"In the end, your singing voice saved the world." A blog specifically for doodles, headcanons, and inspirations for my Vocaloid fanverse, Vocal Android. I also just post vocastuffs in general. Come on in! (This is a sideblog, so I follow back and answer post replies as Mochagatari. ^_^)
Hello, friends :> for the sake of organization, I'm remaking my masterlist post into something more of like...a quick guide?? primer?? idk. for my Vocaloid AU, Vocal Android! If you already follow this blog, thanks for always being here and supporting me ;v; if you're new, welcome and thanks for taking interest in this silly thing I got going.
So! What is this AU? The Vocal Android universe is a fan project/fan universe created by me, Mochagatari aka Mikunology, revolving around the characters for the VOCALOID vocal synth program and its affiliates (UTAU, SynthV, CeVIO, etc.). I’ve been working on this project for almost as long as I’ve been into VOCALOID (sooo...about a decade. somehow.), and it’s probably my favorite thing to work on alongside my original work. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy working on and talking about it!
This post will function as both a brief intro to the AU and as a masterlist of important or particularly notable posts about it. I highly recommend reading before sending asks :> Go under the cut to begin!
Before we get started, I want to lay down some things you should know going in, basically!
This AU is pretty much an eternal work-in-progress. Anything written here is liable to be changed in the future. (I’ll do my best to keep it updated!)
This project is NOT a webcomic, a fanfiction, or any kind of concrete "media"; it’s more of a weird sandbox and writing practice that I enjoy goofing around in. That said, I would like to make actual media like comics, animatics, etc at some point in the future. Just…don’t hold me to anything. I mainly do this for fun and I have bad executive dysfunction.
Everything depicted here is MY OWN INTERPRETATION. Nothing in this AU is "canon" to any of the characters, so please don't take it like it is. Also, while certain events, characters, organizations, or locations are inspired by ones in the real world (Crypton Labs, for example) they are used in a PURELY FICTIONAL CONTEXT and do not necessarily reflect my or others' views of their real life counterparts. Everything here is purely for storytelling's sake and nothing more.
I tend to write this project in a sort of “cartoon show” format, so everything is written in terms of “episodes”, “seasons”, etc. It's just a thing I do XD
Alright, now that that's out of the way, what's this AU even about?
Main Premise
In the not-quite-so-distant future, PROJECT: DIVA was created as an experiment on the part of scientific research company Crypton Future Laboratories to test out a strange material that could, theoretically, create energy out of emotion. Created in the image of pop idols due to music being known to bring forth a variety of emotions in people, the project's androids - CV01 "Hatsune Miku", CV02 "Kagamine Rin and Len", and later CV03 "Megurine Luka" - were equipped with this material as their “hearts” and released into the world to discover various kinds of music. Since these strange “hearts” allowed them to grow feelings just like humans do with each song they sang, they quickly aimed towards becoming stars for the public of Sapporo.
Until one day, when the city was attacked by a mysterious masked individual brandishing a powerful device, Miku and the twins' fear, anger and protective feelings towards their friends and fellow citizens caused them to unlock a new feature of their “hearts”: super abilities! Using the powers brought forth by these feelings, Miku and friends (clumsily) defeated the villain and were hailed as town heroes. Since their feat quickly spread around the city, Crypton executives ordered the three to take up mantles as superheroes, much to Rin’s pride and Miku and Len’s chagrin.
So basically, the AU revolves around Miku, Rin, Len and later Luka’s escapades across the futuristic city of Sapporo as they sing songs, fight crime, and learn about what it means to be human…sort of. Kinda. Joined by their creators, the grumpy Dr. Meiko Sakine and eccentric Kaito Shion, their tomboyish human friend Gumi, and a plethora of other strange characters, much scifi-fantasy-musical cartoon hilarity ensues.
Blog Tags
Here are the tags this blog uses for AU stuff!
General Tag: Vocal Android Verse <- (not every single AU post will be archived in this masterlist, so please check here for anything not included!)
Aesthetic Tags: Aesthetic, Inspiration
Sapporo Inspiration Tag (aka inspiration for the look of the setting): Worldbuilding
Music Tags:
General Music Tag: Vocatunes (not strictly AU-related but sometimes I put stuff that inspires me in this tag)
AU "Featured Songs" Tag: AU Soundtrack
AU Theme Songs Tag: AU Themes
Music
Main AU Playlist/"Soundtrack": WIP (reconstructing)
Hatsune Miku's Character Playlist: YouTube | VocaDB
Kagamine Rin's Character Playlist: YouTube | VocaDB
Kagamine Len's Character Playlist: YouTube | VocaDB
Megurine Luka's Character Playlist: YouTube | VocaDB
MEIKO/Dr. Sakine's Character Playlist: YouTube | VocaDB
KAITO/Dr. Shion's Character Playlist: YouTube | VocaDB
Gumi's Character Playlist: YouTube | VocaDB
Other Character Song Playlist: WIP
Relevant Posts:
Opening/Ending Themes List
Basic Lore + Worldbuilding
Posts with art will have a ★ next to them!
Character Profiles Vol. 1 - Miku/Rin/Len/Luka ★
Character Profiles Vol. 2 - Meiko & Kaito ★
Locations in Sapporo
Media in Sapporo
The CVs' Superpowers
Crypton Crew Relationship Chart (extra notes on Rin and Len) ★
Episode Ideas (2024)
Who is a robot and who isn't in this AU?
A few citizens of Sapporo ★
UTAUs featured in the AU
The Main UTAU Cast
The scope of the group's superhero activities
How does singing work in-universe/where do the CVs' songs come from?
Character Lore + Q&A + Headcanons
Posts with art will have a ★ next to them!
About Aoki Lapis
About Dex and Daina's backstories (SLIGHTLY out of date but mostly canon)
Otomachi Sisters ★
Maika ★
Akita Neru (Dialtone) Supervillain Design ★
Mirai Komachi and the Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee ★
Miku's teacher ★
The Kenmochi Academy Investigation Club ★
How long does it take for a Vocaloid's personality to set in?
Mikudayo and Hachune Miku
Ichika Hoshino ★ (slightly out of date??? maybe????)
Minori Hanasato + Vs. Maika scene ★
What were Rin and Len like before their personalities developed?
Keine Ron and Matsudappoiyo
Miku and her names for Meiko ★
Futaba Minato ★
Lily ★
How do the Cryptons deal with school?
Did Meiko and Kaito inspire each other to get into science?
Why did Kaito and Meiko create the CVs?
Why doesn't Kaito like singing anymore? ★
The CVs might be a bit uncanny valley in universe...
The Gumi/Len/Kokone Situation
Why are the bad guys interested in Kokone?
About Len and his singing...
Can the CVs eat?
Do the CVs sleep in beds or charging pods?
Kagamine V4X ★
About the main four and their idol work
More about Kaito and Len/Rin and Luka
Where do the CVs' voices come from?
Assorted Thoughts #1
About the CVs as robots.... ★
Akaito + Shion Siblings ★
MYK-IV ★
About MYK-IV and the Voisonas
Fuiro ★
Soyogi Soyogi ★
About Tanaka-san
Other Headcanons for MYK-IV
A bit about Chis-A
About Adachi Rei
About Soyogi, the Voisonas, and their schemes
Slightly more lore on Soyogi
A thought about Soyogi
Groups of Characters
Assorted Thoughts #2
Other Art Posts
For stuff that can't be fit into the above categories.
Cryptons Vs. Canines
Silly Nana doodles
Catwalk Envy + New 39 Episode Title Cards
Hibikase Episode Title Card (episode is now non-canon but I still like how it came out so its going here)
Nostalogic Episode Title Card
Dialtone/Neru doodles
Faux Comic Book Cover
Pissed-off Len
White Letter Episode Title Card
Flight Home
"Thank god I'm the only normal person here."
The Professors
Zola Miku Eccentric Future Night Episode Title Card
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so.....I was looking back through my posts and I felt like my original intro post for Soyogi showed very blatantly that I had only just learned how to draw him XD so since he's been in my brain recently and my way of drawing him has crystallized way more I decided to remake my little ref for his AU design :>
since he's a company CEO in Vocal Android, I tried to adjust his original outfit to be more like a proper suit :0c and to be easier to draw in general
so.....I was looking back through my posts and I felt like my original intro post for Soyogi showed very blatantly that I had only just learned how to draw him XD so since he's been in my brain recently and my way of drawing him has crystallized way more I decided to remake my little ref for his AU design :>
since he's a company CEO in Vocal Android, I tried to adjust his original outfit to be more like a proper suit :0c and to be easier to draw in general
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so.....I was looking back through my posts and I felt like my original intro post for Soyogi showed very blatantly that I had only just learned how to draw him XD so since he's been in my brain recently and my way of drawing him has crystallized way more I decided to remake my little ref for his AU design :>
since he's a company CEO in Vocal Android, I tried to adjust his original outfit to be more like a proper suit :0c and to be easier to draw in general
we're talking more about Voisonas!!! kind of. more specifically a bit more about Soyogi and AiSuu and Kirune since I've talked about Chis-A and MYK-IV already (although there's a small bit about the latter) and also because some of my ideas have changed
so let's go!!
About Soyogi:
So recap: as mentioned, Soyogi is the CEO and chief scientist of the corporation Soyogi Co.! It's a huge company that supplies various kinds of electronics, machines and robots to various parts of the city of Sapporo (and even outside of it); as you can guess, Soyogi's very proud of the city's reliance on his technology, and with his well-mannered persona, he's quite popular with the populace. (Unfortunately, what people are not as well aware of in Sapporo is that Soyogi Co. has also been doing what it can to make sure people are reliant on their tech, even if it means making more of or funding supervillains to terrorize the town - such as a certain blonde phone addict.)
Also as mentioned beforehand, Soyogi and Meiko are old college rivals who attended the same tech university after Meiko had made her decision to pursue science. While Meiko could admit to Soyogi's intelligence, she hated how pigheaded he was, while Soyogi thought that Meiko had a lot of bluster, but not much talent.
So why does he hate the CVs so much? Basically, Soyogi is pissed off that Crypton - especially Meiko - had created a kind of technology he had not achieved, and at least at the time had no idea how to properly replicate; this is not helped by the fact that the CV series' popularity was loosening the grip he has on the Sapporo populace. So, as far he's concerned, there's two options: either destroy the CVs and Crypton Labs, or recruit the CVs to his own company. (Miku, the twins and Luka are not keen on either of these ideas.) basically he's a petty ass bitch and I find him very funny for that
Despite his attempts to smooth talk (and/or threaten) the CVs into working for him, he clearly doesn't really see them as "people" the way Meiko and Kaito do, hence why he usually refers to them by their model names. (He puts Miku very much at ill ease, especially since her empathic powers can't really get a read on his feelings.)
The Voisonas were created as a part of one of his schemes to get rid of the Cryptons by basically beating them at their own game, creating a "superior" set of "heroes" and musicians while framing the CVs for incidents in town and driving down their rep. (He has a complicated relationship with his creations...especially Chis-A.)
About the Voisonas:
Again as mentioned, the Voisonas (minus Chis-A) were ordinary humans who were transformed into super-cyborgs by Soyogi and his team. (The small tidbit about MYK-IV I wanted to add here was that his bizarre, turbulent personality is a result of his procedure being partially botched; AiSuu and Kirune comparatively are much more stable.)
AiSuu is the negative, snarky one of the group XD she really doesn't like being around people and wants to be left alone to focus on her guitar-playing, since it's her only attachment remaining post-conversion. Her dream is to become a rockstar of sorts. :> She also doesn't actually like fighting that much but well unfortunately there's not much of a choice, but Soyogi promised her career would take off, so. XD Her super ability is the ability to control electricity, which she can channel via her guitar and the rods on her head.
Kirune on the other hand is an energetic and flamboyant guy with a lot of confidence, and despite his own brand of eccentricity he's arguably one of the more normal ones in the group (and one of the genuinely nicest). He's notable in that unlike MYK-IV and AiSuu, he's by far the most mechanized and is borderline an android himself; he also is actually aware that he might have been someone else before becoming what he is now, but he's uncertain what will happen if he brings it up to Soyogi, so he just does what he's told for now. His ability is that he's basically like Jenny from My Life as a Teenage Robot - he can transform his limbs into various kinds of weapons, instruments, or tools as needed. :>
there are a few other things, but I'll talk about them some other time- but that's what I got lmao
“Constant change. Therefore, constant change.”
Song title: Bluffman
Producer: Nilfruits
Voicebank: Soyogi Soyogi
Mood: mesmerizing, sinister, groovy
Why you should listen: the creepy charisma of this cult leader seeps through the screen, through the low murmuring vocals that reel you in plus bakui’s seductively fluid animation. i can’t stop doing the “constant change” arm wiggles.
Content warning: flashing
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hello sorry this is super random but i've been looking at the official soyogi fractal twitter for funsies and there's these little q&a videos he's been doing (in japanese obviously, i use a translator on the captions/text so this might not all be perfect)
one of them asked "is there anything soyogi would like to try?" and soyogi mentions "i heard university life is fun! i would like to go there." AND I JUST 👀🍹 knowing. how he is in your au...
godspeed to your interpretation of him it's so good, i'm obsessed 😭🙏 i haven't seen many other people's interpretations of him but yours is so top-tier its 👌✨
oh yeah! I bet those are the same ones they upload as shorts on YouTube sometimes, right? (I actually have Soyogi Fractal blocked on Twitter because I don't want Mr. Kaji to see me massacring his boy X'D)
AHAHA yes...my Soyogi did in fact go to college...how did he know
thank you very much ;v; I'm honestly super super happy you enjoy how I write him, I really wasn't sure if making him such a villain would hit with anyone else, but I have a huge blast goofing off with him in my AU XD
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