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One of the popular genres in Nico Nico Douga is “Jinriki Vocaloid,” which means “Man-Power Vocaloid” in English, and it is kind of like a collage of voice.　It is different from Vocaloid, a singing synthesizer developed by YAMAHA.

For example, following Junriki Vocaloid music is made of Hikaru Utada’s voice.

“kokoro” Jinriki Vocaloid created by 黒烏龍茶 (a Nico Nico Douga User)
* The lyric translation is at the end of this article.

Utada herself has never sung this song, but the creator picked up parts by parts from Utada’s sound sources, and connected together and adjusted the tunes.

Out of curiosity, the creator made the music with the vocalist and the song that he respects. Excitingly for him, Hikaru Utada found and listened to the music, and tweeted “It is well done! Give the creator a big hand. But it has disgustingness like seeing collage photo using my pics LOL.”

If you haven’t heard Utada, please watch this video.

“Sakura Drops” (2002) MV

Kokoro (Heart) Music and Word by Toraboruta (Nico Nico Douga user)

A robot that was made by a lonely scientist
Speaking of how it came out, it is “miracle”
But there is one thing missing
That is a program called “heart”

Left alone for hundreds of years
The miracle robot wishes
“I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ‘HEART’ IS,
THE THING THAT HE WAS WORKING ON TILL THE END OF HIS LIFE”

Now it is starting. Accelerating miracle
“I CAN’T STOP TEARS. WHY I’M SHAKING? MY BEAT IS FAST.
IS THIS THE ‘HEART’ THAT I WISHED FOR?”

STRANGE HEART HEART STRANGE
I learned joy
STRANGE HEART HEART STRANGE
I learned sadness
STRANGE HEART HEART BOUNDLESS
How deep and indescribable

Now I realized the reason why I was born
Being alone is lonely
That day, that moment
The feelings that lie in all memories begin to overflow
Now I can say the true words
I give them to you

Thank you for bringing me to life
Thank you for the days we spent together
Thank you for everything you gave me
Thank you. I sing forever

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