Talk:ALYS/@comment-25122536-20140630084559/@comment-5051846-20140701201754

I must admit, I am having trouble drawing a connection between Kaito and ALYS  – are you sure it's not a subconcious connection between the designs unique only to you? I'll try and break it down so you can understand that they have very few similarities to the average viewer.

Firstly, I really need you to specify which Kaito boxart you are talking about – V3 or original? That would be very helpful.

I'll do V3:

1. Artstyle. They are both anime, but this is your staple artstyle for 99% of Vocaloids. I could see how it would be the cherry on top of a comparison though; it is difficult to compare characters that don't have the same artstyle. Is there any specific features of the artstyles that strike you are similar? Kaito's original boxart artstyle is actually quite unique; it differs more from Alys' artstyle than Alys differs from other Vocaloids with a modern anime style.

2. Pose. Kaito is running forwards, Alys is floating in a sitting position. Although their legs are bent in a similar way (a trait not unique to either Kaito or Alys) the weight, positioning and overall concept of the pose is different. I hope this helps you get into the heads of people that don't see enough similarities to draw a connection.

3. Hair. Their hairs are different shades of blue, different styles and different fringes. Their hair isn't the same at all, and doesn't bare many similarities. For this reason most people don't think 'Kaito' when seeing Alys' hair.

4. A lack of other similarities. Those listed above are all vague traits which are do broad for most people to see a connection between. There are no other major traits which Alys and Kaito share. They have a great many features that differ from each other.

Thus, the similarities between Kaito and Alys are too few and far between to cause problems for her; very few people are going to mistake Alys for Kaito or even feel she isn't unique because of the traits she happens to share with Kaito. I hope my above paragraphs illuminate for you why most people will view Kaito and Alys as similar. :D