makinohara	1090		(80) Sakura Kinomoto	829
(69) Illyasviel von Einzbern	1080		(81) Mikasa Ackerman	804
(70) Tohru (Dragon Maid)	1056		(82) Inori Yuzuriha	795
(71) Origami Tobiichi	1055		(83) Mafuyu Kirisu	745
(72) Umaru Doma	1054		(84) Ereshkigal (Fate)	652

 Male Division

Male Seeds Rd 1 (Range Voting)
Seeded (1 - 18)
(1) Miyuki Shirogane	33,522.4		(10) Subaru Natsuki	22,227.4
(2) Yuu Ishigami	32,137.8		(11) Tomoya Okazaki	20,844.4
(3) Sakuta Azusagawa	28,942.1		(12) Waver Velvet	20,503.2
(4) Levi Ackerman	27,780.6		(13) Rintarou Okabe	19,641
(5) Touma Kamijou	27,642.3		(14) Archer (F/SN)	19,316.2
(6) Yuuta Togashi	24,777.2		(15) Eugeo	19,219
(7) Riku Dola	24,075.2		(16) Lancer (F/SN)	18,787.7
(8) Tanjiro Kamado	22,763.3		(17) Shirou Emiya	18,320
(9) Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	22,520.9		(18) Conan Edogawa	18,262.5
Relegated - 6
Gilgamesh	17,766.4	Takashi Natsume	16,429.4
Jotaro Kujo	17,113.9	Eren Yeager	14,346.3
Kusuo Saiki	16,507.3	Osamu Dazai (Bungou)	13,834.9

Male Seeds Rd 2 (Approval Voting)
Seeded (19 - 36)
(19) Taki Tachibana	1758		(28) Kousei Arima	1135
(20) Saika Totsuka	1482		(29) Kyon	1122
(21) Yuu Otosaka	1246		(30) Kaito Kuroba	1093
(22) Jotaro Kujo	1197		(31) Takashi Natsume	1070
(23) Lelouch vi Britannia	1184		(32) Kusuo Saiki	1047
(24) Sorata Kanda	1155		(33) Eren Yeager	1000
(25) Shidou Itsuka	1154		(34) Mochizou Ooji	984
(26) Gilgamesh	1153		(35) Edward Elric	956
(27) Ryuuji Takasu	1147		(36) Yato	951
Relegated - 6
Koyomi Araragi	894	Osamu Dazai (Bungou)	828
Ken Kaneki	859	Zenitsu Agatsuma	737
Giyuu Tomioka	829	Haruka Nanase	454

Male Seeds Rd 3 (Range Voting)
Seeded (37 - 60)
(37) Saitama	9955.1		(49) Zenitsu Agatsuma	7398.2
(38) Kiritsugu Emiya	9497.2		(50) Monkey D. Luffy	7271.9
(39) Kazuma Satou	9415.6		(51) Koyomi Araragi	6914.9
(40) Haruka Kasugano	8745		(52) Ainz Ooal Gown	6904.2
(41) Joseph Joestar	8665.6		(53) Nagisa Shiota	6784.6
(42) Yuzuru Otonashi	8648		(54) "Enkidu" (Fate)	6719.5
(43) Merlin (Fate)	8598		(55) Willem Kmetsch	6525.9
(44) Giyuu Tomioka	8462.1		(56) Gintoki Sakata	6458.6
(45) Naruto Uzumaki	8321.8		(57) Karma Akabane	6432.4
(46) Osamu Dazai (Bungou)	7891.5		(58) Shu Ouma	6295
(47) Ken Kaneki	7555.8		(59) Haruka Nanase	5367.2
(48) Isaac Foster	7499.3		(60) Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou)	4710.6

Male Seeds Rd 4 (Approval Voting)
Seeded (61 - 84)
(61) Shouya Ishida	952		(73) Sasuke Uchiha	691
(62) Satoshi Fukube	944		(74) Giorno Giovanna	689
(63) Ryuunosuke Akasaka	911		(75) Akihito Kanbara	670
(64) Masamune Izumi	894		(76) Hiro (016)	667
(65) Taihei Doma	870		(77) Syaoran Li	631
(66) Tomoya Aki	801		(78) Senku	576
(67) Nishikata	799		(79) Izayoi Sakamaki	533
(68) Itachi Uchiha	781		(80) Naofumi Iwatani	531
(69) Ash Ketchum	780		(81) Mikaela Hyakuya	486
(70) Dio Brando	777		(82) Ray (TPN)	476
(71) Hodaka Morishima	748		(83) Koichi Sakakibara	459
(72) Inosuke Hashibira	732		(84) Norman (TPN)	443

Regular Season

To view the group draw, detailed tables, and the results of all regular season matches, click here.

The regular season is divided into 3 splits, with each split subdivided into one or more periods. Contestants are divided into several groups that will play a single round-robin tournament. Every period lasts 5 matchdays, with the exception of Aquamarine, which lasts 8 matchdays (but a contestant still plays 5 matches in that period).

Tiebreakers:

1. Wins (if tied, draws will be counted)
2. Head-to-head record
3. SCVPD (Cumulative vote points difference, split only)
4. SCVP (Cumulative vote points, split only)
5. Staff selection

What is VP, VD, CVP, CVPD, etc?

Starting from ISML 2016, a new stat called Vote points (VP) was introduced. Contestants earn vote points after every match, and is calculated by dividing their votes by the average of all votes done during that round. $Votes \over TV\div Players$ Votes = Player's votes TV = Total votes (Add ALL CONTESTANTS' votes in that round, including the player) Players is simply the total number of contestants in a particular round. Pairs are considered as one contestant. Once VP is found, Vote point difference (VPD) is then calculated by subtracting a character's VP from their round's opponent. Since these values are calculated on a round-by-round basis, they will need to be added up, hence the CVP and CVPD (the C stands for "Cumulative"). In ISML's tables (and by extension, this wiki's), CVP refers to the contestant's currently accumulated vote points for the entire regular season. The same is also true for CVPD. Some letters may be added before CVP to indicate a certain stage only: PCVP - period, SCVP - split (for 2020). Example: Suppose Luffy wins Aquamarine Round 1 against Ash Ketchum, 6969-4200. A total of 72 contestants participated, and the total number of votes during that round was 777,777. Using the above formulas, we get: For Luffy: $6969 \over 777,777\div 72$ = 0.645 VP (rounded to thousandths) For Ash: $4200 \over 777,777\div 72$ = 0.389 VP Once we found their VP, we can now calculate their VPD by subtracting their VP against each other: Luffy: 0.256 VPD, Ash: -0.256 VPD.

Split 1

Aquamarine period. 96 players are split into 16 groups of 6.

• Top 3 advance to Split 2
• Top eight 4th placers based on necklace / pendant criteria will advance as well.
• The remaining 4th and 5th placers are relegated to Wildcards
• Sixth placers are outright eliminated.
• Table Legend: Bold (Green) - advanced, Italic (Cream) - wildcards. Un-formatted names are eliminated.

Female

Split 1 Group Results (Female)
\	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
A	Mikoto	Kanna	Tamako	Kaede	Nagisa F.	Cocoa
B	Kaguya	Ruiko	Kei K.	Alice	Sora K.	Holo
C	Yukino	Mitsuha	Taiga	Ram	Homura	Yotsuba
D	Asuna	Hayasaka	Makinohara	Saber	Isla	Ginko S.
E	Mashiro	Hina A.	Illya	Hirasawa	Nino	Enterprise
F	Mai	Index	Schwi	Tohru	Suzune	Shamiko
G	Rikka	Eriri	Chino	Menma	Origami	Koito
H	Nao	Iroha	Ai Haibara	Umaru	Fumino	Ayase
I	Kurumi	Utaha	Sinon	Nezuko	Isuzu	Kazusa
J	Nishimiya	Rin	Aqua	Azusa	Ishtar	Chiyo
K	Kuroko	Sagiri	Nanami	Jibril	Haruno	Yoshino
L	Emilia	Shiro	Takagi	Reina	Tomoyo	Tohka
M	Yuigahama	Mio	Megumin	Mei Misaki	Chtholly	Ereshkigal
N	Chika	Misaki	Kaori	Shinobu K.	Sakura M.	Mafuyu
O	Kurisu	Mirai	Madoka	Gray	Yuki	Inori
P	Miku N.	Haruhi	02	Mikasa	Kumiko	Cardcaptor

Male

Split 1 Group Results (Male)
\	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
A	Shirogane	Eren	Saiki	Taihei	M. Izumi	Rentaro
B	Ishigami	Natsume	R. Akasaka	Mochizou	Tomoya Aki	Mob
C	Sakuta	Kaito Kid	Edward	Satoshi F.	Nishikata	Seiya
D	Levi	Shouya	Itachi	Kyon	Yato	Ikki
E	Touma	Kousei	Saitama	Karna	Ash	Chuuya
F	Yuuta	Kiritsugu	Ryuuji	Dio	Bell	Haruka N.
G	Riku	Kazuma	Gil	Hodaka	Shu	Sesshomaru
H	Tanjiro	Shidou	Haruka K.	Karma	Yaichi	Inosuke
I	Kiyotaka	Sorata	Sasuke	Gintoki	Joseph	Fuutarou
J	Subaru	Willem	Lelouch	Otonashi	Soma	Giorno
K	Okazaki	Merlin	Jotaro	"Enkidu"	Akihito	Shuuichi
L	Otosaka	Nagisa S.	Waver	Giyu	Inuyasha	Hiro
M	Saika	Okabe	Ainz	Naruto	Norman	Syaoran
N	Taki	Archer	Osamu	Koyomi	Senku	Koichi
O	Conan	Eugeo	Kaneki	Luffy	Izayoi	Ray
P	Shirou	Lancer	Isaac	Zenitsu	Naofumi	Mikaela

Split 1 Wildcards

Top 8 fourth-placed characters with the best performance (determined by necklace / pendant rankings) will advance to the next group stage, while the remaining characters will be relegated to Wildcards.

Criteria: Wins > Cumulative Vote Points difference (CVPD) > Cumulative Vote Points (CVP) > Staff selection.

Split 1 Fourth Place Rankings
Grp	Female Name	W	CVPD		Grp	Male Name	W	CVPD
F	Yui Hirasawa	3	0.343		I	Gintoki Sakata	3	-0.900
O	Gray	2	0.052		M	Naruto Uzumaki	2	0.405
P	Mikasa Ackerman	2	-0.134		O	Monkey D. Luffy	2	-0.117
H	Umaru Doma	2	-0.509		L	Giyu Tomioka	2	-0.207
C	Ram	2	-0.656		C	Satoshi Fukube	2	-0.231
K	Jibril	2	-0.737		J	Yuzuru Otonashi	2	-0.419
G	Meiko Honma	2	-0.908		H	Karma Akabane	2	-0.453
M	Mei Misaki	2	-0.927		K	"Enkidu"	2	-0.523
A	Kaede Azusagawa	2	-0.931		P	Zenitsu Agatsuma	2	-0.606
I	Nezuko Kamado	2	-0.983		D	Kyon	2	-0.637
E	Tohru	2	-1.204		N	Koyomi Araragi	2	-0.645
J	Azusa Nakano	2	-1.328		G	Hodaka Morishima	2	-0.657
D	Saber	2	-1.354		F	Dio Brando	2	-0.773
N	Shinobu Kochou	2	-1.544		E	Ash Ketchum	2	-1.343
B	Alice Zuberg	2	-1.609		B	Mochizou Ooji	2	-1.432
L	Reina Kousaka	2	-2.145		A	Taihei Doma	2	-1.513

Results:

• Approval voting (vote whoever you like). Top 8 survive to Split 2, rest are eliminated.

Split 1 Female Wildcard
Survived - 8
Saber	3500		Sora Kasugano	3246
Kaede Azusagawa	3495		Tohru	3085
Azusa Nakano	3330		Haruno Yukinoshita	3056
Nezuko Kamado	3324		Kumiko Oumae	3036
Eliminated - 16
Shinobu Kochou	3026	Homura Akemi	2845
Suzune Horikita	3015	Nino Nakano	2810
Reina Kousaka	3012	Isuzu Sento	2775
Nagisa Furukawa	3000	Ishtar	2765
Chtholly N. S.	2999	Tomoyo Sakagami	2713
Isla	2934	Yuki Nagato	2701
Alice Zuberg	2928	Fumino Furuhashi	2651
Origami Tobiichi	2870	Sakura Matou	2621

Split 1 Male Wildcard
Survived - 8
Kyon	2831		Hodaka Morishima	2730
Nishikata	2824		Dio Brando	2721
Zenitsu Agatsuma	2764		Yato	2689
Joseph Joestar	2744		Masamune Izumi	2679
Eliminated - 16
Tomoya Aki	2605	Akihito Kanbara	2284
Mochizou Ooji	2534	Inuyasha	2266
Ash Ketchum	2532	Shu Ouma	2241
Taihei Doma	2530	Senku	2237
Soma Yukihira	2501	Yaichi Kuzuryuu	2131
Koyomi Araragi	2454	Izayoi Sakamaki	2127
Naofumi Iwatani	2414	Karna	2106
Bell Cranel	2375	Norman	1915

Split 2

Topaz, Amethyst, and Sapphire. 64 players are split into 4 groups of 16.

• Top 6 advance to Split 3
• 7th to 11th are relegated to Wildcards
• 12th to 16th are outright eliminated.
• Table Legend: Bold (Green) - advanced, Italic (Cream) - wildcards. Un-formatted names are eliminated.

Female

Split 2 Group Results (Female)
\	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1st	Kaguya	Mai	Yukino	Mikoto
2nd	Mashiro	Rin	Kurumi	Rikka
3rd	Yuigahama	Asuna	Emilia	Chika
4th	Hayasaka	Iroha	Nishimiya	Shiro
5th	Utaha	Eriri	Schwi	Kuroko
6th	Misaki	Nao	Hina A.	Saber
7th	Miku N.	Sagiri	Megumin	Chino
8th	Index	Mio	Tamako	Ruiko
9th	Mirai	Taiga	Aqua	Mitsuha
10th	Ai Haibara	Nanami	Kanna	Kurisu
11th	Kaori	Kaede	Azusa	Illya
12th	Jibril	Ram	Nezuko	Makinohara
13th	Haruhi	Kumiko	Sora K.	Hirasawa
14th	Tohru	Takagi	Haruno	Gray
15th	Madoka	Kei K.	Umaru	Menma
16th	Mei Misaki	Mikasa	02	Sinon

Male

Split 2 Group Results (Male)
\	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1st	Shirogane	Ishigami	Riku	Sakuta
2nd	Kiyotaka	Taki	Touma	Levi
3rd	Subaru	Sorata	Yuuta	Gil
4th	Tanjiro	Saitama	Archer	Okazaki
5th	Shirou	Edward	Otosaka	Kazuma
6th	Otonashi	Ryuuji	Eugeo	Natsume
7th	Kiritsugu	Lancer	Lelouch	Okabe
8th	Yato	Shouya	Satoshi F.	Saika
9th	Ainz	Kousei	Nagisa S.	M. Izumi
10th	Shidou	Conan	Gintoki	R. Akasaka
11th	Merlin	Willem	Kaneki	Itachi
12th	Saiki	Eren	Kaito Kid	Kyon
13th	Giyu	Karma	Hodaka	Jotaro
14th	Naruto	Isaac	Sasuke	Waver
15th	Zenitsu	Luffy	Osamu	Haruka K.
16th	Joseph	Nishikata	"Enkidu"	Dio

Split 2 Wildcards

Approval voting (vote whoever you like). Top 8 survive to Split 3, rest are eliminated.

Sapphire Female Wildcard
Survived - 8
Sagiri Izumi	6495		Ruiko Saten	4988
Chino Kafuu	6485		Mio Akiyama	4921
Index	5973		Megumin	4880
Kurisu Makise	5449		Nanami Aoyama	4848
Eliminated - 12
Ai Haibara	4812	Taiga Aisaka	4507
Kaede Azusagawa	4674	Aqua	4473
Kanna Kamui	4651	Illyasviel von Einzbern	4426
Azusa Nakano	4610	Kaori Miyazono	4404
Tamako Kitashirakawa	4586	Miku Nakano	4223
Mitsuha Miyamizu	4555	Mirai Kuriyama	4101

Sapphire Male Wildcard
Survived - 8
Rintarou Okabe	5234		Willem Kmetsch	4495
Lancer	5100		Yato	4491
Saika Totsuka	4796		Shidou Itsuka	4404
Masamune Izumi	4541		Kiritsugu Emiya	4344
Eliminated - 12
Conan Edogawa	4296	Nagisa Shiota	4116
Shouya Ishida	4270	Ken Kaneki	4096
Kousei Arima	4266	Ainz Ooal Gown	4091
Ryuunosuke Akasaka	4260	Gintoki Sakata	4072
Satoshi Fukube	4252	Itachi Uchiha	4002
Lelouch vi Britannia	4191	Merlin	3960

Split 3

Emerald, Ruby, Diamond. 32 players are split into 2 groups of 16.

• Top 8 advance to playoffs.
• 9th to 16th are eliminated, but they will play consolation matches during the playoffs, giving them a chance to surpass some of the eliminated playoff contestants in final rankings.

Results

Split 3 Group Results
\	Female Grp A	Female Grp B		Male Grp A	Male Grp B
1st	Kaguya	Yukino		Shirogane	Sakuta
2nd	Mai	Kurumi		Touma	Ishigami
3rd	Mikoto	Mashiro		Riku	Yuuta
4th	Asuna	Rikka		Okabe	Kiyotaka
5th	Hayasaka	Yuigahama		Kazuma	Archer
6th	Iroha	Chika		Subaru	Saika
7th	Rin	Emilia		Sorata	Okazaki
8th	Shiro	Misaki		Saitama	Taki
9th	Mio	Megumin		Shirou	Otonashi
10th	Kurisu	Nao		Levi	Tanjiro
11th	Ruiko	Nishimiya		Edward	Ryuuji
12th	Schwi	Nanami		Natsume	Lancer
13th	Chino	Utaha		Kiritsugu	Gil
14th	Kuroko	Index		Otosaka	Eugeo
15th	Sagiri	Eriri		Shidou	Willem
16th	Saber	Hina A.		Yato	M. Izumi

Gem Rounds

After each period, the eight best performing characters will play each other in a special round that will decide who wins that period's necklace (for females) or pendant (for males).

Qualifying Criteria:

1. Period Wins (if tied, draws will be counted)
2. PCVPD (Cumulative vote points difference, period only)
3. PCVP (Cumulative vote points, period only)
4. Staff selection

Once a contestant wins a necklace / pendant round, they will be banned from other gem rounds for the rest of the year. Gem winners will also qualify for next year's main tournament provided they don't win the tiara / scepter beforehand.

Format:
Instant-runoff voting - Voters rank the contestants in order of preference, from 1st to 8th. Alternatively, a voter may choose to abstain voting for a contestant. Abstained contestants will NOT receive your vote during the entire counting process.

• Results start by counting the each contestant's first-choice votes in the first round.
• If a contestant gets a majority (more than 50% of total votes), they will immediately win the award.
• If there is no majority, then the contestant with the least amount of votes is eliminated. Those who voted for the eliminated character as their highest choice will have their votes transferred to their next-highest choice (2nd, 3rd, etc.) for the next round. This process repeats until either a majority is declared, or there are only two contestants left.
• When a voter's choices are eliminated before the final round, their vote will be exhausted, which means that their vote will no longer count for the remaining contestants.

Example

EXAMPLE: Suppose a necklace match happens between Saber, Rem, Megumin, Holo, Emilia, Shiro, Tohru, and C.C. Our example voter chooses Saber as his 1st choice, Rem 2nd, Megumin 3rd, and Holo 4th, and ABSTAIN for the other girls. Saber is eliminated in Round 1, so in Round 2, his vote is added to Rem's tally instead. Megumin loses in Round 2, and those who voted her as first choice will have their votes transferred to their next highest choices. Our example voter is unaffected. Surprise! Rem goes out in Round 3! Because Megumin (3rd choice) is already out, his vote will be transferred to Holo (4th choice) instead. Round 4 eliminates C.C. Round 5 eliminates Tohru. Round 6 unfortunately spells the end of the road for Holo, leaving only Shiro and Emilia to contend for the necklace. Since our voter abstained for the remaining contestants, his vote will not count towards either of them, i.e. exhausted. If we consider their interests, the result will not matter to them because all of their choices are out.

Necklace

2020 Aquamarine Necklace Source
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Asuna Yuuki	2770	2821	2929	3127	3336	3807	4646
Mikoto Misaka	2077	2131	2224	2339	2494	2771	3679
Kaguya Shinomiya	1149	1314	1451	1613	1862	2333
Yukino Yukinoshita	1031	1049	1121	1193	1383