User blog:Angel Emfrbl/The problem with Miku..,.

the problem is a tough word because it doesn't give away much about what I want to talk about. So what do I want to talk about?

Popularity?

The voice?

The avatar?

How about the big situation VOCALOID is in right now because of her. So I joined the fandom in 2009 and the one thing that has never left me ever since is how you can't escape her image. Its there in your face. Type in "vocaloid" and Miku always appears. It extends beyond Vocaloid into Project Diva, and is the root of why other Vocaloids cannot get as much screen time overall. If you're not in Project Diva and its spin off, your not popular nor a Vocaloid I've seen it as regarded among less informed fans.

I'm not talking about the random crap spewing youtube comments, I'm talking about the "real life" kids that go to school/college/university and don't know Vocaloid beyond their local group of friends and what they HAPPEN to have encountered.

This is still a problem even now, that 95% of what comes out related to vocaloid has Miku involved. At this point I was kinda hoping we'd get over the need for Miku to head everything and Vocaloid would be strong enough to support itself without her. But Miku is worth too much as a name and has too many fans. Like it or not, Miku is here to stay as the no.1 Vocaloid.

So for those of us, such as myself, who can't stand Miku's voice nor image, this kinda gets really boring really fast. I don't know what other vocaloid I'd want in her place, their all just as cool as each other to be frank overall and I'm not too bias to say "I wish Miki was no.1" or "I want Miku at the bottom".

I understood why Miku English exists and its not something I've ever liked just because I know how people react to her. Even though there are better vocals, there is Miku English... Why do you need any other? Its something I wish to emphasis often enough, Miku isn't a catch all Vocaloid that can do everything. There is a reason Vocaloid is the way it is right now, with multiple vocaloids, because no voice can do everything in every language right now.

But all this is just the long winded thing I'm trying to say.

So lets go back to the title for the moment... The big problem with Miku is that its ALWAYS about her.