#group stage B

[k3fanblog]

Overview group stage B

The first group stage is over and the first 20 non-singles have been selected for the bracket. 40 more songs have been selected for a 2nd chance to enter the bracket:

They have been divided over 4 groups and the first 3 of each group will continue to the bracket (it is possible their seeding will be unfortunate though)

Every group started at the same time and all polls lasted a week

Link to every poll:

Poule B1

Winner: Wanneer zie ik jou terug; 2nd place after a tie-break: Zonnestraaltje; 3rd place after a tie-break: Altijd van je dromen

Poule B2

Winner: Giddy-up-a-gogo; 2nd place after two tie-breaks: Laat de wind maar waaien; 3rd place: Ra-ta-ta-ta

Poule B3

Winner: Hokus Pokus Dikke Dokus; 2nd place after a tie-break: Telepathie; 3rd place: Opa

Poule B4

Winner: De weddenschapsgospel; 2nd place after two tie-breaks: Liefde geeft je vleugels; 3rd place: Verliefd zijn

Link to the whole bracket

#best k3 song bracket #k3 #group stage B

[wlw-webcomic-bracket]

Eddie Kaspbrak introduction

Lucy Marlowe introduction

How the round robin group stage works

#out of the blue #eddie kaspbrak #never satisfied #lucy marlowe #group stage group B

[bbaenghee]

Bain - River @ Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survivor ep. 4

#bain #just b #malegroupsnet #kflops #build up #nugudom #kpopedit #kpopccc #kpopco #kpop #mnet #idk much about this kid and his group but just felt obligated to make sth bc this stage with river was mind blowing #he needs recognition 🤲 #song byeonghee #mnet build up

[undertale-ost-tournament]

STAGE 1, GROUP B

Top 2 qualify, 3rd has a chance.

Music under the cut.

#polls #group stage #undertale ost tournament #undertale music #undertale ost #undertale #toby fox #its showtime! #it's showtime! #mettaton #waterfall #oh! one true love #live report #group b #Bandcamp

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group B Round 2: #B1 vs #B2

#B1: Coming-of-age story set in a “utopia”

#B2: High school performers

Titles, propagandas, trailers, and poll under the cut!

#B1: From the New World (Shinsekai Yori)

Summary:

In the town of Kamisu 66, 12-year-old Saki Watanabe has just awakened to her psychic powers and is relieved to rejoin her friends—the mischievous Satoru Asahina, the shy Mamoru Itou, the cheerful Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma, a mysterious boy whom Saki admires—at Sage Academy, a special school for psychics. However, unease looms as Saki begins to question the fate of those unable to awaken to their powers, and the children begin to get involved with secretive matters such as the rumored Tainted Cats said to abduct children. Shinsekai yori tells the unique coming-of-age story of Saki and her friends as they journey to grow into their roles in the supposed utopia. Accepting these roles, however, might not come easy when faced with the dark and shocking truths of society, and the impending havoc born from the new world.

Propaganda:

Shinsekai Yori is not the flashiest show, or the fastest pace, but the slow and steady build of the horror and mystery will keep you entranced from beginning to end.

At its heart, this show is a coming-of-age story. We follow the protagonist from her childhood to adulthood, with all the messiness in between. From puberty and discovering sexuality, to learning the darker truths of society and having to live with unwanted knowledge, we see through Saki’s eyes. The setting of this world is a post apocalyptic future, and what society has been rebuilt as is one of the main mysteries we discovered.

This show is very complex and dark and sad, but it’s absolutely beautiful. The visuals, backgrounds, character expressions, music all come together to create something truly unique. The only show I know to compare it to might be Psycho-Pass, for it’s similarly deep deconstruction of society. However, whereas Psycho Pass is one of the most praised anime of all time, Shinsekai Yori is barely known. This is a shame, because it truly has something special to say that everyone can relate to. How hard growing up can be, fighting against your own hormones, traditions, adults, family, friends, your moral code.

This is not a happy story; it’s a bittersweet, cautionary tale.

Trigger Warnings: Animal Cruelty or Death, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Suicide

#B2: Kageki Shoujo!!

Summary:

After being forced to graduate from JPX48 following a controversial incident with a male fan, Ai Narata swears to never interact with another man ever again. Using her talents and strong desire to get away from men, Ai auditions for the exclusive all-female Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. The school is renowned for producing the best actresses that go on to perform in the famous all-female Kouka Theatre Troupe. Coming from the idol industry, Ai is the perfect candidate for the school's hundredth generation class, but her aloof demeanor alienates her from her classmates. The eccentric Sarasa Watanabe is the only person who wishes to become Ai's friend. She enters Kouka with the goal of becoming a top "otokoyaku" performer—an actress that plays traditionally male roles. After seeing a Kouka performance of The Rose of Versailles when she was younger, Sarasa dreams of performing as Lady Oscar one day. Unfortunately, Sarasa's inability to read a room causes friction between her and her classmates, including Ai, who reluctantly becomes her roommate and partner in many of their classes. Succeeding at Kouka will involve more than just raw talent for these young girls as jealousy, deceit, and the harsh realities of show business put their mental fortitude to the test. Will Sarasa and Ai be able to rise to the top and stand on the silver bridge?

Propaganda:

If theatre setting/schools is your thing, you’re probably going to love this series! We follow our protagonists and their schoolmates following their dreams to become actresses for the prestigious Kouka Revue. Not an easy road as they will have to face and overcome many challenges, the hardest ones coming from themselves. Indeed, the story is not afraid to address sensitive topics and their resulting traumas (see TW list) always rightfully handed. These episodes may be a bit hard to see if you’re sensitive to these topics, but the show never leaves you in discomfort: everything is properly addressed, and characters are cared for realistically.

The characters are all very well-written, portraying individuals with way more depth than they may appear at first glance. We follow their growth—or its start—during the series. Sarasa is a walking sunbeam, and her blooming friendship with the withdrawn Ai is a delight to watch. We learn to know—and love—all their classmates as well, as episodes switch focus to one or the other.

The OST is really good, with a catchy opening, and no less than five different versions of the ending song, a fabulous duet voiced by the cast! The animation features really pretty art with iconic details like the stars in Sarasa’s eyes. The series is a homage to Takarazuka and scatter references to famous real-life Revues and older famous shôujo manga series like “Versailles no Bara” or “Glass no Kamen”. Actually, it feels like a modernized version of their essence: roses, sparkles, spotlight, drama, all while staying safe!

This anime is like candy for eyes and soul, and I really hope we'll get a season 2 to explore the girls' voices further!

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Pedophilia, Self-Harm

Nothing is too graphical nor explicit, just the right amount to let the unsettling situations be clear enough to watchers, and they’re always addressed correctly.

Child abuse/ Pedophilia: episode 3 (+4), about Ai’s traumas

Self-harm: episode 5 focuses on a girl with an eating disorder, forcing herself to vomit (not sure if that really counts as TW?)

When reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

If you want to criticize one of the shows above to give the one you’re rooting for an advantage, then do so constructively. I do not tolerate groundless hate or slander on this blog. If I catch you doing such a thing in the notes, be it in the tags or reblogs, I will block you.

Know one of the shows above and not satisfied with how they’re presented in this tournament? Just fill up this form, where you can submit revisions for taglines, propaganda, trigger warnings, and/or video.

#anime #best underrated anime #polls #poll tournament #tournament #anime tournament #animation #group stage #group stage round 2 #tournament polls #from the new world #shin sekai yori #shinsekai yori #kageki shoujo #kageki shoujo!! #group b

[csh-tournament]

STAGE 1, GROUP B

Bodys vs Anchorite (Love You Very Much) vs you have to go to college vs the ghost of bob saget

Top 2 qualify, 3rd has a chance, 4th is eliminated

Reblogs appreciated for bigger sample size

Listen to each song below

#car seat headrest tournament #polls #stage 1 #group b #car seat headrest #csh #Youtube

[calciopics]

UEFA Champions League 2023/24 - Group Stage Draw

#uefa champions league #Season 2023/24 #Group Stage Draw #Group A #bayern munich #manchester united #copenhagen #galatasaray #Group B #sevilla #Arsenal #PSV #Lens #Napoli #real madrid #Braga #Union Berlin #Group C #Group D #Benfica #Inter #salzburg #real sociedad #Group E #atletico madrid #feyenoord #Lazio #Celtic #Group F #PSG

[fructidors]

standing directly in front of (under?) john during the spontaneous unplugged performance of memories due to technical difficulties from this show was honest to god one of the top 10 musical moments of my entire life. the moment at the very end when the sound kicks back in just as he hits the final chorus? i genuinely think i understand what it felt like to be in the crowd at the newport folk in 64 when dylan went electric

#semi unrelated but the contradictory lore/urban legends behind that dylan performance is actually so fascinating to me #theres this general narrative that it outraged pete seeger (including that he tried to take an axe to the cables?) and the crowd booed dyla #and while most accounts have pete reacting negatively the two narratives i've heard are a. that pete's elderly father was at the performanc #and the noise was upsetting him and b. that pete thought dylan's lyrics were too important to be drowned out by the excessive noise #the second one comes from pete himself iirc #and the axe thing seems to come from the fact that another act performing that day was a group of prison singers and as part of their #performance (which pete had arranged) they were chopping a large stump on stage with axes to keep time #so it was likely mixed up narratives regarding that? #also i think they had the director of the festival listen back to the tapes of the crowd booing dylan and he said that they were booing the #fact that dylan was being forced to leave the stage after exceeding his allotted time #so. the more you know! #the mountain goats

[floorpancakes]

i refuse to let clamp off the hook for underutilising himawari's fucking fascinating character setup and traits but on a less serious level im obsessed with the concept of her as an instigator of chaos.

like she's way less airheaded than she seems and it doesn't come off like Default Airhead Girl Behaviour or even Default Girl Companion That Ships Her Friends primarily (like not as hard as some other series by comparison I mean she's very I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE by default) specifically she just seems like someone that thoroughly enjoys being a little shit in a sincere way and giggling at her dumbass friends and has a shade of high emotional intelligence about it all. like she's just girl of all time. she's i don't know where im going with this just take this low effort meme from when i watched the holic stage play on youtube this isn't a coherent thought it's like 2am ill come up with better thoughts later

#ive seen kaguya sama and i know chika is a little bit rotted as a human being but we need to think about himas agent of chaos potential #this is all my personal intepretation but in general i find her a very cool character and working with the barebones framework is still fun #shes got so many interesting character traits #like how shes totally hooked on horror and spooky stuff more than the guys #but it has a distinct contrast with her deep fucking trauma and daily struggles with her curse-but-not-cause #theres smth that feels part coping mechanism part catharsis and part just straight up gap moe abt that #like....girl of all time #also her being depicted a lot either in rly bright sunny tones OR gothic lolita and no inbetween #i mean the joy of holic is everyone is basically posable dolls dressed up in whatever outfits you want but like its still a theme #and like we are given tidbits and small bits and pieces of her personality and interests and its not enough but its rly cool to think abt #they underused her frfr but what we do learn in how she reacts to stuff and bounces off other characters is so AAA #its wild how shes kinda a main character but kinda not in such a deeply fleshed out character driven story #i know shes a key player w loads of strong emotional moments but shes overshadowed a lot and it makes me wanna write mad headcanons #i find myself wondering how she copes day to day with her situation and how itd impact her personality around other people and self image #IDK you could write entire books abt her #but mostly: shes sillay #shes a little bit of a blank slate fill in the gaps but my brain is more than happy to supplement vibes and guesses #hima does not read as het to me because queer friendship groups work on stand user logic #i have a few fic ideas where it deep dives on her life as an adult and her push and pull w social interaction #but its early days on that so any details would b not very interesting past the conceot stage lol #i rly gotta get my ass to writing more fic but brain is a fuck writing longform is haaard unless its like idk visual novel formatting #anyway this is just nothing im not aiming for interaction here i just have half baked thoughts abt himawari the girl of all time #also hima kinda goes through hell and back so doing her dumbass 3 person comedy routine w her dumbass frisnds must be of big fuckin solace #its like that post about just being a girl who wants to have fun . she wants to have fun w friends #AND THAT IS OK justice for hima idk i love her even if she got the short end of the stick for deeply long term focused character writing

[jentlemahae]

the way that bully girl is defended by hybe is actually appalling

#sorry im mad i just saw they made her center ??????? what the actual hell #1) shes a criminal !! and 2) she cant sing cant dance has no stage presence or charisma whatsoever like ?! #i was mentally comparing how that b/rat is treated by hybe vs how yg treats jn and is actually maddening #jn literally pulls the group and she gets nothing while garam can just waltz in w her untalented self and have a corporation going to battle #for her ???????? what #sorry i am very annoyed by all this #esp after hearing that the victim may having been disabled like i literally need to beat her up

[k3fanblog]

Best K3 song bracket!

Link to the whole bracket

#best k3 song bracket #k3 #group stage B #polls

[wlw-webcomic-bracket]

Eddie Kaspbrak introduction

Fenic introduction

How the round robin group stage works

#out of the blue #eddie kaspbrak #goodbye to halos #fenic #group stage group B

[seokmattchuus]

Kepler covered I.O.I 💀 They taking all the produce bops when they have gp999 songs they could release as a group

#dumb fuck ted talk #like i get the whole covering songs but they also have decent b sides they could perform #but as a temp group i've never seen them not perform a concept mission song at all #their b sides are stage worthy #i don't get why they have to take produce group songs #i'd rather seem dreams or downtown #something dreamy y'know. something that they pull off well #i feel like covering other groups songs can only last for so long

[lonelyasawhisper]

hey! i see you were close to the b stage, what time did you get to the venue and how well could you see the main stage, if you don't mind me asking?

Hi! We got to the O2 around 1pm-ish and my friend (#81) luckily got barricade in front of the b-stage after someone else left for another spot and I (#80) was behind her. I would say I could see the main stage pretty well (the photos are my view if you want a reference) and my friend’s view got a little bit blocked by the light projector in front of her (she took the videos), which sometimes covers Brian on the main stage.

What I see, my iphone camera’s lens at 1x.

What I see, my iphone camera’s lens at 2x.

Overall, we see pretty much everything - the main stage, the big screen with the graphics, the b-stage and it’s a phenomenal view. If you get a good spot near the b-stage with nothing blocking your sight, you’re pretty much good to go. But if you want to watch Roger up close for most of the show, you might want to get closer to the main stage since where we were, we had to refer to the big screen for shots of Roger when he’s not out on the b-stage. He mostly gets covered by the drum set from our perspective. Hope this helps!

#I assume you’re also going to the O2? if not it might be a bit different to you but probably not drastically #our show was on a Friday night and it was london O2 #we went to the first show in Birmingham on a Saturday night also around 1-ish and there were fewer people there queuing at that time #we were no49 and no50 making us the last two in the first group of GA standing ticket holders to be let in and that time the barricade for #the b-stage and the runway on the right side were completely empty. most people who got in before us crowded around the main stage and #the runway on the left side. there were also a few people on the right hugging the main stage barricade. but for the O2 by the time we got #in I think pretty much there were people (not a lot but still) around the barricade of the entire stage #so it depends on the venue and place really #ask #anon

[undertale-ost-tournament]

This doesn't really qualify as propaganda, but I want to share @apyrisol's tags, because it makes me so happy to see this tournament reaching people who really care about these tracks, and I love seeing tags like these in my inbox. Please, keep it up.

#propaganda #group stage #group a #group b #group c #group d #group e #group f #I'm mostly only going to tag the tracks you chose. #shes playing piano #she's playing piano #undyne #his theme #asriel dreemurr #asriel #waterfall #finale #flowey #omega flowey #photoshop flowey #here we are #alphys #small shock #asgore #asgore dreemurr #it's raining somewhere else #its raining somewhere else #undertale ost tournament #undertale music #undertale ost

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group B Round 1: #B8 vs #B1

#B8: Middle school idol drama

Eighth-grader Ayase Naru becomes the manager of local fashion store Prism Stone. Here, she begins learning “prism shows,” which is an idol show performed on ice skates.

She meets a girl named Rinne, who asks her if she can see rainbow music. She then goes on to enter many tournaments with her friends and uncover the mysteries of the prism world.

#B1: Coming-of-age story set in a “utopia”

Tells the unique coming-of-age story of Saki and her friends as they journey to grow into their roles in the supposed utopia. Accepting these roles, however, might not come easy when faced with the dark and shocking truths of society, and the impending havoc born from the new world.

Titles, propagandas, trailers, and poll under the cut!

#B8: Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live

Propaganda:

WHERE DO I START.

First off: Lesbian activities. Ayase Naru and Rinne Amagi are very close friends and even end up living together. Naru is also only one of the few characters without a proper love interest which really helps further the Naru/Rinne ship.

Otoha Takanashi: often talks about fairy tales, but the only characters she ever sees as Princes are women. Baby lesbian, I love her.

Second: DRAMA. So two of the characters (Ito and Kouji) actually start dating, but their parents do not approve for reasons they are evasive about until it is later revealed in the story—[This part of the propaganda has been cut by admin due to possible spoilers]

Third: banger music. This series includes many covers of popular 90s dance tracks from band TRF, which I am fond of. It also has a lot of unique music written for the show itself which is also good, especially for a children’s show.

Trigger Warnings: It might need the emotional abuse tag for specifically one of the characters’ parents, who is a pretty extreme perfectionist when it comes to her daughter. But nothing else aside from that. It’s a kids’ show, so it never goes that far in terms of actual harm. Most things also get resolved peacefully.

#B1: From the New World (Shinsekai Yori)

Propaganda:

Shinsekai Yori is not the flashiest show, or the fastest pace, but the slow and steady build of the horror and mystery will keep you entranced from beginning to end.

At it’s heart, this show is a coming-of-age story. We follow the protagonist from her childhood to adulthood, with all the messiness in between. From puberty and discovering sexuality, to learning the darker truths of society and having to live with unwanted knowledge, we see through Saki’s eyes. The setting of this world is a post apocalyptic future, and what society has been rebuilt as is one of the main mysteries we discovered.

This show is very complex and dark and sad, but it’s absolutely beautiful. The visuals, backgrounds, character expressions, music all come together to create something truly unique. The only show I know to compare it to might be Psycho-Pass, for it’s similarly deep deconstruction of society. However, whereas Psycho Pass is one of the most praised anime of all time, Shinsekai Yori is barely known. This is a shame, because it truly has something special to say that everyone can relate to. How hard growing up can be, fighting against your own hormones, traditions, adults, family, friends, your moral code.

This is not a happy story; it’s a bittersweet, cautionary tale.

Trigger Warnings: Animal Cruelty or Death, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Suicide

If you’re reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

#anime #best underrated anime #polls #poll tournament #tournament #anime tournament #animation #animated show #group stage #group stage round 1 #tournament polls #pretty rhythm: rainbow live #from the new world #pretty rhythm rainbow live #shinsekai yori #group b