ISML 2021

Main Tournament

ISML 2021 will be the 14th edition of the International Saimoe League.

This edition will mark the return of Kanade Tachibana and Kirito, champions of the 2012 Main Tournament and Male Exhibitions respectively.

Major Format Changes[edit | edit source]

TBD

Nomination Results[edit | edit source]

Rules[edit | edit source]

Direct Invites[edit | edit source]

2020 necklace and pendant winners who did not win the Tiara/Scepter will automatically qualify for the 2021 edition. Seasonal diadem champions, and winners of each season's consolation brackets will also qualify.

2020 Necklace Winners
Aquamarine	Topaz	Amethyst	Emerald	Ruby	Diamond

Asuna Yuuki	Kurumi Tokisaki	Kaguya Shinomiya	Mikoto Misaka	Mashiro Shiina	Rikka Takanashi
Sword Art Online	Date A Live	Kaguya-sama	Toaru series	Sakurasou	Chuunibyou

2020 Seasonals
Winter Diadem	Spring Diadem	Summer Diadem	Fall Diadem	Winter Consolation Bracket	Spring Consolation Bracket	Summer Consolation Bracket	Fall Consolation Bracket

Kotoko Iwanaga	Kei Shirogane	Chizuru Ichinose	Elaina	Maple / Kaede Honjou	Miko Iino	Komachi Hikigaya	Tsukasa Tsukuyomi
Kyokou Suiri (In/Spectre)	Kaguya-sama (S2)	Rental Girlfriend	Wandering Witch	Bofuri	Kaguya-sama (S2)	Oregairu (S3)	Tonikaku Kawaii

2020 Pendant Winners
Aquamarine	Amethyst	Sapphire	Emerald	Ruby	Diamond

Riku Dola	Yuu Ishigami	Gilgamesh	Touma Kamijou	Sakuta Azusagawa	Rintarou Okabe
No Game No Life: Zero	Kaguya-sama	Fate/stay night	Toaru series	Bunny Girl Senpai	Steins;Gate

Qualified[edit | edit source]

Did Not Qualify[edit | edit source]

Gem and Wildcard Rounds[edit | edit source]

Format[edit | edit source]

Gem Rounds: Instant-runoff voting format.

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) format explained

VOTING METHOD: Voters rank the contestants in order of preference, from 1st to 8th.

All ranked contestants will receive your vote in the entire counting process, but priority will be given to the one who has the first choice (or second, or third, and so on).
Alternatively, a voter may choose to abstain voting for a contestant. Abstained contestants will not receive your vote during the entire counting process.

VOTE COUNTING PROCESS:

Results start by counting the first-choice votes in the first round. If someone earns a majority (more than 50% of all votes), that player wins and the counting ends. If there is no majority, then the contestant with the least amount of votes is eliminated. The counting process then continues for another round.
The eliminated contestant's votes are transferred to their voters' respective second choices for the next round, and that vote will stick to them until the contestant is eliminated.
If their second choice is eliminated, their vote will be transferred to the next highest contestant. (Third, fourth, and so on.)
When a voter's choices are eliminated before the final round, their vote will be exhausted, meaning their vote will no longer count for the remaining contestants.
This cycle of transferring and eliminating repeats until a majority vote is declared, or there are only two contestants left, in which case the contestant with the higher votes wins.

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.

Wildcards: TBD.

Aquamarine [edit | edit source]

Aquamarine Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Aquamarine Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Topaz[edit | edit source]

Topaz Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Topaz Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Amethyst[edit | edit source]

Amethyst Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Amethyst Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Sapphire[edit | edit source]

Sapphire Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Sapphire Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Emerald[edit | edit source]

Emerald Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Emerald Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Ruby[edit | edit source]

Ruby Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Ruby Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Diamond[edit | edit source]

Diamond Necklace
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Diamond Pendant
Contestant	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place

Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Tiara Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Tiara Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
1
16
		Q1
8		Q2
9
				S1
4				S2
13		Q3
		Q4
5
12							Final
---						F1
2						F2
15
		Q5
7		Q6
10				S3
				S4
3
14		Q7
		Q8					3rd place
6						T1
11						T2

Scepter Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Scepter Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
1
16
		Q1
8		Q2
9
				S1
4				S2
13		Q3
		Q4
5
12							Final
---						F1
2						F2
15
		Q5
7		Q6
10				S3
				S4
3
14		Q7
		Q8					3rd place
6						T1
11						T2

Winner's Gallery[edit | edit source]

Necklace & Tiara

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Pendant & Scepter

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Consolation Gems (Female)

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Consolation Gems (Male)

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Seasonals

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ToC & Exhibitions

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Site navigation[edit | edit source]

International Saimoe League (link)
Main Pages	2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 · 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022
Gem Awards	Necklace • Pendant
Exhibitions	Seasonal Diadem • Divine Circlet / Crown • Tournament of Champions
Voting Methods	Single-elims • Double-elims • IRV & STV • Approval & Range • FPTP
Tiara Winners	Fate • Hina • Mio • Misaka • Tenshi • Kuroneko • Efreet • Eru • Shana • Katou • Rem • Violet • Yukino • 2021 • 2022
Scepter Winners	Lelouch† • Kirito† • Oreki† • Hideyoshi† • Accel • Sora • Koro • 8man • Slime • Miyuki • 2021 • 2022
† - Male exhibition victory

Major Saimoe Contests
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r/anime Best Girl ★	BG1 (2014) • BG2 (2015) • BG3 (2016) • BG4 (2017) • BG5 (2018) • BG6 (2019) • BG7 (2020)
r/anime Best Guy ★	BGuy1 (2015) • BGuy2 (2016) • BGuy3 (2017) • BGuy4 (2018) • BGuy5 (2019) • BGuy6 (2020) • BGuy7 (2021)
r/anime Best Chr. ☆ ‡	BCh1 (2015) • BCh2 (2016) • BCh3 (2017) • BCh4 (2018) • BCh5 (???)
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Information	What is "Saimoe" ? • Roster • List of champions • Records
Legend: † Defunct, ‡ Hiatus / Unknown fate

ISML 2021

Contents

Major Format Changes[edit | edit source]

Nomination Results[edit | edit source]

Rules[edit | edit source]

Direct Invites[edit | edit source]

Qualified[edit | edit source]

Did Not Qualify[edit | edit source]

Gem and Wildcard Rounds[edit | edit source]

Format[edit | edit source]

Aquamarine [edit | edit source]

Topaz[edit | edit source]

Amethyst[edit | edit source]

Sapphire[edit | edit source]

Emerald[edit | edit source]

Ruby[edit | edit source]

Diamond[edit | edit source]

Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Tiara Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Scepter Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Winner's Gallery[edit | edit source]

Site navigation[edit | edit source]

Fan Feed