Weekly Vocaran #156 – Nagi’s 2nd Special Looks Like Miku!

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Vocalo~ Vocalo~ Vocalo~ Vocalo~ Vocalo~ Daikazoku…

Man, if that picture ain’t indication enough, I don’t wanna know what other image I have to come up with to tell you guys that Vocaloid is a growing family. Wait… now there’s an idea… why not make a dango-themed Vocaloid pic? That should get the point across.

Also, bonus point to whoever gets what I’m pointing out at the article’s title…

Naho’s Opening Statement:

Greetings everyone, and it’s time for this week’s VocaRan. The fall equinoctial week is over, and cold weather is coming in fast… Time for the short sleeves to take a break for the winter and for long sleeves to make an appearance.

What kind of lineup will this week’s ranking have? I can’t wait to find out. Well, from number 30, let’s start.

Notes:

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

• #30: 【鏡音リンオリジナル曲】クロノフォビア (–)
  I like how Rin’s voice goes up and down here.
• #29: 【巡音ルカ】どすこい日本【オリジナルＰＶ】 (–)
  Ohgod, too cute. O.<
• #28: 【初音ミクAppend】 心拍数♯0822 【オリジナル曲】 (↓27)
  Glad this is still hanging on.
• #27: 【MEIKO・KAITO】二つの物語【オリジナル】 (↓18)
  <no comment>
• #26: 【初音ミク】般若心経ポップ【PVつき】 (↓9)
  Awww, I think the meme is starting to fade. 🙁
• #25: 【初音ミク】 深海少女 【オリジナル】 (↓11)
  <no comment>
• #24: 【巡音ルカ】イヤイヤ星人【DIVA応募曲】 (–)
  More Luka cuteness!
• #23: 【鏡音レン・リン】見えない煙を吐いている【オリジナル曲・PV】 (!!)
  The video is too awesome here! And I wonder, is that REAL sign language in the background?
• #22: 【GUMI】弱虫モンブラン【オリジナル曲PV付】 (↑28)
  Congrats on the 1mil!!
• #21: 【GUMI】 COIN 【オリジナル！】 (↓15)
  <no comment>
• #20: 【初音ミク】カロン【オリジナルPV】 (!!)
  Sounds nice from the preview, will definitly check out the whole thing later.
• #19: 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」 (↑23)
  <no comment>
• #18: 【初音ミク・巡音ルカ】太陽と月のロンド【PolyphonicBranch】 (–)
  Sudden, but not regrettable bump.
• #17: 【鏡音レン】どうでもいいや【オリジナル】 (!!)
  *pats Len*
• #16: 【GUMI】モザイクロール【オリジナル曲PV付】 (↓10)
  <no comment>
• #15: 【初音ミク】なでなで【オリジナル】 (!!)
  Love the simple animation here.
• #14: 【初音ミク】○＋●【オリジナル】PV (!!)
  All right, how do you spell that? My old Sansa will have fun trying to read that.
• #13:【巡音ルカ】absolute【オリジナル】 (!!)
  Is this the ED to the next Kingdom Hearts game? Ohh, very nice.
• #12: 【巡音ルカ】_theBlue【オリジナルPV】 (↑17)
  Something really catches my ear about this one.
• #11: 【初音ミク（1640㍍）】 タイムマシン 【オリジナル】 (↓1)
  Aww, I hate this went down so much.

• THIS WEEK’S PICK-UP: 【鏡音リン】ラストステージ【オリジナル曲PV】 (#54)
  Danbo…cats?! I like how this is kind of all over the place.
• #10: オリジナル曲・月翅 【VY1】 (↑12)
  <no comment>
• #9: 【初音ミク】 ALICE iN BLACK MARKET 【オリジナル曲】; (↑24)
  Intentional invocation of BRS? Presonally I am in love w/ this.
• #8: 【鏡音レン】パラジクロロベンゼン【破壊系洗脳ソング】 (↑56)
  New song equals bump for old (and awesome!) song.
• #7: 【ルカ GUMI ミク】　マイルームディスコナイト　【オリジナル曲】 (!!)
  EasyPop(BETTI) is great for upbeat tracks like this, I like it a lot.
• #6: 【ボカロおしゃべり】リリィがこんな性格だったら俺だけが萌える。 (↓2)
  Still need translations of this. *sigh*
• #5: 【オリジナル曲PV】マトリョシカ【初音ミク・GUMI】 (→5)
  I think we have another full-timer offically in the rankings now.
• #4: 【初音ミク】 The Beast. 【オリジナル】 (↑6)
  Well, it’s certainly different.  I’ll give it that. It’s been marked as private?? Did something happen?

• THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: (WVR #***)
  This spot is for a look back at the VocaRan one year before. Here are the top five songs from that week.
  • H5: <no comment>
  • H4: <no comment>
  • H3: <no comment>
  • H2: Still one of the most adorable songs ever.
  • H1: <no comment>
• #3: 【巡音ルカ】ラストソング (!!)
  Interesting dissonance throughout. Just love the way fatman handles voices.
• #2: 【鏡音リン】わすれんぼう【オリジナル】 (↑8)
  Rin takes number two in a jump!!
• #1: 【鏡音リン】アンチクロロベンゼン【浄罪系洗脳ソング】 (↑3)
  Our 3rd Millionaire!  As many as the US Syndie Show! See this? This is the Buns being extremely happy at Rin grabbing another number one spot. *HUGE grin on face right now*

• ED Song: 【メグッポイド】 ∞8
  Not the best example of GUMI’s voice, but not terrible.

In Other Vocaloid News:

A compilation from 2009 to this year showing the popularity of Vocaloids, “Vocaloid SP5- Okay, All Dreams Will Come True” was being worked on, aiming to be shown in September… but it might perhaps be delayed until October…

Here’s the rest of the ranking, starting with 31.

Final Thoughts/Analysis:

Maybe it’s just me, but this week was pretty unremarkable outside of our Million-point winner (13 weeks straight of at least 1 half-mil song, btw, and 8 of last 10 weeks over 600k).  I admit it’s very well done, but I just ain’t feelin it.

SP5 is coming; man, that’s going to be a large one, what w/ all the new Vocaloids now. I personally thought there were some good songs this time around (1 and 2 being my favorites, of course) but no NEW song that just went BOOMINYRFACE this week. Ohwell, not everyweek has to start a new meme, now does it?

…And so with that, we end this week’s Vocaloid Ranking review. Please join us again next week, and this Taiyaki is a family heirloom…