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* ~ Persona 4:FES - The Golden Presents...The 12 Days of GUILDMAS2014!!! ~ *
(The 2014 Persona 4: FES - The Golden Year-End Guild Awards Presentation!)
"Good evening, Guildpeople, characters, and everyone else who decided to come along! And welcome to the 2014 Persona 4:FES - The Golden Guild Awards Presentation Special! ...Damn, that's a mouthful! We're your hosts for the evening, the dashing Ace Presenter Junpei Iori...and joining me tonight, looking even more stunning than ever, is my co-host...Miss Fuuka Yamagishi!"
"Thank you, Junpei. As my friend was saying, tonight we'll be honoring the very best from the past year in the Persona 4:FES - The Golden Guild. From memorable moments to standout characters to the very best of the players behind each of their movements and computer screens, we're here to honor those responsible for another very wonderful year here in the Guild...our sixth annual celebration of these awards. We are very thankful for every last one of you who contributed to such a memorable 12 months, and look forward to another 365 days hereafter with all of you! Now then...without any further adieu, let us begin tonight's presentations."
"Beautiful and classy as always, isn't she? Heh heh...anyway, having said that, let's get right down to it! First up...the character awards section!"
(The 2014 Persona 4: FES - The Golden Year-End Guild Awards Presentation!)
"Good evening, Guildpeople, characters, and everyone else who decided to come along! And welcome to the 2014 Persona 4:FES - The Golden Guild Awards Presentation Special! ...Damn, that's a mouthful! We're your hosts for the evening, the dashing Ace Presenter Junpei Iori...and joining me tonight, looking even more stunning than ever, is my co-host...Miss Fuuka Yamagishi!"
"Thank you, Junpei. As my friend was saying, tonight we'll be honoring the very best from the past year in the Persona 4:FES - The Golden Guild. From memorable moments to standout characters to the very best of the players behind each of their movements and computer screens, we're here to honor those responsible for another very wonderful year here in the Guild...our sixth annual celebration of these awards. We are very thankful for every last one of you who contributed to such a memorable 12 months, and look forward to another 365 days hereafter with all of you! Now then...without any further adieu, let us begin tonight's presentations."
"Beautiful and classy as always, isn't she? Heh heh...anyway, having said that, let's get right down to it! First up...the character awards section!"
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"These are awards given to characters who have given us lots of memorable moments in interaction, awesomeness, battle, and so on...or those that we wish to see more of, less of...or even those that we've said goodbye to in the last year! Tonight, we honor all of the above and more...thanks for an incredible year, and best of luck in the following categories!"
"These are awards given to characters who have given us lots of memorable moments in interaction, awesomeness, battle, and so on...or those that we wish to see more of, less of...or even those that we've said goodbye to in the last year! Tonight, we honor all of the above and more...thanks for an incredible year, and best of luck in the following categories!"
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Most Underplayed Character - Soji Seta
It must be remembered that of all the characters in Persona 4:FES - The Golden, the focus of the plot and story progression remains the Investigation Team...and the heart and soul of the team is their silver-haired leader, whose support and bonds with the precious friends around them push them all forward. In the past year, however, Soji Seta has taken a back seat to a degree and allowed many of his teammates to shine instead. While this has provided us with several entertaining moments, and his teammates with opportunities to show what they could do against the forces of darkness, it goes without saying that in the year to come we'd like to see more of the man in charge!
[Nominees: Soji Seta, Minato Arisato, Shadow Soji, Kusuri Keiraku, Naniyori]
It must be remembered that of all the characters in Persona 4:FES - The Golden, the focus of the plot and story progression remains the Investigation Team...and the heart and soul of the team is their silver-haired leader, whose support and bonds with the precious friends around them push them all forward. In the past year, however, Soji Seta has taken a back seat to a degree and allowed many of his teammates to shine instead. While this has provided us with several entertaining moments, and his teammates with opportunities to show what they could do against the forces of darkness, it goes without saying that in the year to come we'd like to see more of the man in charge!
[Nominees: Soji Seta, Minato Arisato, Shadow Soji, Kusuri Keiraku, Naniyori]
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Most Believable Character - Haruka Falcom
In a Guild full of tragedy and heroes who stand up in the face of fear and darkness, whose eccentric and wild personalities overshadow the spirit within, it was refreshing...if sad...to witness a girl whose reaction to the horrors of the lifestyle of the SEES-2 team wasn't defiance or unwavering heroism...it was fear. Pure, honest fear for her safety and the lives of her friends...that overwhelming feeling that she had perhaps bitten off more than she could chew and that the world she jumped into was too big for her to handle. Would she inevitably overcome that feeling and grow into her role? Of course, because she is strong...but that genuine reaction, the fallout that couldn't simply be brushed aside, made her experience in 2014 a memorable...and the most genuine of all.
[Nominees: Eido Aeroda, Minori Koroko, Haruka Falcom, Tharros Gallen, Mikoto Hageshii]
In a Guild full of tragedy and heroes who stand up in the face of fear and darkness, whose eccentric and wild personalities overshadow the spirit within, it was refreshing...if sad...to witness a girl whose reaction to the horrors of the lifestyle of the SEES-2 team wasn't defiance or unwavering heroism...it was fear. Pure, honest fear for her safety and the lives of her friends...that overwhelming feeling that she had perhaps bitten off more than she could chew and that the world she jumped into was too big for her to handle. Would she inevitably overcome that feeling and grow into her role? Of course, because she is strong...but that genuine reaction, the fallout that couldn't simply be brushed aside, made her experience in 2014 a memorable...and the most genuine of all.
[Nominees: Eido Aeroda, Minori Koroko, Haruka Falcom, Tharros Gallen, Mikoto Hageshii]
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Most Idiotic Character - Zeo Kirijo
You almost have to admire someone whose single-minded determination towards one goal drives him so completely as it does with Zeo's pursuit of that elusive first date. Willingness to let a Shade live unless he gets a date? Transparent 'heroism' bursting into the girls' hot springs? Complete obliviousness in the face of harrowing danger in Babel? Check. Check. Check. ...It almost makes you wonder if he has it planned, or if he just makes it all up as he goes along...
[Nominees: Ishi Yamaguchi, Zeo Kirijo, Teddie, Rednal Ak'Thias, Misha Mori, Zorc James the 4th, Boudica Tlalli]
You almost have to admire someone whose single-minded determination towards one goal drives him so completely as it does with Zeo's pursuit of that elusive first date. Willingness to let a Shade live unless he gets a date? Transparent 'heroism' bursting into the girls' hot springs? Complete obliviousness in the face of harrowing danger in Babel? Check. Check. Check. ...It almost makes you wonder if he has it planned, or if he just makes it all up as he goes along...
[Nominees: Ishi Yamaguchi, Zeo Kirijo, Teddie, Rednal Ak'Thias, Misha Mori, Zorc James the 4th, Boudica Tlalli]
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Most Lovable Character - Mikoto Hageshii
What makes a man or woman lovable? Is it moe adorableness and a perky attitude? Is it a tragic backstory coupled with a wilted personality? Is it a cute obliviousness and a general sunny aura and innocence? Is it an honest and forthright concern and love for the people around you, or a genuine (albeit hapless and clumsy) desire to help anyone and everyone around you? All of the above can certainly apply...
However, sometimes what makes a man lovable is simply being willing to spend some time with the people close to you and be a friend...to hang out, to chat, to not go for the flashy or the cute, but to simply be a good friend. And legions of fangirls can't hurt, either.
[Nominees: Amora Necromonium, Tezuka Rembrii, Nymeria, Genji Amagai, Mikoto Hageshii, Noir Coursier]
What makes a man or woman lovable? Is it moe adorableness and a perky attitude? Is it a tragic backstory coupled with a wilted personality? Is it a cute obliviousness and a general sunny aura and innocence? Is it an honest and forthright concern and love for the people around you, or a genuine (albeit hapless and clumsy) desire to help anyone and everyone around you? All of the above can certainly apply...
However, sometimes what makes a man lovable is simply being willing to spend some time with the people close to you and be a friend...to hang out, to chat, to not go for the flashy or the cute, but to simply be a good friend. And legions of fangirls can't hurt, either.
[Nominees: Amora Necromonium, Tezuka Rembrii, Nymeria, Genji Amagai, Mikoto Hageshii, Noir Coursier]
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Most Epic NPC - Jian Lin Kuei
A winner of this category on so many different levels, there is a general feeling of grandeur and power about Jian Lin Kuei that cannot simply be ignored. Holding his court in the heart of Oshu City as though he hasn't a care in the world, with a girl on his arm and every face in the club paying homage to the man himself, he stares down all who wander into his domain with the cool confidence of a dragon upon the hoard in his lair. He has what you want...and he knows that if you want what he has, you're going to have to please him. He knows that you know that...and thus the aura of intimidation grows.
Every encounter with the man is a tense battle of words and wit, in which every sentence could be the difference between an offer you can't refuse and death...the stakes of his presence alone make every encounter an epic one. It was a strong year for epic...full of events, grand battles, with much more to come. But by sheer force of personality, one man stands above the pack...
[Nominees: Jian Lin Kuei, Kise Ryouta, Naniyori, Soji Seta, Kyouji Kuzunoha X, Gilgamesh]
A winner of this category on so many different levels, there is a general feeling of grandeur and power about Jian Lin Kuei that cannot simply be ignored. Holding his court in the heart of Oshu City as though he hasn't a care in the world, with a girl on his arm and every face in the club paying homage to the man himself, he stares down all who wander into his domain with the cool confidence of a dragon upon the hoard in his lair. He has what you want...and he knows that if you want what he has, you're going to have to please him. He knows that you know that...and thus the aura of intimidation grows.
Every encounter with the man is a tense battle of words and wit, in which every sentence could be the difference between an offer you can't refuse and death...the stakes of his presence alone make every encounter an epic one. It was a strong year for epic...full of events, grand battles, with much more to come. But by sheer force of personality, one man stands above the pack...
[Nominees: Jian Lin Kuei, Kise Ryouta, Naniyori, Soji Seta, Kyouji Kuzunoha X, Gilgamesh]
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Most Epic PC - Jo(Shu) Michieru
How do you choose from such a worthy crop of candidates? A student council president in search of the title of King of Demons who is well on his way...who holds his own even in the face of gods and devils of the highest order, a girl who was once left with nothing that has grown to become perhaps the most intimidating new member of the Investigation Team, an utterly insane madman hiding in the skin of a man who endangers everyone around him with his existence via the fraying strands of his breaking mind, or a powerful rocker who puts even the most intimidating of the up-and-coming villains of the world in their place with a wicked stand?
...As it turns out, quite easily. Because the name 'Kuzunoha' means something in this world, and for a student who only began his training in the last year to become a summoner to grow at such an exponential rate and claim that title, that name, is an unprecedented thing in all the history of this world. His master would say that it was an honor to teach him, his peers would say his rise was beyond stunning...and all of us at home must simply tip our caps and admit it. The Rise of Jo(Shu) Michieru has been nothing short of absolutely epic.
[Nominees: Mataki Hito, Jo(Shu) Michieru, Minori Koroko, Rednal Ak'Thias, Gin Mishima]
How do you choose from such a worthy crop of candidates? A student council president in search of the title of King of Demons who is well on his way...who holds his own even in the face of gods and devils of the highest order, a girl who was once left with nothing that has grown to become perhaps the most intimidating new member of the Investigation Team, an utterly insane madman hiding in the skin of a man who endangers everyone around him with his existence via the fraying strands of his breaking mind, or a powerful rocker who puts even the most intimidating of the up-and-coming villains of the world in their place with a wicked stand?
...As it turns out, quite easily. Because the name 'Kuzunoha' means something in this world, and for a student who only began his training in the last year to become a summoner to grow at such an exponential rate and claim that title, that name, is an unprecedented thing in all the history of this world. His master would say that it was an honor to teach him, his peers would say his rise was beyond stunning...and all of us at home must simply tip our caps and admit it. The Rise of Jo(Shu) Michieru has been nothing short of absolutely epic.
[Nominees: Mataki Hito, Jo(Shu) Michieru, Minori Koroko, Rednal Ak'Thias, Gin Mishima]
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Most Confusing Character - Keira "Yuno" "Izumi" Gayuno
There's so much wrong in that brain of hers...where do you even begin? Crazily devoted to Rednal, mother of Faust's future baby, she enjoys toying with present-Faust's feelings while asserting her loyalty and promising stabs to those who threaten her relationship...never delivering on said promise...now she is house to THREE different personalities which all are different levels of -dere for EACH OTHER?
I give up. Even Rednal can't seem to sort it all out. There's just no understanding it all...and even in a year of winning losers, Strawberry Milk Acolytes, Naniyoris, Anthropomorphic Lobstermen, and dudes who REALLY BETTER NOT ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE TALIBAN LEST THEY DIE BRUTALLY AND SOON, this somehow stands above the rest...
[Nominees: Keira Gayuno, Tezuka Rembrii, Zorc James the 4th, Naniyori, General Ninja Squidclaws McLobsterbottom, Cassim El'Amin]
There's so much wrong in that brain of hers...where do you even begin? Crazily devoted to Rednal, mother of Faust's future baby, she enjoys toying with present-Faust's feelings while asserting her loyalty and promising stabs to those who threaten her relationship...never delivering on said promise...now she is house to THREE different personalities which all are different levels of -dere for EACH OTHER?
I give up. Even Rednal can't seem to sort it all out. There's just no understanding it all...and even in a year of winning losers, Strawberry Milk Acolytes, Naniyoris, Anthropomorphic Lobstermen, and dudes who REALLY BETTER NOT ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE TALIBAN LEST THEY DIE BRUTALLY AND SOON, this somehow stands above the rest...
[Nominees: Keira Gayuno, Tezuka Rembrii, Zorc James the 4th, Naniyori, General Ninja Squidclaws McLobsterbottom, Cassim El'Amin]
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Biggest Airhead - Yuuya Kuniohara
For a long time, this seemed like Nito and Juuni's award to lose...a year full of meandering heroism and even more meandering soliloquy, of dispensing JUSTICE and summoning wild, disloyally grumpy feline soldiers, and much much more...Eoria offered a spirited challenge in the very few moments that she appeared, and Zeo continued to do Zeo things as the year went on, though you can argue that he's fully AWARE of how ridiculous he has become...
...And then this guy showed up with his spacey, demon companion and her evil curtain-devouring winged devils. From an unconventional entrance to the Inn to the poor, poor Boudica Tlalli and her undoubtedly-high cleaning bill (and lost security deposit), to his strange reunion with Mikoto and that ill-fated fence in the Babel Hot Springs, the bar was raised for airheadedness throughout the world once more. But with so many worthy challengers, things only promise to get more...interesting, moving forward.
[Nominees: Eoria, Nito Nekata, Zeo Kirijo, Yuuya Kuniohara, Juuni Neptunia]
For a long time, this seemed like Nito and Juuni's award to lose...a year full of meandering heroism and even more meandering soliloquy, of dispensing JUSTICE and summoning wild, disloyally grumpy feline soldiers, and much much more...Eoria offered a spirited challenge in the very few moments that she appeared, and Zeo continued to do Zeo things as the year went on, though you can argue that he's fully AWARE of how ridiculous he has become...
...And then this guy showed up with his spacey, demon companion and her evil curtain-devouring winged devils. From an unconventional entrance to the Inn to the poor, poor Boudica Tlalli and her undoubtedly-high cleaning bill (and lost security deposit), to his strange reunion with Mikoto and that ill-fated fence in the Babel Hot Springs, the bar was raised for airheadedness throughout the world once more. But with so many worthy challengers, things only promise to get more...interesting, moving forward.
[Nominees: Eoria, Nito Nekata, Zeo Kirijo, Yuuya Kuniohara, Juuni Neptunia]
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Most Unlikely Badass - Misha Mori
She's sugar with a spicy kick...the headache when you eat a whole cone of ice cream too fast...a dash of wasabi at the heart of your sweet and sour chicken...the thorn on the stem of the rose...the bee at the heart of the flower...the ice dragon roaring out of the fist of the cute Freshman girl...
...Yes, this year's most unlikely badass is Misha Mori, an adorable (and insanely perverted) 1st Year girl who wouldn't intimidate you if she growled REALLY hard, but whose powers and character has grown dramatically over the past 12 months, culminating with the obtaining of her very own persona in the Tower of Babel. Though after her dungeon, it might be said that EVERYONE can see now the predator within her...which allows her to just edge out this year's Lovable Loser (who suddenly, might just be able to win!) for the crown!
Congratulations!
[Nominees: Tezuka Rembrii, Ellie Troit, Nymeria, Amina Kuatsumo, Misha Mori]
She's sugar with a spicy kick...the headache when you eat a whole cone of ice cream too fast...a dash of wasabi at the heart of your sweet and sour chicken...the thorn on the stem of the rose...the bee at the heart of the flower...the ice dragon roaring out of the fist of the cute Freshman girl...
...Yes, this year's most unlikely badass is Misha Mori, an adorable (and insanely perverted) 1st Year girl who wouldn't intimidate you if she growled REALLY hard, but whose powers and character has grown dramatically over the past 12 months, culminating with the obtaining of her very own persona in the Tower of Babel. Though after her dungeon, it might be said that EVERYONE can see now the predator within her...which allows her to just edge out this year's Lovable Loser (who suddenly, might just be able to win!) for the crown!
Congratulations!
[Nominees: Tezuka Rembrii, Ellie Troit, Nymeria, Amina Kuatsumo, Misha Mori]
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Most Likely to be stabbed by Yuno - Keira Gayuno
It's official...with three minds muddling her already broken consciousness, how can one even know who to stab? Who to trust? Who to love? Will Yuno get jealous when Keira steals Rednal's affection? Will Izumi be one personality too many for the girl's poor mind to handle?
Faust is still the prime suspect outside of herself, of course...but more and more it's looking like if Yuno turns the knife on anyone's stomach, it will be her own...probably. Maybe...
[Nominees: Faust, Amora, Yuno, Aselia Bluespirit, Zeo Kirijo]
It's official...with three minds muddling her already broken consciousness, how can one even know who to stab? Who to trust? Who to love? Will Yuno get jealous when Keira steals Rednal's affection? Will Izumi be one personality too many for the girl's poor mind to handle?
Faust is still the prime suspect outside of herself, of course...but more and more it's looking like if Yuno turns the knife on anyone's stomach, it will be her own...probably. Maybe...
[Nominees: Faust, Amora, Yuno, Aselia Bluespirit, Zeo Kirijo]
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Least Trustworthy Character - Bel Heartilly
Incredibly, this wasn't a particularly difficult choice. Despite Naniyori's yearly penchant for death and betrayal and unpredictability, you can at least trust him to be murderous, disloyal, and unpredictable. Titus might have been quick to turn his back on two-hundred years of loyalty to the Lin Kuei in lieu of a loli lover, and Jian Lin Kuei might be the most terrifying in that you never know the true thoughts behind his eyes as well. Itachi is duplicitous as always, but in the end, none of that is quite as uncertain in nature as the son of an unlikely Inaba couple of which one half is the reluctant King of Demons and understudy of the Trickster himself...
...Himself a student of the Lewis Keys and the Prince of Bel, he commands devils as easily as he kills them, but despite his tenuous alliance with the Resistance in Bad Future and willingness to join the mission to the past, none amongst even his 'allies' can truly ascertain what it is that he seeks. Is his desire truly to save the world, or as his title implies, would he instead rule it with the aid of his demonic allies? Would he reunite with his father, or instead seek to study more under the Trickster who taught him in the past? Is he a friend? A future foe? Does he care at all for his allies or the Bad Future from which they came? Only time will tell...because for right now, the only safe bet is that you should not bet on him at all.
[Nominees: Naniyori, Titus Martillo, Jian Lin Kuei, Itachi Kishikido, Bel Heartilly]
Incredibly, this wasn't a particularly difficult choice. Despite Naniyori's yearly penchant for death and betrayal and unpredictability, you can at least trust him to be murderous, disloyal, and unpredictable. Titus might have been quick to turn his back on two-hundred years of loyalty to the Lin Kuei in lieu of a loli lover, and Jian Lin Kuei might be the most terrifying in that you never know the true thoughts behind his eyes as well. Itachi is duplicitous as always, but in the end, none of that is quite as uncertain in nature as the son of an unlikely Inaba couple of which one half is the reluctant King of Demons and understudy of the Trickster himself...
...Himself a student of the Lewis Keys and the Prince of Bel, he commands devils as easily as he kills them, but despite his tenuous alliance with the Resistance in Bad Future and willingness to join the mission to the past, none amongst even his 'allies' can truly ascertain what it is that he seeks. Is his desire truly to save the world, or as his title implies, would he instead rule it with the aid of his demonic allies? Would he reunite with his father, or instead seek to study more under the Trickster who taught him in the past? Is he a friend? A future foe? Does he care at all for his allies or the Bad Future from which they came? Only time will tell...because for right now, the only safe bet is that you should not bet on him at all.
[Nominees: Naniyori, Titus Martillo, Jian Lin Kuei, Itachi Kishikido, Bel Heartilly]
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Most Badass Normal - Boudica Tlalli
Inaba has become such an insane hotbed of supernatural activity that it's hard to find almost anybody who doesn't have some form of powers anymore. Whether it's using enchanted items, summoning devils, or one of the many power-classes that are wrapped up in the growing story and darkness, finding anyone without power who can exert a force of will is a chore. Of course the Detective Ryotaro Dojima remains an ur-example of this, and Ellie Troit was constantly on the minds of players throughout the year whether they wished it or not. Mikoto remained a sturdy presence, Denmark reminded the world why he's not to be taken lightly in confronting powerful Lin Kuei alchemists and holding his own, and Cassim managed to survive an event with little wear to show for the effort.
However there is a level of appreciation that must be afforded to the teacher who could make 2/3s of Japan's famous 'Nyx' wilt with a withering glare...scare the trio out of the room in an instant...and generally maintain her confident, albeit furious disposition in the face of the hot springs' fracas and a thing like that odd Inari Statue...for standing tall, proud, and maintaining her authority in the face of the weirdness that is Inaba, Boudica Tlalli proved that in terms of badassery...if not power...she is more than capable of holding her own.
[Nominees: Dojima-san, Ellie Troit, Mikoto Hageshii, Denmark, Boudica Tlalli, Cassim El'Amin]
Inaba has become such an insane hotbed of supernatural activity that it's hard to find almost anybody who doesn't have some form of powers anymore. Whether it's using enchanted items, summoning devils, or one of the many power-classes that are wrapped up in the growing story and darkness, finding anyone without power who can exert a force of will is a chore. Of course the Detective Ryotaro Dojima remains an ur-example of this, and Ellie Troit was constantly on the minds of players throughout the year whether they wished it or not. Mikoto remained a sturdy presence, Denmark reminded the world why he's not to be taken lightly in confronting powerful Lin Kuei alchemists and holding his own, and Cassim managed to survive an event with little wear to show for the effort.
However there is a level of appreciation that must be afforded to the teacher who could make 2/3s of Japan's famous 'Nyx' wilt with a withering glare...scare the trio out of the room in an instant...and generally maintain her confident, albeit furious disposition in the face of the hot springs' fracas and a thing like that odd Inari Statue...for standing tall, proud, and maintaining her authority in the face of the weirdness that is Inaba, Boudica Tlalli proved that in terms of badassery...if not power...she is more than capable of holding her own.
[Nominees: Dojima-san, Ellie Troit, Mikoto Hageshii, Denmark, Boudica Tlalli, Cassim El'Amin]
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Character That Took the Biggest Level in Badass - Tezuka Rembrii
How do you overcome a short-standing summoner who has risen to the ranks of the ultimate Elite of the organization, a small-time villain who rises to the rank of Shadow Paladin and then EARNS that rank, a frosty moe freshman who can become a dragon, and a normal guy who can't make a date that evolves into an utter tank?
You overcome a meme. The Failure, the Loser, and Nobody Tezuka Rembrii...via a series of defeats, failures, and nothing slowly changed over the course of the year. Against all odds, against all perception, he became something more than what the world thought of him...more than what the memes made him out to be. Unlikely as it was, it cannot be denied the difficult path that was walked and overcome.
In the face of doubt, Tezuka Rembrii became strong.
[Nominees: Tezuka, Jo(Shu), Misha Mori, Sano Gallen, Tharros Gallen]
How do you overcome a short-standing summoner who has risen to the ranks of the ultimate Elite of the organization, a small-time villain who rises to the rank of Shadow Paladin and then EARNS that rank, a frosty moe freshman who can become a dragon, and a normal guy who can't make a date that evolves into an utter tank?
You overcome a meme. The Failure, the Loser, and Nobody Tezuka Rembrii...via a series of defeats, failures, and nothing slowly changed over the course of the year. Against all odds, against all perception, he became something more than what the world thought of him...more than what the memes made him out to be. Unlikely as it was, it cannot be denied the difficult path that was walked and overcome.
In the face of doubt, Tezuka Rembrii became strong.
[Nominees: Tezuka, Jo(Shu), Misha Mori, Sano Gallen, Tharros Gallen]
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The Kamina "Manliest Man' Award - Gin Mishima
What makes a man truly 'manly'? Is it the power in his hands? Is it his quest for glory? Giving it all he's got to fight to the top...so we can know his story? Or is it the woman in his arms, just cause she's got big...heart? Is it the way he fights every day?
This year, Gin Mishima was the epitome of manliness because he not only stood against the darkness without blinking, not only because he cut a ruggedly masculine figure while doing so, and not only because he protected and fought beside a girl that he cared for in her most desperate hour of need, shielding her from harm. No, it wasn't any one of those things...it was all of them, combined. All the elements of manliness that make a man great were present, and together, they allowed one man to stand above the rest.
And dat bike, yo...that leather jacket...manry.
[Nominees: Leon Mori, Yasumoto Kensu, Kanji Tatsumi, Yuuya Kuniohara, Gin Mishima]
What makes a man truly 'manly'? Is it the power in his hands? Is it his quest for glory? Giving it all he's got to fight to the top...so we can know his story? Or is it the woman in his arms, just cause she's got big...heart? Is it the way he fights every day?
This year, Gin Mishima was the epitome of manliness because he not only stood against the darkness without blinking, not only because he cut a ruggedly masculine figure while doing so, and not only because he protected and fought beside a girl that he cared for in her most desperate hour of need, shielding her from harm. No, it wasn't any one of those things...it was all of them, combined. All the elements of manliness that make a man great were present, and together, they allowed one man to stand above the rest.
And dat bike, yo...that leather jacket...manry.
[Nominees: Leon Mori, Yasumoto Kensu, Kanji Tatsumi, Yuuya Kuniohara, Gin Mishima]
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Most Courageous Character - Nix Gallen
Before we talk about the winner, let's just take a minute to acknowledge the immense courage it takes to stand in front of Jian Lin Kuei and bargain knowing your life is on the line every second that you speak...to stand in front of a friend and take the bullet meant for him, not knowing if you'll live or die...to be as truly crazy as one must be to pull off the stunts of a Zeo Kirijo...or to face one's darkest parts, the awfulness one can't even accept, and hold true to the spirit of who you not only are but wish to be...
Nix Gallen stood before the darkness, before impossible danger this year, and she never blinked. She stood before the crumbling remains of the bond she once had with a brother as he tried to kill her and she didn't waver. She faced almost-certain death on the Hilltop and she never took a step back, standing proudly against her enemies believing that she could survive until help arrived. She walks into danger time and time again for her friends, despite her fears, despite her doubts, and she fights...
Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is acknowledging one's fear and then doing what you have to do in spite of it. Nobody this year was more an embodiment of that fact than Nix Gallen...and that is why she is this year's most courageous character.
[Nominees: Titus Martillo, Nix Gallen, Rirouku Muramaro, Zeo Kirijo, Faustus Necromonium]
Before we talk about the winner, let's just take a minute to acknowledge the immense courage it takes to stand in front of Jian Lin Kuei and bargain knowing your life is on the line every second that you speak...to stand in front of a friend and take the bullet meant for him, not knowing if you'll live or die...to be as truly crazy as one must be to pull off the stunts of a Zeo Kirijo...or to face one's darkest parts, the awfulness one can't even accept, and hold true to the spirit of who you not only are but wish to be...
Nix Gallen stood before the darkness, before impossible danger this year, and she never blinked. She stood before the crumbling remains of the bond she once had with a brother as he tried to kill her and she didn't waver. She faced almost-certain death on the Hilltop and she never took a step back, standing proudly against her enemies believing that she could survive until help arrived. She walks into danger time and time again for her friends, despite her fears, despite her doubts, and she fights...
Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is acknowledging one's fear and then doing what you have to do in spite of it. Nobody this year was more an embodiment of that fact than Nix Gallen...and that is why she is this year's most courageous character.
[Nominees: Titus Martillo, Nix Gallen, Rirouku Muramaro, Zeo Kirijo, Faustus Necromonium]
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Magical Girl Miku Girliest Girl - Minori Koroko
Setting aside the moe that makes many of our candidates impossible to leave off of the list on a yearly basis, this year we grow to appreciate a maturity in our women that does not overwhelm the qualities that make them 'girlie', but add to them...enhance them...that make us appreciate them all the more for the girl that they are. If fashion, attitude, and hobbies are the traits that make a girl 'girlie', then how one reacts to situations that take them outside of those comfort zones that codify them.
Nobody embodied this truth more than Minori Koroko this year, whose flustered response to various situations such as Misha's dungeon, the Hot Springs, being forced into a Sentai Show, and other highlights made her girlish traits all the more evident. She was cute, fun, and undeniably girlie. The Girliest Girl of the Year, indeed.
[Nominees: Misha Mori, Faustus Necromonium, Eoria Ansul, Minori Koroko, Shiranui Amaterasu]
Setting aside the moe that makes many of our candidates impossible to leave off of the list on a yearly basis, this year we grow to appreciate a maturity in our women that does not overwhelm the qualities that make them 'girlie', but add to them...enhance them...that make us appreciate them all the more for the girl that they are. If fashion, attitude, and hobbies are the traits that make a girl 'girlie', then how one reacts to situations that take them outside of those comfort zones that codify them.
Nobody embodied this truth more than Minori Koroko this year, whose flustered response to various situations such as Misha's dungeon, the Hot Springs, being forced into a Sentai Show, and other highlights made her girlish traits all the more evident. She was cute, fun, and undeniably girlie. The Girliest Girl of the Year, indeed.
[Nominees: Misha Mori, Faustus Necromonium, Eoria Ansul, Minori Koroko, Shiranui Amaterasu]
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Best Main Storyline Villain - Akashi Seijuurou
Intimidation, fear, power, authority...nobody was the total package quite like Akashi Seijuurou was when he burst onto the scene in January during the Tokyo Persona Team's raid on the SEES-2 Dormitory. While elsewhere Shades terrified and trashed their opponents with a dark reflection of their other selves, and in succession to Kise Ryouta's deadly assault on Rirouku, Hatsu, and SEES-2, Akashi made his presence known almost instantly...looming as a specter of a future doom over the team as his followers held them all at bay with an unsettling ease. He proclaimed himself superior, and with one glance of his Emperor's Eye it was clear in an instant that this was no small boast...no joke.
The team responsible for the destruction of the Iwadate Team, for destroying the previous lives of Saito, Haruto, Noelle, Lira, and all of the others from that team, made their presence known in a way that resounded throughout the year ever after...and at the head of that monster was Akashi Seijuurou...the leader, the terror, the Boss...this year's best Storyline Villain and a major threat moving forward.
[Nominees: Zeo's Shade, Kise Ryouta, Akashi Seijuurou, Corrupted Mihawk, Kageboshi]
Intimidation, fear, power, authority...nobody was the total package quite like Akashi Seijuurou was when he burst onto the scene in January during the Tokyo Persona Team's raid on the SEES-2 Dormitory. While elsewhere Shades terrified and trashed their opponents with a dark reflection of their other selves, and in succession to Kise Ryouta's deadly assault on Rirouku, Hatsu, and SEES-2, Akashi made his presence known almost instantly...looming as a specter of a future doom over the team as his followers held them all at bay with an unsettling ease. He proclaimed himself superior, and with one glance of his Emperor's Eye it was clear in an instant that this was no small boast...no joke.
The team responsible for the destruction of the Iwadate Team, for destroying the previous lives of Saito, Haruto, Noelle, Lira, and all of the others from that team, made their presence known in a way that resounded throughout the year ever after...and at the head of that monster was Akashi Seijuurou...the leader, the terror, the Boss...this year's best Storyline Villain and a major threat moving forward.
[Nominees: Zeo's Shade, Kise Ryouta, Akashi Seijuurou, Corrupted Mihawk, Kageboshi]
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Most Innocent Character - Suzume Kirihara
Some things are as inevitable as death, taxes, and female characters made by Rednal eventually abandoning all other purposes to be awkwardly shoe-horned into his 'harem'...one of them is the recognition that Suzume Kirihara carries the torch for the Guild in terms of innocence. Always smiling, always believing the best in those that she meets, always oblivious to the blood that stains Denmark's axe and the danger that surrounds her in the city of Oshu, she is a beacon of innocence and hope that warms the hearts of those who meet her.
This year is a landmark for the perennial leader of this category, however, as two interlopers threatened to shatter her veil of innocence and rob her of the peace that allows her to be so bright and hopeful...a crime that may well warrant a brutal, unexpected death if certain parties have anything to say on the matter. And if you can move even Denmark to act in defense of your innocence, well, you can just take your crown right now and go have a delicious bowl of pudding, post-haste! You deserve it...
[Nominees: Eoria Ansul, Tezuka Rembrii, Suzume Kirihara, Nymeria, Nanako Dojima]
Some things are as inevitable as death, taxes, and female characters made by Rednal eventually abandoning all other purposes to be awkwardly shoe-horned into his 'harem'...one of them is the recognition that Suzume Kirihara carries the torch for the Guild in terms of innocence. Always smiling, always believing the best in those that she meets, always oblivious to the blood that stains Denmark's axe and the danger that surrounds her in the city of Oshu, she is a beacon of innocence and hope that warms the hearts of those who meet her.
This year is a landmark for the perennial leader of this category, however, as two interlopers threatened to shatter her veil of innocence and rob her of the peace that allows her to be so bright and hopeful...a crime that may well warrant a brutal, unexpected death if certain parties have anything to say on the matter. And if you can move even Denmark to act in defense of your innocence, well, you can just take your crown right now and go have a delicious bowl of pudding, post-haste! You deserve it...
[Nominees: Eoria Ansul, Tezuka Rembrii, Suzume Kirihara, Nymeria, Nanako Dojima]
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Most Beautiful Female Character - Minori Koroko and Nix Gallen
What are the qualities which make a woman beautiful? Is it a gentle smile...a pure, effortless elegance in actions and manner...is it a smoking hot body? Is it power, authority, confidence...is it a demure and reserved smile? The truth is, everybody has their own tastes in what makes a girl beautiful...what is irresistible to one may be simply pleasant to another. However when compiling criteria, when gauging opinions, when accepting nominations for this year's award, it became increasingly clear that while opinions were varied on many...for two, there was little-to-no debate about their virtues and their beauty.
And so in an unprecedented tie, the award is split two ways in 2014...and perhaps fittingly, it's split between allies and close friends on the Investigation Team, Nix Gallen and Minori Koroko. Both beautiful, both strong, both undeniable in spirit and attitude, if ever there was a justified split of the votes between two women, it was here. Congratulations to two beautiful spirits, and two beautiful people on your newest honor!
[Nominees: Noelle Everett, Keira Gayuno, Nix Gallen, Boudica Tlalli, Kaori Sakurazaka, Minori Koroko]
What are the qualities which make a woman beautiful? Is it a gentle smile...a pure, effortless elegance in actions and manner...is it a smoking hot body? Is it power, authority, confidence...is it a demure and reserved smile? The truth is, everybody has their own tastes in what makes a girl beautiful...what is irresistible to one may be simply pleasant to another. However when compiling criteria, when gauging opinions, when accepting nominations for this year's award, it became increasingly clear that while opinions were varied on many...for two, there was little-to-no debate about their virtues and their beauty.
And so in an unprecedented tie, the award is split two ways in 2014...and perhaps fittingly, it's split between allies and close friends on the Investigation Team, Nix Gallen and Minori Koroko. Both beautiful, both strong, both undeniable in spirit and attitude, if ever there was a justified split of the votes between two women, it was here. Congratulations to two beautiful spirits, and two beautiful people on your newest honor!
[Nominees: Noelle Everett, Keira Gayuno, Nix Gallen, Boudica Tlalli, Kaori Sakurazaka, Minori Koroko]
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Sexiest Male Character - Yuuya Kuniohara
Holy upset, Batman! An award perennially reserved for the Sexiest Thing Since Sex, for our undeniably attractive Leader, mysterious devils and shirtless villains, something different happened this year...people started turning their eyes to a different sort of character. Is it a turn towards the conservative? A maturation of tastes amongst the Guild's man-admiring populace? Whatever the case, three of the rockers of the 'Nyx' crew were all nominated separately for the Award...as well as a handsome baby from the future, the man called 'Stud', and of course, the Sexiest Thing Since Sex himself.
And as if to further illustrate the changing in perception amongst the Guild's patrons, only one person...an unexpected, surprising sex symbol...was nominated more than any other. With one more nomination than the Duke of Devlin himself, it was the solemn, caring keyboardist Yuuya Kuniohara who received the largest outpouring of ocular admiration from the fans this year in the category of Inaba's Sexiest Man Alive!
Will Japan's 'People Magazine' agree with this vote? Maybe, maybe not...but you can bet 'Nyx's' manager will take the publicity where he can and run with it!
[Nominees: Duke Devlin, Yuuya Kuniohara, Gin Mishima, Venustus Michieru, Haruto Mashiba, Mikoto Hageshii]
Holy upset, Batman! An award perennially reserved for the Sexiest Thing Since Sex, for our undeniably attractive Leader, mysterious devils and shirtless villains, something different happened this year...people started turning their eyes to a different sort of character. Is it a turn towards the conservative? A maturation of tastes amongst the Guild's man-admiring populace? Whatever the case, three of the rockers of the 'Nyx' crew were all nominated separately for the Award...as well as a handsome baby from the future, the man called 'Stud', and of course, the Sexiest Thing Since Sex himself.
And as if to further illustrate the changing in perception amongst the Guild's patrons, only one person...an unexpected, surprising sex symbol...was nominated more than any other. With one more nomination than the Duke of Devlin himself, it was the solemn, caring keyboardist Yuuya Kuniohara who received the largest outpouring of ocular admiration from the fans this year in the category of Inaba's Sexiest Man Alive!
Will Japan's 'People Magazine' agree with this vote? Maybe, maybe not...but you can bet 'Nyx's' manager will take the publicity where he can and run with it!
[Nominees: Duke Devlin, Yuuya Kuniohara, Gin Mishima, Venustus Michieru, Haruto Mashiba, Mikoto Hageshii]
