ISML 2021

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Seasonal & Exhibition

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ISML 2021
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Start date	2021-07-01
End date	2022-01-26 (tentative)
Participants	120+ (preliminaries) 72 (regular season)
Website	https://www.internationalsaimoe.com (current) https://2021.internationalsaimoe.com (archive)
Seasonals & ToC
Overall Year	Female: Male:

ISML 2021 is the 14th edition of the International Saimoe League. The tournament's nomination round began in July 1 at 00:30 UTC. This edition will mark the return of Kanade Tachibana and Kirito, champions of the 2012 Main Tournament and Male Exhibitions respectively.

Announcement of Rules

this is from maglor's post in the isml discord, from january 2021

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

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 (which also includes the reworked Divine Circlet and Crown).

• However, this wiki will keep using the "Main Tournament" and "Seasonal Contest" terms for this edition instead of Stella / Nova.

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 ~12 hours after voting ends. Assuming there's no delays, each round will last 3 days from voting, results, and downtime. Gem rounds last ~5 days.

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.

MAIN TOURNAMENT:

• Nominations: 2021/07/01 - 07/08 (Results released on 07/19, around 14:00 UTC)
• Preliminaries: 07/22 - 08/06
• Aquamarine: 08/12 - 08/28
• Topaz: 09/03 - 09/19
• Amethyst: 09/25 - 10/11
• Sapphire: 10/17 - 11/02
• Emerald: 11/08 - 11/24
• Ruby: 11/30 - 12/16
• Diamond: 2021/12/22 - 2022/01/06
• Playoffs: 2022/01/13 - 01/26

FEMALE SEASONALS:

• Each female seasonal will run alongside the main tournament for two periods. Winter: Preliminaries-Aquamarine, Spring: Topaz-Amethyst, Summer: Sapphire-Emerald, Fall: Ruby-Diamond.
• The Inter-seasonal Championship will take place during the playoffs.

MALE SEASONALS:

• Winter: Preliminary Rd 3 - Topaz 1
• Spring: Amethyst 1 - 5
• Summer: Emerald 1 - Ruby 2
• Fall: The entire Diamond period
• The Inter-seasonal Championship will start at Playoffs Day 3 (2022/01/19).

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.

The main tournament, which is renamed to "Stella" for this edition, will consist of 120 (or more) 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.

da rules for 2021 nomination rounds

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. Invalid entries are discarded independently and will NOT void your entire ballot unless it fails to meet the minimum requirements below. IMPORTANT CONDITIONS: Must represent at least eight (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. ISML champions from 2013-2020 CANNOT be nominated because of the champions ban rule; they will be placed in a separate tournament of champions instead. They are as follows: Female: Ruri Gokou, Kotori Itsuka, Eru Chitanda, Shana, Megumi Katou, Rem, Violet Evergarden, and Yukino Yukinoshita. Male: Houtarou Oreki*, Hideyoshi Kinoshita*, Accelerator, Sora, Koro-sensei, Hachiman Hikigaya, Rimuru Tempest, and Miyuki Shirogane. * male exhibitions are retroactively counted as official champions

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

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

Direct invites

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

Female

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

2020 Tiara Playoffs
3rd	8th	10th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	18th
Mai Sakurajima	Ai Hayasaka	Chika Fujiwara	Misaki Shokuhou	Iroha Isshiki	Emilia	Rin Tohsaka	Yui Yuigahama	Shiro
Bunny Girl Senpai	Kaguya-sama	Kaguya-sama	Raildex	Oregairu	Re:Zero	Fate	Oregairu	NGNL

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

Male

2020 Pendant Winners
Aquamarine (6th)	Amethyst (4th)	Sapphire (23rd)	Emerald (3rd)	Ruby (2nd)	Diamond (15th)
Riku Dola	Yuu Ishigami	Gilgamesh	Touma Kamijou	Sakuta Azusagawa	Rintarou Okabe
No Game No Life: Zero	Kaguya-sama	Fate/stay night	Raildex	Bunny Girl Senpai	Steins;Gate

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

Main Tournament Only

The following characters CANNOT qualify in this year's seasonal contests. However, they are NOT automatically promoted to the main tournament yet --- you will still need to nominate these characters if you want them to advance.
Note that some characters have overlapping criteria; this list will only include their earliest achievement.

Last 3 returning ISML champions:

• Female: Mio Akiyama (2010) and Kanade Tachibana (2012)
• Male: Lelouch vi Britannia (2011) and Kirito (2012)

Seasonal diadem winners from 2018-2020:

• 2018: Ochako Uraraka (spring), Platelet (summer)
• 2019: Fumino Furuhashi (spring), Gray (summer), Ishtar (fall)

Necklace and pendant winners from the last 3 editions (2018-2020):

• Female: Chtholly Nota Seniorious, Azusa Nakano, Kanna Kamui, Sagiri Izumi, Kurisu Makise
• Male: Levi Ackerman, Nagisa Shiota, Willem Kmetsch

All contestants who appeared in the playoffs at least once from 2018-2020:

• Female: Shouko Nishimiya,  Tohru, Illyasviel von Einzbern, Saber, Sakura Kinomoto
• Male: Shirou Emiya, Kusuo Saiki, Shouto Todoroki, Astolfo, Kyon

Results

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

Newly qualified nominees are indicated in bolded text. Characters debuting in 2021 anime are underlined.

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

Winter

Spring

Notable snubs

For more details, go to the seasonal and exhibition subpage

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

All characters from each division are divided into 3 groups with at least 40 members each.

• Characters are "seeded" in serpentine order based on the following:
  • Direct invites are seeded first, and will be ordered by their final positions in ISML 2020. Seasonal winners are put last and will be arranged based on inter-seasonal finish
  • The remaining characters are ordered by nomination rankings.
• Approval voting (vote whoever you like).
• Results will be used as seedings for the next round

Female

Cells are colored for ease of viewing, and do not necessarily indicate a character's status.

Female Prelims Round 1
Female Group A (Prelims 1)				Female Group B (Prelims 2)				Female Group C (Prelims 3)
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1	Mikoto 2020 2nd	2465		1	Zero Two #1	3610		1	Elaina IS Rd 3 W	3187
2	Emilia 2020 14th	2151		2	Mai 2020 3rd	3506		2	Kaguya 2020 4th	2652
3	Asuna 2020 7th	1814		3	Rikka 2020 6th	2489		3	Chika 2020 10th	2405
4	Tohru #35	1783		4	015 #7	2467		4	Sagiri #3	2288
5	Shouko N. #6	1769		5	Kurumi 2020 9th	2435		5	Nao #2	2245
6	Hayasaka 2020 8th	1759		6	Tsukasa #10	2054		6	Mashiro 2020 5th	2244
7	Chizuru IS Rd 2	1653		7	Shouko M. #46	1932		7	Kanna #15	2139
8	Ruiko #42	1474		8	Isla #4	1925		8	Kaede #45	1965
9	Angel #5	1435		9	Kuroko #19	1887		9	Mitsuha #8	1939
10	Shinobu K. #11	1428		10	Yui Y. 2020 16th	1851		10	Shiro 2020 18th	1907
11	Rin 2020 15th	1402		11	Sora K. #13	1774		11	Rio #68	1847
12	Umaru #41	1393		12	Hina A. #22	1737		12	Misaki 2020 12th	1785
13	Utaha #12	1334		13	Iroha 2020 13th	1604		13	Suzune #33	1775
14	Mio #18	1299		14	Kei S. IS Rd 3 L	1576		14	Tamako #21	1610
15	Krul #78	1243		15	Megumin #43	1517		15	Nibutani #63	1598
16	Eriri #23	1229		16	Aqua #73	1416		16	Schwi #26	1586
17	Yoshino #29	1219		17	Index #16	1360		17	Origami #62	1567
18	Shinoa #54	1212		18	Ginko #37	1349		18	Yui H. #20	1482
19	Uiharu #85	1137		19	Taiga #28	1336		19	Saber #9	1455
20	Nanami #30	1117		20	Sumi #58	1182		20	Tohka #39	1444
21	Saya #65	1069		21	Menma #52	1158		21	Beako #81	1432
22	Mirai #24	1020		22	Ruka #67	1122		22	Sinon #92	1372
23	Kurisu #17	1014		23	Chitoge #49	1115		23	Takagi #56	1329
24	Chtholly #48	1009		24	Raphtalia #100	1114		24	Kaori #14	1316
25	Chino #36	983		25	Nagisa F. #25	1112		25	Azunyan #38	1293
26	Illya #53	920		26	Dekomori #76	1074		26	Yotsuba #74	1288
27	Karyl #72	885		27	Ruri I. #40	1055		27	Inori #44	1263
28	Chiyo #60	861		28	Alice Z. #82	1055		28	Satone #93	1232
29	Kotoko IS Rd 1	833		29	Rachel #64	1038		29	Maple #83	1138
30	Isuzu #59	815		30	Yumeko #86	1031		30	Hinata #50	1086
31	Mugi #71	815		31	Haruhi #61	994		31	Kokkoro #105	1074
32	Gabriel #97	810		32	Madoka #31	959		32	Homura #32	938
33	Sakura Y. #47	791		33	Cardcaptor #55	958		33	Akame #27	931
34	Miyuki #89	757		34	Rei #91	923		34	Reina #51	931
35	Kirino #103	719		35	Masuzu #94	895		35	Yurippe #69	926
36	Kokoa #66	687		36	Kei K. #70	893		36	Sakura M. #57	914
37	Asuka #77	675		37	Yue #88	876		37	C.C. #104	877
38	Yuno #84	548		38	Yuki N. #79	865		38	Mei M. #75	799
39	Rias #90	523		39	Kumiko #34	863		39	Gray #87	749
40	Hiyori #96	373		40	Ayase #106	861		40	Shinobu O. #80	695
41	Noriko #101	342		41	Holo #103	838		41	Vic #95	674
Total Votes		46,765		42	Fumino #98	750		42	Setsuna Y. #99	624
				Total Votes		60,556		Total Votes		62,001

Male

Male Prelims Round 1
Male Group A (Prelims 1)				Male Group B (Prelims 2)				Male Group C (Prelims 3)
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1	Sakuta 2020 2nd	2637		1	Hiro #1	2720		1	Yuuta 2020 5th	2055
2	Kiyotaka 2020 9th	1859		2	Itachi #7	1789		2	Ishigami 2020 4th	1938
3	Subaru 2020 10th	1649		3	Levi #4	1711		3	Taki 2020 12th	1911
4	Kirito #2	1573		4	Touma 2020 3rd	1614		4	Kyojuro #36	1584
5	Otosaka #3	1382		5	Giyu #40	1586		5	Saitama 2020 13th	1568
6	Haruka K. #26	1214		6	Kaito Kid #28	1582		6	Nasa #5	1427
7	Kazuma 2020 16th	1181		7	Riku 2020 6th	1408		7	Shouya #24	1326
8	Shin-chan #99	1140		8	Shirou #10	1295		8	Ainz #48	1240
9	Itadori #9	1115		9	Shidou #19	1250		9	Kaneki #6	1235
10	Inosuke #80	1012		10	Saika 2020 11th	1215		10	Goro #29	1220
11	Okazaki 2020 18th	969		11	Sorata 2020 19th	1184		11	Archer 2020 24th	1205
12	Otonashi #8	964		12	Obito #82	1171		12	Masamune #42	1188
13	Nagisa S. #38	959		13	Jotaro #25	1156		13	Rudeus #60	1174
14	Satoshi F. #39	953		14	Dio #49	1036		14	Mikaela #18	1150
15	Kousei #15	938		15	Fushiguro #37	1023		15	Hodaka #23	1143
16	Isaac #27	932		16	Yato #13	1020		16	Eren #11	1096
17	Ash #98	898		17	Ryuuji #16	1017		17	Lelouch #17	1074
18	Karma #75	873		18	Fuutarou #34	1008		18	Madara #59	1060
19	Joseph #69	847		19	Rakasaka #55	999		19	Osamu #30	1059
20	Naofumi #45	815		20	Yuichiro #22	989		20	Tatsuya #71	1024
21	Lancer #14	793		21	Eugeo #85	986		21	Inumaki #65	1016
22	Gintoki #33	759		22	Sesshomaru #100	975		22	Gil 2020 23rd	1007
23	Saiki #20	755		23	Okabe 2020 15th	959		23	Mochizou #35	978
24	Hanako-kun #51	733		24	Nishikata #88	925		24	Mizugaki #41	971
25	Gilbert #57	722		25	Tomoya Aki #64	895		25	Kerry #66	969
26	Keyaru #81	697		26	Bell #70	860		26	Anos #89	952
27	Willem #68	666		27	L #67	838		27	Goku #54	941
28	Glenn #87	666		28	Nagumo #94	832		28	Edward #83	908
29	Seiya R. #56	663		29	Ikki #52	826		29	Seiya K. #53	894
30	Light #50	654		30	Inuyasha #97	813		30	Kyon #47	888
31	Shu #21	648		31	Souma #103	809		31	Erwin #101	834
32	Manjiro #93	590		32	Araragi #31	773		32	Senku #12	748
33	Naomi #32	588		33	Yaichi #46	762		33	Ichigo #72	723
34	Kazuya #62	548		34	Izayoi #58	754		34	Tatsumi #77	721
35	Shouyou #104	528		35	Lu Bu #73	723		35	Tomoe #96	649
36	Shinn #63	516		36	Akihito K. #43	689		36	Koutarou #95	633
37	Mob #74	510		37	Issei #91	590		37	Shinji #107	621
38	Waver #44	461		38	Takumi #106	559		38	Arata #78	600
39	Reigen #86	380		39	Touya #79	515		39	Chuuya #108	516
40	Jinta #105	372		40	Koichi #76	468		40	Yomogi #90	504
41	Sougo #92	170		41	Akihito N. #61	466		41	Ciel #84	405
Total Votes		36,329		Total Votes		42,790		42	Odokawa #102	339
								Total Votes		43,494

Round 2

Format:

• All characters are re-seeded based on their positions in Round 1 (tiebreakers: Nomination rank > VP)
• 12 groups
• At least 10 members each
• Limited voting format (you can only vote 3 players maximum per group).

Female

Cells are colored for ease of viewing, and do not necessarily indicate a character's status.

Female Prelims Round 2
Preliminaries Day 4
Female Group A				Female Group B				Female Group C				Female Group D
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1	Mikoto			1	Mai			1	Chika			1	Tohru
2	Kaede			2	Shouko M.			2	Mashiro			2	Kurumi
3	Angel			3	Yui Y.			3	Rio			3	Umaru
4	Aqua			4	Krul			4	Kei S.			4	Iroha
5	Index			5	Yui H.			5	Uiharu			5	Sumi
6	Raphtalia			6	Takagi			6	Mirai			6	Menma
7	Nagisa F.			7	Illya			7	Ruri I.			7	Maple
8	Gabriel			8	Kokkoro			8	Hinata			8	Yumeko
9	Sakura Y.			9	Reina			9	Kirino			9	Kei K.
10	Ayase			10	Rias			10	Mei M.			10	Asuka
11	Vic			11	Fumino			SUBTOTAL				SUBTOTAL
SUBTOTAL				SUBTOTAL
Total Votes: TBD
Preliminaries Day 5
Female Group E				Female Group F				Female Group G				Female Group H
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1	Elaina			1	Kaguya			1	Rikka			1	015
2	Ruiko			2	Kanna			2	Tsukasa			2	Nao
3				3				3				3
4				4				4				4
5				5				5				5
6				6				6				6
7				7				7				7
8				8				8				8
9				9				9				9
10				10				10				10
11				11				11				11
12				12				12				12
Total Votes: TBD
Preliminaries Day 6
Female Group I				Female Group J				Female Group K				Female Group L
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1	Zero Two			1	Emilia			1	Asuna			1	Sagiri
2	Isla			2	Chizuru			2	Hayasaka			2	Shouko N.
3				3				3				3
4				4				4				4
5				5				5				5
6				6				6				6
7				7				7				7
8				8				8				8
9				9				9				9
10				10				10				10
11				11				11				11
12				12				12				12
Total Votes: TBD

Male

Male Prelims Round 2
Preliminaries Day 4
Male Group A				Male Group B				Male Group C				Male Group D
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1	Hiro			1	Riku			1	Subaru			1	Touma
2	Shirou			2	Itachi			2	Kaito Kid			2	Giyu
3	Shidou			3	Inosuke			3	Okazaki			3	Otonashi
4	Eren			4	Kousei			4	Dio			4	Rudeus
5	Ash			5	Karma			5	Osamu			5	Yuichiro
6	Mizugaki			6	Okabe			6	Sesshomaru			6	Eugeo
7	Tomoya Aki			7	Shu			7	Inuyasha			7	Bell
8	Senku			8	Anos			8	Goku			8	Seiya R.
9	Ichigo			9	Tatsumi			9	Lu Bu			9	Akihito K.
10	Koichi			10	Touya			10	Takumi			10	Shinji
11	Sougo			SUBTOTAL				SUBTOTAL				SUBTOTAL
SUBTOTAL
Total Votes: TBD
Preliminaries Day 5
Male Group E				Male Group F				Male Group G				Male Group H
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1				1				1				1
2				2				2				2
3				3				3				3
4				4				4				4
5				5				5				5
6				6				6				6
7				7				7				7
8				8				8				8
9				9				9				9
10				10				10				10
11				11				11				11
12				12				12				12
Total Votes: TBD
Preliminaries Day 6
Male Group I				Male Group J				Male Group K				Male Group L
#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes		#	Name	Votes
1				1				1				1
2				2				2				2
3				3				3				3
4				4				4				4
5				5				5				5
6				6				6				6
7				7				7				7
8				8				8				8
9				9				9				9
10				10				10				10
11				11				11				11
12				12				12				12
Total Votes: TBD

Rankings

After the preliminary rounds are finished, all characters will be ranked based on the following criteria, which will double as seeds for the regular season's first group stage:

• Lower average rank points (ARP)
  • Divide each character's rank by the number of characters in their group.
  • For Round 2, multiply the character's divided rank by 4
  • Add Round 1 and 2's values together to get the final ARP value
• Higher Nomination votes
• Higher cumulative vote points (CVP) earned in the preliminary round

What is VP, VD, CVP, CVPD, etc?

Starting from ISML 2016, a new stat called Vote points (VP) was introduced. Contestants earn vote points after every match, and is calculated by dividing their votes by the average of all votes done during that round. $Votes \over TV \div Players$ Votes = Player's votes TV = Total votes (Add ALL CONTESTANTS' votes in that round, including the player) Players is simply the total number of contestants in a particular round. Pairs are considered as one contestant. Once VP is found, Vote point difference (VPD) is then calculated by subtracting a character's VP from their round's opponent. Since these values are calculated on a round-by-round basis, they will need to be added up, hence the CVP and CVPD (the C stands for "Cumulative"). In ISML's tables (and by extension, this wiki's), CVP refers to the contestant's currently accumulated vote points for the entire regular season. The same is also true for CVPD. Some letters may be added before CVP to indicate a certain stage only: PCVP - period, SCVP - split (for 2020). Example: Suppose Luffy wins Aquamarine Round 1 against Ash Ketchum, 6969-4200. A total of 72 contestants participated, and the total number of votes during that round was 777,777. Using the above formulas, we get: For Luffy: $6969 \over 777,777 \div 72$ = 0.645 VP (rounded to thousandths) For Ash: $4200 \over 777,777 \div 72$ = 0.389 VP Once we found their VP, we can now calculate their VPD by subtracting their VP against each other: Luffy: 0.256 VPD, Ash: -0.256 VPD.

Only the top 72 contestants will advance to the regular season, and the remaining characters will be eliminated.

Regular Season

To view the group draw, detailed tables, and the results of all regular season matches, click here.

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

Tiebreakers:

1. Wins (if tied, draws will be counted)
2. Head-to-head record
3. Split CVPD
4. Split CVP
5. Staff selection

What is VP, VD, CVP, CVPD, etc?

Starting from ISML 2016, a new stat called Vote points (VP) was introduced. Contestants earn vote points after every match, and is calculated by dividing their votes by the average of all votes done during that round. $Votes \over TV \div Players$ Votes = Player's votes TV = Total votes (Add ALL CONTESTANTS' votes in that round, including the player) Players is simply the total number of contestants in a particular round. Pairs are considered as one contestant. Once VP is found, Vote point difference (VPD) is then calculated by subtracting a character's VP from their round's opponent. Since these values are calculated on a round-by-round basis, they will need to be added up, hence the CVP and CVPD (the C stands for "Cumulative"). In ISML's tables (and by extension, this wiki's), CVP refers to the contestant's currently accumulated vote points for the entire regular season. The same is also true for CVPD. Some letters may be added before CVP to indicate a certain stage only: PCVP - period, SCVP - split (for 2020). Example: Suppose Luffy wins Aquamarine Round 1 against Ash Ketchum, 6969-4200. A total of 72 contestants participated, and the total number of votes during that round was 777,777. Using the above formulas, we get: For Luffy: $6969 \over 777,777 \div 72$ = 0.645 VP (rounded to thousandths) For Ash: $4200 \over 777,777 \div 72$ = 0.389 VP Once we found their VP, we can now calculate their VPD by subtracting their VP against each other: Luffy: 0.256 VPD, Ash: -0.256 VPD.

Split 1

Aquamarine period: 72 players are split into 12 groups of 6.

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

Female

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

Male

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

Split 1 Wildcards

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

What is Instant runoff voting (IRV)?

Instant-runoff voting - Voters rank the contestants in order of preference, from 1st to 8th. Alternatively, a voter may choose to abstain voting for a contestant. Abstained contestants will NOT receive your vote during the entire counting process. Results start by counting the each contestant's first-choice votes in the first round. If a contestant gets a majority (more than 50% of total votes), they will immediately win the award. If there is no majority, then the contestant with the least amount of votes is eliminated. Those who voted for the eliminated character as their highest choice will have their votes transferred to their next-highest choice (2nd, 3rd, etc.) for the next round. This process repeats until either a majority is declared, or there are only two contestants left. When a voter's choices are eliminated before the final round, their vote will be exhausted, which means that their vote will no longer count for the remaining contestants. EXAMPLE: Suppose a necklace match happens between Saber, Rem, Megumin, Holo, Emilia, Shiro, Tohru, and C.C. Our example voter chooses Saber as his 1st choice, Rem 2nd, Megumin 3rd, and Holo 4th, and ABSTAIN for the other girls. Saber is eliminated in Round 1, so in Round 2, his vote is added to Rem's tally instead. Megumin loses in Round 2, and those who voted her as first choice will have their votes transferred to their next highest choices. Our example voter is unaffected. Surprise! Rem goes out in Round 3! Because Megumin (3rd choice) is already out, his vote will be transferred to Holo (4th choice) instead. Round 4 eliminates C.C. Round 5 eliminates Tohru. Round 6 unfortunately spells the end of the road for Holo, leaving only Shiro and Emilia to contend for the necklace. Since our voter abstained for the remaining contestants, his vote will not count towards either of them, i.e. exhausted. If we consider their interests, the result will not matter to them because all of their choices are out.

Female

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

Male

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

Split 2

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

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

Female

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

Male

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

Split 2 Wildcards

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

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

Split 3

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

• Contestants are arranged by Split 1 + Split 2 CVP; serpentine order starting from Group A
• Top 6 advance to Playoffs
• 7th to 11th are relegated to Wildcards
• 12th to 16th are outright eliminated, but they will play consolation matches during the playoffs, giving them a chance to surpass some of the eliminated playoff contestants in final rankings.
• Bold: Advanced, Italic: Wildcards, Strikethrough - Eliminated.

Results

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

Split 3 Wildcards

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

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

Gem Rounds

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).

Qualifying Criteria:

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

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.

What is Instant runoff voting (IRV)?

Instant-runoff voting - Voters rank the contestants in order of preference, from 1st to 8th. Alternatively, a voter may choose to abstain voting for a contestant. Abstained contestants will NOT receive your vote during the entire counting process. Results start by counting the each contestant's first-choice votes in the first round. If a contestant gets a majority (more than 50% of total votes), they will immediately win the award. If there is no majority, then the contestant with the least amount of votes is eliminated. Those who voted for the eliminated character as their highest choice will have their votes transferred to their next-highest choice (2nd, 3rd, etc.) for the next round. This process repeats until either a majority is declared, or there are only two contestants left. When a voter's choices are eliminated before the final round, their vote will be exhausted, which means that their vote will no longer count for the remaining contestants. EXAMPLE: Suppose a necklace match happens between Saber, Rem, Megumin, Holo, Emilia, Shiro, Tohru, and C.C. Our example voter chooses Saber as his 1st choice, Rem 2nd, Megumin 3rd, and Holo 4th, and ABSTAIN for the other girls. Saber is eliminated in Round 1, so in Round 2, his vote is added to Rem's tally instead. Megumin loses in Round 2, and those who voted her as first choice will have their votes transferred to their next highest choices. Our example voter is unaffected. Surprise! Rem goes out in Round 3! Because Megumin (3rd choice) is already out, his vote will be transferred to Holo (4th choice) instead. Round 4 eliminates C.C. Round 5 eliminates Tohru. Round 6 unfortunately spells the end of the road for Holo, leaving only Shiro and Emilia to contend for the necklace. Since our voter abstained for the remaining contestants, his vote will not count towards either of them, i.e. exhausted. If we consider their interests, the result will not matter to them because all of their choices are out.

Necklace

Aquamarine Necklace Source
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Topaz Necklace Source
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Amethyst Necklace Source
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Sapphire Necklace Source
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Emerald Necklace Source
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Ruby Necklace Source
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Diamond Necklace Source
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Pendant

Aquamarine Pendant
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Topaz Pendant
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Amethyst Pendant
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Sapphire Pendant
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Emerald Pendant
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Ruby Pendant
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Diamond Pendant
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Jewelry exhibitions

Jewelry Exhibitions are secondary gem awards which are held alongside the main gem rounds under the Exhibition title. The awards are purely cosmetic; they have no effect on a contestant's season standings or future qualifications. Jewelries will be contested between eight next-best performers of each period who have never won any ISML award before. 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 jewelry round.
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. Links to these submissions can be found here.

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Ruby ???
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Aquamarine ???
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Playoffs

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

Seedings

Based on Split 3 performance. To reiterate: Group position > Wins > Split CVPD > Split CVP > Staff selection. Matches between contestants of the same group doesn't matter.

Female TBD

Male TBD

Tiara Playoffs

Tiara Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16				Quarter-finals (PO 3)				Semi-finals (PO 4)				Final (PO 5)
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13				Q3
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12													Final
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10								S3
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(PO 1)				Q8									3rd place
6												T1
11												T2

Scepter Playoffs

Scepter Playoff Bracket
	Round of 16				Quarter-finals (PO 3)				Semi-finals (PO 4)				Final (PO 5)
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13				Q3
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12													Final
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(PO 2)				Q8									3rd place
6												T1
11												T2

Consolations & Final Rankings

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, click the above link.

Trivia

• It will have Virtual Youtuber (aka Vtuber) exhibitions. For more detail, coming soon.
• Starting from this year, 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 Discord server.

Winner's Gallery

Necklace & Tiara

2021 Aquamarine:

2021 Topaz:

2021 Amethyst:

2021 Sapphire:

2021 Emerald:

2021 Ruby:

2021 Diamond:

HEAVENLY TIARA:

Pendant & Scepter

2021 Aquamarine:

2021 Topaz:

2021 Amethyst:

2021 Sapphire:

2021 Emerald:

2021 Ruby:

2021 Diamond:

LAPIS SCEPTER:

Jewelry Exhibitions (Female)

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Jewelry Exhibitions (Male)

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Seasonals

Winter Diadem:

Spring Diadem:

Summer Diadem:

Fall Diadem:

Divine Circlet (Overall female seasonal champion):

Divine Crown (Overall male seasonal champion):

ToC & Exhibitions

2021 Female Tournament of Champions Winner:

2021 Male Tournament of Champions Winner:

2021 Couples / Ships Winner:

ISML Virtual Youtuber Exhibitions:

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Site navigation

• Moegirl link (Chinese)
• Starryrainynight's ISML results spreadsheet for 2021 (Chinese)