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Okay, I talked to a friend about it.

He told me that it was mainly the otaku side of the fandom who hated Bruno and Clara's design. They had their fans, of course, but since all of a sudden we have an entirely Westernized design, otaku side went all hellbent and called them out for not appearing "anime-like" or "they don't look like VOCALOIDs", even going to the extent of calling them ugly. The death threat thing was a rumor since it was never proven. :/  Basically, there were fans who loved it and some who hated it.

While for Stardust, it wasn't like that. Majority of the fans really liked her design but were merely concerned or worried for her looking like Miku. They were not overreacting at all. Except for the fact that she's a girl, but obviously the next would be a guy, so they calmed down.