Akita Neru

Origins and Conceptualization
In October of 2007, soon after Miku was released, a TV program in Japan degraded the users of Miku, and Miku's pictures became unavailable to search in main search engines at the same time.

These news became widespread or "flamed up" in 2ch, then many writings to lay the news to rest or "to put off the fire" followed. The postings were with the phrases "飽きた、寝る. (Got bored. Going to bed.)" or "寝る、お前らも寝ろよ.  (Gonna go to bed. Follow me, y'all!). Soon other users made a personification character for these postings as Akita Neru, which Smith Hioka, the designer, later finalized.

Voice Configuration
In some cases Neru has the voice of a boyish-sounding girl, while some people have assigned her to Miku's default voice, but in a higher octave. The following configuration attempts to recreate Neru's voice as it fits her visual details.

She has another voice configuration using Rin Kagamine ACT 2. First used in Nanaemue-P's Honey Honey PV, Neru has a singing voice that better matches her aesthetics. Regular Rin may also work, but ACT 2 is more recommended. This is not an exact configuration, but rather, tweaked settings.

Popular Appearances
Neru is one of the Vocaloid derivatives officially recognized by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for VOCALOID2. The other derivatives bearing this distinction is Miku Hachune, Haku Yowane, Meiko Sakine, and Tako Luka. She also makes some game and media appearances.


 * 1) She makes a cameo appearance in the manga Hatsune Mix as a music teacher, then she later appears again as a salesperson.
 * 2) Neru is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel (though she still does not have any voiced songs.)
 * 3) Neru is an available model in the program MikuMikuDance.

Some details are based on existing information, guesswork and usage experience. The details seen here may be subject to change without prior notice.

Tsuman-ne?
NicoNicovideo video

Youtube

She complains about the official Vocaloids(and Haku when she appears) and why she hates them, later revealing how she actually likes them, and that she wants to be loved by everyone as well. Later Haku appears and calls her tsundere.