Kurisu Makise is a main character featured in the 5pb and Nitroplus visual novel Steins;Gate, a major character in the sequel series Steins;Gate 0, and its anime adaptations by the studio White Fox.
Kurisu debuted in Spring 2011, where she spent her first three years serving as cannon fodder in Japan's Anime Saimoe Tournament. In the same time span however, she would finish as runner-up in the 2012 edition of Anizone's Korea Best Moe Tournament where she lost to Hitagi Senjougahara.
Kurisu is one of r/anime's most popular and beloved girls of all time, being the most-favorited female character in MyAnimeList (a site many anime redditors use), and immediately established herself as a prodigious example of "good taste" by winning r/anime's inaugural Best Girl Contest in 2014. She also won the first "Best of the Best" exhibition tournament, consisting of the finalists from previous Best Girl, Guy and Character contests, as well as finishing runner-up in the second Best Character tournament in 2016, the last contest before the ban of all champions from participating in future r/anime contests.
Christina also maintains a fairly strong following in China's Bilibili Moe contest, reaching the quarter-finals in 2015 and the round of 16 in 2018. Even her AI version from the sequel Steins;Gate 0 (Amadeus) is allowed in the 2018 edition as a separate contestant.
The scientist's career in the long-running International Saimoe League contest started out slow, but starting in 2015, she managed to make the postseason for the first time. However, she has yet to advance beyond the first round of the elimination stage, having failed to do so for five consecutive years. Kurisu's necklaces were won by winning the Diamond group stage in 2016, a feat she would replicate three years later.
Kurisu shares a rivalry with Monogatari heroine Hitagi Senjougahara, having three significant meetings in the major tournaments. Two of them occured in the FINALS where the Crab won both matches, but the Assistant got the more important one (a Best Girl 1 semi-final match) in which she went on to win the entire contest.
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ISML Profile Flavor Text[edit | edit source]
"If Makise Kurisu were to hear about a site where people vote on how moe she is, she would immediately launch a denial of service attack on its server. And blush furiously. And deny doing it.
It is therefore for the better that Kurisu remains unaware and can concentrate on revolutionizing the world with her research. Perceptive and bright, Kurisu takes on mysteries of science that have baffled the great minds of previous generations... and solves them one by one. It is hard work, involves hours spent mulling over complex formulas and allows for little to no beauty sleep, but you get bragging rights once everything falls neatly into place. And you can wear a cool lab coat, too.
When too tired for productive thinking, Kurisu joins the anonymous hordes roaming Internet forums. More honest with herself when nobody can see what she is doing, Kurisu enjoys discussing the same rumors and theories she rejects as silly when talking in 'real life'. She is fluent in all kinds of Internet lingo and metaphors, and often perceives the world around in terms of various memes... but nobody will ever find out, right?
As much as she would like to appear perfect, Kurisu has her own weaknesses and vulnerabilities. But when somebody is needed to whip a group of good-for-nothings into saving the world, she is as good a candidate as they get.
- written by ?????
Contest History[edit | edit source]
Kurisu has struggled to make the postseason in the Nova / Stella era of the long-running International Saimoe League contest, barely missing the postseason by one place in 2012 and 2013, and by three places in 2014. Her fortunes have improved since then, and by 2015 she was able to reach the postseason for the first time, going as far as the round of 16 in the second postseason phase.
International Saimoe League[edit | edit source]
2012[edit | edit source]
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2013[edit | edit source]
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2014[edit | edit source]
AnimeBracket[edit | edit source]
Best Girl Contest[edit | edit source]
Best Girl 1 (2014) - seed 2 (Winner!)
Win vs (511) Marii Buratei, 3587 - 308
Win vs (258) Ayase Shinomiya, 4633 - 717
Win vs (127) Inori Yuzuriha, 5124 - 1213
Win vs (65) Kallen Stadtfeld, 5722 - 1548
Win vs (34) Madoka Kaname, 6496 - 2030
Win vs (15) Suruga Kanbaru, 8061 - 3134
Win vs (10) Ryuuko Matoi, 7200 - 4018
Win vs (3) Hitagi Senjougahara, 5619 - 5501 (118 votes difference!)
Win vs (17) Holo, 6620 - 5507
Best Character Contest[edit | edit source]
Best Character 1 (2015) - seed 4
Win vs (509) Ryouko Tamiya, 3686 - 578
Win vs (253) Lubbock, 2900 - 689
Win vs (125) Brock, 3478 - 1374
Win vs (68) Akane Tsunemori, 3338 - 1352
Win vs (29) Shinobu Oshino, 3087 - 1940
Win vs (45) Kiritsugu Emiya, 3740 - 3158
Win vs (5) Edward Elric, 3590 - 3571 (19 votes difference!)
Loss vs (17) Roy Mustang, 4347 - 4895
Best Character 2 (2016) - seed 2
Win vs (511) Mikuru Asahina, 1883 - 290
Win vs (255) Haruno Yukinoshita, 1831 - 350
Win vs (127) Jotaro Kujo, 1574 - 702
Win vs (63) Hisoka Morow, 2032 - 1118
Win vs (31) Shinobu Oshino, 1632 - 1159
Win vs (18) Alphonse Elric, 2032 - 995
Win vs (7) Holo, 1804 - 1739
Win vs (6) Edward Elric, 1960 - 1859
Loss vs (17) Hitagi Senjougahara, 1748 - 2261
Defunct Tournaments[edit | edit source]
Anime Saimoe Tournament[edit | edit source]
2011
Kurisu Makise > Ai Nanasaki > Zakuro (313-299-81)
Kurisu Makise > Miya Tachibana > Itsuwa (317-268-91)
Astarotte Ygvar > Kurisu Makise (420-410)
2012
Kurisu Makise > Mihoko Fukuji > Ayumi Tokita (439-364-70)
Hinata Hakamada > Kurisu Makise > Sana Inui (236-197-95)
2013
Watashi > Kirino Kousaka > Kurisu Makise (299-153-92)
Korea Best Moe Tournament[edit | edit source]
2011
Kurisu Makise > Kanon Nakagawa > Sakura Haruno (256-166-63)
Charlotte Dunois > Kurisu Makise (204-190)
2012
Kurisu Makise > Minami Shimada > Ako Atarashi (132-73-52)
Kurisu Makise > Karen Araragi (124-92)
Kurisu Makise > Haruka Amami (119-84)
Kurisu Makise > Miki Hoshii (109-106)
Kurisu Makise > Eru Chitanda (232-138)
Senjougahara Hitagi > Kurisu Makise (266-132)
Minor Contests[edit | edit source]
SenpuuSociety European Saimoe[edit | edit source]
2011
Kurisu Makise > Ai Nanasaki > Zakuro (18-15-6)
Kurisu Makise > Miya Tachibana > Itsuwa (34-14-4)
Kurisu Makisu > Tooru (43-8)
Kurisu Makise > Mikoto Misaka (38-18)
Kurisu Makise > Elucia de Lute Ima (32-17)
Kurisu Makise > Yin (35-19)
Kurisu Makise > Naruko Anjou (56-28)
2012
Kurisu Makise > Ayumi Tokita > Mihoko Fukuji (50-6-4)
Kurisu Makise > Sana Inui > Hinata Hakamada (40-12-9)
Kurisu Makise > Koneko Toujou (31-29)
Kurisu Makise > Saber (38-27)
Kurisu Makise > Illyasviel von Einzbern (39-33)
Shinobu Oshino > Kurisu (36-34)
Kurisu Makise > Rin Tousaka (36-32)
2013
Kurisu Makise > Yui Kiriyama > Euphemia li Britannia (33-12-9)
Morgiana > Kurisu Makise > Touka Yatogami (33-27-11)
The Great Awwnime Bracket[edit | edit source]
2013
Kurisu Makise > Lili (703-213)
Kurisu Makise > Kanna Makino (1084-472)
Kurisu Makise > Kagami Hiiragi (1138-717)
Kurisu Makise > Touka Takanashi (1140-764)
Kurisu Makise > Ayase Aragaki (1185-968)
Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi > Kurisu Makise (1117-1106)
2014
Kurisu Makise > Chiwa Harusaki (521-191)
Kurisu Makise > Rita Ainsworth (462-218)
Kurisu Makise > Natsumi Koshigaya (416-274)
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Portraits
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