Vocaloid NND Weekly Ranking: LINK HERE
Weekly Vocaloid Ranking #129 “Unselected”: LINK HERE
Finally, with my practicum report over and done with and my graduation patiently waiting around the corner, at last I can do what I’ve wanted to do for the past several months: slack off. But that don’t mean I’m gonna let up on delivering quality WVR reviews, no sir… But it does let me get to use the USB Vocaloid-series as my opening images, so that has me covered for at least 9-10 weeks (unless some other jerk editor uses the others for their own articles).
So anyway, let’s all just wait quietly until this week’s ranking gets up’d on NND… Alrighty! It’s here! Everybody take your seats, the video’s about to start!
Naho’s Opening Statement:
It’s time for this week’s VocaRan… Even though it’s almost April, it’s gotten really cold. I even heard it’s snowing up north, too.
Ignoring the colder weather, this week’s ranking has a lot of new songs! It’s also the end of the fiscal year, and that means balancing everything out! Give it all you’ve got!!
Notes:
-Editors: Holocauxt, DTKel, Joe Mello, deztora, redemtion2, GreenSage
-Song Stats: Up (↑), Down (↓), Unmoved (→), Unranked (–), New (!!)
- #30: 氷山キヨテル オリジナル曲「Guilty Verse」（PV付き） (↓5)
Noooo, stop falling…! Oh, I knew this would happen, but at least it didn’t completely fall off the top thirty. D:- #29: 【初音ミク】 スンマセン妄想局【オリジナル曲】 (!!)
Uh. Chipmunk Miku?- #28: magnet 【初音ミク・巡音ルカオリジナル】 (↓26)
<no comment>- #27: 【デュラララ!!】 池袋ラバーズ【替え歌カバー】 (↓23)
Wow… this really is strong…- #26: 初音ミクオリ ジナル曲 「初音ミクの消失（LONG VERSION）」 (↑37)
Understandable, given cosMo’s new song. Also, too close to the top thirty to be considered a revival.- #25: 【巡音ルカ】 ダブルラリアット【オリジナル】 (↑27)
<no comment>- #24: 【Megpoid】 後追い自殺に定評のあるみっちゃん 【オリジナル】 (↑67)
YEAH! GUMI from beyond the border!- #23: 【鏡音レン】 パラジクロロベンゼン【破壊系洗脳ソング】 (↓22)
<no comment>- #22: 【鏡音リン】 告白センセーション 【オリジナル曲PV付】 (↓3)
Noooo, don’t fall…! You made Rin sound so awesome! D:- #21: 【初音ミク】 鎖の少女 【オリジナル】 (↑97)
Again, understandable… but still quite a leap. :O- #20: 【鏡音レン】 central 【オリジナル】 (!!)
<no comment>- #19: 【初音ミク・ 巡音ルカ】天雪ノ乱舞【オリジナル】 (↑53)
And where did THIS come from?- #18: 【ＧＵＭＩ】 レゾンデートル頂戴【オリジナル曲PV付】 (!!)
A little wonky for a GUMI song… not the best vocal-work… too bad. I imagine it’s on purpose, like Luka’s “Knife” (although this is infinitely more pleasant on the ears than that was).- #17: 【巡音ルカオ リジナル】ハルコイウタ (–)
Okay, really now. What’s going on? Bring on the Sakura songs I can take it!
- #16: 【鏡音レン】 ナゾトキ (↓15)
Hurrah, still here! Figure it out, Len, I know you can!- #15: 【初音ミク】 水箱【PolyphonicBranch】 (!!)
Good, but still rings of… just another Miku song.- #14: 巡音ルカのオ リジナル曲 たたかえ！ゴーストライター -Full ver.- (!!)
Deceptive. I guess デP is more flexible than I previously thought…- #13: 【巡音ルカ】Just Be Friends【オリジナルPV】 (↑17)
<no comment>- #12: 【初音ミク】 え？あぁ、そう。 【オリジナル曲】 (!!)
<no comment>- #11: 初音ミク オ リジナル曲 「裏表ラバーズ」 (↓10)
Geez, it is so stable.
- THIS WEEK’S PICK-UP: 初音ミクちゃ んオリジナル曲 はるかぜ、ふわり。 (#53 – !!)
What is not to love about that picture?- #10: 【鏡音リン】UNBALANCE【オ リジナル曲】 (↓1)
It’s good, but… eh.- #9: 初音ミク オ リジナル曲 「ローリンガール」 (↓4)
<no comment>- #8: 初音ミクのオ リジナル曲 サクラチレ -Full ver.- (!!)
<no comment>- #7: 【鏡音リン】 ｍ９ 【オリジナル】 (!!)
Beautiful work, of course. Instant favorite. I like this one better than Unbalance.
- #6: [初音ミク] 思想クーデター [オリジナル] (!!)
<no comment>- #5: 【初音ミク】 インターネットシティ【オリジナル】 (!!)
This is actually pretty good, and deserves this spot.- #4: 鏡音リン「Fate of Soul～ピリオドの向こうの闇～」【オリジナル曲】 (!!)
Whoa, only 4th?
- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: (WVR #77 LINK HERE)
This spot is for a look back at the VocaRan one year before. Here are the top five songs from that week.
- H5: <no comment>
- H4: <no comment>
- H3: KAITO rock… always nice.
- H2: Reminds me of my impending graduation… and into the workforce… *sob~!* GAH! I was ready for this to spike to the top! 🙁
- H1: Stray Girl in Her Lenses!!! Nostalgia kicking in! I still wanna cosplay this. *stares sadly at her fat stomach* But I won’t… not for a while…
- #3: 【初音ミク】 恐山ル・ヴォワール【オリジナル】 (↑11)
What a weird little song this is… Very beautiful; I can understand why it jumped up. It is nice to hear a song with such a simple beat.
- #2: 【初音ミク】 モノクロ∞ブルースカイ 【オリジナル・のぼる↑】 (!!)
With the current scoring system, I’m not too hopeful that this would stay within the Top-5 long enough… This is great until the chorus, where it promptly turns into a clone of Chain Girl. I liked Snow White better. =/ Pretty PV thought.
- #1: 初音ミクオリ ジナル曲 「初音ミクの戸惑（LONG VERSION）」 (–)
What the-!? Where the heck did come from!? Uh… the legions of cosMo fans? Just like most of his other stuff, I love it now that I’ve listened to it a few times. Not surprised in the least that this is number one.
- ED Song: 鏡音リンがオ リジナル「アリスに花束」を歌います
<no comment>In Other Vocaloid News:
Like I said, it’s almost April. That means it’s almost time for the start of a new school term in a new school year, and various other things as well.
And there’s other traditional events too, but… just what will we see…
Final Thoughts/Analysis:
Well, this week we saw what I thought would never come: the death of ロミシン from the top thirty. Actually, I kind of liked ロミシン, and if we were to boot off one of the current mainstays, I would sooner pick 裏表 or magnet.
Aside from my opinion on mainstays, we’ve had a strange trend in the last couple of VocaRans: previously dead songs coming back from the grave. This week’s are Chain Girl (understandable because of this week’s number 2 song, perhaps), 天雪ノ乱舞 and ハルコイウタ, neither of which have any real explanation, and the latter of which is a year old.
So… what is going on, exactly? I’m not sure, but perhaps the reason will reveal itself in time. Until then, I’ll be watching from the sidelines, looking for an answer and checking to see if the strange trend continues.
…And so with that, we end this week’s Vocaloid Ranking review. Please join us again next week, and stay tuned for Conan the UTAU girls after this!