Weekly Vocaloid Ranking # 233 (March 12-19, 2012)

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I'm terribly sorry this is so late. This week's ranking has a few returners and a lot of remnants from the past ranking. However, this week also has a lot of popular producers uploading wonderful songs, so you might want to check them all out.

↑# - the song moved up from a previous top 30 rank
↓# - song moved down from a previous top 30 rank
↵ - song is a re-entry to the top 30 rankings

original nicovideo link

Songs are arranged from 1-30.



01. 【GUMI】シルバーバレット【オリジナル曲】
• Silver Bullet [GUMI]
• by PeperonP
• A very cool electrorock song by PeperonP, who is a known expert in using all sorts of Vocaloids in all sorts of song genres. This almost sounds like an anime song with an escalating tempo and aura. Gumi sounds very clear (what wonderful diction!) and almost emotional in the song.

02. 【初音ミク】 ろりこんでよかった～ 【フルver.PV】おじりなる(*´ω｀*)
• Lolicon de Yokatta [Hatsune Miku]
• by Takebo3
• ↑19 Title means "Glad to be a Lolicon".

03. [初音ミク]　paranoia　[オリジナル]
• paranoia [Hatsune Miku]
• by Tsunamaru/MezameP
• I really love Tsunamaru's jazzy beats and awesome piano melodies, and this is no exception. The piano melody is very soft and non-encompassing but it carries the song more than the other beats. His Miku always sounds so clear yet gentle and always a pleasure to listen to. The PV for the song is also beautiful. There's nothing more to wish for here, as it's perfect.

04. 【鏡音リン】 I ♥ 【オリジナルPV付】
• I ♥ [Kagamine Rin]
• by Junky
• Junky seems to be the expert in cutesy electropop Rin songs and this is no exception. Why is it so insanely adorable?

05. 【GUMI】くじらの街【オリジナル】
• Kujira no Machi [GUMI]
• by MurabitoP
• Title means "Whale Street". This song is just so full of sounds! Everything reverberates, including GUMI's voice, that it's hard to take in at once, but it is pretty remarkable, especially the message.

06. 【初音ミク】　ひとりぼっちのダンシング　【オリジナル】
• Hitoribocchi no Dancing [Hatsune Miku]
• by Kyouinu
• Title means "Dancing Alone". This is another fast-paced rock song with repetitive catchy phrases but it's adorable in it's own way.

07. 【初音ミク】韓国の皆さん　死んでください【ほぼ日P】
• Kankoku no Minna-san, Shinde Kudasai [Hatsune Miku]
• by HobonichiP
• Title means "South Koreans, Please Die". This is a rather controversial song because of the title and has caused a lot of commotion in the recent weeks. However, it's known that HobonichiP is a producer who often takes current events and social ideas thoughtfully and makes them a lighthearted but deeply-conveyed songs. This song is not about Koreans dying, by the way. It is an indirect response to an issue of a supposed Korean saying "Japanese people, please die in the earthquake". The song mainly talks of racism and how everyone who discriminates has no future in this world.

08. 【初音ミク】　怪異物ノ怪音楽箱　【オリジナルPV】
• Kaii Mononoke Ongaku Hako [Hatsune Miku]
• by Teniwoha
• Title means "A Strange Ghost's Music Box". It's a cute song but it's rather morbid so I don't really know what to think of it. I think it's really adorable but the PV is just... also, the PV is awesome because of the 3D-ish effects.

09. 【初音ミク】Chaining Intention Re:verse mix
• Chaining Intention Re:verse mix [Hatsune Miku]
• by Treow and Naturale
• I'm not that fond of this remix at first because of the seemingly mismatched beats and Vocaloid tuning. But after a few listens, it actually sounds really sassy and cool once you get used to it.

10. 【 IA 】 現実的論理主義者 【オリジナル】
• Genjitsuteki Ronri Shuginsha [IA-Aria on the Planetes-]
• by Gouboumen
• ↓09

11. 【GUMI(40㍍)】 春に一番近い街 【オリジナルPV】
• Haru ni Ichiban Chikai Machi [GUMI Power]
• by 40mP
• ↓01 Title means "The Town Nearest to Spring".

12. 『初音ミク』千本桜『オリジナル曲PV』
• Senbonzakura [Hatsune Miku]
• by KurousaP
• ↑16 Title means "A Thousand Cherry Blossoms".

13. 【初音ミク】トリノコシティ【カバー曲】
• Torinoko City -cover- [Hatsune Miku]
• by Dixie Flatline
• ↓02 This is a rearrangement of the 40mP original song for the Utaite Concept album "Adeyaka". In the album, the song is sung by Ten.

14. 【初音ミク】トウメイショウジョ【オリジナル曲PV】
• Toumei Shoujo [Hatsune Miku]
• by yuzuhiko
• ↓11

15. 【巡音ルカ×IA】バクといっしょ【Original PV】
• Baku to Issho [Luka x IA]
• by IyaiyaP
• Title means "With the Tapir". It kind of reminds me of ryuryu's songs, but only because of the slow drumming that ryuryu usually uses in his songs, too. This is a slow ballad concentrated on light instrumental aside from the steady drumming and echoey bass. The song might sound a bit boring at first because it's slow, but the voice blending is really beautiful. I'm amused at the "Totoro!" comments.

16. 【ルカ ミク グミ】一心不乱【オリジナル】
• Isshinfuran [Luka x GUMI x Miku]
• by Umetora
• ↓05 Title means "With Heart and Soul". At first it might sound like the usual electropop dancey song we usually hear but when the chorus comes it becomes super catchy.

17. 【神威がくぽ KAITO 鏡音レン】「桜舞イ散リヌ-麗-」オリジナル曲
• Sakura Maichirinu -rei- [Vanan'Ice]
• by SCL Project
• The general translation seems to be "Scattered Cherry Blossoms -elegant-" although I prefer it to be "Fluttering Cherry Blossom Petals -graceful-". Another masterpiece from natsuP, this has less rough guitars and drumming and more concentration on piano and the traditional melody incorporated to create a Japanese folk song aura quite similar to her previous song "Setsugetsuka".

18. 【GUMI】 イカサマライフゲイム 【オリジナル・PV付】
• Ikasama Life Game [GUMI]
• by kemu
• ↑23 Title means "Fake Life Game". It's random but every time I hear this song, I remember Katekyou Hitman Reborn orz. It's because of that Lambo song where they repeat "Warae/warau" like in this song...

19. 【初音ミク・巡音ルカ】リンちゃんなう！【鏡音生誕祭2011】
• Rin-chan Nau! [Hatsune Miku x Megurine Luka]
• by OwataP
• ↑25

20. 【オリジナル曲】プロパガンダ　　カラスヤサボウfeat.鏡音リン
• Propaganda [Kagamine Rin]
• by Karasuyasabou
• ↓04 This is a rather controversial piece, which led Karasuyasabou to halt his Vocaloid activities. It's a song about the shallowness of multimedia users, like people who say they like a song without knowing what it really means or what it is promoting, in other words, people who are quickly taken in by propaganda without realizing it.

21. 【GUMI】My Colorful Confuse【オリジナル曲】
• My Colorful Confuse [GUMI]
• by IenourademanbougashinderuP
• ↓08

22. 【GUMI】白雪姫のための棺桶【おりじなる】
• Shirayuki Hime no Tame no Kan'oke [GUMI]
• by ZenryakuP
• Title means "A Coffin Just for Snow White". As it has a fairytale theme, it's nice to hear the song having a waltz-like background melody, which is interestingly melded with rough guitars and fast drums.

23. 【GUMI・鏡音リン】 インビジブル 【オリジナル曲・PV付】
• Invisible [GUMI x Kagamine Rin]
• by kemu
• ↑26

24. 【トークロイド】　焼肉屋にて　【居酒屋シリーズ】
• Yakiniku-ya ni te [Talkloid]
• by OtonaraP
• This is part of OtonaraP's Izakaya Series and consists of talking Vocaloids throughout.

25. 【鏡音リン】レアノ【オリジナル】
• Lea no [Kagamine Rin]
• by PinocchioP
• I'm not sure of the romanization. This is PinocchioP's usual brand of eccentric rockish (or creepy) song. Quite catchy once you get used to the beat and the PV looks like Kyuubey or it's just me.

26. 【ＩＡ】想像フォレスト【オリジナルPV】
• Souzou Forest [IA -Aria on the Planetes-]
• by Jin
• ↓24 Title means "Imagination Forest".

27. 天ノ弱／164 feat.GUMI
• Ama no Jaku [GUMI]
• by 164
• ↵ 33 Title means "Heaven's Weakness".

28. 【V3GUMI】リノイズ【オリジナル】
• Renoise [GUMI V3]
• by kous
• It's been a while since I've heard kous's magic. As usual, this is another unusual song, with ambient tendencies but more of composed of a multitude of sounds and beats creating a rather mysterious, ephemeral aura.

29. 【ボカロ8人】Bad ∞ End ∞ Night【オリジナル】
• Bad ∞ End ∞ Night [Vocaloids]
• by HitoshizukuP and Yama△
&bll; ↵ 64 This experienced a rise because of the recent utattemita version.

30. 【初音ミク】FLY【オリジナルPV】
• FLY [Hatsune Miku]
• by Miksolodyne-ts
• This is an upbeat techno-pop song with echoey Miku against a cheerful but heavily accentuated beat. It gets a bit repetitive but it's fun to listen to.

HISTORY
1. Prayer Will Live (GUMI) - yuukiss
2. Ikitai no (Hatsune Miku) - Voyager
3. Chiisa na Sono Te de (Hatsune Miku) - DATEKEN
4. if (Megurine Luka) - MuryokuP
5. Haru no Kakera (Hatsune Miku Dark) - Nem

PICKUP
【鏡音レン・アペ】密閉型ヘッドホン【オリジナル曲】
• Mippeigata Headphone [Kagamine Len Append]
• by Hidarigawa Surasshu
• Title means "Encapsulated Headphones".

ENDING
【GUMI】 さくらひらり 【オリジナル曲】
• Sakura Hirari [GUMI]
• by Rikucha

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

anon would like to ask "isn't no.5 whale town?"