Alright niggers, I have now finished adding up the points! The poll results are here, but remember, the girls also went into the poll with different amounts of points from the Nomination Thread, while the Wild Cards went in with 0 points and that did indeed prove decisive in a number of cases:

https://strawpoll.com/poy9k2a4pgJ/results

Speaking of things that proved decisive, a reminder about the Franchise Cap, because it sure ended up playing a big role here: a single franchise can potentially have as many as 4 girls enter the tournament, should that many reps manage to qualify, while all other franchises will operate with a 3-girl cap. If multiple franchises exceed the 3 girl-limit, the one girl who gets in will simply be the one who netted the most points, no greater estimate of overall franchise strength will factor into it. Before the Qualifier Poll began, only Blue Archive and Zelda could potentially hit the 4-girl cap, so those two series were fighting for the chance to enter an extra rep.

Now, onto the rankings – and I gotta say, I underestimated just what a bloodbath this would be…

10) Reimu Hakurei (Touhou) – 41 votes + 0 points = 41 points

11) 2B (Nier: Automata) – 39 votes + 0 points = 39 points

12) Ashley "Leyley" Graves (The Coffin of Andy and Leyley) – 36 votes + 0 points = 36 points

13) Mikamo Neru (Blue Archive) - 28 votes + 5 points = 33 points

14) The Shupogakis/Train Twins (Blue Archive) - 28 votes + 3 points = 31 points

15) Tamamo (Monster Girl Quest) - 26 votes + 4 points = 30 points

16) Malon (Zelda: Ocarina of Time) - 28 votes + 0 points = 28 points

17) Tamamo no Mae (Fate/Extra) - 26 votes + 2 points = 28 points

18) Sorasaki Hina (Blue Archive) – 24 votes + 3 points = 27 points

19) Kosaka Wakamo (Blue Archive) – 24 votes + 3 points = 27 points (BLUE ARCHIVE WINS THE FRANCHISE CAP DUEL WITH ZELDA AND EARNS A 4TH TOURNAMENT REP)

20) Agnes Tachyon (Umamusume) 23 votes + 3 points = 26 points

21) Jill Valentine (Resident Evil) – 25 votes + 0 points = 25 points

22) Suzuran (Arknights) – 24 votes + 1 point = 25 points

XX) Igusa Haruka (Blue Archive) – 22 votes + 3 points = 25 points (ELIMINATED DUE TO THE FRANCHISE CAP)

23) Marin (Zelda: Link’s Awakening) – 21 votes + 4 points = 25 points

XX) Ichinose Asuna (Blue Archive) – 21 votes + 3 points = 24 points (ELIMINATED DUE TO THE FRANCHISE CAP)

24) Kat (Gravity Rush) – 23 votes + 0 points = 23 points

25) Lana (Pokemon Sun/Moon) – 21 votes + 2 points = 23 points

26) Hoshimi Miyabi (Zenless Zone Zero) – 20 votes + 3 points = 23 points

27) Jeanne d'Arc (Alter)/Jalter (Fate Grand Order) – 20 votes + 2 points = 22 points

28) A2 (Nier: Automata) – 19 votes + 2 points = 21 points

XX) Shiromi Iori (Blue Archive) – 18 votes + 2 points = 20 points (ELIMINATED DUE TO THE FRANCHISE CAP)

XX) Riju (Legend of Zelda series) – 18 votes + 2 points = 20 points (ELIMINATED DUE TO THE FRANCHISE CAP)

29) Ganyu (Genshin Impact) – 17 votes + 3 points = 20 points

30) Bernadetta (Fire Emblem Three Houses) – 16 votes + 4 points = 20 points

31) Sora Kasugano (Yosuga no Sora) – 17 votes + 2 points = 19 points

32) Blanc (Hyperdimension Neptunia) – 17 votes + 2 points = 19 points

XX) Tharja (Fire Emblem Awakening) – 16 votes + 2 points = 18 points

XX) Emilie de Rochefort/Lili (Tekken) – 14 votes + 4 points = 18 points

XX) Mio (Xenoblade 3) – 14 votes + 4 points = 18 points

XX) Red Hood (Black Souls) – 15 votes + 2 points = 17 points

XX) New Jersey (Azur Lane) – 14 votes + 3 points = 17 points

XX) Vert (Hyperdimension Neptunia) – 14 votes + 3 points = 17 points

XX) Misono Mika (Blue Archive) – 14 votes + 3 points = 17 points

XX) Carrie Fernandez (Castlevania 64) – 14 votes + 2 points = 16 points

The girls with less than 14 votes didn’t even have a theoretical chance of reaching the necessary 19 points to force a Tiebreaker Poll.

And yeah, this means that Mio, Lili and Tharja were all just 1 vote away from forcing a Qualifier Poll together with Sora and Blanc....

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