How Neru Became the Voice of a Generation

[@ubnubmaster]

Bleh, got copyright claimed for the ending. The quality drops for about the last 3 seconds for the audio. But I figured that was better than just straight muting or blocking the video. Sorry about that folks. Thanks for watching!

[@alexmiller3260]

Never heard of Neru and either my friends. Can't even find something about Neru in my language. I think you talk mostly about american generation's voice

[@displaynamesup4345]

@@alexmiller3260 neru is japanese

[@satansmascara9756]

blasting neru in middle/highschool is the equivalent of the emo phase for weebs. in the best way possible.

[@irljellywyrm]

God I listened to Neru so much in middle school

[@janetestherina7169]

hey don't call me out like that

[@stinkyfluffer7028]

@@irljellywyrm same!!!

[@peachysai605]

Yo I still listen to Neru 😂 his songs are amazing, from musicality to tuning.

[@aomafura3374]

I still scream Neru songs right now... I'm in college LOL

[@grubbworm6029]

Neru manages to ease my anxieties and simultaneously create new ones, I adore it

[@silentkaisei]

Nice pfp lol

[@grubbworm6029]

I like the numbers 16 and 17 right back at you lol

[@TheLibermania]

I thinks that's a real poetic way to explain it.

[@DawnDoMinecraft2.0]

Same

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

Lost One’s Weeping straight up made me cry the first time I heard it

[@mixiesticks]

Same here friendo

[@Kafka_Garezerra]

For me It was the second Time, because the first I didn't have subtitles AND thoug It just was a cool rock song

[@greyfiveys]

As someone who went through the Japanese school system for a year or so it actually hits different

[@ramenheim8149]

Had to turn off eng subtitles just to get through the chart in pdiva without crying onto my vita lmao.... ;-;

[@scrubbingbubbies]

ᴹᴱ ᵀᴼᴼ

[@UrScum]

My first introduction to Neru was Tokyo Teddy Bear and when I listened to it, it was so different and uneasy yet it yet comforting. Idk if it’s just me but Neru music is something we can all relate to even some of us can’t speak Japanese. It’s like a feeling

[@grubbworm6029]

Nezuko with a gun knows what’s up^

[@starspeakz]

same

[@twilight3272]

I think that’s part of the genius - even if you don’t speak japanese, a lot of the story still comes across through the visuals and the tone of the music.

[@0f44]

hi gyro 😳😳

[@aminathshifna6887]

Ikr

[@Nina369ish]

Neru: *makes emotional and hard-hitting lyrics* Also Neru: MY FAthER WAS KiLLED By SUMMER. NEED Money FoR KARAtE LESSONS

[@turtlesyay8381]

Wait what?

[@scp3999]

@@turtlesyay8381 he posts a lot of funny shit on his twitter

[@niakgyk]

He also thirsts over a certain utaite on his Twitter and it's always funny

[@jilliantenan7485]

@@niakgyk Wait I kinda wanna know who now

[@Iyurei_]

Nia輝く Wait who? Btw can you tell me what his Twitter username?

[@beomkaslana]

I love how neru is really capable to write such a deep and meaningful lyrics, yet as a person he's a huge meme

[@amethyst4578]

He's like the embodiment of the English Vocaloid fandom

[@chalkwarrior5542]

i mean, the video DID call him the face of a generation, and if i had to sum up my generation in one way...

[@lunamoonfang2]

@@chalkwarrior5542 our generation is probably one of the biggest memes in existence as a whole

[@hop7295]

So apparently like 90% of my favourite songs are by Neru and I didn’t even know this

[@blazesona12]

ufff well my fav song from him is lost one'e weeping but id say more of my overall fav vocaloid songs r from wowaka (who is dead now..... till all are one)

[@someone-fd6pz]

@@blazesona12 f for wowoka

[@amethyst4578]

@@someone-fd6pz f

[@gengchen3560]

@vincent F7+’

[@kokoro7996]

Lost Ones Weeping is a song that speaks to me.

[@turtlesyay8381]

-me- everyone here

[@gabbs999]

Same

[@erischama1922]

Same

[@moyashiishi]

me 😔

[@azzym8144]

Same

[@derpedfox]

Heck yeah neru The reason I'm into vocaloid: Tokyo Teddy Bear and Depression. That's the song that clicked inside of me and touched my heart Also Lost One's Weeping got me through school

[@luciferscage3069]

Why did this comment make me cry tears of joy? ❤️

[@Sakachi18]

Huh, I never knew he was 17 when he started out. God, Neru and Wowaka truly are amazing.

[@IsaiasSanchez-lv1nl]

My god. Your channel is criminally underrated. It’s so good to see people keeping this side of the fandom alive. You deserve a lot man. Keep up the good work, and I hope you’re doing great on your first job!

[@ubnubmaster]

Hey thanks Isa I appreciate it

[@honque806]

@@ubnubmaster Is it ok for me to introduce your channel to the subreddit?

[@ubnubmaster]

@@honque806 Yeah be my guest! You're going to make me blush haha thank you

[@soymilk6131]

Where did you get your pfp

[@ubnubmaster]

@@soymilk6131 It's from koe no katachi (a silent voice). I'm assuming pfp stands for profile pic

[@mafuuya02]

Neru is so inspiring. I used to think things like „in my next life I wanna become a musician.“ because I used to think you cannot make music if you haven’t been playing an instrument since you were like 4. Even tho I’m still kind of scared and ashamed of telling people about my dream of producing music, I might be on a good way to ask my parents for guitar lessons... Thank you for making this video! edit (may 2021): due to covid, I didn’t manage to get guitar lessons last year and I was afraid I would buy the "wrong" guitar and equipment without help, but now I’m sick of it. I don’t want to wait any longer so I‘ll probably get myself a Les Paul soon and start practicing on my own as good as I can!! edit (august 2021): I have been playing for around 2 months now!! Best decision ever, I have 0 regrets update, april 26th 2022: a lot happened last year which lead me to really hate playing the guitar and from one day to the next, i dropped everything. i have barely even touched my guitar since september of last year, but right now i just want to pick it up again, i want to practice again for me and myself only. it took me a long time to regain trust in me and my abilities, but now my goals are clear set.

[@ubnubmaster]

I wish you luck!

[@jasmineyang6088]

just go ahead and don't forget neru only started to learn guitar when he was already 17 (^^)

[@nyakitty5172]

I think the same thing too because of T.V.!!!

[@honeyedboba]

i think it was even smarter to use rin’s voice for a song like lost one’s weeping. she has the voice of a kid that is trying their hardest, and the fact that she is meant to be so young just portrays the amount of stress on such young, impressionable minds even better. i love neru.

[@toohopeful160]

To me, Lost One's Weeping is way more than just about school and how it crushes a kid's mind. Whenever I look at the lyrics, I also see it as showing that school is not only stressful, but also useless in many ways. In the chorus, you see regular school activities being compared to things about the heart, mainly stuff related to dark and suicidal thoughts. The second half especially doesn't pull any punches. "Can you solve the equation on your abacus? Can you also undo the choker on that kid?". The official wiki translation translates it as "choker" but most translations I've seen use the word noose. It's not just about school causing stress, it's also about school not teaching you how to help others or yourself when the emotionally weak is in need. I feel like that's an aspect a lot of people generally overlook.

[@narutosempaiuzumaki6945]

Those exams must have rlly struck him after his hiatus.. Edit: Can you possibly do PinocchioP next? I’d absolutely love it if you did! Keep up the good work~

[@ubnubmaster]

I'm already in the processing of making my next video so it definitively won't be the next one. But i'll see what I can do, I've always wanted to do something on PinocchioP

[@elizabethmidford9843]

@@ubnubmaster I was about to comment same thing, as I think aside from Lost One's Weeping and Rolling Girl, I listened and still do listen most to PinocchioP's songs. From ones like Common World Domination to Beautiful Fiction to Yozurina, his lyrics and style has been really interesting to me, especially with how his songs seemed to be turning to talk about more positive things (Mei Mei) but there is also still Ghost Play to The Audience, which always felt like him feeling trapped by his own format of "weird songs with earworm bop beats" feeling too limiting, though he did recently started to use Miku less to sing himself more/get live on stage etc. Then there is also whole his older Vocaloids are Lame song which I think was a response to old Vocaloid producers "turning their backs on Vocaloids" (I recall people connecting the rocket scene as a shout out to some other producer?) and how even in his newer songs he uploads with himself auto tuning his own voice, there is still drop of Miku there... and subject topics of his songs in general... Definitely would love to see someone discuss his works/him in general, especially someone who puts work into it

[@kiggerst]

@@elizabethmidford9843 his album "Human" is the shit!

[@laanonymous3088]

@@kiggerst RIGHT! and his album Zero Go was also fire!

[@solidogahi]

Lost ones weeping: was my favorite vocaloid song in middle school, and a l w a y s will be

[@moyashiishi]

it probably was or is everyone's fav song when in middle school. me included

[@bob_the_rubber]

@@moyashiishi yup

[@sanuku535]

11:11 finaly someone said it. Same with success, you do not need it. a plain job is enougth to be happy. what matters is how you aproach the matter thats all. nothing else does.

[@adirondacknorthway]

dude. i have NEVER seen or heard someone explain neru's music as good as you do. your video gave me *chills.* you are so underrated, it's insane. i'm so glad i found your channel. keep up the good work :] also, what's your favorite song by neru? in my opinion, idola circus is one of the best songs i've ever listened to, and that's saying a lot. but at the same time, i really relate to abstract nonsense. like, a lot.

[@ubnubmaster]

First of all, thanks I appreciate it haha. Idola Circus is a good track and underrated imo. Dang that's a rough question, Neru is kind of one of those producers who always delivers no matter what he does you know? I think I would say Tokyo Teddy Bear is my favorite and then Abstract Nonsense is a close second. I really love that angsty early 2010's Neru

[@adirondacknorthway]

@@ubnubmaster honestly, all of neru's songs are fucking bangers, however i really do love his earlier works. idk, i've always just really liked angsty music like that, especially if i relate to it on a personal level (abstract nonsense, the lost ones weeping, ect ect.) and yeah, idola circus is wayy underrated. that and fps, i feel like they don't get enough recognition for how good they are lmao

[@DarkCartoon_music]

I think Shounen Shoujo Chameleon Syndrome is my favorite song of his. I love the melody and key changes. It's quite satisfying. It used to be one of my favorite Vocaloid songs of all time, actually.

[@adirondacknorthway]

@@DarkCartoon_music ooo, i'll have to give that one a listen!!

[@L16htW4rr10r]

I like Terrorism a lot, and the song before which I already forget the title of. X,D

[@ARose-od4vt]

Lost one's weeping is the first ever vocaloid song i heard and the reason why i listen to vocaloid to this day. The strong lyrics of neru's song helped me a lot, and seeing songs like i-ya makes me finally feel like i grew up while still remaining the same inside.

[@CursedCatTruffa]

You hit the nail with the last part, the reason why I love Neru's music so much is because is relatable, I can see myself on the lyric and melody, I feel a connection to Neru because how timeless his music is, how I felt even 10 years ago that I found a rope that help me grow and keep going despite my anxiety and depression, Neru means a lot to me as he is my favorite composer and someone who makes me feels understood and comfortable without allowing stagnation, Neru help me grow and mature and keeps maturing with me. Kudos for your amazing work!

[@yeetyeet3014]

Neru's re education got me into the vocaloid fandom, and till this day is my favorite vocaloid song. You have succesfully described the unexplainable. When 11 yr old me was addictively captivated by neru's works. Good friggin job my dude.

[@XFTFX]

Ah, I remember the first time I searched google "Vocaloid rock songs", then I got abstract nonsense in a Yahoo Answers page.

[@of_the_valley]

thank you for covering Neru! as an aspiring vocaloid producer that’s currently a student, his growth as a songwriter is really inspiring to me. if you’re looking for more producers to cover, i’d suggest Harumaki Gohan or sasakure uk. it would be interesting to your take on their musical/visual aesthetics.

[@ubnubmaster]

I wish you luck in your endeavors. Hope you make it one day

[@of_the_valley]

@@ubnubmaster thanks, it means a lot!

[@lemvanisters6923]

I wanna be a producer too, wonder if one day we'll do a collab! Good luck!

[@of_the_valley]

@@lemvanisters6923 thank you! good luck to you too ^-^

[@cattails4097]

Good luck on your journey into music! I myself am trying to get into Vocaloid and UTAU!

[@gamingjamie]

I love appreciate just how real Neru is. How he expresses his feelings and experiences even if it makes people uncomfortable. There’s just something so amazing about how he conveys messages, wether they are fictional or not.

[@oriba7815]

Neru's songs were a little refuge I had in my school days, (10 to 18 years old) that helped me keep my cool, I felt too much empathy with them. You know, the typical story where your parents can't help pay for your studies so part of your family does it with very good intentions, but being reminded every day and being pressured to get at least 9/10 is a headache. I was relieved to hear things like World dominatio How to But if I had to choose the one I have come to identify with the most, "Lost one weeping", even after so much, right now it hits me enough to make me sensitive. I thank him from the bottom of my soul.

[@oriba7815]

PD: I foud this channel today with the Wowaka video, thanks so much for these videos.

[@slytherinlady3907]

It’s weird how world domination how to just makes everyone feel reassured and relieved..

[@noone-wc5qr]

I remember back in middle school we had an assignment to create a poetry book and we got to illustrate our own cover. I did mine based on ‘The Lost One’s Weeping.’

[@andrewryder126]

Thank you for covering neru. I love His music so much. He's one of my favorate if not the favorate vocaloid producer

[@MaryArts]

Neru is for us what the discovery of Hard Rock and Metal was in the 1970. He just screamed out what we wanted to scream out. He made Rin scream with his instrumentals, when her voice couldn't and we felt it. It was like the first time a Vocaloid has screamed and we wanted to scream with her.

[@androgynous7678]

Abstract Nonsense was the first Vocaloid song that made me hooked up to Vocaloid. XD

[@aberomoa5149]

5:02 "Cat Food" by doriko from the album "Romeo and Cinderella" was released on November 2010, while "Tokyo Teddybear" was released on December 2011. So not only is "Cat Food" a song that also features an organ as an instrument, it is also 'technically' a first one.

[@hazmat1998]

Because of the corona virus, my middle school exam got cancelled. My generation were lucky, lmao

[@Izuyoi7215]

Akkila Akbar nice

[@user-kt1no7yx1u]

Mine was online

[@dominoesappfeathatsunemiku]

Can I just say, I love your videos? When I saw your wowaka video, I loved it and binged all of your other videos. Keep it up! The Vocaloid fandom needs more people like you.

[@ubnubmaster]

Thank ya sir!

[@rixku3358]

“Only 17 and had no background in music” Yeah. Same here.

[@luissassine3267]

is funny to click on this video, so hyped and thinking that i was isolated in my love for neru, then reading the coments and paying all of my attention to the video, and not feeling so alone in this admiration for neru and his work it have been years since the first contact i got with neru, i dont remember well which song was exactly, but i remember, and keep hearing to these days, tokyo teddy bear, that song meant to me so much for years, during my adolescence i related to the song deeply and changed me, the same way a lot of ppl relate to evangelion, that talk about seemed subjects, and i found in neru some form of company and support, in a pointof my life in where i feel completely alone. I loved every neru song heard, even hearing them for the first time without knowing the artist and saying to myself "hey, this is really good, is this from neru?" and then realizing i was right i apreciate a lot that you covered neru! for all that it meant to me, i also love specially his evolution, that i didnt knew a lot about, those first songs before abstract nonsense, i really admire how he started with such a complex subjects about school, war and anxiety and he didnt got stuck on that, evolving to have a new style that fits the social problems that he talks about today in "whatever whatever whatever" and "snobbism" i love how you capture and express all the feelings that made neru important, and well, talking about something so "underground" but special to ppl that conected with it it seems like your channels is vocaloid artists centered so i will give it a look, and i wanted to ask, since someone else in the comments asked for pinocchiop, are you interested in covering other artist in the media related to vocaloid? ppl like kairiki bear or maretu, or maybe ppl not so directly related to vocaloid but with something interesting to say, like mafumafu, eve or miyashita, if you dont know them, take a look to their music, is really really good, again, this was a really great videom thank you!

[@ubnubmaster]

Hey Luis! Yeah I honestly really love people related to vocaloid but aren't exactly involved in it and pay attention to it as well. Like Bunka by Eve is a personal favorite album of mine. But as of right now there doesn't seem like there is much of an interest to cover stuff outside of vocaloid producers. If you guys keep showing support for it though, I will definitely consider it. Heck maybe i'll make a video like that in the future anyway. Also welcome aboard :)

[@damienorion]

Neru is the producer that got me into vocaloid lost ones weeping connected with me so much that I had to find more Growing up with dyslexia made things like education and even social situations really hard and teachers would push me and put me down and I thought that's just how life is and didn't question it but when I herd lost ones weeping (jubyphonics cover I dont know Japanese) it made me question everything I had been taught It may seem hella melodramatic but vocaloid originals and covers connected with me in a way I don't think any other artist can

[@AlexaAXAG]

after 6 years of being introduced to vocaloid, abstract nonsense is still my favorite song...

[@Ashley0888]

I love seeing how my favorite producers rose, thank you for these videos.

[@pinkish4959]

I just finished binge watching all of your vids (took me a while cause i would stop halfway to listen to every song or album you mentioned) and I love all of your content

[@ubnubmaster]

Thanks for watching Sabrina! Really appreciate the support!

[@LegalLoli_]

YES I WAS EXPECTING THIS AHHH

[@ChibiChidorii]

Crazy how all of us can relate to Last One's Weeping the same way while having different backgrounds and stages of life. Many here heard it first in middle school. I heard it first in my last year of high school when I didn't listen to vocaloid anymore. I'm 23 now and that song still strikes me hard.

[@Bwabwabwaaaaaaaltaccount-ws7br]

Neru, Wowaka, and MARETU. The Holy Trinity of intense music that comforts you for reasons you can't explain.

[@azref6779]

Tbh, the first vocaloid song I've heard was Neru's Lost One Weeping... that time, ive been pressured with a lot of problems, school, friends, family and even myself to the point of breaking. Then i saw the word vocaloid in my youtube recommendation, so i searched up the word and the song was the first that caught my eyes. Then, BAM!! The whole song hits me like a bucket of cold water and i swear that time i cried for the first time in 7 years that my roommates and friends started to worry for me cos I've rarely show any sign of distress whatsoever. I dont know how but that song just gave me some kind of enlightenment and hope despite it's lyrical content and i managed to pull through those days Thank you for this video✨ :’)

[@komos3719]

Neru has great songs for people going through hard times and I'll always appreciate that

[@BoughtByTheBlood]

Okay, being brand new to vocaloid & literally pausing this video to listen to these songs for the first time, could you plz give me a starting place for Neru's music. It just seems so vast & overwhelming that I don't want to just leap out into the void on my own & miss the good stuff, or just hit the popular stuff & miss the hidden gems. Thanks for any help you might be able to give me. I really appreciate it! I feel like vocaloid, & the anime culture, in general, is the very first thing in my entire life that I discovered & became engrossed in entirely on my own, & didn't just "inherit," like my Mom's love of reading or my Dad's love of classic rock. I literally don't know another soul who is into the anime culture (I'm calling it that cuz it's all I know to call it. Plz forgive me if I'm wrong) & that makes it very special to me. It's the 1st thing that is mine & mine alone & I want to know as much about it, & in my own shy, closed-off way, be a part of it as I can.

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

Welcome to the wonderful world of anime nonsense! I’m rediscovering the vocaloid fandom so I can’t really point you in a particular direction (sorry), but here’s a page on the wiki that lists all of his songs. vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/Neru

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Tokyo Teddy Bear is a must! It is so beautiful! I mostly prefer Glutamine version, but original one is also good. And then there is also Terrorism which me and my sister personally like.

[@choccymilk8491]

Wow! How did I just find this channel?! I love everything you’re making. It’s so well done and written. You deserve so many more subs

[@mixiesticks]

I'm amazed at how Neru isn't much older than me. I don't know how old I thought he was but it's still wild

[@milk3699]

Lost One's Weeping legit made me cry when I first listened to it. I was on a lot of educational pressure and it was just- really relatable.

[@Lenthebanana]

Abstract Nonsense was the first song of his I heard and cut deep into me in a way only one other song had before. Even now, knowing the song a lot better, it still cuts as deep as it used to.

[@tentoumushi2492]

The channel i need in my quarentine,I love so much neru (it's my composer fav in my adolescence) i'm a fan vocaloid about 12 years! Pls talk about niki!!! PD: sorry my bad englsh i'm from spain.💜

[@overwhelmed_cactus6820]

Lost one’s wheeling makes me cry every time I watch it. Oversharing now lol, but I have struggled with burnout and extreme anxiety that has made the least bit of pressure feel crushing. For me the song represents the pressure of life in general, and even now when I’m finished with high school and is taking a break I can deeply deeply feel with this song. Ive had the “just what the hell does growing up mean, can someone just tell me” part on repeat and sobbing because my mental health makes it so hard for me to live independently and it’s such a hopeless situation to be in, just screaming that part is so cathartic. Not to mention the tuning is awesome, so much raw emotion

[@meeome7367]

Bro I love your channel and your video essays, I’ve been a fan of of vocaloid for a while but your videos have helped me put feelings into words, and introduced me to music that I really love!

[@ubnubmaster]

Thanks I'm glad I can help

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

Neru was a big part of my time in this fandom and helped me with all my anxieties and my bad thoughts

[@reina_harhar7815]

My first song by Neru was Lost One's Weeping. Back then when I was busy scrolling through a news feed full of vocaloid posts I saw this some kind of song from him then people kept on saying how sad it is (or relatable) then when I listened to it I never really understood what was the definition of "sad" was in this song (because of the catchy tune) then I kinda saw another version of it with English lyrics. This was the third song that totally hit me (my first was Rolling girl and Just be friends was my second) And during rainy days I would usually listen to it whenever I feel depress because it just eases it up and it cheers me up telling be that whenever you feel like breaking just remember, there is still good waiting for you at the end of the road.

[@lianahoran16]

Lost One’s Weeping was the song that really got me into vocaloid and made me realize how so many songs on the scene spoke to me in such a way, the melody and fast pace of neru's songs make me feel at ease. Now that I am older and interested in vocaloid again, I can't believe that the songs that I used to blast in middle school would speak truth to me even more, almost 6 years later.

[@taruuu7519]

I think The Lost One Weeping is almost all of us asians experience in school. I'm not japanese, but I'm experiencing that. Like your parents told you to go to this school and despite you don't want to and they still enroll you in there. And in my country there's a hierarchy between The science and social studies classes. The science one is deemed superior compared the social study one, so all parents want their kids to enroll there one of them is my parents. Despite knowing that I sucks at the most subject in there they're still enroll me there. I end up having a breakdown because I can't keep up with the materies and my grades aren't the best either. And I do tell them that I can't do it, I mean surviving in there for 3 years. I do know my parents want me to push myself. But yeah, I snapped in the 2nd year. I still remember that day, it was nightmare. I was afraid to go outside because I feel their judging me because I can't do a simple formula or because the last test score is garbage. It was scary and I still felt like that when I make mistake even it was a small one. It was the worst feeling that you can feel. Like you just want to bury yourself alive every time. And it happened to me again when I was applying to university, well this time I do have some liberties to choose but there are still some majors that my parents don't want me to pick and one of them is my choice HELL it was my first choice. So yeah... You all know the continuation of this :)) and yes, it's stressful, but this is the only thing that I can do for my parents. And it's not like I don't like the thing that I studied right now. But seeing someone from the my first choice major doing their own thing I still get jealous sometimes and I still get to study it, but not in a formal way its just self study and a hobby and my parents supports it by providing books for my self study. It is stressful but I think, if you do talk it to your parents I think they'll understand and change their mind or at least somehow ease your suffering by a bit wwww.

[@mafuyuhinasaki3219]

Such a fantastic video! I like to pride myself on knowing different kinds of Vocaloid songs by various artists, but hearing the story behind the artists makes the songs mean so much more than they used too, I really appreciate what you do with this channel! Keep up the good work! I'm already anticipating the next video!

[@eternallysami]

I love Neru so much, and this video is great 💚

[@janekwa]

Tokyo Teddy bear was so jarringly beautiful when I first heard it, even if I didn't know the words and when I did it became even better than before 💕 not to mention all his songs are such good works of music it's crazy

[@Karika_ite]

I actually cried during the school part in this video. Neru's music is truly powerful

[@hatsunememekuoisaneet]

NERU is my favorite artist and all of his music is relatable (life prolonging nostalgia aside ((still makes me cry tears of joy tho))), and this video just makes me so happy and excited. Thank you

[@SuPeRsKiTtLeStAlKeR]

Neru was one of my favorite producers at the type, I still get chills every time I hear Tokyo teddy bear. Tokyo teddy bear still holds strong and so does last ones weeping, back then and now it fits so we'll into a music scene that you can say no matter what time that this song was made a week ago and anyone would accept that. That's as far as I see it that is.

[@Rei-fi9qg]

Lost Ones Weeping and Tokyo Teddy Bear was what got me into Vocaloid, and they still remain as my favorite song

[@yesunkim3662]

wonderful analysis. great job! i agree with you wholeheartedly-- i see Neru's CYNICISM album as a concept album focused on the very perspective of cynicism itself, particularly as satirical commentary on the 21st century social condition. it's pessimistic, it's disillusioned, and it's oh-so-very Neru. just as Abstract Nonsense marked a turning point in realizing the power of his music to make statements on society with astounding emotional impact, i think "modern" Neru's works mark where his messages transition from being about adolescence (you notice school-related imagery in a lot of his older works-- World Domination How-To, Lost One's Weeping, Abstract Nonsense, etc.) to being about adulthood. there's an ongoing progression in his music about the hell that is growing up through an emotionally-intense teenagehood then being thrown out into the "real world" and how people cope with their feelings of distrust against the world, whether that be shrugging everything off like in Whatever Whatever Whatever or finding a sick sense of comedy in how fu*ked everything is like in SNOBBISM. if you haven't guessed already, i'm doing my own analysis on Neru and his work, haha. again, wonderful video and you've got yourself a new subscriber. cheers man!

[@messyribbonzz]

Oml, Neru inspired me a lot :')

[@soulrecords857]

To this day World Domination How To and Lost Ones Weeping still get to me for their lyrics, music and videos. Thank you Neru for two of my favorite vocaloid songs ever!

[@thisisafirstnamethisisalas97]

I would love one on circus-p/vocacircus/cheezitsareyummy these videos have been so informative and so well researched love it thank god for people like you who add such needed recognition

[@francescomane7122]

Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see your next vid!

[@francescomane7122]

Also I wanted to ask what editing program and mic do you use?

[@mirillis6083]

The lost one weeping was the first song that got me into vocaloids

[@mafu_ne]

And I'm here, asking myself... WHY DIDN'T I FIND THIS EARLIER, THIS VIDEO IS A MASTERPIECE Seriously, I've never seen someone explaining Neru's songs better then you did, this video is definitely one of the best videos I've ever seen in my life...

[@Cookivirus]

neru got me into vocaloid sure i had seen a few other good songs like purple butterfly but neru was the first i followed

[@draconiusultamius]

I remember sending some Neru songs to my aunt back in the day, when I was going through my (very) silent emo phase. She told my mom because she was worried about me being suicidal. Safe to say, that has not occurred!

[@ItsMeMora]

These videos are gold, you deserve more views.

[@TheLibermania]

When they had their first Expo in Europe, a german newspaper wrote an article about it asking people about it. One person answered that Mikus music really reflects her inner feelings. We (me and three people i met that day) were laughing about that. Not about the person or the sentence, more about the fact that it can't be more cliche right? "Why do you like this music?", "It really shows how i feel inside". Right after it, we were talking about our favourite songs and producers. When i answered (honestly) wowaka and Neru, the girl in the group gave me a look that i'll never forget. Obviously she was thinking that Neru reflects my inner feelings and got frightened immediately. To be honest: It kind of does.

[@luisahomura8527]

I usually don’t know creators, i have a hard time remebering stuff and, because of that, I didn’t realize that Neru was such a great composer, and didn’t realize that he is the producer of possibly my favorite song: the last one’s weeping. I genuinely made an essay for no one in particular about this song because of how much i love it and how it captures me in ways other songs never could. Not only that, but it also describes me well. I didn’t realize how much i loved neru’s style. I am so happy that this was recomended to me.

[@chloe5911]

I genuinely had no idea that Neru was so young! I found him through Tokyo Teddy Bear, which helped get me through middle school along with other songs from people like wowaka and ryo.

[@sherberttt417]

while I haven't listened to much of neru's music, lost ones weeping was so emotional for me since i really related to how i prefer math and science due to there being a simple right and wrong answer, and the pressure to do well or not be accepted into a good school, or just accepted in life. whatever whatever whatever is something that i love listening to, again since I can relate to it and i love the newer music with the more vibrant colors in the music videos and upbeat melody with the deeper, meaningful lyrics. oh my god i used to listen to tokyovania control, which i thought was an undertale song, and i never knew it was a remix of tokyo teddy bear-

[@weirdneko3024]

Neru before: :( Neru now: _still sad but_ :)

[@supernenechi]

Even though I don't speak Japanese yet and even before looking up translations of his works, you just know what they're about simply by their tones. Neru was the first artist ever where I experienced that, and it's so beautiful. The screaming in Tokyo Teddy Bear and Lost One's Weeping, you not only know what it's about but I never could've guessed how much emotion a computer synthesized voice could bring over.

[@I-Kurai]

Pls do Kyaami, the god of covers. Anything she makes makes much more or comparable level to the original

[@Sinc3r3ly]

See : Melt and 1, 2, fanclub

[@serenryuu]

I didn't know the name 'Neru' until YEARS after I'd already been listening to his music. The one that definitely stuck with me the most but also makes me sad at how underrated it is, was 'Jailbreak' :((( Also, not sure if you'll see this or if you know him, but I'd love to see you do a video on Niru Kajitsu! He's relatively new to the vocaloid scene (appearances beginning in only 2018) but he quickly became one of my favorite producers.

[@mutiyangpilingbabae9207]

Lost ones weeping is my first song from Neru. I thought the thumbnail was Rei Amamiya and Near for a second. Thanks for this video

[@inotfunny8506]

The fact i'm the most positive and most childlike kid at my school and listen to such depressing stuff is very ironic. To be honest i dont understand a lot of my self.

[@SplatDiva_Ant]

Human Disqualification is one of my favorite songs. The way the song is a burst from beginning to end is truly amazing

[@aquaexnar3093]

dude, i am so glad neru is getting light. been rocking his music for over a decade. got dayum

[@SunnyStronium]

My very first song from Vocaloid is Lost One's Weeping and it really raised bars like I can't be genuinely enjoying the "calmer and lighter" topics songs like PoPiPo. Neru made me look for songs that "s l a p s"

[@pearlcore4285]

I'm really happy I found your channel, I feel like this is the first time someone thorughly analizes the vocaloid scene !!

[@marsenpai9078]

Thank you Ubnub for this channel,I really like knowing more about the Vocaloid universe, even though Vocaloid is diying am happy to have been part of this fandom.

[@chococatowo]

I legit cried at the end of your explaination. Instant sub from me. I'm going on a marathon watching every single video you have on vocaloid as much as I can. I have been in love with vocaloid since I was 12 and I remember I left it behind because I thought it wasn't popular or good anymore and now as a 19 year old I wonder why I even did that. The lyrics even hit more from Neru's songs because of the expectations but on me as the eldest child that I'm constantly worried about my future especially my second thoughts of becoming an artist and to own my own business it's something I dream of to do and contribute to my country but reaching there is harder than I thought especially in Jamaica. However, I still find myself trying and receiving comfort from the persons who already have been there and this video sums it up for me.

[@lenthebard5631]

I remember a few years back, when all i heard were covers to vocaloid in spanish, hearing The Lost One's Weeping as I was trying to catch back up with school after my surgery, and legit crying because up until then i had not really reacted to the amount of pressure that was shrinking a year's worth of studies into like three months, even though things got better, The Lost One's Weeping is still a comfort song and one of the many I blast when I'm trying to remind myself I've gone through tough times and made it out, many others in that playlists are also from neru, I hope one day I can say thank you to him, even if he doesn't know why

[@DurryQuill]

Neru's Lost One's Weeping was the song that made me "get" vocaloid and was really the song the brought me to love vocaloid in general.

[@Arisusagievans]

Lost one's weeping is pretty much the only neru song I knew before watching this video and I related to it SO BADLY when I first listened to it. Brazilian culture isn't exactly that similar to Japanese, but likewise, the only way of getting in University here is getting a good grade on an exam that covers pretty much everything you learned at school. I discovered lost one's weeping when I was on my last year of highschool, and My parents wanted me to study in the best University here. I felt like my life was exactly like what the song described. I had to memorize all that stuff at school and I couldn't even think about myself. Listening to neru's song made me feel relieved somehow, it's exactly what you said in the video.

[@fullcapsethan]

abstract nonsense is one of my favourite songs ever. it has helped me deal with my trauma a lot, even back when i was in elementary school. one of the songs that changed my life

[@marko_c3]

i stumbled on this video, took one look at your channel, and instantly subbed because i didn't know how badly i needed analysis on vocaloid music until i found it. im going to watch all of your videos. thank you for making this, it was very fascinating!

[@brayroll7432]

Love your channel man. Such a blast from the past.

[@deek7429]

i listened to lost ones weeping back in middle school BUT now im a freshman in hs and until recently it was my literal life motto. doing schoolwork until sunrise, spending my free time only on student council, only doing what adults told me to; being hated in school while seeing everyone struggle and being unable to do anything, nerus songs felt like my thoughts' musical manifestation. he really is a prominent voice of the generation.

[@Feirgheim]

Thank you so much for this, really, awesome video!

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

Yall need to see his Twitter Neru is a crackhead and I love it

[@BunnyInTheSnow]

thanks for the analysis and proper research done. as a music/vocaloid nerd for a decade who didn't really have much people to discuss such topics with, finding your channel has made me so so happy. please do Siinamota/PowapowaP.. His death anniversary is coming up in July... you mentioned in another video about how Wowaka's death had impacted you much.. Same goes for me with regards to Siinamota... Thank you.

[@RikkuX5]

Awesome video and I'm so happy to see you talk about one of my favourite producers! As someone who prefers rock over pop Nerus songs just fit my taste more than many other vocaloid songs. When Tokyo Teddy Bear and Abstract Nonsense were released back then I immediately fell in love with them. I've always loved his kinda obscure style in art and music. While his songs show a lot of diversity there is always this certain essence that makes his works very recognizable. Abstract Nonsense, The Disease Called Love and Whatever, Whatever, Whatever all sound very different but they still sound like Neru. In my opinion that's the most important thing for a very good producer. By the way I'm happy we didn't have to wait long for the next video and I hope everything is going well with your job situation right now :)

[@ubnubmaster]

Hey thanks NikuNicole the job is going well. I thought this was a long time so that makes me feel a little better haha