Megumi Tadokoro is one of the main heroines featured in the manga and anime series Shokugeki no Soma, written by Yuuto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki.
Megumi's main claim to fame is her exceptional performance in two of r/anime's Best Girl Contests. A combination of recency bias, tactical voting, low seeds, and her general likability as a character made a recipe for success in the tournament. The culinary student reached the Elite Eight in Best Girl 2 as a 53rd seed.
In Best Girl 3 the 42nd seeded Tadokoro upset #2 Saber in the quarter-finals and defeated #6 Holo in the semi-finals by 16 votes in what is considered the most infamous match in Best Girl history. She was thoroughly defeated by the supercharged #53 Mikoto Misaka in the following final match. Megumi then secured a tournament-high 9th seed the next year, but lost to Homura Akemi in the fourth round as "revenge" for last year's results. Afterwards, Tadokoro's results settled down into mediocrity in the following Best Girl editions as a result of the manga's decline in reputation.
Megumi's runner-up finish in r/anime's third main waifu contest remains the best performance by a Shokugeki character in any major saimoe contest to date.
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r/anime bracket history[]
Best Girl Contest[]
Best Girl 2 - seed 53
(460) Kanami 3823 - 1479
(204) Maiya Hisau 4130 - 2572
(76)
MISAKA 10032 4945 - 2982
(12)
Shiro 4997 - 4707
(43)
Mayoi Hachikuji 5671 - 4654
(5)
Jibril 5961 - 5424
(4)
Hitagi Senjougahara 4995 - 7394
Best Girl 3 - seed 42
(471) Bozes Co Palesti 3739 - 923
(215)
Tomoko Kuroki 3935 - 1448
(87)
Akatsuki 4453 - 2578
(23)
Tatsumaki 5568 - 3216
(10)
Komachi Hikigaya 4547 - 3175
(26)
Winry Rockbell 5603 - 4381
(2)
Saber 5589 - 4741
(6)
Holo 5600 - 5584
(53)
Mikoto Misaka 5726 - 7149
Best Girl 4 - seed 9
(504)
Origami Tobiichi 7427 - 2117
(265) Neferpitou 8039 - 2766
(120)
Ais Wallenstein 7214 - 3271
(56)
Homura Akemi 6178 - 6395
Best Girl 5 - seed 56
(457)
Junko Enoshima 5519 - 1728
(201)
Elf Yamada 6141 - 2143
(73)
Chiyo Sakura 5809 - 5082
(9)
Winry Rockbell 5172 - 6821
Best Girl 6 - seed 84
(429) Henrietta (Log Horizon) 2858 - 1079
(173)
Meiko Honma 2905 - 1937
(45)
Tsuyu Asui 3835 - 3430
(20)
Saber 3376 - 6294
Best Girl 7 - seed 100
(413)
Erika Yano 1891 - 980
(157)
Nao Tomori 1721 - 1396
(29)
Suzuha Amane 1037 - 2637
Best Girl 8 - seed 191
Best Character Contest[]
Best Character 2 - seed 41
(472) Machi Komacine (HxH) 1335 - 407
(297) Ennis (Baccano) 1205 - 598
(169)
Shinichi Izumi 1160 - 956
(24)
Mumen Rider 970 - 1221
Best Character 3 - seed 86
(427)
Akeno Himejima 1316 - 466
(171)
Tomoya Okazaki 1498 - 1055
(43)
Shigeo Kageyama 1109 - 1550
Best Character 4 - seed 139
(374)
Sakamoto 1004 - 589
(118)
Ami Kawashima 829 - 950
Profile[]
Honours[]
r/anime brackets
- Best Girl 3: Runner-up
Total Contest Wins = 1
- Chica Anime Crunchyroll 2015 [1]
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- Namuwiki (Korean)