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1. Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 12:44:47 JST Christi Junior

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   3RD BONUS MATCH
   
   Fio Germi VS Eri Kasamoto (Metal Slug)
   
   Fio Germi: 52 votes
   Eri Kasamoto: 21: votes
   
   I’m gonna level with you guys, this was a Filler match through and through. I wanted 6 Bonus matches in total, spread out over 2 days, and while I had eventually decided on 5 match-ups I was very happy with, I came up blank with regard to the final match. Eventually, I remembered that there WAS another notable Metal Slug girl who could be considered Fio Germi’s rival, and despite her round 2 loss Fio had performed so well that she’d make for a good indicator of whether Eri actually boasted real contest strength or not. So this was the match I went with – and knowing even beforehand that this was probably the weakest match-up of the lot, I had it take place during Day 1 of the bonus matches, since Remilia and 2B’s matches were strong enough to Carry a potential last slot dud.
   
   And what a dud this match was – Fio Germi scoring the second biggest blowout of the entire contest, and with very low vote totals (lowest of the entire contest) indicating a general lack of interest in this match-up, there really wasn’t much to talk about. I guess it’s worth noting that as badly as Eri did, she STILL got more votes than Yuri managed to get against Samus. And of course, the Same Fanbase Factor probably makes Eri look way weaker than she actually is, since a lot of Fio fans would likely support her against many other girls. But in terms of the Metal Slug hierarchy, there’s not a shadow of doubt that the Italian gun girl is the Metal Slug Queen.
   
   In retrospect, a better idea for the final bonus match would have been a Girls' Frontline duel between UMP45 and the one and only Negev. Sure, UMP45 was a round 1 loser, but so was Dawn, and I still gave her a bonus match during Day 2 because of just how close her match with eventual semifinalist Ryza was. I’d say UMP45’s excellent showing against the incredibly strong Remilia (which in terms of extrapolated strength actually puts her very close to Fio Germi) qualifies her for a bonus match, and boy, would it have been fun to see how most iconic Jew Waifu (along with Abigail Shapiro) would have been received. I’m genuinely curious if she’d be anti-voted to hell (we never saw a true Contest Villain in this tournament, though you could argue that the likes of 2B and Patchouli, hell, Touhou in general eventually ended up filling that role), whether she’d be embraced as /ourkike/, if people would Cope about her not *really* being Jewish, or if the Hate Fuck/UOOH CORRECTION NEEDED Factor would actually have benefited her. Either way, it would have been fascinating to watch, and UMP45 also deserved another chance to show her stuff after being bracket screwed. Easily one of my biggest regrets of the tournament, along with not adding some extra girls to the Qualifier Poll.
   
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