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kbondoxxxxav · 8 months

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digimon ship requests i did on twt

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hikaritakaishi · 10 months

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Hello guys! And what about... fanfictions?!

Hello guys and Digimon community in general!

I had a Digimon related Tumblr for years until I lost my password last year and I had to create another one now. I also have been writing fanfiction on the same topic for a long time now, but I never really posted on Tumblr about it. Now I see that there is a lot of them here and I was thinking about posting some of my own writing here! What you think about it!

See yaaa later!

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seventeenlovesthree · 1 year

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Fandom Shipping Polls - Koushiro Izumi Shipping Analysis (Poll I + Poll II)

As pointed out in the main post, every single Chosen Child will get their individual analysis post to check on the status of the current popularity of their ships. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at Koushiro, shall we!

The overall results / spreadsheet

Disclaimer: As the “Someone from 01/02″ and “Others” options from poll 1 and the “Someone from 01/02″ option from poll 2 have been excluded from the final analysis due to redundancy reasons and all results were culminated in another “final count”, the results will not be 1:1 to what the polls look like:

Overall votes: 112 (approx. 92 in sum after the exclusion), the main poll got 84 votes, the secondary poll got 28 votes.

The “Others” choice in the main poll received 7% (approx. 6 votes) and 14% (approx. 4 votes) in the secondary poll. The comments/tags did not specify any preferences here (aside from characters that were already part of the main choices).

Ship Analysis

1st place: With a lead of over 50%, Taichi (55%) clearly won the overall vote. Which, in terms of his role in the Adventure verse as Koushirou’s main point of contact throughout the entirety of the series, is not surprising overall. Koushiro is Taichi’s right hand tech specialist and generally considered to be his best friend (besides Sora and Yamato), they share screentime and history together while solving problems and riddles to drive the plot forward, with a few emotional hick-ups in between, but a lot of mutual trust and loyalty to keep them focal points for one another. Breaking through the stereotypes of brawns/brains, extrovert/introvert or jock/nerd in several ways. On the other hand, as viable as they appear to be, also thanks to the various artists and writers in English and Japanese spaces - we shall not overlook that a potential bias may have taken place here. As mentioned in the main post, Koushiro is my favourite character and Taishiro my favourite Digimon ship, hence it is likely that an exposure/follower bias has taken effect. Considering that Koushiro’s polls were shared in Taishiro-centric spaces, this may have caused the huge lead for Taichi (51 votes). While I am not intending to downplay their popularity in itself (despite the fandom being fairly quiet at the moment), the results may have looked more balanced/differently in other spheres of the internet.

2nd place: The second spot goes, without a single shred of doubt, to Mimi (21%), as Koumi is considered to be one of the most popular Koushiro centric ships world-wide. This is due to their set-up in the series as being odd-balls of the same age while simultaneously bouncing off of each other very well as one of the go-to “opposites attract” dynamics. Additionally, Tri canonically made Koushiro crush on Mimi, solidifying a consistent fanon-headcanon (which usually goes the other way round, with her having a crush on him instead). While the portrayal of the crush was not appreciated everywhere equally, they have always been going strong for valid reasons - and Mimi’s number of votes (19 in the end) had been closer to Taichi’s at the beginning of the vote. While she never surpassed him at any point of the voting time, the gap just became bigger by the end of it.

3rd place: This has been a very close one - as Taichi and Mimi already took up most of the votes as being Koushiro’s most viable options, the race for the third spot had been a bit more variable throughout the voting. After overtaking the likes of Jou and Miyako at several points of the vote with the tiniest of leads, Hikari (4%) eventually came out on top (even though I could have been stingy and made her tie with Miyako based on number of votes, each being 3). Tumblr is actually one of the few internet spaces that considers Koukari as a somewhat valid choice besides the comparably huge shipping “giants” that are Taishiro and Koumi, as they did share subtle but gentle moments together throughout the Dark Master’s Arcin 01, the World Tour Arc in 02 and Tri, having both displayed a deep connection to the Digital World.

Honorary mentions: Granted, there aren’t a lot of votes left to work with, but we shall take a look at the niche choices: Miyako (3%) technically got the same number of votes as Hikari after all. Then there are three other choices that received at least 2 votes, namely Menoa (2%), Jou (2%) and Daisuke (2%).

“The 1 vote squad”: The remaining, very niche choices include Sora (1%), Takeru (1%), Ken (1%) and Iori (1%). Then there is his “friend from America” (1%), who helped him figuring out several issues throughout the series and provided for his office. Last but not least, there is Willis (1%), who is “The Digimon Movie” version of Wallace he got in contact with over the whole Diaboromon fiasco.

“0 votes go to...”: Here we only have Yamato and Meiko.

Annotations: Koushiro’s polls received the fourth least amount of overall votes (after Iori, Sora and Jou, excluding Meiko, since she only had one poll). Despite that, a potential bias - as mentioned above - can not be fully excluded. Overall, it can be stated that, while Koushiro in general is usually not among the MOST popular Chosen Children, he still has his dedicated fanbases.

What did the other polls say?

First of all: Koushiro won Taichi’s poll (27%), came in second (in a clutch!!!) in Mimi’s (19%) and also finished third in Hikari’s (10%), thus mirroring his own results 1:1.

As for the other polls, thanks to the comparably low sample sizes, we might have a case of follower/exposure bias in effect once again - but that also provides for some amusing, somewhat less common results. The 7% he got in Iori’s poll were not too surprising, with him being basically his mentor. In Jou’s poll, while he was more of a niche choice, he still came in fifth and tied with Sora there (5% each). He also got 3% in Ken’s as well as in Daisuke’s poll - which made him tie there with Taichi (3 votes each), who would objectively appear to be the much more viable choice. And despite Meiko getting 0 votes in his poll, he actually received 1 in Meiko’s (2%).

Thus, for the majority of the rest, he was merely a niche choice, such as Sora (1%), Takeru (1%) and Miyako (1%) - even though the latter almost became third in his own poll.

Yamato is the only character he got never voted for, which was mutual, thus having nobody pick Yamashiro as viable option.

Notable additions / comments / thoughts

Similarly to Sora’s poll, both the low sample size and the overall established fandom preferences were the main drivers in Koushiro’s polls. Despite a potential exposure bias towards Taishiro, it was to be expected that Taichi and Mimi would receive most of the votes and dominate the polls overall, as they have historically been his most popular shipping choices for him due to their dynamics and interaction patterns - which is perfectly understandable, as Taichi is portrayed as one of the characters Koushiro interacts with the most throughout big chunks of the entire series, whereas Mimi is literally framed to be a canon love interest for him in Tri. The other options have all been very close in (very low) numbers and while there have been some unexpected and amusing notions (such as Daisuke receiving as “many” votes as he did), Hikari could have technically been overthrown as third placed option at any given time. As mentioned, she is generally considered viable in certain niche fandom corners due to their personalities and the few interactions they had - but the same could be said about the likes of Jou, Miyako, Menoa, Iori - or even Takeru and Sora. Let’s not forget that Hikari only got t h r e e votes after all. Thus, I really hope to reach a wider audience if I choose to repeat the polls once the fandom is not as quiet as it is right now.

The comments in the tags have only referred to the already mentioned choices. So the “Others” option - despite being picked “relatively” often - did not reveal any other potentially preferred suitors. This leaves room for speculation, but usually, the option is reserved for OC ships, for when people prefer to not ship a character at all or when they’re considered asexual (which will definitely be a future option to include as well!). With the latter being somewhat popular headcanons for Koushiro based on his personality, this may be an indicator as to why those options were picked that often.

Other Analysis Posts

Taichi Yagami Shipping Analysis

Yamato Ishida Shipping Analysis

Sora Takenouchi Shipping Analysis

Mimi Tachikawa Shipping Analysis

Jou Kido Shipping Analysis

Takeru Takaishi Shipping Analysis

Hikari Yagami Shipping Analysis

Daisuke Motomiya Shipping Analysis

Ken Ichijouji Shipping Analysis

Miyako Inoue Shipping Analysis

Iori Hida Shipping Analysis

Meiko Mochizuki Shipping Analysis

#koushiro izumi #koushirou izumi #izzy izumi #digimon #digimon polls #digimon shipping #meta #my two cents #my edit #taishiro #taishirou #koumi #koukari

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keiachi-chan · 2 years

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Digimon adventure hot takes with little to no elaboration! (Mostly 02)

Warning I get VERY heated about certain things. Feel free to ask me about any of these takes if you want to have a RESPECTFUL convo about it.

Fuck 02 Tk oh my god this stupid insensitive BITCH (I'd still kiss his face!!)

DAMMIT they ruined Kari. (I'd still marry her!!)

Yolei is every 14 year old girl (And I never really liked her????)

Cody can do no wrong he could literally bash my skull in and I'd take him for ice cream after <333 This is not a hot take I just love him to death

Piedmon could've been a great ally if it wasn't for the absolutely abusive "father" that was Apocalymon. Like Piedmon was CREATED to be evil and then nobody ever told them otherwise bc they couldn't!! that's not their fault!! (Its yours >:[ /j)

SORATO MAKES NO SENSE. (Taiora makes the smallest amount of sense if you squint REALLY fucking hard.)

Given the context we get, kenyako is a toxic relationship!! First of all, its parasocial, at least at first. Its like if I ended up dating that one tiktoker who makes cute songs about her cat and rainbow slug sensory toys. I have NO clue who she is! Yolei has a celebrity crush, and even ends up more or less HATING him at some point! They hardly interact and I'm supposed to believe that they're just together now? BULLSHIT!

If Myotismon was a human he'd either be a womanizer or a child predator. The second option is mostly just vibes (and also Kay remembering traumatic events involving his older cousin.)

Devimon was hardly a villain he just seemed like a very smart dude who accidentally made his creative outlet mind control

Tk should punch Ken one more time for good measure (I hate seeing Ken hurt but smack him again)

In an attempt to make the 01 kids (+Tk & Kari) seem "more mature now," Toei just made all the ones who get screentime at all fucking assholes (except Izzy he is still perfect)

Koumi makes no sense to me!! Why???? Its just the geek/popular girl troupe how dare you (maybe its better in tri but I will never know because I will never watch Tri I think)

If Koushirou was a villain the others would not stand a FUCKING chance HE STRAIGHT UP HACKED INTO HIS DIGIMON TO MAKE IT DIGIVOLVE they would die in a SECOND

Takari is too cliche for me to even begin caring about

THE 02 KIDS ARE SO FUCKING MEAN THEY LEAVE DAVIS ON A FUCKING ISLAND AND BULLY HIM ALL THE TIME AND WHEN HE GETS HIS GOLDEN DIGIEGG THEN THEY RESPECT HIM

THIS is my most.. passionate take and I will DIE ON THIS HILL. DAVIS IS A WONDERFUL CHARACTER IN AN UNFITTING SITUATION!!

HE IS A 12 YEAR OLD BOY WHO SUDDENLY HAS TO SAVE THE WORLD, AND IS THROWN INTO THE SPOTLIGHT TO BE BERATED FOR NOT KNOWING THE INS AND OUTS OF THE DIGITAL WORLD OR HAVING THE MATURITY TO ADAPT RIGHT OF THE BAT

JUST WEEKS AGO HE WAS PLAYING SOCCER AND GETTING BULLIED BY HIS SISTER AND NOW HE HAS TO SAVE THE WORLD? AND PEOPLE STILL HAVE THE AUDACITY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT HATING HIM? BULLSHIT!!

You may argue. "but Kay!!" You say. "Yolei and Cody and Ken are more mature!" You whine. "And your art is really cool!" You compliment

Well, first of all thanks, and second of all let me make something clear

Cody was RAISED to be like that™

Yolei has several siblings and has to help run a store! Of course she has to be mature!!

Ken? his goddamn brother died dude. Trauma forces you to grow up way too fast.

Don't even get me STARTED on the angel tamers If you try to make that argument against Davis using THOSE two, who were trapped in the digital world before, you're so mean!!

Davis lived a normal life before all this! He just grew up with the normal responsibilities and household and everything of a 12 year old! He's just a normal kid in a dangerous situation! Are you going to HATE a child for BEING A CHILD? Holy fuck dude!!!

I WILL DIE DEFENDING DAVIS HE IS THE MOST REALISTIC CHILD CHARACTER AND PEOPLE HATE HIM BECAUSE HE'S NOT MENTALLY 20

Anyways uhh if I come up with anything else I'll put it in a reblog

@tangledupblue you wanted to see this post I think-? Sorry if not

Oh also this one will get me hung; I like Taishirou better than Taito. Lol lmao.

#digimon #digimon adventure #digimon hot takes #hot takes #kay is sleep deprived and ANGRY

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koumi-blog · 2 years

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Nighttime Symphonies

by stoppingtosmelltheflowers

A Koumi Christmas story featuring homemade cookies, a power outage, and an untimely (or perhaps not) confession.

Words: 2017, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure Zero Two | Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Adventure tri.

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

Characters: Izumi Koushirou | Izzy Izumi, Tachikawa Mimi, Izumi Kae

Relationships: Izumi Koushirou | Izzy Izumi/Tachikawa Mimi

Additional Tags: flustered koushiro is my favorite koushiro

from AO3 works tagged 'Izumi Koushirou | Izzy Izumi/Tachikawa Mimi' https://archiveofourown.org/works/41645391

#fanfic #ao3feed-koumi #ao3feed-koumimi #ao3feed-mishiro #ao3feed-mishirou #koumi #koumimi #mishiro

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digirainebow · 2 years

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i remembered that the digimon adventure tri movies existed and that i never got around to watching them (maybe the first one?) but then i looked it up on wikipedia and there's a lot more digimon than I remember. I have watched and enjoyed seasons 1, 2, 3, and 5. I have also watched a couple of the movies (the one with dioboromon and i think at least one more?). What digimon media do you think is worth watching/do you recommend that I watch?

i am SOOO sorry it took me so long to answer this i thought it was for my Q/A video (i did answer it in the vid if you are interested in hearing me say what i am about to say here with my mouth sdfsdfsdfsd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoOSMqmc4uI) i would say watch season 4 if you havent yet! i really like it tbh to me it feels more like seasons 1 and 2 than 3 did. i never watched past the beginning of season 5 because i didnt like the vibe and all the others after just looked like yugioh and bakugan and etc. generic stuff to me. so apologies but i cant recommend season 5 or onward

i LOVEEE all the movies for the seasons i have watched like revenge of diaboromon is so so so good. but tri is objectively BAD they did things to characters i disapprove of and most of the new things they added are not great BUT there are some things that i liked in them (10 yr old me would be SCREAMING with glee over koumi) so i still say watch them! they are fun even if there's a lot to get steamed over in em and lastly i am petrified to watch kizuna so i still havent omg...its like the finale for the 01/02 kids and i want to cry just thinking about it so im going to need emotional support before attempting it...so idk about that one but ive heard its good? still a little tri-esque, but better? not sure if this helped considering how late it is, but those are my opinions!

#digi discusses

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koushirouizumi · 2 years

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* V E N T

*long sighs as I Block a known Troll blog from following Yet Again*

DUDE, I've already blocked you like 5+ times across all my accounts since I was on F.F.N posting my old aF KouMi with side implied crack-ship Mi//mato that was parodying B.S.S.M. (not that you actually read that note, likely) and the first hints of my Tai//Kou O.T.P, and Yama//Jou and Joushiro side-shenanigans showing fic also there, so literally please stop making me have to Block you from my posts again.

By the way, you """flamed""" me when I was literally Young Me. (Ship-wars and homophobes nEVerrr existed in this fan base during Adv-02 Standom's pre-HellSite TM days and never harassed younger Queer fans on F.F.N over M/F ship-wars on all sides!!!1! Adv-02 Standom has always been a ~~pure queerphobia free paradise~~ where this Never Happened You All. If you dispute this, good luck, you'll just have to watch as over half this fan base's fan history gets overwritten by people who weren't even there!!!)

But you (among many other instances of rules-breakage) DID spur me on to make 30+ Koushiro + KouTai A.M.V.s out of absolute pure SPITE since, so maybe that was good for something. I'm actually losing count of where I'm at now, lmao

*Sits down to make KouTaiMi A.M.V. with side Poly-ships implications along with Queer-platonic Tai//ora spinoffs where Taichi is specifically Demisexual and M-spec and Sora is Bi and Ace and G.N.C, among various other H.C.s but MAINLY those BECAUSE I CAN*

Here's the thing though, they're pretty much always Queer in everything I write now, specifically because of trolls like you and anyone similar to you. Which is probably not what you or any of those similar types ever wanted out of my things for your ~ship~

aNYWAY!!!!

(Days this fan base has stopped having sh*tty homophobic trolls: 0)

{P.S. read my d*MN F.A.Q or at least the sidebar like}

(I'm more laughing because this guy made himself OBVIOUS again but like, at least APOLOGIZE TO YOUNG ME for your sh*t d*MN) {That literally happened over 10+ years ago I Am Not Even Lying}

Anyway, they're all Queer

{Also, no, I do not allow Block-evaders Who Know They're Block Evading to use these imgs, and that's why people need to stop being absolute MASSIVE, KNOWING A-HOLES and start learning to actually have basic respect for your fellow shippers and fans in this fan-base, maybe then you could actually use their sh*t of ~your all's ships~!!!}

This has been Me channeling all my rage from the void of Young Me years from having to put up with these F*CKING 25+ Yr long Ship-wars

#koushirouizumi personal #koushirouizumi blog #digiadvs standom issues #adv standom issues #digiadvs standom homophobia #digiadvs standom biphobia #digiadvs standom queerphobia #(Guess Who I Just Had To Block For The 5th Gddmn Time since before and after this site was made)#(because ~~Its the Net Just Deal with Them~~)#(ALSO you all the Western fan base tOTALLY Did Not Exist pre L.J days it was Only On L.J that it Existed)#(Let's just ignore all the 90s web shrines that existed too!!1! Oh and how about the Link Lists and ship shrines and webrings and)#(Fictional Digi-Destined??? Those Definitely Didn't Exist in U.S. fan base nOPE)#(A U T I S T I C Fans who like Koushiro??? DUDE U JOKIN' I Am Not Actually But Thats GENUINELY how half of you sound!!!)#('M E T A'? Oh thats an L.J. concept its not like these terms existed bEFOrE L.J. or aNYTHING In The West TM)#(Noooo you all I just have to ~~sit back and deal w the trolls~~ and fan base history erasing because ~~Standoms gonna Standom~~)

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lighthouseas · 2 years

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I’m a on a Digimon kick rn and...

I love this stupid kid and his computer obsession

KOUSHIROU/IZZY IDC I LOVE HIM

He’s so relatable

Also these two. These two are my comfort ship. His crush on Mimi is so fucking adorable I can’t take it

#digimon #this was my childhood show y'all #koushiro izumi #izzy izumi #mimi tachikawa #digimon adventure #digimon adventure 02 #digimon adventure tri #koumi #koushiro x mimi #I KNOW EVERYONE LIKES JOE AND MIMI BUT C'MON #SEEING THIS KID SHOW ACTUAL EMOTION JUST MAKES MY HEART GO BOOM #phoebe speaks

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izzyizumi · 2 years

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Digimon Adventure[s] ~ Adventure, 02, tri. featuring DUO/Friendship/SHIP: KouMi[mi] / Koushiro[u] Izumi [Koushiro “Izzy” Izumi in US] x Mimi Tachikawa ~ 10 Personal Favorite MOMENTS & Interactions

BONUS:

{second part of the 02 ep; Koushiro had contacted Mimi after all, telling her about the gate that opened}:

{Adventure Ep 13; Standing up in support at the words of the current “Leader”; Compare to the Parallel / moment in Tri Movie #5}:

{Digimon Adventure tri. Stage Play; Koushiro actually attempts to make a ‘joke’ for once in his life! and tries it on Mimi showing he has in actuality grown comfortable enough around her to now do so}:

gifs by @izzyizumi, {DO NOT REPOST} {DO NOT REMOVE CAPTION}

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patamon · 3 years

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Gif request meme: sent by @stoppingtosmelltheflowers:

#14 with Mimi and Koushiro from the Revenge of Diaboromon/Diabormon Strikes Back 02 movie? I don't have a specific scene in mind because all of their interactions in it are pure hilarity.

Please send me yours :3 || All prompts here

#Digimon #Digimon Adventure #Digimon Adventure 02 #Digimon Adventure tri #digigifs #digimonedit #Koushiro Izumi #Mimi Tachikawa #koumi #Breegifs #throwbackblr #gif request meme

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nina-a-pines · 3 years

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I forgot how much I missed just starring at this

I have my issues with the 02 finale but this single part of this frame just gives me so much joy. It looks like my OTP have a family!

#koumi #michiro #Digimon Adventure 02

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jippy-kandi · 3 years

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The Sorato Discord Server is four months old and we’ve surpassed 100 members! :D

Discord is primarily a text-based group chat or private forum. And while we are a Sorato community - and therefore everyone on the server ships Sorato - it’s definitely not the only thing we talk about! ;)

So whether your OTP is Michi, Takari, Koumi, Taito, etc. - but you at least like Sorato as well - you are more than welcome to join us! Our OTP might be Sorato, but most of us like a lot of other pairings too - as well as a lot of other series, movies, games, etc. It’s a lot of fun joking around with people with shared interests. So let’s become friends! :)

https://discord.gg/S28z89KZAQ

#sorato #michi #takari #koumi #taiyama #digimon #digimon adventure #digimon adventure 02 #digimon adventure tri #digimon adventure 2020 #digimon adventure last evolution kizuna #discord

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seventeenlovesthree · 1 year

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Fandom Shipping Polls - Mimi Tachikawa Shipping Analysis (Poll I + Poll II)

As pointed out in the main post, every single Chosen Child will get their individual analysis post to check on the status of the current popularity of their ships. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at Mimi, shall we!

The overall results / spreadsheet

Disclaimer: As the “Someone from 01/02″ and “Others” options from poll 1 and the “Someone from 01/02″ option from poll 2 have been excluded from the final analysis due to redundancy reasons and all results were culminated in another “final count”, the results will not be 1:1 to what the polls look like:

Overall votes: 127 (approx. 111 in sum after the exclusion), the main poll got 89 votes, the secondary poll got 38 votes.

The “Others” choice in the main poll received 4% (approx. 4 votes) and 2% (approx. 1 vote) in the secondary poll. The comments/tags did not specify any preferences here (aside from characters that were already part of the main choices).

Ship Analysis

1st place: As you may have guessed, I had already started to prepare the graphic designs a few days before the polls had ended - and I actually did expect Koushiro to win this one, considering how many times he had tied with Jou and actually surpassed him in the votes for the majority of the run-time. However, Jou (22%) picked up speed in the last few days and won with a lead of three votes in the end. Within the tumblr fandom - and especially throughout the last year -, the ship has gained visibly more attention than it has in other internet spheres, especially Japanese centric. Considering how their bond is displayed in the anime, framing their arcs to intertwine at several points in the timeline around the theme of “selfish choices vs own choices”, it is not surprising that they are viewed as viable romantic options for each other as well. They do discover their roles as supporting characters while also supporting each other just splendidly, with tiny hints of (mutual) affection sprinkled in, making it quite an appealing ship.

2nd place: Koushiro (19%) came in as second choice, despite the fact that he had led the poll by a marginal lead several times. And that is not surprising at all - as mentioned in his own analyis already, Koumi is considered to be one of the most popular Koushiro centric ships world-wide. This is due to their set-up in the series as being odd-balls of the same age while simultaneously bouncing off of each other very well as one of the go-to “opposites attract” dynamics. Additionally, Tri canonically made Koushiro crush on Mimi, solidifying a consistent fanon-headcanon (which usually goes the other way round, with her having a crush on him instead). While the portrayal of the crush was not appreciated everywhere equally, they have always been going strong for valid reasons.

3rd place: For the first time, we actually have an undeniable tie, as both Sora and Taichi received the exact same number of votes (14 = 13%). While Sora had comfortably remained as sole heir of the third spot for a long time, Taichi had slowly but steadily caught up to her - leaving several choices behind that will be thoroughly mentioned in the Honorary mentions section. Sora’s lead is easy to explain, as both girls have been supporting each other and growing together throughout the series, displaying a gentle and loving bond despite their obious differences in character and design. Taichi on the other hand may appear to be more of a subtle choice in canon, but enjoys a lot of popularity as potential partner for Mimi in fandom, due to their rare, yet endearing interactions with one another.

Honorary mentions: Here we have quite a number of interesting characters, such as Miyako (who had tied with Taichi for fourth place for quite some time, but ended at 9%), Meiko (7%), Yamato (6%) and Michael (5%). While Miyako, Meiko and Michael are usually shipped with Mimi due to their foundations in the anime - with Miyako and Meiko being clearly enchanted by her and Michael and her bonding during her time in America -, Yamato is among the male fanon favourites. As Honorary mention among the honorary mentions, Takeru (2%) can also be mentioned.

“The 1 vote squad”: This spot is reserved for for Ken (1%) and Wallace (1%).

“0 votes go to...”: Hikari, Daisuke and Iori received 0 votes each.

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What did the other polls say?

Mimi won Jou’s (38%) and Meiko’s (42%) polls, came in second in Koushiro’s (21%) and (technically) Sora’s (18%) and also finished third in Miyako’s (17%), thus making her one of the most represented choices in the “higher tiers”.

While Taichi and Yamato scored higher in Mimi’s own poll, she did not receive as many votes in their respective polls (5% and 4%), but still counts there as Honorable mention.

She was more of a niche choice in the polls for - surprisingly - Iori (2%), Takeru (1%) and Daisuke (1%).

In the polls for Ken and Hikari, she received 0 votes - just like Hikari did in her own, thus ruling Mikari out as viable ship completely.

Notable additions / comments / thoughts

While her polls did not receive the most amount of votes, it is quite clear that Mimi inherits the reputation as currently being one of the most popular Adventure characters overall. With 127 votes, Mimi came in fifth after Taichi, Ken, Takeru and Daisuke, and even though the overall numbers are still just a comparably small sample size, it still makes her the female character with the most votes - and the most diversity in the results so far. While Jou and Koushiro were never threatened to be surpassed as first and second place, the competition between them - as well as between Sora and Taichi as third place - had been tough. Plus, several characters (Miyako, Meiko, Yamato and Michael) surpassed the “niche” option of 1-2 votes, indicating that there is quite some variation in the way how and with whom people like to ship Mimi. There is also the (in my opinion very important) notion that she’s a highly popular choice not only in the polls for the male characters (Jou and Koushiro in particular) but also in the polls for the female characters (Meiko, Sora and Miyako in particular). Which is absolutely backed up by her canon portrayal, as she is having some of her most emotional character development moments during interactions with other female characters - while also displaying quite a tendency to be affectionate and physical with them. With some male characters, she may not share as many interactions in comparison, but due to her personality structure, openness, kindness and sincerity, it is absolutely understandable that the fandom enjoys the potential her relationships offer. Still, I really hope to reach a wider audience if I choose to repeat the polls once the fandom is not as quiet as it is right now.

The comments in the tags have only referred to the already mentioned choices (”MIYAKO” and “SORA”) in all caps in particular). So the “Others” option did not reveal any other potentially preferred suitors. This leaves room for speculation, but usually, the option is reserved for OC ships or for when people prefer to not ship a character at all or when they’re considered asexual (which will definitely be a future option to include as well!)