Weekly VocaRan #153: Labor of Love

Vocaloid NND Weekly Ranking
Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #152 “Unselected”

It’s Labor Day in America, which means everyone gets the day off.  You would think this would apply to Vocaloid bloggers, too, but us being off actually means that we can all do our job.  Just take our word for it and enjoy this wonderful picture taken from my living room today.

Anyway, onward!

Naho’s Opening Statement:

August 31st is Miku-san’s third year anniversary! Happy birthday! I’m anticipating a barrage of greatness from here on out as well!

What kind of ranking will all of this result in… I can’t wait! Well, this week like the rest, let’s start with number 30.

Notes:

-Editors: Holocauxt, DTKel, Joe Mello, deztora, redemtion2, GreenSage, descent87, bunnychan
-Song Stats: Up (↑), Down (↓), Unmoved (→), Unranked (–), New (!!)

• #30: 【GUMI】　会いたい　【オリジナル曲】 (↓ 12)
  Wow, this really sounds like a J-Pop star =O Aww, its probably gone after this week.
• #29: 初音ミク　オリジナル曲　「ローリンガール」 (↓ 25)
  <no comment>
• #28: 初音ミク・巡音ルカ　オリジナル曲　「ワールズエンド・ダンスホール」 (↓ 15)
  <no comment>
• #27: Lilyオリジナル曲 　『Chloe』 (↓ 5)
  Lily seems to have already found a nice spot in the fandom It is a good song.
• #26: 【初音ミク】リフレクト【ゆっけのオリジナル】 (!!)
  <no comment>
• #25: 【初音ミク】　般若心経ハードコア　【アレンジ】 (!!)
  Is Miku capable of speed metal yelling? YES! I don’t know about the “metal screaming” but I would love a Vocaloid made just for that.
• #24: 初音ミクのオリジナル曲　人形と左目 -Full ver.- (↓14)
  Exploitation of 6/8 ftw
• #23: キヨテルとがくぽとKAITOでカラオケ【トークロイド】 (↑26)
  I’ve heard this three times and I’m still clueless >_>; I don’t understand it completely myself, but it’s adorable.
• #22: 【井の頭】Liar Girl【初音ミクオリジナル曲PV付き】 (!!)
  Nice basic J-pop.
• #21: 初音ミクアレンジ「般若心経ロック」 (!!)
  This song is ungodly catchy in any remix.
• #20: WAVEFILE/初音ミク (!!)
  Love the waveform in the heart Lamaze! Long time no see on the WVR~
• #19: 【鏡音レン】ボーダーランズ！【ロック気味オリジナル曲】 (!!)
  Apparently waveforms are popular. Great Len song, we need more.
• #18: 【初音ミク】みくみくにしてあげる♪【してやんよ】 (↑32)
  Congrats on 8mil views!
• #17: 【初音ミク】 白鋼〜shirogane〜 (最終版) 【オリジナル】 (–)
  <no comment>
• #16: Lily「リリリリ★バーニングナイト」【オリジナル曲】 (↓2)
  We all figured this was coming, I guess I’m rocking so many versions of this song, another hit from samfree.
• #15: 【初音ミク】バスルームガーデン【オリジナル曲】 (↓6)
  Still not liking it.
• #14: 【GUMI】モザイクロール【オリジナル曲PV付】 (↓8)
  <no comment>
• #13: 初音ミクオリジナル「エンカウンター」 (!!)
  I guess it was Miku’s B-day this week Not a bad song, but hmmm, not great tier either.
• #12: 【初音ミク】マダム・メリーゴーランド【オリジナル】 (!!)
  I love anything mothy does.
• #11: 【巡音ルカ】fanfan【オリジナル】 (!!)
  Are you a newer P? I’m digging it.

• THIS WEEK’S PICK-UP: 【VY1】Awakening!【オリジナル】 (#64)
  Looks like the new kid in town is starting to find her stride, too I will admit, she sounds amazing here.
• #10: 【巡音ルカ】 あばずれにブルースを 【オリジナルPV付】 (!!)
  Not enough people take advantage of Luka’s huskier voice.
• #9: 【初音ミク(ma10a)】　ne★gi　【オリジナル曲】 (!!)
  Miku rocking out on acoustic xD Love the song and video.
• #8: 初音ミクオリジナル曲 「Flowering」 (!!)
  I don’t usually mind high-pitched that much, but DAMN some of those notes make my ears hurt.;
• #7: 【初音ミク】 恋するミュータント 【オリジナルPV】 (!!)
  Will listen to a few times, but probably won’t keep it for long term.
• #6: 【初音ミクAppend】 心拍数♯0822 【オリジナル曲】 (↓3)
  THIS however, is a keeper.
• #5: 初音ミクオリジナル曲 「初音ミクとあそぼぅ！！(LONG VERSION)」 (!!)
  I love cosMo’s humor.
• #4: 【GUMI】 ロゼッタ 【オリジナルPV】 (!!)
  A little too high for me (at first I thought it was a higher Luka).

• THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: (WVR #100)
  This spot is for a look back at the VocaRan one year before. Here are the top five songs from that week.
  • H5: Sexy time Rin!
  • H4: I don’t remember this at all D: I don’t either. :/
  • H3: <no comment>
  • H2: *bopping head*
  • H1: Visually interesting ^w^=b Not really a fan of the song, but the PV is mind-blowing.
• #3: 【オリジナル曲PV】マトリョシカ【初音ミク・GUMI】 (↓1)
  God, this sounds like a UTAU, either Defoko or Teto (I feel ignorant ><) I wonder how long this will stay in the ranking. I do enjoy it.
• #2: 【初音ミク】般若心経ポップ【PVつき】 (!!)
  I think there’s a winning formula here.  I’m not sure what, why, or how, but there is. Simple beat, repetitive lyrics, and a PV that catches your eye. That’ll do it.
• #1: 【初音ミク】 深海少女 【オリジナル】 (!!)
  I like how the verse structure and continuous singing messes with the J-Pop standards a bit. Its J-pop, but yeah, a little different. Me likey.

• ED Song: 線路は続くよ【初音ミクオリジナル】

  <no comment>

In Other Vocaloid News:

The popular arcade game “Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Arcade” will begin its second song contest today. The cutoff day is October 17th (Sunday) at midnight (please note that midnight in Japan is approximately midday in America), so if you think your song can make it, show them what you’ve got!
(snip)
All right, here’s the rest of the ranking, starting from 31.

Final Thoughts/Analysis:

We’re now up to 11 weeks in a row with at least one score of 500k or more.  With the summer unofficially over, it’ll be interesting to see if there’s a drop-off or if the Summer of Scoring continues into September.

Ahhh, is summer already over? I guess it doesn’t feel so much like summer when you’re in a full-time job. *sigh* I guess we’ll see if people will continue w/ NND as much as the past view months, or will school/work start controling lives again?

…And so with that, we end this week’s Vocaloid Ranking review. We’ll be back next week with our regularly scheduled lack of bloggers.

((Quick note: if anyone has any clue what the second part of the Other Vocaloid News is talking about, please please please let me know. I’m really curious.)) @_@