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Monster post incoming so I apologize in advance for it.

Firstly, congrats to the Frieren supporters for a resounding debut victory! I knew it was a contender right from the start and also remember calling it partway through the contest, let me grab a screenshot of my post...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4688f8e5.png

(the log site doesn't like umlauts I guess, but yes I am still down badder than ever for bel, and with Frieren's victory it has locked in a place in my "to watch" anime queue! probably rocketing to the top in fact!!)

As for Kaguya, funny thing is I've never watched it and literally know nothing about it other than the Chika dance and uh, some scenes that I would've swore were from somewhere else if they weren't confirmed to be from the OVA. But I decided I wanted to support it this year, I was a massive shithead on Day 98 three years ago and it bothered me ever since. I was on the fence last year and missed my chance to support it before it was eliminated, so decided to dedicate this year to it.

Goal was to make the finals, anything less would've been a failure for me, and things were really looking pretty rough in the early going of the top 20. But it gradually picked up support and I really cannot thank the users who came onboard for the run enough. Obviously the two users who I always considered the main Kaguya supporters over the years, handsomeboy2012 and TheArkOfTurus; and later savers Inviso, Yankees, Bane and lefty.

Was terrified it'd be another third place finish so when it survived Day 48 I was just so happy and relieved, mission accomplished, was already looking forward to next year and the series I was like 99% sure on supporting then, but after this final I'm back to feeling terrible. I can't help but feel like it was a bad finals match-up and with a different opponent it could and would have gone differently, possibly even victory? So many "could go either way" users all piling up in one way this time.

Is this Kaguya's last hurrah? I don't think I have the heart to run it back or if anybody even wants to see a retry, people probably want to move on to supporting other series. I guess we'll see what happens next year. I'm just sorry it turned out so lopsidedly in the end for the fans of the show, it deserved better.