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| name = Akita Neru<br />亞北ネル<br />(あきたねる)
 
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|gender = Female
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| bgt1 = #6E6E6E
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|age = 17
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|height = 150 cm
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|weight = 38 kg
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|illustrator = Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ)
| introduced = November 1, 2007
 
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| creator = 2Channel<br />Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ)
 
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|voice = [[Hatsune Miku]], [[Kagamine Rin]]
| illustrator = Smith Hioka
 
| age = 17
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|language = Japanese
| alias = Neru Akita (western order)
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|code = DEN2
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|company = Crypton Future Media, Inc., SEGA
| gender = Female
 
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|distributor = Crypton Future Media, Inc., SEGA
| haircolor = Yellow
 
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|affiliation = 2Channel
| eyecolor = Yellow
 
| height = 4'11" ft (150 cm)
 
| weight = 83 lbs (38 kg)
 
| seriest = [[Boukaloid]]
 
| seriesn = DEN2
 
| voice = Hatsune Miku; Kagamine Rin Act2; Kagamine Rin Append
 
| genre = Not defined, mainly Pop
 
| item = Cellular phone; Katana
 
| relationship = Akita Nero (sibling)<br /> Hatsune Miku (friendly rival)<br /> Kagamine Len (crush)<br /> Kagamine Rin (rival; friend)<br /> Yowane Haku (acquaintance)
 
| data‎rowT1 = Official homepage
 
| data‎rowI1 = [http://akita-neru.at.webry.info/ Ueburi blog:] Akita Neru
 
| affiliation = Crypton Future Media, SEGA, 2Channel, Hatsune Miku (derived)
 
 
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'''Akita Neru''' is an official recognized derivative. Her name is a play on words, Akita (亞北) is taken from "飽きた" or "get bored" while Neru (ネル) from "寝る" or "go to bed".
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'''Akita Neru''' (亞北ネル (あきたねる)) is a [[Fanmade Vocaloid|FANLOID]] [[derivative]] character. She is acknowledged by Crypton Future Media, Inc., the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for ''[[VOCALOID2]]'', for commercial use.
   
==Design==
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==History==
 
Neru's design is similar to that of Hatsune Miku, a Vocaloid 2 developed and distributed by Crypton Future Media. She has yellow hair consisting of an odd length of short and long, the long hair is styled into a left side-ponytail held by a blue futuristic ribbon. She has a stray hair at the top of her head and nose length bangs, her eyebrows are thick and her eyes are ''tsurime'' (upward-pointing) eyelids/eyelashes. On her left upper arm is the red mark "DEN2", its significance is currently unexplained, however there is a controversial theory.
 
 
Her top is grey in color and sleeveless with a yellow hem, below her yellow necktie is a triangular cut that shows her navel, and the back has two circular holes. The rest of her attire is black with yellow trim. She wears detached sleeves, a pleated skirt with bike shorts and thigh boots. On her left thigh is a garter purse that holds a cellphone.
 
 
==Personality==
 
 
Neru came to represent the [[Wikipedia:tsundere|tsundere]] culture of Vocaloid. The fandom displays her personality mainly as hostile, but she is also known to be displayed in a more friendlier manner, such as having a crush on Kagamine Len, who is another Vocaloid 2 by Crypton. Other aspects of Neru is being a representation of a forum/bbs troll, a Miku wannabe, and a anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage.
 
 
A popular portrayal of her actions is that she's always seen texting on her cellphone or slacking about. According to the creator, she has a dislike for [[Wikipedia:Otaku|Otaku]].
 
 
==Biography==
 
   
 
The exact origins of Neru vary and within the fandom this has caused some confusion. However, there has been a consistency with names and phrases despite different retellings. This section will list three of the most notable sources.
 
The exact origins of Neru vary and within the fandom this has caused some confusion. However, there has been a consistency with names and phrases despite different retellings. This section will list three of the most notable sources.
   
===Source: Vocaloid Wiki===
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===Vocaloid Wiki===
   
In October of 2007, soon after Hatsune Miku was released, a TV program in Japan degraded the users of Miku, Miku's pictures became unavailable to search in main search engines, and Miku's article was deleted in Japanese Wikipedia at the same time.
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On October 14 of 2007, when the Hatsune Miku movement was on the rise beyond expectations, a Japanese TV station suddenly broadcasted a program that stereotyped Miku users as "anime freaks without stable work experience". Three days later, Miku's pictures became unsearchable on main search engines such as Google and Yahoo! Japan, and in the following two days, Miku's article was deleted from the Japanese Wikipedia.
   
These news became widespread or "flamed up" in 2ch, then many writings to lay the news to rest or "to put off the fire" followed. The postings were with the phrases "飽きた、寝る。 (Got bored. Going to bed.)" or "寝る、お前らも寝ろよ。 (Gonna go to bed. Follow me, y'all!). Soon other users made a personification character for these postings as "Akita Neru", which Smith Hioka, the designer, later finalized. Neru came to represent the tsundere culture of Vocaloid.<ref>[http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Neru_Akita#History Vocaloid Wiki:] Neru Akita</ref><ref>[http://sparkly-vocaloid.blogspot.com/2010/03/vocaloid-description.html Blog:] VOCALOID Description - Tuesday, March 2, 2010</ref>
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This news became widespread or "flamed up (炎上した)" on 2ch bulletin boards with the rumor that an advertising agency which had a strong influence in the Japanese music industry was behind the series of "anti-Miku negative campaign," in an attempt to purge Miku and indie musicians from the music trend. Then, numerous comments were posted that denied the rumor, or "put off the fire (消火する)," followed by the phrases "飽きた、寝る。 (Got bored. Going to bed.)" or "寝る、お前らも寝ろよ。 (Gonna go to bed. Follow me, y'all!). Yet those comments drew nothing but negative responses from 2ch netizens. The contributors of such posts were branded as "puppets of the agency". The netizens joked about the "puppets" and made a spoof character for these posts as "Akita Neru". Later Smith Hioka, an illustrator, finalized the concept art of Neru. She came to represent the [[wikipedia:Tsundere|tsundere]] culture of Vocaloid.<ref>[http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Neru_Akita#History Vocaloid Wiki:] Neru Akita</ref><ref>[http://sparkly-vocaloid.blogspot.com/2010/03/vocaloid-description.html Blog:] VOCALOID Description - Tuesday, March 2, 2010</ref>
   
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Google and Yahoo! Japan announced that the search failure was a technical problem and had nothing to do with the advertising agency or the TV program. The Wikipedia page removal was the result of copyright violation, which also had no relation to the agency.<ref>[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/初音ミク#cite_note-81 Japanese Wikipedia] Hatsune Miku cite note</ref> Still, the rumor about the "Miku-hating agency" persists within the Japanese fandom presently.
===Source: Vocaloid Otaku===
 
   
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On April 1 2008, Crypton adopted Neru as an official derivative character of Hatsune Miku.<ref>[http://neru.cdx.jp/postmail.html Homepage] Neru policy</ref> This, along with other derivatives such as: [[Hachune Miku]], [[Yowane Haku]], [[Sakine Meiko]], and [[Tako Luka]].<ref name="Vocaloid Wiki acceptance">[http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Akita_Neru?oldid=80627#Acceptance_into_Vocaloid Vocaloid Wiki:] Akita Neru (acceptance) (Revision as of 16:53, April 16, 2012)</ref><ref name="Vocaloid Wiki history">[http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Akita_Neru?oldid=132216#History Vocaloid Wiki:] Akita Neru (history) (Revision as of 17:31, November 15, 2012)</ref>
11. Neru's cell phone
 
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===Vocaloid Otaku Forums===
   
 
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 relisted on Yahoo on October 19.
 
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 relisted on Yahoo on October 19.
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(The first picture of Akita Neru by Smith Hioka)<br /><nowiki>http://neru.cdx.jp/neru.jpg</nowiki>
 
(The first picture of Akita Neru by Smith Hioka)<br /><nowiki>http://neru.cdx.jp/neru.jpg</nowiki>
   
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===Source: Danbooru Wiki===
 
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[[File:Image Akita Neru bySmithHioka-img2.jpg|thumb|Akita Neru complains about Otaku.]]
<div id="reminders" class="boilerplate metadata" style="background-color: pink; margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px solid #aaa;">'' '''Notice:''' Danbooru is an image gallery known to host explicit imagery, the following link should lead to safe content, the text here is copied verbatim and the ref links are merely for crediting the source.''</div>
 
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'''Word bubbles'''
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* '''Left 1''' - Huh? I don't get you! Are you some disgusting otaku?
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* '''Left 2''' - Geeze, I'm tired of this!!
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* '''Right''' - Anyway, you're just a bunch of disgusting otaku making a fuss. Ahh, so gross, so gross.
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* '''Phone''' - Pi pi pip
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'''Profile'''
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* '''Age''' - 17
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* '''Height''' - 150cm
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* '''Weight''' - 38kg
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* '''Genre of Specialty''' - Forum posting in place of some customers, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing Astroturfing]
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* '''Boards of Specialty''' - [http://kamome.2ch.net/newsplus/ News Bulletins+], [http://hato.2ch.net/news/ News Bulletins], [http://yuzuru.2ch.net/news4vip/ News for VIP]
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* '''Regular Patrons''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentsu Den 2u], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Broadcasting_System TεS] and ggrUks. <small>These two companies were once assumed to be insulting Hatsune Miku. <br />ggrUks = ggrks = "google it, you scum"</small>
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===Danbooru Wiki===
   
 
Akita Neru (亞北ネル) in phonetic reading it sounds like "I Quit. Going to sleep." (Aa, kita. Neru) She started out as a meme on 2channel, where a troll user started thread crapping all Vocaloid related threads. Some user commented that he wouldn't get angry only if the troll was a cute girl.
 
Akita Neru (亞北ネル) in phonetic reading it sounds like "I Quit. Going to sleep." (Aa, kita. Neru) She started out as a meme on 2channel, where a troll user started thread crapping all Vocaloid related threads. Some user commented that he wouldn't get angry only if the troll was a cute girl.
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Thus Akita Neru, a tsundere non-Vocaloid net-chara was born. Her image color is orange-ish yellow and her character item is a cell phone. Her design was created by Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ).
 
Thus Akita Neru, a tsundere non-Vocaloid net-chara was born. Her image color is orange-ish yellow and her character item is a cell phone. Her design was created by Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ).
   
Neru is sometimes written as a Miku wannabe, others as the anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage. She mainly represents forum/bbs trolls, those who don't have enough patience to use the Vocaloid software, or those who gave up using Vocaloid.<ref>[http://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki/show?title=akita_neru&version=10 Danbooru:] Akita Neru (Version 10) 05/29/2010 02:21</ref>
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Neru is sometimes written as a Miku wannabe, others as the anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage. She mainly represents forum/bbs trolls, those who don't have enough patience to use the Vocaloid software, or those who gave up using Vocaloid.<ref>[http://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki/show?title=akita_neru&version=10 Danbooru:] Akita Neru (Version 10) 05/29/2010 02:21 - NSFW</ref>
   
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==Concept==
===Acceptance into Vocaloid===
 
   
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Neru came to represent the [[Wikipedia:tsundere|tsundere]] culture of Vocaloid. The fandom displays her personality mainly as hostile but she is also known to be displayed in a more friendlier manner, such as having a crush on Kagamine Len, who is another Vocaloid 2 by Crypton. Other aspects of Neru is being a representation of a forum/bbs troll, a Miku wannabe, and a anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage.
Neru is one of the Vocaloid derivatives that became officially recognized by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for ''Vocaloid 2'', for commercial use. The other derivatives bearing this distinction is [[Hachune Miku]], [[Yowane Haku]], [[Sakine Meiko]], and [[Tako Luka]].<ref>[http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Neru_Akita#Acceptance_into_Vocaloids Vocaloid Wiki:] Neru Akita (acceptance)</ref>
 
   
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A popular portrayal of her actions is that she's always seen texting on her cellphone or slacking about. According to the creator, she has a dislike for [[Wikipedia:Otaku|Otaku]]. Despite Neru being a girl that does things her way, a common fan description is that Neru is employed in a writing agency for a rate of 700 yen per hour. This is a reference to the findings regarding the IP address of the "puppets of advertising agency," revealed to belong to a writing agency company which hired part-time workers for the mentioned pay rate. Despite the information, it is nothing more than unconfirmed rumors. She sometimes speaks in [[wikipedia:Tōhoku_region|Tohoku]] dialect or [[wikipedia:Akita_Prefecture|Akita]] dialect; people speaking in such a dialect usually live or grew up in the Tohoku region. This is a reference to her family name Akita, and the prefecture's name.
   
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===Etymology===
==Featured appearances==
 
   
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Her name is a play on words, Akita (亞北) is taken from "飽きた" or "get bored" while Neru (ネル) from "寝る" or "go to bed". Neru is regarded as a "[[BOUKALOID]]" (in Japanese, 防火ロイド or 防火LOID) - a play on words. It literally means Fireproof-loid and has the same pronunciation as Vocaloid in Japanese.
;[[w:c:mikumikudance:MikuMikuDance|MikuMikuDance]] (MMD), 3D software
 
:An MMD model of Neru was created in October 2008 by modeler M2 (''M2gzb'') who used Animasa's Miku as the base. See the [[w:c:mikumikudance:Neru_Akita_%28M2%29|Neru Akita (M2)]] page for details, and also see other Neru models.
 
   
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===Appearance===
;[[w:c:vocaloid:Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix|Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix]], manga
 
:Neru makes a cameo appearance as a music teacher (ch6), then she later appears again as a salesperson (ch7).
 
   
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On [[November]] 1, 2007, Neru's design was released, it is similar to that of Hatsune Miku, a VOCALOID2 developed and distributed by Crypton Future Media, Inc.. She has yellow hair consisting of an odd length of short and long, the long hair is styled into a left side-ponytail held by a blue futuristic ribbon. This does not need to physically touch Neru's hair to keep it in place. She has a stray hair at the top of her head and nose length bangs, her eyebrows are thick and her eyes are ''tsurime'' (upward-pointing) eyelids/eyelashes. On her left upper arm is the red mark "DEN2", its significance is currently unexplained and said to stand for the "anti-Miku advertising agency", rumored to be a supposedly-powerful entity in the music industry of Japan. Due to this, details were intentionally withheld for the safety of Neru's creator.
;[[w:c:vocaloid:Chibi Miku-san|Chibi Miku-san]], 4-koma manga
 
:A popular 4-koma that portrays Neru in ''child'' form, she is introduced (#54) as a smug and sometimes abrasive friend of Chibi-Miku, Chibi-Neru can sometimes be seen trying to one-up some of the characters. The fandom idea of her having a crush on Len carries over in this series.
 
   
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Her top is grey in color and sleeveless with a yellow hem, below her yellow necktie is a triangular cut that shows her navel and the back has two circular holes. The rest of her attire is black with yellow trim. She wears detached sleeves, a pleated skirt with bike shorts and thigh boots. On her left thigh is a garter purse that holds a yellow clamshell cellphone which is presumed to be a [[Wikipedia:Motorola v3x|Motorola V3X]].
;[[w:c:vocaloid:Project Diva|Project Diva]] (PD), game
 
:Neru is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel. Her appearance in the first Project Diva game did not carry her "official" personality, and was as cheerful as Miku. This was corrected in Project Diva 2nd, complete with tantrum-throwing if the player has not chosen her for a long time.
 
   
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===Relations===
;Fanmade Promotional Videos (PV)
 
:Neru, Miku, and Kasane Teto are a commonly seen in fanmade videos. Fans have dubbed them the ''Triple Baka'', after the popular song of the same name.
 
   
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* [[Hatsune Miku]], character base and voice
;Merchandise
 
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* [[Kagamine Rin]], character voice
:Official licensed Neru figurines have been produced, such as Nendoroid Puchi and a 1/8 scale model.
 
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* [[Akita Nero]], younger brother
   
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==Gallery==
==Voice configuration==
 
===Configuration: Hatsune Miku===
 
{{Infobox/VoiceConfig
 
|explained = Neru officially has no defined voice, however this has not prevented users from attempting to give her one. In some cases Neru has the voice of a boyish-sounding girl, while some people have assigned her to Miku's default voice, but in a higher octave. <!-- Although people use the higher pitched voices as a representation of Neru, her voice has been portrayed in [[Project Diva 2nd]] as being a lowered version of Miku. However, the following configuration attempts to recreate Neru's voice as it fits her visual details. -->
 
|bre = -30
 
|bri = 30
 
|cle = 30
 
|gen = 15
 
|ope = -15
 
|other1 =
 
|other2 =
 
|specialnotes = Breathiness in high notes and in certain words increases Neru's ability to sing higher notes than Miku normally can. Her effective voice range is at F3-F5.
 
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===Configuration: Hatsune Miku Append (Soft)===
 
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Image Akita_Neru_bySmithHioka.jpg|Akita Neru
{{Infobox/VoiceConfig
 
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Image Akita_Neru_bySmithHioka-img2.jpg|Akita Neru complains about Otaku
|explained = Another voice configuration suggested for Neru involves the usage of the voicebank CV01 Soft Early.
 
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Image Akita Neru bySmithHioka-conceptart.jpg|Akita Neru concept art by Smith Hioka
|bre = -50
 
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Image Akita Neru bySEGA.png|Akita Neru featured in Project Diva
|bri = 30
 
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Image Nendoroidneru.jpg|Neru Nendoroid Puchi figurine
|cle = 35
 
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|gen = -30
 
|ope = -25
 
|other1 =
 
|other2 =
 
|specialnotes = The Breathiness helps in the High note, and the Gender Factor makes the Voice more "Cute and Calm".
 
}}
 
   
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==Additional info==
===Configuration: Kagamine Rin (Act2)===
 
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===Vocal settings===
{{Infobox/VoiceConfig
 
|explained = First used in Nanamue-P's Honey Honey PV, Neru has a singing voice that better matches her aesthetics. Rin's previous voicebank may also work, but ACT2 is more recommended. This is not an exact configuration, but rather, tweaked settings.
 
   
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Here are some vocal settings by fans. Do note that these are not widely accepted and simple here as an example.
If using Rin Append, it is recommended to use Rin Append "Power", to match her personality with her voice. The Kagamine appends also have better quality than the previous 2 iterations, and is recommended if available.
 
|bre = -10
 
|bri = -20
 
|cle = 20
 
|gen = 39
 
|ope = -20
 
|other1 =
 
|other2 =
 
|specialnotes = Some clarity issues may arise, because of Rin's voicebank. Therefore, tweaks may be needed. Her effective voice range at this point is at C3-C5, though it may extend gracefully. It is a borderline tomboyish voice.
 
}}
 
   
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VOCALOID2 Hatsune Miku
==Notable songs==
 
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* BREATHINESS (BRE) / -30
===Tsuman-ne? (ツマンネ?)===
 
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* BRIGHTNESS (BRI) / 30
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* CLEARNESS (CLE) / 30
| style="width: 50px;"|<font size=8>♫</font>
 
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* GENDER FACTOR (GEN) / 15
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* OPENING (OPE) / -15
Sung by Akita Neru, backup by Yowane Haku<br />
 
Music and Lyrics by Owata-P
 
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4080539 Nicovideo Broadcast]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko_F1uEMT8o Youtube Broadcast] (with Subtitles)
 
|}
 
She complains about the official Vocaloids(and Haku when she appears) and why she hates them, later revealing how she actually likes them, and that she wants to be loved by everyone as well. Later Haku appears and calls her tsundere.
 
   
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VOCALOID2 Kagamine Rin (Act2)
===Stop Naggin' Me! (ゴチャゴチャうるせー!)===
 
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* BREATHINESS (BRE) / -10
{| border="0" style="width: 100%;"
 
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* BRIGHTNESS (BRI) / -20
| style="width: 50px;"|<font size=8>♫</font>
 
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* CLEARNESS (CLE) / 20
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* GENDER FACTOR (GEN) / 39
Sung by Akita Neru
 
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* OPENING (OPE) / -20
Music and Lyrics by Owata-P
 
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12294498 Nicovideo Broadcast]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Gh11wjpKw Youtube Broadcast] (with Subtitles)
 
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VOCALOID2 Kagamine Rin (Act2)
===Okay, green is the enemy. (おk、緑は、敵だ。)===
 
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* BREATHINESS (BRE) / -10
{| border="0" style="width: 100%;"
 
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* BRIGHTNESS (BRI) / -20
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* CLEARNESS (CLE) / 30
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* GENDER FACTOR (GEN) / 39
Sung by Kagamine Rin and Akita Neru<br />
 
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* OPENING (OPE) / -20
Music and Lyric by Line-P
 
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2196134 Nicovideo Broadcast]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx3-9FDGiJE YouTube Broadcast] (with Subtitles)
 
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Rin complains about Miku being the well known and that she would like to be so well known too, when Neru offers her things she can do to bring Miku down. Rin states she is not able to do such things as she likes Miku too much. After then Neru agrees about Miku bringing joy to everyone and in the end they both say they have to try and one day they will beat Miku.
 
   
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===Appearances===
===Just Work, NEET! (はたらけ! ニート)===
 
{| border="0" style="width: 100%;"
 
| style="width: 50px;"|<font size=8>♫</font>
 
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<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial;">Sung by Yowane Haku and Akita Neru<br />Music and Lyric by OwataP</p>
 
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15255755 Nicovideo Broadcast]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXkhku-Zo9M Youtube Broadcast] (with Subtitles)
 
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<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial;">Haku and Neru repeatedly urge a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET NEET] (as represented by OwataP's persona, Owatan) to get a job and stop lounging around all day. The song goes through the daily activities of Owatan the NEET, and ends with the promise that even he can work his way out of the rut he's put himself in and become a functioning member of society.</p>
 
   
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* '''Literature'''
==Trivia==
 
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** [[w:c:vocaloid:Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix|Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix]] - A manga that portrays Neru as a music teacher (ch6). She later appears as a salesperson (ch7).
*Neru is regarded as a "BOUKALOID" (in Japanese, 防火ロイド or 防火LOID) - a play on words. It literally means Fireproof-loid and has the same pronunciation as Vocaloid in Japanese.
 
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** [[w:c:vocaloid:Chibi Miku-san|Chibi Miku-san]] - A 4-koma that portrays Neru in 'Chibi' form, she is introduced (#54) as a smug and sometimes abrasive friend of Chibi-Miku, Chibi-Neru can sometimes be seen trying to one-up some of the characters. The fandom idea of her having a crush on Len carries over in this series.
   
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* '''Video Games'''
*Neru's history, including her DEN2 arm marking, is extremely controversial due to the involvement of a supposedly-powerful entity, and this matter was asked not to be expounded for the safety of Neru's creator.
 
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** [[w:c:vocaloid:Project Diva|Project Diva (PD)]] - Neru is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel. In the sequel, Project Diva 2nd, she can be seen throwing a tantrum if the player has not chosen her for a period of time.
   
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* '''Other'''
*Despite Neru being a girl that does things her way, she is employed in a writing agency for a rate of 700 yen per hour. She sometimes she speaks in [[wikipedia:Tōhoku_region|Tohoku]] dialect or [[wikipedia:Akita_Prefecture|Akita]] dialect. People speaking in such dialects are located in the Tohoku region. This is a reference to her family name Akita, and the prefecture's name.
 
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** Fanmade Promotional Videos (PV) - Neru, Miku, and [[w:c:utau:Kasane Teto|Kasane Teto]] are commonly seen in fanmade videos. Fans have dubbed them the ''Triple Baka'' after the popular song of the same name.
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*Like Miku, Neru also has a futuristic ribbon in the shape of a blue circle holding her side tail in place. This does not need to physically touch Neru's hair to keep it in place. This is also one of the most difficult parts of Neru's outfit to recreate for cosplayers.
 
   
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*Created on the same official level (and from the same circumstances that led to her creation) is her "brother" [[Akita Nero]]. The other Akita "family member" although not created in Japan, is [[Akita Naru]].
 
   
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For other uses, see Akita and Neru (disambig).


Akita Neru (亞北ネル (あきたねる)) is a FANLOID derivative character. She is acknowledged by Crypton Future Media, Inc., the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for VOCALOID2, for commercial use.

History

The exact origins of Neru vary and within the fandom this has caused some confusion. However, there has been a consistency with names and phrases despite different retellings. This section will list three of the most notable sources.

Vocaloid Wiki

On October 14 of 2007, when the Hatsune Miku movement was on the rise beyond expectations, a Japanese TV station suddenly broadcasted a program that stereotyped Miku users as "anime freaks without stable work experience". Three days later, Miku's pictures became unsearchable on main search engines such as Google and Yahoo! Japan, and in the following two days, Miku's article was deleted from the Japanese Wikipedia.

This news became widespread or "flamed up (炎上した)" on 2ch bulletin boards with the rumor that an advertising agency which had a strong influence in the Japanese music industry was behind the series of "anti-Miku negative campaign," in an attempt to purge Miku and indie musicians from the music trend. Then, numerous comments were posted that denied the rumor, or "put off the fire (消火する)," followed by the phrases "飽きた、寝る。 (Got bored. Going to bed.)" or "寝る、お前らも寝ろよ。 (Gonna go to bed. Follow me, y'all!). Yet those comments drew nothing but negative responses from 2ch netizens. The contributors of such posts were branded as "puppets of the agency". The netizens joked about the "puppets" and made a spoof character for these posts as "Akita Neru". Later Smith Hioka, an illustrator, finalized the concept art of Neru. She came to represent the tsundere culture of Vocaloid.[1][2]

Google and Yahoo! Japan announced that the search failure was a technical problem and had nothing to do with the advertising agency or the TV program. The Wikipedia page removal was the result of copyright violation, which also had no relation to the agency.[3] Still, the rumor about the "Miku-hating agency" persists within the Japanese fandom presently.

On April 1 2008, Crypton adopted Neru as an official derivative character of Hatsune Miku.[4] This, along with other derivatives such as: Hachune Miku, Yowane Haku, Sakine Meiko, and Tako Luka.[5][6]

Vocaloid Otaku Forums

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 relisted on Yahoo on October 19. (from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid#Hatsune_Miku)

In addition, some scandals that insulted Vocaloid occurred in October, 2007.
At this time, 2ch BBS was thrown into a great uproar. A rumor that it was string-pulling by the advertising agency (Dentsu Co.) which failed in the promotion of the virtual idol in the past spread. The comments which tried to quiet this uproar were posted many to 2ch by certain persons in this time. They posted many comments which insulted Vocaloid and Vocaloid fans.

When an angry fan chased the sending origin of these persons, it was recognized that their comments were made by cell phones. In addition, from another follow-up survey, it was recognized that it was an act by a famous string-pulling company.

It is Akita Neru that the person of this problem was made to be a Moe character. She works as a part timer performing string-pulling with a cell phone.[7]

(The first picture of Akita Neru by Smith Hioka)
http://neru.cdx.jp/neru.jpg


Image Akita Neru bySmithHioka-img2

Akita Neru complains about Otaku.

Word bubbles

  • Left 1 - Huh? I don't get you! Are you some disgusting otaku?
  • Left 2 - Geeze, I'm tired of this!!
  • Right - Anyway, you're just a bunch of disgusting otaku making a fuss. Ahh, so gross, so gross.
  • Phone - Pi pi pip

Profile

  • Age - 17
  • Height - 150cm
  • Weight - 38kg
  • Genre of Specialty - Forum posting in place of some customers, Astroturfing
  • Boards of Specialty - News Bulletins+, News Bulletins, News for VIP
  • Regular Patrons - Den 2u, TεS and ggrUks. These two companies were once assumed to be insulting Hatsune Miku.
    ggrUks = ggrks = "google it, you scum"

Danbooru Wiki

Akita Neru (亞北ネル) in phonetic reading it sounds like "I Quit. Going to sleep." (Aa, kita. Neru) She started out as a meme on 2channel, where a troll user started thread crapping all Vocaloid related threads. Some user commented that he wouldn't get angry only if the troll was a cute girl.

Thus Akita Neru, a tsundere non-Vocaloid net-chara was born. Her image color is orange-ish yellow and her character item is a cell phone. Her design was created by Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ).

Neru is sometimes written as a Miku wannabe, others as the anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage. She mainly represents forum/bbs trolls, those who don't have enough patience to use the Vocaloid software, or those who gave up using Vocaloid.[8]

Concept

Neru came to represent the tsundere culture of Vocaloid. The fandom displays her personality mainly as hostile but she is also known to be displayed in a more friendlier manner, such as having a crush on Kagamine Len, who is another Vocaloid 2 by Crypton. Other aspects of Neru is being a representation of a forum/bbs troll, a Miku wannabe, and a anti-hero of the Vocaloid personage.

A popular portrayal of her actions is that she's always seen texting on her cellphone or slacking about. According to the creator, she has a dislike for Otaku. Despite Neru being a girl that does things her way, a common fan description is that Neru is employed in a writing agency for a rate of 700 yen per hour. This is a reference to the findings regarding the IP address of the "puppets of advertising agency," revealed to belong to a writing agency company which hired part-time workers for the mentioned pay rate. Despite the information, it is nothing more than unconfirmed rumors. She sometimes speaks in Tohoku dialect or Akita dialect; people speaking in such a dialect usually live or grew up in the Tohoku region. This is a reference to her family name Akita, and the prefecture's name.

Etymology

Her name is a play on words, Akita (亞北) is taken from "飽きた" or "get bored" while Neru (ネル) from "寝る" or "go to bed". Neru is regarded as a "BOUKALOID" (in Japanese, 防火ロイド or 防火LOID) - a play on words. It literally means Fireproof-loid and has the same pronunciation as Vocaloid in Japanese.

Appearance

On November 1, 2007, Neru's design was released, it is similar to that of Hatsune Miku, a VOCALOID2 developed and distributed by Crypton Future Media, Inc.. She has yellow hair consisting of an odd length of short and long, the long hair is styled into a left side-ponytail held by a blue futuristic ribbon. This does not need to physically touch Neru's hair to keep it in place. She has a stray hair at the top of her head and nose length bangs, her eyebrows are thick and her eyes are tsurime (upward-pointing) eyelids/eyelashes. On her left upper arm is the red mark "DEN2", its significance is currently unexplained and said to stand for the "anti-Miku advertising agency", rumored to be a supposedly-powerful entity in the music industry of Japan. Due to this, details were intentionally withheld for the safety of Neru's creator.

Her top is grey in color and sleeveless with a yellow hem, below her yellow necktie is a triangular cut that shows her navel and the back has two circular holes. The rest of her attire is black with yellow trim. She wears detached sleeves, a pleated skirt with bike shorts and thigh boots. On her left thigh is a garter purse that holds a yellow clamshell cellphone which is presumed to be a Motorola V3X.

Relations

Gallery

Additional info

Vocal settings

Here are some vocal settings by fans. Do note that these are not widely accepted and simple here as an example.

VOCALOID2 Hatsune Miku

  • BREATHINESS (BRE) / -30
  • BRIGHTNESS (BRI) / 30
  • CLEARNESS (CLE) / 30
  • GENDER FACTOR (GEN) / 15
  • OPENING (OPE) / -15

VOCALOID2 Kagamine Rin (Act2)

  • BREATHINESS (BRE) / -10
  • BRIGHTNESS (BRI) / -20
  • CLEARNESS (CLE) / 20
  • GENDER FACTOR (GEN) / 39
  • OPENING (OPE) / -20

VOCALOID2 Kagamine Rin (Act2)

  • BREATHINESS (BRE) / -10
  • BRIGHTNESS (BRI) / -20
  • CLEARNESS (CLE) / 30
  • GENDER FACTOR (GEN) / 39
  • OPENING (OPE) / -20

Appearances

  • Literature
    • Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix - A manga that portrays Neru as a music teacher (ch6). She later appears as a salesperson (ch7).
    • Chibi Miku-san - A 4-koma that portrays Neru in 'Chibi' form, she is introduced (#54) as a smug and sometimes abrasive friend of Chibi-Miku, Chibi-Neru can sometimes be seen trying to one-up some of the characters. The fandom idea of her having a crush on Len carries over in this series.
  • Video Games
    • Project Diva (PD) - Neru is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel. In the sequel, Project Diva 2nd, she can be seen throwing a tantrum if the player has not chosen her for a period of time.
  • Other
    • Fanmade Promotional Videos (PV) - Neru, Miku, and Kasane Teto are commonly seen in fanmade videos. Fans have dubbed them the Triple Baka after the popular song of the same name.
    • Merchandise - Official licensed Neru figurines have been produced, such as Nendoroid Puchi and a 1/8 scale model.

Trivia

  • Based on the information by the creator, it appears Neru's target of disgust is otaku and those who like moe character types.
  • In a similar creation on the same official level (and from the same circumstances that led to her creation) is her "brother" Akita Nero.
  • The fandom views her relationship with Hatsune Miku as being that of a friendly rivalry and a bit of jealousy.
  • A similar relationship with Kagamine Rin is based on her closeness with Kagamine Len.
  • An MMD model of Neru was created in October 2008 by modeler M2 (M2gzb) who used Animasa's Miku as the base. See the Neru Akita (M2) page for details, and also see other Neru models.

References

  1. Vocaloid Wiki: Neru Akita
  2. Blog: VOCALOID Description - Tuesday, March 2, 2010
  3. Japanese Wikipedia Hatsune Miku cite note
  4. Homepage Neru policy
  5. Vocaloid Wiki: Akita Neru (acceptance) (Revision as of 16:53, April 16, 2012)
  6. Vocaloid Wiki: Akita Neru (history) (Revision as of 17:31, November 15, 2012)
  7. VocaloidOtaku: Vocaloid TRIVIA - Akita Neru - Posted: May 29 2009, 08:39 AM
  8. Danbooru: Akita Neru (Version 10) 05/29/2010 02:21 - NSFW

External links

Other sources

Artwork & Related content
Search Akita Neru on deviantART Pixiv PiaPro
Media
Search Akita Neru on YouTube NicoVideo
MikuMikuDance (MMD), 3D software
Search for Akita Neru models on MikuMikuDance wiki


Official Vocaloid derivatives

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