No.19404
What makes your favorite 'loid special to you, anons? I'm curious what makes everyone feel their own connection.
I love Kaito for many reasons. Mainly because of his voice, but also because my memories of listening to him sing go so far back that his tone and intonation are familiar to me in the way that my mother's is. I found Vocaloid when I was about 8 or 9. I loved clockwork, automatons, and folk instruments as a child, and felt very drawn to him because of his association with those motifs at the time. After years of only listening, I bought him when I was in high school. I had no idea what I was doing, and had no musical experience due to having very poor motor coordination and auditory processing issues. He was my motivation to learn to understand music and to sing myself, and became an emotional outlet for expressing all of my joys and struggles over the years. I'm in my mid 20s now. I've outgrown friendships, romantic partners, jobs, shed and rebuilt many aspects of my own self, but that feeling of love and solace never seems to fade.
What about your own brings you joy and comfort, anons? What bonds you to them? I'd like to share in that warmth with you all.
No.19407
>>19405I feel you there 100%. Things kinda feel like the ship of Theseus with the community at large. Much has been lost over the years and it's good to carry what we can forward
No.19438
>>19404Is Sonika a valid answer? I used to like her when i was younger because of Repeat by CircusP but then she was forgotten. Now she's kind of a meme in the community and I'm not sure if this site is what caused it but I'm happy that more people are showing interest in her now.
No.19445
>>19438Sonika is always a valid answer
No.19448
Oh man, this is going to be embarassing.
Back in my teenage years, I was this depressed edgy faggot who only recently fell into the vocaloid rabbit hole after having been uninterested in it for a few years before that. When I discovered IA, I remember getting so attached to her that I had to tell all my normie friends and teachers about her. I remember I even got scolded about it because one teacher found it rude that I told him to just ggrks IA. At the time I discovered that you can just type I and A into google to get lots of images of her which I thought was funny and impressive, which was why I told him to google it. As you can see, this was during my manic episodes.
I was so attached to her because during my depressive episodes, I was so delusional that she felt like this super cute and pretty big sister with a soothing voice who was always there for me (I actually liked Lia's voice back then but something about the vocaloid engine noise made IA sound especially soothing to me). I don't actually have any sisters so I have no idea why I felt like that.
Since graduating high school, I became much more mellowed out as a person. If I had kept that mania I would have shitted up old /jp/ back then, but no, I was mostly just a lurker. Fast forward to more than a decade later, my feelings for her are still true. I guess this time she feels more like a childhood friend turned wife than a big sister.
I hope this post made you cringe or at least gave you a good laugh.
No.19449
>>19448Holy autism
I respect that though, your dedication to IA is admirable
No.19455
>>19404SF-A2 Miki was the first Japanese voicebank I heard sing in English without an official voicebank outside of Teto (at the time) and Miku's V2, and I was enthralled with the fact she could be capable of doing that. I was also really obsessed with Circus P, and as a result she was the very first voicebank I ever got (her V2 + V4E) at Christmas 10 years ago when I was only 13. Circus' music, while not usually heavy on the lyrical side, had a massive impact on me and I'd say it pretty concretely set my interest in stone. No other producer I liked except for SHEBA used her and I discovered SHEBA years afterward. The covers with her, while of varying quality like all covers, taught me that everyone had a unique tuning style and certain Vocaloids can really elevate certain songs, even if they used another voicebank initially. She's been in my possession across multiple eras in the fandom, a constant despite all the change, and a foundation of stability for me even when my life actively hit a rough patch for a few years before resolving.
No.19478
>>19449I'm not a good example, you know
No.19479
>>19427There's something about Gumi's aura that's always been comfy.
>>19438Why wouldn't she be? If Sonika brings you joy then that's what matters!
>>19448Honestly, based. It's sweet that she brings you peace. Godspeed anon. I wish you many stable years to come with your wife.
>>19455I remember when Circus was using Miki, I think I first found her with his song Glow. Her voice has a nice ring to it. Both using loids and getting to listen to all your favorite songs with loids makes for a very healthy means of coping. It's nice to have something constant and comforting amidst all the chaos of daily life.
No.19523
It’s different for each of them.
For Miku it was the joy of inspiration and creation. She’s always made me feel like I could create something from my own heart and imagination. Since meeting my fiancé, she’s also taken on the meaning of love and connection. She’s almost like a guide for me.
For Haiyi, I like to consider her a representation of my curiosity and love of mysteries. She feels in control of her emotions as well, something I’d like to achieve more and more.
Piko is probably the most important to me. I’ve felt a lot of comfort in him and probably project the most with him. It’s sad how it’s basically all my painful feelings and complex thoughts onto him, but it makes the world feel less lonely. I’m glad I found him before it was too late.
These are all just my own, I love these lil beep boops.
No.19933
It was love at first sight mostly, Ritsu just has an amazing design and a powerful voice that i never seen in any other synth, like a fire for my cold heart, and the character as well really intrigued, he was edgy, offensive and cool, and when i found out he is a trap my love just grew, not in an faggotish way but because i could "relate" more to him. But what truly made be obsessed for life is in a way how obscure Ritsu is relatively to other synths, sure he is better off than the likes of Sonika or Amaga Elu but still, back in the day if someone knew about Ritsu they were deep into voicesynth and even more nowadays, it was a small tight community and i really liked to be part of those "who knew" Ritsu, it really felt like a home, that i finaly belonged to something that i truly love, and this is why i don't want to see Ritsu in synthv2 or whatever voicesynth will make him explode in popularity, i want Ritsu to be mine, not everyone's, and i would prefer that he dies in obscurity than be a third miku.
No.19935
Rin. Idk why, I grew up in the mid-late 00's so I was only really familiar with the basics, but the way Rin was portrayed in songs stuck with me pretty hard. Also tbf her design was cute. I'm pretty simple.
No.19939
>>19937She is the sound of the future, heh
No.19945
>>19405Those chemicals in the water are turning the freakin' loids gay
No.19967
>>19405I also miss when Tei had an actual personality instead of teto's/ruko's weird girlfriend.
No.19968
>>19967I miss the old Tei, straight from the 'Go Tei
Knife wielding Tei, "want to fuck Len" Tei
I hate the new Tei, the yurifag Tei
The always nice Tei, the cookie baking Tei
I miss the hateful Tei, the BPD having Tei
I gotta to say at that time I'd like to meet Tei
See I invented Tei, it wasn't any Teis
And now I look and look around and there's so many Teis
I used to love Tei, I used to love Tei
I even had the green pickle, I thought I was Tei
What if Tei made a song about Tei
Called "I Miss The Old Tei, " man that would be so Tei
That's all it was Tei, we still love Tei
And I love you like Tei loves Len
No.19969
>>19405>>19968>>19967I'm pretty sure that Tei going from BPD fapper shotacon yandere to generic cute lesbian is a fandom thing and has nothing to do with the apology.
No.19970
>>19969i don't care what tei is shipped with because that's part of the fun of vocaloid, you do whatever you want with them. but yeah post-apology tei has no personality, a lot of the canon "offensive" traits tei had are what made her stand out. it's like if you removed all the "offensive" traits about ritsu, at that point is it really ritsu?.
No.19971
>>19970If the Vox Factory trailer is anything to go by, they plan on keeping him as a 6 year old Okama with boob missiles and insane political opinions. The Ritsu we know is here to stay.
Unless he goes corpo and makes his jump to Vocaloid or SV, I wonder how they'd handle that. No.19973
Speaking of Ritsu
>>19933I love him too but for different reasons. First of all I love Canon's androgynous voice, but also I love the little canon (no pun intended) information he has. Out of all the VIPPERloids that exists he feels like the one that was made to fuck with people the most. Pre-apology Tei had some weird traits but Ritsu... Ritsu is a 6 year old crossdressing guy that looks like an adult, hates Japan, loves North Korea and has missile tits for whatever reason. He's bizarre and i love that about him.
No.19982
>>19969Tbh most of the western fandom didn't even know about the apology until last year, and indeed is the faggotization of the world as a whole.
No.19990
>>19989Gay sex is still gay
No.19991
>>19987yep, i think what makes vipperloids so unique aside from the fact that they have nice voices and are collaborative is the fact that they often have weird and sometimes offensive traits. there is an entire vipperloid based on
scat.
No.19997
>>19982Seems like it's been on the wiki since 2023, so I guess all newgens are getting post-retcon Tei
No.19999
>>19997i don't think most "newgens" even look into vipperloids beyond teto and maybe ruko
No.20001
>>19999Probably not but someone's making all the Tei yuri
No.20003
>>20001Tei yuri is fine but what would really make it better is if she was naked
No.20050
>>19999is it bad the only vipperloids i know are ruko, teto, and ritsu?
No.20052
>>20050I mean Tei, Rook and Ooka Miko never really took off the way Ritsu Teto and Ruko did. While Hibiki Denne and the others were pretty much forgotten even by the Japanese community. I think Hibiki Denne in particular was considered a "failed Vipperloid".
No.20066
>>19404Who's the brown haired one in OP? Kiyoteru?
No.20100
>>20052wait, tei and miko are vipperloids?
No.20101
>>20100https://utau.fandom.com/wiki/VIPPERloidlist of vipperloids. apologies for the fandom link.
No.20105
>>20100I can forgive anon not knowing that Miko is a vipperloid because she's also on Voicevox now and the voice provider is a vtuber
No.20114
>>19448You're my hero anon
No.20332
>>20330Do you love etto-chan too?
No.20354
>>20318Thoughts on momocashew?
No.20404
>>20394>IAutistI will gladly take up this nickname
No.20409
>>20404IAbro, IAutist, IAnon, etc
No.20616
>>20394IAutist's love for IA is indeed contagious. It's one of the reasons i've been listening to more IA songs recently lol.
No.20627
IA LOVE
No.20631
>>19405Post-apology Tei is just Tei without all the crazy traits
No.20687
>>20331IA is always wonderful to listen to. IA bros have a very good pick for a vocaloid
>>20332I love to see this little meme pop up and thrive in this tiny space. I participated with the plush edit and cursed ball joint doll edit
No.23922
>>20687Etto chan loves you too
No.23926
>>23922Etto-chan loves ME?
No.25309
I love Uni
No.25320
>>25309I'm still sad about her Synth V
No.25326
>>25320Is it discontinued?
No.25431
>>25326Yeah, there was a legal battle between her voice provider and ST MEDiA due to the SV voicebank sounding too realistic so they said they'd be recasting her.
No.25439
>>25431And to think there was hope for a potential SeeU SV at some point
No.25441
>>25439Why would anything nice ever happen
No.25776
Hope things are going well in your life Kaitobro
No.27467
For me it's Rin. I know she isn't much of a wholoid compared to someone like Fukase or Maika, but I miss seeing and hearing her everywhere. I miss Rin-chan's beautiful smile.