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ari101

Ehime - Supposedly yellow stands for happiness, green for peace and white for simplicity and purity. In any case I like it

quickbeam

Ehime - different from most here with the borders, and pleasing colour combo.

Purgative

Like both but Ehime

davetherave

Ehime. Could go far in this. Nice colour combination.

BrianBoru00

Ehime - mesmirising.
quite like Nara too but Ehime has something soothing about it

JP Liz V1

Ehime is like summer sun

Omackeral

With a convincing performance...

Ehime advances to the Quarter Finals

Omackeral

That concludes Round 2. Here are your Elite Eight in alphabetical order, which we'll sort out on another day;

Aichi

Ehime

Fukuoka

Hokkaido

Niigata

Okayama

Saitama

Shizuoka

Omackeral

Guys, quarter final action kicking off in 10 minutes

Each match will have a 25 minute time limit with the usual caveats.

Omackeral

Quarter Final 1

Aichi



vs

Saitama

cdeb

Aichi. Background colour is better, and the pattern is somehow nicer and more contained.

JP Liz V1

Aichi more a happy flag with emoji

Reberetta

Aichi

Purgative

Aichi nicer colour, tidier symbol

KathleenGrant

Aichi
White stylized Hiragana character of Aichi on wine red colour field. The emblem also expresses sunrise and wave to indicate Aichi's location facing the Pacific Ocean.

Saitama
Sixteen red ornamental beads on white field. Saitama means ornamental bead and 16 beads in circle represent sun, development and strength. White stands for purity and friendship


I seem to be alone here but I like Saitama, I like the colour red, the beads are very pretty.

Also Urawa Red Diamonds are my favourite Japanese team. Urawa city was in Saitama.

davetherave

Aichi. I really like that symbol, it seems very uplifting.

ari101

I prefer Saitama but am too late, and appear solidly beaten regardless

Omackeral

First flag claims it's spot in the Final Four

Aichi advances to the Semi Final

Omackeral

Quarter Final 2

Hokkaido



vs

Ehime

quickbeam

Ehime - the most unusual one left, I think. I like the colour scheme, and it's less Union Jack-like than the other.

Barna77

Hokkaido for the win. They are a one island prefecture.

ari101

Ahhhhh - this is tough, it's like apples and oranges here - I'm gonna vote for ... Ehime; bright, cheerful, different

Purgative

I like them both. They're both unusual but Ehime.

Cosmo Kramer

Tight, but I'm going to give my vote to Ehime here. Mainly because it is so different to all the others.

Hopefully my vote counts for more than my vote in the Scottish Elections yesterday did!

Zaph

Ehime - prefer the colour combination and design

JP Liz V1

Ehime nicer brighter colours

Sawduck

Ehime really nice colours

KathleenGrant

Hokkaido
White fringed red 7 points star on blue field. Blue represents sea and sky of Hokkaido, red stands for people's energy and white for light and snow. Star stands for hope and development


Ehime
Losing my touch. can't find anything.


Ehime
Because it's pretty and doesn't look as much a geometric logo as the others.

Earthhorse

Both bad flags. Ehime edges it.

Omackeral

Fairly unanimous. My favourite says sayonara.

Ehime advances to the Semi Final

Omackeral

Quarter Final 3

Fukuoka



vs

Niigata

quickbeam

Fukuoka - for its Celtic vibe.

ari101

Fukuoka I just love those colours and the plum flower is pretty

davetherave

Fukuoka, the other one doesn't know whether it wants to be Chinese or something Elvish. That's far too vague for a flag. This is serious business. My reasoning for Fukuoka stands as per the last round.

Fukuoka - Blue beats purple and there is endless things that it could represent, a Celtic knot, Spaghetti Junction on the M6 outside of Birmingham, an octopus doing his best Harry Houdini escapism act, a poorly designed version of the 5 rings on some knock-off, cheap, fake Olympic Games merchandise?

Purgative

Niigata prefer the colours and design. Not sure about the celtic knot.

cdeb

Niigata. Love the yellow on red

KathleenGrant

Fukuoka
White plum flower emblem on light blue field. Plum is a prefecture flower and the emblem stands for harmony and progress of people.

Niigata
The emblem represents friendship and hope of people.

I prefer Niigata. I love yellow and red on the flags

Barna77

Niigata, yellow and red obviously is a good combination

If I want Celtic knots, I'll check the book of kells or riverdance

Omackeral wrote: »

Fairly unanimous. My favourite says sayonara.

Ehime advances to the Semi Final

まさか!!

BrianBoru00

Fukuoka - simple and i like a symmetrical design

Cosmo Kramer

Fukuoka, has a nice flow to it.

Zaph

Niigata - the yellow on red is very striking

Omackeral

It's a tie... Standby for a decision...

Citizenpain

Late at work...would have gone with Niigata

Omackeral

This is a tough one but I'm gonna consider that some posters touched on the same ideas and they're ones I agree with. The flow and the symmetry as mentioned here;

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

Fukuoka - simple and i like a symmetrical design

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Fukuoka, has a nice flow to it.

I have to admit, though, davetherave's reason is probably what clinches it though.

davetherave wrote: »

Fukuoka, the other one doesn't know whether it wants to be Chinese or something Elvish. That's far too vague for a flag. This is serious business. My reasoning for Fukuoka stands as per the last round.

Fukuoka - Blue beats purple and there is endless things that it could represent, a Celtic knot, Spaghetti Junction on the M6 outside of Birmingham, an octopus doing his best Harry Houdini escapism act, a poorly designed version of the 5 rings on some knock-off, cheap, fake Olympic Games merchandise?

Fukuoka advances to the Semi Final

Omackeral

Quarter Final 4

Shizuoka



vs

Okayama

JP Liz V1

Fukuoka as it gives a sea vibe

Purgative

Shizuoka orange on blue, very effective.

JP Liz V1

Okayama, Japan's Barney colour is more striking

Cosmo Kramer

Definitely Shizuoka here, my favourite by a distance in this competition.

Colours, design, mountain, everything works.

Pawwed Rig

Shizuoka best flag in competition