Acute

Hatsune Miku: Acute

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Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka have grown up very close to each other. After an orphan, Kaito, moves into a nearby children's home, Miku and Luka take him under their wing, and the three vow to stay together. However, as they grow up, their feelings change. Miku finds herself romantically attracted to Kaito. She admits this to Luka, but when Luka informs her that she holds the same feelings toward Kaito, the two could become rivals at any time. However, with both Miku and Luka unwilling to risk their friendship, they vow that neither of them will ever confess their feelings. But will someone break the promise, and if so, at what cost? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Acute is based on a Vocaloid song by the same title created by Kurousa-P. The series was published in English as Hatsune Miku: Acute by Dark Horse Comics on July 4, 2017.

Published

Oct 25, 2013 to Oct 25, 2014

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Miku Hatsune5228 fan favorites
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Age: 16 Birthday: August 31 Height: 158 cm (5'2") Weight: 42 kg (92.4 lbs) Miku is the second Vocaloid2 after Sweet Ann and the first installment in the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series by Crypton Future Media released on August 31, 2007. The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining "hatsu" (初, first), "ne" (音, sound), and miku (未来, future). The data for the voice was created by actually sampling the voice of Saki Fujita, a Japanese voice actress. Unlike general purpose speech synthesizers, the software is tuned to create J-pop songs commonly heard in anime, but it is possible to create songs from other genres. Nico Nico Douga played a fundamental role in the recognition and popularity of the software. Soon after the release of the software, users of Nico Nico Douga started posting videos with songs created with the software. According to Crypton, a popular video with a comically altered software mascot holding a leek, singing Ievan Polkka, presented multifarious possibilities of applying the software in multimedia content creation. As the recognition and popularity of the software grew, Nico Nico Douga became a place for collaborate content creation. Popular original songs written by a user would generate illustrations, animation in 2D and 3D, and remixes by other users. Other creators would show their unfinished work and ask for ideas. On October 18, 2007, an Internet BBS website reported Hatsune Miku was suspected to be victim of censorship by Google and Yahoo!, since images of Miku did not show up on the image searches. Google and Yahoo denied any censorship on their part, blaming the missing images on a bug that does not only affect "Hatsune Miku" but other search keywords as well. Both companies expressed a willingness to fix the problem as soon as possible. Images of Miku were re-listed on Yahoo on October 19. A Hatsune Miku manga called "Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix" began serialization in the Japanese manga magazine Comic Rush on November 26, 2007, published by Jive. The manga is drawn by Kei, the original character designer for Hatsune Miku. A second manga called Hachune Miku no Nichijō Roipara! drawn by Ontama began serialization in the manga magazine Comp Ace on December 26, 2007, published by Kadokawa Shoten. Alternative names/personalities: Aku no Musume: Michaela/Girl of the Kingdom of Green Akujiki Musume Conchita: Platonic Fire◎Flower: Mirai Venomania-kou no Kyouki: Mikulia Greeonio (Source: Wikipedia)
Luka Megurine721 fan favorites
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Age: 20 Height: 162 cm (5'4") Weight: 45 kg (99 lbs) Preferred genres: Latin jazz to ethno-pop/house to electronica dance Preferred tempos: 65 - 145 BPM Preferred singing range: D3 - D5 Character item: frozen tuna Luka Megurine is the third Vocaloid2 in Crypton's character series. Her character details were released on the 5th of January 2009. She will be in stores January the 30th, 2009. According to the details on Crypton's website, her profile is as follows: The name "Megurine" can be read in Japanese as the "sound that travels (the whole wide world)," and the name Luka invokes the homonymous Japanese words of "nagare" (flowing) and "ka" (song) or "kaori" (scent). Yuu Asakawa provides Luka's 'cool, yet husky feminine voice'. Unlike its previous two characters, Crypton advertised Luka's 3GB vocal database as "Japanese/English bilingual" and chose her name to express its hope that she will transcend borders and cultural barriers. Luka was designed by the Japanese illustrator Kei, who had previously created the designs for Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin and Len. However, unlike previous mascots in the series, her costume is not based on a school uniform. Only a few days after her release, many songs were produced. On the 70th Weekly Vocaloid Ranking (February 2, 2009), many of Luka's songs appeared in the Top 30, knocking the very popular "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru" and songs produced by ryo (with the exception of "Melt") right out of the Top 30. "RIP=RELEASE" had taken the #1 spot, and had earned a total of 843,233 points, making it the song with the highest one-week score. Due to her bilingual coding, her "moody yet husky female voice" carries over into both languages and was designed to handle moodier genres like Jazz. Overall, Luka serves to bridge the gap between both languages and has proven to be her appeal as a vocaloid. She serves as an ideal vocaloid for English speaking users planning to use Japanese vocaloids and vice versa for users who are not so used to speaking English and planning on using English Vocaloids. Since she speaks both languages, Luka is able to partner with both Japanese and English vocaloids respectfully. When installing Luka, it is important to pay attention to the release dates of Vocaloids you plan to install after her. Older and newer versions of the Vocaloid 2 software engine can occasionally cause conflicts. Luka has both language engines, so she can cause conflicts between Vocaloids of either language. A user can fix this problem if it occurs simply by installing the Vocaloids in release date order, Luka is noted to be the most likely Vocaloid to produce this conflict. Luka's Japanese dictionary is extensive and on par with previous Japanese Vocaloids and there are no known problems with that part of her program. Also, as a Japanese vocaloid, she has all of the phonemes that are often missing from English vocaloids such as the 5 breathing phonemes ([br1]-[br5]). It is reported that she may produce a lisp-like sound on some notes however, she still maintains a more mature tone then previous Crypton Vocaloid 2 era voicebanks. She has all the English phonemes that English vocaloids have in her voice databank. However, despite the inclusion of English she was not intended for a world wide release, because of this, a number of reported problems are present in her voicebanks. It has been reported that she does not seem to have many distinct vowel related diphongs in her sample library in her English voicebank, making her sound slightly choppy when some phonetics are used together. In other cases, she may not have enough distinction between the phonetic sounds in her samples that she does have to distinguish one pronunciation from another. She also has only the main/common words in her dictionary, so users not used to more complicated English words may have some difficulty when they come across them, however, an extra data library of English words for her English dictionary is available. Her voicebank may be considered "sub-standard" to other English capable Vocaloids and her overall results will depend on the user. She is not unusable and still can be used for most English songs. There are also no major report glitches with her voicebank as other English capable Vocaloids and her sample quality is considered good despite her flaws. As a bilingual Vocaloid, she has superior capability of the English language than the Japanese only vocaloids. If need be, less than confident users can use an another English capable vocaloid to aid in fixing her dictionary flaws or help to harmonize her results so she appears smoother. Alternative Names/Personalities: Aku no Musume and Akujiki Musume Conchita: Elluka Clockworker (エルルカ=クロックワーカー) / Sorceress (魔道師) Shuujin to Kamihikouki: Miluka Keyside (ミル力・キーサィド) Venomania-kou no Kyouki: Lukana Octo (ルクーナ=オクト) (Source: Wikipedia)
Kaito363 fan favorites
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Age: Unknown Height: Unknown (Around 175 cm (5'9" ft) in Project SEKAI) Birthday: February 17th Character item(s): Ice Cream, Muffler / Scarf KAITO is the second Japanese Vocaloid to have been released, having been developed by YAMAHA and distributed by Crypton Future Media along with MEIKO. His voice is provided by the famous Japanese singer, Naoto Fūga. He and MEIKO are often referred to as "Nenchou-gumi" (年長組, The Seniors). Fans often celebrate his anniversary between February 14th - 17th due to YAMAHA and Crypton printing different release dates. He is usually portrayed as a kind "older brother" type in various media, though his age and many other details have been left up to interpretation. Alternative names/personalities: Aku no Musume: Kyle Marlon (カイル=マーロン) / King of the Blue Kingdom (マーロン国（青ノ国）の国王) Akujiki Musume Conchita: Carlos Marlon (カルロス=マーロン) Cantarella: Cesare (チェーザレ) Shuujin to Kamihikouki: Kaimural Flag (カイムラル・フラグ) Venomania-kou no Kyouki: Kachess Crim (カーチェス・クリム) (Source: Wiki)