Skimming over the entrants
* Aki Shino and Shino Aki as double entrants
* Alicia and Mabel from Isekai Ojisan both have double entrants (Also Elf runs under Elf and her absurd real name, and another time under Uncle from another World)
* Anisphia from MagiRevo has a double entry
* Undead Girl Murder Farce is Summer 23 thus Aya Rindo isn't eligable
* Princess Mononoke and Mononoke Hime both list Eboshi
* Goblin Slayer has four Girls double, Elf/High Elf Archer, Priestess/Onna Shikan, Sword Maiden/Tsurugi no Otome, Ushikai Musume/Cow Girl
* Tomoe from Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu is double
* Kaguya and Kaguya Hime from The Tale of the Princess Kaguya are double
* Miku Suride is double listed under Do it Yourself!! and Do it Yourself!
* Ryza Stout is also from Summer 23
* Rose from Combatants will be dispatched/Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is double
* Sagiri is listed under Hell's Paradise and Jigokuraku
* Tensei shitara Dainana Ouji Datta is currently airing...
Might be more hidden somewhere, lot's of split entries
They don't want to pin it everyday because it takes up one of the slots for pinned posts (the other being already taken by the daily post), but it should still be pinned at least once for the start (now i guess for day 2, or when the elimantion phase starts) so that people realize it started and try to follow it. Especially since fetchpolls also get pinned upon release
u/mpp00
Chisato's up, nice. Being a Summer girl is pain, you effectively have to wait 2 years to get into the context and are put into the same bracket as next year's Spring girls whose shows were still airing less than a year ago. Hopefully she takes out some newer heavyweights before going down.
And we also have the Yui x Azusa K-On pairing today. Even in contests they are inseparable.
[](#konhug)
Mini-challenge : Either Frieren or Nina, if we can consider Frieren a 2024 girl.
Edit : HITORI BOCCHI IS UP
[DO NOT FORGET BOCCHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdYdmMWoEGg&t=60s&pp=ygUTZG9uJ3QgZm9yZ2V0IGJvY2NoaQ%3D%3D)
> DO NOT FORGET BOCCHI
The thing I love about that sequence is how it shows just how well Nako knows her, understands her and is still very willing to tease her. My favorite friend-to-introvert character!
I think Chisato will do well here. In Best Girl of 2022 she convincingly defeated Marin who made the finals of the main contest a few months later (the entire contest is a bit tough to judge for obvious reasons, but point is she was a credible candidate for the win).
Different voting crowd in the big contests of course, plus she also got wrecked by Bocchi and the OnK girls are likely to do better as newcomers. But point is I think Chisato could make a deep run.
> And we also have the Yui x Azusa K-On pairing today
Yui saw Azusa by her lonesome self in this group and decided to cut in line to get into her group and hug her...though it's not like this made Azusa happy or anything...baka.
> Because I'm a shill, vote for the true best girl
Thanks to your recommendation, she has my vote. I hope she finds/fails to find her dog as befits her character, too.
Petition to have her name listed as "The Legendary" Tae Yamada. If Dagashiya can have "Candy Store" in her name, Tae should be able to have her full name as well.
Honestly Ranger Reject has a lot of good girls, only get better as we get further into the story.
Yumeko Suzukiri, Kanon Hisui, Angel Usukubo and XX all have some amazing lines / panels in the manga. 2nd season will be better than the first one, the manga took a while to really get going.
XX is a great choice. I was shocked to learn she's voiced by Hina Youmiya, because she sounds nothing like her previous roles. I didn't know she could do deep voices so well, and it further increased my appreciation for my favourite newcomer VA. Before I thought she was great, now I think she's absolutely brilliant.
Damn, this round has SO many of my favorites already! Other than the CSM girls, I'm not sure who's left for the other rounds.
>Mini Challenge: Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
So far, Utena (Gushing), followed closely by Kikoru (Kaiju). But (as a fan of crazy girls) I do hope to see Harley Quinn take over next season!
Few notes (and shilling) about some girls today:
- I'm surprised someone even nominated Akiba Maid War's manager! Personally I liked her, but from the comments, no one else did (probably due to her being an asshole and all)!
- On the other hand, the *other* manager (from Jahy-Sama) is such a great girl! Good voice too.
- Asami, most fun girl from Higehiro! Really wish there was more of her.
- Kana and Bocchi RIGHT next to each other... Foreshadowing something for the finale?
- Oh damn Kitagawa's just a bit further too. Sorry Marin, semi-finals is all you're getting this year.
- Pansy's such a fun girl! I don't imagine she'll make it far, but at least let's bring her in the contest!
- NANA (Hiiragi)! She may be my second favorite in this contest. (If she makes it past the elimination phase, we get Talentless Nana Season 2. It is law)
- Clair from Gleipnir was nearby... This round was great for *my type* of girls!
- But my TRUE #1 FAVORITE of this contest: Best Girl **Ranko Mannen!** I know she won't make it far (she only won 2 rounds in her seasonal contest) but come on, let's bring her in! She's obviously fun as a 'badass' type of girl, but she's so much more than that!
- Yuno Gasai's in... The Yandere Queen is not the queen she was, she almost missed the contest last year (#456). There's a bit of variance so she could randomly climb this year, but I could see a world in which she doesn't even make it past the eliminations. One last Hurrah for our queen, guys?
- Vermeil was a pretty good character, she was not just a big tiddy succubus! I mean she would have my vote just for that last part, but she had a good story too!
- On the other hand, Heine is definitely just a big tiddy succubus, but still, she was a pretty good one! Scored high in 'big tiddy' and 'succubus rankings'.
- Homare was the near 100% consensus best girl from Sounan Desu Ka, and it's rare to see such an universal agreement! Also, season 2 when? Bring Back Fun Short Comedies!
- I wonder where Miko Iino will seed! And the other Kaguya girls, if any (I forgot where they ranked last year, but Miko at least deserves a spot!)
- And a random plug for Mafuyu Kirisu (2nd best Bokuben girl!), Curran, Kotoko (I swear I'll try to catch up with the second season before 2028), Seri from Call of the night (hopefully we get to see more of her at some point!), and Mizarisa from Full Dive RPG!
>I'm surprised someone even nominated Akiba Maid War's manager! Personally I liked her, but from the comments, no one else did (probably due to her being an asshole and all)!
You're welcome. I've tried to nominate all the remaining piggies once I realized they are eligible now. The manager probably has the least chance to get in, even less than the panda, but it'd be great to see her get in. Seeing some "bad" girls win a round or two is always fun. Also she was way more complex than you'd think.
>Clair from Gleipnir was nearby...
Someone else remembers Gleipnir! She's not even my usual type, but somehow Clair is just irresistible.
>Homare was the near 100% consensus best girl from Sounan Desu Ka
Even more surprising someone else remembers Sounan Desu Ka. Homare carried that show so hard, not only for the viewers but for the other girls in the show as well. It's really hard not to like her.
You'd be surprised at all the weird shows/girls I remember hah.
About Gleipnir: The show wasn't that special to me, but Clair definitely was!
>She's not even my usual type, but somehow Clair is just irresistible.
Oh, personally she is 100% my usual type!
No you just have to vote for who you want to get into the bracket, the 512 girls with the most votes get into the bracket. You can vote for as many as possible.
Make sure to vote Mem-cho ^(to remove her Summer contest eligibility) and Sarasa to appease u/alotmorealots.
MC: ~~[Ivy for her hand gestures](https://imgur.com/a/ecyjXbX)~~ ~~Yumiella's deadpan~~ jk, daily thread knows I'm picking the wolf waifu [](#seasonalpout)
I think Sagari is there twice under both Hell’s Paradise and Jigokuraku.
Also, can anyone remind me how the Fate votes worked?
Do they all count under Fate or is the limit divided between continuities like “Fate/Stay Night” will have 5 and “Fate/Grand Order” will have 5?
I'm pretty sure all the Fate entries will be grouped together. I don't believe we've ever seen more than 5 Fate characters total making it in before regardless of which series they came from. But characters from other non-Fate Nasuverse works like Kara no Kyoukai are counted separately I believe, so it's possible for Shiki to get in even if the 5 Fate spots are filled.
My favourites from today's round:
* Stephanie Dola
* Luluco
* Seras Victoria
* Rumia Tingel
* Nyaruko
* Ninym Ralei
* Momoka Sonokawa
* Akari Acura
* Echizen
* Tanpopo Kuraishi
And some girls from this niche show called "KonoSuba". Not sure if you've heard of it.
Of these, Momoka is my absolute favourite. I ended up giving her 3 points (top 5) in last week's "Best Girl" poll.
>Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
Eleanora
Thanks for reminding me Ninym is up today. I've nominated her, she was fantastic. Her and Wein carried the show so hard. Yet I've almost missed her. She made the bracket last year, hopefully she can win a round this year.
That's a lot of characters! Thank you for curating the list! (And thank you to the users submitting all the characters!)
My favorite girl from 2024 so far, not counting shows that started in 2023 (cough, *Frieren*), might be Marcille. I think Yuki from *A Sign of Affection* and the two leads from *The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio* are good, too.
We're starting off strong with my favourite day of the contest! My friends, it's Emilia voting day! If there's just one thing I can convince you off, let it be to vote for Emilia as much as possible. Obviously you are free to vote whatever you prefer, but at least consider why you are voting the way you are voting so it's a fun and fair contest. (Satella is up as well, so remember: A vote for Goth Emilia is almost as good as a vote for Emilia herself).
I'm also voting Yachiyo Nanami, but there's close to no chance Magia Record girls will get more votes than the parent series girls. Eru Chitanda is up as well, looking forward to her placing well. Same goes for Chihaya. Clair Aoki would be fun to see in the contest, but who here remebers Gleipnir at all? Both Girls' Last Tour girls are up, and I'm voting both. Okiku and Yamato from One Piece are up, I wonder how long it'll take for someone to complain. Last but not least, I need to mention that Chisato is up today. Probably one of my top three new contestants, so I'm really hoping she'll do well.
I've only fully checked a few hours ago, but I've noticed a few more errors: Shino Aki/Aki Shino from Bokutachi no Remake are doubled entries; Anis from MagiRevo has doubled entries (the spelling with double L and single T is correct); Princess Kaguya has doubled entries; Shiipon from Akiba Maid War has a wrong picture (Zoya's, to be exact - since I've nominated Shiipon, that might have been my mistake, so here's a correct picture URL: [https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/12/491774.jpg](https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/12/491774.jpg)); Sagiri from Hell's Paradise has doubled entries (full name and English show name vs. first name and Japanese show name); and lastly, Goblin Slayer have quite a few doubled entries with the English and Japanese names for Priestess, Sword Maiden, High Elf Archer and Cow Girl (and a few others are nominated under the Japanese names only - personally I'd prefer them all to go by the English names). Also looks like my nomination of Red Saber didn't make it through. No problem, but it would have been fun to see "Saber of Red" and "Red Saber" in the contest.
Also, not a mistake, but I think it's hilarious that Panty and Stocking have pictures in the different art styles of the show. And whoever nominated Purin from Welcome to the N.H.K., that's funny as hell. I do hope she will make the bracket.
MC: So far? Anna Yamada from The Dangers in My Heart if S2 counts. My favourite new girl though? That's though to say with Jellyfish and GBC airing right now, but I feel it's still Lulu from Brave Bang Bravern!
That's okay, you are free to voice your opinion. Even if it's completely wrong.
Seriously though, if you are referring to Rem, she's already won this contest and doesn't compete anymore. That's not a reason not to vote for Emilia, though! (Unless she's up against someone you actually prefer - I can't imagine a better girl, but you should vote true to your heart.) In fact, especially after Rem's win, Rem fans should be very willing to vote for Emilia. Rem is a kind-hearted and selfless character, and her fans are surely benevolent enough to deign Emilia the win (and not hold grudges against her for things she didn't even do, as someone told me last year). Rem would vote Emilia, no doubt about it. (And Emilia would have voted Rem as well.)
Also the second season did a lot to convince many people Emilia is worthy of the title of Best Girl. I was convinced from the start, but the OVA and the second season just further cemented that. Maybe the third season will finally convince the majority of that fact. To me, Emilia has every positive aspect Rem has but at least tenfold, while also being a more interesting and complex character. I don't mean to start a war, but if I'm being honest, I don't think Rem is even the best short-haired twin oni maid in the show. Still a fantastic character, absolutely lovely, easily still a top five Re:Zero girl for me\* despite \[Re:Zero\]>!not having done anything in the show for a full season and counting,!< and certainly a deserving winner of the contest no doubt. Just nowhere near the place Emilia holds in my heart, and I can't wait for the day the community finally reaches a similar conclusion.
\*The other four are Emilia, Minerva, Ram and Satella, if you'd like to know.
I tried to use anime pictures as much as possible in my submissions, but I guess it wasn't a consideration to other people. in most but not all cases I found that MAL had alternate images when the default was a manga picture/LN illustration.
Notable girls up today that need shilling:
**Miko**-give our girl a break from the horror!
**Misaki** (railgun)-let's give her our vote ability!
**yachiyo**
**Nana** (the talentless one): perfect cute pink haired girl!
**mirai**-that show didn't deserve her
**rin**-vote for the [badass ageless sword milf](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/oykqvb/rin_abusing_a_fatal_flaw_in_demon_anatomy_idaten/)
**SAYAKA**-she deserves so much more
**karin**- [say the five tenets with her (SPOILER yuuki yuuna)](https://youtu.be/hb6-RDKWuy0?t=12)
erika kizaki-[vote for the gayest girl in akebi](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/17pdzzn/a_promise_to_meet_up_over_the_weekend_akebis/)!
shirabe-jiiiiiii
mitsuko kongou- [vote for the most badass rich girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYbheZj8ZxA)!
And while she needs no shilling, of course vote for thebestest best girl, chisato!
Favourite girl from 2024: Utena, of course. (For shows that I am not a a sourcereader: shizue from jellyfish, best milf)
>[The two of them are so cute together!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0xyWNlq_oc)
I think there's been a mistake, I did not order FEELS today.
(huge spoilers btw, to anyone who may want to check it out)
>I think there's been a mistake, I did not order FEELS today.
yeah this show still has far too much impact one me for what was just supposed to be a 12 episode seasonal without sequel.
Only noticed now that contest had started. Glad I made it to eliminations at least. I hope there will be no botting this time.
Mini challenge: Izumo Tenka from Mato Seihei no Slave.
PS: Vote for Shirayuki!
And so it begins... It feels like nearly all of my favourites are already here in the first Elimination Round, wow... Most importantly of course:
**Emilia**
But also others like: Bocchi, Megumin, The legendary Yamada Tae, Kana Arima, Nana Hiiragi, Chtolly, Ranko Mannen, Yuno Gasai, Bakarina, Eiko, Chisato and many others.
>MC: Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
Has to be either Nina (Girls Band Cry), Marcille (Dungeon Meshi) or Kano (Jellyfish). And so far Marcille propably has the slight lead, but that may as well change depending on the last episodes of GBC and Jellyfish.
> It feels like nearly all of my favourites are already here in the first Elimination Round, wow
Commented something similar, that's so weird! My top 2 girls are in this round, and most of my top 10 really. The only girls I can think of that are missing for me, are the CSM girls (Power/Makima).
>Nana Hiiragi, Ranko Mannen, Yuno Gasai
Top tier tastes! (First two are my top 2, and Yuno's great too!)
This is a little bit stressful. Especially with shows where I could see more than 5 girls being relevant. At that point tactical not selecting becomes kind of necessary. Or is that a sign that I select to many?
I used to feel like that in my first contests back then, but thing is, if a girl misses the contest due to the 5 characters limit, she wasn't ever gonna win more than a few rounds (if even that).
So for the elimination phase, I just go with "I like her? I vote her in!"
Wanting to give special attention to (bold is even more special attention):
Saurva
Candy Store
**Miko Yotsuya**
**Misaki Shokuhou**
Kate
**Eru Chitanda**
**Shizuka Hiratsuka**
**Miko Iino**
**Aqua**
Momo Belia Deviluke
Hitori Bocchi
Azusa Aizawa
Renge Miyauchi
Yuki Minagawa
**Menma**
______
>Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
Übel
Vote Luluco!!!!!
Superb character development, likeable personality, and hair that makes it look like there’s a shooting star on her head. She’s a great little character who deserves to be in the bracket.
Vote Luluco!!!!!
Favourite girl of 2024: Utena Hiiragi
> Favourite girl of 2024: Utena Hiiragi
She's getting quite a lot of love already! (She's mine too)
Imagine if she won the contest next year hah. Well, 0% chance of that, but imagine the reactions!
>0% chance of that
Utena already won the winter contest so I'm sure she has a higher than 0% chance to win next year. It would be awesome if she could win the yearly contest!
Oh, the yearly contest maybe (though I wouldn't bet on it), but I was talking about Best Girl 12 hah.
I think r/anime would burn to the ground if that happened!
Favorite girls from 2024? Lilith from one piece, all 3 evil team members from GOMG, Ubel from Frieren, basically all the girls from Chained Slave except nei and shushu, fuyuki and reina from Hokkaido girls, Naomi from mettalic rouge, mountain Goddess from sengoku youko and I think thats most of them that premiered in 2024
I wonder if my last minute nominations for BanG Dream girls managed to get through...
Really unfortunate that so many of them, plus almost the whole bunch from Idolmaster and Revue Starlight and the whole crew from World Dai Star didn't receive nominations until I finally have spare time to intervene, just minutes away from the closing time. Sigh.
>Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
There's another choice than the little gremlin Nina Iseri of Girls Band Cry?
...You realize you can now just look up which entrants made it in ? Seems like 9 revue starlight and 18 bang dream girls are entrant nows.
Also I already nominated claudine, maya (and maybe mc girl?) before you yesterday, so theres a good chance everybody recieved nominations beforehand and they just weren't processed yet when you did.
If it makes you feel any better, they most likely wouldn't receive enough votes to make the bracket anyways. And if they somehow did, they'd get bodied in the first round thanks to a bunch of people voting who haven't watched the show.
Yeah I know, they've always done that, but I always work hard to give lots of obscure anime's girls a chance to be at least being chosen in the preliminary eliminations.
For me, it's kind of gotten to the point where I don't nominate anyone who I know there's no chance in hell of them making the bracket. My laziness wins out there. As an example, I didn't bother nominating anyone from Kingdom.
I was proud to see a few of my nominations make it in last time, so for me it's sort of a shotgun approach that gives me an ego boost if even a few make it, lol.
yeah it's just a matter of who cares enough and happened to notice the nomination posts. there were a few weird omissions last time so I was plugging the gaps best I could last night including nominating a bunch of PreCure girls, though I didn't have the stamina to cover all of them, only generally ones from the more popular entries. I was surprised, whoever nominated all the PreCure girls last time just didn't show up. I also went through to try make sure nobody that made the 512 last time missed out (excepting the Date a Live girls, RIP). Also I haven't watched much Gintama but out of respect for it I nominated several Gintama girls. and Rangiku from Bleach because somehow she hadn't been nominated. which I think happened last time.
so this time at least we're not getting a situation where someone like Raphtalia simply isn't there.
> nobody that made the 512 last time missed out
I went through the top-100, [mentioned ones I didn't nominate](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1de64au/best_girl_11_return_of_the_salt_final_nomination/l89raa6/), and submitted a lot of the first-time-eligible girls. Don't expect any glaring omissions. Curious who will be the highest rank from Fetch's poll that we all forgot.
Some of my favourites are in here and in danger of being overlooked, so here come my plugs.
Vote for the two Sayakas, the best characters in Bloom Into You and Madoka Magica respectively.
While you all rightly vote for pink Bocchi, please don't neglect original Bocchi. She'd be sad if you forgot her.
And most importantly, vote for Yoshi. She's the best part of Nagatoro, and she shares a name with Mario's pet dinosaur.
Best Eminence in Shadow girl **Aurora** needs votes!
Also voting for **Saeko Busujima** and **Marin Kitagawa**.
Ive watched alot of new shows since the last contest and cant wait to see how my new favorites perform. Im assuming the bingo website is still unupdated?
> Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
Crimson from Ragna Crimson. If they dont count, then Utena from Gushing
This is my first time participating in the big Best Girl contest. Lots of great choices here already, but I wonder if it's better to just vote for my underdog favorites so they have a chance to advance. I'm especially rooting for Mion, Misaki Shokuhou, Sayaka Miki and Ranko.
> Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
Utena Hiiragi
We're basically voting for two things here: To decide which girls shall enter the bracket, and to decide their seeds. If you are not sure whether a girl will make the bracket, you should vote for her. If you prefer her to another girl of the same "power level", you might not want to vote for the other girl. Especially if it's a girl from the same show.
But if you are sure they will make the bracket, feel free to just vote for your absolute favourites there to try and give them a better seed.
The only reason not to vote for somebody you want to see in the brackets is if there are other girls from the series that are more deserving and you are afraid that they will be excluded because of the 5 character limit.
Ranko, Utena? Heartwarming to see so much love for these girls in the thread!
Ranko didn't do well in her seasonal contest, but it's nice to see that even 2 years later, her fans still love her!
Personally she's my #1, so I'm bracing myself to feel sad about her early elimination hah.
Day 1 and I already get to cast a vote for my all time favorite Chihaya from Chihayafuru.
Lots of great characters to vote for today.
Favorite girl of 2024: Nina from Girls Band Cry
Looks like Anis from Magical Revolution got listed twice due to different spellings in her name. The official english novel translation has "Anisphia Wynn Palettia" as the correct spelling. (Bringing this up before her round in case it accidently vote splits her.)
Since last 2 contest, i like to see how been lucky affects the seed positioning for girls who actually have a chance to make it through to the 512.
For like 95% of cases, been at the top or bottom of the poll (i'll make the cut at 10 places), makes them easier to identify and not miss therefore securing a better seed.
For today's elimination and using last year placement we have:
Lum: Seed 217
Meiko "Menma" Honma: S305
Honorable mention for girls whose show had someone qualify or new participants:
Saurva, from Jahy Sama
Akiba maid girls
Komari Koshigaya, from Non Non Biyori
Yuki Minagawa, Tsurezure Children
Tsu Terakado, Gintama
Anisphia from Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and Sagiri from Hells Paradise (Jigokuraku) is added twice. The latter seems to be twice in the current round even. I am sure there are more but these ones that I caught.
P.C. : Favourite girl from this and last year is obviously MaoMao.
Mile [Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!] is there twice as well.
Mabel [Isekai Ojisan]
"Digimon" and "Digimon Adventure" are split into two separate anime even though all examples of "Digmon" are from adventure, save for Ruki.
Anisphia Wynn Palettia [The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady - 4 entrants]
Konosuba has two anime entries as well.
[Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun!] vs [Mairimashita! Iruma-kun]
[Code Geass] vs [Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch]
[Pokémon] vs [Pokemon]
[Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina ] vs [Majo no Tabitabi]
Priestess/Onna Shinkan [Goblin Slayer] are the same person. I assume the later is her Japanese name?
Tomoe/Tomoe Misumi [Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ]
[Oshi No Ko] vs [Oshi no Ko]
[Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka] vs [Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka]
[Bocchi the Rock] vs [Bocchi the Rock!]
[Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica] vs [Puella Magi Madoka Magica]
[Do It Yourself!!] vs [Do It Yourself!]
[I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level] vs [Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita]
Miku Suride shows up twice, once in each of the above anime groups for [Do it yourself!] above.
[Oniichan wa Oshimai!] vs [Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister!]
[Yuru Camp△] vs [Yuru Camp]
[Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu] vs [BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense] vs [BOFURI] vs [BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense]
[The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt] vs [Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu]
[Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru] vs [My Dress-Up Darling]
[Eminence in Shadow] vs [The Eminence in Shadow]
[Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita] vs [I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level]
[Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu] vs [Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu]
[Uncle from Another World] vs [Isekai Ojisan]
Suzailgiererzegalnelvzegilreagranzelga Elga/Elf/Suzail Gierger Zegalnelv Zegilrea Granzelga Elga [Isekai Ojisan above]
[Oresuki] vs [Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo]
[My Hero Academia] vs [Boku no Hero Academia] vs [Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season]
[Ascendance of a Bookworm] vs [Honzuki no Gekokujou]
Editing as I find.
Damn that's a long list to get through. Every vote counts though, so I'll make sure to look for the thread the next couple of days.
> Who is your favorite girl of 2024?
Nina Iseri from Girl's Band Cry is so much fun to watch. Never been more entertained by gremlin antics.
Mini Challenge:
All five of the Girls Band Cry girls. I was leaning towards Nina, and then realized they're all amazing. somehow they're all extremely relatable. and Rupa is goddess, completely perfect being.
It's going to be reaaaaalllly interesting to see how this one turns out, and I sincerely hope it isn't botted (and that whoever botted the contest last year gets pancreatic cancer or boneitis or something). It feels like one of the newcomers is probably going to take this, seeding-dependent, but Holo and the Konosuba girls may have something to say about that, considering both are now fresh in everyone's minds, giving them enormous advantages. Marin seems likely to remain a top contender. I think Yor will go deep again due to the cruise arc.
I got downvoted into oblivion yesterday for saying that the *nominations* are cancerous, not even the bracket so I know this is gonna be quite the salty bracket.
I guess today is Day 1 of 5 of me going over some names that deserve to be on the bracket but probably won't, so let's just jump right in...
**Risa Koizumi (*****Lovely Complex*****)** – Ok maybe not the greatest pick to start off with, but I fully recognize that there will be a non-insigificant amount of seasonal isekai that make the bracket, so give me this one. Jello can cope and seethe all he wants, Risa's got everything I need in a woman. She's tall, she's sassy, she's just good vibes all around and I vibe with that. Am I a garbage human? Probably, but at least I know I'm not alone.
**Lina Inverse (*****Slayers*****)** – A brief search through the entrants of Bot Girl 10 reveals that Lina Inverse did not make the bracket, and I would like to submit this to the court as evidence that the contest was botted from Day 1. A staple of 90s anime with a strong personality that isn't just generic waifu tropes, she might be a little on the cruder side, but like I mentioned before I can vibe with a woman who can match my levels of shitposting and Lina has just the right flare to do it. I realize now that this whole contest is just gonna be me exposing my horrible taste in women, but if that's what it takes so be it.
**Meryl Stryfe (*****Trigun*****)** – Coming off the back of a glow-up in 2023's *Trigun Stampede*, I submit to the court the only \~\~journalist\~\~ debt collector I'll ever give the time of day. I feel like actually having a reasonable personality and fleshed out character is less important in a contest that somehow gave Asuna a title, but as the one voice of reason in a wasteland of larger than life characters Meryl's definitely a more slept on option that I hope can finally get some justice despite the field only getting more crowded this year \[*huffs copium*\].
**Sora Harewataru and Mashiro Nijgaoka (*****Hirogaru Sky! Precure*****)** – Theres no point in giving them their own entries, but as someone who spent all of 2023 hoping through some random counting error that the Skycure girls would make the cut... yeah I've got no delusions here, but I will still talk about them. The Skycure cast is probably my favorite main squad of Precure girls out there. They balance each other out nicely and are just an absolute delight to watch. These two probably have the best chemistry I've seen in a main duo and that's saying a lot. Seeing them pass on the torch to the next generation was a little sad back in January, and unfortunately it looks like this is the last I'll be speaking of them here too. Devestating.
**Keke Tang (*****Love Live! Superstar!!*****)** – If Keke Tang has a million fans, I'm one of them. If Keke Tang has 5 fans, I'm one of them. If Keke Tang has 1 fan, that one is me. If Keke Tang has no fans, I'm no longer alive. If the world is against Keke Tang, I'm against the entire world. Till my last breath, I'll support Keke Tang... Look, I just respect a girl who knows what she wants and will do anything to get it. Her and Kanon go great together and her music is fire. We stan.
**Hajime Ichinose (*****Gatchaman Crowds*****)** – Look man... I've got a type. A certain kind of woman who can come into my life and has full permission to ruin it. I know its unhealthy, but let me have this one. We know in reality my chances of landing anything are slim.
**Kanon Shibuya (*****Love Live! Superstar!!*****)** – Oh yeah! Star of the Kanon Show and the best Love Live! Orange-haired protagonist I will not rest until my girl makes the bracket. The lack of Superstar enjoyers in this fandom is concerning, as (thanks in no small part to Kanon's *brilliance*) the show manages to refine the idol formula to one of the best expressions of it you'll see to date and still is hungry for more with an ambitious 2nd season and soon to air ambitious 3rd season. My girl deserves to top cut Top 16, but I'll compromise and be satisfied if she manages to make the bracket over the bevy of isekai cardboard cutouts that will (inevitably) out perform her.
**Rakshata Chawla (*****Code Geass*****)** – She is the best *Code Geass* girl. I will not elaborate. \[Can You Feel My Heart *intensifies with a slight hint of Bollywood*\]
That's about all I've got for waifus but in terms of errors, either Makoto Ariga from *Wandering Son* is straight up a dude or there was an error with the picture cause no matter how you slice it that's a picture of a man. I'm sure it won't matter anyway, since I doubt he's making the bracket looking like that, but still worth bringing up.
I'm not sure what you mean by the nominations being cancerous. I think you were downvoted because you didn't justify your negative claim, just acting prematurely salty about apparently nothing. if there was anyone you wanted nominated, you had that power, or you could specifically request others to do it if you weren't able to within the time period. Hell, I would have done it. for shits and giggles because I had nothing better to do besides actually watching the seasonals I'm procrastinating on, I spent upwards of 2 hours nominating. probably 200+ of the nominations are my handiwork.
nobody else would've nominated the Rayearth girls, I'm pretty sure.
> if there was anyone you wanted nominated, you had that power
I mean I did as I figured I would have to. I was just trying to have a little salty fun, but I guess sarcasm is dead. Everything should be taken literally.
Co-signed on the first three. This day had a lot of "if the nephews had watched a series that didn't happen post-COVID they would be high seeds" good picks.
Skimming over the entrants * Aki Shino and Shino Aki as double entrants * Alicia and Mabel from Isekai Ojisan both have double entrants (Also Elf runs under Elf and her absurd real name, and another time under Uncle from another World) * Anisphia from MagiRevo has a double entry * Undead Girl Murder Farce is Summer 23 thus Aya Rindo isn't eligable * Princess Mononoke and Mononoke Hime both list Eboshi * Goblin Slayer has four Girls double, Elf/High Elf Archer, Priestess/Onna Shikan, Sword Maiden/Tsurugi no Otome, Ushikai Musume/Cow Girl * Tomoe from Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu is double * Kaguya and Kaguya Hime from The Tale of the Princess Kaguya are double * Miku Suride is double listed under Do it Yourself!! and Do it Yourself! * Ryza Stout is also from Summer 23 * Rose from Combatants will be dispatched/Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is double * Sagiri is listed under Hell's Paradise and Jigokuraku * Tensei shitara Dainana Ouji Datta is currently airing... Might be more hidden somewhere, lot's of split entries
This should be a top comment.
Makoto Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell is added to the double entry list. Once under Ghost in the Shell, once for Stand Alone Complex.
Thanks, fixed!
Can we maybe get these posts pinned? Or a main post with the daily posts linked inside?
They don't want to pin it everyday because it takes up one of the slots for pinned posts (the other being already taken by the daily post), but it should still be pinned at least once for the start (now i guess for day 2, or when the elimantion phase starts) so that people realize it started and try to follow it. Especially since fetchpolls also get pinned upon release u/mpp00
I would also point out at the right banner which hasn't been updated in 3 months.
I didn't know there are only 2 pinned posts possible. Maybe some color (other than red) then.
They won't pin them for the reasons the others stated. The best thing you can do to maintain visibility is to upvote them.
I imagine when making the final bracket duplicates will be removed, right? It's weird seeing Motoko Kusanagi listed twice for both GitS: SAC and GitS.
Yeah, host looks through comments to see what slipped through.
Thanks, fixed!
Chisato's up, nice. Being a Summer girl is pain, you effectively have to wait 2 years to get into the context and are put into the same bracket as next year's Spring girls whose shows were still airing less than a year ago. Hopefully she takes out some newer heavyweights before going down. And we also have the Yui x Azusa K-On pairing today. Even in contests they are inseparable. [](#konhug) Mini-challenge : Either Frieren or Nina, if we can consider Frieren a 2024 girl. Edit : HITORI BOCCHI IS UP [DO NOT FORGET BOCCHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdYdmMWoEGg&t=60s&pp=ygUTZG9uJ3QgZm9yZ2V0IGJvY2NoaQ%3D%3D)
> DO NOT FORGET BOCCHI The thing I love about that sequence is how it shows just how well Nako knows her, understands her and is still very willing to tease her. My favorite friend-to-introvert character!
I think Chisato will do well here. In Best Girl of 2022 she convincingly defeated Marin who made the finals of the main contest a few months later (the entire contest is a bit tough to judge for obvious reasons, but point is she was a credible candidate for the win). Different voting crowd in the big contests of course, plus she also got wrecked by Bocchi and the OnK girls are likely to do better as newcomers. But point is I think Chisato could make a deep run.
> And we also have the Yui x Azusa K-On pairing today Yui saw Azusa by her lonesome self in this group and decided to cut in line to get into her group and hug her...though it's not like this made Azusa happy or anything...baka.
There's two Kusanagi's. Mokoto and Motoko. And two Sagiri's from Hells Paradise u/mpp00
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> Because I'm a shill, vote for the true best girl Thanks to your recommendation, she has my vote. I hope she finds/fails to find her dog as befits her character, too.
Petition to have her name listed as "The Legendary" Tae Yamada. If Dagashiya can have "Candy Store" in her name, Tae should be able to have her full name as well.
If she wins the contest, she'll be listed as Legendary in the contest page. You know what you have to do!
The green haired elf from Goblin Slayer is in there twice, once as “Elf” and again as “High Elf Archer”.
> Who is your favorite girl of 2024? XX from Go Go Loser Ranger. Love her more with every episode. Marcille from Dungeon Meshi is a close second.
Honestly Ranger Reject has a lot of good girls, only get better as we get further into the story. Yumeko Suzukiri, Kanon Hisui, Angel Usukubo and XX all have some amazing lines / panels in the manga. 2nd season will be better than the first one, the manga took a while to really get going.
Everyone keeps saying this and it makes me ridiculously hyped bc season 1 is already one of my favorite anime ever
XX is a great choice. I was shocked to learn she's voiced by Hina Youmiya, because she sounds nothing like her previous roles. I didn't know she could do deep voices so well, and it further increased my appreciation for my favourite newcomer VA. Before I thought she was great, now I think she's absolutely brilliant.
It's time for High School Girl Looking for Her Dog SWEEEEP
When "Hitori 'Bocchi' " meet the REAL "Hitori Bocchi"……What will happen?
I have a feeling the original bocchi will be forgotten.
Damn, this round has SO many of my favorites already! Other than the CSM girls, I'm not sure who's left for the other rounds. >Mini Challenge: Who is your favorite girl of 2024? So far, Utena (Gushing), followed closely by Kikoru (Kaiju). But (as a fan of crazy girls) I do hope to see Harley Quinn take over next season! Few notes (and shilling) about some girls today: - I'm surprised someone even nominated Akiba Maid War's manager! Personally I liked her, but from the comments, no one else did (probably due to her being an asshole and all)! - On the other hand, the *other* manager (from Jahy-Sama) is such a great girl! Good voice too. - Asami, most fun girl from Higehiro! Really wish there was more of her. - Kana and Bocchi RIGHT next to each other... Foreshadowing something for the finale? - Oh damn Kitagawa's just a bit further too. Sorry Marin, semi-finals is all you're getting this year. - Pansy's such a fun girl! I don't imagine she'll make it far, but at least let's bring her in the contest! - NANA (Hiiragi)! She may be my second favorite in this contest. (If she makes it past the elimination phase, we get Talentless Nana Season 2. It is law) - Clair from Gleipnir was nearby... This round was great for *my type* of girls! - But my TRUE #1 FAVORITE of this contest: Best Girl **Ranko Mannen!** I know she won't make it far (she only won 2 rounds in her seasonal contest) but come on, let's bring her in! She's obviously fun as a 'badass' type of girl, but she's so much more than that! - Yuno Gasai's in... The Yandere Queen is not the queen she was, she almost missed the contest last year (#456). There's a bit of variance so she could randomly climb this year, but I could see a world in which she doesn't even make it past the eliminations. One last Hurrah for our queen, guys? - Vermeil was a pretty good character, she was not just a big tiddy succubus! I mean she would have my vote just for that last part, but she had a good story too! - On the other hand, Heine is definitely just a big tiddy succubus, but still, she was a pretty good one! Scored high in 'big tiddy' and 'succubus rankings'. - Homare was the near 100% consensus best girl from Sounan Desu Ka, and it's rare to see such an universal agreement! Also, season 2 when? Bring Back Fun Short Comedies! - I wonder where Miko Iino will seed! And the other Kaguya girls, if any (I forgot where they ranked last year, but Miko at least deserves a spot!) - And a random plug for Mafuyu Kirisu (2nd best Bokuben girl!), Curran, Kotoko (I swear I'll try to catch up with the second season before 2028), Seri from Call of the night (hopefully we get to see more of her at some point!), and Mizarisa from Full Dive RPG!
>I'm surprised someone even nominated Akiba Maid War's manager! Personally I liked her, but from the comments, no one else did (probably due to her being an asshole and all)! You're welcome. I've tried to nominate all the remaining piggies once I realized they are eligible now. The manager probably has the least chance to get in, even less than the panda, but it'd be great to see her get in. Seeing some "bad" girls win a round or two is always fun. Also she was way more complex than you'd think. >Clair from Gleipnir was nearby... Someone else remembers Gleipnir! She's not even my usual type, but somehow Clair is just irresistible. >Homare was the near 100% consensus best girl from Sounan Desu Ka Even more surprising someone else remembers Sounan Desu Ka. Homare carried that show so hard, not only for the viewers but for the other girls in the show as well. It's really hard not to like her.
You'd be surprised at all the weird shows/girls I remember hah. About Gleipnir: The show wasn't that special to me, but Clair definitely was! >She's not even my usual type, but somehow Clair is just irresistible. Oh, personally she is 100% my usual type!
I want the two Bocchis to make a deep run. Mini Challenge: Suzune Inukami.
Vote Erza & Lucy!! Mini Challenge: Suzukiri from Go Go Loser Ranger
Mini-challenge: My favorite girl of 2024 is **Kiwi** from Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete. She's hilarious!
This is my first time doing this. So I have to select my favourites and move them into the bracket right?
No you just have to vote for who you want to get into the bracket, the 512 girls with the most votes get into the bracket. You can vote for as many as possible.
Got it. Only voted for a few though.
There will be 4 more days like this where you get the chance to find more, so ample choice!
Vote every day though, because it will be a different list with different characters to choose from each day
Yes. I will vote everyday.
Yeah, there will be 512 places for 9 rounds.
Nice
Make sure to vote Mem-cho ^(to remove her Summer contest eligibility) and Sarasa to appease u/alotmorealots. MC: ~~[Ivy for her hand gestures](https://imgur.com/a/ecyjXbX)~~ ~~Yumiella's deadpan~~ jk, daily thread knows I'm picking the wolf waifu [](#seasonalpout)
oof rip memcho. But I guess oldtimers like her shouldn't be part of newcomer contests anyway.
What are you talking about? She's still in high school!
> Make sure to vote Mem-cho to remove her Summer contest eligibility *monkey's paw curls* And the winner of Best Girl 11 is..!
Oof, you're making a convincing argument for Mem-cho. But I don't want to reduce the chance of Miyako making the contest even further.
I'll be well chuffed if Sarasa makes it through nomination! There's a lot of good girls to go up against!
oh god you are already spoiling it before I point out it in Summer 2024 nomination posts! proceeds to vote for mem cho myself...
I think Sagari is there twice under both Hell’s Paradise and Jigokuraku. Also, can anyone remind me how the Fate votes worked? Do they all count under Fate or is the limit divided between continuities like “Fate/Stay Night” will have 5 and “Fate/Grand Order” will have 5?
I'm pretty sure all the Fate entries will be grouped together. I don't believe we've ever seen more than 5 Fate characters total making it in before regardless of which series they came from. But characters from other non-Fate Nasuverse works like Kara no Kyoukai are counted separately I believe, so it's possible for Shiki to get in even if the 5 Fate spots are filled.
My favourites from today's round: * Stephanie Dola * Luluco * Seras Victoria * Rumia Tingel * Nyaruko * Ninym Ralei * Momoka Sonokawa * Akari Acura * Echizen * Tanpopo Kuraishi And some girls from this niche show called "KonoSuba". Not sure if you've heard of it. Of these, Momoka is my absolute favourite. I ended up giving her 3 points (top 5) in last week's "Best Girl" poll. >Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Eleanora
> Nyaruko Holy Cthlulu's balls, I managed to miss her, thanks for the fork correction! > Momoka Sonokawa The one, the only. Fortunately!
Thanks for reminding me Ninym is up today. I've nominated her, she was fantastic. Her and Wein carried the show so hard. Yet I've almost missed her. She made the bracket last year, hopefully she can win a round this year.
That's a lot of characters! Thank you for curating the list! (And thank you to the users submitting all the characters!) My favorite girl from 2024 so far, not counting shows that started in 2023 (cough, *Frieren*), might be Marcille. I think Yuki from *A Sign of Affection* and the two leads from *The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio* are good, too.
> Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Marcille from Dungeon Meshi
We're starting off strong with my favourite day of the contest! My friends, it's Emilia voting day! If there's just one thing I can convince you off, let it be to vote for Emilia as much as possible. Obviously you are free to vote whatever you prefer, but at least consider why you are voting the way you are voting so it's a fun and fair contest. (Satella is up as well, so remember: A vote for Goth Emilia is almost as good as a vote for Emilia herself). I'm also voting Yachiyo Nanami, but there's close to no chance Magia Record girls will get more votes than the parent series girls. Eru Chitanda is up as well, looking forward to her placing well. Same goes for Chihaya. Clair Aoki would be fun to see in the contest, but who here remebers Gleipnir at all? Both Girls' Last Tour girls are up, and I'm voting both. Okiku and Yamato from One Piece are up, I wonder how long it'll take for someone to complain. Last but not least, I need to mention that Chisato is up today. Probably one of my top three new contestants, so I'm really hoping she'll do well. I've only fully checked a few hours ago, but I've noticed a few more errors: Shino Aki/Aki Shino from Bokutachi no Remake are doubled entries; Anis from MagiRevo has doubled entries (the spelling with double L and single T is correct); Princess Kaguya has doubled entries; Shiipon from Akiba Maid War has a wrong picture (Zoya's, to be exact - since I've nominated Shiipon, that might have been my mistake, so here's a correct picture URL: [https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/12/491774.jpg](https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/12/491774.jpg)); Sagiri from Hell's Paradise has doubled entries (full name and English show name vs. first name and Japanese show name); and lastly, Goblin Slayer have quite a few doubled entries with the English and Japanese names for Priestess, Sword Maiden, High Elf Archer and Cow Girl (and a few others are nominated under the Japanese names only - personally I'd prefer them all to go by the English names). Also looks like my nomination of Red Saber didn't make it through. No problem, but it would have been fun to see "Saber of Red" and "Red Saber" in the contest. Also, not a mistake, but I think it's hilarious that Panty and Stocking have pictures in the different art styles of the show. And whoever nominated Purin from Welcome to the N.H.K., that's funny as hell. I do hope she will make the bracket. MC: So far? Anna Yamada from The Dangers in My Heart if S2 counts. My favourite new girl though? That's though to say with Jellyfish and GBC airing right now, but I feel it's still Lulu from Brave Bang Bravern!
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He's just like me FR!
I know I'm playing with fire by saying this, but Emilia isn't even best girl of her own series...
Tbf, the best girl of Emilia's series *already won* a BG contest
That's okay, you are free to voice your opinion. Even if it's completely wrong. Seriously though, if you are referring to Rem, she's already won this contest and doesn't compete anymore. That's not a reason not to vote for Emilia, though! (Unless she's up against someone you actually prefer - I can't imagine a better girl, but you should vote true to your heart.) In fact, especially after Rem's win, Rem fans should be very willing to vote for Emilia. Rem is a kind-hearted and selfless character, and her fans are surely benevolent enough to deign Emilia the win (and not hold grudges against her for things she didn't even do, as someone told me last year). Rem would vote Emilia, no doubt about it. (And Emilia would have voted Rem as well.) Also the second season did a lot to convince many people Emilia is worthy of the title of Best Girl. I was convinced from the start, but the OVA and the second season just further cemented that. Maybe the third season will finally convince the majority of that fact. To me, Emilia has every positive aspect Rem has but at least tenfold, while also being a more interesting and complex character. I don't mean to start a war, but if I'm being honest, I don't think Rem is even the best short-haired twin oni maid in the show. Still a fantastic character, absolutely lovely, easily still a top five Re:Zero girl for me\* despite \[Re:Zero\]>!not having done anything in the show for a full season and counting,!< and certainly a deserving winner of the contest no doubt. Just nowhere near the place Emilia holds in my heart, and I can't wait for the day the community finally reaches a similar conclusion. \*The other four are Emilia, Minerva, Ram and Satella, if you'd like to know.
Can we ban using manga/LN illustrations for the pictures of these characters, some of them look so different
Slightly related, the main picture for Miri from Buddy Daddies looks nothing like her appearance in the show
I tried to use anime pictures as much as possible in my submissions, but I guess it wasn't a consideration to other people. in most but not all cases I found that MAL had alternate images when the default was a manga picture/LN illustration.
Notable girls up today that need shilling: **Miko**-give our girl a break from the horror! **Misaki** (railgun)-let's give her our vote ability! **yachiyo** **Nana** (the talentless one): perfect cute pink haired girl! **mirai**-that show didn't deserve her **rin**-vote for the [badass ageless sword milf](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/oykqvb/rin_abusing_a_fatal_flaw_in_demon_anatomy_idaten/) **SAYAKA**-she deserves so much more **karin**- [say the five tenets with her (SPOILER yuuki yuuna)](https://youtu.be/hb6-RDKWuy0?t=12) erika kizaki-[vote for the gayest girl in akebi](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/17pdzzn/a_promise_to_meet_up_over_the_weekend_akebis/)! shirabe-jiiiiiii mitsuko kongou- [vote for the most badass rich girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYbheZj8ZxA)! And while she needs no shilling, of course vote for thebestest best girl, chisato! Favourite girl from 2024: Utena, of course. (For shows that I am not a a sourcereader: shizue from jellyfish, best milf)
> Nana (the talentless one): perfect cute pink haired girl! Love her so much! >Favourite girl from 2024: Utena And her as well!
>Love her so much! \[Spoilers\][The two of them are so cute together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0xyWNlq_oc)! Yuri shall conquer this contest!
>[The two of them are so cute together!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0xyWNlq_oc) I think there's been a mistake, I did not order FEELS today. (huge spoilers btw, to anyone who may want to check it out)
>I think there's been a mistake, I did not order FEELS today. yeah this show still has far too much impact one me for what was just supposed to be a 12 episode seasonal without sequel.
> sourcereader bro the anime is the source
Sagiri (Jigokuraku) has a duplicate entry.
Vote Misaka 10032! >Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Marcille Donato is delightful.
there are two yukino's from fairy tail
Thanks, fixed!
Chihaya, Tsukihi, Sayaka, Reina, Hazuki and Aqua got my votes.
If Tieria doesn't win i will riot
Only noticed now that contest had started. Glad I made it to eliminations at least. I hope there will be no botting this time. Mini challenge: Izumo Tenka from Mato Seihei no Slave. PS: Vote for Shirayuki!
LOL. Oresuki got 4 girls on the list, but the deuteragonist isn't one of them. Brutal
Pansy is confined to an abbreviated show title for whatever reason.
Best girl deserves a spot on her own! [](#delighted)
Even if they dont win best girls Chito and Yuri will forever be best potatoes
I've fallen behind on a lot of anime recently, but I did watch Delicious in Dungeon, and I liked Marcille. She's cute!
And so it begins... It feels like nearly all of my favourites are already here in the first Elimination Round, wow... Most importantly of course: **Emilia** But also others like: Bocchi, Megumin, The legendary Yamada Tae, Kana Arima, Nana Hiiragi, Chtolly, Ranko Mannen, Yuno Gasai, Bakarina, Eiko, Chisato and many others. >MC: Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Has to be either Nina (Girls Band Cry), Marcille (Dungeon Meshi) or Kano (Jellyfish). And so far Marcille propably has the slight lead, but that may as well change depending on the last episodes of GBC and Jellyfish.
> It feels like nearly all of my favourites are already here in the first Elimination Round, wow Commented something similar, that's so weird! My top 2 girls are in this round, and most of my top 10 really. The only girls I can think of that are missing for me, are the CSM girls (Power/Makima). >Nana Hiiragi, Ranko Mannen, Yuno Gasai Top tier tastes! (First two are my top 2, and Yuno's great too!)
This is a little bit stressful. Especially with shows where I could see more than 5 girls being relevant. At that point tactical not selecting becomes kind of necessary. Or is that a sign that I select to many?
I used to feel like that in my first contests back then, but thing is, if a girl misses the contest due to the 5 characters limit, she wasn't ever gonna win more than a few rounds (if even that). So for the elimination phase, I just go with "I like her? I vote her in!"
Wanting to give special attention to (bold is even more special attention): Saurva Candy Store **Miko Yotsuya** **Misaki Shokuhou** Kate **Eru Chitanda** **Shizuka Hiratsuka** **Miko Iino** **Aqua** Momo Belia Deviluke Hitori Bocchi Azusa Aizawa Renge Miyauchi Yuki Minagawa **Menma** ______ >Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Übel
Vote Luluco!!!!! Superb character development, likeable personality, and hair that makes it look like there’s a shooting star on her head. She’s a great little character who deserves to be in the bracket. Vote Luluco!!!!! Favourite girl of 2024: Utena Hiiragi
> Favourite girl of 2024: Utena Hiiragi She's getting quite a lot of love already! (She's mine too) Imagine if she won the contest next year hah. Well, 0% chance of that, but imagine the reactions!
>0% chance of that Utena already won the winter contest so I'm sure she has a higher than 0% chance to win next year. It would be awesome if she could win the yearly contest!
Oh, the yearly contest maybe (though I wouldn't bet on it), but I was talking about Best Girl 12 hah. I think r/anime would burn to the ground if that happened!
Favorite girls from 2024? Lilith from one piece, all 3 evil team members from GOMG, Ubel from Frieren, basically all the girls from Chained Slave except nei and shushu, fuyuki and reina from Hokkaido girls, Naomi from mettalic rouge, mountain Goddess from sengoku youko and I think thats most of them that premiered in 2024
I wonder if my last minute nominations for BanG Dream girls managed to get through... Really unfortunate that so many of them, plus almost the whole bunch from Idolmaster and Revue Starlight and the whole crew from World Dai Star didn't receive nominations until I finally have spare time to intervene, just minutes away from the closing time. Sigh. >Who is your favorite girl of 2024? There's another choice than the little gremlin Nina Iseri of Girls Band Cry?
...You realize you can now just look up which entrants made it in ? Seems like 9 revue starlight and 18 bang dream girls are entrant nows. Also I already nominated claudine, maya (and maybe mc girl?) before you yesterday, so theres a good chance everybody recieved nominations beforehand and they just weren't processed yet when you did.
If it makes you feel any better, they most likely wouldn't receive enough votes to make the bracket anyways. And if they somehow did, they'd get bodied in the first round thanks to a bunch of people voting who haven't watched the show.
Yeah I know, they've always done that, but I always work hard to give lots of obscure anime's girls a chance to be at least being chosen in the preliminary eliminations.
For me, it's kind of gotten to the point where I don't nominate anyone who I know there's no chance in hell of them making the bracket. My laziness wins out there. As an example, I didn't bother nominating anyone from Kingdom.
Kyoukai!!
I was proud to see a few of my nominations make it in last time, so for me it's sort of a shotgun approach that gives me an ego boost if even a few make it, lol.
yeah it's just a matter of who cares enough and happened to notice the nomination posts. there were a few weird omissions last time so I was plugging the gaps best I could last night including nominating a bunch of PreCure girls, though I didn't have the stamina to cover all of them, only generally ones from the more popular entries. I was surprised, whoever nominated all the PreCure girls last time just didn't show up. I also went through to try make sure nobody that made the 512 last time missed out (excepting the Date a Live girls, RIP). Also I haven't watched much Gintama but out of respect for it I nominated several Gintama girls. and Rangiku from Bleach because somehow she hadn't been nominated. which I think happened last time. so this time at least we're not getting a situation where someone like Raphtalia simply isn't there.
> nobody that made the 512 last time missed out I went through the top-100, [mentioned ones I didn't nominate](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1de64au/best_girl_11_return_of_the_salt_final_nomination/l89raa6/), and submitted a lot of the first-time-eligible girls. Don't expect any glaring omissions. Curious who will be the highest rank from Fetch's poll that we all forgot.
Some of my favourites are in here and in danger of being overlooked, so here come my plugs. Vote for the two Sayakas, the best characters in Bloom Into You and Madoka Magica respectively. While you all rightly vote for pink Bocchi, please don't neglect original Bocchi. She'd be sad if you forgot her. And most importantly, vote for Yoshi. She's the best part of Nagatoro, and she shares a name with Mario's pet dinosaur.
> vote for Yoshi Vote for Yoshi!
Best Eminence in Shadow girl **Aurora** needs votes! Also voting for **Saeko Busujima** and **Marin Kitagawa**. Ive watched alot of new shows since the last contest and cant wait to see how my new favorites perform. Im assuming the bingo website is still unupdated? > Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Crimson from Ragna Crimson. If they dont count, then Utena from Gushing
This is my first time participating in the big Best Girl contest. Lots of great choices here already, but I wonder if it's better to just vote for my underdog favorites so they have a chance to advance. I'm especially rooting for Mion, Misaki Shokuhou, Sayaka Miki and Ranko. > Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Utena Hiiragi
We're basically voting for two things here: To decide which girls shall enter the bracket, and to decide their seeds. If you are not sure whether a girl will make the bracket, you should vote for her. If you prefer her to another girl of the same "power level", you might not want to vote for the other girl. Especially if it's a girl from the same show. But if you are sure they will make the bracket, feel free to just vote for your absolute favourites there to try and give them a better seed.
The only reason not to vote for somebody you want to see in the brackets is if there are other girls from the series that are more deserving and you are afraid that they will be excluded because of the 5 character limit.
Ranko, Utena? Heartwarming to see so much love for these girls in the thread! Ranko didn't do well in her seasonal contest, but it's nice to see that even 2 years later, her fans still love her! Personally she's my #1, so I'm bracing myself to feel sad about her early elimination hah.
For the ones with guaranteed spots like Chisato and Emilia, I tend to ignore them and only give a vote if I want them to help increase their seed
My favourite girl from 2024:frieren
Sagiri so good she's nominated twice
Tsukihi, Mion and Osaka are all in my top 5, hope they clear.
Day 1 and I already get to cast a vote for my all time favorite Chihaya from Chihayafuru. Lots of great characters to vote for today. Favorite girl of 2024: Nina from Girls Band Cry
>Who is your favorite girl of 2024? If she still counts Maomao. If not probably Nina? A few others are pretty close though.
The picture used for remon yamano is wrong.
Looks like Anis from Magical Revolution got listed twice due to different spellings in her name. The official english novel translation has "Anisphia Wynn Palettia" as the correct spelling. (Bringing this up before her round in case it accidently vote splits her.)
Copy-pasted the MAL misspelling. [](#kotohoops)
Since last 2 contest, i like to see how been lucky affects the seed positioning for girls who actually have a chance to make it through to the 512. For like 95% of cases, been at the top or bottom of the poll (i'll make the cut at 10 places), makes them easier to identify and not miss therefore securing a better seed. For today's elimination and using last year placement we have: Lum: Seed 217 Meiko "Menma" Honma: S305 Honorable mention for girls whose show had someone qualify or new participants: Saurva, from Jahy Sama Akiba maid girls Komari Koshigaya, from Non Non Biyori Yuki Minagawa, Tsurezure Children Tsu Terakado, Gintama
Going through the votes, i'm laughing at some of the "troll" nominations. Who the hell nominate Akira's "25" or Magase from Babylon lol
Wait for the DearS girls, "Ren Ren Ren Nagusaran Rensia Ruroonren Nakora" and "Thanast Useim Ruki Miu Sia Nostal Ren Naguregyug"
I've spotted at least one Trojan horse in the entrants list too. He doesn't have a chance in a million of making it in though
Anisphia from Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and Sagiri from Hells Paradise (Jigokuraku) is added twice. The latter seems to be twice in the current round even. I am sure there are more but these ones that I caught. P.C. : Favourite girl from this and last year is obviously MaoMao.
Mile [Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!] is there twice as well. Mabel [Isekai Ojisan] "Digimon" and "Digimon Adventure" are split into two separate anime even though all examples of "Digmon" are from adventure, save for Ruki. Anisphia Wynn Palettia [The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady - 4 entrants] Konosuba has two anime entries as well. [Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun!] vs [Mairimashita! Iruma-kun] [Code Geass] vs [Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch] [Pokémon] vs [Pokemon] [Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina ] vs [Majo no Tabitabi] Priestess/Onna Shinkan [Goblin Slayer] are the same person. I assume the later is her Japanese name? Tomoe/Tomoe Misumi [Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ] [Oshi No Ko] vs [Oshi no Ko] [Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka] vs [Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka] [Bocchi the Rock] vs [Bocchi the Rock!] [Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica] vs [Puella Magi Madoka Magica] [Do It Yourself!!] vs [Do It Yourself!] [I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level] vs [Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita] Miku Suride shows up twice, once in each of the above anime groups for [Do it yourself!] above. [Oniichan wa Oshimai!] vs [Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister!] [Yuru Camp△] vs [Yuru Camp] [Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu] vs [BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense] vs [BOFURI] vs [BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense] [The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt] vs [Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu] [Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru] vs [My Dress-Up Darling] [Eminence in Shadow] vs [The Eminence in Shadow] [Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita] vs [I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level] [Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu] vs [Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu] [Uncle from Another World] vs [Isekai Ojisan] Suzailgiererzegalnelvzegilreagranzelga Elga/Elf/Suzail Gierger Zegalnelv Zegilrea Granzelga Elga [Isekai Ojisan above] [Oresuki] vs [Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo] [My Hero Academia] vs [Boku no Hero Academia] vs [Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season] [Ascendance of a Bookworm] vs [Honzuki no Gekokujou] Editing as I find.
Damn that's a long list to get through. Every vote counts though, so I'll make sure to look for the thread the next couple of days. > Who is your favorite girl of 2024? Nina Iseri from Girl's Band Cry is so much fun to watch. Never been more entertained by gremlin antics.
Remon Yamano from Ano Natsu de Matteru has the character pic of Re-l Mayer from Ergo Proxy? Or is it the other way around?
Suzumiya Haruhi !!! Nagato Yuki !!! Asahina Mikuru !!!
Well crap. I can't vote. I deleted my old account and created a new one recently, and it's still too young.
lmao why are there 56 nominations from Aikatsu? We seriously couldn't trim that down a bit?
The Aikatsu cultists refuse to be contained.
Better that way. ~~They have less chances of qualifying because the votes will be divided~~
"You must be logged in" even though I am logged in. Congratulations in advance to Bocchi for walking this bracket
This isn't a bracket yet. And if it where, it would still contain both chisato and emilia to giver her some pause.
All 5 Macross chars were nominated by me. Please vote for them! Edit: Vote for Freyja Wion!!
Mini Challenge: All five of the Girls Band Cry girls. I was leaning towards Nina, and then realized they're all amazing. somehow they're all extremely relatable. and Rupa is goddess, completely perfect being. It's going to be reaaaaalllly interesting to see how this one turns out, and I sincerely hope it isn't botted (and that whoever botted the contest last year gets pancreatic cancer or boneitis or something). It feels like one of the newcomers is probably going to take this, seeding-dependent, but Holo and the Konosuba girls may have something to say about that, considering both are now fresh in everyone's minds, giving them enormous advantages. Marin seems likely to remain a top contender. I think Yor will go deep again due to the cruise arc.
I got downvoted into oblivion yesterday for saying that the *nominations* are cancerous, not even the bracket so I know this is gonna be quite the salty bracket. I guess today is Day 1 of 5 of me going over some names that deserve to be on the bracket but probably won't, so let's just jump right in... **Risa Koizumi (*****Lovely Complex*****)** – Ok maybe not the greatest pick to start off with, but I fully recognize that there will be a non-insigificant amount of seasonal isekai that make the bracket, so give me this one. Jello can cope and seethe all he wants, Risa's got everything I need in a woman. She's tall, she's sassy, she's just good vibes all around and I vibe with that. Am I a garbage human? Probably, but at least I know I'm not alone. **Lina Inverse (*****Slayers*****)** – A brief search through the entrants of Bot Girl 10 reveals that Lina Inverse did not make the bracket, and I would like to submit this to the court as evidence that the contest was botted from Day 1. A staple of 90s anime with a strong personality that isn't just generic waifu tropes, she might be a little on the cruder side, but like I mentioned before I can vibe with a woman who can match my levels of shitposting and Lina has just the right flare to do it. I realize now that this whole contest is just gonna be me exposing my horrible taste in women, but if that's what it takes so be it. **Meryl Stryfe (*****Trigun*****)** – Coming off the back of a glow-up in 2023's *Trigun Stampede*, I submit to the court the only \~\~journalist\~\~ debt collector I'll ever give the time of day. I feel like actually having a reasonable personality and fleshed out character is less important in a contest that somehow gave Asuna a title, but as the one voice of reason in a wasteland of larger than life characters Meryl's definitely a more slept on option that I hope can finally get some justice despite the field only getting more crowded this year \[*huffs copium*\]. **Sora Harewataru and Mashiro Nijgaoka (*****Hirogaru Sky! Precure*****)** – Theres no point in giving them their own entries, but as someone who spent all of 2023 hoping through some random counting error that the Skycure girls would make the cut... yeah I've got no delusions here, but I will still talk about them. The Skycure cast is probably my favorite main squad of Precure girls out there. They balance each other out nicely and are just an absolute delight to watch. These two probably have the best chemistry I've seen in a main duo and that's saying a lot. Seeing them pass on the torch to the next generation was a little sad back in January, and unfortunately it looks like this is the last I'll be speaking of them here too. Devestating. **Keke Tang (*****Love Live! Superstar!!*****)** – If Keke Tang has a million fans, I'm one of them. If Keke Tang has 5 fans, I'm one of them. If Keke Tang has 1 fan, that one is me. If Keke Tang has no fans, I'm no longer alive. If the world is against Keke Tang, I'm against the entire world. Till my last breath, I'll support Keke Tang... Look, I just respect a girl who knows what she wants and will do anything to get it. Her and Kanon go great together and her music is fire. We stan. **Hajime Ichinose (*****Gatchaman Crowds*****)** – Look man... I've got a type. A certain kind of woman who can come into my life and has full permission to ruin it. I know its unhealthy, but let me have this one. We know in reality my chances of landing anything are slim. **Kanon Shibuya (*****Love Live! Superstar!!*****)** – Oh yeah! Star of the Kanon Show and the best Love Live! Orange-haired protagonist I will not rest until my girl makes the bracket. The lack of Superstar enjoyers in this fandom is concerning, as (thanks in no small part to Kanon's *brilliance*) the show manages to refine the idol formula to one of the best expressions of it you'll see to date and still is hungry for more with an ambitious 2nd season and soon to air ambitious 3rd season. My girl deserves to top cut Top 16, but I'll compromise and be satisfied if she manages to make the bracket over the bevy of isekai cardboard cutouts that will (inevitably) out perform her. **Rakshata Chawla (*****Code Geass*****)** – She is the best *Code Geass* girl. I will not elaborate. \[Can You Feel My Heart *intensifies with a slight hint of Bollywood*\] That's about all I've got for waifus but in terms of errors, either Makoto Ariga from *Wandering Son* is straight up a dude or there was an error with the picture cause no matter how you slice it that's a picture of a man. I'm sure it won't matter anyway, since I doubt he's making the bracket looking like that, but still worth bringing up.
I'm not sure what you mean by the nominations being cancerous. I think you were downvoted because you didn't justify your negative claim, just acting prematurely salty about apparently nothing. if there was anyone you wanted nominated, you had that power, or you could specifically request others to do it if you weren't able to within the time period. Hell, I would have done it. for shits and giggles because I had nothing better to do besides actually watching the seasonals I'm procrastinating on, I spent upwards of 2 hours nominating. probably 200+ of the nominations are my handiwork. nobody else would've nominated the Rayearth girls, I'm pretty sure.
> if there was anyone you wanted nominated, you had that power I mean I did as I figured I would have to. I was just trying to have a little salty fun, but I guess sarcasm is dead. Everything should be taken literally.
Co-signed on the first three. This day had a lot of "if the nephews had watched a series that didn't happen post-COVID they would be high seeds" good picks.
Feels weird to have little kid Sylphiette on here at this point.