Talk:Mirai Komachi/@comment-2601:C4:8380:76C6:CC2E:DD89:C56F:D9AC-20180524161301/@comment-53539-20180524173714

Its called a "Formulaic design", a design based on formulas and with no experimental elements. Their used on purpose to avoid backlash from negative reactions, as experimenting with odd or untested designs can have mixed results.

I'll give an example off the top of my head that worked; One Piece. It was released in an era thanks to Sailor Moon that big eyes became popular and Oda himself didn't think One Piece, with its OTT designed characters, would get anywhere. In the end, this worked out for Oda and has become one of the selling points of the series. Its hard to find characters, especially male, who follow the "one face syndrome" because of it. The dot-eyes style which was made famous mostly by manga and anime like Dragonball, were loosing popularity because the big anime eyes made characters look cuter and allowed for more expression.

I also will give an example of experimenting with a new idea that didn't work; Mortal Kombat and Kurtis STriker... Poor guy was a cop and represented the "Mr every day" who was caught up in the events of MK3. And one of the most hated characters for not being a ninja or other magical based awesome thing like Jason Briggs or Sonya Blade. He had as much development as a number of characters, but because he was "just a cop", he just wasn't popular.

If you want, look at Hatsune Miku's design itself, of which Rin's design is a variant based from it to make them match... Now look up the number of generic things Miku's design follows. She is one of THE most generic designs is a pretty "paint by number" generic character design. I think I once sat down and worked out the only one who beats her is Tone Rion, who seemed to foloow in V3 "we need more design tropes". So yeah, Rin's design too is not that standout-ish either and don't be surprised at anything.

I know we want Vocaloids to all be standoutish, but there is only so many designs you can come up with before you repeat yourself.

As it stands, aside from the use of white, shorts, and a few other design elements the two girls don't have much overall in common. And its not intentional most likely, as with Anon and Kanon, the design was done likely in ignorance of other Vocaloid designs, but as I said... You can only do so many designs before you repeat elements.