Summer 2023 is behind us and it is time to pick our favorite characters of the season – specifically the best girl! Many loveable characters graced us with their presence this season in both new and returning titles. Last season Oshi no Ko girls dominated the top ten list, but this time around we did not have such a female-centric series.
Over 17,400 people cast votes for the 56 candidates in the Best Girl of Summer 2023 Anime Season poll and here are the winners. Sylphiette marked her return to the Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation series with a resounding win (7.04% of total votes), while Bungo Stray Dogs‘ Aya Koda was in the 2nd place. Rukia Kuchiki earned her third place with 5.78% of the votes. Fourth and fifth places went to Shizuka Mikazuki (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead) and Miyo Saimori (My Happy Marriage). Check out the full list of results:
| Rank | Title | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sylphiette | 7.04% |
| 2nd | Aya Koda | 6.03% |
| 3rd | Rukia Kuchiki | 5.78% |
| 4th | Shizuka Mikazuki | 5.53% |
| 5th | Miyo Saimori | 5.07% |
| 6th | Riko Amanai | 4.7% |
| 7th | Kyoko Hori | 3.99% |
| 8th | Aki Adagaki | 2.88% |
| 9th | Ai Mie | 2.86% |
| 10th | Aya Rindo | 2.65% |
| 11th | Elinalise Dragonroad | 2.65% |
| 12th | Cecilia | 2.48% |
| 13th | Kaoru Kamiya | 2.35% |
| 14th | Chizuru Mizuhara | 2.15% |
| 15th | Aika Natsukawa | 2.09% |
| 16th | Thea | 1.97% |
| 17th | Remi Ayasaki | 1.88% |
| 18th | Vamirio | 1.75% |
| 19th | Nanao Hibiya | 1.62% |
| 20th | Sakura Kono | 1.62% |
| 21st | Alice Lendrott | 1.53% |
| 22nd | Yayoi Hozuki | 1.47% |
| 23rd | Ritsuko Akine | 1.45% |
| 24th | Mini Yaemori | 1.45% |
| 25th | Shiori Katase | 1.36% |
| 26th | Eiko Hozuki | 1.35% |
| 27th | Yoshino Kowai | 1.33% |
| 28th | Saku Fukuzawa | 1.32% |
| 29th | Ellie | 1.22% |
| 30th | Ann Halford | 1.21% |
| 31st | Ruka Sarashina | 1.14% |
| 32nd | Pride Royal Ivy | 1.13% |
| 33rd | Emi Yusa | 1.13% |
| 34th | Charlotte Zenfis | 1.1% |
| 35th | Lammis | 1.06% |
| 36th | Shirayuki Himeji | 0.96% |
| 37th | Reisalin “Ryza” Stout | 0.92% |
| 38th | Annett | 0.91% |
| 39th | Sariphi | 0.87% |
| 40th | Qiao Ling | 0.84% |
| 41st | Sophie | 0.84% |
| 42nd | Sarasa Saionji | 0.82% |
| 43rd | Maou | 0.77% |
| 44th | Arnest Flaming | 0.69% |
| 45th | Kei Ashida | 0.67% |
| 46th | Cuff | 0.65% |
| 47th | Emily Brown | 0.65% |
| 48th | Licorice Mille Hubarek | 0.63% |
| 49th | Tomori Takamatsu | 0.54% |
| 50th | Yohane | 0.52% |
| 51st | Klaudia Valentz | 0.48% |
| 52nd | Botan Nagatsuki | 0.45% |
| 53rd | Tiara Royal Ivy | 0.42% |
| 54th | Noir | 0.4% |
| 55th | Soyo Nagasaki | 0.37% |
| 56th | Risa Higuchi | 0.25% |
And those are the full results of the Best Girl of the Summer 2023 anime season! What do you think of the results? Who had the best arc?
Featured image:
Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5; © Kafka Asagiri, Harukawa35/KADOKAWA/Bungo Stray Dogs Production Committee
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2: © TITE KUBO / SHUEISHA, TV TOKYO, dentsu, Pierrot
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead; © Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata, Shogakukan / Zom100 Project
My Happy Marriage; © Akumi Agitogi, Tsukiho Tsukioka/KADOKAWA/My Happy Ｍarriage Partners
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation; © Rifujin na Magonote/MF Books/”Mushoku Tensei” Production Committee