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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

English sources (Derived from the Chinese spreadsheet)



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[]

Isml 2021 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 Aquamarine / Split 1
  • Sep 03 - 18: Topaz Topaz / Split 2
  • Sep 25 - Oct 10: Amethyst Amethyst
  • Oct 17 - Nov 01: Sapphire Sapphire
  • Nov 11 - Nov 26: Emerald Emerald / Split 3 (all matches from here pushed back 3 days)
  • Dec 03 - Dec 18: Ruby Ruby
  • Dec 25 - 2022 Jan 09: Diamond 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 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 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 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 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 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

  • 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 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:
  • 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
Kurumi
Kaguya
Mikoto
Mashiro
Rikka chuuni
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
Maisan
Hayasaka 3
Chika f
Misaki 2
Iroha
Emilia
Rin tohsaka
Yui yuigahama
Shiro1
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
Kei shirogane
Chizuru i
Elaina
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
Ishigami
Gilgamesh
Touma
Sakuta
Okabe
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
Kiyotaka
Subaru1
Saika
Taki
Saitama
Kazuma
Tomoya
Sorata
Archer
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 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 02 Zero Two Darling in the Franxx 383 01 Hiro16 Hiro Darling in the Franxx 248
02 Nao Nao Tomori Charlotte 148 02 Kirito Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya Sword Art Online 86
03 Sagiri Sagiri Izumi Eromanga-sensei 135 03 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka Charlotte 76
04 Isla1 Isla Plastic Memories 123 04 Levi Levi Ackerman Attack on Titan 70
05 Kanade Kanade Tachibana Angel Beats! 121 05 Nasa Nasa Yuzaki Tonikaku Kawaii 67
06 Shouko Shouko Nishimiya Koe no Katachi 120 06 Ken kaneki Ken Kaneki Tokyo Ghoul
07 015 Ichigo Darling in the Franxx 07 Itachi Itachi Uchiha Naruto 59
08 Mitsuha Mitsuha Miyamizu Your Name 115 08 Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi Angel Beats! 51
09 Saber Saber Fate/stay night 111 09 Itadori Yuji Itadori Jujutsu Kaisen 50
10 Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi Tonikaku Kawaii 109 10 Shirou Shirou Emiya Fate/stay night
11 Shinobu kny Shinobu Kocho Kimetsu no Yaiba 102 11 Eren Eren Yeager Attack on Titan 48
12 Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka Saekano 98 12 Senku Senku Ishigami Dr. Stone 44
13 Sora kasugano Sora Kasugano Yosuga no Sora 95 13 Yato Yato Noragami 43
14 Kaori Kaori Miyazono Your Lie in April 91 14 Lancer Lancer Fate/stay night
15 Kanna Kanna Kamui Dragon Maid 90 15 Kousei Kousei Arima Your Lie in April 38
16 Index Index A Certain Magical Index 89 16 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu Toradora!
17 Kurisu Kurisu Makise Steins;Gate 85 17 Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia Code Geass
18 Mio kon Mio Akiyama K-On! 84 18 Mikaela Mikaela Hyakuya Seraph of the End 36
19 Kuroko Kuroko Shirai A Certain Magical Index 83 19 Shidou Shidou Itsuka Date A Live
20 Yui Hirasawa Yui Hirasawa K-On! 79 20 Saiki Kusuo Saiki Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan 33
21 Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa Tamako Market 78 21 Shu Shu Ouma Guilty Crown
22 Hina amano Hina Amano Weathering With You 72 22 Yuichiro Yuichiro Hyakuya Seraph of the End
23 Eriri Eriri Spencer Sawamura Saekano 71 23 Hodaka Hodaka Morishima Weathering With You 32
24 Mirai Mirai Kuriyama Kyoukai no Kanata 69 24 Shouya Shouya Ishida Koe no Katachi
25 Nagisa Nagisa Furukawa Clannad 68 25 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
26 Schwi Schwi Dola No Game No Life 26 Haruka k 2 Haruka Kasugano Yosuga no Sora 30
27 Akame Akame Akame ga Kill! 67 27 Isaac Isaac Foster Angels of Death
28 Yoshino dal Yoshino Date A Live 66 28 Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba Detective Conan
29 Nanami Nanami Aoyama Sakurasou 29 Goro ditf Goro Darling in the Franxx
30 Taiga Taiga Aisaka Toradora! 30 Osamu bungou Osamu Dazai Bungou Stray Dogs 28
31 Madoka Madoka Kaname Madoka Magica 65 31 Koyomi Koyomi Araragi Monogatari 27
32 Homura Homura Akemi Madoka Magica 64 32 Naomi hw Naomi Katagaki Hello World 26
33 Suzune Suzune Horikita Classroom of the Elite 63 33 Gintoki Gintoki Sakata Gintama
34 Kumiko Kumiko Oumae Sound! Euphonium 61 34 Fuutarou Fuutarou Uesugi 5-toubun no Hanayome 25
35 Tohru dragon Tohru Dragon Maid 35 Mochizou Mochizou Ooji Tamako Market 24
36 Chino Chino Kafuu Gochiusa 60 36 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku Kimetsu no Yaiba
37 Ginko s Ginko Sora Ryuo no Oshigoto! 59 37 Megumi f Megumi Fushiguro Jujutsu Kaisen
38 Azusa n Azusa Nakano K-On! 38 Nagisa assclass Nagisa Shiota Assassination Classroom 23
39 Tohka Tohka Yatogami Date A Live 39 Satoshi Satoshi Fukube Hyouka 21
40 Ruri ichigyou Ruri Ichigyou Hello World 58 40 Giyuu Giyu Tomioka Kimetsu no Yaiba
41 Umaru Umaru Doma Himouto! Umaru-chan 57 41 Tsukasa m Tsukasa Mizugaki Plastic Memories 20
42 Ruiko Ruiko Saten A Certain Magical Index 42 Masamune izumi Masamune Izumi Eromanga-sensei
43 Megumin Megumin Konosuba 54 43 Akihito Akihito Kanbara Kyoukai no Kanata
44 Inori Inori Yuzuriha Guilty Crown 44 Waver Waver Velvet Fate/Zero
45 Kaede bgs Kaede Azusagawa Seishun Buta Yarou 48 45 Naofumi Naofumi Iwatani Shield Hero 19
46 Shouko m Shouko Makinohara Seishun Buta Yarou 45 46 Yaichi Yaichi Kuzuryu Ryuo no Oshigoto!
47 Sakura panc Sakura Yamauchi I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 44 47 Kyon1 Kyon Haruhi Suzumiya
48 Chtholly Chtholly Nota Seniorious SukaSuka 48 Ainz Ainz Ooal Gown Overlord
49 Chitoge Chitoge Kirisaki Nisekoi 49 Dio Dio Brando JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
50 Hinata Hinata Hyuuga Naruto 50 Light Light Yagami Death Note 18
51 Reina Reina Kousaka Sound! Euphonium 51 Hanako kun Hanako-kun Toilet Bound Hanako-kun
52 Menma Meiko "Menma" Honma Anohana 43 52 Ikki Ikki Kurogane Rakudai Kishi 17
53 Illya Illyasviel von Einzbern Fate/stay night 53 Seiya Seiya Kanie Amagi Brilliant Park
54 Shinoa Shinoa Hiiragi Seraph of the End 41 54 Goku Goku Dragon Ball
55 Cardcaptor Sakura Kinomoto Cardcaptor Sakura 55 Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka Sakurasou
56 Takagi Takagi Teasing Master Takagi-san 39 56 Seiya cautious Seiya Ryuguin Cautious Hero 16
57 Sakura matou Sakura Matou Fate/stay night 38 57 Gilbert b Gilbert Bougainvillea Violet Evergarden
58 Sumi Sumi Sakurasawa Rental Girlfriend 37 58 Izayoi Izayoi Sakamaki Mondaiji
59 Isuzu Isuzu Sento Amagi Brilliant Park 59 Madara Madara Uchiha Naruto
60 Chiyo s Chiyo Sakura Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun 36 60 Rudeus Rudeus Greyrat Mushoku Tensei 15
61 Haruhi Haruhi Suzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya 61 Akihito n Akihito Narihisago Id: Invaded
62 Origami Origami Tobiichi Date A Live 62 Kazuya kino Kazuya Kinoshita Rental Girlfriend 14
63 Shinka Shinka Nibutani Chuunibyou 34 63 Shin 86 Shinei Nouzen 86
64 Rachel Rachel Gardner Angels of Death 33 64 Tomoya aki Tomoya Aki Saekano
65 Saya majo Saya Wandering Witch 65 Toge Toge Inumaki Jujutsu Kaisen
66 Cocoa Kokoa Hoto Gochiusa 66 Kiritsugu Kiritsugu Emiya Fate/Zero
67 Ruka s Ruka Sarashina Rental Girlfriend 32 67 L lawliet L Lawliet Death Note 13
68 Rio Rio Futaba Seishun Buta Yarou 68 Willem Willem Kmetsch SukaSuka
69 Yurippe Yuri Nakamura Angel Beats! 31 69 Joseph Joseph Joestar JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
70 Kei karuizawa Kei Karuizawa Classroom of the Elite 30 70 Bell Bell Cranel DanMachi
71 Mugi Tsumugi Kotobuki K-On! 71 Tatsuya Tatsuya Shiba Mahouka
72 Karyl Karyl Princess Connect! Re:Dive 29 72 Ichigo Ichigo Kurosaki Bleach
73 Aqua Aqua Konosuba 28 73 Lu bu walkure Lu Bu Shuumatsu no Valkyrie
74 Yotsuba Yotsuba Nakano 5-toubun no Hanayome 27 74 Mob Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama Mob Psycho 100
75 Mei misaki Mei Misaki Another 75 Karma Karma Akabane Assassination Classroom 12
76 Deko Sanae Dekomori Chuunibyou 76 Koichi another Koichi Sakakibara Another
77 Asuka ls Asuka Langley Soryu Neon Genesis Evangelion 26 77 Tatsumi Tatsumi Akame ga Kill!
78 Krul Krul Tepes Seraph of the End 78 Arata relife Arata Kaizaki ReLIFE
79 Yuki n Yuki Nagato Haruhi Suzumiya 25 79 Touya m Touya Mochizuki Isekai Smartphone
80 Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino Monogatari 24 80 Inosuke Inosuke Hashibira Kimetsu no Yaiba
81 Beatrice re0 Beatrice Re:Zero 81 Keyaru Keyaru Redo of Healer
82 Alice zuberg Alice Zuberg Sword Art Online 82 Obito Obito Uchiha Naruto
83 Maple Kaede "Maple" Honjou Bofuri 83 Edward Edward Elric Fullmetal Alchemist 11
84 Yuno1 Yuno Gasai Future Diary 23 84 Ciel Ciel Phantomhive Black Butler
85 Uiharu Kazari Uiharu A Certain Magical Index 85 Eugeo Eugeo Sword Art Online
86 Yumeko Yumeko Jabami Kakegurui 22 86 Reigen Arataka Reigen Mob Psycho 100
87 Gray Gray Fate/Lord El-Melloi II 87 Glenn Glenn Radars Rokuaka
88 Yue Yue Arifureta 21 88 Nishikata Nishikata Teasing Master Takagi-san
89 Miyuki shiba Miyuki Shiba Mahouka 89 Anos Anos Voldigoad Maou Gakuin
90 Rias Rias Gremory High School DxD 90 Yomogi Yomogi Asanaka SSSS.Dynazenon
91 Rei ayanami Rei Ayanami Neon Genesis Evangelion 91 Issei Issei Hyoudou High School DxD
92 Sinon Shino "Sinon" Asada Sword Art Online 92 Sougo ousaka Sougo Ousaka Idolish7
93 Satone Satone Shichimiya Chuunibyou 93 Manjiro Manjiro Sano Tokyo Revengers 10
94 Masuzu Masuzu Natsukawa Oreshura 20 94 Hajime n Hajime Nagumo Arifureta
95 Vic Victorique de Blois Gosick 95 Koutarou t Koutarou Tatsumi Zombieland Saga
96 Hiyori Hiyori Iki Noragami 96 Tomoe Tomoe Kamisama Kiss
97 Gabriel Gabriel Tenma White Gabriel Dropout 97 Inuyasha Inuyasha InuYasha
98 Fumino Fumino Furuhashi Bokuben 98 Ash Ketchum Ash Ketchum Pokemon
99 Setsuna ll Setsuna Yuuki Love Live! Nijigasaki 19 99 Shin chan Shinnosuke Nohara Crayon Shin-chan
100 Raphtalia Raphtalia Shield Hero 100 Sessho Sesshomaru InuYasha
101 Noriko s Noriko Sonozaki Kiznavier 101 Erwin Erwin Smith Attack on Titan
102 Kirino Kirino Kousaka Oreimo 102 Odokawa Hiroshi Odokawa Odd Taxi 9
103 Holo Holo Spice and Wolf 103 Souma Souma Yukihira Shokugeki no Souma
104 Cc C.C. Code Geass 104 Hinata s Shouyou Hinata Haikyuu!!
105 Kokkoro Kokkoro Princess Connect! Re:Dive 105 Jinta Jinta Yadomi Anohana
106 Ayase Ayase Aragaki Oreimo 106 Takumi Takumi Usui Maid-sama!
107 Shinji Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion
108 Chuuya bungou 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 Miku Nakano [a 1] 5-toubun no Hanayome 126 02 Gojo Satoru Gojo [a 2] Jujutsu Kaisen 114
19 Kyouko h Kyouko Hori [a 3] Horimiya 85 05 Tanjiro Tanjiro Kamado [a 4] Kimetsu no Yaiba 75
22 Ai haibara Ai Haibara [a 5] Detective Conan 80 07 Miyamura Izumi Miyamura [a 3] Horimiya 70
50 Mikasa Mikasa Ackerman [a 6] Attack on Titan 48 10 Naruto Naruto Uzumaki [a 7] Naruto 66
52 Nino nakano Nino Nakano [a 1] 5-toubun no Hanayome 47 11 Conan Conan Edogawa [a 5] Detective Conan 65
61 Ram Ram [a 8] Re:Zero 42 13 Luffy Monkey D. Luffy [a 9] One Piece 54
65 Itsuki Itsuki Nakano [a 1] 5-toubun no Hanayome 39
88 Rika f Rika Furude [a 10] Higurashi: When they Cry 24
93 Tohru h Tohru Honda [a 11] Fruits Basket 24
94 Nobara Nobara Kugisaki [a 2] Jujutsu Kaisen 24
97 Ran Ran Mouri [a 5] 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 Nezuko Kamado [b 1] Kimetsu no Yaiba 76 14 Takashi Takashi Natsume [b 2] Natsume's Book of Friends 52
49 Miko Miko Iino [b 3] Kaguya-sama 49 38 Zenitsu Zenitsu Agatsuma [b 1] Kimetsu no Yaiba 28
100 Sakura zs Sakura Minamoto [b 4] Zombieland Saga 22 47 Sasuke Sasuke Uchiha [b 5] Naruto 22
61 Zoro Roronoa Zoro [b 6] One Piece 18

Winter

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬ (season 2) start date: 2021-01-08
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jujutsu Kaisen season 1 continuation; start date: 2021-01-16
  3. 3.0 3.1 Horimiya TV anime start date: 2021-01-10. Have appeared in an OVA series prior to 2021.
  4. Chuukou Ikkan!! Kimetsu Gakuen Monogatari: Valentine-hen (ONA shorts) start date: 2021-02-14
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Detective Conan is a long-running series; continuation date: 2021-01-09 (ep 993)
  6. Attack on Titan: The Final Season (season 4) continuation: 2021-01-11
  7. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is a long-running series; continuation date: 2021-01-10 (ep 181)
  8. Re:Zero season 2 cour 2 start date: 2021-01-06
  9. One Piece is a long-running series; continuation date: 2021-01-10 (ep 957)
  10. Higurashi Gou continuation; start date: 2021-01-08
  11. Fruits Basket season 3 episode 1, live early screening: 2021-03-13. MAL Forum link

Spring

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train film release: 2021-04-22 (various countries). IMDB link
  2. Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (Blu-ray DVD) release date: 2021-05-26. Transferred to Spring because Winter is full.
  3. Kaguya-sama OVA release date: 2021-05-19
  4. Zombieland Saga: Revenge (season 2) start date: 2021-04-08
  5. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is a long-running series; continuation date: 2021-04-04 (ep 193). Transferred to Spring because Winter is full.
  6. One Piece is a long-running series; continuation date: 2021-04-04 (ep 968). Transferred to Spring because Winter is full.


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 Karyl (84) Deko Dekomori (95) Homura Homura (106) Cocoa Kokoa (117) Ayase Ayase
(74) Satone Satone (85) Ruri ichigyou Ruri I. (96) Gabriel Gabriel (107) Kei karuizawa Kei K. (118) Holo Holo
(75) Raphtalia Raphtalia (86) Alice zuberg Alice Z. (97) Maple Maple (108) Akame Akame (119) Fumino Fumino
(76) Chino Chino (87) Chtholly Chtholly (98) Cc C.C. (109) Masuzu Masuzu (120) Setsuna ll Setsuna Y.
(77) Cardcaptor Cardcaptor (88) Kotoko Kotoko (99) Yuki n Yuki N. (110) Sakura matou Sakura M. (121) Gray Gray
(78) Illya Illya (89) Rachel Rachel (100) Mugi Mugi (111) Shinobu Oshino Shinobu O. (122) Rias Rias
(79) Inori Inori (90) Yumeko Yumeko (101) Sakura panc Sakura Y. (112) Asuka ls Asuka (123) Hiyori Hiyori
(80) Hinata Hinata (91) Rei ayanami Rei (102) Reina Reina (113) Yue Yue (124) Vic Vic
(81) Haruhi Haruhi (92) Isuzu Isuzu (103) Miyuki shiba Miyuki (114) Mei misaki Mei M. (125) Noriko s Noriko
(82) Ruka s Ruka (93) Kokkoro Kokkoro (104) Yurippe Yurippe (115) Yuno1 Yuno
(83) Yotsuba Yotsuba (94) Madoka Madoka (105) Kirino Kirino (116) Kumiko Kumiko


Eliminated Males[]

Failed to Qualify (Males)
73-83 84-94 95-105 106-116 107-124
(73) Nishikata Nishikata (84) Keyaru Keyaru (95) Manjiro Manjiro (106) Hinata s Shouyou (117) Chuuya bungou Chuuya
(74) Lancer Lancer (85) Erwin Erwin (96) Ikki Ikki (107) Koutarou t Koutarou (118) Koichi another Koichi
(75) Seiya Seiya K. (86) Willem Willem (97) Akihito Akihito K. (108) Takumi Takumi (119) Jinta Jinta
(76) Hanako kun Hanako-kun (87) Senku Senku (98) Shin 86 Shinn (109) Lu bu walkure Lu Bu (120) Ciel Ciel
(77) Gilbert b Gilbert (88) Hajime n Nagumo (99) Naomi hw Naomi (110) Mob Mob (121) Yomogi Yomogi
(78) Kyon1 Kyon (89) Light Light (100) Yaichi Yaichi (111) Issei Issei (122) Akihito n Akihito N.
(79) Bell Bell (90) Inuyasha Inuyasha (101) Ichigo Ichigo (112) Shinji Shinji (123) Sougo ousaka Sougo
(80) Anos Anos (91) Shu Shu (102) Izayoi Izayoi (113) Waver Waver (124) Odokawa Odokawa
(81) Goku Goku (92) Souma Souma (103) Kazuya kino Kazuya (114) Arata relife Arata
(82) Tsukasa m Mizugaki (93) Glenn Glenn (104) Tatsumi Tatsumi (115) Touya m Touya
(83) Seiya cautious Seiya R. (94) Koyomi Araragi (105) Tomoe Tomoe (116) Reigen 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 = 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 Luffy wins Aquamarine Round 1 against Ash Ketchum 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: = 0.645 VP (rounded to thousandths)
  • For Ash: = 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 Mikoto Isla1 Isla Shouko m Shouko M. Aqua Aqua Krul Krul Chitoge Chitoge
B Elaina Elaina Yui yuigahama Yui Y. 015 015 Yui Hirasawa Yui H. Origami Origami Saya majo Saya
C Kuroko Kuroko 02 Zero Two Hina amano Hina A. Index Index Ginko s Ginko Nagisa Nagisa F.
D Maisan Mai Mitsuha Mitsuha Schwi Schwi Ruiko Ruiko Chiyo s Chiyo Shinoa Shinoa
E Emilia Emilia Kanade Angel Kaede bgs Kaede Saber Saber Shinka Nibutani Sumi Sumi
F Kaguya Kaguya Shiro1 Shiro Kanna Kanna Megumin Megumin Taiga Taiga Kaori Kaori
G Asuna Asuna Chizuru i Chizuru Tamako Tamako Takagi Takagi Uiharu Uiharu Shinobu kny Shinobu K.
H Rikka chuuni Rikka Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Kei s Kei S. Rin tohsaka Rin Yoshino dal Yoshino Kurisu Kurisu
I Kurumi Kurumi Hayasaka 3 Hayasaka Rio Rio Azusa n Azunyan Suzune Suzune Sinon Sinon
J Nao Nao Misaki 2.5 Misaki Tohru dragon Tohru Umaru Umaru Menma Menma Mirai Mirai
K Sagiri Sagiri Shouko Shouko N. Iroha Iroha Sora kasugano Sora K. Beatrice re0 Beako Tohka Tohka
L Mashiro Mashiro Chika f Chika Mio kon Mio Utaha Utaha Nanami Nanami Eriri Eriri

Male

2021 Split 1 Group Results (Male)
\ 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
A Sakuta Sakuta Sorata Sorata Shouya Shouya Hodaka Hodaka Naofumi Naofumi Saiki Saiki
B Yuuta Yuuta Saika Saika Ken kaneki Kaneki Osamu bungou Osamu Joseph Joseph Madara Madara
C Hiro16 Hiro Shidou Shidou Itadori Itadori Mochizou Mochizou Isaac Isaac Dio Dio
D Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Masamune izumi Masamune Okabe Okabe Haruka k 2 Haruka K. Goro ditf Goro Shin chan Shin-chan
E Ishigami Ishigami Shirou Shirou Gilgamesh Gil Lelouch Lelouch Tomoya Okazaki Sessho Sesshomaru
F Subaru1 Subaru Kazuma Kazuma Yuzuru Otonashi Ainz Ainz Fuutarou Fuutarou Tomoya aki Tomoya Aki
G Taki Taki Kaito kid Kaito Kid Kiritsugu Kerry Karma Karma Yato Yato Jotaro Jotaro
H Levi Levi Nasa Nasa Nagisa assclass Nagisa S. Edward Edward Eren Eren L lawliet L
I Touma Touma Giyuu Giyu Mikaela Mikaela Tatsuya Tatsuya Megumi f Fushiguro Toge Inumaki
J Kirito Kirito Otosaka Otosaka Archer Archer Eugeo Eugeo Inosuke Inosuke Yuichiro Yuichiro
K Saitama Saitama Rengoku Kyojuro Kousei Kousei Ryuunosuke akasaka Rakasaka Rudeus Rudy Ash Ketchum Ash
L Riku Riku Ryuuji Ryuuji Itachi Itachi Satoshi Satoshi F. Gintoki Gintoki Obito 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 Saber, Rem Rem, Megumin Megumin, Holo Holo, Emilia Emilia, Shiro1 Shiro, Tohru dragon Tohru, and Cc C.C.

  • Our example voter chooses Saber Saber as his 1st choice, Rem Rem 2nd, Megumin Megumin 3rd, and Holo 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 Kurisu Makise 993 1014 1050 1110 1161 1216 1360 1439
Shinobu kny Shinobu Kocho 864 912 994 1062 1130 1227 1323 1408
Tohka Tohka Yatogami 682 719 742 792 829 979 1111 1252 1296.70
Kaori 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 Eriri S.S. 596 638 677 733 870 952 1082 1163 1209.86
Saya majo Saya 739 770 787 822 851 936 976
Nagisa Nagisa Furukawa 747 766 801 839 882 914
Sinon Sinon 648 667 707 731 766
Chitoge Chitoge Kirisaki 505 555 582 614
Mirai Mirai Kuriyama 499 524 562
Shinoa Shinoa Hiiragi 489 507
Sumi 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
Shin chan Shinnosuke Nohara 770 774 807 837 917 982 1145 1260
Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 695 859 885 903 931 1005 1073 1158
L lawliet L 656 697 715 736 838 920 999 1105
Tomoya aki 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 Toge Inumaki 595 604 626 702 732 820 848 956 1006.42
Madara Madara Uchiha 456 461 649 675 710 767 814
Ash Ketchum Ash Ketchum 644 653 656 683 719 762
Saiki Kusuo Saiki 571 576 586 602 649
Sessho Sesshomaru 516 539 553 586
Yuichiro Yuichiro Hyakuya 461 469 476
Obito Obito Uchiha 405 417
Dio 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 Elaina Mikoto Mikoto Maisan Mai Kaguya Kaguya
2nd Asuna Asuna Mashiro Mashiro Yui yuigahama Yui Y. Kurumi Kurumi
3rd Emilia Emilia Rikka chuuni Rikka Nao Nao Kanade Angel
4th Kanna Kanna Shiro1 Shiro Hayasaka 3 Hayasaka Chika f Chika
5th Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Shouko Shouko N. Utaha Utaha Kuroko Kuroko
6th Tohru dragon Tohru Schwi Schwi Iroha Iroha Mio kon Mio
7th Megumin Megumin Misaki 2.5 Misaki Rin tohsaka Rin Index Index
8th Ruiko Ruiko Taiga Taiga Kei s Kei S. Azusa n Azunyan
9th Sagiri Sagiri Kurisu Kurisu Shinka Nibutani Isla1 Isla
10th Saber Saber Chizuru i Chizuru Nanami Nanami Aqua Aqua
11th Yui Hirasawa Yui H. Kaede bgs Kaede 02 Zero Two Mitsuha Mitsuha
12th Tohka Tohka Origami Origami Shouko m Shouko M. Tamako Tamako
13th Ginko s Ginko Suzune Suzune Kaori Kaori Yoshino dal Yoshino
14th Hina amano Hina A. Rio Rio Beatrice re0 Beako Uiharu Uiharu
15th Shinobu kny Shinobu K. Takagi Takagi Umaru Umaru Chiyo s Chiyo
16th Krul Krul Sora kasugano Sora K. 015 015 Menma Menma

Male

2021 Split 2 Group Results (Male)
\ Group A Group B Group C Group D
1st Sakuta Sakuta Yuuta Yuuta Riku Riku Kirito Kirito
2nd Ishigami Ishigami Subaru1 Subaru Touma Touma Kazuma Kazuma
3rd Nasa Nasa Levi Levi Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Taki Taki
4th Tomoya Okazaki Saika Saika Otosaka Otosaka Saitama Saitama
5th Ryuunosuke akasaka Rakasaka Shidou Shidou Sorata Sorata Yuzuru Otonashi
6th Nagisa assclass Nagisa S. Ryuuji Ryuuji Shirou Shirou Archer Archer
7th Kaito kid Kaito Kid Rengoku Kyojuro Okabe Okabe Lelouch Lelouch
8th Gintoki Gintoki Jotaro Jotaro Gilgamesh Gil Shouya Shouya
9th Giyuu Giyu Mochizou Mochizou Kousei Kousei Yato Yato
10th Ainz Ainz Satoshi Satoshi F. Eugeo Eugeo Masamune izumi Masamune
11th Haruka k 2 Haruka K. Eren Eren Edward Edward Itachi Itachi
12th Ken kaneki Kaneki Itadori Itadori Karma Karma L lawliet L
13th Hiro16 Hiro Naofumi Naofumi Kiritsugu Kerry Tatsuya Tatsuya
14th Tomoya aki Tomoya Aki Mikaela Mikaela Rudeus Rudy Hodaka Hodaka
15th Osamu bungou Osamu Shin chan Shin-chan Fuutarou Fuutarou Megumi f Fushiguro
16th Isaac Isaac Inosuke Inosuke Joseph Joseph Goro ditf 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 Kurisu Makise 3658 Okabe Rintarou Okabe 3260
Index Index 3619 Shouya Shouya Ishida 2515
Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka 3504 Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia 2513
Kei s Kei Shirogane 3467 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 2372
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 3333 Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 2195
Megumin Megumin 3084 Kousei Kousei Arima 2174
Ruiko Ruiko Saten 2912 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 2139
Taiga Taiga Aisaka 2869 Edward Edward Elric 2136
Eliminated - 12 Eliminated - 12
Nanami Nanami Aoyama 2860 Gilgamesh Gilgamesh 2102
Mitsuha Mitsuha Miyamizu 2842 Gintoki Gintoki Sakata 2101
Yui Hirasawa Yui Hirasawa 2778 Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba 2061
Azusa n Azusa Nakano 2768 Giyuu Giyu Tomioka 1935
Saber Saber 2747 Yato Yato 1914
Sagiri Sagiri Izumi 2687 Eugeo Eugeo 1886
Aqua Aqua 2574 Itachi Itachi Uchiha 1852
Kaede bgs Kaede Azusagawa 2474 Mochizou Mochizou Ooji 1760
Shinka Shinka Nibutani 2452 Eren Eren Yeager 1757
Chizuru i Chizuru Ichinose 2438 Ainz Ainz Ooal Gown 1710
Isla1 Isla 2382 Haruka k 2 Haruka Kasugano 1602
02 Zero Two 2226 Masamune izumi 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 Mikoto Elaina Elaina Sakuta Sakuta Riku Riku
2nd Kurumi Kurumi Mashiro Mashiro Touma Touma Ishigami Ishigami
3rd Kaguya Kaguya Kanade Angel Kirito Kirito Yuuta Yuuta
4th Rikka chuuni Rikka Asuna Asuna Subaru1 Subaru Taki Taki
5th Chika f Chika Maisan Mai Shirou Shirou Kazuma Kazuma
6th Yui yuigahama Yui Y. Emilia Emilia Saika Saika Kiyotaka Kiyotaka
7th Hayasaka 3 Hayasaka Nao Nao Tomoya Okazaki Archer Archer
8th Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Index Index Okabe Okabe Sorata Sorata
9th Rin tohsaka Rin Utaha Utaha Levi Levi Otosaka Otosaka
10th Kuroko Kuroko Misaki 2.5 Misaki Yuzuru Otonashi Ryuuji Ryuuji
11th Schwi Schwi Shiro1 Shiro Saitama Saitama Lelouch Lelouch
12th Iroha Iroha Shouko Shouko N. Shidou Shidou Ryuunosuke akasaka Rakasaka
13th Kanna Kanna Mio kon Mio Nagisa assclass Nagisa S. Kousei Kousei
14th Ruiko Ruiko Megumin Megumin Shouya Shouya Nasa Nasa
15th Taiga Taiga Kei s Kei S. Satoshi Satoshi F. Rengoku Kyojuro
16th Tohru dragon Tohru Kurisu Kurisu Edward Edward Jotaro 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 Index 25,414.8 Sorata Sorata Kanda 17,581.3
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 20,664.7 Okabe Rintarou Okabe 17,160.2
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 20,519 Levi Levi Ackerman 16,553.9
Nao Nao Tomori 20,417.2 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 16,432.8
Eliminated - 8 Eliminated - 8
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka 20,262.7 Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi 15,867.2
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai 19,757.1 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka 15,451.6
Shiro1 Shiro 19,272.3 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 15,500.8
Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka 18,456.5 Archer Archer 15,217.2
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 18,338.3 Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia 13,913.1
Schwi Schwi Dola 15,818.8 Saitama 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 Saber, Rem Rem, Megumin Megumin, Holo Holo, Emilia Emilia, Shiro1 Shiro, Tohru dragon Tohru, and Cc C.C.

  • Our example voter chooses Saber Saber as his 1st choice, Rem Rem 2nd, Megumin Megumin 3rd, and Holo 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 Elaina B 1st 5 4.330 Sakuta Sakuta Azusagawa A 1st 5 4.845
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka A 1st 5 4.056 Kirito Kirito J 1st 5 3.514
Maisan Mai Sakurajima D 1st 5 4.023 Yuuta Yuuta Togashi B 1st 5 3.294
Kurumi Kurumi Tokisaki I 1st 5 3.589 Touma Touma Kamijou I 1st 5 3.101
Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya F 1st 5 3.252 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji D 1st 5 2.896
Mashiro Mashiro Shiina L 1st 5 3.208 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki F 1st 5 2.892
Emilia Emilia E 1st 5 2.836 Taki Taki Tachibana G 1st 5 2.816
Asuna Asuna G 1st 5 2.688 Ishigami Yuu Ishigami E 1st 5 2.615
Nao Nao Tomori J 1st 5 2.380 Levi Levi Ackerman H 1st 5 2.289
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi H 1st 5 2.378 Riku Riku Dola L 1st 5 2.103
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai C 1st 5 1.856 Hiro16 Hiro C 1st 5 1.973
Sagiri Sagiri Izumi K 1st 5 1.412 Saitama Saitama K 1st 5 1.717
Chika f Chika Fujiwara L 2nd 4 1.944 Kazuma Kazuma Satou F 2nd 4 1.693
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama A 2nd 4 1.497 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka J 2nd 4 1.419
02 Zero Two C 2nd 4 1.473 Giyuu Giyu Tomioka I 2nd 4 1.131
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi H 2nd 4 1.315 Saika 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 Kurumi Tokisaki 1765 1855 1917 2031 2293 2618 3337
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka 1733 1781 1830 1940 2117 2478 3180
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 1122 1256 1410 1588 1906 2377
Elaina Elaina 1379 1427 1507 1645 1807
Mashiro Mashiro Shiina 981 1054 1128 1224
Emilia Emilia 770 815 915
Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya 641 672
Asuna Asuna 620
Aquamarine Pendant
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Sakuta Sakuta Azusagawa 1369 1450 1623 1888 2136 2540 3271
Touma Touma Kamijou 1223 1272 1370 1477 1699 1995 2465
Ishigami Yuu Ishigami 1278 1388 1495 1611 1739 1971
Kirito Kirito 932 1002 1102 1266 1422
Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 879 944 1029 1122
Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 835 872 929
Yuuta Yuuta Togashi 757 859
Taki Taki Tachibana 702


Topaz (Source)

Topaz Main Gem Qualification
Female Name Grp W PCVPD PCVP Male Name Grp W PCVPD PCVP
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka B 5 3.619 7.786 Yuuta Yuuta Togashi B 5 3.523 6.665
Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya D 5 3.324 7.489 Ishigami Yuu Ishigami A 5 2.943 6.44
Maisan Mai Sakurajima C 5 3.224 7.433 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki B 5 2.421 6.129
Elaina Elaina A 5 3.184 7.502 Kirito Kirito D 5 2.374 6.23
Mashiro Mashiro Shiina B 5 2.569 6.892 Touma Touma Kamijou C 5 2.254 6.238
Asuna Asuna A 5 1.874 6.516 Taki Taki Tachibana D 5 2.115 6.065
Kanade Kanade Tachibana C 5 1.709 6.273 Riku Riku Dola C 5 1.922 5.815
Nao Nao Tomori D 5 1.613 6.108 Levi Levi Ackerman B 4 2.092 5.882
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi B 4 1.865 6.536 Kazuma Kazuma Satou D 4 1.881 5.819
Emilia Emilia A 4 1.859 6.629 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji C 4 1.819 5.886
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi A 4 1.426 6.201 Saitama Saitama D 4 1.686 5.803
Chika f Chika Fujiwara D 4 1.374 6.343 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka C 4 1.236 5.337
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama C 4 1.251 6.3 Shidou Shidou Itsuka B 4 0.874 5.173
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka C 4 1.215 5.955 Saika Saika Totsuka B 4 0.761 5.185
Tohru dragon Tohru A 4 1.015 5.835 Shirou Shirou Emiya C 4 0.736 5.034
Iroha Iroha Isshiki C 4 0.686 5.667 Yuzuru 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 Kaguya Shinomiya 1422 1446 1479 1532 1714 1995 2470
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka 1280 1312 1341 1411 1486 1654 1983
Elaina Elaina 315 638 682 760 882 1140
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 461 488 600 655 847
Mashiro Mashiro Shiina 453 484 524 644
Kanade Kanade Tachibana 361 399 433
Asuna Asuna 285 315
Nao Nao Tomori 225
Topaz Pendant
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Ishigami Yuu Ishigami 782 840 895 1010 1174 1402 2065
Touma Touma Kamijou 926 961 1003 1050 1204 1446 1764
Riku Riku Dola 692 730 828 974 1089 1349
Kirito Kirito 617 683 721 858 1010
Yuuta Yuuta Togashi 533 578 684 758
Levi Levi Ackerman 521 569 638
Taki Taki Tachibana 421 492
Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 405


Amethyst (Source)

Amethyst Main Gem Qualification
Female Name Grp W PCVPD PCVP Male Name Grp W PCVPD PCVP
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka B 5 3.077 7.378 Kirito Kirito D 5 2.595 6.229
Elaina Elaina A 5 3.038 7.362 Kazuma Kazuma Satou D 5 2.518 6.093
Mashiro Mashiro Shiina B 5 2.881 6.963 Riku Riku Dola C 5 2.413 6.19
Maisan Mai Sakurajima C 5 2.643 6.851 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki B 5 2.362 6.089
Emilia Emilia A 5 2.487 6.687 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji C 5 2.229 5.97
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama C 5 1.066 6.003 Levi Levi Ackerman B 5 1.881 5.836
Nao Nao Tomori C 4 1.594 6.126 Yuuta Yuuta Togashi B 4 2.651 6.33
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka C 4 1.517 6.217 Taki Taki Tachibana D 4 2.636 6.243
Asuna Asuna A 4 1.463 6.298 Touma Touma Kamijou C 4 1.701 5.997
Kanna Kanna Kamui A 4 1.319 5.988 Saitama Saitama D 4 1.454 5.684
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi B 4 1.319 6.215 Saika Saika Totsuka B 4 1.176 5.4
Kanade Kanade Tachibana D 4 0.731 5.812 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu B 4 0.898 5.184
Shiro1 Shiro B 4 0.699 5.788 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka C 4 0.853 5.187
Index Index D 4 0.615 5.997 Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka A 4 0.694 5.105
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi A 4 0.614 5.645 Okabe Rintarou Okabe C 4 0.499 5.036
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya B 4 0.584 5.734 Yuzuru 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 Mashiro Shiina 2680 2778 2912 3116 3338 3816 4733
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka 2157 2303 2378 2460 2557 2959 3494
Elaina Elaina 1200 1248 1297 1427 1621 2073
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 1003 1062 1190 1289 1552
Emilia Emilia 704 732 817 871
Nao Nao Tomori 545 599 653
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 547 574
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 467
Amethyst Pendant
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Riku Riku Dola 2074 2176 2284 2457 2613 3129 3923
Levi Levi Ackerman 1037 1177 1327 1501 1808 2184 2719
Kirito Kirito 1187 1279 1387 1550 1763 2075
Kazuma Kazuma Satou 921 1008 1179 1362 1609
Taki Taki Tachibana 869 972 1129 1352
Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 943 1020 1118
Yuuta Yuuta Togashi 815 896
Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 814


Sapphire (Source)

Sapphire Main Gem Qualification
Female Name Grp W PCVPD PCVP Male Name Grp W PCVPD PCVP
Mikoto Mikoto Misaka B 5 3.534 7.895 Yuuta Yuuta Togashi B 5 2.871 6.282
Elaina Elaina A 5 3.212 7.368 Levi Levi Ackerman B 5 2.173 5.808
Maisan Mai Sakurajima C 5 2.935 7.187 Kirito Kirito D 5 2.149 5.842
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi B 5 2.329 6.723 Kazuma Kazuma Satou D 5 2.072 5.714
Asuna Asuna A 5 2.045 6.559 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki A 5 1.696 5.282
Chika f Chika Fujiwara D 5 2.043 6.524 Archer Archer D 5 1.434 5.341
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka C 5 1.668 6.212 Nasa Nasa Yuzaki A 5 1.353 5.171
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama C 5 1.14 5.888 Touma Touma Kamijou C 5 0.875 5.577
Emilia Emilia A 4 1.959 6.618 Saika Saika Totsuka B 4 1.837 5.716
Kanade Kanade Tachibana D 4 1.689 6.411 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki B 4 1.782 5.704
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka C 4 1.524 6.045 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji C 4 1.249 5.471
Kanna Kanna Kamui A 4 1.322 5.886 Sorata Sorata Kanda C 4 0.755 5.157
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai D 4 0.818 5.949 Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia D 4 0.751 4.798
Mio kon Mio Akiyama D 4 0.704 5.75 Shidou Shidou Itsuka B 4 0.623 4.947
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya B 4 0.651 5.818 Okabe Rintarou Okabe C 4 0.454 5.041
Shiro1 Shiro B 4 0.6 5.623 Ryuunosuke akasaka 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 Mikoto Misaka 3143 3203 3282 3526 3697 3928 4524
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 1289 1459 1611 1746 2118 2498 3103
Elaina Elaina 1379 1417 1529 1635 1768 1990
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 792 856 966 1079 1213
Asuna Asuna 818 875 986 1059
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi 793 854 943
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 721 837
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka 683
Sapphire Pendant
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Yuuta Yuuta Togashi 1497 1603 1656 1863 2050 2381 3052
Touma Touma Kamijou 1413 1474 1631 1746 1875 2154 2670
Levi Levi Ackerman 1165 1215 1287 1392 1568 1834
Nasa Nasa Yuzaki 1111 1160 1227 1374 1501
Kirito Kirito 827 926 1102 1238
Kazuma Kazuma Satou 870 925 1017
Archer Archer 798 873
Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 665


Emerald (Source)

Emerald Main Gem Qualification
Female Name W PCVPD PCVP Male Name W PCVPD PCVP
Elaina Elaina 5 3.231 7.836 Kirito Kirito 5 2.047 6.015
Kanade Kanade Tachibana 5 1.116 6.353 Touma Touma Kamijou 4 2.206 6.431
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi 4 1.787 6.902 Kazuma Kazuma Satou 4 1.45 5.542
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 4 1.013 6.504 Shirou Shirou Emiya 4 0.722 5.284
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 4 0.274 5.992 Archer Archer 4 0.674 5.213
Asuna Asuna 3 0.685 6.208 Taki Taki Tachibana 4 0.602 5.373
Emilia Emilia 3 0.511 6.252 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 4 0.434 5.219
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 3 0.143 6.088 Saika Saika Totsuka 4 0.321 4.975
Index Index 3 0.007 6.167 Okabe Rintarou Okabe 3 0.624 5.123
Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka 3 -0.041 5.656 Levi Levi Ackerman 3 -0.494 4.724
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 3 -0.198 5.712 Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia 3 -0.05 4.653
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka 3 -0.209 5.608 Saitama Saitama 2 0.331 5.157
Nao Nao Tomori 3 -0.553 5.343 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 2 -0.397 4.599
Shiro1 Shiro 2 0.163 5.817 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 2 -0.425 4.732
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 2 -0.023 5.868 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka 2 -0.429 4.467
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 2 -0.609 5.471 Sorata 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 Elaina 1930 1940 1990 2147 2310 2559 3161
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 831 850 944 1044 1428 1723 2422
Kanade Kanade Tachibana 963 1018 11130 1200 1337 1691
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi 724 764 826 942 1071
Asuna Asuna 47 667 750 929
Emilia Emilia 599 657 720
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 441 530
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 347
Emerald Pendant
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Touma Touma Kamijou 1189 1231 1310 1433 1538 1820 2316
Kirito Kirito 1000 1032 1157 1259 1397 1580 2110
Taki Taki Tachibana 887 924 990 1125 1205 1540
Kazuma Kazuma Satou 709 743 875 973 1169
Archer Archer 481 612 694 740
Saika Saika Totsuka 604 614 662
Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 581 609
Shirou Shirou Emiya 360


Ruby (Source)

Ruby Main Gem Qualification
Female Name W PCVPD PCVP Male Name W PCVPD PCVP
Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi 4 1.391 6.502 Kirito Kirito 4 1.182 5.526
Kanade Kanade Tachibana 4 0.739 6.095 Taki Taki Tachibana 4 1.117 5.473
Asuna Asuna 4 0.73 6.033 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 4 0.573 5.11
Emilia Emilia 4 0.47 6.047 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 4 0.551 4.838
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 4 0.259 5.718 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 4 0.5 4.925
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 3 0.405 6.007 Archer Archer 3 0.446 4.963
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka 3 0.138 5.721 Kazuma Kazuma Satou 3 0.431 5.074
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 3 -0.063 5.741 Sorata Sorata Kanda 3 0.195 4.786
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai 3 -0.071 5.635 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 3 0.19 4.588
Schwi Schwi Dola 3 -0.3 5.3 Levi Levi Ackerman 3 -0.013 4.721
Index Index 2 -0.137 5.907 Saika Saika Totsuka 3 -0.197 4.727
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya 2 -0.391 5.52 Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia 3 -0.319 4.357
Mio kon Mio Akiyama 2 -0.541 5.241 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka 2 0.101 4.659
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 2 -0.578 5.324 Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi 2 0.066 4.653
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 2 -0.618 5.405 Shirou Shirou Emiya 2 0.009 4.766
Nao Nao Tomori 2 -0.834 5.313 Okabe 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 chuuni Rikka Takanashi 1444 1467 1556 1714 1857 2151 2687
Kanade Kanade Tachibana 1108 1160 1219 1298 1395 1587 2043
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 870 921 972 1070 1208 1566
Asuna Asuna 750 786 863 1000 1170
Emilia Emilia 650 676 697 773
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 484 545 616
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 455 482
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka 394
Ruby Pendant
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Sorata Sorata Kanda 1154 1179 1282 1329 1511 1736 2158
Kirito Kirito 1034 1032 1200 1326 1441 1708 2024
Taki Taki Tachibana 645 721 805 854 1042 1243
Kazuma Kazuma Satou 655 723 793 888 1012
Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 579 627 690 815
Archer Archer 555 591 640
Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 541 582
Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 496


Diamond (Source)

Diamond Main Gem Qualification
Female Name W PCVPD PCVP Male Name W PCVPD PCVP
Asuna Asuna 4 1.065 6.16 Kirito Kirito 4 1.293 5.672
Kanade Kanade Tachibana 4 0.528 5.852 Taki Taki Tachibana 4 1.217 5.536
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 4 0.484 5.621 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 4 0.85 5.267
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 3 0.62 6.007 Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi 4 0.424 4.877
Emilia Emilia 3 0.408 5.742 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 4 0.317 4.918
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 3 0.104 5.437 Kazuma Kazuma Satou 3 0.829 5.268
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 3 -0.065 5.216 Okabe Rintarou Okabe 3 -0.012 4.881
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya 3 -0.178 5.44 Shirou Shirou Emiya 3 -0.161 4.753
Nao Nao Tomori 3 -0.286 5.267 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 3 -0.518 4.343
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 3 -0.425 5.227 Levi Levi Ackerman 2 0.113 4.779
Index Index 2 -0.136 5.786 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 2 -0.042 4.69
Shiro1 Shiro 2 -0.323 5.252 Saitama Saitama 2 -0.08 4.688
Megumin Megumin 2 -0.339 5.15 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka 2 -0.225 4.577
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 2 -0.369 5.308 Saika Saika Totsuka 2 -0.309 4.652
Iroha Iroha Isshiki 2 -0.485 5.046 Nasa Nasa Yuzaki 2 -0.338 4.567
Ruiko Ruiko Saten 2 -0.746 4.99 Shidou 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 Asuna 1191 1194 1235 1297 1431 1620 1990
Kanade Kanade Tachibana 954 983 1035 1102 1198 1383 1787
Maisan Mai Sakurajima 746 771 809 908 1053 1256
Emilia Emilia 461 487 572 661 724
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 382 430 468 497
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya 416 434 467
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 323 356
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 278
Diamond Pendant
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Kirito Kirito 921 939 1024 1124 1262 1524 1820
Okabe Rintarou Okabe 852 885 948 1048 1181 1281 1504
Taki Taki Tachibana 519 537 618 711 800 970
Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 521 543 587 665 754
Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi 451 484 525 588
Kazuma Kazuma Satou 420 461 491
Shirou Shirou Emiya 410 432
Subaru1 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 Mitsuha Miyamizu - 4 2017 0.719 Saitama Saitama - 5 2016 1.717
02 Zero Two - 4 2019 1.473 Hiro16 Hiro - 5 2019 1.973
Chika f Chika Fujiwara - 4 2020 1.944 Shidou Shidou Itsuka - 4 2015 0.958
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka - 4 2020 1.241 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu - 4 2015 0.289
Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa - 3 2014 -0.055 Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba - 4 2015 0.194
Iroha Iroha Isshiki - 3 2016 0.405 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka - 4 2016 1.419
Tohru dragon Tohru - 3 2018 0.690 Masamune izumi Masamune Izumi - 4 2018 0.589
Shouko m Shouko Makinohara - 3 2019 0.600 Giyuu Giyu Tomioka - 4 2020 1.131
015 Ichigo - 3 2019 -0.565 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku - 4 2021 0.373
Kaede bgs Kaede Azusagawa - 3 2020 0.464 Kousei Kousei Arima - 3 2015 0.159
Hina amano Hina Amano - 3 2020 -0.059 Ken kaneki Ken Kaneki - 3 2015 -0.116
Yui Hirasawa Yui Hirasawa - 2 2010 -0.893 Itachi Itachi Uchiha - 3 2016 0.919
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka - 2 2016 -0.548 Shouya Shouya Ishida - 3 2018 -0.023
Umaru Umaru Doma - 2 2016 -0.781 Itadori Yuuji Itadori - 3 2021 -0.179
Aqua Aqua - 2 2017 -0.306 Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka - 2 2015 0.055
Takagi Takagi - 2 2019 -0.357 Edward Edward Elric - 2 2015 -0.508
Aquamarine Bracelet
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Chika f Chika Fujiwara 1489 1543 1603 1774 2261 2790 3723
02 Zero Two 1791 1896 1972 2112 2255 2520 2900
Iroha Iroha Isshiki 1031 1145 1227 1343 1590 1793
Tohru dragon Tohru 938 1018 1166 1354 1521
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 944 1056 1125 1230
Mitsuha Mitsuha Miyamizu 873 951 1097
Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa 760 801
Shouko m Shouko Makinohara 712
Aquamarine Ring
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Saitama Saitama 1355 1424 1573 1726 2012 2381 2773
Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba 1220 1254 1372 1482 1692 1956 2358
Hiro16 Hiro 1141 1186 1272 1411 1538 1906
Otosaka Yuu Otosaka 955 1012 1143 1281 1512
Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 901 951 1019 1200
Shidou Shidou Itsuka 876 939 994
Giyuu Giyu Tomioka 827 871
Masamune izumi Masamune Izumi 491


Topaz (Source)

Topaz Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name Awa. W Debut PCVPD Male Name Awa. W Debut PCVPD
Iroha Iroha Isshiki - 4 2016 0.686 Shidou Shidou Itsuka - 4 2015 0.874
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka - 4 2016 0.54 Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba - 4 2015 0.088
Tohru dragon Tohru - 4 2018 1.015 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka - 4 2016 1.236
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka - 4 2020 1.215 Masamune izumi Masamune Izumi - 4 2018 0.12
Yui Hirasawa Yui Hirasawa - 2 2010 -0.286 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu - 3 2015 0.246
Shinka Shinka Nibutani - 2 2013 -0.441 Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka - 3 2015 -0.143
Origami Origami Tobiichi - 2 2014 -0.554 Kousei Kousei Arima - 3 2015 -0.493
Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa - 2 2014 -1.098 Karma Karma Akabane - 3 2016 -0.804
Kaori Kaori Miyazono - 2 2015 -0.64 Giyuu Giyu Tomioka - 3 2020 0.074
Aqua Aqua - 2 2017 -0.24 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku - 3 2021 0.212
02 Zero Two - 2 2019 -0.34 Yato Yato - 2 2015 -0.464
Kaede bgs Kaede Azusagawa - 2 2020 -0.252 Gintoki Gintoki Sakata - 2 2015 -0.826
Nanami Nanami Aoyama - 1 2013 -1.447 Itachi Itachi Uchiha - 2 2016 -0.164
Tohka Tohka Yatogami - 1 2014 -0.947 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo - 2 2016 -0.555
Mitsuha Mitsuha Miyamizu - 1 2017 -0.838 Ainz Ainz Ooal Gown - 2 2016 -0.498
Beatrice re0 Beatrice - 1 2017 -1.748 Shouya Shouya Ishida - 2 2018 -0.702
Topaz Bracelet
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 1374 1417 1471 1534 1694 1989 2351
Iroha Iroha Isshiki 606 661 748 834 939 1145 1504
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka 691 741 797 864 977 1111
Yui h Yui Hirasawa 504 547 576 746 890
Tohru dragon Tohru 500 549 634 733
Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa 498 538 564
Origami Origami Tobiichi 414 437
Shinka Shinka Nibutani 325
Topaz Ring
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Otosaka Yuu Otosaka 672 735 796 935 1017 1241 1517
Shidou Shidou Itsuka 613 677 736 806 924 1136 1411
Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba 612 649 718 822 924 1088
Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 522 578 644 711 849
Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka 490 515 586 665
Karma Karma Akabane 497 530 582
Kousei Kousei Arima 470 504
Masamune izumi Masamune Izumi 403


Amethyst (Source)

Amethyst Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name Awa. W Debut PCVPD Male Name Awa. W Debut PCVPD
Shinka Shinka Nibutani - 3 2013 0.129 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu - 4 2015 0.898
Yoshino dal Yoshino - 3 2014 -0.353 Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka - 4 2015 0.694
Iroha Iroha Isshiki - 3 2016 0.806 Shidou Shidou Itsuka - 3 2015 0.831
Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka - 3 2016 0.435 Gintoki Gintoki Sakata - 3 2015 0.459
Mitsuha Mitsuha Miyamizu - 3 2017 0.156 Yato Yato - 3 2015 0.321
Tohru dragon Tohru - 3 2018 -0.551 Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba - 3 2015 -0.368
Nanami Nanami Aoyama - 2 2013 -0.856 Shouya Shouya Ishida - 3 2018 0.413
Aqua Aqua - 2 2017 -0.96 Eugeo Eugeo - 3 2019 -0.454
Shouko m Shouko Makinohara - 2 2019 -0.76 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku - 3 2021 -0.15
02 Zero Two - 2 2019 -0.803 Ken kaneki Ken Kaneki - 2 2015 -0.021
Yui Hirasawa Yui Hirasawa - 1 2010 -0.619 Itachi Itachi Uchiha - 2 2016 -0.287
Origami Origami Tobiichi - 1 2014 -1.173 Tomoya aki Tomoya Aki - 2 2016 -0.479
Beatrice re0 Beatrice - 1 2017 -1.093 Eren Eren Yeager - 2 2016 -0.731
Takagi Takagi - 1 2019 -0.997 Ainz Ainz Ooal Gown - 2 2016 -0.802
Hina amano Hina Amano - 1 2020 -0.909 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo - 2 2016 -0.817
Kaede bgs Kaede Azusagawa - 1 2020 -1.26 Haruka k 2 Haruka Kasugano - 2 2018 -1.38
Amethyst Bracelet
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Iroha Iroha Isshiki 1885 1912 2063 2241 2472 2932 3585
Nanami Nanami Aoyama 1650 1736 1791 2001 2221 2492 3218
Tohru dragon Tohru 946 1043 1200 1432 1856 2220
Shouko m Shouko Makinohara 1433 1481 1584 1691 1837
Aqua Aqua 888 980 1109 1244
Mitsuha Mitsuha Miyamizu 886 952 1102
Yoshino (DAL) Yoshino 845 931
Shinka Shinka Nibutani 523
Amethyst Ring
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka 1601 1703 1785 1983 2375 2699 3587
Gintoki Gintoki Sakata 1447 1507 1572 1642 1931 2267 2660
Shidou Shidou Itsuka 1047 1112 1215 1436 1689 1933
Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba 1112 1145 1264 1367 1534
Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 1016 1150 1226 1312
Eugeo Eugeo 758 791 845
Shouya Shouya Ishida 670 751
Yato Yato 559


Sapphire (Source)

Sapphire Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name Awa. W (T) Debut PCVPD Male Name Awa. W Debut PCVPD
Nanami Nanami Aoyama - 3 2013 0.299 Shidou Shidou Itsuka - 4 2015 0.623
Tohru dragon Tohru - 3 2018 0.552 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu - 3 2015 0.864
Aqua Aqua - 2 (1) 2017 -0.894 Gintoki Gintoki Sakata - 3 2015 -0.136
Yui Hirasawa Yui Hirasawa - 2 2010 -0.553 Edward Edward Elric - 3 2015 -0.355
Tohka Tohka Yatogami - 2 2014 -0.647 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo - 3 2016 -0.161
Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa - 2 2014 -0.698 Ainz Ainz Ooal Gown - 3 2016 -0.525
Origami Origami Tobiichi - 2 2014 -0.746 Shouya Shouya Ishida - 3 2018 0.453
Kaede bgs Kaede Azusagawa - 2 2020 -0.941 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku - 3 2021 -0.075
Shinka Shinka Nibutani - 1 2013 -0.573 Kousei Kousei Arima - 2 2015 -0.341
Yoshino dal Yoshino - 1 2014 -1.019 Kaito kid Kaito Kuroba - 2 2015 -0.373
Kaori Kaori Miyazono - 1 2015 -1.271 L lawliet L - 2 2015 -0.375
Umaru Umaru Doma - 1 2016 -1.615 Tatsuya Tatsuya Shiba - 2 2015 -0.383
Mitsuha Mitsuha Miyamizu - 1 2017 -0.615 Yato Yato - 2 2015 -0.652
Beatrice re0 Beatrice - 1 2017 -1.958 Eren Eren Yeager - 2 2016 -0.757
Shouko m Shouko Makinohara - 1 2019 -1.228 Haruka k 2 Haruka Kasugano - 2 2018 -0.466
02 Zero Two - 1 2019 -1.229 Masamune izumi Masamune Izumi - 2 2018 -1.001
Sapphire Bracelet
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Nanami Nanami Aoyama 1499 1566 1656 1857 2249 2614 3075
Tohru dragon Tohru 1208 1253 1388 1561 1765 2210 2875
Aqua Aqua 1047 1099 1242 1450 1609 1825
Yui Hirasawa Yui Hirasawa 1202 1244 1329 1391 1603
Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa 1075 1113 1173 1253
Kaede bgs Kaede Azusagawa 903 974 1090
Tohka Tohka Yatogami 758 948
Origami Origami Tobiichi 643
Sapphire Ring
Contestant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Shouya Shouya Ishida 1390 1479 1536 1731 1804 2095 2517
Shidou Shidou Itsuka 1088 1178 1245 1396 1535 1802 2208
Gintoki Gintoki Sakata 962 992 1140 1174 1419 1417
Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 987 1024 1151 1230 1370
Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 868 913 1075 1137
Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 923 973 1012
Edward Edward Elric 746 820
Ainz 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 Utaha Kasumigaoka 0 3 2016 -0.209 Kousei Kousei Arima 0 2 2015 -1.211
Tohru dragon Tohru 0 1 2018 -1.565 Shidou Shidou Itsuka 0 1 2015 -0.587
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 1 (2014) 2 2014 -0.023 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 0 1 2015 -1.106
Shiro1 Shiro 1 (2014) 2 2015 0.163 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 0 0(1) 2021 -1.737
Megumin Megumin 1 (2016) 1 2017 -1.046 Edward Edward Elric 0 0 2015 -1.235
Index Index 1 (2020) 3 2009 0.007 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 0 0 2016 -0.733
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 1 (2020) 3 2014 -0.198 Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 0 0 2020 -2.75
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 1 (2020) 2 2021 -0.609 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 1 (2019) 2 2015 -0.397
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai 1 (2020) 1 2011 -0.432 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 1 (2019) 2 2018 -0.425
Schwi Schwi Dola 1 (2020) 1 2018 -2.302 Sorata Sorata Kanda 1 (2020) 2 2016 -0.559
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya 1 (2020) 1 2018 -1.57 Nasa Nasa Yuzaki 1 (2020) 1 2021 -0.908
Kei s Kei Shirogane 1 (2020) 0 2021 -1.87 Saitama Saitama Aquamarine 1 (2021) 2 2016 0.331
Iroha Iroha Isshiki Amethyst 1 (2021) 1 2016 -0.689 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka Topaz 1 (2021) 2 2016 -0.429
Taiga Taiga Aisaka 2 (2010) 1 2010 -0.908 Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka Amethyst 1 (2021) 1 2015 -1.209
Nao Nao Tomori 2 (2015) 3 2016 -0.553 Shouya Shouya Ishida Sapphire 1 (2021) 1 2018 -1.507
Ruiko Ruiko Saten 2 (2017) 1 2009 -2.612 Yuzuru 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 Utaha Kasumigaoka 808 899 966 1225 1513 1834 2667
Index Index1 (2020) 1575 1612 1749 1804 1906 2042 2606
Megumin Megumin1 (2016) 847 938 1012 1184 1361 1796
Schwi Schwi Dola1 (2020) 744 816 895 975 1151
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi1 (2020) 682 752 794 919
Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama1 (2020) 619 667 773
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou1 (2014) 549 606
Tohru dragon 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 Tomoya Okazaki 1 (2020) 852 927 1075 1199 1368 1543 2066
Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 773 804 848 935 1073 1389 1730
Shidou Shidou Itsuka 895 942 1026 1095 1183 1372
Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 758 781 819 990 1061
Kousei Kousei Arima 586 643 708 772
Edward Edward Elric 606 615 655
Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 475 523
Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 451


Ruby (Source)

Ruby Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name Awa (1st) W Debut PCVPD Male Name Awa (1st) W Debut PCVPD
Tohru dragon Tohru 0 1 2018 -1.437 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 0 3 2015 0.19
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 1 (2014) 2 2014 -0.618 Shidou Shidou Itsuka 0 2 2015 -0.701
Shiro1 Shiro 1 (2014) 2 2015 -1.189 Kousei Kousei Arima 0 0 2015 -1.582
Megumin Megumin 1 (2016) 0 2017 -0.624 Edward Edward Elric 0 0 2015 -2.092
Index Index 1 (2020) 2 2009 -0.137 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 0 0 2016 -1.43
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai 1 (2020) 1 2010 -0.071 Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 0 0 2020 -1.429
Schwi Schwi Dola 1 (2020) 3 2018 -0.3 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 0 0 2021 -1.947
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya 1 (2020) 1 2018 -0.391 Saika Saika Totsuka 1 (2020) 3 2016 -0.197
Kei s Kei Shirogane 1 (2020) 0 2021 -1.662 Shirou Shirou Emiya 1 (2020) 2 2015 0.009
Chika f Chika Fujiwara Aquamarine 1 (2021) 2 2020 -0.578 Nasa Nasa Yuzaki 1 (2020) 0 2021 -1.372
Iroha Iroha Isshiki Amethyst 1 (2021) 1 2016 -1.47 Otosaka Yuu Otosaka Topaz 1 (2021) 2 2016 0.101
Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka Topaz 1 (2021) 2 2020 -0.855 Saitama Saitama Aquamarine 1 (2021) 2 2016 -0.444
Taiga Taiga Aisaka 2 (2010) 0 2010 -1.99 Ryuunosuke akasaka Ryunosuke Akasaka Amethyst 1 (2021) 1 2015 -1.165
Nao Nao Tomori 2 (2015) 3 2016 -0.834 Shouya Shouya Ishida Sapphire 1 (2021) 1 2018 -0.691
Ruiko Ruiko Saten 2 (2017) 1 2009 -0.968 Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi 2 (2015) 1 2015 0.066
Kanna Kanna Kamui 2 (2017) 2 2018 -1.015 Levi 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 Megumin 1 (2016) 1417 1482 1556 1678 1932 2084 2559
Index Index 1 (2020) 1349 1373 1406 1463 1529 2016 2451
Shiro1 Shiro 1 (2014) 811 980 1040 1119 1227 1328
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai 1 (2020) 677 710 757 931 1075
Shouko Shouko Nishimiya1 (2020) 640 653 751 800
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 1 (2014) 513 517 563
Tohru dragon Tohru 475 507
Schwi 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 Shidou Itsuka 828 871 933 1017 1244 1427 1872
Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 817 889 920 995 1058 1318 1596
Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 622 710 783 902 1022 1169
Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 657 711 776 898 1012
Saika Saika Totsuka 1 (2020) 622 654 749 837
Kousei Kousei Arima 579 641 741
Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 509 586
Edward Edward Elric 506


Diamond (Source)

Diamond Exhibition Gem Qualification
Female Name Awa. W Debut PCVPD Male Name Awa. W Debut PCVPD
Tohru dragon Tohru 0 0 2018 -2.385 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 0 3 2015 -0.518
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 1 (2014) 2 2014 -0.369 Shidou Shidou Itsuka 0 2 2015 -0.396
Shiro1 Shiro 1 (2014) 2 2015 -0.323 Kousei Kousei Arima 0 1 2015 -0.706
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 1 (2020) 3 2021 -0.425 Edward Edward Elric 0 0 2015 -1.651
Index Index 1 (2020) 2 2009 -0.136 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 0 0 2016 -1.23
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai 1 (2020) 1 2010 -1.633 Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 0 1 2020 -1.263
Schwi Schwi Dola 1 (2020) 1 2018 -0.968 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 0 2 2021 -0.631
Kei s Kei Shirogane 1 (2020) 1 2021 -0.875 Saika 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 Index 1 (2020) 1311 1330 1385 1474 1599 1703 2339
Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 1 (2020) 952 986 1067 1182 1252 1511 1774
Kuroko Kuroko Shirai 1 (2020) 634 645 664 719 986 1223
Shiro1 Shiro 1 (2014) 463 640 669 721 829
Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou 1 (2014) 525 543 599 370
Kei s Kei Shirogane 1 (2020) 441 464 489
Tohru dragon Tohru 330 356
Schwi 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 Nasa Yuzaki 1 (2020) 862 892 973 1040 1136 1288 1632
Saika Saika Totsuka 1 (2020) 639 669 754 805 883 1027 1360
Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 614 621 677 770 855 984
Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 532 584 624 688 809
Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 497 533 552 686
Edward Edward Elric 468 483 516
Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 404 433
Kousei 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[1][2] (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 Elaina 35 52.224 1 Sakuta Sakuta Azusagawa 35 47.117
2 Mikoto Mikoto Misaka 34 54.318 2 Riku Riku Dola 35 41.911
3 Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya 34 49.337 3 Touma Touma Kamijou 33 43.345
4 Mashiro Mashiro Shiina 33 48.189 4 Kirito Kirito 33 42.17
5 Kurumi Kurumi Tokisaki 32 48.718 5 Ishigami Yuu Ishigami 33 41.84
6 Maisan Mai Sakurajima 30 47.942 6 Yuuta Yuuta Togashi 32 43.689
7 Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi 30 45.918 7 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 31 39.929
8 Asuna Asuna 30 44.694 8 Taki Taki Tachibana 29 40.89
9 Kanade Kanade Tachibana 30 42.593 9 Kazuma Kazuma Satou 28 39.068
10 Emilia Emilia 28 44.904 10 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 28 38.448
11 Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 27 41.521 11 Levi Levi Ackerman WC 27 37.675
12 Chika f Chika Fujiwara 25 42.412 12 Saika Saika Totsuka 25 36.031
13 Nao Nao Tomori WC 25 40.626 13 Shirou Shirou Emiya 23 34.612
14 Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka WC 25 40.59 14 Sorata Sorata Kanda WC 22 34.173
15 Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi WC 24 40.072 15 Okabe Rintarou Okabe WC 21 34.212
16 Index Index WC 18 41.468 16 Tomoya 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 Elaina 2990
16 Index Index 2348
PO 1 1 Elaina Elaina 3704
8 Asuna Asuna 2362 9 Kanade Angel 2315
9 Kanade Kanade Tachibana 2414
PO 1 1 Elaina Elaina 4044
4 Mashiro Mashiro Shiina 2776 4 Mashiro Mashiro 3904
13 Nao Nao Tomori 2220 4 Mashiro Mashiro 3120
PO 1 5 Kurumi Kurumi 2914
5 Kurumi Kurumi Tokisaki 3091
12 Chika f Chika Fujiwara 2035 Final
PO 2 1 Elaina Elaina 12,590
2 Mikoto Mikoto Misaka 4150 2 Mikoto Mikoto 11,986
15 Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi 1766
PO 2 2 Mikoto Mikoto 3894
7 Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi 3457 7 Rikka chuuni Rikka 2605
10 Emilia Emilia 2294 2 Mikoto Mikoto 4425
PO 2 3 Kaguya Kaguya 3841
3 Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya 3190
14 Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka 1849 3 Kaguya Kaguya 3229
PO 2 6 Maisan Mai 2973 3rd place
6 Maisan Mai Sakurajima 3005 4 Mashiro Mashiro 9722
11 Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 2262 3 Kaguya 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 Sakuta Azusagawa 3049
16 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 1654
PO 2 1 Sakuta Sakuta 3188
8 Taki Taki Tachibana 3037 8 Taki Taki 2455
9 Kazuma Kazuma Satou 1924
PO 2 1 Sakuta Sakuta 4473
4 Kirito Kirito 2835 4 Kirito Kirito 2925
13 Shirou Shirou Emiya 1793 4 Kirito Kirito 2839
PO 2 5 Ishigami Ishigami 2531
5 Ishigami Yuu Ishigami 2606
12 Saika Saika Totsuka 1922 Final
PO 1 1 Sakuta Sakuta 10,811
2 Riku Riku Dola 2379 6 Yuuta Yuuta 9736
15 Okabe Rintarou Okabe 1892
PO 1 2 Riku Riku 2986
7 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 2198 7 Subaru1 Subaru 2462
10 Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 2042 2 Riku Riku 3416
PO 1 6 Yuuta Yuuta 3690
3 Touma Touma Kamijou 2598
14 Sorata Sorata Kanda 1848 3 Touma Touma 2590
PO 1 6 Yuuta Yuuta 2914 3rd place
6 Yuuta Yuuta Togashi 2719 4 Kirito Kirito 10,145
11 Levi Levi Ackerman 1971 2 Riku 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 Elaina Scepter Sakuta Sakuta Azusagawa
2nd Mikoto Mikoto Misaka Final 2nd Yuuta Yuuta Togashi Final
3rd Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya SF 3rd Kirito Kirito SF
4th Mashiro Mashiro Shiina SF 4th Riku Riku Dola SF
5th Maisan Mai Sakurajima QF 5th Touma Touma Kamijou QF
6th Asuna Asuna Top 16 6th Taki Taki Tachibana QF
7th Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi QF 7th Levi Levi Ackerman Top 16
8th Emilia Emilia Top 16 8th Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki QF
9th Chika f Chika Fujiwara Top 16 9th Ishigami Yuu Ishigami QF
10th Kurumi Kurumi Tokisaki QF 10th Kiyotaka Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Top 16
11th Kanade Kanade Tachibana QF 11th Sorata Sorata Kanda Top 16
12th Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama Top 16 12th Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi Split 3
13th Shiro1 Shiro Split 3 13th Shirou Shirou Emiya Top 16
14th Nao Nao Tomori Top 16 14th Kazuma Kazuma Satou Top 16
15th Misaki 2.5 Misaki Shokuhou Split 3 15th Saika Saika Totsuka Top 16
16th Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi Top 16 16th Shidou Shidou Itsuka Split 3
17th Index Index Top 16 17th Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia Split 3
18th Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka Split 3 18th Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki Top 16
19th Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka Top 16 19th Okabe Rintarou Okabe Top 16
20th Taiga Taiga Aisaka Split 3 20th Ryuunosuke akasaka 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 Keyaru, Rudeus Rudeus Greyrat, Odokawa Hiroshi Odokawa, Lu bu walkure Lu Bu, Manjiro Manjiro Sano, Shin 86 Shinei Nouzen, and Yomogi Yomogi Asanaka. Only Rudeus successfully qualified for the regular season stage.
  • This year marks the first time Haruhi Haruhi Suzumiya failed to qualify in ISML's regular season, breaking a 13-year streak of appearances since 2008. Because of this, Saber Saber becomes the last remaining girl to have appeared in all ISML main tournaments.
  • Mashiro 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 Mikoto Misaka re-takes the lead for the highest amount of ISML awards with 10 by winning the Sapphire necklace.
  • The Kaguya-sama series Chika f Ishigami Kaguya Hayasaka 3 Miko produced yet another successful gallery of posters this year, having won five awards (2 main gems, 2 exhibition gems, and 1 seasonal).
  • Meanwhile, Sakurasou Mashiro Ryuunosuke akasaka Nanami Sorata 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.
  • Only 3 characters will appear in the playoffs for the first time this year: Elaina Elaina (a newcomer and potential royal roader), Tsukasa tsu Tsukasa Tsukuyomi (a wildcard escapee), and Kirito 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:

Amethyst 5

Sapphire 1

Sapphire 3

Emerald 2

Ruby 5

Diamond 1

Diamond 3

Diamond 5


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.[3]

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.[4]
  • 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.[5] 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.[6]
  • 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 map

ISML 2021 Tiara Final vote distribution map

  • After the final match was decided, several threads in ISML Tieba questioned the result of Elaina > Mikoto.[7][8] 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:[9]
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.


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References

  1. Comment by Starry rainy night#1289 (2022-01-22) - "2021 ISML Playoffs PV (Stella Division) will be uploaded to Youtube/ISML website soon~ Bilibili link: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1FT4y1y7DA . Special thanks to the author @Master.A.Fang !" ISML Discord permalink, Screenshot
  2. Master.A.Fang - ISML forum profile; 方之易小文 - Bilibili profile
  3. 【公告/2021#30】淘汰赛第2轮等待重新计票 - Statement from starryrainynight (ISML Tieba, 2022-01-31)
  4. 评价今日事件 - (ISML Tieba, posted on 2022-02-09)
  5. 【警告/2021#34】 - Statement from starryrainynight (ISML Tieba, 2022-02-08)
  6. 【公告/2021#34-2】对前述公告的修正和后续说明 - Statement from starryrainynight (ISML Tieba, posted on 2022-02-11)
  7. 不懂就问 (ISML Tieba, posted on 2022-02-13)
  8. 我告诉你们一个事 (ISML Tieba, posted on 2022-02-14)
  9. "2021 Elimination stage general discussions" - ISML Forum. Permalinked post by Maglor (2022-02-14). Retrieved 2022-05-26
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