Talk:Akita Neru/@comment-2601:646:8E01:BD32:ACDE:7396:4A7E:DFA2-20180315222155/@comment-53539-20180404070832

Yamaha doesn't acknowledge her or Haku, or any other derivative, until the day she becomes her own character.

A I said to some Neru lovers once, and they really hated I said this even though its true, she could disappear tomorrow and have no impact on Vocaloid. It doesn't say that you can't love her despite this, but you have to acknowledge what you love.

A lot of the time, its amounting to liking a character, which is a trap a lot of fans fall into and not actually liking the vocal itself. Its a thing a lot of veteran fans try and fluff off, saying "only a real fan likes the vocaloid for the vocal" or something like that. I remember finally at VO forums someone turned around and say that you can have the fastest, strongest, car but if the vechicle is ugly its not going to do well, or something along those lines. So even though Neru and Haku fans essentially are liking a character for the image and not the vocal (as both don't have one), they still have some validation.

This is awkward when you consider that there are real Vocaloids struggling.