akita neru

Creator	Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ)
Release date	November 1, 2007
Gender	Female
Age	17
Height	4'11" ft (150 cm)
Weight	83 lbs (38 kg)
Character Item	Cellular phone,Katana

Neru Akita (亞北ネル Akita Neru) is a 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".
In October of 2007, soon after 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.
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.

Acceptance into Vocaloids

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. The other derivatives bearing this distinction is Miku Hachune, Haku Yowane, Meiko Sakine, and Tako Luka.

Voice Configuration

Neru offically 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. The following configuration attempts to recreate Neru's voice as it fits her visual details.

VOICE CONFIGURATION
BREATHINESS (BRE)	-30	BRIGHTNESS (BRI)	30	CLEARNESS (CLE)	30
GENDER FACTOR (GEN)	15	OPENING (OPE)	-15
SPECIAL NOTES: 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.

She has another voice configuration using Rin Kagamine Act 2. First used in Nanamue-P's Honey Honey PV, Neru has a singing voice that better matches her aesthetics. Regular Rin may also work, but ACT 2 is more recommended. This is not an exact configuration, but rather, tweaked settings.

VOICE CONFIGURATION
BREATHINESS (BRE)	-10	BRIGHTNESS (BRI)	-20	CLEARNESS (CLE)	20
GENDER FACTOR (GEN)	39	OPENING (OPE)	-20
SPECIAL NOTES: 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.

Another voice configuration suggested for Neru involves the usage of the voicebank CV01 Soft Early. This is the exact configuration.

VOICE CONFIGURATION
BREATHINESS (BRE)	-50	BRIGHTNESS (BRI)	30	CLEARNESS (CLE)	35
GENDER FACTOR (GEN)	-30	OPENING (OPE)	-25
SPECIAL NOTES: The Breathiness helps in the High note, and the Gender Factor makes the Voice more "Cute and Calm".

Tsuman-ne?

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.