Talk:MEIKO/@comment-27566799-20160219061050/@comment-53539-20160305081853

I said that compared to Kaito, Meiko got a worst deal. She lost some detail and gained stuff in places you barely notice, as a consequence her design is basically a lot of empty spaces. I don't think it would be an issue though, if the other CFM vocaloids weren't more detailed or better balanced or more visually appealing designed. Normally, its the red designed character that stands out... I find it strains to look t the Kagamines or Luka' V4x designs and Miku has too much grey on hers. So only her and Kaito have the balance of bold colours without eye bleed of any level. So to loose out like that ws harsh.

I think a lot of it falls down to the fault of the original art, more then the current one. Since all future versions of a character are always referencing it somehow, the original design becomes the basis of the next design. So a simple V1 design lead to a simple V3 design. But Kaito's, though simple was still more detailed then Meiko's, so when the update to V3 occurred Kaito reaped the benefits of it, as up-lifting a already detailed design gained a even more interesting one. :-/