ISML 2021/Seasonals

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Main Tournament

Regular Season

Seasonal & Exhibition

Fluff

ISML 2021 seasonal contests, exhibition tournaments, and other unsorted exhibition matches.

Female Seasonals

For this edition, the seasonal contest was renamed the "Nova League", with males also participating for the first time. The Divine Circlet and Divine Crown were reworked into serving as a "grand prize" awarded to the the overall seasonal champion from each gender.

Rules and Format

Characters who appeared in an anime released within 2021 will be assigned to their respective seasonal contest based on the following release dates:

• Winter: January 1- March 31
• Spring: April 1 - June 30
• Summer: July 1 - September 30
• Fall: October 1 - December 8*
• Anime releases usually refer to TV series broadcast on-air. For films, OVA and ONA releases, they are only considered if they are "released to multiple countries" or if the company "started selling Blu-rays/DVDs to the public" within the relevant period of time.
• Characters appearing in multiple cours / seasons may be nominated for every eligible seasonal contest, but once they qualify for a certain seasonal they CANNOT be nominated for that year's other seasonal contests again.

Female Selections & Format

Nomination Round: Top 30+ eligible females with the most nomination votes will qualify for their respective seasonal contest. For Winter and Spring, these characters will be chosen from the main nomination round. Selection for the seasonal tournament will take priority, which means that characters who appeared in past ISML editions may qualify here even though some voters intended them to compete the main tournament. Maglor (the main contest runner) claims this is intended to "increase the level of competition" in the seasonal contests. Once all slots are filled, the remaining girls may qualify for the main tournament instead. If last place is tied, they will qualify together. Maximum of 3 characters per anime can enter the seasonals. 4th and below will be assigned to the main tournament instead. Summer and Fall each have their own nomination rounds, but in order to be eligible characters must not appear in other ISML matches for this year. Nomination dates: Summer: 10/01 - 10/08; Fall: 12/01 - 12/08 12 entries Minimum 2 male and 2 female Must have at least 3 anime series. Max 3 characters per series / franchise. Contest Proper: Eliminations All characters are subject to an approval voting match (vote whoever you like). Top 18 advance Group stage 3x6 groups Single round-robin Ranking criteria are: Wins > CVPD > CVP Top 2 characters from each group will advance to diadem round Diadem round 6 players, Range-voting match (vote whoever you like by putting a score on each player) Top 4 advance to Circlet Playoffs Top scorer wins the seasonal diadem and will also qualify for ISML 2022 main tournament Circlet Playoffs Single elimination bracket Characters are seeded based on group stage performance (Position > Wins > CVPD > CVP) Winner claims the divine circlet and the overall seasonal championship

Winter

These characters are banned from 2021 winter:

• Platelet (Cells at Work! S2) - 2018 summer
• Rem (Re:Zero S2) - 2018 champion
• Emilia (Re:Zero S2) - 2018-19-20 playoffs

Preliminary Rounds

Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.

Female Winter Nominations (30 players)
#	Name (Votes)	Series	Reason for eligibility
1	Miku Nakano (126)	5-toubun no Hanayome	Season 2
2	Kyouko Hori (85)	Horimiya	Anime debut technically in 2012 (Horimiya OVA) MAL link
3	Ai Haibara (82)	Detective Conan	Long-running series.
4	Ai Ohto (49)	Wonder Egg Priority
5	Mikasa Ackerman (48)	Attack on Titan	Season 4
6	Nino Nakano (47)	5-toubun no Hanayome
7	Ram (42)	Re:Zero	Season 2, cour 2
8	Tokai Teio (42)	Uma Musume
9	Itsuki Nakano (39)	5-toubun no Hanayome	Season 2
10	Roxy Migurdia (34)	Mushoku Tensei
-	Fuuka Kikuchi	Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun
-	Kumoko	Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?
-	Eris Boreas Greyrat	Mushoku Tensei
-	Setsuna	Redo of Healer
-	Rika Kawai	Wonder Egg Priority
-	Sakura Adachi	Adachi and Shimamura	AdaShima Mini Anime ONA shorts (1 min/ep) MAL link
-	USS Laffey	Azur Lane	Bishoku Zenshin! spinoff TV series (8 min/ep) MAL link
-	Ran Mouri	Detective Conan	Long-running series.
-	Rika Furude	Higurashi Gou	Sequel series, cour 2
-	Kagome Higurashi	Inuyasha	Yashahime sequel, cour 2
-	Nobara Kugisaki	Jujutsu Kaisen	Season 1, cour 2
-	Tohru Honda	Fruits Basket	Season 3, Live early screening (Maglor said this on Discord). MAL link
-	Renge Miyauchi	Non Non Biyori	Season 3
-	Nami	One Piece	Long-running series.
-	Yumemi Hoshino	Planetarian	Snow Globe OVA (Jan 20) MAL link
-	Echidna	Re:Zero	Season 2, cour 2
-	Yukina Himeragi	Strike the Blood	Season 4, OVA series (Episodes 9 & 10)
-	Milim Nava	Tensura	Season 2
-	Mejiro McQueen	Uma Musume	Season 2
-	Rin Shima	Yuru Camp	Season 2
Assigned to Main Tournament
Yotsuba Nakano (4th Quint, 27 votes)

Eliminations

Winter Eliminations (Approval Voting)
Advanced - 18
1				10
2				11
3				12
4				13
5				14
6				15
7				16
8				17
9				18
Eliminated - 12+
19			26
20			27
21			28
22			29
23			30
24			31
25			32

Main Event

Group stage

Female Winter Group Stage
Group A
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(1)
(6)
(7)
(12)
(13)
(18)
Group B
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(2)
(5)
(8)
(11)
(14)
(17)
Group C
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(3)
(4)
(9)
(10)
(15)
(16)

Diadem round

Winter Finals
#	Character	Votes
1
2
3
4
5
6

Spring

These characters are banned from 2021 Spring:

• Ochako Uraraka (MHA S5) - 2018 spring
• The main four Kaguya-sama OVA girls - It's massively popular right now, what did you expect?
• Kanna Kamui (Dragon Maid Mini shorts) - 2018 diamond
•  Tohru (Dragon Maid Mini shorts) - 2018 playoffs

Preliminary Rounds

Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.

Female Spring Nominations (30)
#	Name (Votes)	Series	Reason for eligibility
1	Nezuko Kamado (76)	Kimetsu no Yaiba	Mugen Train movie released Apr 23 (US & CAN)
2	Miko Iino (49)	Kaguya-sama	That OVA with Chika's hanging tits (May 19) MAL link
3	Sayu Ogiwara (41)	Higehiro
4	Vivy (36)	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
5	Vladilena Milize (26)	86
6	Yume Minami (22)	SSSS.Dynazenon
7	Sakura Minamoto (22)	Zombieland Saga	Season 2
8	Azusa Aizawa (21)	Slime 300
9	Kuroha Shida (17)	OsaMake
10	Nagatoro-san (17)	Nagatoro-san
-	Alice Kisaragi	Combatants Will Be Dispatched!
-	Miho Shirakawa	Odd Taxi
-	Shirokusa Kachi	OsaMake
-	Sei Takanashi	Saint's Magic Power
-	Emilico	Shadows House
-	Koguma	Super Cub
-	Yuki Yoshikawa	Horimiya	Transferred from Winter.
-	Aoi Hinami	Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun	Transferred from Winter.
-	Neiru Aonuma	Wonder Egg Priority	Transferred from Winter.
-	Hestia	DanMachi	DanMachi III OVA (Apr 28) MAL link
-	Masumi Sera	Detective Conan	Long-running series.
-	Kobayashi-san	Dragon Maid	Mini Dragon ONA shorts (1 min/ep) MAL link
-	Mash Kyrielight	Fate/Grand Order	F/GO Camelot Part 2 movie release: May 15 (Global) MAL link
-	Ameri Azazel	Iruma-kun	Season 2
-	Rem Galeu	Isekai Maou	Season 2
-	Nico Robin	One Piece	Long-running series. Transferred from Winter.
-	Shuna	Tensura	Slime Diaries spinoff TV series (23 min/ep) MAL link
-	Tanya von Degurechaff	Youjo Senki	Desert Pasta OVA (June 19) MAL link
-	Nadeshiko Kagamihara	Yuru Camp	Season 2. Transferred from Winter.
-	Ai Mizuno	Zombieland Saga	Season 2

Eliminations

Spring Eliminations (Approval Voting)
Advanced - 18
1				10
2				11
3				12
4				13
5				14
6				15
7				16
8				17
9				18
Eliminated - 12+
19			26
20			27
21			28
22			29
23			30
24			31
25			32

Main Event

Group stage

Female Spring Group Stage
Group A
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(1)
(6)
(7)
(12)
(13)
(18)
Group B
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(2)
(5)
(8)
(11)
(14)
(17)
Group C
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
(3)
(4)
(9)
(10)
(15)
(16)

Diadem round

Spring Finals
#	Character	Votes
1
2
3
4
5
6

Summer

Nomination Results
These characters are banned from 2021 Summer:

• Kanna Kamui (Dragon Maid S2) - 2018 diamond
•  Tohru (Dragon Maid S2) - 2018 playoffs

Preliminary Rounds

Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.

Eliminations

Main Event

Group stage

Diadem round

Fall

Preliminary Rounds

Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.

Eliminations

Main Event

Group stage

Diadem round

Circlet Playoffs

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

Male Seasonals

The male seasonal is a single tournament whose champion is awarded the Divine Crown. Unlike the females, there is no male equivalent of the "diadem" award yet.

Male Selections & Format

Nomination Round: Selection criteria and nomination format are the same as females, but only 6 males will advance into their respective seasonal, which is reduced to a group stage instead. Male nomination ties are broken using the following criteria: Debutants are given priority Fewer number of series' characters Staff selection Contest Proper: Group stage 6 males from each seasonal will compete each other in a Single round-robin format. Same ranking criteria as females (Wins > CVPD > CVP) Top 2 characters from each group will advance to Crown Playoffs Crown Playoffs Single elimination bracket Characters are seeded based on group stage performance Winner claims the divine crown and the overall seasonal championship

Nomination Results

These characters are banned from 2021 male seasonals:

• Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero S2) - 2020 playoffs
• Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan S4) - 2018 aquamarine
• Shouto Todoroki (MHA S5) - 2018 playoffs

Actual 2021 debutants (i.e. first appeared in an anime released within 2021) are labeled in bold and underlined.

Male Nominations List
Male Winter
#	Name (Votes)	Series	Reason for eligibility
1	Satoru Gojo (114)	Jujutsu Kaisen	Season 1, cour 2
2	Tanjiro Kamado (75)	Kimetsu no Yaiba	Valentine's Day special ONA shorts (2 min/ep) MAL link
3	Izumi Miyamura (70)	Horimiya	Anime debut technically in 2012 (Horimiya OVA) MAL link
4	Naruto Uzumaki (66)	Naruto	Long-running series.
5	Conan Edogawa (65)	Detective Conan	Long-running series.
6	Monkey D. Luffy (54)	One Piece	Long-running series.
Assigned to Main Tournament: Kaito Kuroba (30 votes) - Detective Conan Rudeus Greyrat (15) - Mushoku Tensei Keyaru (12) - Redo of Healer The rest of Jujutsu Kaisen, Kimetsu no Yaiba (except Zenitsu), One Piece (except Zoro), and Naruto guys (except Sasuke)
Male Spring
#	Name (Votes)	Series	Reason for eligibility
1	Takashi Natsume (52)	Natsume's Book of Friends	The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor movie BD / DVD release: May 26 (Japan). Wikipedia link
2	Fushi (51)	To Your Eternity	-
3	Zenitsu Agatsuma (28)	Kimetsu no Yaiba	Mugen Train movie released Apr 23 (US & CAN)
4	Adam (27)	Shuumatsu no Valkyrie	-
5	Sasuke Uchiha (22)	Naruto	Long-running series. Transferred from Winter.
6	Roronoa Zoro (18)	One Piece	Long-running series. Transferred from Winter.
Assigned to Main Tournament: Shinei Nouzen (14 votes) - 86 Lu Bu (13) - Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Yomogi Asanaka (11) - SSSS.Dynazenon Manjiro Sano (10) - Tokyo Revengers Hiroshi Odokawa (9) - Odd Taxi The rest of Jujutsu Kaisen , Kimetsu no Yaiba , and Naruto guys

Group stage

Male Group Stages
Winter
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1	Satoru Gojo
2	Tanjiro Kamado
3	Izumi Miyamura
4	Naruto Uzumaki
5	Conan Edogawa
6	Monkey D. Luffy
Spring
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1	Takashi Natsume
2	Fushi
3	Zenitsu Agatsuma
4	Adam
5	Sasuke Uchiha
6	Roronoa Zoro
Summer
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fall
#	Character	W-L	CVPD	CVP		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5
1
2
3
4
5
6

Crown Playoffs

Male Inter-seasonal Championship
	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
1
8
				1
4				4
5
2
7				2
				3					3rd place
3								2
6								2

Tournament of Champions

Same format as the last two editions -- group stage and range-voting final match.

Female

Female group table
#	Character	W	D	L	CVP	Notes
1	Yukino Yukinoshita
1	Eru Chitanda,
1	Rem
1	Megumi Katou
1	Violet Evergarden
1	Kotori Itsuka
1	Ruri Gokou
1	Shana

Jewelry Exhibitions Poster Contest

For this year, all posters of the jewelry exhibitions will be selected from user submissions, likely as a response to last year's fan-made posters for the gem awards made by users from the Chinese ISML Tieba forum. This section will display all female and male exhibition gem entries from each period.

ISML Virtual YouTuber Exhibitions

Amidst the COVID-19 global pandemic, a new form of entertainment has risen in popularity on the internet --- Virtual YouTubers. These streaming personalities mostly appear as anime girl avatars which are controlled and voiced real-time by real people. Originating in Japan, the V-Tuber scene has seen the establishment of several groups, with Hololive and Nijisanji the most well-known examples. And you bet your mudaf**ing donations this tournament is going to hold a contest to decide who's the cutest most popular personality of them all.

A V-Tuber exhibition contest was proposed by a member through the official Discord server last year, but was rejected due to schedule constraints and some controversies happening at the time. However, the contest was eventually confirmed to be held this year. Citation needed.