Talk:Hiyama Kiyoteru/@comment-186.53.21.76-20120531042837/@comment-5051846-20120614063137

I wouldn't say the majority of 'weeaboo' fans judge entirely by the design. But I think for them, it is the whole package. A cute voice, cute design and most of all, catchy songs. They do not appear to judge the voice critically, in fact, if they are not Japanese, they can't. As long as it sounds decent they will pronounce it fantastic. Not an uncommon reaction. It may also seem new and novel to them.

As far as the design goes, this is a big thing. They grow fond and attached to the characters, build their own canon of them and think of them as 'characters' or popstars. If the Vocaloid is well known, therefore with lots of good producers, they will also love them for that. Hardly any fans I know judge the Vocaloid by the voice, they judge them by the whole song. The majority like their favourite Vocaloid because of the catchiness of the music, rather than the vocal quality. Irrational, yes, but most weeaboo fans seem to be a combination of casual listeners and avid fangirlism. Its a little hard to explain. They simply don't mind as much. They are willing to have selective hearing, because of other factor (e.g: design).

Its probably seems unimportant to the majority of fans if their favourite Vocaloid doesn't have the best voice technically, so long as it sounds appealing, hence the success of the Cryptons 'character' vocals. This is just very annoying for fans that would prefer Vocaloids that are logically the best to get more spotlight, however they may not have the best overall 'package' - even if the rest of the package isn't as important to the rest of us.

Hm, try and remember how you judged things as a child. I know with characters from other fanchises I used to go for those with the prettiest design. For most fans Vocaloid is basically...an anime. That they watch. Made up of music videos. Not a program used to make music. Because they don't use it.

Owie, that hurt to type.