Chapter 1023EX: Second Popularity Poll ~ ~ Results ~ ~

The 1000th Chapter Commemoration, the Second Popularity Poll. Thank you for all the votes everyone has given.

The final votings, fought by the elites from the preliminary blocks, has finally come to a conclusion!

Here are the results!

~ ~ ~ ~ Final Votings ~ ~ ~ ~

Total Number of Votes: 2689 votes

1st Place : Isis Remnant – 672 votes

Winning this fierce competition was the First Popularity Poll’s Defending Champion, Isis! Defeating all the other strong contenders, she has won yet again! As expected of Isis, she was a very strong contender, winning nearly 25% of the total votes. The other candidates were also very strong, but even so, she won first place by more than 200 votes over the 2nd place, so I think we can call it a complete victory.

2nd Place : Illness (Pandemonium) – 417 votes

Although she had been defeated by Isis, she still won 2nd place in her first participation. From the beginning, we had talked about her being able to rvial Isis, and she had indeed lived up to her reputation by showing her strength. And since Illness isn’t Kaito’s lover yet, I feel like there might be a possibility that she breaks through Isis’ throne when the third popularity poll happens.

3rd Place : Shallow Vernal – 350 votes

Rounding up the top three comes Shallow Vernal! The number of her appearances has increased considerably since the After Story started, and even the surrounding people have been exposed to her cuteness in the latest chapter, so perhaps, she may have been an advantage with the timing of this chapter’s release. Her growth in the After Story had been so great that in the last 2 days or so, the 3rd place and the 4th place were swapping back and forth.

4th Place : Alice – 306 votes

She was narrowly defeated by Shallow Vernal. She was winning until the middle of the competition, but as a result of Shallow Vernal’s stretch of votes in the last 2 days, she was pushed down to 4th place. Even so, it seems to have shown her popularity by getting more than 300 votes.

5th Place : Kuromueina – 82 votes

……Main Heroine-san…… No, she did her best. She did her best but…… the votes were so concentrated on the top 4 that she was greatly overwhelmed and came in 5th. Still, I could feel her overflowing determination by holding onto the Top 5.

6th Place : Makina (Eden) – 76 votes

She had also fought very well. Taking revenge against Ein who defeated her in the qualifying rounds, she came in 6th place. It was a close battle with Kuro, so it wasn’t surprising that the ranking was reversed by a small difference.

7th Place : Ein – 74 votes

It was a very close battle with Makina, with her only 2 votes behind, but at the last moment, she lost. Still, in terms of popularity in relation to the number of appearances, I guess she’s pretty high up? If she had more events in the future, then perhaps she may be able to aim for a higher rank.

8th Place : Lilia Albert – 70 votes

This one also had a score quite close to the others. There was almost no difference between the 5th to the 8th places, and it was a close battle that could have been overturned with just a few votes. I think Lilia is also a popular character, but as expected, she really had just a bad match-up.

9th Place : Fate – 58 votes

It’s no wonder Fate made it into the Top 10. In fact, she’s only 12 votes behind Lilia, so I don’t think there’s that big of a gap between them.

10th Place : Lunamaria – 56 votes

She had fought extremely well. Lunamaria’s popularity seems to be increasing steadily since she’s been appearing in the After Story, with more and more stories about her past.

11th Place : Razelia – 55 votes

She lost to Lunamaria in a close battle and missed the chance to enter the top 10, but it seems that she still has a certain number of fans, showing that cuteness really is justice.

12th Place : Elise (Phantom) – 51 votes

This is a bit of a surprise popularity. Elise has a unique personality as a tsundere heroine, which is rare in this novel, so I guess there are a certain number of people who are attracted to her.

13th Place : Nebula – 44 votes

13th Place : Ozma – 44 votes

13th Place : Lillywood Yggdrasil – 44 votes

The up-and-coming Nebula, the precious male character Ozma, and the most busty character in the series, Lillywood…… Each with their own unique personalities, all lined up beautifully to take the 13th place. Incidentally, I’ve decided that the next one would be 14th.

14th Place : Vier – 41 votes

She had this stable and constant popularity after all. As more events are held in the future, there’s a good chance that her popularity would explosively increase.

15th Place : Kusunoki Aoi – 37 votes

Aoi’s hidden potential really seems to be high. Even though she doesn’t have many appearances, she still got this many votes, so I think she has the potential to become a great star.

16th Place : Sieglinde – 36 votes

16th Place : Anima – 36 votes

Again with the same amount of votes, Sieg and Anima are in the 16th place. As expected, they couldn’t fare well against the top-rankers, but even if that’s so, there isn’t that big of a difference, so there’s still a possibility that the rankings would develop a little differently.

17th Place : Miyama Kaito – 30 votes

17th Place : Freabell Nidzveld – 30 votes

It’s Kaito, who somehow manages to gain a certain level of popularity, and Nidzveld, who is a newcomer, but fights very well.

18th Place : Pandora – 26 votes

The precious pervert…… Is she really precious? Anyhow, I think her strong personality leads to her popularity.

19th Place : Neun (Kujou Hikari) – 19 votes

Although she had a low ranking, I think she’s popular enough since she’s ranked 19th out of more than 130 characters.

20th Place : Caraway – 18 votes

She only was one vote away from Neun, so it really feels like the rankings change by one person’s vote.

21th Place : Shea – 17 votes

She was disappointing in last place, with only one vote difference…… but it’s not something to be pessimistic about, for in the first place, if they’ve reached the final votings, they’re definitely among the most popular characters.

【General Comment】

The votes were concentrated on the Top 4, and those below them were in a very close battle, with the ranking changing frequently as we watched the process. It was a crowded battle worthy of the final votings, but even so, Isis, who has been in the top spot since the First Popularity Poll, was very impressive.

Illness also put up a good fight, but Isis was just so strong. Overall, there was an image of various characters gaining popularity, which I myself enjoyed watching.

While the number of popular characters has increased even more than in the First Popularity Poll, making it more difficult to vote, Isis, who had won the Second Popularity Poll, was truly splendid.

I’m planning to make a special extra chapter on the characters who made it to the top 5 this time. The reason why I chose the 5th place is because I’ve also chosen up to the 5th place back in the qualifying rounds, so I thought of doing the same here……

……Well, as for my true thoughts, it’s that, you know? The character that the Author’s very fond of is in the 5th place, so that became my target for extra chapters.

Thank you very much for all the votes this time!!!

Now then, let’s announce the results of the Afterword section! Well, this one is more like an extra……

~ ~ ~ ~ Afterword ~ ~ ~ ~

Total Number of Votes : 1441 Votes

1st Place : Serious-senpai – 810 votes

……I knew it. Well, of course, it’s you. Of course, it’s freaking you! Well, on the other hand, I was wondering what would happen if it wasn’t you. With more than a majority of the votes, she gained two crowns of victories with her overwhelming popularity.

……Well, this doesn’t mean she’s going to appear in the 3rd Popularity Poll for the main story.

2nd Place : ? ? ? – 191 votes

Taking the second place is Ali…… ? ? ? -chan. Well, it’s almost like she’s Serious-senpai’s partner and she’s kind of a regular, so it’s a natural result.

3rd Place : Makina – 188 votes

I’m pretty sure it’s because of that long afterword. The afterwords are quite popular, probably because they show that within the cuteness of this series, there would always be someone out there spreading madness. By the way, as a side note, if you add ? ? ?’s votes to Alice won’t be able to beat Isis, but if you add Makina’s votes to main story Makina’s votes, her ranking would be reversed with Kuromueina’s.

4th Place : Wyvern-senpai – 64 votes

In the end, who the heck is this guy? Is this guy a male or a female…… Guess I’ll just tag her female, and if I have some time, I’ll give her some weird character profile and have her make a guest appearance in the main story someday.

5th Place : Ill-chan (Transcendentally Fused: Alice-chan Robo) – 57 votes

The heck is this? A non-existent character from a non-existent series got in the Top 5…… She doesn’t even have a single line of dialogue……

6th Place : Under King – 46 votes

Honestly, I think I’m more disappointed that she lost to a character with no lines here than that she finished 5th in the final votings in the main story……

7th Place : Alice-chan (Transcendentally Fused: Alice-chan Robo) – 22 votes

Just a side note, but there’s actually someone out there who voted for Alice, Mamonaka Alyssa, ? ? ?, and Alice-chan.

8th Place : Faeton (Transcendentally Fused: Alice-chan Robo) – 21 votes

Ahh~~ As expected, she was a Kaiju that’s something like a midboss after all, so I guess there were many people who were impressed by her (Confused)

9th Place : Baby Castella-senpai – 18 votes

This guy is more of a mystery than Wyvern-senpai…… Even the Author doesn’t know of them.

10th Place : Vier (temp) – 13 votes

This one doesn’t even have their own name known. Ahh, Afterword Section is just too chaotic.

11th Place : Kaito (Transcendentally Fused: Alice-chan Robo) – 11 votes

I think this was reasonable as far as the entries were concerned.

【General Comment】

Well, as everyone expected, Serious-senpai got the victory. Also, I laughed when I saw that the Transcendentally Fused: Alice-chan Robo entries, which were supposed to be a gag, actually somehow got a number of votes. As for this votings, it was pretty much as I expected without any upheavals.