User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/What got me thinking..../@comment-5665682-20140106161753

Main problem is the "hypeing". Companies (and the fanbase itself) generates a lot of expectations around the products (looong hiatus periods to keep suspense and when something starts to float around everybody goes for it without thinking if is good or not) I had a feel like that with Merli and MEIKO; when Merli was announced I was like "nice, hope she got a great voice" but then there was almost a half year of hiatus about her, wich made me forget anything about her. When first demo came out, I only thought "yes, she's what I expected" but nothing special came out.

MEIKO V3 was the same, and the English demo sounded so different and weird for me that I made a bitter face. Miku English didn't suprised me a lot (only nice CFM nice surprise of this year was KAITO V3, even if fans didn't make a big deal 'bout him) and Nana is still... welp, you know "slowly going on"

Also, you forgot MAIKA. She's a special case. I've been investigating around and apparently, even if there's not a big HYPE around her, she's possibly one of the most successful vocals of the year. I read some articles made by japanese producers and apparently she was very, VERY well received in Japan, also in U.S.A. and Latin America.

I'm still somehow sad about the Elder Trio retirement but hopefully, not now, not in one year, but possibly one day they will get an update. For now, fandom is slowly starting a new era, were all the Cryptonlovers are finally starting to look and accept new and old vocals. Even if they still Mikuhype, they're not rejecting other voicebanks and that's a big, BIG improvement.