Prisoner / Paperplane

Background
The song was first uploaded on November 2008 (collab PV ver.). The "original" Prisoner video was taken down from Nico Nico Douga. Various illustrators such as Nazekorewo-P, Nazyo, Carl, and more participated on the collab PV. It was a hit and reached over 400,000 views.

A year after the song was uploaded, more "background" was added to the storyline of Prisoner; for the "answer" song sung by Rin Paper Plane was uploaded. Like Prisoner; it too was a collab PV and was a hit.

To explain more on Prisoner and Paper Plane's background, three more songs were added in the Prisoner Series.

Novel Adaptation
On April 25th Shuujin-P posted on his blog that a novel adaptation of Prisoner / Paper Plane will be published by PHP books on May 29th 2012. It's title is 囚人紙飛行機 ―少年パラドックス― (Prisoner, Paperplane ~Boy Paradox~) or 囚人と紙飛行機 (Prisoner and Paperplane Boy Paradox). The staffs are:
 * Author: Shuujin-P
 * Character design: Madoromi
 * Pin up: Osamu, Manbou no Ane
 * Illustration: Suzu, Neko no Mimiko, Madoromi

It's currently known that the book will have a "soft cover" version and is available for purchase from Amazon for 1,200 yen. On May 24th; the official site was launched; revealing five characters derived from Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Meiko, and Kaito (with VY2's winning entry design "Roro" by Manbou no Ane as a side character).

Originally in the series; it's never been introduced who the hero and the heroine's names were (As said in the song Prisoner; last line). In the novel however, their names were not revealed in the novel adaptation. Len is known by the name "Number 420", and Rin "the girl on the other side of the wall".

One week after the novel was published on May 29th; it was announced on Vocalonovel's twitter that the novel Prisoner, Paperplane ~Boy Paradox~ have sold very well and is going through a reprint in production.

On June 10th 2012; a crossfade of the album can be seen on both Nico Nico Douga and YouTube ; featuring a Prisoner / Paperplane arrangement and also a PV by the illustration cast.

Vocaloid Characters
These are the characters listed from the novel adaptation's site.

Number 420

 * 420 ban; 420 番
 * He is based from "Kagamine Len"
 * On the official site's description, his position is "inmate"
 * The story is written from number 420's point of view.

The Girl Over the Fence

 * Saku no mukou no shoujo ; 柵の向こうの少女
 * She is based from "Kagamine Rin"
 * On the official site's description, her position is "unknown"

Kaimural Flag

 * Kaimuraru Furagu; カイムラル　フラグ
 * He is based from "Kaito"
 * It's unsure whether he has connections with Kaimu on the Prisoner Series.

Miluka Keyside

 * Miruka Kiisaido ; ミルカ　キーサイド
 * She is based from "Megurine Luka"

Meika Farous

 * Meika Farousu; メイカ　ファロウス
 * She is based from "Meiko"
 * On the official site's description, her position is "inmate"

Lolo Rorelight

 * Roro Rooreraito; ロロ　ローレライと
 * He is based from Manbou no Ane's "VY2" design (Roro) on the event Vocafes.

Chapter 1
"April 21st, the day where I'll surely die."

The story starts on April 21st, with him narrating the story. He was prisoner number 420; and briefly talked about the existence of "happy ends" negatively thinking about the world. Number 420 (his real name is not yet revealed nor will it ever be, for everyone addresses him as number 420) was then led to his cell by Kaimural (Kaito) where he found a blanket and walls of ceramic. Two new (non-vocaloid) characters were introduced, Rythm Garcha and Shazna Ivory; with whom tried to hurt number 420 to the point where he's shown to cry.

He cursed himself saying he'll surely die on his first day in prison as number 420, until he met a girl on the other side of the fence.

囚人 / Shuujin (Prisoner)
Sung by Kagamine Len

Music and lyrics by Shuujin-P

Illustration by various illustrators


 * Nico broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast (with subtitles)

A boy (Len) was one of the many prisoners and he encountered a beautiful girl (Rin) who appeared on the other side of the barbed-wire fence one day. He was fascinated by her so he decided to write her a letter one day, folding it into a paper plane and sending it over the fence, hoping the she would answer.

His prayers being granted, his letter was given a reply. On a daily basis, they would meet for a brief moment and fly a paper plane across the wall. He found joy in his life just by getting letters from her--though he never conveyed his feelings for her.



One day, the mysterious girl told him she would head off somewhere far and bade farewell to him. (Though there is an explanation as to why she did go away, it was not interpreted until the reply to the song 紙飛行機 / Kami Hikouki (Paper Plane) comes).

As she went away, he kept all her letters and treasured them dearly until one of the Generals and his henchmen decided to torment the young man by making fun of his attachment to the letters. They went as far as to tear the letters which triggered his anger and punched the General.

The men decided to put him in the room, which seems to be a gas chamber, to die. In the room, he begins to struggle to get out with the thought of seeing the girl once more and asking her name. It is not made clear in the video whether he died or not, but Paper Plane does indeed confirm his fate.

紙飛行機 / Kami Hikouki (Paper Plane)
Sung by Kagamine Rin/Len

Music and lyrics by Shuujin-P

Illustrated by various illustrators


 * Nico Broadcast
 * Youtube Broadcast

This song is the reply to Len's Prisoner but in Rin's point of view--the girl (Rin) whom a boy (Len) had fallen for. In the video, she was the daughter of one of the Generals' in-charge with the prison compound where Len was in. She went to meet him, and flied him a paper plane--the letter--even though she suffered from a terrible illness which was never clarified in the story.

She eventually fell for him but as soon as she did, her father found out about her affair and forbid her to go out of the hospital and meet the boy. As time went by, Rin got weaker and weaker that her ears got hard of hearing and moving her legs proved to be very difficult for her.



She then decided to bid farewell to the young man properly so he would not have to ponder of what happened to her. She made an excuse that she would be going somewhere far away, but as soon as she was about to leave, he told her that he would wait for her and that he would treasure each and every letter she gave him.

As the story went on, it was shown that her father was the one who put the young man in even more agony by ripping the letters from her. He was also the one who gave the order to execute him.

The girl on the other hand, is already paralyzed from the illness that she couldn't even grasp one of his letters. However, seeing how devoted she has become to the young man, her father picked up the letter and placed it in her hand as a final act of kindness to his dying daughter. She was smiling when she died.

In "heaven" she is in front of the barbed-wire wall, the very same way she stood when she first met the young man. It is then shown that on the other side, he is there, and then, the wall disappears. With that, they find true happiness by being with each other in their own world.