User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/What got me thinking..../@comment-70.50.61.205-20140106180122/@comment-76.92.67.202-20140111135953

People are always saying that Miku is the reason for VOCALOID's success, but it's probably not for the reason most people might think.

Sure, her original vocal is very high quality, but I personally think that her DESIGN is mainly responsible for her success, because that's what people first look at as a first impression of the actual voice. CFM could've given Miku a HORRID design, and then NONE of the VOCALOIDs would be as popular as they are now, since if the design isn't appealing, most people don't go farther than that to even LISTEN to the vocal, sort of what happened with Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent.