Talk:SeeU/@comment-5012713-20120929183232/@comment-5404339-20120930141322

@Shojo-chan cat, Kimi2.0

Well, SeeU is not popular only because she is Korean. It does help, but it's not even a main reason. Look at Luo. She is the first Chinese Vocaloid, so by this logic she should be as popular as SeeU, huh? But she isn't. She is advertised well, she has VOCALOID CHINA Project to support her, she even has her own game. But she is not as popular as SeeU was in her first months.

I'm sure if nothing would change besides SeeU's language (the same level of advertising) she would be more popular. She didn't gain a lot of attention just because she is first in her language, but it probably helped. She gained a lot of attention because, I will be probably sued for this, she is smilar to Cryptonloids. All this 'Diva' atmosphere around her, SV01 code, appearence on stage... She resembles Miku more than any other Vocaloid since 2009, but yet is different enough to be not disliked because of similarities like Ring was.

And Korean fandom is small, so there are less producers and songs than for slighty popular Japanese voicebank. If SeeU was Japanese, there would be more people to work with her, because Japanese fandom is the biggest, and she would get more songs, more views and would be more popular in general.

But that's just a wild guess.

And IA, despite being really popular now isn't a competition to Miku. SeeU is. They are both pop-suited, not 'realistic' voices, virtual divas. SeeU is the 'second Miku' more than any Vocaloid ever was.

I think IA is a competition to GUMI. She was the only REALLY popular 'realistic' female voice until IA jumped into spotlight. If Yukari gets popular she will be a rival to GUMI too.

No, you are not alone ^^. This is a unpopular opinion though, because the biggest part of fandom despises Tone Rion for design and voice. I kinda agree on the design part: it's eyeblinding... in negative way. DAT PINK, argh. If she had less 'kawaii-desu' apperence (something around SeeU's or even Lapis Aoki's level - pretty high, IMHO) she would be probably better received.