Talk:Nekomura Iroha/@comment-100.40.22.195-20161007221434/@comment-5051846-20161008123243

I believe you are confusing the words 'realistic' with 'authentic', Angel. When OP says 'super realistic', they mean Iroha sounds like she could be a real person – this is a perfectly valid way to use the word. A voice acted vocalist can be considered 'realisitic' if they are acted well. Just as a performance can be described as 'emotional', even if the actor wasn't actually feeling any emotion. 'Realistic' is an adjective here, not a noun.

A Vocaloid can be realistic but not authentic. They can even be authentic but not realistic (due to engine errors). Examples:

Oliver was voiced by a child, meaning he is an authentic child vocal.

Len was voiced by a woman, meaning he is not an authentic male vocal.

Iroha does not sound much like a synthesiser, therefore she is a realistic Vocaloid.

Sonika has poor pronuncation, so you could say she sounds unrealistic because her voice is different from a real person's.

If a female Vocaloid can't be realistic because they were voiced by a male not a female; then you could also argue that no Vocaloids are realistic because they are synthesisers, not real people. Does that make sense? orz