- おふろ ♨ タイム -

As the first ranking of the year, this list has quite a few retains from last week, although there are a lot of new stuff worth checking out, some of them for the Kagamines' birthday matsuri. Enjoy the lot of the Rin and Len stuff as well as one very special KAITO song :). Also, you might be surprised about the real voice Naho has as a greeting XD;.

↑# - 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.

( top 30 under the cut )

This week has surprisingly a lot of returning popular songs as well as remnants of the past ranking, so only very few songs are here today. The good side of this is that we have new top songs this week, all of them are so worth checking 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.

( top 30 under the cut )

This week has a lot of new songs (and a lot of returners!) and is interesting because there are actually many producers in the ranking which you probably haven't seen before XD;. This ranking is worth your listen, I guarantee it, so let's get to it!

As always, thank you so much to Iori-san for adopting the ranking and taking the time to upload! Let's also hope that sippotan and his house/family are safe and are near recovery! That said, let's go on with the ranking.

↑# - 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.

( top 30 under the cut )

Nekomushi / 猫虫

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Nekomushi started uploading his Vocaloid compositions in 2008 and since then has been active in uploading. His most popular song is probably Wan Wan-O, Nyan Nyan-O which has over 180,000 views.

Nekomushi's compositions are mostly ballads or light pop songs with cheerful melodies. However, these melodies are often coupled with poignant or downright vindictive lyrics, like with Kurikaeshi no Hitotsubu. His music mainly has a piano or guitar base. However, he uses a lot of instrument sounds, too, from drums to violins to a whole orchestra to electronic beats a la DECO*27. His varied music styles, however, do not deviate from the pop-ish, bright aura his music is known for. He is very fond of making "____ no Uta" songs, which involves different objects and themes related to every day life.

Nekomushi solely uses Hatsune Miku for his works, and it is interesting that once you hear his Miku, you will definitely recognize any of his works just by the quality of her voice. She is tuned with a distinguishable style, with a permanent curve on her voice that makes her sound like she's about to squeak/falter at the ends of the phrases, but not really. It's a bit hard to describe, but these voice curls are definitely unique to Nekomushi's works. These curves are most noticeable in Nekomushi's earlier releases.

Aside from composing, Nekomushi is also (albeit lesser) known for doing covers. He has actually started singing other producer's works in 2008, too and has tons of covers XD. He also does music arrangement and guitar playing for EngawaP's works.

sample songs
• Gaitou no Uta (A Streetlight's Song)
• Akatsuki no Uta (Scarlet Song)
• Ikiru Ashite he (To the Existing Tomorrow)
• Nerine
• Boku to Boku (Me and Myself)

sample covers
• Yubikiri (scop original)
• Raindrops (scop original)
• Renai Circulation (male + female voices XD)
• Juvenile (with Miku; Dixie Flatline original)
• Chocolate Train (Penguins Project original) <-- omg the PV


nikki says
I first heard of NekomushiP when he released "Wanwan-O, Nyannyan-O" which, while really adorable, talks about overworking XD;. I find the way he tunes Miku and how it persists in all of his songs very interesting and his songs are always gently upbeat that despite the fact that some of them have really sad lyrics, they're all a pleasure to listen to. He's one of the Ps whose style hasn't changed over the years aside from having improvement in terms of instrument use. His latest two albums (found in toranoana) are really worth the listen (too bad I can't find where to buy the first album!) especially "Nekomushi no Ashiato" which has most of his latest songs. And of course, his singing voice is really nice! I just can't connect his avatar to his voice, but that's okay XDD. I also learned a lot of him from twitter, like #onaka_is_very_suita and this kaomoji: ヾ川＾ω＾川ﾉｼ

The last one for this year, this is our third list of songs Vocaloid producers sang. They can be self-covers, covers of other songs or original songs altogether. You might be familiar with some of them as they appeared in the utattemita ranking.

( list under the cut )