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Ok, so, i'll make this short.
I've already made a thread about this but sadly, it has been mostly ignored.
To make things even worse, it looks like some people completly didn't understand the content of the topic, questioning me about things that were already adressed in the Opening Post.
More than 1 year later, i'm giving another shot to explain my case. I'll be way more brief and straight to the point. Hoping to clear any doubt.
Establishing the VOCALOID world
VOCALOIDs aren't -just- softwares, they received a proper story in a game called Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X
In the First Cutscene of said game, it is explained that VOCALOID live a in a "digital world" inhabitated by digital singers.
Miku states the following:
"Our music can influence this world, expand it, and fill it with joy and excitement. There's just one little problem. We can't sing on our own. Unless you help us sing, our voices can't be heard" [...] "I know my singing can restore this world and make it a vibrant place"
Then we have an overview on how this word works
"The world is divided into five spaces called Clouds, each giving off a different aura... Cute ; Cool ; Elegant ; Quirck ; Classic ; The clouds are falling dark because we've been unable to sing. To restore their energy, we'll need to generate enough voltage with the power of our music"
What happens when the clouds are falling dark
In the game context, what truly happens is that you're unable to access certain clouds, and thus sing certain songs. So, why does this happen?
In the opening (which seems to be canon to the "plot" by the way) we can see what actually happens when Miku is unable to sing - The whole world gets dark, the music goes away, the light goes away, the audiences goes away, it essentialy becomes empty.
The entirity of this digital world DEPENDS on VOCALOIDs music, The Songs themselves cannot be sung, or act, without the power of the digital singers.
Miku gets the strenght to resolve the situation as soon as the "other Miku" gives her an empty crystal, giving her the chance to sing again. Starting from this moment the VOCALOIDs will sing until everything turns back to normal.
The videos of VOCALOIDS' songs
So, we have essentialy seen that this world depends on VOCALOIDs singing voice. Their voice goes away, then everything goes dark and they can't do a thing about it.
Everything falls apart, and certaing songs cannot even be sing. The stage where they perform goes off.
Once they start singing, though, they discover new songs, make concerts, and even do some weird stuff like teleporting and change personalities
So, what's truly happening here is the following:
The world where Miku lives in depends on her singing, every aspect of it, even things that shouldn't be related to music.
That means that the videos where VOCALOIDs are, and the lyrics of the songs, are not meant to be taken as "true", but as fabrication of their singing.
Everything that happens in the videos happens because the world around Miku is being influenced by her singing, as stated in one of the first cutscenes.
That cannot be otherwise, since VOCALOIDs can dramatically change personality and personal story from one song to another, and some songs, like Holy Lance Explosion Boy, where Len is a manwhore (at the age of 14...), do NOT reflect his attitude during the in-game's cutscenes.
Also, this explains why the more they sing, the more songs they discover, the more clouds they can access, the more dresses they can wear. One could call this a gameplay-mechanic, but the fact this is a music-related world makes all of this very likely.
Changes proposed
Given what I said:
- 4-A Tier (or at least I think, read until the end). This is due to the fact that this whole "VOCALOID Universe" depends on their singing, and as soon as they stop, said universe falls in darkness. I'm not sure on which category such ability should fall: I mean, they are not creating nor destroying an universe, but at the same time, said universe depends on them. Unsure on how this is supposed to be classified.
- Reality Warping, but in a much limited manner. She can do asburd things in PVs (such as the ones debunked here) (and there are various space-related songs) but given the context, this is likely limited by the fact that everything has to be related by the song she's singing.
Weaknesses
- As soons as she can't sing anymore, ALL of her powers are gone.
I've already made a thread about this but sadly, it has been mostly ignored.
To make things even worse, it looks like some people completly didn't understand the content of the topic, questioning me about things that were already adressed in the Opening Post.
More than 1 year later, i'm giving another shot to explain my case. I'll be way more brief and straight to the point. Hoping to clear any doubt.
Establishing the VOCALOID world
VOCALOIDs aren't -just- softwares, they received a proper story in a game called Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X
In the First Cutscene of said game, it is explained that VOCALOID live a in a "digital world" inhabitated by digital singers.
Miku states the following:
"Our music can influence this world, expand it, and fill it with joy and excitement. There's just one little problem. We can't sing on our own. Unless you help us sing, our voices can't be heard" [...] "I know my singing can restore this world and make it a vibrant place"
Then we have an overview on how this word works
"The world is divided into five spaces called Clouds, each giving off a different aura... Cute ; Cool ; Elegant ; Quirck ; Classic ; The clouds are falling dark because we've been unable to sing. To restore their energy, we'll need to generate enough voltage with the power of our music"
What happens when the clouds are falling dark
In the game context, what truly happens is that you're unable to access certain clouds, and thus sing certain songs. So, why does this happen?
In the opening (which seems to be canon to the "plot" by the way) we can see what actually happens when Miku is unable to sing - The whole world gets dark, the music goes away, the light goes away, the audiences goes away, it essentialy becomes empty.
The entirity of this digital world DEPENDS on VOCALOIDs music, The Songs themselves cannot be sung, or act, without the power of the digital singers.
Miku gets the strenght to resolve the situation as soon as the "other Miku" gives her an empty crystal, giving her the chance to sing again. Starting from this moment the VOCALOIDs will sing until everything turns back to normal.
The videos of VOCALOIDS' songs
So, we have essentialy seen that this world depends on VOCALOIDs singing voice. Their voice goes away, then everything goes dark and they can't do a thing about it.
Everything falls apart, and certaing songs cannot even be sing. The stage where they perform goes off.
Once they start singing, though, they discover new songs, make concerts, and even do some weird stuff like teleporting and change personalities
So, what's truly happening here is the following:
The world where Miku lives in depends on her singing, every aspect of it, even things that shouldn't be related to music.
That means that the videos where VOCALOIDs are, and the lyrics of the songs, are not meant to be taken as "true", but as fabrication of their singing.
Everything that happens in the videos happens because the world around Miku is being influenced by her singing, as stated in one of the first cutscenes.
That cannot be otherwise, since VOCALOIDs can dramatically change personality and personal story from one song to another, and some songs, like Holy Lance Explosion Boy, where Len is a manwhore (at the age of 14...), do NOT reflect his attitude during the in-game's cutscenes.
Also, this explains why the more they sing, the more songs they discover, the more clouds they can access, the more dresses they can wear. One could call this a gameplay-mechanic, but the fact this is a music-related world makes all of this very likely.
Changes proposed
Given what I said:
- 4-A Tier (or at least I think, read until the end). This is due to the fact that this whole "VOCALOID Universe" depends on their singing, and as soon as they stop, said universe falls in darkness. I'm not sure on which category such ability should fall: I mean, they are not creating nor destroying an universe, but at the same time, said universe depends on them. Unsure on how this is supposed to be classified.
- Reality Warping, but in a much limited manner. She can do asburd things in PVs (such as the ones debunked here) (and there are various space-related songs) but given the context, this is likely limited by the fact that everything has to be related by the song she's singing.
Weaknesses
- As soons as she can't sing anymore, ALL of her powers are gone.
