Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-184.148.57.56-20131112023941/@comment-69.128.196.64-20140708213631

I personally like Neru, even if she is "just" a Miku derivative. As for the only in fanarts bit, sorry Neru fans, but it's true. Neru and Haku are mostly used for fan art and fan fiction than any other real function. So, while I feel some people have put it very bluntly, I have to agree with them. Neru isn't a "real" vocaloid. The fandom has moved on from she and Haku pretty much. That's partially why I find the vocaloid fandom a bit cruel. You get people who love the fanmades more than the actual "characters", and those who don't care about the fanmades at all. Then, you have the sad, sad individuals who only have ears for Miku's songs. And how can we forget the weaboos, who think that listening to nothing but vocaloid and watching anime makes them Japanese? In general, the point I'm trying to make is this: We are part of a very, very brutal fandom for fan work. With no canonical information, people begin firefights online just because one character is "done wrong". Fanmades are born, they limp on for a while, and then die. But that's okay. We can always make a billion more unoriginal characters to take their places.