Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-7171996-20140113035546/@comment-3076833-20140116224027

Dizzyzebra wrote: Since an moe Vocaloid was going to happen, can we realy say that anything unique about Miku beyond her concept made her popular? It always seemed that the simple rise of video sharing sites at the time created her fame. If Mayu had been released in her place, would it have made a difference? o:

Potentially. It is hard to say if she could rise to the same amount of fame as it is something we would never see. What I can say though that Miku's character was based upon standard shoujo anime elements the exception being "Mikuri" coloured, hence why she picked up a good number of the otaku fans. As ironic as it may sound she could be considered popular for being unoriginal in design.