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This is a combination of the rankings for September and October. As the NNI category is pretty slow with updates, there's still a lot of old stuff in this ranking. However, there are also a lot of new ones worth watching, although you may have already encountered them somewhere if you follow some VocaloP/utaite's original stuff. Apologies for the lateness, I didn't realize it was already uploaded OTL.

original nicovideo link

( new upload ranking )

( overall upload ranking )

Since I dropped the monthly Vocaloid ranking, I decided to replace it this time with the Monthly Nico Nico Indies Ranking.



Nico Nico Indies is a small part of the Nico Nico Douga site where people post their original works. The concept that is different from Vocaloid/Utattemita/Ensoushitemita is that the works here are all original and are usually instrumental or sung by people. Of course, while there are many unfamiliar names here, there are VocaloidPs and utaites that participate in this area, too, especially when they collaborate to sing original songs. Oftentimes, original songs from NNI appear also in utattemita, so you might recognize some of them. NNI is also a very slow-moving category, so there are only a few views/participants than what you might be used to.

I'm glad this ranking is just monthly because gathering information on the artists is a bit difficult, especially since I am also a bit new in this area. Since this writeup is to introduce people to NNI, I tried my best to be as descriptive as possible. If you are a fan of anyone mentioned in this ranking please feel free to chip in other information you can share re: the artist!

Since it has almost the same format, this ranking will be arranged just like the utattemita ranking, minus the colorful letters :). This might be a bit tl;dr than most of my rankings, so please be warned! Also, as I said before, this is a slow-moving category, so you will encounter songs here which you might have already heard months ago :).

original nicovideo link

( new upload ranking )

( overall ranking )

This "album" is a collaboration among Vocaloid producers, utaite, illustrators, and other artists, but it's not really an album. Actually, it's a series of songs uploaded in Nico Nico as a "set". If you know about the previous season albums "Utaite Tsunagu Album" which has included Clear, Wotamin, Re:A and others in the past, "&" is very much like them.

The theme is "relationships, ties and connections with all things". Each song is a collaboration of a VocaloidP, a singer, and an artist who did the PV. All songs are original and they are not covers of existing songs.

Here's the list of the songs, collab team and a short description on each song. The whole set is in this mylist. When you listen to one song, it automatically forwards to the next track, but in case it doesn't work, just check the mylist :).

( track list )

This week's ranking has a lot of familiar names so it's pretty comfy and nostalgic XD. Not a lot of returnees aside from the usual regulars, although there are a couple of surprising rises. The Heart Sutra craze has died down but there are still remnants of Nirvana in the ranking. Aside from that, the Matryoshka/Calc. matsuri aren't showing any signs of lying low 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

I'll be including the weekly top ten and the overall top thirty of the week. Links to the nicovideo are included as well as some information. You may download the .mp3 file by inputting the link @ nicosound. Enjoy!

original Nico Nico Douga Link

NEW UPLOAD RANKING

o1. 【もんちー】太陽と月のロンド　歌ってみた【花たん】
• Taiyou to Tsuki no Rondo [Montea x Hanatan]
• mylists: Montea; Hanatan
• Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka original by Polyphonic Branch
• This is one of my favorite Polyphonic Branch songs and Montea and Hanatan sang this very well and their blending is something to admire. However, I kind of find this cover too gentle and still prefer the more powerful one by Choucho and Keisen ^^;.

o2. 【初音ミク】二息歩行を歌ってみた＊LIQU@。
• Nisoku Hokou [LIQU@]
• singer's mylist
• Hatsune Miku original by DECO*27
• Quite okay. The male part at the chorus is done by Touyu

o3. 「Calc.」歌ってみた　エルシ
• Calc. [Erusi]
• singer's mylist
• Hatsune Miku original by Jimmythumb
• This is a pretty good cover. Erusi's sharp, country singer-like voice fitted the song really well.

o4. マトリョシカ歌ってみた 動画も作った - neko
• Matryoshka [neko]
• singer's mylist
• Hatsune Miku and GUMI original by hachi
• This is cute and fun and wonderful to watch I wanted it to be higher. The female voice at the start is Luschka, by the way. Another name for this is Nekoryoshka. LOL.

o5. 違う空　歌ってみた【そらる】
• Chigau Sora [Soraru]
• singer's mylist
• GUMI original by baker x FullkawaP
• Soraru sounds quite nice in gentle ballads! I feel he sounds even better now minus the autotune. I love how he's showing off the full potential of his voice now.

o6. 【初音ミク】般若心経アシッドジャズ を歌ってみた by UmiNeko
• Heart Sutra -jazz arrange- [UmiNeko]
• singer's mylist
• Hatsune Miku arrange by tomoP
• FFFFFFFFF. I admit, it was pretty amazing.

o7. 折れてないマイクで盲目の宇宙飛行士を歌ってみた
• Moumoku Uchuu Hikoushi [Dakishimeta Tonight]
• singer's mylist
• Hatsune Miku original by yukkedoluce
• GAH I was so happy to see this since one of my favorite balladeers + one of my favorite Ps = awesome <33.

o8. 「白い翼の少年」を歌ってみた（にっとメガネ
• Shiroi Tsubasa no Shounen [Nitto Megane]
• singer's mylist
• Kagamine Len original by SososoP
• Nitto Megane is not one of my favorites, but this is one of my favorite covers by him <3.

o9. 【歌ってみた】ARPK【鹿乃】
• ARPK [Kano]
• singer's mylist
• Megurine Luka original by baker
• Still cute as always!

1o. 【マチゲリータ】 ジミーサムP - from Y to Y を 歌ってみた
• From Y to Y [MachigeritaP]
• singer's mylist
• Hatsune Miku original by Jimmythumb
• It's pretty nice *_*

( Overall Weekly Ranking under the cut )