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1. Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 07:19:44 JST Christi Junior
   #BestVidyaGirlContest Post-Tournament Analysis (Quarterfinal Matches)
   
   1ST QUARTERFINAL MATCH:
   
   1st Seed Samus Aran (Metroid) VS 8th Seed Momiji Inubashiri (Touhou)
   
   Samus: 172 votes
   Momiji: 125 votes
   
   The tournament quarterfinals ended up consisting of two blowouts, followed by two close, competitive matches, one of which turned VERY ugly. As such, the first two bouts were basically just setting up the long-awaited Samus VS Reimu battle. Now, I will admit, as a Samus fan part of me did worry that the Fluffy Tail Mafia would somehow make something crazy happen that would result in Samus sleeping with the fishes, especially after what happened to Pyra. However, it would turn out that Samus was so strong that not even the combined might of Touhou and Team Fluffy Tail stood a chance against her.
   
   Like against Remilia, Samus stormed off into a monster lead, quickly getting ahead by 10 votes. Momiji then TRIED to pull a Remilia, going on a beastly counteroffensive to erase the blonde bounty hunter’s lead, however, that was easier said than done. Even as the wolf girl was going all out to claw herself back in the match, Samus was maintaining a decent 6-7 vote lead, resisting the wolf girl’s push and then getting back her 10-vote lead after 48 votes. Momiji DID strike back by scoring 3 straight votes and eventually getting within 6 votes again, but after that Samus took over the match, kept increasing her lead and was up 57 – 43 after 100 votes.
   
   However, Samus was only just getting started, and only intensified her domination from this point on, reaching a 25 vote lead after 115 votes. And while Momiji did from time to time attempt to fight back, she just couldn’t keep up with the Metroid MC’s unbelievable natural strength. Additionally, Samus supporters had gotten significantly better at actively cheering on their girl since the Remilia match, and were early on kinda dominating in the match thread. With all this going for her, you just CAN’T allow Samus to build up any kind of significant lead on you outside of the chaotic opening minutes of the poll, she’s so powerful that you’ll have to fight like crazy merely to keep up with her, while actually overcoming a significant deficit against Samus is hopeless – not that keeping up with Samus for a full 24 hours is much easier, but still…
   
   Anyway, Samus kept dominating, reached a 41-vote lead at the 200 votes mark, and additional activity due to the poll getting reposted just increased Samus’s lead to 49 votes. Momiji being kept below 40% after more than 200 votes really showcases just how insanely strong Samus truly is – and this result probably DOES reflect her true strength more accurately than the final score, because from that point on Samus fans became *extremely* complacent, pretty much went AWOL and let Momiji supporters completely take over the match thread. A strong and sustained Momiji push followed, which did manage to make Samus bleed percentage points, and even cut into her vote lead, but with less than 2 hours left, Samus still led by 45 votes. Momiji only managed to further reduce her deficit a tiny bit, getting within 42 votes, before Samus effortlessly increased her lead again, finally winning by 47.
   
   This was an absolutely DOMINANT performance by Samus, and she looked extremely impressive by any metric. Hell, the only reason she didn’t break Tamamo’s vote count record (Samus eventually “only” matching Pyra’s 172 votes) was the fact that she had killed this match so completely after just a couple of hours that Samus fans basically stopped caring, since Momiji stood no chance of making a comeback. One might try to dismiss Momiji as just a Touhou mini-boss, but she’s clearly an extremely beloved fan favorite character, and yet Samus effortlessly overwhelmed her. If Remilia had made Samus look at least *somewhat* vulnerable, this quarterfinal match served as a grim reminder of just how difficult it would be to take down the #1 Seed. The pressure was now on Reimu to put on a show and prove that she was capable of avenging her two friends, and put an end to Samus Aryan’s Touhou genocide.