List of Strawberry Panic! short stories
Round 8 (December 2004 issue)
### Round 8 (December 2004 issue)

| Ranking | Character | Votes |
|  | | | | |
| 01 | Amane | 310 |
| 02 | Yaya | 139 |
| 03 | Nagisa | 105 |
| 04 | Tamao | 93 |
| 05 | Chikaru | 82 |
| 06 | Kizuna | 70 |
| 06 | Tsubomi | 70 |
| 08 | Shizuma | 61 |
| 09 | Kagome | 44 |
| 10 | Chiyo | 43 |
| 11 | Remon | 21 |
|Hikari was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.


Why was Hikari exempt from voting in Round 8?