ISML 2021

ISML 2021
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Sakuta and Elaina made history in ISML by becoming the first pair of contestants to complete a perfect season from the same edition.
Start date	2021 July 01
End date	2022 Feb 12 (champion reveal)
Participants	120+ (preliminaries) 72 (regular season)
Website	https://www.internationalsaimoe.com (current) https://2021.internationalsaimoe.com (archive)
Necklace Winners
Aquamarine	Kurumi Tokisaki (#3)
Topaz	Kaguya Shinomiya (#2)
Amethyst	Mashiro Shiina (#9)
Sapphire	Mikoto Misaka (#7)
Emerald	Elaina
Ruby	Rikka Takanashi (#3)
Diamond	Asuna (#7)
Pendant Winners
Aquamarine	Sakuta Azusagawa (#3)
Topaz	Yuu Ishigami (#2)
Amethyst	Riku Dola (#3)
Sapphire	Yuuta Togashi (#2)
Emerald	Touma Kamijou (#4)
Ruby	Sorata Kanda
Diamond	Kirito
Female final positions
Tiara	Elaina
Runner-up	Mikoto Misaka
Semi-finals	Kaguya Shinomiya (3rd) Mashiro Shiina (4th)
Quarter-finals	Mai Sakurajima (5th) Rikka Takanashi (7th) Kurumi Tokisaki (10th) Kanade Tachibana (11th)
Male final positions
Scepter	Sakuta Azusagawa
Runner-up	Yuuta Togashi
Semi-finals	Kirito (3rd) Riku Dola (4th)
Quarter-finals	Touma Kamijou (5th) Taki Tachibana (6th) Subaru Natsuki (8th) Yuu Ishigami (9th)
Seasonals & ToC
Winter	Female: Miku Nakano Male: Tanjiro Kamado
Spring	Female: Miko Iino Male: Takashi Natsume
Summer	Female: Keke Tang Male: Kimihiko Kimizuka
Fall	Female: Ran Mouri Male: Lugh Tuatha De
Overall Year	Female: Keke Tang Male: Tanjiro Kamado
Tournament of Champions	Female: Violet Evergarden (1st title) Male: Houtarou Oreki (2nd title)

ISML 2021 was the 14th edition of the International Saimoe League. The tournament's nomination round began in 2021 July 01 at 00:30 UTC and ended with the final results revealed on 2022 February 12. The returning champions were 2012 Main Tournament winner Kanade Tachibana, and 2012 Male Exhibitions winner Kirito.

Like the previous year, the main tournament used the three splits regular season format, but the number of contestants for this year were reduced to 72. An additional wildcard round was also added at the end of Split 3. However, the most significant change in this edition is the re-introduction of the Stella and Nova names; but they will no longer carry the same definition as they originally were used from 2012 to 2015: "Stella" will now refer to the actual main tournament, while "Nova" will be used for the seasonal contests. Despite this name change, this wiki will keep using the "main tournament" and "seasonal contest" terms instead of Stella and Nova.

While ISML has a history of dominant contestants who have completed perfect seasons, this year was the first in its history to have both champions be undefeated, as newcomer Elaina and two-time runner-up Sakuta Azusagawa topped the regular season with a 35-0 record over three splits, and later won the Tiara and Scepter over Mikoto Misaka (in her 4th finals appearance) and Yuuta Togashi (first-time finalist) respectively.

The latter stages of the playoffs were characterized with fervent attention and drama mostly coming from Chinese netizens. The semi-finals in particular had several incidents, such as a member of Elaina's fan group shit-talking Mashiro Shiina after winning against her, and an appeal being sent by an Ai Haibara fan group which resulted in a vote increase that directly switched the result of the seasonal playoffs in her favor. These incidents culminated in a large vote spike in the final match - going from ~7k votes to ~23k - as thousands of netizens from multiple fan groups canvassed to their families, friends, colleagues, and associates in order to help their favorite character win. Likewise, the results of the final were met with violent and chaotic reactions in the ISML Tieba forum and in the official Discord server, particularly from frustrated fans who blamed multiple parties for the loss of their preferred candidate.

The seasonal playoffs, which were named "Divine Circlet" and "Divine Crown", were won by Keke Tang, a Love Live! idol character hailing from Shanghai, and Tanjiro Kamado, protagonist of a mainstream shonen anime who was put into seasonals because he appeared in a series of Valentines Day-themed web shorts.

External links

• Moegirlpedia link (Chinese)
• Namuwiki (Korean, section)
• Starryrainynight's ISML results spreadsheet for 2021 (Primary source, Chinese)

English sources (Derived from the Chinese spreadsheet)

• ISML 2021 schedule (Google Sheets)
• Preliminary Round Results (Excel, download link)
• Regular Season Results (all three splits) (Google Sheets)

Announcement of Rules

Here is the former rules according to Maglor's post on January 2021 in ISML Discord.

Example

1. Past 8 Tiara/Scepters winners are placed into ToC League groups. 2. From the remaining, following characters CANNOT be in Nova. Furthermore, B , C, D from year 2020 are automatically selected for the Stella league A. Any character who isn’t in the ToC League group above that has participated in ToC in the last 3 years B. Characters who participated in any of the Tiara/Scepter division postseason matches in the last 3 years(2018 to 2020) C. Characters who won any of the necklace/pendant poster in the last 3 years D. Characters who won any of the seasonal tournament championship in the last 3 years 3. From the remaining characters top 30 female characters from nominations that appeared during 2021 Winter Season anime episodes/OVAs/Movie that is released to multiple countries or that has started selling BD/DVD to the public will be assigned to Nova Female Winter League 4. From the remaining characters, top 6 male characters from nominations that appeared during 2021 Winter Season anime episodes/OVAs/Movie that is released to multiple countries or that has started selling BD/DVD to the public will be assigned to Nova Male Winter Group 5. From the remaining characters top 30 female characters from nominations that appeared during 2021 Spring Season anime episodes/OVAs/Movie that is released to multiple countries or that has started selling BD/DVD to the public will be assigned to Nova Female Spring League 6. From the remaining characters, top 6 male characters from nominations that appeared during 2021 Spring Season anime episodes/OVAs/Movie that is released to multiple countries or that has started selling BD/DVD to the public will be assigned to Nova male Spring Group 7. From the remaining characters, enough female and male characters who appeared before the June 30th, 2021 in anime episodes/OVAs/Movie that is released to multiple countries or that has started selling BD/DVD to the public will be assigned to male or female division in Stella league to make the number of contestants in Stella prelim be at least 120 characters per division. All tied for the 120th spot will be accepted into the prelim. For 2021 Female and Male Summer and Fall nomination, following additional restrictions exists Contestant cannot be in any active match during the nomination period Contestant is not currently scheduled to appear in any match for 2021 ISML season after the respective nomination period Nomination will start on July 1st, 2021 and will last 1 week. 32 slots are given. Following restrictions apply At least 8 eligible anime franchise is present in the nomination. A franchise may have maximum of 4 characters present in the nomination At least 2 females and 2 males need to be included in the nomination.

The official ISML charter for 2021, which provides details on all the rules and formats on this tournament, was released in May 31.

Schedule

Calendar for ISML 2021. Dates may be subject to change without prior notice.

All voting rounds begin and end at 10:00 UTC (18:00 Beijing, 06:00 New York). Results are displayed ~18 hours after voting ends. Assuming there's no delays, each round will last 3 days: one for voting and the other 2 for releasing results and downtime. There will be a 7-day gap between each period, starting from the last gem round to the next period's first round.

Displayed dates are initially taken from the charter. If something goes out of schedule (due to delays, mistakes, etc.) the wiki will change its date accordingly.

• 2021 July 01 - 08: Nominations (Results released on July 19, around 14:00 UTC)
• July 22 - Aug 06: Preliminaries
• Aug 12 - 27: Aquamarine / Split 1
• Sep 03 - 18: Topaz / Split 2
• Sep 25 - Oct 10: Amethyst
• Oct 17 - Nov 01: Sapphire
• Nov 11 - Nov 26: Emerald / Split 3 (all matches from here pushed back 3 days)
• Dec 03 - Dec 18: Ruby
• Dec 25 - 2022 Jan 09: Diamond
• 2022 Jan 23 - Feb 09: Playoffs
  • delayed by ONE week due to busy schedules of the staff in real life, according to this post on tieba posted Jan 13
  • delayed again by 3 more days, according to Maglor (contest runner)
  • The finals (PO 5) were delayed by 2 days because of adverse weather conditions in the Northeastern United States, where several ISML staff members live.

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Matches in (parentheses) are outside the main tournament. July 22 - Aug 06: Preliminaries Prelim 1: July 22 (Prelim R1 Group A + Female Winter Elims) Prelim 2: July 25 (Prelim R1 Group B + Female Winter R1) Prelim 3: July 28 (Prelim R1 Group C + Female Winter R2 + Male Winter R1) Prelim 4: July 31 (Prelim R2 Part 1 + Female Winter R3 + Male Winter R2) Prelim 5: Aug 03 (Prelim R2 Part 2 + Female Winter R4 + Male Winter R3) Prelim 6: Aug 06 (Prelim R2 Part 3 + Female Winter R5 + Male Winter R4) Aug 12 - 27: Aquamarine / Split 1 Aqua 1: Aug 12 Aqua 2: Aug 15 Aqua 3: Aug 18 Aqua 4: Aug 21 Aqua 5: Aug 24 Aqua Gem / Split 1 Wildcards: Aug 27 (Winter diadem round + Female Spring Elims + filler exhibitions) Sep 03 - 18: Topaz / Split 2 Topaz 1: Sep 03 (Female Spring R1-A + Male Winter R5 + filler exhibitions) Topaz 2: Sep 06 (Female Spring R1-BC + filler exhibitions) Topaz 3: Sep 09 (Female Spring R2-AB + ToC R1-1) Topaz 4: Sep 12 (Female Spring R2-C, R3-A + ToC R1-2) Topaz 5: Sep 15 (Female Spring R3-BC + ToC R1-3) Topaz Gem: Sep 18 (Female Spring R4-A + filler exhibitions) Sep 25 - Oct 10: Amethyst Amet 1: Sep 25 (Female Spring R4-B + Male Spring R1 + ToC 1-4) Amet 2: Sep 28 (Female Spring R4-C + Male Spring R2 + ToC 2-1) VTuber exhibition nominations: Sep 28 - Oct 01 Amet 3: Oct 01 (Female Spring R5-A + Male Spring R3 + ToC 2-2) Summer nominations: Oct 01 - 08 Amet 4: Oct 04 (Female Spring R5-B + Male Spring R4 + ToC 2-3) Amet 5: Oct 07 (Female Spring R5-C + Male Spring R5 + ToC 2-4) Amet Gem: Oct 10 (Spring diadem round + VTuber last chance qualis + filler exhibitions) Oct 17 - Nov 01: Sapphire Sapp 1: Oct 17 (ToC R3) Sapp 2: Oct 20 (ToC R4) Sapp 3: Oct 23 (ToC R5) Visual novel (VN) exhibition nominations: Oct 24 - 31 Sapp 4: Oct 26 (ToC R6) Sapp 5: Oct 29 (ToC R7) Sapp Gem / Split 2 Wildcards: Nov 01 (Female Summer Elims + VTuber Ro32-1 + ToC Final Round) Nov 11 - Nov 26: Emerald / Split 3 Eme 1: Nov 11 (Female Summer Extra match + Male Summer R1 + VTuber Ro32-2 + Consolations) Eme 2: Nov 14 (Female Summer R1 + Male Summer R2 + VTuber Ro16-1) Eme 3: Nov 17 (Female Summer R2 + Male Summer R3 + VTuber Ro16-2) Eme 4: Nov 10 (Female Summer R3 + Male Summer R4 + VTuber QF) Couple / Ship (CP) Exhibition nominations: Nov 22 - 29 Eme 5: Nov 23 (Female Summer R4 + Male Summer R5 + VTuber SF + Consolations) Eme Gem: Nov 26 (Female Summer R5 + VTuber Final + VN Ro32-1) Dec 03 - Dec 15: Ruby Ruby 1: Dec 03 (Summer diadem round + Male Summer R3 + VN Ro32-1 + Consolations) Fall nominations: Dec 05 - 12 Ruby 2: Dec 06 (VN Ro32-2) Ruby 3: Dec 09 (VN Ro16-1) Ruby 4: Dec 12 (VN QF) Ruby 5: Dec 15 (VN SF) Ruby Gem: Dec 18 (VN Final) 2021 Dec 25 - 2022 Jan 09: Diamond Dia 1: Dec 25 (Female Fall R1 + Male Fall R1) Dia 2: Dec 28 (Female Fall R2 + Male Fall R2) Dia 3: Dec 31 (Female Fall R3 + Male Fall R3) Dia 4: 2022 Jan 03 (Female Fall R4 + Male Fall R4) Dia 5: Jan 06 (Female Fall R5 + Male Fall R5) Dia Gem / Split 3 Wildcards: Jan 09 (Fall diadem round) 2022 Jan 26 - Feb 07: Playoffs PO 1 / Ro16 Part 1: Jan 26 (Circlet Ro16-1 + consolations) PO 2 / Ro16 Part 2: Jan 29 (Circlet Ro16-2 + consolations) PO 3 / QF: Feb 01 (Circlet SF + Crown QF + consolations) PO 4 / SF: Feb 05 (Circlet SF + Crown SF + consolations) PO 5 / Final Feb 09 (Circlet Final + Crown Final + consolations)

Nomination Round

The nomination round is where voters enter names that they want to participate in ISML. Each nomination counts as one vote. After nominations end, a certain number of characters with the highest votes will qualify to the preliminary rounds. Direct invites will skip this stage entirely.

Rules

For more details regarding the seasonal tournament (aka nova) nominations, click here.

How to Nominate

For those unfamiliar with isml's nomination system:

• nominations will last from July 1 to July 8
• Each voter is given a ballot with 32 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.
• Each nomination counts as one vote. Duplicates are obviously not counted.
• All characters must make their animated debut on June 30, 2021 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, i.e. Not counted.
  • Must represent at least eight (8) 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 because they can't choose.
  • Invalid entries are discarded independently and will NOT void your entire ballot unless it fails to meet the minimum requirements above.
• ISML champions from 2013-2020 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: Ruri Gokou, Kotori Itsuka, Eru Chitanda, Shana, Megumi Katou, Rem, Violet Evergarden, and Yukino Yukinoshita.
  • Male: Houtarou Oreki*, Hideyoshi Kinoshita*, Accelerator, Sora, Koro-sensei, Hachiman Hikigaya, Rimuru Tempest, and Miyuki Shirogane.
• Some contestants can only be nominated for the main tournament if they achieved any of the following within the last 3 editions:
  • Last 3 returning ISML champions (2010-2012)
  • All necklace and pendant winners from 2018-2020 (regardless if the made the playoffs or not), as well as seasonal diadem winners from the same timeframe
  • All contestants who have appeared in the playoffs at least once from 2018-2020

Direct invites

A total of 19 females and 16 males will automatically qualify for the preliminary rounds, thus they do NOT need to be nominated.

Female

2020 Necklace Winners
Aquamarine (7th)	Topaz (9th)	Amethyst (4th)	Emerald (2nd)	Ruby (5th)	Diamond (6th)
Asuna Yuuki	Kurumi Tokisaki	Kaguya Shinomiya	Mikoto Misaka	Mashiro Shiina	Rikka Takanashi
Sword Art Online	Date A Live	Kaguya-sama	A Certain Magical Index	Sakurasou	Chuunibyou

2020 Tiara Playoffs
3rd	8th	10th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	18th
Mai Sakurajima	Ai Hayasaka	Chika Fujiwara	Misaki Shokuhou	Iroha Isshiki	Emilia	Rin Tohsaka	Yui Yuigahama	Shiro
Seishun Buta Yarou	Kaguya-sama	Kaguya-sama	A Certain Magical Index	Oregairu	Re:Zero	Fate	Oregairu	No Game No Life

2020 Seasonal Winners
Winter Diadem	Spring Diadem	Summer Diadem	Fall Diadem
Kotoko Iwanaga	Kei Shirogane	Chizuru Ichinose	Elaina
In/Spectre	Kaguya-sama (S2)	Rental Girlfriend	Wandering Witch

Male

2020 Pendant Winners
Aquamarine (6th)	Amethyst (4th)	Sapphire (23rd)	Emerald (3rd)	Ruby (2nd)	Diamond (15th)
Riku Dola	Yuu Ishigami	Gilgamesh	Touma Kamijou	Sakuta Azusagawa	Rintarou Okabe
No Game No Life	Kaguya-sama	Fate/stay night	A Certain Magical Index	Seishun Buta Yarou	Steins;Gate

2020 Scepter Playoffs
5th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	16th	18th	19th	24th
Yuuta Togashi	Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	Subaru Natsuki	Saika Totsuka	Taki Tachibana	Saitama	Kazuma Satou	Tomoya Okazaki	Sorata Kanda	Archer
Chuunibyou	Classroom of the Elite	Re:Zero	Oregairu	Your Name	One Punch Man	Konosuba	Clannad	Sakurasou	Fate

Results

For full Winter and Spring nomination results, see its relevant page. To view nomination results by anime, go to the results page.

The main tournament, which is renamed to "Stella" for this edition, will consist of at least 120 contestants per gender.

• Subtracting the number of directly qualified contestants (19 female and 16 male), this means that only the top 101 females and 104 males will advance.
• If multiple contestants are tied for last place, they will all advance together.

Selection process

This year's nomination round will use only one list per gender for selection of its main tournament, Winter, and Spring seasonal contests. Because of this, characters will be selected in the following strict order:

• Top 30 females and top 6 males who appeared in Winter 2021 anime (including OVAs and long-runners) will be assigned to Winter seasonal first; and likewise for Spring 2021. This includes eligible characters who have appeared in past ISML editions.
• After all seasonal slots are filled, the remaining contestants will be assigned to the main tournament.
  • Because of the increased character debut limit to June 1, it's technically possible for a 2021 debutant (example: Nagatoro-san) to qualify to the the main tournament instead of 2021 seasonals.
• Unlike ISML 2020, all qualified contestants (including direct invites) will play in the preliminary rounds to decide who gets in the regular season.

Qualified

This table will display the nomination results for the Main Tournament. In addition, nominees who have enough votes to qualify here but were re-assigned for Winter and Spring are also shown, with reasons outlined below.

New qualified nominees are labeled in bold.

ISML 2021 Nomination Results Source
Qualified for Preliminary Rounds
Female					Male
#	Name	Series	Votes		#	Name	Series	Votes
01	Zero Two	Darling in the Franxx	383		01	Hiro	Darling in the Franxx	248
02	Nao Tomori	Charlotte	148		02	Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya	Sword Art Online	86
03	Sagiri Izumi	Eromanga-sensei	135		03	Yuu Otosaka	Charlotte	76
04	Isla	Plastic Memories	123		04	Levi Ackerman	Attack on Titan	70
05	Kanade Tachibana	Angel Beats!	121		05	Nasa Yuzaki	Tonikaku Kawaii	67
06	Shouko Nishimiya	Koe no Katachi	120		06	Ken Kaneki	Tokyo Ghoul
07	Ichigo	Darling in the Franxx			07	Itachi Uchiha	Naruto	59
08	Mitsuha Miyamizu	Your Name	115		08	Yuzuru Otonashi	Angel Beats!	51
09	Saber	Fate/stay night	111		09	Yuji Itadori	Jujutsu Kaisen	50
10	Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	Tonikaku Kawaii	109		10	Shirou Emiya	Fate/stay night
11	Shinobu Kocho	Kimetsu no Yaiba	102		11	Eren Yeager	Attack on Titan	48
12	Utaha Kasumigaoka	Saekano	98		12	Senku Ishigami	Dr. Stone	44
13	Sora Kasugano	Yosuga no Sora	95		13	Yato	Noragami	43
14	Kaori Miyazono	Your Lie in April	91		14	Lancer	Fate/stay night
15	Kanna Kamui	Dragon Maid	90		15	Kousei Arima	Your Lie in April	38
16	Index	A Certain Magical Index	89		16	Ryuuji Takasu	Toradora!
17	Kurisu Makise	Steins;Gate	85		17	Lelouch vi Britannia	Code Geass
18	Mio Akiyama	K-On!	84		18	Mikaela Hyakuya	Seraph of the End	36
19	Kuroko Shirai	A Certain Magical Index	83		19	Shidou Itsuka	Date A Live
20	Yui Hirasawa	K-On!	79		20	Kusuo Saiki	Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan	33
21	Tamako Kitashirakawa	Tamako Market	78		21	Shu Ouma	Guilty Crown
22	Hina Amano	Weathering With You	72		22	Yuichiro Hyakuya	Seraph of the End
23	Eriri Spencer Sawamura	Saekano	71		23	Hodaka Morishima	Weathering With You	32
24	Mirai Kuriyama	Kyoukai no Kanata	69		24	Shouya Ishida	Koe no Katachi
25	Nagisa Furukawa	Clannad	68		25	Jotaro Kujo	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
26	Schwi Dola	No Game No Life			26	Haruka Kasugano	Yosuga no Sora	30
27	Akame	Akame ga Kill!	67		27	Isaac Foster	Angels of Death
28	Yoshino	Date A Live	66		28	Kaito Kuroba	Detective Conan
29	Nanami Aoyama	Sakurasou			29	Goro	Darling in the Franxx
30	Taiga Aisaka	Toradora!			30	Osamu Dazai	Bungou Stray Dogs	28
31	Madoka Kaname	Madoka Magica	65		31	Koyomi Araragi	Monogatari	27
32	Homura Akemi	Madoka Magica	64		32	Naomi Katagaki	Hello World	26
33	Suzune Horikita	Classroom of the Elite	63		33	Gintoki Sakata	Gintama
34	Kumiko Oumae	Sound! Euphonium	61		34	Fuutarou Uesugi	5-toubun no Hanayome	25
35	Tohru	Dragon Maid			35	Mochizou Ooji	Tamako Market	24
36	Chino Kafuu	Gochiusa	60		36	Kyojuro Rengoku	Kimetsu no Yaiba
37	Ginko Sora	Ryuo no Oshigoto!	59		37	Megumi Fushiguro	Jujutsu Kaisen
38	Azusa Nakano	K-On!			38	Nagisa Shiota	Assassination Classroom	23
39	Tohka Yatogami	Date A Live			39	Satoshi Fukube	Hyouka	21
40	Ruri Ichigyou	Hello World	58		40	Giyu Tomioka	Kimetsu no Yaiba
41	Umaru Doma	Himouto! Umaru-chan	57		41	Tsukasa Mizugaki	Plastic Memories	20
42	Ruiko Saten	A Certain Magical Index			42	Masamune Izumi	Eromanga-sensei
43	Megumin	Konosuba	54		43	Akihito Kanbara	Kyoukai no Kanata
44	Inori Yuzuriha	Guilty Crown			44	Waver Velvet	Fate/Zero
45	Kaede Azusagawa	Seishun Buta Yarou	48		45	Naofumi Iwatani	Shield Hero	19
46	Shouko Makinohara	Seishun Buta Yarou	45		46	Yaichi Kuzuryu	Ryuo no Oshigoto!
47	Sakura Yamauchi	I Want to Eat Your Pancreas	44		47	Kyon	Haruhi Suzumiya
48	Chtholly Nota Seniorious	SukaSuka			48	Ainz Ooal Gown	Overlord
49	Chitoge Kirisaki	Nisekoi			49	Dio Brando	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
50	Hinata Hyuuga	Naruto			50	Light Yagami	Death Note	18
51	Reina Kousaka	Sound! Euphonium			51	Hanako-kun	Toilet Bound Hanako-kun
52	Meiko "Menma" Honma	Anohana	43		52	Ikki Kurogane	Rakudai Kishi	17
53	Illyasviel von Einzbern	Fate/stay night			53	Seiya Kanie	Amagi Brilliant Park
54	Shinoa Hiiragi	Seraph of the End	41		54	Goku	Dragon Ball
55	Sakura Kinomoto	Cardcaptor Sakura			55	Ryunosuke Akasaka	Sakurasou
56	Takagi	Teasing Master Takagi-san	39		56	Seiya Ryuguin	Cautious Hero	16
57	Sakura Matou	Fate/stay night	38		57	Gilbert Bougainvillea	Violet Evergarden
58	Sumi Sakurasawa	Rental Girlfriend	37		58	Izayoi Sakamaki	Mondaiji
59	Isuzu Sento	Amagi Brilliant Park			59	Madara Uchiha	Naruto
60	Chiyo Sakura	Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun	36		60	Rudeus Greyrat	Mushoku Tensei	15
61	Haruhi Suzumiya	Haruhi Suzumiya			61	Akihito Narihisago	Id: Invaded
62	Origami Tobiichi	Date A Live			62	Kazuya Kinoshita	Rental Girlfriend	14
63	Shinka Nibutani	Chuunibyou	34	63	Shinei Nouzen	86
64	Rachel Gardner	Angels of Death	33	64	Tomoya Aki	Saekano
65	Saya	Wandering Witch		65	Toge Inumaki	Jujutsu Kaisen
66	Kokoa Hoto	Gochiusa		66	Kiritsugu Emiya	Fate/Zero
67	Ruka Sarashina	Rental Girlfriend	32	67	L Lawliet	Death Note	13
68	Rio Futaba	Seishun Buta Yarou		68	Willem Kmetsch	SukaSuka
69	Yuri Nakamura	Angel Beats!	31	69	Joseph Joestar	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
70	Kei Karuizawa	Classroom of the Elite	30	70	Bell Cranel	DanMachi
71	Tsumugi Kotobuki	K-On!		71	Tatsuya Shiba	Mahouka
72	Karyl	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	29	72	Ichigo Kurosaki	Bleach
73	Aqua	Konosuba	28	73	Lu Bu	Shuumatsu no Valkyrie
74	Yotsuba Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome	27	74	Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama	Mob Psycho 100
75	Mei Misaki	Another		75	Karma Akabane	Assassination Classroom	12
76	Sanae Dekomori	Chuunibyou		76	Koichi Sakakibara	Another
77	Asuka Langley Soryu	Neon Genesis Evangelion	26	77	Tatsumi	Akame ga Kill!
78	Krul Tepes	Seraph of the End		78	Arata Kaizaki	ReLIFE
79	Yuki Nagato	Haruhi Suzumiya	25	79	Touya Mochizuki	Isekai Smartphone
80	Shinobu Oshino	Monogatari	24	80	Inosuke Hashibira	Kimetsu no Yaiba
81	Beatrice	Re:Zero		81	Keyaru	Redo of Healer
82	Alice Zuberg	Sword Art Online		82	Obito Uchiha	Naruto
83	Kaede "Maple" Honjou	Bofuri		83	Edward Elric	Fullmetal Alchemist	11
84	Yuno Gasai	Future Diary	23	84	Ciel Phantomhive	Black Butler
85	Kazari Uiharu	A Certain Magical Index		85	Eugeo	Sword Art Online
86	Yumeko Jabami	Kakegurui	22	86	Arataka Reigen	Mob Psycho 100
87	Gray	Fate/Lord El-Melloi II		87	Glenn Radars	Rokuaka
88	Yue	Arifureta	21	88	Nishikata	Teasing Master Takagi-san
89	Miyuki Shiba	Mahouka		89	Anos Voldigoad	Maou Gakuin
90	Rias Gremory	High School DxD		90	Yomogi Asanaka	SSSS.Dynazenon
91	Rei Ayanami	Neon Genesis Evangelion		91	Issei Hyoudou	High School DxD
92	Shino "Sinon" Asada	Sword Art Online		92	Sougo Ousaka	Idolish7
93	Satone Shichimiya	Chuunibyou		93	Manjiro Sano	Tokyo Revengers	10
94	Masuzu Natsukawa	Oreshura	20	94	Hajime Nagumo	Arifureta
95	Victorique de Blois	Gosick		95	Koutarou Tatsumi	Zombieland Saga
96	Hiyori Iki	Noragami		96	Tomoe	Kamisama Kiss
97	Gabriel Tenma White	Gabriel Dropout		97	Inuyasha	InuYasha
98	Fumino Furuhashi	Bokuben		98	Ash Ketchum	Pokemon
99	Setsuna Yuuki	Love Live! Nijigasaki	19	99	Shinnosuke Nohara	Crayon Shin-chan
100	Raphtalia	Shield Hero		100	Sesshomaru	InuYasha
101	Noriko Sonozaki	Kiznavier		101	Erwin Smith	Attack on Titan
102	Kirino Kousaka	Oreimo		102	Hiroshi Odokawa	Odd Taxi	9
103	Holo	Spice and Wolf		103	Souma Yukihira	Shokugeki no Souma
104	C.C.	Code Geass		104	Shouyou Hinata	Haikyuu!!
105	Kokkoro	Princess Connect! Re:Dive		105	Jinta Yadomi	Anohana
106	Ayase Aragaki	Oreimo		106	Takumi Usui	Maid-sama!
				107	Shinji Ikari	Neon Genesis Evangelion
				108	Chuuya Nakahara	Bungou Stray Dogs
Re-assigned to Winter These characters were eligible for Main Tournament, but were re-assigned to Winter Seasonal per nomination rules.
04	Miku Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome	126		02	Satoru Gojo	Jujutsu Kaisen	114
19	Kyouko Hori	Horimiya	85		05	Tanjiro Kamado	Kimetsu no Yaiba	75
22	Ai Haibara	Detective Conan	80		07	Izumi Miyamura	Horimiya	70
50	Mikasa Ackerman	Attack on Titan	48		10	Naruto Uzumaki	Naruto	66
52	Nino Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome	47		11	Conan Edogawa	Detective Conan	65
61	Ram	Re:Zero	42		13	Monkey D. Luffy	One Piece	54
65	Itsuki Nakano	5-toubun no Hanayome	39
88	Rika Furude	Higurashi: When they Cry	24
93	Tohru Honda	Fruits Basket	24
94	Nobara Kugisaki	Jujutsu Kaisen	24
97	Ran Mouri	Detective Conan	23
Re-assigned to Spring These characters were eligible for Main Tournament, but were re-assigned to Spring Seasonal per nomination rules.
25	Nezuko Kamado	Kimetsu no Yaiba	76		14	Takashi Natsume	Natsume's Book of Friends	52
49	Miko Iino	Kaguya-sama	49		38	Zenitsu Agatsuma	Kimetsu no Yaiba	28
100	Sakura Minamoto	Zombieland Saga	22		47	Sasuke Uchiha	Naruto	22
					61	Roronoa Zoro	One Piece	18

Winter

Spring

Preliminary Rounds

For more details, see ISML 2021/Preliminary Rounds.

The preliminaries' format is completely changed compared to last year's as expected. This time, 120+ qualified contestants, including direct invites, will play two stages of differing formats to determine the 72 characters who will compete in the regular season:

• Round 1: Each gender is split into 3 groups of 41-42 players. Approval vote (choose any number per group)
• Round 2: Split into 12 groups of 10-11 players. Each group is limited to a maximum of 3 choices only.

After this period, contestants will be ranked based on the following criteria:

• Lower average rank points (ARP)
  • [(Rank in R1) + (Rank in R2 x 4)] divided by 2
• Higher Nomination votes (Direct invites ranked higher)
• Higher cumulative vote points (CVP) earned in the preliminary round

Top 72 characters will qualify for the main tournament and will also double as seeds for the first split, and the rest are eliminated.
In this page, this section will only display the names of eliminated characters; the qualified characters are shown in the next section below.

Eliminated Females

Failed to Qualify (Females)
73-83	84-94	95-105	106-116	117-125
(73) Karyl	(84) Dekomori	(95) Homura	(106) Kokoa	(117) Ayase
(74) Satone	(85) Ruri I.	(96) Gabriel	(107) Kei K.	(118) Holo
(75) Raphtalia	(86) Alice Z.	(97) Maple	(108) Akame	(119) Fumino
(76) Chino	(87) Chtholly	(98) C.C.	(109) Masuzu	(120) Setsuna Y.
(77) Cardcaptor	(88) Kotoko	(99) Yuki N.	(110) Sakura M.	(121) Gray
(78) Illya	(89) Rachel	(100) Mugi	(111) Shinobu O.	(122) Rias
(79) Inori	(90) Yumeko	(101) Sakura Y.	(112) Asuka	(123) Hiyori
(80) Hinata	(91) Rei	(102) Reina	(113) Yue	(124) Vic
(81) Haruhi	(92) Isuzu	(103) Miyuki	(114) Mei M.	(125) Noriko
(82) Ruka	(93) Kokkoro	(104) Yurippe	(115) Yuno
(83) Yotsuba	(94) Madoka	(105) Kirino	(116) Kumiko

Eliminated Males

Failed to Qualify (Males)
73-83	84-94	95-105	106-116	107-124
(73) Nishikata	(84) Keyaru	(95) Manjiro	(106) Shouyou	(117) Chuuya
(74) Lancer	(85) Erwin	(96) Ikki	(107) Koutarou	(118) Koichi
(75) Seiya K.	(86) Willem	(97) Akihito K.	(108) Takumi	(119) Jinta
(76) Hanako-kun	(87) Senku	(98) Shinn	(109) Lu Bu	(120) Ciel
(77) Gilbert	(88) Nagumo	(99) Naomi	(110) Mob	(121) Yomogi
(78) Kyon	(89) Light	(100) Yaichi	(111) Issei	(122) Akihito N.
(79) Bell	(90) Inuyasha	(101) Ichigo	(112) Shinji	(123) Sougo
(80) Anos	(91) Shu	(102) Izayoi	(113) Waver	(124) Odokawa
(81) Goku	(92) Souma	(103) Kazuya	(114) Arata
(82) Mizugaki	(93) Glenn	(104) Tatsumi	(115) Touya
(83) Seiya R.	(94) Araragi	(105) Tomoe	(116) Reigen

Regular Season

To view the group draw, detailed tables, and the results of all regular season matches from each gender, see ISML 2021/RS Female and ISML 2021/Male

The regular season's format is similar to the previous edition --- divided into 3 splits, but the number of contestants were reduced to 72 for this year. Each split is subdivided into one or more periods. In each split, contestants will be divided into several groups that will play a single round-robin tournament. All periods will last for 6 match days (5 regular season + 1 gem round).

Tiebreakers:

1. Wins (if tied, draws will be counted)
2. Head-to-head record
3. Split CVPD
4. Split CVP
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: 72 players are split into 12 groups of 6.

• Top 5 advance to Split 2
• All 6th placers will be put into a Wildcard round, Single-transferable voting (STV) format. Only the top 4 will survive to Split 2.
• Bold: Advanced, Italic: Wildcards.

Female

2021 Split 1 Group Results (Female)
\	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
A	Mikoto	Isla	Shouko M.	Aqua	Krul	Chitoge
B	Elaina	Yui Y.	015	Yui H.	Origami	Saya
C	Kuroko	Zero Two	Hina A.	Index	Ginko	Nagisa F.
D	Mai	Mitsuha	Schwi	Ruiko	Chiyo	Shinoa
E	Emilia	Angel	Kaede	Saber	Nibutani	Sumi
F	Kaguya	Shiro	Kanna	Megumin	Taiga	Kaori
G	Asuna	Chizuru	Tamako	Takagi	Uiharu	Shinobu K.
H	Rikka	Tsukasa	Kei S.	Rin	Yoshino	Kurisu
I	Kurumi	Hayasaka	Rio	Azunyan	Suzune	Sinon
J	Nao	Misaki	Tohru	Umaru	Menma	Mirai
K	Sagiri	Shouko N.	Iroha	Sora K.	Beako	Tohka
L	Mashiro	Chika	Mio	Utaha	Nanami	Eriri

Male

2021 Split 1 Group Results (Male)
\	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
A	Sakuta	Sorata	Shouya	Hodaka	Naofumi	Saiki
B	Yuuta	Saika	Kaneki	Osamu	Joseph	Madara
C	Hiro	Shidou	Itadori	Mochizou	Isaac	Dio
D	Kiyotaka	Masamune	Okabe	Haruka K.	Goro	Shin-chan
E	Ishigami	Shirou	Gil	Lelouch	Okazaki	Sesshomaru
F	Subaru	Kazuma	Otonashi	Ainz	Fuutarou	Tomoya Aki
G	Taki	Kaito Kid	Kerry	Karma	Yato	Jotaro
H	Levi	Nasa	Nagisa S.	Edward	Eren	L
I	Touma	Giyu	Mikaela	Tatsuya	Fushiguro	Inumaki
J	Kirito	Otosaka	Archer	Eugeo	Inosuke	Yuichiro
K	Saitama	Kyojuro	Kousei	Rakasaka	Rudy	Ash
L	Riku	Ryuuji	Itachi	Satoshi F.	Gintoki	Obito

Split 1 Wildcards

Single-transferable vote (STV): Voting and counting method is similar to Instant-runoff (rank 1st-8th); the only significant difference is that instead of deciding 1 winner, it's 2 or more winners.

What is Instant runoff voting (IRV)?

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: 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.

Female

2021 Split 1 Female Wildcard Source
Survived - 4	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9
Kurisu Makise	993	1014	1050	1110	1161	1216	1360	1439
Shinobu Kocho	864	912	994	1062	1130	1227	1323	1408
Tohka Yatogami	682	719	742	792	829	979	1111	1252	1296.70
Kaori Miyazono	745	788	803	843	922	979	1126	1224	1282.85
Eliminated - 8	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9
Eriri S.S.	596	638	677	733	870	952	1082	1163	1209.86
Saya	739	770	787	822	851	936	976
Nagisa Furukawa	747	766	801	839	882	914
Sinon	648	667	707	731	766
Chitoge Kirisaki	505	555	582	614
Mirai Kuriyama	499	524	562
Shinoa Hiiragi	489	507
Sumi Sakurasawa	476

Male

2021 Split 1 Male Wildcard Source
Survived - 4	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9
Shinnosuke Nohara	770	774	807	837	917	982	1145	1260
Jotaro Kujo	695	859	885	903	931	1005	1073	1158
L	656	697	715	736	838	920	999	1105
Tomoya Aki	680	695	708	749	768	828	915	990	1036.58
Eliminated - 8	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9
Toge Inumaki	595	604	626	702	732	820	848	956	1006.42
Madara Uchiha	456	461	649	675	710	767	814
Ash Ketchum	644	653	656	683	719	762
Kusuo Saiki	571	576	586	602	649
Sesshomaru	516	539	553	586
Yuichiro Hyakuya	461	469	476
Obito Uchiha	405	417
Dio Brando	375

Split 2

Topaz, Amethyst, and Sapphire. 48 players are split into 4 groups of 16.

• Contestants are arranged by Split 1 CVP; serpentine order starting from Group A
• Some contestants are manually switched to minimize rematches as much as possible
• Top 6 advance to Split 3
• 7th to 11th are relegated to Wildcards
• 12th to 16th are outright eliminated, but they will play a consolation group round during the diamond period, giving them a chance to surpass some of the eliminated contestants in final rankings.
• Bold: Advanced, Italic: Wildcards, Strikethrough - Eliminated.

Female

2021 Split 2 Group Results (Female)
\	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1st	Elaina	Mikoto	Mai	Kaguya
2nd	Asuna	Mashiro	Yui Y.	Kurumi
3rd	Emilia	Rikka	Nao	Angel
4th	Kanna	Shiro	Hayasaka	Chika
5th	Tsukasa	Shouko N.	Utaha	Kuroko
6th	Tohru	Schwi	Iroha	Mio
7th	Megumin	Misaki	Rin	Index
8th	Ruiko	Taiga	Kei S.	Azunyan
9th	Sagiri	Kurisu	Nibutani	Isla
10th	Saber	Chizuru	Nanami	Aqua
11th	Yui H.	Kaede	Zero Two	Mitsuha
12th	Tohka	Origami	Shouko M.	Tamako
13th	Ginko	Suzune	Kaori	Yoshino
14th	Hina A.	Rio	Beako	Uiharu
15th	Shinobu K.	Takagi	Umaru	Chiyo
16th	Krul	Sora K.	015	Menma

Male

2021 Split 2 Group Results (Male)
\	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1st	Sakuta	Yuuta	Riku	Kirito
2nd	Ishigami	Subaru	Touma	Kazuma
3rd	Nasa	Levi	Kiyotaka	Taki
4th	Okazaki	Saika	Otosaka	Saitama
5th	Rakasaka	Shidou	Sorata	Otonashi
6th	Nagisa S.	Ryuuji	Shirou	Archer
7th	Kaito Kid	Kyojuro	Okabe	Lelouch
8th	Gintoki	Jotaro	Gil	Shouya
9th	Giyu	Mochizou	Kousei	Yato
10th	Ainz	Satoshi F.	Eugeo	Masamune
11th	Haruka K.	Eren	Edward	Itachi
12th	Kaneki	Itadori	Karma	L
13th	Hiro	Naofumi	Kerry	Tatsuya
14th	Tomoya Aki	Mikaela	Rudy	Hodaka
15th	Osamu	Shin-chan	Fuutarou	Fushiguro
16th	Isaac	Inosuke	Joseph	Goro

Split 2 Wildcards

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

2021 Split 2 Wildcard Source
Female			Male
Survived - 8			Survived - 8
Kurisu Makise	3658		Rintarou Okabe	3260
Index	3619		Shouya Ishida	2515
Rin Tohsaka	3504		Lelouch vi Britannia	2513
Kei Shirogane	3467		Jotaro Kujo	2372
Misaki Shokuhou	3333		Satoshi Fukube	2195
Megumin	3084		Kousei Arima	2174
Ruiko Saten	2912		Kyojuro Rengoku	2139
Taiga Aisaka	2869		Edward Elric	2136
Eliminated - 12			Eliminated - 12
Nanami Aoyama	2860		Gilgamesh	2102
Mitsuha Miyamizu	2842		Gintoki Sakata	2101
Yui Hirasawa	2778		Kaito Kuroba	2061
Azusa Nakano	2768		Giyu Tomioka	1935
Saber	2747		Yato	1914
Sagiri Izumi	2687		Eugeo	1886
Aqua	2574		Itachi Uchiha	1852
Kaede Azusagawa	2474		Mochizou Ooji	1760
Shinka Nibutani	2452		Eren Yeager	1757
Chizuru Ichinose	2438		Ainz Ooal Gown	1710
Isla	2382		Haruka Kasugano	1602
Zero Two	2226		Masamune Izumi	1560

Split 3

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

• Contestants are arranged by Split 1 + Split 2 CVP; serpentine order starting from Group A
• Top 6 advance to Playoffs
• 7th to 11th are relegated to Wildcards
• 12th to 16th are outright 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.
• Bold: Advanced, Italic: Wildcards, Strikethrough - Eliminated.

Results

2021 Split 3 Group Results
\	Female Group A	Female Group B		Male Group A	Male Group B
1st	Mikoto	Elaina		Sakuta	Riku
2nd	Kurumi	Mashiro		Touma	Ishigami
3rd	Kaguya	Angel		Kirito	Yuuta
4th	Rikka	Asuna		Subaru	Taki
5th	Chika	Mai		Shirou	Kazuma
6th	Yui Y.	Emilia		Saika	Kiyotaka
7th	Hayasaka	Nao		Okazaki	Archer
8th	Tsukasa	Index		Okabe	Sorata
9th	Rin	Utaha		Levi	Otosaka
10th	Kuroko	Misaki		Otonashi	Ryuuji
11th	Schwi	Shiro		Saitama	Lelouch
12th	Iroha	Shouko N.		Shidou	Rakasaka
13th	Kanna	Mio		Nagisa S.	Kousei
14th	Ruiko	Megumin		Shouya	Nasa
15th	Taiga	Kei S.		Satoshi F.	Kyojuro
16th	Tohru	Kurisu		Edward	Jotaro

Split 3 Wildcards

Range voting (vote whoever you like by putting a score on each player). Only the top 4 will advance to playoffs.

2021 Split 3 Wildcard Source
Female			Male
Advanced to Playoffs - 4			Advanced to Playoffs - 4
Index	25,414.8		Sorata Kanda	17,581.3
Ai Hayasaka	20,664.7		Rintarou Okabe	17,160.2
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	20,519		Levi Ackerman	16,553.9
Nao Tomori	20,417.2		Tomoya Okazaki	16,432.8
Eliminated - 8			Eliminated - 8
Utaha Kasumigaoka	20,262.7		Yuzuru Otonashi	15,867.2
Kuroko Shirai	19,757.1		Yuu Otosaka	15,451.6
Shiro	19,272.3		Ryuuji Takasu	15,500.8
Rin Tohsaka	18,456.5		Archer	15,217.2
Misaki Shokuhou	18,338.3		Lelouch vi Britannia	13,913.1
Schwi Dola	15,818.8		Saitama	13,717.6

Gem Rounds

Necklace & Pendant

After each period, the eight best performing characters will play each other in a special Instant Runoff voting round that will decide who wins that period's necklace (for females) or pendant (for males). Once a contestant wins a necklace / pendant round, they will be banned from future main 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.

Qualifying Criteria:

1. Period wins
2. Period CVPD
3. Period CVP
4. Staff selection

What is Instant runoff voting (IRV)?

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: 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.

Aquamarine (Source)

Aquamarine Main Gem Qualification
Female Name	Grp	Pos	W	PCVPD		Male Name	Grp	Pos	W	PCVPD
Elaina	B	1st	5	4.330		Sakuta Azusagawa	A	1st	5	4.845
Mikoto Misaka	A	1st	5	4.056		Kirito	J	1st	5	3.514
Mai Sakurajima	D	1st	5	4.023		Yuuta Togashi	B	1st	5	3.294
Kurumi Tokisaki	I	1st	5	3.589		Touma Kamijou	I	1st	5	3.101
Kaguya Shinomiya	F	1st	5	3.252		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	D	1st	5	2.896
Mashiro Shiina	L	1st	5	3.208		Subaru Natsuki	F	1st	5	2.892
Emilia	E	1st	5	2.836		Taki Tachibana	G	1st	5	2.816
Asuna	G	1st	5	2.688		Yuu Ishigami	E	1st	5	2.615
Nao Tomori	J	1st	5	2.380		Levi Ackerman	H	1st	5	2.289
Rikka Takanashi	H	1st	5	2.378		Riku Dola	L	1st	5	2.103
Kuroko Shirai	C	1st	5	1.856		Hiro	C	1st	5	1.973
Sagiri Izumi	K	1st	5	1.412		Saitama	K	1st	5	1.717
Chika Fujiwara	L	2nd	4	1.944		Kazuma Satou	F	2nd	4	1.693
Yui Yuigahama	A	2nd	4	1.497		Yuu Otosaka	J	2nd	4	1.419
Zero Two	C	2nd	4	1.473		Giyu Tomioka	I	2nd	4	1.131
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	H	2nd	4	1.315		Saika Totsuka	B	2nd	4	1.073

Aquamarine Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Kurumi Tokisaki	1765	1855	1917	2031	2293	2618	3337
Mikoto Misaka	1733	1781	1830	1940	2117	2478	3180
Mai Sakurajima	1122	1256	1410	1588	1906	2377
Elaina	1379	1427	1507	1645	1807
Mashiro Shiina	981	1054	1128	1224
Emilia	770	815	915
Kaguya Shinomiya	641	672
Asuna	620

Aquamarine Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Sakuta Azusagawa	1369	1450	1623	1888	2136	2540	3271
Touma Kamijou	1223	1272	1370	1477	1699	1995	2465
Yuu Ishigami	1278	1388	1495	1611	1739	1971
Kirito	932	1002	1102	1266	1422
Subaru Natsuki	879	944	1029	1122
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	835	872	929
Yuuta Togashi	757	859
Taki Tachibana	702

Topaz (Source)

Topaz Main Gem Qualification
Female Name	Grp	W	PCVPD	PCVP		Male Name	Grp	W	PCVPD	PCVP
Mikoto Misaka	B	5	3.619	7.786		Yuuta Togashi	B	5	3.523	6.665
Kaguya Shinomiya	D	5	3.324	7.489		Yuu Ishigami	A	5	2.943	6.44
Mai Sakurajima	C	5	3.224	7.433		Subaru Natsuki	B	5	2.421	6.129
Elaina	A	5	3.184	7.502		Kirito	D	5	2.374	6.23
Mashiro Shiina	B	5	2.569	6.892		Touma Kamijou	C	5	2.254	6.238
Asuna	A	5	1.874	6.516		Taki Tachibana	D	5	2.115	6.065
Kanade Tachibana	C	5	1.709	6.273		Riku Dola	C	5	1.922	5.815
Nao Tomori	D	5	1.613	6.108		Levi Ackerman	B	4	2.092	5.882
Rikka Takanashi	B	4	1.865	6.536		Kazuma Satou	D	4	1.881	5.819
Emilia	A	4	1.859	6.629		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	C	4	1.819	5.886
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	A	4	1.426	6.201		Saitama	D	4	1.686	5.803
Chika Fujiwara	D	4	1.374	6.343		Yuu Otosaka	C	4	1.236	5.337
Yui Yuigahama	C	4	1.251	6.3		Shidou Itsuka	B	4	0.874	5.173
Ai Hayasaka	C	4	1.215	5.955		Saika Totsuka	B	4	0.761	5.185
Tohru	A	4	1.015	5.835		Shirou Emiya	C	4	0.736	5.034
Iroha Isshiki	C	4	0.686	5.667		Yuzuru Otonashi	D	4	0.727	5.111

Topaz Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Kaguya Shinomiya	1422	1446	1479	1532	1714	1995	2470
Mikoto Misaka	1280	1312	1341	1411	1486	1654	1983
Elaina	315	638	682	760	882	1140
Mai Sakurajima	461	488	600	655	847
Mashiro Shiina	453	484	524	644
Kanade Tachibana	361	399	433
Asuna	285	315
Nao Tomori	225

Topaz Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Yuu Ishigami	782	840	895	1010	1174	1402	2065
Touma Kamijou	926	961	1003	1050	1204	1446	1764
Riku Dola	692	730	828	974	1089	1349
Kirito	617	683	721	858	1010
Yuuta Togashi	533	578	684	758
Levi Ackerman	521	569	638
Taki Tachibana	421	492
Subaru Natsuki	405

Amethyst (Source)

Amethyst Main Gem Qualification
Female Name	Grp	W	PCVPD	PCVP		Male Name	Grp	W	PCVPD	PCVP
Mikoto Misaka	B	5	3.077	7.378		Kirito	D	5	2.595	6.229
Elaina	A	5	3.038	7.362		Kazuma Satou	D	5	2.518	6.093
Mashiro Shiina	B	5	2.881	6.963		Riku Dola	C	5	2.413	6.19
Mai Sakurajima	C	5	2.643	6.851		Subaru Natsuki	B	5	2.362	6.089
Emilia	A	5	2.487	6.687		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	C	5	2.229	5.97
Yui Yuigahama	C	5	1.066	6.003		Levi Ackerman	B	5	1.881	5.836
Nao Tomori	C	4	1.594	6.126		Yuuta Togashi	B	4	2.651	6.33
Ai Hayasaka	C	4	1.517	6.217		Taki Tachibana	D	4	2.636	6.243
Asuna	A	4	1.463	6.298		Touma Kamijou	C	4	1.701	5.997
Kanna Kamui	A	4	1.319	5.988		Saitama	D	4	1.454	5.684
Rikka Takanashi	B	4	1.319	6.215		Saika Totsuka	B	4	1.176	5.4
Kanade Tachibana	D	4	0.731	5.812		Ryuuji Takasu	B	4	0.898	5.184
Shiro	B	4	0.699	5.788		Yuu Otosaka	C	4	0.853	5.187
Index	D	4	0.615	5.997		Ryunosuke Akasaka	A	4	0.694	5.105
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	A	4	0.614	5.645		Rintarou Okabe	C	4	0.499	5.036
Shouko Nishimiya	B	4	0.584	5.734		Yuzuru Otonashi	D	4	0.497	5.065

Amethyst Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Mashiro Shiina	2680	2778	2912	3116	3338	3816	4733
Mikoto Misaka	2157	2303	2378	2460	2557	2959	3494
Elaina	1200	1248	1297	1427	1621	2073
Mai Sakurajima	1003	1062	1190	1289	1552
Emilia	704	732	817	871
Nao Tomori	545	599	653
Ai Hayasaka	547	574
Yui Yuigahama	467

Amethyst Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Riku Dola	2074	2176	2284	2457	2613	3129	3923
Levi Ackerman	1037	1177	1327	1501	1808	2184	2719
Kirito	1187	1279	1387	1550	1763	2075
Kazuma Satou	921	1008	1179	1362	1609
Taki Tachibana	869	972	1129	1352
Subaru Natsuki	943	1020	1118
Yuuta Togashi	815	896
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	814

Sapphire (Source)

Sapphire Main Gem Qualification
Female Name	Grp	W	PCVPD	PCVP		Male Name	Grp	W	PCVPD	PCVP
Mikoto Misaka	B	5	3.534	7.895		Yuuta Togashi	B	5	2.871	6.282
Elaina	A	5	3.212	7.368		Levi Ackerman	B	5	2.173	5.808
Mai Sakurajima	C	5	2.935	7.187		Kirito	D	5	2.149	5.842
Rikka Takanashi	B	5	2.329	6.723		Kazuma Satou	D	5	2.072	5.714
Asuna	A	5	2.045	6.559		Tomoya Okazaki	A	5	1.696	5.282
Chika Fujiwara	D	5	2.043	6.524		Archer	D	5	1.434	5.341
Utaha Kasumigaoka	C	5	1.668	6.212		Nasa Yuzaki	A	5	1.353	5.171
Yui Yuigahama	C	5	1.14	5.888		Touma Kamijou	C	5	0.875	5.577
Emilia	A	4	1.959	6.618		Saika Totsuka	B	4	1.837	5.716
Kanade Tachibana	D	4	1.689	6.411		Subaru Natsuki	B	4	1.782	5.704
Ai Hayasaka	C	4	1.524	6.045		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	C	4	1.249	5.471
Kanna Kamui	A	4	1.322	5.886		Sorata Kanda	C	4	0.755	5.157
Kuroko Shirai	D	4	0.818	5.949		Lelouch vi Britannia	D	4	0.751	4.798
Mio Akiyama	D	4	0.704	5.75		Shidou Itsuka	B	4	0.623	4.947
Shouko Nishimiya	B	4	0.651	5.818		Rintarou Okabe	C	4	0.454	5.041
Shiro	B	4	0.6	5.623		Ryunosuke Akasaka	A	4	0.347	4.711

Sapphire Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Mikoto Misaka	3143	3203	3282	3526	3697	3928	4524
Mai Sakurajima	1289	1459	1611	1746	2118	2498	3103
Elaina	1379	1417	1529	1635	1768	1990
Yui Yuigahama	792	856	966	1079	1213
Asuna	818	875	986	1059
Rikka Takanashi	793	854	943
Chika Fujiwara	721	837
Utaha Kasumigaoka	683

Sapphire Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Yuuta Togashi	1497	1603	1656	1863	2050	2381	3052
Touma Kamijou	1413	1474	1631	1746	1875	2154	2670
Levi Ackerman	1165	1215	1287	1392	1568	1834
Nasa Yuzaki	1111	1160	1227	1374	1501
Kirito	827	926	1102	1238
Kazuma Satou	870	925	1017
Archer	798	873
Tomoya Okazaki	665

Emerald (Source)

Emerald Main Gem Qualification
Female Name	W	PCVPD	PCVP		Male Name	W	PCVPD	PCVP
Elaina	5	3.231	7.836		Kirito	5	2.047	6.015
Kanade Tachibana	5	1.116	6.353		Touma Kamijou	4	2.206	6.431
Rikka Takanashi	4	1.787	6.902		Kazuma Satou	4	1.45	5.542
Mai Sakurajima	4	1.013	6.504		Shirou Emiya	4	0.722	5.284
Ai Hayasaka	4	0.274	5.992		Archer	4	0.674	5.213
Asuna	3	0.685	6.208		Taki Tachibana	4	0.602	5.373
Emilia	3	0.511	6.252		Subaru Natsuki	4	0.434	5.219
Chika Fujiwara	3	0.143	6.088		Saika Totsuka	4	0.321	4.975
Index	3	0.007	6.167		Rintarou Okabe	3	0.624	5.123
Rin Tohsaka	3	-0.041	5.656		Levi Ackerman	3	-0.494	4.724
Yui Yuigahama	3	-0.198	5.712		Lelouch vi Britannia	3	-0.05	4.653
Utaha Kasumigaoka	3	-0.209	5.608		Saitama	2	0.331	5.157
Nao Tomori	3	-0.553	5.343		Tomoya Okazaki	2	-0.397	4.599
Shiro	2	0.163	5.817		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	2	-0.425	4.732
Misaki Shokuhou	2	-0.023	5.868		Yuu Otosaka	2	-0.429	4.467
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	2	-0.609	5.471		Sorata Kanda	2	-0.559	4.515

Emerald Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Elaina	1930	1940	1990	2147	2310	2559	3161
Mai Sakurajima	831	850	944	1044	1428	1723	2422
Kanade Tachibana	963	1018	11130	1200	1337	1691
Rikka Takanashi	724	764	826	942	1071
Asuna	47	667	750	929
Emilia	599	657	720
Ai Hayasaka	441	530
Chika Fujiwara	347

Emerald Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Touma Kamijou	1189	1231	1310	1433	1538	1820	2316
Kirito	1000	1032	1157	1259	1397	1580	2110
Taki Tachibana	887	924	990	1125	1205	1540
Kazuma Satou	709	743	875	973	1169
Archer	481	612	694	740
Saika Totsuka	604	614	662
Subaru Natsuki	581	609
Shirou Emiya	360

Ruby (Source)

Ruby Main Gem Qualification
Female Name	W	PCVPD	PCVP		Male Name	W	PCVPD	PCVP
Rikka Takanashi	4	1.391	6.502		Kirito	4	1.182	5.526
Kanade Tachibana	4	0.739	6.095		Taki Tachibana	4	1.117	5.473
Asuna	4	0.73	6.033		Subaru Natsuki	4	0.573	5.11
Emilia	4	0.47	6.047		Tomoya Okazaki	4	0.551	4.838
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	4	0.259	5.718		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	4	0.5	4.925
Mai Sakurajima	3	0.405	6.007		Archer	3	0.446	4.963
Utaha Kasumigaoka	3	0.138	5.721		Kazuma Satou	3	0.431	5.074
Yui Yuigahama	3	-0.063	5.741		Sorata Kanda	3	0.195	4.786
Kuroko Shirai	3	-0.071	5.635		Ryuuji Takasu	3	0.19	4.588
Schwi Dola	3	-0.3	5.3		Levi Ackerman	3	-0.013	4.721
Index	2	-0.137	5.907		Saika Totsuka	3	-0.197	4.727
Shouko Nishimiya	2	-0.391	5.52		Lelouch vi Britannia	3	-0.319	4.357
Mio Akiyama	2	-0.541	5.241		Yuu Otosaka	2	0.101	4.659
Chika Fujiwara	2	-0.578	5.324		Yuzuru Otonashi	2	0.066	4.653
Misaki Shokuhou	2	-0.618	5.405		Shirou Emiya	2	0.009	4.766
Nao Tomori	2	-0.834	5.313		Rintarou Okabe	2	-0.135	4.815

Ruby Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Rikka Takanashi	1444	1467	1556	1714	1857	2151	2687
Kanade Tachibana	1108	1160	1219	1298	1395	1587	2043
Mai Sakurajima	870	921	972	1070	1208	1566
Asuna	750	786	863	1000	1170
Emilia	650	676	697	773
Yui Yuigahama	484	545	616
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	455	482
Utaha Kasumigaoka	394

Ruby Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Sorata Kanda	1154	1179	1282	1329	1511	1736	2158
Kirito	1034	1032	1200	1326	1441	1708	2024
Taki Tachibana	645	721	805	854	1042	1243
Kazuma Satou	655	723	793	888	1012
Tomoya Okazaki	579	627	690	815
Archer	555	591	640
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	541	582
Subaru Natsuki	496

Diamond (Source)

Diamond Main Gem Qualification
Female Name	W	PCVPD	PCVP		Male Name	W	PCVPD	PCVP
Asuna	4	1.065	6.16		Kirito	4	1.293	5.672
Kanade Tachibana	4	0.528	5.852		Taki Tachibana	4	1.217	5.536
Chika Fujiwara	4	0.484	5.621		Subaru Natsuki	4	0.85	5.267
Mai Sakurajima	3	0.62	6.007		Yuzuru Otonashi	4	0.424	4.877
Emilia	3	0.408	5.742		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	4	0.317	4.918
Yui Yuigahama	3	0.104	5.437		Kazuma Satou	3	0.829	5.268
Ai Hayasaka	3	-0.065	5.216		Rintarou Okabe	3	-0.012	4.881
Shouko Nishimiya	3	-0.178	5.44		Shirou Emiya	3	-0.161	4.753
Nao Tomori	3	-0.286	5.267		Ryuuji Takasu	3	-0.518	4.343
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	3	-0.425	5.227		Levi Ackerman	2	0.113	4.779
Index	2	-0.136	5.786		Tomoya Okazaki	2	-0.042	4.69
Shiro	2	-0.323	5.252		Saitama	2	-0.08	4.688
Megumin	2	-0.339	5.15		Yuu Otosaka	2	-0.225	4.577
Misaki Shokuhou	2	-0.369	5.308		Saika Totsuka	2	-0.309	4.652
Iroha Isshiki	2	-0.485	5.046		Nasa Yuzaki	2	-0.338	4.567
Ruiko Saten	2	-0.746	4.99		Shidou Itsuka	2	-0.396	4.605

Diamond Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Asuna	1191	1194	1235	1297	1431	1620	1990
Kanade Tachibana	954	983	1035	1102	1198	1383	1787
Mai Sakurajima	746	771	809	908	1053	1256
Emilia	461	487	572	661	724
Ai Hayasaka	382	430	468	497
Shouko Nishimiya	416	434	467
Yui Yuigahama	323	356
Chika Fujiwara	278

Diamond Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Kirito	921	939	1024	1124	1262	1524	1820
Rintarou Okabe	852	885	948	1048	1181	1281	1504
Taki Tachibana	519	537	618	711	800	970
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	521	543	587	665	754
Yuzuru Otonashi	451	484	525	588
Kazuma Satou	420	461	491
Shirou Emiya	410	432
Subaru Natsuki	296

Exhibition Gems

Exhibition gems, officially known as "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. Exhibition gems will be contested between eight next-best performers of each period who have never won any ISML award before - or in the case of later periods - those with fewer awards. 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 (PCVPD then PCVP)

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

Aquamarine (Source)

Aquamarine Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD		Male Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD
Mitsuha Miyamizu	-	4	2017	0.719		Saitama	-	5	2016	1.717
Zero Two	-	4	2019	1.473		Hiro	-	5	2019	1.973
Chika Fujiwara	-	4	2020	1.944		Shidou Itsuka	-	4	2015	0.958
Ai Hayasaka	-	4	2020	1.241		Ryuuji Takasu	-	4	2015	0.289
Tamako Kitashirakawa	-	3	2014	-0.055		Kaito Kuroba	-	4	2015	0.194
Iroha Isshiki	-	3	2016	0.405		Yuu Otosaka	-	4	2016	1.419
Tohru	-	3	2018	0.690		Masamune Izumi	-	4	2018	0.589
Shouko Makinohara	-	3	2019	0.600		Giyu Tomioka	-	4	2020	1.131
Ichigo	-	3	2019	-0.565		Kyojuro Rengoku	-	4	2021	0.373
Kaede Azusagawa	-	3	2020	0.464		Kousei Arima	-	3	2015	0.159
Hina Amano	-	3	2020	-0.059		Ken Kaneki	-	3	2015	-0.116
Yui Hirasawa	-	2	2010	-0.893		Itachi Uchiha	-	3	2016	0.919
Utaha Kasumigaoka	-	2	2016	-0.548		Shouya Ishida	-	3	2018	-0.023
Umaru Doma	-	2	2016	-0.781		Yuuji Itadori	-	3	2021	-0.179
Aqua	-	2	2017	-0.306		Ryunosuke Akasaka	-	2	2015	0.055
Takagi	-	2	2019	-0.357		Edward Elric	-	2	2015	-0.508

Aquamarine Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Chika Fujiwara	1489	1543	1603	1774	2261	2790	3723
Zero Two	1791	1896	1972	2112	2255	2520	2900
Iroha Isshiki	1031	1145	1227	1343	1590	1793
Tohru	938	1018	1166	1354	1521
Ai Hayasaka	944	1056	1125	1230
Mitsuha Miyamizu	873	951	1097
Tamako Kitashirakawa	760	801
Shouko Makinohara	712

Aquamarine Ring
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Saitama	1355	1424	1573	1726	2012	2381	2773
Kaito Kuroba	1220	1254	1372	1482	1692	1956	2358
Hiro	1141	1186	1272	1411	1538	1906
Yuu Otosaka	955	1012	1143	1281	1512
Ryuuji Takasu	901	951	1019	1200
Shidou Itsuka	876	939	994
Giyu Tomioka	827	871
Masamune Izumi	491

Topaz (Source)

Topaz Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD		Male Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD
Iroha Isshiki	-	4	2016	0.686		Shidou Itsuka	-	4	2015	0.874
Utaha Kasumigaoka	-	4	2016	0.54		Kaito Kuroba	-	4	2015	0.088
Tohru	-	4	2018	1.015		Yuu Otosaka	-	4	2016	1.236
Ai Hayasaka	-	4	2020	1.215		Masamune Izumi	-	4	2018	0.12
Yui Hirasawa	-	2	2010	-0.286		Ryuuji Takasu	-	3	2015	0.246
Shinka Nibutani	-	2	2013	-0.441		Ryunosuke Akasaka	-	3	2015	-0.143
Origami Tobiichi	-	2	2014	-0.554		Kousei Arima	-	3	2015	-0.493
Tamako Kitashirakawa	-	2	2014	-1.098		Karma Akabane	-	3	2016	-0.804
Kaori Miyazono	-	2	2015	-0.64		Giyu Tomioka	-	3	2020	0.074
Aqua	-	2	2017	-0.24		Kyojuro Rengoku	-	3	2021	0.212
Zero Two	-	2	2019	-0.34		Yato	-	2	2015	-0.464
Kaede Azusagawa	-	2	2020	-0.252		Gintoki Sakata	-	2	2015	-0.826
Nanami Aoyama	-	1	2013	-1.447		Itachi Uchiha	-	2	2016	-0.164
Tohka Yatogami	-	1	2014	-0.947		Jotaro Kujo	-	2	2016	-0.555
Mitsuha Miyamizu	-	1	2017	-0.838		Ainz Ooal Gown	-	2	2016	-0.498
Beatrice	-	1	2017	-1.748		Shouya Ishida	-	2	2018	-0.702

Topaz Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Ai Hayasaka	1374	1417	1471	1534	1694	1989	2351
Iroha Isshiki	606	661	748	834	939	1145	1504
Utaha Kasumigaoka	691	741	797	864	977	1111
Yui Hirasawa	504	547	576	746	890
Tohru	500	549	634	733
Tamako Kitashirakawa	498	538	564
Origami Tobiichi	414	437
Shinka Nibutani	325

Topaz Ring
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Yuu Otosaka	672	735	796	935	1017	1241	1517
Shidou Itsuka	613	677	736	806	924	1136	1411
Kaito Kuroba	612	649	718	822	924	1088
Ryuuji Takasu	522	578	644	711	849
Ryunosuke Akasaka	490	515	586	665
Karma Akabane	497	530	582
Kousei Arima	470	504
Masamune Izumi	403

Amethyst (Source)

Amethyst Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD		Male Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD
Shinka Nibutani	-	3	2013	0.129		Ryuuji Takasu	-	4	2015	0.898
Yoshino	-	3	2014	-0.353		Ryunosuke Akasaka	-	4	2015	0.694
Iroha Isshiki	-	3	2016	0.806		Shidou Itsuka	-	3	2015	0.831
Utaha Kasumigaoka	-	3	2016	0.435		Gintoki Sakata	-	3	2015	0.459
Mitsuha Miyamizu	-	3	2017	0.156		Yato	-	3	2015	0.321
Tohru	-	3	2018	-0.551		Kaito Kuroba	-	3	2015	-0.368
Nanami Aoyama	-	2	2013	-0.856		Shouya Ishida	-	3	2018	0.413
Aqua	-	2	2017	-0.96		Eugeo	-	3	2019	-0.454
Shouko Makinohara	-	2	2019	-0.76		Kyojuro Rengoku	-	3	2021	-0.15
Zero Two	-	2	2019	-0.803		Ken Kaneki	-	2	2015	-0.021
Yui Hirasawa	-	1	2010	-0.619		Itachi Uchiha	-	2	2016	-0.287
Origami Tobiichi	-	1	2014	-1.173		Tomoya Aki	-	2	2016	-0.479
Beatrice	-	1	2017	-1.093		Eren Yeager	-	2	2016	-0.731
Takagi	-	1	2019	-0.997		Ainz Ooal Gown	-	2	2016	-0.802
Hina Amano	-	1	2020	-0.909		Jotaro Kujo	-	2	2016	-0.817
Kaede Azusagawa	-	1	2020	-1.26		Haruka Kasugano	-	2	2018	-1.38

Amethyst Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Iroha Isshiki	1885	1912	2063	2241	2472	2932	3585
Nanami Aoyama	1650	1736	1791	2001	2221	2492	3218
Tohru	946	1043	1200	1432	1856	2220
Shouko Makinohara	1433	1481	1584	1691	1837
Aqua	888	980	1109	1244
Mitsuha Miyamizu	886	952	1102
Yoshino	845	931
Shinka Nibutani	523

Amethyst Ring
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Ryunosuke Akasaka	1601	1703	1785	1983	2375	2699	3587
Gintoki Sakata	1447	1507	1572	1642	1931	2267	2660
Shidou Itsuka	1047	1112	1215	1436	1689	1933
Kaito Kuroba	1112	1145	1264	1367	1534
Ryuuji Takasu	1016	1150	1226	1312
Eugeo	758	791	845
Shouya Ishida	670	751
Yato	559

Sapphire (Source)

Sapphire Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name	Awa.	W (T)	Debut	PCVPD		Male Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD
Nanami Aoyama	-	3	2013	0.299		Shidou Itsuka	-	4	2015	0.623
Tohru	-	3	2018	0.552		Ryuuji Takasu	-	3	2015	0.864
Aqua	-	2 (1)	2017	-0.894		Gintoki Sakata	-	3	2015	-0.136
Yui Hirasawa	-	2	2010	-0.553		Edward Elric	-	3	2015	-0.355
Tohka Yatogami	-	2	2014	-0.647		Jotaro Kujo	-	3	2016	-0.161
Tamako Kitashirakawa	-	2	2014	-0.698		Ainz Ooal Gown	-	3	2016	-0.525
Origami Tobiichi	-	2	2014	-0.746		Shouya Ishida	-	3	2018	0.453
Kaede Azusagawa	-	2	2020	-0.941		Kyojuro Rengoku	-	3	2021	-0.075
Shinka Nibutani	-	1	2013	-0.573		Kousei Arima	-	2	2015	-0.341
Yoshino	-	1	2014	-1.019		Kaito Kuroba	-	2	2015	-0.373
Kaori Miyazono	-	1	2015	-1.271		L	-	2	2015	-0.375
Umaru Doma	-	1	2016	-1.615		Tatsuya Shiba	-	2	2015	-0.383
Mitsuha Miyamizu	-	1	2017	-0.615		Yato	-	2	2015	-0.652
Beatrice	-	1	2017	-1.958		Eren Yeager	-	2	2016	-0.757
Shouko Makinohara	-	1	2019	-1.228		Haruka Kasugano	-	2	2018	-0.466
Zero Two	-	1	2019	-1.229		Masamune Izumi	-	2	2018	-1.001

Sapphire Bracelet
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Nanami Aoyama	1499	1566	1656	1857	2249	2614	3075
Tohru	1208	1253	1388	1561	1765	2210	2875
Aqua	1047	1099	1242	1450	1609	1825
Yui Hirasawa	1202	1244	1329	1391	1603
Tamako Kitashirakawa	1075	1113	1173	1253
Kaede Azusagawa	903	974	1090
Tohka Yatogami	758	948
Origami Tobiichi	643

Sapphire Ring
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Shouya Ishida	1390	1479	1536	1731	1804	2095	2517
Shidou Itsuka	1088	1178	1245	1396	1535	1802	2208
Gintoki Sakata	962	992	1140	1174	1419	1417
Ryuuji Takasu	987	1024	1151	1230	1370
Jotaro Kujo	868	913	1075	1137
Kyojuro Rengoku	923	973	1012
Edward Elric	746	820
Ainz Ooal Gown	631

Emerald (Source)

Emerald Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name	Awa (1st)	W	Debut	PCVPD		Male Name	Awa (1st)	W(T)	Debut	PCVPD
Utaha Kasumigaoka	0	3	2016	-0.209		Kousei Arima	0	2	2015	-1.211
Tohru	0	1	2018	-1.565		Shidou Itsuka	0	1	2015	-0.587
Misaki Shokuhou	1 (2014)	2	2014	-0.023		Ryuuji Takasu	0	1	2015	-1.106
Shiro	1 (2014)	2	2015	0.163		Kyojuro Rengoku	0	0(1)	2021	-1.737
Megumin	1 (2016)	1	2017	-1.046		Edward Elric	0	0	2015	-1.235
Index	1 (2020)	3	2009	0.007		Jotaro Kujo	0	0	2016	-0.733
Yui Yuigahama	1 (2020)	3	2014	-0.198		Satoshi Fukube	0	0	2020	-2.75
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	1 (2020)	2	2021	-0.609		Tomoya Okazaki	1 (2019)	2	2015	-0.397
Kuroko Shirai	1 (2020)	1	2011	-0.432		Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	1 (2019)	2	2018	-0.425
Schwi Dola	1 (2020)	1	2018	-2.302		Sorata Kanda	1 (2020)	2	2016	-0.559
Shouko Nishimiya	1 (2020)	1	2018	-1.57		Nasa Yuzaki	1 (2020)	1	2021	-0.908
Kei Shirogane	1 (2020)	0	2021	-1.87		Saitama	1 (2021)	2	2016	0.331
Iroha Isshiki	1 (2021)	1	2016	-0.689		Yuu Otosaka	1 (2021)	2	2016	-0.429
Taiga Aisaka	2 (2010)	1	2010	-0.908		Ryunosuke Akasaka	1 (2021)	1	2015	-1.209
Nao Tomori	2 (2015)	3	2016	-0.553		Shouya Ishida	1 (2021)	1	2018	-1.507
Ruiko Saten	2 (2017)	1	2009	-2.612		Yuzuru Otonashi	2 (2015)	1	2015	-1.027

Emerald Bracelet # of Awards won prior (first year won)
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Utaha Kasumigaoka	808	899	966	1225	1513	1834	2667
Index1 (2020)	1575	1612	1749	1804	1906	2042	2606
Megumin1 (2016)	847	938	1012	1184	1361	1796
Schwi Dola1 (2020)	744	816	895	975	1151
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi1 (2020)	682	752	794	919
Yui Yuigahama1 (2020)	619	667	773
Misaki Shokuhou1 (2014)	549	606
Tohru	529

Emerald Ring # of Awards won prior (first year won)
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Tomoya Okazaki 1 (2020)	852	927	1075	1199	1368	1543	2066
Kyojuro Rengoku	773	804	848	935	1073	1389	1730
Shidou Itsuka	895	942	1026	1095	1183	1372
Jotaro Kujo	758	781	819	990	1061
Kousei Arima	586	643	708	772
Edward Elric	606	615	655
Ryuuji Takasu	475	523
Satoshi Fukube	451

Ruby (Source)

Ruby Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name	Awa (1st)	W	Debut	PCVPD		Male Name	Awa (1st)	W	Debut	PCVPD
Tohru	0	1	2018	-1.437		Ryuuji Takasu	0	3	2015	0.19
Misaki Shokuhou	1 (2014)	2	2014	-0.618		Shidou Itsuka	0	2	2015	-0.701
Shiro	1 (2014)	2	2015	-1.189		Kousei Arima	0	0	2015	-1.582
Megumin	1 (2016)	0	2017	-0.624		Edward Elric	0	0	2015	-2.092
Index	1 (2020)	2	2009	-0.137		Jotaro Kujo	0	0	2016	-1.43
Kuroko Shirai	1 (2020)	1	2010	-0.071		Satoshi Fukube	0	0	2020	-1.429
Schwi Dola	1 (2020)	3	2018	-0.3		Kyojuro Rengoku	0	0	2021	-1.947
Shouko Nishimiya	1 (2020)	1	2018	-0.391		Saika Totsuka	1 (2020)	3	2016	-0.197
Kei Shirogane	1 (2020)	0	2021	-1.662		Shirou Emiya	1 (2020)	2	2015	0.009
Chika Fujiwara	1 (2021)	2	2020	-0.578		Nasa Yuzaki	1 (2020)	0	2021	-1.372
Iroha Isshiki	1 (2021)	1	2016	-1.47		Yuu Otosaka	1 (2021)	2	2016	0.101
Ai Hayasaka	1 (2021)	2	2020	-0.855		Saitama	1 (2021)	2	2016	-0.444
Taiga Aisaka	2 (2010)	0	2010	-1.99		Ryunosuke Akasaka	1 (2021)	1	2015	-1.165
Nao Tomori	2 (2015)	3	2016	-0.834		Shouya Ishida	1 (2021)	1	2018	-0.691
Ruiko Saten	2 (2017)	1	2009	-0.968		Yuzuru Otonashi	2 (2015)	1	2015	0.066
Kanna Kamui	2 (2017)	2	2018	-1.015		Levi Ackerman	2 (2017)	3	2015	-0.013

Ruby Bracelet # of Awards won prior (first year won)
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Megumin 1 (2016)	1417	1482	1556	1678	1932	2084	2559
Index 1 (2020)	1349	1373	1406	1463	1529	2016	2451
Shiro 1 (2014)	811	980	1040	1119	1227	1328
Kuroko Shirai 1 (2020)	677	710	757	931	1075
Shouko Nishimiya1 (2020)	640	653	751	800
Misaki Shokuhou 1 (2014)	513	517	563
Tohru	475	507
Schwi Dola 1 (2020)	390

Ruby Ring # of Awards won prior (first year won)
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Shidou Itsuka	828	871	933	1017	1244	1427	1872
Jotaro Kujo	817	889	920	995	1058	1318	1596
Ryuuji Takasu	622	710	783	902	1022	1169
Kyojuro Rengoku	657	711	776	898	1012
Saika Totsuka 1 (2020)	622	654	749	837
Kousei Arima	579	641	741
Satoshi Fukube	509	586
Edward Elric	506

Diamond (Source)

Diamond Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD		Male Name	Awa.	W	Debut	PCVPD
Tohru	0	0	2018	-2.385		Ryuuji Takasu	0	3	2015	-0.518
Misaki Shokuhou	1 (2014)	2	2014	-0.369		Shidou Itsuka	0	2	2015	-0.396
Shiro	1 (2014)	2	2015	-0.323		Kousei Arima	0	1	2015	-0.706
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	1 (2020)	3	2021	-0.425		Edward Elric	0	0	2015	-1.651
Index	1 (2020)	2	2009	-0.136		Jotaro Kujo	0	0	2016	-1.23
Kuroko Shirai	1 (2020)	1	2010	-1.633		Satoshi Fukube	0	1	2020	-1.263
Schwi Dola	1 (2020)	1	2018	-0.968		Kyojuro Rengoku	0	2	2021	-0.631
Kei Shirogane	1 (2020)	1	2021	-0.875		Saika Totsuka	1 (2020)	2	2016	-0.309

Diamond Bracelet # of Awards won prior (first year won)
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Index 1 (2020)	1311	1330	1385	1474	1599	1703	2339
Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 1 (2020)	952	986	1067	1182	1252	1511	1774
Kuroko Shirai 1 (2020)	634	645	664	719	986	1223
Shiro 1 (2014)	463	640	669	721	829
Misaki Shokuhou 1 (2014)	525	543	599	370
Kei Shirogane 1 (2020)	441	464	489
Tohru	330	356
Schwi Dola 1 (2020)	327

Diamond Ring # of Awards won prior (first year won)
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
Nasa Yuzaki 1 (2020)	862	892	973	1040	1136	1288	1632
Saika Totsuka 1 (2020)	639	669	754	805	883	1027	1360
Ryuuji Takasu	614	621	677	770	855	984
Kyojuro Rengoku	532	584	624	688	809
Jotaro Kujo	497	533	552	686
Edward Elric	468	483	516
Satoshi Fukube	404	433
Kousei Arima	324

Playoffs

It's the same old standard single-elimination bracket, winner gets Tiara / Scepter, blah blah blah, you should know this shit already

ISML 2021 promotional AMV, edited by Master.A.Fang (Mirror links: Bilibili, Vimeo)

Seedings

Unlike last year, playoff contestants will be seeded 1-16 based on overall regular season performance, sorted by Wins, then CVP. Whether the round of 16 is fought between characters from the same Split 3 group doesn't matter.

ISML 2021 Playoff Seeds
Female					Male
#	Name	RS W	RS CVP		#	Name	RS W	RS CVP
1	Elaina	35	52.224		1	Sakuta Azusagawa	35	47.117
2	Mikoto Misaka	34	54.318		2	Riku Dola	35	41.911
3	Kaguya Shinomiya	34	49.337		3	Touma Kamijou	33	43.345
4	Mashiro Shiina	33	48.189		4	Kirito	33	42.17
5	Kurumi Tokisaki	32	48.718		5	Yuu Ishigami	33	41.84
6	Mai Sakurajima	30	47.942		6	Yuuta Togashi	32	43.689
7	Rikka Takanashi	30	45.918		7	Subaru Natsuki	31	39.929
8	Asuna	30	44.694		8	Taki Tachibana	29	40.89
9	Kanade Tachibana	30	42.593		9	Kazuma Satou	28	39.068
10	Emilia	28	44.904		10	Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	28	38.448
11	Yui Yuigahama	27	41.521		11	Levi Ackerman WC	27	37.675
12	Chika Fujiwara	25	42.412		12	Saika Totsuka	25	36.031
13	Nao Tomori WC	25	40.626		13	Shirou Emiya	23	34.612
14	Ai Hayasaka WC	25	40.59		14	Sorata Kanda WC	22	34.173
15	Tsukasa Tsukuyomi WC	24	40.072		15	Rintarou Okabe WC	21	34.212
16	Index WC	18	41.468		16	Tomoya Okazaki WC	20	33.125

Tiara Playoffs

Tiara Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16 (PO 1, PO 2)				Quarter-finals (PO 3)				Semi-finals (PO 4)				Final (PO 5)
PO 1
1	Elaina	2990
16	Index	2348
PO 1				1	Elaina	3704
8	Asuna	2362		9	Angel	2315
9	Kanade Tachibana	2414
PO 1								1	Elaina	4044
4	Mashiro Shiina	2776						4	Mashiro	3904
13	Nao Tomori	2220		4	Mashiro	3120
PO 1				5	Kurumi	2914
5	Kurumi Tokisaki	3091
12	Chika Fujiwara	2035											Final
PO 2												1	Elaina	12,590
2	Mikoto Misaka	4150										2	Mikoto	11,986
15	Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	1766
PO 2				2	Mikoto	3894
7	Rikka Takanashi	3457		7	Rikka	2605
10	Emilia	2294						2	Mikoto	4425
PO 2								3	Kaguya	3841
3	Kaguya Shinomiya	3190
14	Ai Hayasaka	1849		3	Kaguya	3229
PO 2				6	Mai	2973							3rd place
6	Mai Sakurajima	3005										4	Mashiro	9722
11	Yui Yuigahama	2262										3	Kaguya	11,299

Scepter Playoffs

Scepter Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16 (PO 1, PO 2)				Quarter-finals (PO 3)				Semi-finals (PO 4)				Final (PO 5)
PO 2
1	Sakuta Azusagawa	3049
16	Tomoya Okazaki	1654
PO 2				1	Sakuta	3188
8	Taki Tachibana	3037		8	Taki	2455
9	Kazuma Satou	1924
PO 2								1	Sakuta	4473
4	Kirito	2835						4	Kirito	2925
13	Shirou Emiya	1793		4	Kirito	2839
PO 2				5	Ishigami	2531
5	Yuu Ishigami	2606
12	Saika Totsuka	1922											Final
PO 1												1	Sakuta	10,811
2	Riku Dola	2379										6	Yuuta	9736
15	Rintarou Okabe	1892
PO 1				2	Riku	2986
7	Subaru Natsuki	2198		7	Subaru	2462
10	Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	2042						2	Riku	3416
PO 1								6	Yuuta	3690
3	Touma Kamijou	2598
14	Sorata Kanda	1848		3	Touma	2590
PO 1				6	Yuuta	2914							3rd place
6	Yuuta Togashi	2719										4	Kirito	10,145
11	Levi Ackerman	1971										2	Riku	9073

Final Rankings (1-20)

Consolation matches are serious fucking business. It's also very complicated and a mess to write on the main page, so if you want details on how 3rd 5th and below are ranked, go to this page.

Final rankings from each gender will only display 1st-20th. For full rankings and statistics, click the above link.

Female				Male
Rank	Name	Eliminated		Rank	Name	Eliminated
Tiara	Elaina			Scepter	Sakuta Azusagawa
2nd	Mikoto Misaka	Final		2nd	Yuuta Togashi	Final
3rd	Kaguya Shinomiya	SF		3rd	Kirito	SF
4th	Mashiro Shiina	SF		4th	Riku Dola	SF
5th	Mai Sakurajima	QF		5th	Touma Kamijou	QF
6th	Asuna	Top 16		6th	Taki Tachibana	QF
7th	Rikka Takanashi	QF		7th	Levi Ackerman	Top 16
8th	Emilia	Top 16		8th	Subaru Natsuki	QF
9th	Chika Fujiwara	Top 16		9th	Yuu Ishigami	QF
10th	Kurumi Tokisaki	QF		10th	Kiyotaka Ayanokouji	Top 16
11th	Kanade Tachibana	QF		11th	Sorata Kanda	Top 16
12th	Yui Yuigahama	Top 16		12th	Yuzuru Otonashi	Split 3
13th	Shiro	Split 3		13th	Shirou Emiya	Top 16
14th	Nao Tomori	Top 16		14th	Kazuma Satou	Top 16
15th	Misaki Shokuhou	Split 3		15th	Saika Totsuka	Top 16
16th	Tsukasa Tsukuyomi	Top 16		16th	Shidou Itsuka	Split 3
17th	Index	Top 16		17th	Lelouch vi Britannia	Split 3
18th	Rin Tohsaka	Split 3		18th	Tomoya Okazaki	Top 16
19th	Ai Hayasaka	Top 16		19th	Rintarou Okabe	Top 16
20th	Taiga Aisaka	Split 3		20th	Ryunosuke Akasaka	Split 3

Trivia

Main Tournament

• Because of the new method of determining who qualifies from the nomination rounds, seven males who first appeared in 2021 Winter and Spring anime were entered into the Main Tournament's preliminary rounds: Keyaru, Rudeus Greyrat, Hiroshi Odokawa, Lu Bu, Manjiro Sano, Shinei Nouzen, and Yomogi Asanaka. Only Rudeus successfully qualified for the regular season stage.
• This year marks the first time Haruhi Suzumiya failed to qualify in ISML's regular season, breaking a 13-year streak of appearances since 2008. Because of this, Saber becomes the last remaining girl to have appeared in all ISML main tournaments.
• Mashiro Shiina extends the record for the most number of necklace wins with 9, after she won the Amethyst gem round. On the other hand, Mikoto Misaka re-takes the lead for the highest amount of ISML awards with 10 by winning the Sapphire necklace.
• The Kaguya-sama series produced yet another successful gallery of posters this year, having won five awards (2 main gems, 2 exhibition gems, and 1 seasonal).
• Meanwhile, Sakurasou managed to have all of its members win at least one ISML award for this year (4 awards in total), with Nanami and Ryunosuke winning their first posters and Sorata winning his first pendant.
• The 2021 regular season produced two tied matches so far, a rare occurence in ISML post-league format. This may be attributed to the year's consistently low vote turnout comparable to ISML 2017.
  • Sapphire 5: Azusa Nakano vs Aqua, 1832-1832
  • Emerald 5: Nasa Yuzaki vs Kyojuro Rengoku, 973-973
• Only 3 characters will appear in the playoffs for the first time this year: Elaina (a newcomer and potential royal roader), Tsukasa Tsukuyomi (a wildcard escapee), and Kirito (winner of ISML 2012's male exhibition).
• Mikoto Misaka reached her 4th finals appearance after ISML 2010, ISML 2011, and ISML 2020, overtaking Shana as the contestant with the most finals appearances in the main tournament.

Statistics

Vote totals in Regular Season

ISML 2021 Regular Season Vote Totals (used to calculate Vote Points - VP for each round)
Round	Female	Male	Other	Total	Players	Average
Prelim 1	46,765	36,329	30,052	113,146	112	1010.232
Prelim 2	60,556	42,790	35,696	139,042	101	1376.653
Prelim 3	62,001	43,494	46,488	151,983	108	1407.250
Prelim 4	38,416	32,210	36,186	106,812	107	998.243
Prelim 5	46,901	40,371	45,204	132,476	107	1238.093
Prelim 6	45,716	39,630	44,772	129,818	107	1213.252
Aqua 1	109,117	90,046	N/A	199,163	144	1383.076
Aqua 2	123,555	107,159	N/A	230,714	144	1602.181
Aqua 3	168,819	148,170	N/A	316,989	144	2201.313
Aqua 4	167,386	159,263	N/A	326,649	144	2268.396
Aqua 5	147,837	130,476	N/A	278,313	144	1932.729
Topaz 1	94,349	82,488	20,327	197,164	142	1388.479
Topaz 2	75,152	66,555	15,750	157,457	148	1063.899
Topaz 3	63,602	53,815	13,970	131,387	144	912.4097
Topaz 4	93,345	81,859	21,243	196,447	144	1364.215
Topaz 5	94,907	79,431	21,211	195,549	144	1357.979
Amet 1	80,632	68,672	17,829	149,304	144	1036.833
Amet 2	65,565	58,190	15,007	138,762	144	963.625
Amet 3	81,868	73,785	18,709	174,362	144	1210.847
Amet 4	110,234	100,147	24,615	234,996	144	1631.917
Amet 5	124,615	109,786	28,184	262,585	144	1823.507
Sapp 1	97,509	82,077	26,160	205,746	144	1428.792
Sapp 2	119,325	103,471	31,920	254,716	144	1768.861
Sapp 3	98,519	85,128	23,318	206,965	144	1437.257
Sapp 4	116,006	99,387	30,164	245,557	144	1705.257
Sapp 5	122,205	103,426	31,562	257,193	144	1786.063
Eme 1	30,596	26,180	44,247.4	101,023	105	962.1276
Eme 2	38,164	31,626	27,264	69,790	96	726.9792
Eme 3	34,576	28,488	24,214	87,278	96	909.1458
Eme 4	36,092	29,745	25,977	91,814	96	956.3958
Eme 5	39,169	32,082	29,535	100,786	100	1007.86
Ruby 1	39,276	34,845	14,826	88,947	80	1111.838
Ruby 2	36,462	30,329	13,985	80,776	84	961.619
Ruby 3	38,774	32,310	13,519	84.603	84	1007.179
Ruby 4	41,230	34,471	28,582	104,283	100	1042.83
Ruby 5	43,849	36,014	195,405.6	275,269	104	2646.813
Dia 1	37,029	31,984	30,748	99,761	96	1039.177
Dia 2	39,173	33,515	33,524	106,212	96	1106.375
Dia 3	40,423	35,000	34,828	110,251	96	1148.448
Dia 4	43,492	38,080	39,357	120,929	96	1259.677
Dia 5	49,336	44,038	43,030	136,404	96	1420.875

Amethyst 2:

• ToC Male Round 2: Rimuru Tempest breaks Miyuki Shirogane's 40 win streak, which started from ISML 2020's regular season until the first round of ToC 2021. (44 if including the 2019 shipping exhibition)

Amethyst 3:

• Rikka Takanashi 200th RS (Regular season) win
• Nao Tomori 100th RS win

Amethyst 5

• Riku Dola 100th RS win

Sapphire 1

• Edward Elric 100th RS win

Sapphire 3

• Gintoki Sakata 100th 1v1 win (including exhibitions)

Emerald 2

• Kurumi Tokisaki 200th RS win

Ruby 5

• Sorata Kanda 100th 1v1 win (including exhibitions)

Diamond 1

• Subaru Natsuki 100th RS win

Diamond 3

• Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 100th RS win
• Rin Tohsaka overtakes Shana as the female with the 2nd most wins in the regular season, having scored her 331st victory against Tohru.

Diamond 5

• Sorata Kanda 100th RS win

Incidents

Minor

• A Bahasa Indonesia version is added to the ISML website, with translations provided by Kurogaga, an Indonesian user and ISML Forum member through the official ISML Discord server.
• Aquamarine 2 Recount: the votes were recounted after the staff received appeals from members of the Index voting block, telling them to check if their votes are valid, which is proven true. This resulted in the votes being increased by a small amount, around 100+ votes at most. However, no results were overturned.
• The Chinese names of Fate/stay night's Servant characters will now display their true names:
  • Saber is now displayed as Artoria Pendragon: 阿尔托莉雅·潘德拉贡 (simplified) / 阿爾托莉雅·潘德拉貢 (traditional)
  • Archer is now displayed as Emiya: 卫宫 / 衛宮
  • Lancer is now displayed as Cu Chulainn: 库·丘林 / 庫·丘林

The February 2021 War: Recounts, Vote Spikes, and Warnings

Ran Mouri fans' Defiant Defeat

• After the results of Playoffs Day 2 (January 1), a supporter claimed to be a Ran Mouri fan sent an appeal to the staff.

Ai Haibara fan group appeal

• After the initial results of Playoffs Day 4 (semi-finals) were released, which showed Miko Iino winning against Ai Haibara in the seasonal semi-final 3635 - 3438, members of the Chinese Ai Haibara fan group submitted an appeal 【公告/2021#35】淘汰赛第4轮重新计票 - Statement from starryrainynight (ISML Tieba, 2022-02-09)</ref> requesting a recount to check if their votes were properly counted, as they felt that anti-voters (especially salty Ran Mouri fans after they failed their appeal against their loss to Nezuko two rounds prior) manipulated the results in order to snipe Haibara out. They gave their hundred-ish omitted vote IDs to the ISML staff as evidence.^{[citation needed]}
• However, one impatient user, who was unable to accept the late and inconsistent results, went too far and sent a threatening hate mail to staff member / organizer Maglor,^{[citation needed]} prompting a warning from the ISML staff which was opined by several Chinese users in ISML Tieba.
• Nevertheless, the appeal proved successful as it overturned the initial results of Haibara's match in their favor; the recount showed Haibara winning against Iino by a score of 3787 - 3721.
  • The addition of votes resulting from this appeal also affected the result in the male consolation matches, when Kiyotaka Ayanokouji replaced Shidou Itsuka as the 4th male that advanced to the match that will decide 5th-12th place, meaning Shidou will be relegated to playing for 13th-20th instead.

A Witch's Tirade, A Thunderous Threat

• On February 8, according to a post by Chinese staff member and spokesman starryrainynight, the ISML staff have "received reports that some supporters claiming to be Elaina fans made comments attacking other characters, while other supporters threatened to conduct 'human flesh' searches and personal attacks on users who reposted their comments". Because of this, the staff issued a warning to stop these actions or else Elaina is disqualified. Starry later amended this statement on February 11, as the staff decided to invalidate some 200+ votes from Elaina supporters instead "on the grounds of supporting unethical behavior" to prevent the situation from worsening.
• On February 9, a member of Elaina's fan group complained about Mikoto and Mashiro's rising vote percentages while Elaina's numbers decreased (even though she won against Mashiro anyway). So he did shit-talking about Mashiro, Mikoto, Kuroneko, Katou and Kaguya fans in public, giving off the impression of a "sore winner". This led into a huge argument in ISML Tieba Forum that lasted until Feb 11. Most of the posts involving this incident were later deleted.

The Tiara Blame Game

ISML 2021 Tiara Final vote distribution map

• After the final match was decided, several threads in ISML Tieba questioned the result of Elaina > Mikoto. Some users pinned the blame on Korean voters because the color representing Elaina in the vote distribution map was shaded dark blue on South Korea, indicating that a large majority of Korean voters chose her. These numbers were also attributed to the witch's victory in Aketo 2020, a notable Korean saimoe tournament.
• There were also reports of the Korean online portal Naver canvassing their votes for Elaina.^{[citation needed]} Some comments also accused Maglor, who is a Korean-American, of influencing the match because of his nationality.^{[citation needed]}
• On the other hand, some people cited that Elaina campaigning videos posted on Bilibili, and screenshots from the Elaina voting groups in QQ and Tieba, were among the key factors in her victory since it proved that there was large support for Elaina in China - thus explaining the very light orange color in the Mainland which indicates that Mikoto only won there by a slight margin.
• Maglor released this statement in the end:

Maglor's statement about the Tiara Final match

To all concerned about the finals results. We have throroughly investigated the matter to best of our abilities, and what we see is (1) All the concerns brought to us has already been addressed before the appeals (2) Almost all the multivotes and votes involved with most illegal activities mentioned in the appeal were already discarded except for a very few votes not sufficient to change any results (3) Even those mentioned as being bought with money were already taken care of, since it seems those receiving the money supplied multiple votes, thus were caught be the standard way. (4) As mentioned before, we have reasons to believe some people are using any data revealed in the appeals process to improve their multivotes' evasion of detection chances. Already such improvements based on quarterfinal and semifinal match results has made it much harder to find them. We will address this with our own program improvements, but we are but a few trying to ward off many people who are extremely smart and resourceful. We fear further revealing of the data to only hurt our chance of catching the multivoters. (5) After debate over all options available, ISML staff has decided that it isn't possible to improve the results much more. I have personally reinvestigated the new evidences brought to my attention, and it is hinting at multivotes and illegal activities not only for Elaina but Mikoto as well. There is a reason to believe that some "sellers" are giving votes to both Elaina and Mikoto, and providing either the "good" votes or "bad" votes to the people who wants something new to support their appeal. Many of the people who are appealing the results probably is thinking they are communicating with just another support group member without knowing the nefarious background of these "sellers". When everything is taken care of to best of our knowledge, ISML staff still believes the current VF% is the most accurate estimate of the true VF%. To have even better knowledge of correct vote number is beyond our current capability, because we lost some capabilities due to cheaters using data from past appeal processes. (6) Therefore, the result stands as is, and we cannot receive any more appeals since, barring tremendously important new information, we don't think there can be anything we can change. Let us close the chapter on 2021 season, and move on with our lives in 2022.

Winner's Gallery

Main Tournament

Necklace & Tiara

2021 Aquamarine: Kurumi Tokisaki

2021 Topaz: Kaguya Shinomiya

2021 Amethyst: Mashiro Shiina

2021 Sapphire: Mikoto Misaka

2021 Emerald: Elaina

2021 Ruby: Rikka Takanashi

2021 Diamond: Asuna

HEAVENLY TIARA: Elaina

Pendant & Scepter

2021 Aquamarine: Sakuta Azusagawa

2021 Topaz: Yuu Ishigami

2021 Amethyst: Riku Dola

2021 Sapphire: Yuuta Togashi

2021 Emerald: Touma Kamijou

2021 Ruby: Sorata Kanda

2021 Diamond: Kirito

LAPIS SCEPTER: Sakuta Azusagawa

Exhibition Gems

Jewelry Exhibitions (Female)

2021 Aquamarine: Chika Fujiwara

2021 Topaz: Ai Hayasaka

2021 Amethyst: Iroha Isshiki

2021 Sapphire: Nanami Aoyama

2021 Emerald: Utaha Kasumigaoka

2021 Ruby: Megumin

2021 Diamond: Index

Jewelry Exhibitions (Male)

2021 Aquamarine: Saitama

2021 Topaz: Yuu Otosaka

2021 Amethyst: Ryuunosuke Akasaka

2021 Sapphire: Shouya Ishida

2021 Emerald: Tomoya Okazaki

2021 Ruby: Shidou Itsuka

2021 Diamond: Nasa Yuzaki

Seasonal & Exhibition

Female Seasonals

Winter Diadem: Miku Nakano (5-toubun no Hanayome S2)

Spring Diadem: Miko Iino (Kaguya-sama OVA)

Summer Diadem: Keke Tang (Love Live! Superstar!!)

Fall Diadem: Ran Mouri (Detective Conan) ^long-runner

Divine Circlet (Overall female seasonal champion): Keke Tang (Love Live! Superstar!!)

Male Seasonals

Winter Male Diadem: Tanjiro Kamado (Kimetsu no Yaiba Valentine's Day shorts)

Spring Male Diadem: Takashi Natsume (Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor movie)

Summer Male Diadem: Kimihiko Kimizuka (The Detective is Already Dead)

Fall Male Diadem: Lugh Tuantha De (The World's Finest Assassin)

Divine Crown (Overall male seasonal champion): Tanjiro Kamado (Kimetsu no Yaiba Valentine's Day shorts)

ToC & Exhibitions

2021 Female Tournament of Champions Winner: Violet Evergarden (1st title)

2021 Male Tournament of Champions Winner: Houtarou Oreki (2nd title)

ISML Virtual Youtuber Exhibitions: Kizuna AI (Kizuna AI, Inc.) - image edited by LittleWater (ISML user)

ISML Visual Novel Exhibition II: Shiroha Naruse (Summer Pockets) - image edited by you (ISML user)

2021 Couples / Ships Winner: Houtarou Oreki x Eru Chitanda (Hyouka, original illustration by mery)

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