ISML 2020

ISML 2020
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Start date	2020 July 1 (nominations)
End date	2021 Feb 10 (champion reveal)
Participants	120 (Preliminaries) 96 (Main Tournament)
Website	https://2020.internationalsaimoe.com
Necklace Winners
Aquamarine	Asuna Yuuki (#6)
Topaz	Kurumi Tokisaki (#2)
Amethyst	Kaguya Shinomiya
Sapphire	Yukino Yukinoshita (#5)
Emerald	Mikoto Misaka (#6)
Ruby	Mashiro Shiina (#8)
Diamond	Rikka Takanashi (#2)
Pendant Winners
Aquamarine	Riku Dola (#2)
Topaz	Miyuki Shirogane
Amethyst	Yuu Ishigami
Sapphire	Gilgamesh
Emerald	Touma Kamijou (#3)
Ruby	Sakuta Azusagawa (#2)
Diamond	Rintarou Okabe (#2)
Female final positions
Tiara	Yukino Yukinoshita
Runner-up	Mikoto Misaka
Semi-finals	Mai Sakurajima (3rd) Kaguya Shinomiya (4th)
Quarter-finals	Mashiro Shiina (5th) Asuna Yuuki (7th) Ai Hayasaka (8th) Rin Tohsaka (15th)
Male final positions
Scepter	Miyuki Shirogane
Runner-up	Sakuta Azusagawa
Semi-finals	Touma Kamijou (3rd) Yuu Ishigami (4th)
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
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 2020 July 1 and ended in 2021 February 10. 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 was 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 wildcards 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 exhibition gems, which are contested between the best performers of each period who have won fewer (or zero) ISML awards.

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. Coincidentally, the final match happened at the eve of the Chinese New Year, so the results were timed to release on the midnight of February 11 in Beijing Time. The event resulted in a massive amount of attention in the ISML Tieba forums mostly due to Chinese Railgun fans wanting her to win a second tiara, and 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 male 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.

Useful links:

• ISML 2020 charter (rules and format)
• Moegirl article (Simplified Chinese)
• [Starryrainynight's ISML 2020 results document] (download link)

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	Shouko M.	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	Masamune	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 stats will advance to Split 2, while the remaining characters will be relegated to Wildcards.

Split 1 4th Place Rankings
Grp	Female Name	W	CVPD		Grp	Male Name	W	CVPD
F	Yui Hirasawa	2	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 Wildcards
Survived Females - 8			Survived Males - 8
Saber	3500		Kyon	2831
Kaede Azusagawa	3495		Nishikata	2824
Azusa Nakano	3330		Zenitsu Agatsuma	2764
Nezuko Kamado	3324		Joseph Joestar	2744
Sora Kasugano	3246		Hodaka Morishima	2730
Tohru	3085		Dio Brando	2721
Haruno Yukinoshita	3056		Yato	2689
Kumiko Oumae	3036		Masamune Izumi	2679
Eliminated Females - 16			Eliminated Males - 16
Shinobu Kochou	3026		Tomoya Aki	2605
Suzune Horikita	3015		Mochizou Ooji	2534
Reina Kousaka	3012		Ash Ketchum	2532
Nagisa Furukawa	3000		Taihei Doma	2530
Chtholly N. S.	2999		Souma Yukihira	2501
Isla	2934		Koyomi Araragi	2454
Alice Zuberg	2928		Naofumi Iwatani	2414
Origami Tobiichi	2870		Bell Cranel	2375
Homura Akemi	2845		Akihito Kanbara	2284
Nino Nakano	2810		Inuyasha	2266
Isuzu Sento	2775		Shu Ouma	2241
Ishtar	2765		Senku	2237
Tomoyo Sakagami	2713		Yaichi Kuzuryuu	2131
Yuki Nagato	2701		Izayoi Sakamaki	2127
Fumino Furuhashi	2651		Karna	2106
Sakura Matou	2621		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	Shouko M.
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.	Masamune
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.

Split 2 Wildcards
Survived Females - 8			Survived Males - 8
Sagiri Izumi	6495		Rintarou Okabe	5234
Chino Kafuu	6485		Lancer	5100
Index	5973		Saika Totsuka	4796
Kurisu Makise	5449		Masamune Izumi	4541
Ruiko Saten	4988		Willem Kmetsch	4495
Mio Akiyama	4921		Yato	4491
Megumin	4880		Shidou Itsuka	4404
Nanami Aoyama	4848		Kiritsugu Emiya	4344
Eliminated Females - 12			Eliminated Males - 12
Ai Haibara	4812		Conan Edogawa	4296
Kaede Azusagawa	4674		Shouya Ishida	4270
Kanna Kamui	4651		Kousei Arima	4266
Azusa Nakano	4610		Ryuunosuke Akasaka	4260
Tamako Kitashirakawa	4586		Satoshi Fukube	4252
Mitsuha Miyamizu	4555		Lelouch vi Britannia	4191
Taiga Aisaka	4507		Nagisa Shiota	4116
Aqua	4473		Ken Kaneki	4096
Illyasviel von Einzbern	4426		Ainz Ooal Gown	4091
Kaori Miyazono	4404		Gintoki Sakata	4072
Miku Nakano	4223		Itachi Uchiha	4002
Mirai Kuriyama	4101		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	Masamune

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
Mashiro Shiina	713	738	835	947
Shouko Nishimiya	746	782	829
Kurumi Tokisaki	605	638
Chika Fujiwara	415

2020 Topaz Necklace Source
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Kurumi Tokisaki	2243	2329	2431	2593	2910	3388	3939
Mashiro Shiina	1412	1485	1577	1742	1927	2340	2937
Mikoto Misaka	1167	1210	1283	1352	1527	1784
Yukino Yukinoshita	947	986	1072	1244	1406
Kaguya Shinomiya	756	851	940	1066
Mai Sakurajima	654	701	773
Yui Yuigahama	598	628
Chika Fujiwara	515

2020 Amethyst Necklace Source
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Kaguya Shinomiya	1716	1829	1935	2143	2491	2850	4080
Mikoto Misaka	1589	1656	1740	1881	2105	2482	3189
Yukino Yukinoshita	1153	1215	1383	1636	1899	2225
Rikka Takanashi	867	924	1013	1165	1311
Rin Tohsaka	858	914	1004	1127
Mashiro Shiina	767	812	930
Mai Sakurajima	652	720
Chika Fujiwara	487

2020 Sapphire Necklace Source
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Yukino Yukinoshita	3384	3475	3670	3794	4000	4458	5291
Mikoto Misaka	2219	2337	2495	2689	2938	3222	4031
Mashiro Shiina	949	1032	1131	1293	1550	1185
Emilia	728	811	906	1036	1214
Rikka Takanashi	741	816	855	982
Mai Sakurajima	681	764	819
Index	653	697
Rin Tohsaka	622

2020 Emerald Necklace Source
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Mikoto Misaka	3952	4172	4281	4459	4624	4959	'
Mai Sakurajima	1332	1387	1511	1730	1970	2490	'
Yui Yuigahama	1057	1084	1166	1303	1481	1714
Mashiro Shiina	838	886	934	1051	1297
Rikka Takanashi	755	796	872	954
Rin Tohsaka	737	778	847
Ai Hayasaka	529	563
Misaki Shokuhou	475

2020 Ruby Necklace Source
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Mashiro Shiina	2755	2832	2921	3201	3454	3803	4639
Mai Sakurajima	1294	1404	1527	1676	1896	2439	3324
Yui Yuigahama	914	972	1222	1385	1602	1985
Rin Tohsaka	1030	1103	1187	1295	1508
Misaki Shokuhou	804	849	925	1047
Rikka Takanashi	792	848	889
Iroha Isshiki	592	687
Chika Fujiwara	551

2020 Diamond Necklace Source
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Rikka Takanashi	4191	4238	4304	4571	4797	5054	5648
Mai Sakurajima	1550	1716	1831	2259	2575	3462	5198
Yui Yuigahama	1232	1381	1653	1863	2439	2929
Ai Hayasaka	979	1154	1343	1499	1774
Iroha Isshiki	1155	1226	1399	1465
Emilia	1038	1113	1337
Megumin	1007	1080
Chika Fujiwara	792

Pendant

2020 Aquamarine Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Riku Dola	2781	2842	2871	2986	3112	3361	4236
Touma Kamijou	1849	1928	1957	2076	2227	2425	3127
Miyuki Shirogane	1189	1250	1527	1631	1840	2402
Sakuta Azusagawa	773	878	917	1115	1244
Levi Ackerman	695	745	803	868
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	614	650	701
Yuu Ishigami	584	613
Taki Tachibana	496

2020 Topaz Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Miyuki Shirogane	2617	2769	2875	3053	3492	3858	'
Touma Kamijou	1077	1147	1232	1345	1401	1671	'
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	860	903	988	1117	1266	1543
Tomoya Okazaki	769	838	897	1000	1135
Yuu Ishigami	683	732	822	947
Gilgamesh	663	706	799
Levi Ackerman	626	695
Taki Tachibana	625

2020 Amethyst Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Yuu Ishigami	2224	2308	2482	2634	2802	3128	4088
Touma Kamijou	1458	1520	1621	1795	1907	2160	2733
Sakuta Azusagawa	967	1023	1153	1293	1602	1888
Levi Ackerman	804	849	899	{{{r44}}}	1118
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	667	706	762	864
Taki Tachibana	609	681	743
Kazuma Satou	550	634
Subaru Natsuki	480

2020 Sapphire Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Gilgamesh	2438	2525	2813	3153	3291	3883	5064
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	937	1107	1230	1455	1735	2177	2663
Lancer	1287	1326	1417	1540	1721	1994
Yuuta Togashi	911	1017	1203	1392	1704
Touma Kamijou	1083	1166	1237	1356
Subaru Natsuki	931	1038	1157
Sorata Kanda	838	952
Sakuta Azusagawa	818

2020 Emerald Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Touma Kamijou	2437	2472	2547	2732	2931	3273	4075
Rintarou Okabe	2602	2725	2807	2965	3157	3451	4034
Sakuta Azusagawa	939	1001	1069	1261	1549	1864
Yuuta Togashi	790	859	962	1051	1201
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	751	813	895	963
Shirou Emiya	689	792	854
Subaru Natsuki	549	576
Yuzuru Otonashi	537

2020 Ruby Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Sakuta Azusagawa	1678	1809	1983	2243	2434	2976	4068
Rintarou Okabe	1532	1598	1687	1886	2218	2632	3233
Kazuma Satou	991	1127	1269	1466	1784	2170
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	1023	1097	1170	1296	1474
Edward Elric	947	988	1075	1218
Saika Totsuka	911	943	1030
Sorata Kanda	679	781
Yuuta Togashi	654

2020 Diamond Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Rintarou Okabe	2877	3004	3266	3562	3844	4602	5770
Taki Tachibana	1270	1482	1583	1925	2420	3022	4055
Levi Ackerman	1438	1483	1706	1970	2308	2750
Archer	1293	1389	1608	1866	2271
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	1378	1503	1631	1771
Subaru Natsuki	1154	1289	1555
Saitama	1174	1258
Tanjiro Kamado	898

Jewelry exhibitions

Jewelry Exhibitions are secondary gem awards which are held alongside the main gem rounds under the Exhibition title. The awards are purely cosmetic; they have no effect on a contestant's season standings or future qualifications. This year, the jewelries will be contested between eight next-best performers of each period who have never won any ISML award before. These awards will be named bracelets for females, and rings for males. Voting format will be the same as the main gem awards (Instant runoff vote).

Qualification Criteria:

1. Fewer ISML awards
2. Older year of first ISML award win
3. Period wins
4. Older ISML debut appearance (preliminaries or regular season; male exhibitions do not count)
5. Necklace / pendant ranking (see qualification criteria above)

Contestants who are already eligible for a period's necklace / pendant round CANNOT participate in that period's jewelry round.

Bracelet

2020 Aquamarine Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Kuroko Shirai	1510	1593	1704	1888	2129	3022	3774
Miku Nakano	1351	1427	1535	1758	2042	2399	3309
Yui Yuigahama	1090	1158	1277	1482	2026	2364
Index	1638	1696	1753	1865	2016
Iroha Isshiki	1042	1128	1257	1470
Utaha Kasumigaoka	934	1060	1190
Nanami Aoyama	742	800
Eriri Spencer Sawamura	635

2020 Topaz Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Shouko Nishimiya	1246	1335	1519	1628	1853	2516	3549
Ai Hayasaka	1105	1165	1264	1528	1844	2198	2795
Tamako Kitashirakawa	1323	1356	1488	1607	1805	2131
Schwi Dola	1197	1269	1385	1490	1678
Utaha Kasumigaoka	851	1019	1108	1313
Iroha Isshiki	889	955	1014
Mitsuha Miyamizu	817	870
Eriri Spencer Sawamura	645

2020 Amethyst Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Yui Yuigahama	1496	1592	1704	1856	2086	2479	3619
Chino Kafuu	1630	1692	1844	2023	2141	2641	3057
Iroha Isshiki	801	863	952	1104	1531	1800
Schwi Dola	1051	1102	1226	1355	1450
Utaha Kasumigaoka	822	923	1018	1103
Hina Amano	741	802	892
Aqua	733	761
Eriri Spencer Sawamura	542

2020 Sapphire Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Chino Kafuu	3405	3457	3508	3631	3757	3978	4349
Ai Hayasaka	1873	1976	2146	2221	2485	3042	4282
Schwi Dola	1119	1163	1285	1455	1680	1996
Iroha Isshiki	775	839	902	1091	1376
Utaha Kasumigaoka	754	813	912	1038
Kumiko Oumae	742	797	860
Nanami Aoyama	583	630
Tamako Kitashirakawa	489

2020 Emerald Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Index	3188	3345	3510	3729	3914	4188	4997
Schwi Dola	1821	1855	1944	2102	2314	2657	3410
Iroha Isshiki	999	1060	1204	1355	1602	2115
Chika Fujiwara	962	1052	1134	1257	1401
Eriri Spencer Sawamura	645	707	830	906
Nanami Aoyama	667	749	797
Utaha Kasumigaoka	675	702
Hina Amano	544

2020 Ruby Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Schwi Dola	1804	1854	1965	2053	2263	3020	3715
Megumin	1414	1498	1647	1918	2314	2688	3651
Ai Hayasaka	1152	1225	1311	1640	2090	2320
Shiro	1223	1299	1404	1486	1629
Nanami Aoyama	993	1065	1175	1387
Utaha Kasumigaoka	885	964	1068
Hina Amano	685	744
Eriri Spencer Sawamura	518

2020 Diamond Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Ruiko Saten	1567	1746	1954	2563	3081	3906	5273
Sagiri Izumi	1865	1951	2164	2402	2771	3331	4436
Utaha Kasumigaoka	1457	1735	2058	2331	2781	3283
Shiro	1744	1925	2108	2338	2659
Nanami Aoyama	1302	1461	1859	1981
Misaki Shokuhou	1368	1459	1568
Eriri Spencer Sawamura	1245	1438
Hina Amano	1220

Ring

2020 Aquamarine Ring
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Conan Edogawa	1419	1610	1718	1905	2111	2496	3165
Shirou Emiya	1350	1437	1545	1689	1934	2279	3071
Saika Totsuka	1312	1363	1521	1626	1838	2245
Tanjiro Kamado	1045	1117	1193	1355	1549
Yuu Otosaka	794	852	978	1129
Takashi Natsume	858	919	973
Shidou Itsuka	714	768
Kaito Kuroba	692

2020 Topaz Ring
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Sorata Kanda	1814	1933	2111	2210	2553	3025	3428
Subaru Natsuki	1059	1119	1247	1409	1610	1953	2396
Takashi Natsume	1093	1146	1205	1301	1397	1591
Shirou Emiya	851	923	1042	1168	1356
Ryuuji Takasu	773	836	899	1031
Saitama	688	787	834
Eugeo	680	729
Edward Elric	635

2020 Amethyst Ring
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Saika Totsuka	1226	1271	1383	1535	1776	2096	2978
Takashi Natsume	1588	1611	1718	1813	1965	2285	2897
Shirou Emiya	1053	1115	1216	1384	1592	2030
Tanjiro Kamado	878	940	1069	1181	1462