#NicoNico Utaite

[sanamae-nico]

『食虫植物』発売まであと10日！

楽しみにしていてください！

[petrichal]

been thinking a bit about voice actors for One Piece, and there's the idea that searching for a replacement for any of the VAs would be difficult but the thing about being a long running series is that, there's SO many people who does impressions of them. Of course they're not a perfect 1:1 (*that's an impossible task) but if you could sound just close enough to how the characters originally sounded, that's just cool in my book

anyways here's kanipan as Luffy singing Binks' Sake which i still do a double take whenever i hear her voice

and here's a nico nico song medley of the "One Piece cast" (voice lookalikes) with rewritten lyrics to fit in the journey from the beginning until the end of Water 7 (someone said in the comments the original cast saw this and loved it, idk if its true though lol)

[liaminina]

Fanart of Ado by me

[bmpmp3]

the nico nico douga cyberattack outage is wild, apparently it's gonna take at least a month to get back up, ive never seen a big website go down for that long before

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Reol - The Sixth Sense 2020

Reol is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and rapper. She debuted in 2012 as an utaite on Niconico and Youtube, she debuted as an indie singer in 2014 with the digital album No title- and as a major singer in 2018, with the digital single "Heimenkyou". She is also a former member of the Japanese electronic pop co-ed band REOL.

"Dairokkan", internationally known as "The Sixth Sense", is the sixth digital single (ninth overall) by Reol. It was released on July 29, 2020 alongside its music video. Japanese dance and music group Tokyo Gegegay makes an uncredited special featuring appearance. The song was used as the commercial song for Boat Race 2020.

"The Sixth Sense" received a total of 59,2% yes votes! Previous Reol polls: #55 "虚像のCarousel"

[nitw]

i remember back when i was really into osomatsu-san i was obsessed with this category of utaite song covers from niconico where all the singers were doing impressions of the matsuno brothers. and in hindsight that's kinda funny but also i realize it's literally no different from those sans undertale covers of songs on youtube. something something fandom is the same

[superespresso]

Leaving Your Mark On A Genre: The Lost Artisans of Vocaloid

If you've been around me for more than 5 seconds you're aware that I am an avid enjoyer of Project Diva games. Learning this week about every single producer who was associated with the music that has passed has made it extremely difficult to play. I keep missing buttons in every song I play because I'll suddenly remember I'm playing a song by wowaka, or while scrolling past samfree in the menu have a moment of sadness that doesn't clear up.

There's been a strange sense of melancholy playing certain songs. Even before this research project and learning about the people who had passed just watching the Viva Happy PV or Odds & Ends left me strangely.. empty feeling.

I didn't know about any of these producers passing on. I work in news media and frankly I don't go looking for news when off the clock because it's a job that sucks the soul out of you. When I'm home I'm content to enjoy things as they are. Imagine my surprise to see a tweet of unrelated context alluding to wowaka's passing. How insane it was to me to learn of this. Moments later after commenting such I'd learned of Samfree, and Powapowa-P. After giving it some time I decided to do my due diligence, especially since others in the same thread stated "They weren't aware of any others."

This is only 6 of 40 listed on the VocaDB under deceased. Please add to this if you have anything else to share about any of these producers or others you know of. I'd love to hear more. What was special about their music to you?

Perhaps others are like me and don't know of these passings. Maybe you've played a Vocaloid game, but the names are unfamiliar. Or, you just know the songs by cover-artists. I'd never done any digging on these people, but I've been melancholy. I wanted to know more about who they were.

As an aside before the cut-- this is expanded from an X thread I started. Less space on X to work with, and less comfort using Blue expansion. If you see anything blatantly copied from X, it's probably from here.

The 6 Big Names:

Powapowa-P.

Samfree.

Otsu-P.

Wowaka.

Brother-P.

SHIKI.

It feels incredibly impersonal to just list names. So for each one lets talk about what they did. I'm not going to go into detail about their passing, or their families. If you want to do that you're welcome to go search that. I want to celebrate their life and accomplishments. As stated above; any others whom I may have missed (I don't have the most vast knowledge about this subject) I humbly invite others to include. I welcome additions. It would please me to hear others celebrate the lives of the people who made the music I still enjoy from high-school.

PowaPowa-P (ぽわぽわP)/siinamota (椎名もた) or Mizoguchi Ryou (溝口遼)

In 2012 he joined GINGA; performed live performances and was extremely popular on a worldwide stage. He was beloved on Niconico for his compositions as well as the arrangements and lyrics in many songs self-produced. He was also talented with the piano, and utilized this skill for quite a few songs and albums Today on TikTok, Young Girl A is still getting a massive number of views and features in videos as backing. The song features strong themes of depression and unhappy mentality. It's themes are shared by "Alive" which ranked #1 in 30 different countries on Apple music.

He mostly used Miku & Rin for Vocalsynth, with many, many album releases-- including Best-Of tracks.

Some of his most notable works are:

Young Girl A

Alive

Q

Sayonara Remember-san

Strobe Hello

Hello Strobe

Strobe Last

Strobe Light

Please Give Me a Red Pen

samfree or Sano Takayuki (佐野貴幸)

You know who samfree is if you've ever picked up a Vocaloid game. The picture may not be familiar. The name may not jar your memory, but the music will.

His songs were hits from conception. On this list he is one of the most well known just from his notoriety. He was more than just a Vocaloid composer. He was also an Utaite himself, being in "Nanario no Nico Nico Douga" and prompting a flood of response. He released 6 albums himself between 2008-2011.

His songs have been in more than just Vocaloid though, having credit in "The Sound of SEINS;GATE Complete" from March of 2016 as the arranger, "TOHO Eurobeat" Volumes 1, 3, and 4. As well as "The Best Of Non-Stop TOHO Eurobeat 2011" and "The Revival Mix 2" (TOHO Eurobeat) albums as a mix of an arranger and lyricist.

His significant works in the Vocaloid franchise include:

Luka Luka★Night Fever

Neko Neko★Super Fever Night

Megu Megu☆Fire Endless Night

miki miki★Romantic Night

Piko Piko☆Legend of the Night

Tako Luka★ Maguro Fever

Lily Lily ★ Burning Night

Many other "Night" Credits in the same series.

Missing

Promise

Bye-Bye Lover

Rainbow

Otsu-P (乙P)

Otsu-P released fewer songs than others on this list due to the year of their sudden passing being 2013. It's easy to tell from fan reactions still in circulation that they have no shortage of affection still. Their music lives on within compilations and re-releases, keeping his memory fresh.

Producers released the "Pandoras Box" album after their passing-- including songs that had final touches placed post-mortem so that those who enjoyed their work could enjoy everything they had to offer. There is very, very little about Otsu-P available. That's okay. If you have anything to share, or any kind of memory you'd like to include-- please do.

The works included on their most notable are:

chord line

Oman Ko

Innovation

Mythologist

Pandora's Box

Stick With You

wowaka (ヲワカ)/Genjitsutouhi-P (現実逃避P)

This is the hardest one to cover for me. It's very strange. For a while now SPiCA has made me very, very sad. I wasn't sure why. I didn't know about wowaka until this week. The song isn't meant to be sad at all. The musical undertone though leaves me feeling empty. Now I can't even play the song. It really did leave a deep mark. Even choosing a picture, I went through about 20 of them, just to find one where he looked content.

Wowaka heard about Vocaloid after hearing "Last Night, Good Night," enjoying and being shocked by the ability of the program-- as well as the ability of a single user to do so much production. Debuting in 2009 and exploding soon after, wowaka formed the band "hitorie" in 2011, establishing BALLOOM. Under the BALOOM umbrella, artists would be able to publish music worldwide.. from the internet. Following this "Rolling Girl" saw an international release.

In 2011 after this release, wowaka worked mostly with his band and label instead of the Vocaloid software. During this time he'd composed and worked on the lyrics for "And I'm Home," featured as the ending theme song of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The type to stay busy, he'd always had a project. Eventually he would be back with a bang in 2017, releasing the Vocaloid track: "Unknown Mother-Goose."

Not only did he get used to the software though, he was personal with the developers. Wowaka was friends with Hachi (Yonezu Kenshi) at one point describing their relationship as "close."

The associations list for wowaka are almost endless. From Toku, Oster Project and onward. If you look at any Project Diva game or best-of discography for Vocaloid you will see at least one wowaka song. If you play the games you know of his songs as almost always being the ones to get you stuck for a bit on the harder difficulties. They're so catchy that no one seems to mind.

Here's some of the ones picked from an extremely long list:

Rolling Girl

Two Faced Lovers

World's End Dancehall

SPiCA -nopq remix-

Romeo & Cinderella

Unhappy Refrain

Prism Cube

Reversible Doll

Brother-P (ブラザーP)

Unlike the others on this list; Brother-P was not a musician, and a bit more recent. His specialization was the animations associated with some of our favorite songs. It's likely you've seen at least one of them, with Sony having his work included in a DVD release for Vocaloid content.

A few of these Music Video compilations have been released over the years, with many making it to Youtube. With inclusion of 2DMV's, his work has been included in everything from DVD to Video Games. Modders especially have used his content in Megamix+ to bring life to songs.

Like wowaka, I've had a deep feeling of sadness when playing certain songs. Namely Viva Happy and Odds & Ends. Today actually, I had to pause playing Odds & Ends. (using the Brother-P MV actually.) Before I had learned of this information this had happened with me sitting at my desk feeling oddly empty. That's when I had started working on this, as I felt like I had to work on something important to me. It lead me to this information. I feel strange about it. Especially with how odd the timing is. But, It shows how deeply the PV's do make a difference.

Some of the ones I specifically want to pick out:

Change Me

Viva Happy

Mr.wonderboy

Odds & Ends (fanmade, but brilliant)

SHIKI

Already popular before working with Vocaloid2, SHIKI crossed over into composing and arrangement on the new platform with Harmonia in 2008. It only took two songs for him to grab attention. You'll find him on the 2010 Sony DVD ~memories~, as well as the September 2010 Exit Tunes Presents Vocaloanthems album.

SHIKI lead and worked with a Visual Rock group "GILDA" until his departure in 2016. Before this he worked with Be-Music Source files (BMS) form 2002 until his passing in 2021. His legacy includes tracks for DJMAX, Sega's maimai, and オンゲキ series, and Albums for any kind of enjoyment type. He really was prolific.

HIs credits also included Lapis, Air, Ruby, and Setsuna. Love went into his creations at every step and it showed.

Some of his memorable credits include:

Triangle☆Girl's Heart

Prism Door

Endless Dream

Blue Ray

MEMORIES

Saturation

So, with all due respect.. I did find the deceased page while re-checking things. I did look at it. It's much longer than I originally thought it would be. Again, I implore others to add to this. Pay respects to those they enjoy the works of. Include the artists they care about. Drama in Vocaloid has been happening for such a long time. Let's turn that around. Make it a more hospitable group to be a part of.

[holywooffle]

Hello?? Is this Amon gus? Imposter? Is this imposter from Amog us?

My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead, murdered by my brother-in-law Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a Virtual Youtuber empire for over a year now and using me as his recruiter. Shortly after my 50th birthday, Hank came to me with a rather, shocking proposition. He asked that I use my Live2D knowledge to recruit talents, which he would then hire using his connections in the Japanese utaite world. Connections that he made through his career with Niconico. I was... astounded, I... I always thought that Hank was a very moral man and I was... thrown, confused, but I was also particularly vulnerable at the time, something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Hank took me on a ride along, and showed me just how much money even a small indie channel could make. And I was weak. I didn't want my family to go into financial ruin so I agreed. Every day, I think back at that moment with regret. I quickly realized that I was in way over my head, and Hank had a partner, a man named Motoaki "Yagoo" Tanigo, a businessman. Hank essentially sold me into servitude to this man, and when I tried to quit, Yagoo threatened my family. I didn't know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Yagoo had a falling out. From what I can gather, Hank was always pushing for a greater share of the business, to which Yagoo flatly refused to give him, and things escalated. Yagoo was able to arrange, uh I guess I guess you call it a "hit" on my brother-in-law, and failed, but Hank was seriously injured, and I wound up paying his medical bills which amounted to a little over $177,000. Upon recovery, Hank was bent on revenge, working with a man named Riku Tazumi , he plotted to kill Yagoo, and did so. In fact, the bomb that he used was built by me, and he gave me no option in it. I have often contemplated suicide, but I'm a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was frightened. Hank had risen in the ranks to become the head of the Cover Corp, and about that time, to keep me in line, he took my children from me. For 3 months he kept them. My wife, who up until that point, had no idea of my vtubing activities, was horrified to learn what I had done, why Hank had taken our children. We were scared. I was in Hell, I hated myself for what I had brought upon my family. Recently, I tried once again to quit, to end this nightmare, and in response, he gave me this. I can't take this anymore. I live in fear every day that Hank will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. I... All I could think to do was to make this video in hope that the world will finally see this man, for what he really is.

[k1mdraculaa]

My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead, murdered by my brother-in-law Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a Virtual Youtuber empire for over a year now and using me as his recruiter. Shortly after my 50th birthday, Hank came to me with a rather, shocking proposition. He asked that I use my Live2D knowledge to recruit talents, which he would then hire using his connections in the Japanese utaite world. Connections that he made through his career with Niconico. I was... astounded, I... I always thought that Hank was a very moral man and I was... thrown, confused, but I was also particularly vulnerable at the time, something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Hank took me on a ride along, and showed me just how much money even a small indie channel could make. And I was weak. I didn't want my family to go into financial ruin so I agreed. Every day, I think back at that moment with regret. I quickly realized that I was in way over my head, and Hank had a partner, a man named Motoaki "Yagoo" Tanigo, a businessman. Hank essentially sold me into servitude to this man, and when I tried to quit, Yagoo threatened my family. I didn't know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Yagoo had a falling out. From what I can gather, Hank was always pushing for a greater share of the business, to which Yagoo flatly refused to give him, and things escalated. Yagoo was able to arrange, uh I guess I guess you call it a "hit" on my brother-in-law, and failed, but Hank was seriously injured, and I wound up paying his medical bills which amounted to a little over $177,000. Upon recovery, Hank was bent on revenge, working with a man named Riku Tazumi , he plotted to kill Yagoo, and did so. In fact, the bomb that he used was built by me, and he gave me no option in it. I have often contemplated suicide, but I'm a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was frightened. Hank had risen in the ranks to become the head of the Cover Corp, and about that time, to keep me in line, he took my children from me. For 3 months he kept them. My wife, who up until that point, had no idea of my vtubing activities, was horrified to learn what I had done, why Hank had taken our children. We were scared. I was in Hell, I hated myself for what I had brought upon my family. Recently, I tried once again to quit, to end this nightmare, and in response, he gave me this. I can't take this anymore. I live in fear every day that Hank will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. I... All I could think to do was to make this video in hope that the world will finally see this man, for what he really is.

i'm in love with you /p

[gaysamurai]

does anyone remember when there was an utaite on niconico whose main draw was that he could imitate gackt

[lalacatland]

My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead, murdered by my brother-in-law Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a Virtual Youtuber empire for over a year now and using me as his recruiter. Shortly after my 50th birthday, Hank came to me with a rather, shocking proposition. He asked that I use my Live2D knowledge to recruit talents, which he would then hire using his connections in the Japanese utaite world. Connections that he made through his career with Niconico. I was... astounded, I... I always thought that Hank was a very moral man and I was... thrown, confused, but I was also particularly vulnerable at the time, something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Hank took me on a ride along, and showed me just how much money even a small indie channel could make. And I was weak. I didn't want my family to go into financial ruin so I agreed. Every day, I think back at that moment with regret. I quickly realized that I was in way over my head, and Hank had a partner, a man named Motoaki "Yagoo" Tanigo, a businessman. Hank essentially sold me into servitude to this man, and when I tried to quit, Yagoo threatened my family. I didn't know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Yagoo had a falling out. From what I can gather, Hank was always pushing for a greater share of the business, to which Yagoo flatly refused to give him, and things escalated.

[sanamae-nico]

9月23日発売の『食虫植物』の表紙です！

原曲：

[koizumicchi]

おやすみワンダーランド English Translation

おやすみワンダーランド Oyasumi Wonderland Good Night Wonderland 96neko, Lon, Mafumafu, un:c, Rumdarjun, nero

Lyrics: EasyPop Music, Arrange: EasyPop Album: ニコニコワンダーランド VOL.2

crossfade kanji from other songs tls

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色んな事が右から左 上から下へと流れてく たくさん笑ってたくさん喋って 今日もあっという間に過ぎてゆく 陽は傾いて月がのぼり 星たちは騒ぎ歌うよやさしく

Iron na koto ga migi kara hidari Ue kara shita e to nagareteku Takusan waratte takusan shabette Kyō mo atto iu mani sugite yuku Hi wa katamuite tsuki ga nobori Hoshitachi wa sawagi utau yo yasashiku 

A lot of things happened every where we look Flowing from top to bottom Laugh a lot, talk a lot Today is over in the blink of an eye The sun goes down and the moon rises The stars make merry, gently singing

おやすみ また明日ね たのしかったね みんなに 今日もありがとう 夢の中へ

Oyasumi mata ashita ne Tanoshikatta ne Minna ni kyō mo arigatō Yume no naka e

Good night, see you again tomorrow It was fun, wasn��t it Thank you to everyone today Let us meet in our dreams

楽しいことばっかだけじゃないけど 苦しいときこそみんな一緒 たくさん食べてたくさんあそんで 今日もあっという間に過ぎてゆく 陽は傾いて月がのぼり 星たちは騷ぎ歌うよやさしく

Tanoshī koto bakka dake janai kedo Kurushī toki koso minna issho Takusan tabete takusan asonde Kyō mo atto iu mani sugite yuku Hi wa katamuite tsuki ga nobori Hoshitachi wa sawagi utau yo yasashiku

It is not just the fun things but Everyone is together when it is painful Eat a lot, play to our heart’s content Today is over in the blink of an eye The sun goes down and the moon rises The stars make merry, gently singing

おやすみ また明日ね うれしかったよ 自分におつかれさま 夢の中へ

Oyasumi mata ashita ne Ureshikatta yo Jibun ni otsukaresama Yume no naka e 

Good night, see you again tomorrow It was happy today Cheers for our hard work Let us meet in our dreams

おやすみ また明日ね たのしかったね みんなで おやすみなさい 夢の中へ

Oyasumi mata ashita ne Tanoshikatta ne Minna de oyasuminasai Yume no naka e

Good night, see you again tomorrow It was fun, wasn’t it Good night to everyone Let us meet in our dreams

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T/N:

The years had passed since the first time I came across the album, but there are some songs that remain untranslated even now. This is such a gentle song, the kind that brings me peace every time I listen to it; so I decided to try and translate it. It’s one of the songs that I’d like to understand back then, and I feel grateful now that I can do just that.

Keep in mind that Japanese and English aren’t my first language. I never claim my translation (attempts) to be error-free. As always, if you’re going to use or reference my translations, please do not claim it as your own and credit me.

[compactdisque]

original

[attention-k-mart-shoppers]

Name(s): bee, adam, burger, garlic, clockwork, jack, pinky

Pronouns: they/he. also experimenting with going by she/her

Star sign: taurus

# of siblings & fun facts about them (if you have any): one younger brother

# of pets & their names: queenie, female maine coon, and manny, male russian blue

Fandoms: project sekai, vocaloid, heathers, tadc, bandori, pokemon, sanrio, hololive, beetlejuice, cuphead

Favorite color: idk probably hot pink

Favorite song: Inaiinai Izonshou (MARETU Remix)

Favorite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!): all 3 of my favorite books are by different authors so no clue

Hobbies: drawing, making characters, and singing

Favorite fic type: reader insert

Favorite holiday: halloween because halloween, christmas because of the presents and family and cozy vibes, and easter because of the pastel colors

Do you have any partner(s)? (romantic, qpp, anything!): i have a platonic crush on 4 people in the same theater group as me

Fun facts about you / anything extra you wanna share!: pansexual and i have an utaite account on niconico

@ratsarevalid @thecasestudyofmikaela @starry-sky-orchestra @rockingego @pancake-moth @skullnutzz

I got bored so here's a little get-to-know-you tag game I think could be fun :3

Name(s)

Pronouns

Star sign

# of siblings & fun facts about them (if you have any)

# of pets & their names

Fandoms

Favorite color

Favorite song

Favorite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!)

Hobbies

Favorite fic type

Favorite holiday

Do you have any partner(s)? (romantic, qpp, anything!)

Fun facts about you / anything extra you wanna share!

────────

Name(s): Loki (highly preferred), Elye

Pronouns : they/them mostly, he/she okay too

Star sign: Pisces

# of siblings: I've got 2! An older sister and a younger sibling. The fun fact about them is that they're also both queer; in fact, my mom is too. The only non-queer person in my immediate family is my dad.

# of pets: 4 cats! Phoebe & Frankie are our girls, Lenny and Murray are our boys :3

Fandoms: MCU (kind of), BSD, OFMD, Ranboo (does his fanbase count as a fandom?)

Fav. color: Don't have one

Fav. song: Aurora Borealis by Lemon Demon

Fav. author: Alice Oseman

Hobbies: singing, acting, drawing, writing, procrastinating

Fav. fic type: Fluff, definitely. I am a sucker for well written coffee-shop and flower-shop aus, too. Smut's fine, but only if it's romantic. I can't do angst if there's no comfort.

Fav. Holiday: Hanukkah or Halloween! I love autumn and winter

Partners?: Yes! I have a girlfriend (queerplatonic) who I love very much, and a boyfriend (romantic) who I love very much :]

Fun facts:

- Even though I'm a cat person, I really, really want a dog.

- I actually used to play sports. Because I don't do gendered leagues anymore, I don't play, but I've been looking for mixed/gender-neutral/queer sports teams. Baseball and basketball specifically!

- I started questioning my identity in 2019; I'm no closer to finding a label now than I was then. The difference is, now I don't want a label. I just am. :]

tags: @neonganymede @cha0ticlesbian @x-chiara @exceleo @brinnybee @autistic-katara @gandalfthemorallygrey @ohboyanotherlokiblog @roachandrenfri @ourflagmeanslokius @exceleo @edettethegreat @swiftlyspidey

[krystalxsei]

Inicios como Utaites y Primer encuentro de After The Rain.

Inicios de Soraru (karaoke).

Soraru comenzó como utaite desde los mismos inicios de la popularización de Vocaloid en Japón por allá en 2008, siendo su primer cover Suimin Jikan.

Antiguo Avatar de Soraru hecho por la ilustradora de Asunya.

En la escuela fue bastante popular solo por el hecho de su buena voz de "Ikemen" y que sus compañeros lo veían como alguien "cool" por su forma de ser distante, tanto así que le pusieron el apodo de "príncipe" según una anécdota que contó en un directo de Eve.

No tuvo ninguna motivación aparente por la cual subir covers, simplemente era un fan de Vocaloid que comenzó como pasatiempo haciéndolo por gusto sin pensar que sería tan popular (como pasa con la mayoría de utaites, después de todo siguen siendo personas normales con voces muy talentosas, motivo por el cual se hacen virales). Como forma de pasar el rato él llevaba su laptop al karaoke y grababa desde ahí, así de simple, y le funcionó muy bien por un buen rato hasta que decidió comprarse un micrófono pensando a futuro.

Cuando se hizo más conocido muchos utaites querían colaborar con él ya que su voz iba bien con muchas canciones, por su popularidad o porque al ser la mayoría "utaites recién llegados" lo admiraban. En sus colaboraciones más recordadas se encuentran Lon, Komeru, Tacchi y Mafumafu.

Algunas Colabs antiguas:

Mrs.Pumpkin Comical Dream (con Komeru)

Frozen - Love is an Open Door (con Lon) - (Aquí para verlo con vídeo)

Leo (con Tacchi).

Avatar de Lon.

Avatar de Komeru.

Inicios de Mafu (bullying - ático).

Mafu empezó como utaite en NicoNico alrededor de 2010-2011 en el que Vocaloid ya tenía su reconocimiento y gente cuyo pasatiempo era hacer covers iba tomando más relevancia, tanto que hoy en día NicoNico cuenta con su propia sección para subir Utattemita (Covers).

La motivación de Mafu no fue pensar en hacerse popular, sino más bien una forma de alivio por medio de la música, para él la música popular siempre eran canciones alegres y pegajosas, no había canciones con las que pudiera identificarse otra gente y sentía que se lo vendían como si todo el mundo fuera alegre. Cuando entró en el mundo de Vocaloid se topó con canciones oscuras que no estaban hechas para ser cantadas por humanos, pero le pareció genial la gente que hacía covers de ellas y les daba su propia esencia, así que pensó "¡Quiero hacer eso también!", por lo que empezó a cantar en el ático de casa de sus padres (que según él probablemente se preguntaban qué hacía allí y puede que acabaran descubriéndolo sin que lo supiera, lol), así abriendo su cuenta de NicoNico y subiendo su primer cover (conocido a hoy día): Mozaik Role en 2011. En sus inicios fue un GRAN fan de Soraru quien en su momento era conocido como un dios en NicoNico.

¿Por qué lo hacía por alivio?

Mafu en su escuela era víctima de acoso y rechazo, no solo como utaite tuvo tiempos difíciles puesto que era señalado por ser presuntamente afeminado principalmente por su voz. Los acosos iban desde arrojarle agua sucia los días de limpieza, ignorarlo, callarse cuando intentaba decir algo y así dejarlo hablando solo, excluirlo de actividades, entre muchísimas otras. Todo esto le hizo desarrollar un fuerte complejo y una baja autoestima por su voz y apariencia, tanto así que empezó a repudiar su voz, tanto así que la forzaba para hacerla sonar más grave, y es algo muy evidente que puede verse en sus covers más antiguos (que a su vez también eran de canciones un poco más oscuras).

Ejemplos:

Lost Time Memory

A Tale of Six Trillion Years and One Night

Tokyo Teddy Bear.

Así se unió a la comunidad y empezó a realizar colaboraciones con otros utaites para covers que requerían más de una persona, siendo 1 2 Fanclub de los primeros.

Más adelante pasaría por momentos más duros al filtrarse su apariencia, y sacando en ese entonces su primera canción original (y personalmente mi favorita) en 2013: Yume Hanabi.

[La fecha marca 2015 en Youtube, esto es porque la resubió al crearse un canal en Youtube, él la sacó oficialmente en 2013 publicándola en NicoNico, y la primera versión ni siquiera fue cantada por él sino por la Vocaloid IA].

Mafumafu stalkeando a Soraru.

Mafu era un fan extremo de Soraru en su momento, recientemente en el directo por el cumpleaños de Soraru (2021) comentó que solía escuchar mucho de la SoraLon Radio (podcast que tenían Soraru y Lon) y es algo que puede verse en sus tweets antiguos del 2012, antes de conocerlo en persona lo admiraba mucho y lo expresaba a través de Twitter dando Me Gusta, Retwitteando, haciéndole menciones y molestándolo con cosas como:

"La voz de Soraru-san es tan genial ¡lo amo!", "Le envié a Soraru-san chocolate por San Valentín, espero que me compre un auto como agradecimiento", "@Soraru no me presta atención, seguramente eres tsundere", etc

Aveces llegaba a mencionarlo en tantos tweets o Respuestas que le saturaba las notificaciones a Soraru y lo terminaba bloqueando por un tiempo.

–Recordatorio para hacer un post traduciendo tweets antiguos–.

Primer encuentro de AtR.

Por medio de conocidos en común Mafu y Soraru se conocieron por primera vez en un Karaoke planeado por su amigo, Mafu se emocionó mucho al saber que iría Soraru, cantaron juntos bastante bien y la primera impresión de Soraru fue "¡Su voz es tan alta! ¿Por qué la hace sonar así?", ambos se divirtieron bastante y Mafu pensó que habría sido molesto, pero Soraru se despidió con una reverencia diciendo que fue en placer y se volverían a ver, entonces su pensamiento cambió a "¡Realmente es un buen tipo! T-T". Ambos se encontrarían tiempo después en un evento donde se presentarían utaites en el que Soraru iba como invitado y Mafu estaba como staff, durante ese evento estuvo como completo fanboy por él y Glutamine.

[Créditos por la traducción al Inglés].

Al acabar ambos se hicieron más cercanos y mantuvieron el contacto, poco después sacarían su primer cover juntos y ocurriría el incidente con Asukasoromanya-z (Asunya) y Suzumu.

Datos

—Se rumora que el amigo que planeó el Karaoke fue Suzumu, conocido de ambos en aquel entonces.

—Soraru después de conocer a Mafu y saber sus problemas decidió ayudarlo con cosas como el acoso y su mudanza, se desconoce la razón de porqué hizo tanto por alguien que apenas conocía, pero fue muy bueno de su parte, todo un ángel.

Recomendación:

Glutamine y Kradness eran mis dioses antes del SoraMafu, una lástima que con el paso del tiempo quedasen atrás y actualmente no sean muy activos, pero tenían estilos únicos que los caracterizaban, eran totalmente distintos con sus estilos y volvían suyas las canciones. Les dejo un cover súper icónico de mi rey del metal.

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