ISML Exhibition Gems

ISML Exhibition Gems
A real-life emerald bracelet and sapphire ring, representing the awards' current iteration. Original images from Macy's and Brilliant Earth.

The exhibition gems, also called "Jewelries", are a type of award featured in the International Saimoe League. They are essentially "lesser" versions of the main gems (necklaces and pendants). Following the conventions of ISML awards, the exhibition gems are named after different kinds of personal accessories, and have a sparkly poster dedicated to each winner. They also have no bearing whatsoever on a contestant's tournament standings.

The exhibition gems' format is designed so that priority is given to characters who haven't won an ISML award beforehand. However, this was changed since ISML 2020 in order to allow characters who have won fewer awards, because there would be insufficient characters otherwise. As a result, there have been several characters who won exhibition gems as their second award, detailed in the sections below.

2010 Exhibitions

Main article: ISML 2010/Exhibitions

TBD

2011-2014: Accesories

TBD

Winners

ISML 2011

ISML 2011
Period	Winner
Aquamarine Bracelet	Hatsune Miku @ Crypton Future Media
Topaz Earrings	Sakura Kinomoto @ Cardcaptor Sakura
Amethyst Brooch	Kagura @ Gintama
Sapphire Amulet	Shiori Shiomiya @ The World God Only Knows
Emerald Ring	Remilia Scarlet @ Touhou
Ruby Medallion	Illyasviel von Einzbern @ Fate/stay night
Diamond Anklet	Madoka Kaname @ Madoka Magica

ISML 2012, 2013, & 2014

Stella / Nova Exhibition Gem Winners
Period	ISML 2012	ISML 2013	ISML 2014
Aquamarine Bracelet	Meiko Honma Anohana	Ayase Aragaki Oreimo	Yukina Himeragi Strike the Blood
Amethyst Brooch	Ikaros Heaven's Lost Property	Aria Holmes Kanzaki Aria the Scarlet Ammo	Victorique de Blois Gosick
Ruby Medallion	C.C. Code Geass	Momo Belia Deviluke To Love Ru	Misaki Shokuhou A Certain Magical Index
Emerald Anklet	Sora Kasugano Yosuga no Sora	Last Order A Certain Magical Index	Yui Angel Beats!
Topaz Earrings	Inori Yuzuriha Guilty Crown	Kurisu Makise Steins;Gate	Saber Fate/stay night

2020-present: Return + Male Jewelries

The exhibition gems make their return six years later in ISML 2020, where they are once again reworked: they will now serve as the secondary equivalent to the necklace and pendant rounds. For the first time, a male counterpart of the gems was introduced. The accessory names were also fixed to a single object for each gender: Bracelets for females, and Rings for males.

The rules are as follows:

• 8 characters will qualify after each period.
• 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)
• The voting format is the same as necklace / pendant: Instant runoff voting (IRV).
• Contestants who are already eligible for a period's necklace / pendant round CANNOT participate in that period's exhibition gem round.
• Characters who have won any gem award within this year will no longer be allowed from all remaining gem rounds on that year.

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.

The most important change in this iteration was allowing past ISML award winners (ordered by fewer awards won and date of first win), which makes sense considering the last three periods (emerald, ruby, diamond) are contested among the top 32 regular season survivors, many of which have already won a poster before. If there was no such rule, there wouldn't be enough contestants.

In practice, these exhibition gems are won by "Tier 1 / Tier 2" contestants - those who regularly appear in the playoffs or later regular season stages, and belong to popular anime series with active voter bases in ISML. Furthermore, past ISML award winners are more likely to win these gems than the award-less contestants because of their relative popularity. This has started in ISML 2021 when four characters who have won a poster before (Okazaki, Megumin, Index, and Nasa) claimed their yearly bracelets and rings, all during the regular season's third split.

Winners

ISML 2020

ISML 2020
Period	Bracelet	Ring
Aquamarine	Kuroko Shirai @ A Certain Magical Index	Conan Edogawa @ Detective Conan
Topaz	Shouko Nishimiya @ Koe no Katachi	Sorata Kanda @ Sakurasou
Amethyst	Yui Yuigahama @ Oregairu	Saika Totsuka @ Oregairu
Sapphire	Chino Kafuu @ Gochiusa	Shirou Emiya @ Fate/stay night
Emerald	Index @ A Certain Magical Index	Lancer @ Fate/stay night
Ruby	Schwi Dola @ No Game No Life	Subaru Natsuki @ Re:Zero
Diamond	Ruiko Saten @ A Certain Magical Index	Kazuma Satou @ Konosuba

ISML 2021

ISML 2021
Period	Bracelet	Ring
Aquamarine	Chika Fujiwara @ Kaguya-sama	Saitama @ One Punch Man
Topaz	Ai Hayasaka @ Kaguya-sama	Yuu Otosaka @ Charlotte
Amethyst	Iroha Isshiki @ Oregairu	Ryuunosuke Akasaka @ Sakurasou
Sapphire	Nanami Aoyama @ Sakurasou	Shouya Ishida @ Koe no Katachi
Emerald	Utaha Kasumigaoka @ Saekano	Tomoya Okazaki @ Clannad
Ruby	Megumin @ Konosuba	Shidou Itsuka @ Date A Live
Diamond	Index x2 @ A Certain Magical Index	Nasa Yuzaki @ Tonikaku Kawaii

ISML 2022

ISML 2022
Period	Bracelet	Ring
Aquamarine
Topaz
Amethyst
Sapphire
Emerald
Ruby
Diamond

Gallery

This section has been truncated for ease of page viewing. Click [Expand] to see the gallery from each time period.

2011-2014

2011

2011 Aquamarine Bracelet: Hatsune Miku

2011 Topaz Earrings: Sakura Kinomoto

2011 Amethyst Brooch: Kagura (Gintama)

2011 Sapphire Amulet: Shiori Shiomiya

2011 Emerald Ring: Remilia Scarlet

2011 Ruby Medallion: Illyasviel von Einzbern

2011 Diamond Anklet: Madoka Kaname

2012

2012 Aquamarine Bracelet: Meiko Honma

2012 Amethyst Brooch: Ikaros

2012 Ruby Medallion: C.C.

2012 Emerald Anklet: Sora Kasugano

2012 Topaz Earrings: Inori Yuzuriha

2013

2013 Aquamarine Bracelet: Ayase Aragaki

2013 Amethyst Brooch: Aria Holmes Kanzaki

2013 Ruby Medallion: Momo Belia Deviluke

2013 Emerald Anklet: Last Order

2013 Topaz Earrings: Kurisu Makise

2014

2014 Aquamarine Bracelet: Yukina Himeragi

2014 Amethyst Brooch: Victorique de Blois

2014 Ruby Medallion: Misaki Shokuhou

2014 Emerald Anklet: Yui (Angel Beats)

2014 Topaz Earrings: Saber (Fate/stay night)

2020-present

2020

2020 Aquamarine Bracelet: Kuroko Shirai

2020 Topaz Bracelet: Shouko Nishimiya

2020 Amethyst Bracelet: Yui Yuigahama

2020 Sapphire Bracelet: Chino Kafuu

2020 Emerald Bracelet: Index

2020 Ruby Bracelet: Schwi Dola

2020 Diamond Bracelet: Ruiko Saten

2020 Aquamarine Ring: Conan Edogawa

2020 Topaz Ring: Sorata Kanda

2020 Amethyst Ring: Saika Totsuka

2020 Sapphire: Shirou Emiya

2020 Emerald Ring: Lancer (Fate/stay night)

2020 Ruby Ring: Subaru Natsuki

2020 Diamond Ring: Kazuma Satou

2021

2021 Aquamarine: Chika Fujiwara

2021 Topaz: Ai Hayasaka

2021 Amethyst: Iroha Isshiki

2021 Sapphire: Nanami Aoyama

2021 Emerald: Utaha Kasumigaoka

2021 Ruby: Megumin

2021 Diamond: Index (2nd award)

2021 Aquamarine: Saitama

2021 Topaz: Yuu Otosaka

2021 Amethyst: Ryuunosuke Akasaka

2021 Sapphire: Shouya Ishida

2021 Emerald: Tomoya Okazaki

2021 Ruby: Shidou Itsuka

2021 Diamond: Nasa Yuzaki