SnK Chapter 112 Major Character Ranking Poll Results & Analysis
Hey Everyone! The results are in for my special mid-volume poll for Chapter 112! I had more participation this time than in any other previous month with more than 500 responses, so thank you all!
I normally conduct this poll only at the end of volumes, but wanted to do a special mid-volume poll this time around due to the shocking nature of Chapter 112 - Ignorance. Eren, in particular, did/said some things that were... controversial, and I wanted to see how his ranking would be impacted. Perhaps not surprisingly, his ranking hardly suffered, and he held firmly onto his first place position. However, there were some interesting changes this time:
Levi took 2nd place from Reiner! This might be attributable to the increased focus on Levi (and his character/past) in 112. He ranked a whole average rank higher this time (one of only two characters to do so).
Mikasa ALMOST made it into the top 5 this time. It's no secret she's my favorite character, so it was a lot of fun rooting for her (and damn, I really wanted to be like SHE MADE THE TOP 5 THIS TIME GUYS). She had the largest jump from the last poll, moving from 10th to 6th. She was also almost twice as likely as last time to end up in people's top 3 characters! 111 and 112 were both amazing chapters for Mikasa, and probably two of my favorite chapters of all time for that reason.
I think we are beginning to see the rise of Gabi. She came in 15th this time, up from 18th. Her average rank improved by only .4 and she was just as likely to end up in the Top 3 as she was in the previous poll, but her likelihood to end up in the bottom 3 went down significantly (28%, down from 40%)
Armin took 3rd place this time, knocking Reiner down to 4th place. This rank increase is one of the things I expected to see (for obvious reasons. Armin might have been my MVP for 112 as a chapter)
Reiner.... fourth place... it's almost certainly the result of simply not being seen in so long. Still oof though ;_; The Warriors, in general, all took hits - Pieck, Porco, Bertholdt, and Annie all saw their average rank get a bit worse.
Historia dropped too. Hard. To be fair, the results of the 110 poll were probably much more heavily influenced by the anime, so it's understandable. She hasn't been around much in the manga, so it's hard to think of another reason for this.
Floch made his debut in my poll this month, though I wouldn't say he was very successful. He came in 2nd to last place, doing better than only Porco (for some reason ;_;).
Character Ranking Correlations
In previous months, I've looked at how specific characters' rankings seem to impact the rankings of others. I did this by looking at people who put a specific character in their top 3, and comparing that group’s rankings to the overall group. This time, I put together a correlation matrix so that we can see the bigger picture of how these characters’ rankings relate to each other. (Right click and open the chart in a new tab, unless you have crazy good vision i guess)
How to read this chart: Values range from –1 (perfect negative correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation). This being a ranking poll, there will be no perfect correlations. Instead, interpret the values in this chart such that the more negative a value, the more negatively correlated two characters are. The more positive a value, the stronger the positive correlation. Values close to zero have basically no correlation. (I’ve highlighted the strongest correlations at either end of the spectrum)
Eren and Zeke have the strongest positive correlation of any two characters, and by quite a bit. Zeke and Eren only have one other strong positive correlation each: Floch.
Pieck and Porco have the second highest positive correlation of any pair. Aww shipping intensifies
Levi has an equally strong positive correlation with both Armin and Mikasa. Armin and Mikasa also have an almost equally strong correlation to eachother.
The highest negative correlation was actually between Reiner and Connie, which was a surprise. Connie also negatively correlates with Zeke, but more so with Reiner. I’d have expected that to go the other way.
2nd place for the most negatively correlated pair is a tie between Eren/Ymir and Levi/Porco.
Pokemon Starters
I definitely included this question for shits and giggles. I didn't really expect to find anything too interesting, but there are some cool things I noticed:
Armin!!! His overall average rank is 7.3, but amongst people who selected Bulbasaur and Pikachu, Armin performed significantly better. For perspective, Bulbasaur enthusiasts gave Armin an average rank of 5.8(coming in first place), which is better even than Eren performed in the overall rankings. Armin and Bulbasaur have the closest correlation of any character/pokemon combination. Armin performed almost as well with those who selected Pikachu, with an average rank of 6 and an overall rank of 2.
Mikasa performs best amongst people who selected Pikachu, with an average rank of 6.4 - which is a significant improvement from her overall average ranking of 8.1.
I kinda saw this coming when I added the option to select "No. Pokemon are slaves and FrEeDoM is all I care about" - but jeez. Amongst people who selected this, Eren has an average ranking of 3.8. I'm not sure I've ever seen a demographic that gives a character such an amazing ranking. lol. Found the Jaegerists! This is also the only pokemon group that put Floch higher than the overall group.
Squirtle is kinda a cool case, because people who chose this starter also tend to rank Reiner and Bertholdt better than the overall group. They both performed more than one whole average rank better here.
People who selected Eevee also tend to like Sasha and Jean a bit more, ranking them 1.5 and 1 whole average rank better than the overall group, respectively. People who selected Eevee also ranked both Jaeger brothers worse by more than 1.5 average ranks. Floch is usually with the Jaeger bros in these kinds of situations, so I was kinda interested to see that his hit wasn't nearly as bad here (only .5 average ranks worse).
This group was also the only group that did not rank Porco last. This little fact delights me.
Coffee vs. Tea
Another just-for-fun question, with a few interesting things worth pointing out:
When it comes to personal preference, tea wins with 36% of respondents having a preference for it.
People with a preference for coffee gave Zeke a ranking that was 1.4 average ranks higher than those who prefer tea. Floch follows a similar pattern, ranking 1 average rank higher.
People who prefer tea ranked both Sasha and Annie 1.2 average ranks higher than those who prefer coffee.
Notes
The purpose of my Major Character Ranking Poll is to follow the popularity of all major characters over time, not to rank only the characters that appeared in a certain volume or chapter. For this reason, the list of characters should remain mostly the same across polls - even if a character has been dead for more than 30 chapters.
I had a lot of fun with the bonus questions this time, and I’d be open to doing some more stuff kinda like that in the future. Please let me know if you have any ideas, or if you’re curious about a question that I could perhaps help to answer with the kind of data I collect. If you’d prefer to make a suggestion anonymously, you can do that in my Tumblr ask box (link).
Previous Results: Chapter 110 Major Character Ranking Poll
Thank you to everyone who participated this time! I’ll be back with another of these in the days after the official release of chapter 114! =]
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