Talk:Merli/@comment-204.69.84.203-20160304164323/@comment-53539-20160304192512

Leon] and [[Lola had black singers, Clara and Bruno started off as dark skin and moved over to lighter out of vote pick.

The lighter skinned Japanese Vocaloids represent Japanese skin in its lighter tone (which can get almost as pale as Europeon pale) and Merli represents it in the darker tone. I imagine SeeU, Uni and the Chiense vocaloids are in the same boat here.

Only Maika, Big Al, Sweet Ann, Sonika, Oliver, Yohioloid, Avanna are "white" (and only Ann is described as it).

Technically, despite having white figurines, Prima, Miriam Stockley, Tonio and Cyber Diva don't have official boxarts (I'm discounting all taiwan boxes here). Ruby is Latino.

Like Leon and Lola, VY1 and VY2 have no official avatars at all but are still again by Japanese providers. Zola also do not have official final designs.

So Merli is dakr skinned, yeah, but she represents a dark toned Japanese person. But... Don't forget she is a fairy so like Lapis you could argue how serious to take it. Also, in stereptypical manner, dark and lighter skinned tones in Japanese culture represent certain archtypes that contrast each other.