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The "ne" part was just because they were trying to trick people into thinking she was a Vocaloid. ITs why she is treated as being born from a lie. The original plan didn't include more vocals after Luka, making her the last CV vocal of the series, but at the time no one knew that.

Lots of people copy the "ne" part, including Utatane Piko and Luo Tianyi's original concept too, there is also Kokone. Most studios avoid the "ne" part though because of the fear they appear to be copying CFM. They already often refer to them anyway in round about ways, but... To be a direct rip is something else.

Miku's pretty iconic... You get things like SeeU who copy her design as well, we know this because the artist had even drawn SeeU in Miku's V2 boxart pose at one stage... So they knew what they were doing. But its honestly not that big of a deal, I know the guys at VO forums openingly object to the idea of every vocaloid copying the CFM lot, but some copying has gone on. Even if you don't copy her, Ruby's "opposite of Miku" comment ends up being just as note worthy too as you end up still referencing the design to avoid it. The trouble is, Miku is a generic anime trope design... So... Good luck avoiding all near-like traits. :-(