Mai Sakurajima is the main female protagonist and titular character of Hajime Kamoshida's light novel series Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, and its anime adaptations by the studio CloverWorks.
The Bunny Girl was the breakout star of the year 2018, winning the Fall seasonal contest of both ISML and r/anime. In addition to that, she easily claimed the Best Girl of the Year title in r/anime, but only finished as a runner-up in the ISML counterpart due to suffering a heavy loss against Violet Evergarden.
Mai's winning streak in r/anime continued by winning all matches in the 1 million subscriber event: the 24 Hour Best Girl Contest in 2019, defeating the likes of Ryuuko, Megumin, Rem and Kaguya along the way. The streak would be snapped in next year's April Fools contest however, as the r/anime users get tired of her winning every single game.
Her status as a breakout powerhouse proved itself in the 2019 ISML Main Tournament, where she won all regular season matches and secured her first necklace that year. However, in the playoffs, Violet once again denied her another chance for a championship, this time in a semi-final rematch where she narrowly lost by 168 votes.
Contest History
International Saimoe League
Fall 2018: - Winner!
Group Stage
Win vs Miss Beelzebub, 17,792 - 11,599- Win vs Momo Minamoto, 23,943 - 9887
Playoffs
- Win vs Erza Scarlet, 19,988 - 12,477
- Win vs Priestess (Goblin Slayer), 21,612 - 12,069
- Win vs Kaede Azusagawa, 24,552 - 14,293
- Win vs Rikka Takarada, 23,906 - 19,077
Best Girl of the Year:
- Loss vs Violet Evergarden, 19,221 - 30,967
ISML 2019 (Main)
- Record: 21-0
- CVP: 26.121 (seed 2)
- Necklace: Ruby
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| Ruby Necklace (Winner) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Contestant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | ||||||||||||
 Mai Sakurajima
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4685 | 5389 | 6210 | 7361 | 5873 | 10,450 | 13,781 | ||||||||||||
 Emilia
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5457 | 5750 | 6245 | 7453 | 8384 | 9617 | |||||||||||||
 Schwi Dola
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4272 | 4825 | 5249 | 6013 | 7329 | ||||||||||||||
 Rikka Takanashi
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5272 | 5682 | 5810 | 6347 | |||||||||||||||
 Chtholly Nota Seniorious
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4307 | 4805 | 5386 | ||||||||||||||||
 Asuna Yuuki
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3855 | 4150 | |||||||||||||||||
 Kurisu Makise
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3695 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mashiro Shiina
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Playoffs - (seed 2)
- Win vs (15) Asuna Yuuki, 10,807 - 9576
- Win vs (7) Sagiri Izumi, 11,771 - 11,528 (243 votes difference!)
- Loss vs (3) Violet Evergarden, 10,242 - 10,410 (168 votes difference!)
- Win vs (9) Mashiro Shiina, 13,160 - 12,540
Final postition: 3rd place
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AnimeBracket
Seasonal Salt
Undisputed Best Girl of Bunny Girl Senpai
Fall 2018 - seed 1
- Win vs (64) Shirogane Saiga, 2550 - 164
- Win vs (32) Kurumi Kawai, 2023 - 151
- Win vs (16) Shuna, 2145 - 316
- Win vs (8) Tomoe Koga, 1862 - 347
- Win vs (4) Saki Nikaidou, 2978 - 1120
- Win vs (2) Kaede Azusagawa, 3010 - 1472
Not even Zero Two can compare to the sheer sex appeal of this Playboy-like model
Best Girl of 2018 - seed 1
- Win vs (32) Utako Sakura, 3481 - 484
- Win vs (17) Hinata Miyake, 2528 - 748
- Win vs (9) Rikka Takarada, 3359 - 1234
- Win vs (5) Saki Nikaidou, 3359 - 1391
- Win vs (7) Zero Two, 6135 - 4698
Best Girl Contest
TBD
Best Character Contest
TBD
Minor Contests
r/anime Exhibitions
Winter 2019 vs. Fall 2018. This is the reason why the real Best Girl Contest has a one-year restriction.
r/anime's 24 Hour Best Girl Contest (2019) - Seed 5 - Winner!
- Win vs (252) Erza Scarlet, 363 - 74
- Win vs (124) Illyasviel von Einzbern, 353 -
- Win vs (60) Madoka Kaname, 255 - 148
- Win vs (37) Homura Akemi, 497 - 284
- Win vs (12) Ryuuko Matoi, 521- 424
- Win vs (4) Megumin, 726 - 590
- Win vs (9) Rem, 579 - 557
- Win vs (2) Kaguya Shinomiya, 606 - 546
r/anime's 24 Hour WORST Girl Contest (2020) - Seed 7
- Win vs Kokoro, (250) 245 - 58
- Win vs Kumiko Oumae, (135) 158 - 123
- Win vs Ritsu Tainaka, (71) 198- 181
- Win vs Loss vs (26) Saber, 293 - 306
Gallery
Portraits
Posters
ISML
External Links
| Class of 2018 - Winners & Honorable Mentions | ||
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| ISML |  Violet EvergardenWN •  Ochako Uraraka†SP •  PlateletSU • Mai SakurajimaFA
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| r/anime |  Zero Two WN •  AnzuSP •  Chisa Kotegawa SU • Mai SakurajimaFA
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| Winter | Ichigo (015) • Rin Shima • Nadeshiko Kagamihara • Hinata Miyake • Shirase Kobuchizawa • Ginko Sora • Ai Hinatsuru • Mei Aihara • Yuzu Aihara • Takagi-san | |
| Spring | Hitomi Mishima • Hina(matsuri) • LLENN • Narumi Momose • Maho Hiyajou | |
| Summer | Rinne Ohara • Red Blood Cell • Rachel Gardner • Rem Galeu • Mahiru Tsuyuzaki • Satou Matsuzaka • Akira Oono | |
| Fall | Aobuta | Kaede Azusagawa • Rio Futaba • Tomoe Koga • Nodoka Toyohama |
| Other | Rikka Takarada • Akane Shinjou • Saki Nikaidou • Sakura Minamoto • Priestess (GS) • High Elf Archer (GS) • Alice Zuberg • Juliet Persia • Yuu Koito | |
| Legend: Bold underlined text - Overall Winner
WN - Winter, SP - Spring, SU - Summer, FA - Fall, † - Not a Debutant | ||