To quote Alien Vs. Predator, whoever wins... we lose.

There's only one rule to this: You have to pick a character based on their abilities. You cannot pick someone based on personal preferences. You also can't pick a character over another simply because you know that character (let's say that the two choices are Sven Holgersson from Voltron and Norway from Hetalia. You aren't allowed to pick Norway simply because you have no idea who Sven is).

Also, in the case of Hetalia characters, you cannot defend them or backup your choosing them by saying "he/she is a country", since they're not countries, but instead simply humans masquerading with their respective countries' names as their own names. As far as I and this tourney are concerned, the "he/she is a country" excuse holds no water and means jack shit. If you think otherwise, that's just too damn bad. Those are the rules, boys and girls. Besides, there's always the back button...

Since people are apparently too stupid and/or lazy to look up a character's name on Google, I'll leave links to Wiki articles (not the best source, I know) where you can read up on a character. Anyways...

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