ofurotaimu | Weekly Vocaloid Ranking # 252 (July 23-30, 2012)

This week has VERY few new songs, and tons of returning songs for different reasons (album release, covered by an awesome person, pulled up by new songs from the same P, etc.). Be prepared for some nostalgia :D.

↑# - 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

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Songs are arranged from 1-30.

01. 【IA】チルドレンレコード【オリジナルPV】
• Children Record [IA]
• by Jin
• keep

02. 【鏡音リン・レンpower】和楽・千本櫻【カバー】
• Wagaku Senbonzakura -cover- [Kagamine Rin x Len]
• by OuenkaP and nichrome
• this is a cover of KurousaP's Senbonzakura.

03. 【巡音ルカ】アンサー【オリジナル】
• Answer [Megurine Luka]
• by Dixie Flatline
• This is an answer song for Just Be Friends. And English-subbed version of this song is also uploaded in Youtube.

04. 【ボカロ8人】Crazy ∞ nighT【オリジナル】
• Crazy ∞ nighT ~The Lost Libretto~ [group]
• by HitoshizukuP and Yama△
• ↓02

05. 【ミクさんの生誕5周年をリンレン達5人と祝ってやる】Birthday Song for ミク
• Birthday Song for Miku [group]
• by Mitchie M
• ↓04

06. 【GUMI】ダイアトニック【PV付オリジナル曲】
• Diatonic [GUMI]
• by MARUDARUMA
• MARUDARUMA is known for his amazing wordplay in his songs, but what attracted me in this one is the very light piano melody which you can barely hear against the guitars and GUMI's weirdly high voice. It plays a specific scale (the one in the PV) but it's a nice touch to the whole upbeat song.

07. 【鏡音レン】エートスの暗礁より【オリジナルPV】
• Ethos no Anshou [Kagamine Rin and Len]
• by Yamaji
• Title means "Worse than the Ethos Reef". Len's haunting wail-like singing here against the echoey rock melody is a beautiful thing to hear.

08. 【GUMI】　j e l L y 【オリジナル曲】
• j e l L y [GUMI]
• by TaP
• This is one of my favorites in this ranking. It kinda feels nostalgic hearing this style again! The song is rockish and the beat is nothing special. The tuning is pretty good but distorted a bit. What I like is the really sharp guitars that seem to scratch at your ears (in a nice way). The contrast between GUMI's gentle voice and the rough guitars is a nice feel, too.

09. 【GUMI Whisper】彼の彼女【れるりり×もじゃ】
• Kare no Kanojo [GUMI]
• by Mojal arranged by Rerulili
• Title means "His Girlfriend". This is a collaboration that also has an utattemita version, sung by Moja. This is simple folk rock-ish song, with a cheerful melody but poignant lyrics. GUMI sounds amazing as usual.

10. 【初音ミク】ぽっぴっぽー【本店だよ！！】
• Poppippo [Hatsune Miku]
• by LamazeP
• ↵ --

11. 【IA・初音ミク】鏡花水月【オリジナル】
• Kyoukasuigetsu [IA x Hatsune Miku]
• by Ebico
• The title is kind of complicated, it literally means "the moon reflected on the water's surface". Figuratively, it means something that is visible, but has no depth OR a beauty that cannot be put into words. Anyway, the song is a mix of traditional beats and electronica, which is a really nice combination. Ia's voice is a bit too high for me, but Miku's tuning is wonderful.

12. 【初音ミクDark】　bitter　【オリジナル】
• bitter [Hatsune Miku]
• by keeno
• ↓03

13. 【初音ミク】こちら、幸福安心委員会です。【オリジナル】
• Kochira Koufuku Anjin Iinkai [Hatsune Miku]
• by UtataP
• ↓12 Congratulations on a million views!

14. 【初音ミク＋IA】コノハの世界事情【オリジナルPV】
• Konoha no Sekai Jijou [Hatsune Miku x IA]
• by Jin
• ↵ 39 Title means "Konoha's World Problems".

15. 【IA】如月アテンション【オリジナルPV】
• Kisaragi Attention [IA]
• by Jin
• ↑23

16. 【巡音ルカ】見世物ライフ【オリジナルPV】
• Misemono Life [Megurine Luka]
• by otetsu
• ↓05 Title means "A Life of Show".

17. 『初音ミク』千本桜『オリジナル曲PV』
• Senbonzakura [Hatsune Miku]
• by KurousaP
• ↑22 Title means "A Thousand Cherry Blossoms".

18. 【初音ミク巡音ルカ】シンナーガール【オリジナル】
• Thinner Girl [Hatsune Miku x Megurine Luka]
• by Umbilical244P
• Another creepy and slightly disturbing song, as you can see from the title, this is a strong rockish song with sharp vocals that sound a bit grating at high parts, but not that annoying. I think the sharpness of the tuning adds to the effect.

19. 【GUMI】地球最後の告白を【オリジナル・PV付】
• Chikyuu Saigo no Kokuhaku wo [GUMI]
• by kemu
• ↑21 Title means "The World's Last Confession".

20. 【初音ミク】カゲロウデイズ【オリジナルPV】
• Kagerou Days [Hatsune Miku]
• by Jin
• ↵ 32

21. 【初音ミク】リミットブレイカー【オリジナル曲・PV付】
• Limit Breaker [Hatsune Miku]
• by Xenon
• The electronic beats are a bit distracting, but I like how echoey Miku sounds here. I also like the enhanced drumming. The cymbal sounds are really nice.

22. 【GUMI】セツナトリップ【オリジナル】
• Setsuna Trip [GUMI]
• by Last Note.
• ↑28

23. 【ボカロ8人】Bad ∞ End ∞ Night【オリジナル】
• Bad ∞ End ∞ Night [group]
• by HitoshizukuP and Yama△
• ↓18

24. 【鏡音レン】ひとつうえのおとこ【オリジナル】
• Hitotsu Ue no Otoko [Kagamine Len]
• by Agoaniki
• ↓07

25. 【GUMI】サーシャ【オリジナル曲PV】
• Sasha [GUMI]
• by yuzuhiko
• The PV is very creepy, that I kind of don't notice the melody anymore ;; Anyway, minus the PV, this is a disturbing song with a really catch melody, reminiscent of MachigeritaP's works, but more upbeat and fast.

26. 【IA】六兆年と一夜物語【オリジナル曲・PV付】
• Rokuchounen to Ichiya Monogatari [IA]
• by kemu
• ↑27 Title means "Tale of Six Billion Years and One Night".

27. 【ＩＡ】想像フォレスト【オリジナルPV】
• Souzou Forest [IA]
• by Jin
• ↵ 40 Title means "Imagination Forest".

28. 【初音ミク】アダチとイデ【オリジナル曲】
• Adachi to Ide [Hatsune Miku]
• by Nakanishi / PistonP
• ↓13

29. 【初音ミク】メカクシコード【オリジナル】
• Mekakushi Code [Hatsune Miku]
• by Jin
• ↵ 51 Title means "Blindfold Code".

30. 【鏡音リンレン】リモコン【オリジナルPV】
• Rimokon [Kagamine Rin x Len]
• by WONDERFUL★OPPORTUNITY!
• ↵ 133

HISTORY
1. Alice in Musicland (Hatsune Miku, etc.) - OSTER Project
2. Freely Tomorrow (Hatsune Miku) - Mitchie M.
3. Happy Lucky Unholiday Monday (Hatsune Miku) - ERAN
4. Kuwagata ni Chop Shitara Time Slip Shita (GUMI) - UramanbouP
5. Radical Otoko Onna no Uta (Hatsune Miku) - Scop

PICKUP
【鏡音リン・レン】　合い鳴き　【オリジナル曲】
• Ainaki [Kagamine Rin x Len]
• by shr
• I want to say that I really like the tuning here because Len and Rin both have "curls" at the end of their phrases to emphasize the Japanese-y style of the song. Really nice.

ENDING
【GUMI】空色ショートカット【オリジナル】
• Sorairo Shortcut [GUMI]
• by HirohinataP