Talk:UNI/@comment-37245405-20181224144352/@comment-53539-20181224153422

^You don't know how this works, you don't copy the design, you take it, tweak it and end up with something that is different but the same. Miki and Gackpo, as well as Sonika and Big Al, all took inspiration from Miku's design, yet you can see a clear difference between them and Miku as well as each other.

Miku has visualises on her skirt and on her sleeves, though mostly on the sleeves, in the original KEI design. Meiko's design is a generic teenager, as was KEI's and they were not based on the same design look at Miku's. ITs only with their V3 range they tried to match it to a more modern Vocaloid taste. So Meiko's design is actually now made to fit in with Miku, the Kagamines and Luka, as is Kaito which is the irony here your not realising.

Also bare in mind the original UNI deign looked more or less inspired by Miku Append, which to be fair is more then likely the case. A same issue has happened with Ring and Stardust, both were made by artists who had inspiration from Miku. Thus, they ended up with a slight Miku-like style.

Don't sweat it, most Vocaloid designs are more or less inspired by Miku somewhere along the line and honestly... Its like people who said that no Vocaloid vocal sounded alike. In this day and age both vocal and appearances, are largely disproven and designs do borrow elements common among other Vocaloids, and V4 confirmed without a shadow of a doubt the "sound alike" thing was legit. These days when you particularly complain about design, you end up accusing a Vocaloid not looking like a Voclaoid, because you end up denying the influence the CFM Vocaloids have had on the franchise. Its not important if they did or did not copy Miku, so long as you put Uni and Miku together and can tell who is who... Thats all that matters.

These things are "design formulas" and like many media based formulas their done to save time and not experiment with elements of uncertainty. Its like comparing Captain Marvel and Superman, you can flat out tell Captain Marvel from Shazam was a direct copy of Superman to the point Shazam owners and DC had a lengthy battle over the issue. It doesn't matter now as the comic book company went bust and now DC owns Shazam anyway. Metro Man from Megamind is also a nod to Superman as is Captain Hero from Drawn together. It really doesn't matter and people tend to take this too far in reacting.

If you said that Uni belonged to CFM and was part of the CV series, ditto with SeeU, no one would be none the wiser. It should never stop you enjoying a character.