Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1050617-20140203054308/@comment-1050617-20140216154850

@Serza:

But considering these characters were not brought up when Miku was released, I'm kind of torn between believing Miku is original or inspired by something else (not necessarily those Beatmania characters). Unless somebody points out if my opinion is correct, I guess I have to stick with Miku being original. I guess I have to accept that not all character designs are wholly original or made from scratch :P. Confirmed or not, this would not bear any weight anyway as Miku is already an established figure.

Oh well, I just realized how funny it is that I still bother with these design issues considering Miku is already 7 years old.