{"rewrite":{"id":"r_36a8f2ea86b3341e88336fd9","clusterId":"c_394a69a2849ae7f61c9d20e7","slug":"marida-cruz-tops-gundam-heroine-poll-with-3-243-voters","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Marida Cruz Tops Gundam Heroine Poll With 3,243 Voters","summary":"A Minna no Ranking poll with 3,243 participants and 14,626 votes placed Marida Cruz of Mobile Suit Gundam UC first among all-time Gundam heroines at 90.9 points, ahead of Aina Sahalin at 85.6. Sayla Mass is third and Elpeo Ple and Haman Karn tie at 81.1 points. Nine of the top 10 come from Universal Century works; Tiffa Adill of After War Gundam X is the exception at seventh.","whyItMatters":"The poll's top 10 is almost entirely Universal Century, and the comments Magmix cites center on cyber Newtypes as war's casualties, so the ranking reads as a measure of which Gundam women fans still argue about rather than which series is newest.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMarida Cruz drew 969 raters, the most of any character in the top 20, and finished more than five points clear of second place. Her placement also links the list internally: Marida is Ple Twelve, a clone of Elpeo Ple, who sits fifth.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZ and ZZ characters take five of the ten spots. The comments Magmix quotes lean toward sympathy for cyber Newtypes caught in the war, and the three characters fans name as the \u0026#34;three great saints\u0026#34; all made the cut. Lacus Clyne, with more raters than second-place Aina, finished 17th.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour Murasame (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)\u003c/strong\u003e: 10th place\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Sheen (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)\u003c/strong\u003e: 9th place\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMineva Zabi (Mobile Suit Gundam UC)\u003c/strong\u003e: 8th place\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTiffa Adill (After War Gundam X)\u003c/strong\u003e: 7th place, the only top-10 entry outside the Universal Century\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaman Karn (Mobile Suit Z Gundam)\u003c/strong\u003e: 6th place, 81.1 points\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElpeo Ple (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ)\u003c/strong\u003e: 5th place, 81.1 points, ranked above Haman on a tie\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoux Louka (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ)\u003c/strong\u003e: 4th place\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSayla Mass (Mobile Suit Gundam)\u003c/strong\u003e: 3rd place\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAina Sahalin (Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team)\u003c/strong\u003e: 2nd place, 85.6 points\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarida Cruz (Mobile Suit Gundam UC)\u003c/strong\u003e: 1st place, 90.9 points, 969 raters\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Marida Cruz topping the poll at 90.9 points says as much about which Gundam stories still register with voters as it does about her. Nine of the top 10 are Universal Century, and Tiffa Adill is the lone outlier.","twitterPost":"Marida Cruz wins at 90.9, but the shape of the poll is the detail: nine of the top 10 heroines are Universal Century, with Tiffa Adill the only exception.","threadsPost":"Marida Cruz takes first at 90.9 points, ahead of Aina Sahalin at 85.6. The spread underneath is the more telling number: nine of the top 10 from Mobile Suit Gundam are Universal Century heroines, and Tiffa Adill of After War Gundam X is the only entry from outside that timeline.","newsletterBlurb":"A Minna no Ranking poll of 3,243 participants put Marida Cruz of Gundam UC at the top of the all-time Gundam heroine list, ahead of Aina Sahalin and Sayla Mass. Nine of the top 10 come from Universal Century works. Elpeo Ple and Haman Karn tied on points, with Ple placed higher.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Magmix\",\"url\":\"https://magmix.jp/post/382115\",\"title\":\"3243 People Chose the Top 10 Gundam Heroines! 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