A Man With No Rhythm Gets Attacked by Hatsune Miku

[@RTGame]

Hatsune Miku

[@ray_r0se]

Hatsune Miku

[@pacman6007]

Hatsune Miku

[@lennoxmills5297]

About time

[@if.they.call.me.a.slvt89]

Matsune Hiku

[@OnionSoup-tg7dv]

Hatsune Miku?

[@nehozakuz]

for those wondering, miku and the rest of the vocaloids are voice banks. their voices are provided from voice actors. in a literal sense, hatsune miku is an instrument!

[@zaptrap1002]

If anyone wondering who's Miku's voice provider it's Saki Fujita

[@ChargeQM]

Just like mayonnaise is!

[@Ekraelum]

​@simonx760 I still can't believe he's a voice synthesizer lmao

[@octopie4729]

Well technically they are cryptonloids now ☝️🤓

[@NeonValkyrieGaming]

I don't like this information

[@zombieplush]

a really good moment that wasnt included: it was the anniversary of KAITOs release on the day rt streamed this, and when chat told him he started looking through the songs to see if there were any birthday songs he could play for him

[@SuperFlameRunner]

Omg I love that

[@zoeyc5851]

Thats so sweet

[@mikudayoooooo]

the sheer amount of sekai fans insisting blessing was in megamix was so

[@Ekraelum]

That's actually super cute ❤

[@Ellisepha]

Ahww that's cute!

[@thanatoast]

It's actually impressive how far rt has come. He went from having an abysmal sense of rhythm to having a mediocre sense of rhythm. Truly the best character arc.

[@Maradrafts]

I love rhythm games (as a pretty casual player, though, not anyone especially great, but I've spent a fair amount of time mainlining OSU! and am now enjoying the heck out of Muse Dash) and for a self-professed person with no rhythm I'm always impressed by how well he ends up doing every time he tries a new one. Honestly, looking at Project Diva's interface is making my head hurt - and while I'm sure the game is pretty fun once you've made sense of it it'd taken me some getting used to. And yet here RT is, flubbing his way through some Stage Clears on his very first playthrough. :D Rhythm or not, his adaptative skills truly are a thing of beauty ^^ love to see it!

[@devonwilson8306]

They used to call him Rhythm Time Game back in college

[@Koshka_milk_OFFICIAL]

I read that as fart not far rt 🤔

[@kamanira]

>Fails Rolling Girl "I don't think Miku made it out alive." Does he know, chat?

[@lonelyduckling2704]

I don't think so and honestly it just makes the whole thing funnier lmao

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

Made me 😬

[@forestissleepy]

He didn't i think he said this was kinda an intro to miku haha. Chat requested it so he played it if i remember well

[@HazeEmry]

He absolutely didn't know and it makes it funnier, if depressing

[@reinerzufall2070]

You gotta explain it. Cause i dont know as well.

[@xx_koneka_xx6297]

chat losing it at any sight of kaito and even informing rt it was his birthday was so amazing

[@Taylortay-8]

KZbinrs randomly starting to play project diva despite never having any experience related to Miku is my favorite type of genre on yt

[@hordeofficercatra]

i would like recommendations of more videos like this to watch please 🤲

[@carro179]

As shoddy of a port as MM+ is, it's really cool seeing it bring so many people to try Project Diva, so I'm glad it exists

[@alexislau7825]

​@@hordeofficercatrajerma did a really good one, but everything jerma does is amazing

[@JacobPlays136]

@@carro179The only had thing I've noticed with MM+ Is the anticheat. And a quick mod removes that. What else makes it bad?

[@breebiebreeb]

It’s free serotonin juice for me

[@GloomyFish]

I love how he immediately noped out of The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku We've all been there lmao

[@bugbear2357]

any rhythm game version of that song is chaos. carpal tunnel is imminent

[@SPZ-gv2on]

That's the main song keeping me from clearing all songs on ex extreme. I'll settle for normal extreme, disappearance is ridiculous.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

It's such a good song tho ;-;

[@ruty6099]

​@@SPZ-gv2on Its Intense voice for me on EXEX thats stopping my have cleared every song progress

[@boaofdeath]

​@@bugbear2357The intense singing of hatsune miku bout to destroy my keyboard

[@twilightexorcist1760]

Wowaka, the guy who made Rolling Girl and Unhappy Refrain passed away a few years back due to overwork. The guy played a huge role in non Japanese interest in vocaloid and is an incredibly important figure in the community. Seeing RT listen to ane enjoy some of his work for the first time fills me with so much joy, even now people are still discovering hid body of work. Rest in peace Wowaka

[@BlackRockStella]

At the age of 30s as well....

[@champiggyfrm_pig5271]

He was involved in the band hitorie which also made only bangers

[@ThirdyMeowy]

Wait, I thought it was cancer? /genq

[@books96book0]

@@ThirdyMeowy No, he died of heart failure at the age of 3

[@PugCuber]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@ThirdyMeowyAcute Heart Failure. he was only 31.

[@lolabee1825]

Don’t forget Miku is just an instrument all songs are made by human beings that deserve to have their names known. All credit to them and their amazing talent

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

yes!!! im glad more ppl r moving towards crediting the actual creators of songs, i feel like especially in the early 2010s a lot of ppl would just say the song was by miku lmfao

[@lolabee1825]

@@iwakeupandboomimarat True!! lol I think it’s because vocaloid artists have been very vocal about how much it hurts them and as a artist I can completely understand that. I’m glad the fan base is giving them more credit!

[@moloyo_viewerxd6717]

MIKU IS NOT REAL??? 💔💔💔

[@LilChuunosuke]

Yup! Its a tool they choose to use. Some artists such as Reol have gone on to use their own voice instead of the voicebanks and had very successful careers in music. They deserve recognition and respect for their music.

[@lolabee1825]

@@moloyo_viewerxd6717 unfortunately not lol

[@Robin-ph1ss]

RT saying "I don't think miku made it out alive" after rolling girl 💀

[@grenien4109]

now that you mention it that is kind of bad

[@endernightblade1958]

“guys he doesn’t know”

[@prognerite9447]

Pretty sure the lyrics are about how she was bullied into taking her own life right?

[@Robin-ph1ss]

I was just pointing it out, I know he doesn't know the lyrics. I just thought it was an funny coincidence to point out.

[@endernightblade1958]

@@Robin-ph1ss it is

[@autheworld]

8:24 I feel like this is a good moment to let people know that Hatsune Miku is a canon character in one of the Persona spinoffs

[@MdnaBlue]

Her outfit from that game is an unlockable in this game, even!

[@m_217]

Hold on WHAT?? In which game :o

[@prognerite9447]

I need to know which spinoff

[@GABiHatchiiwa]

@@prognerite9447 Persona 4 dancing

[@prognerite9447]

@@GABiHatchiiwa ooooh, that makes sense alright

[@niksaysit]

i can't see the end of the horizon HATSUNE MIKU?

[@spaghetticarbonara3639]

Holy shit is that hatsune miku

[@meadow7229]

IS THAT YOU?? HAVE YOU COME TO PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY?

[@JediSteve-J3-]

Ahh, the realm of thematic resolution

[@enderritterhd635]

Man I love sonic

[@rose.chan00]

Snapcube fan in the wild

[@Diego13303]

1:39 - "Alien Alien" by NayutalieN 4:39 - "Beware of the Miku Miku Germs" by Hayaya 7:05 - "Rolling Girl" by wowaka 9:26 - "I'll Miku Miku You (For Reals)" by ika 10:18 - "39! Music" by Mikito-P 12:25 - "Gaikotsu Gakudan to Riria" by Tohma 13:56 - "LOL Lots of Laugh" by mikumix 15:55 - "Thousand Year Solo (DIVA Edit)" by yanagi 17:40 - "Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder - 39's Giving Day Edition" by Nori-P 19:25 - "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" by CosMo 19:38 - "Ashes to Ashes" by Tennen 21:32 - "The Intense Voice of Hatsune Miku" by CosMo 24:35 - "1/6 -out of gravity-" by Vocaliod-P 26:25 - "39" by sasakure.UK 28:16 - "Blackjack" by Yucha-P 31:00 - "Catch the Wave" by kz 33:46 - "Unhappy Refrain" by wowaka 36:23 - "The World is Mine" by Ryo

[@CliffCardi]

No Levan Polkka? What a disappointment.

[@ItzaFelix]

@@CliffCardi Ievan polka is only in the tutorial

[@415-k1ub]

Hey, can you edit your comment to include the producers who made the songs? It'll make things easier for people to find the official uploads of these songs.🎉

[@Diego13303]

@@415-k1ub just did! Let me know if any of them is wrong

[@tatsgato]

You forgot "39 Music!" at 10:18

[@ventusleone]

Man, it's so strange to think back to my childhood when Vocaloid was a strange little corner of the internet that barely anybody knew about. Hatsune Miku is a part of pop-culture now, and even if they dont know anything about Vocaloid people know of it. Times change and i could not be more happy about it.

[@Vocalovely]

Same here, I've been listening to vocaloid daily since I was 11! I was lucky to have friends who loved it too (they introduced me to it in fact, and we're going to Miku Expo together in May for our first vocaloid concert!) but it always made me really sad how the other people around me didn't understand and hated it. I miss the style and variety of old vocaloid, but we still get plenty of bangers today and I love seeing people discover it with a more open mind.

[@Eurobeat_fan]

I'm just happy to have gone to the last miku expo in NYC before she blew up where the floor tickets were $80 and there were no chairs and you had to stand the whole time and it was a tiny venue but it was so much better than last miku expo cause $600 tickets is ridiculous

[@kelly7380]

Shout out to Twitch chat for immediately recommending Rolling Girl, they know what's good

[@burningfox4974]

But they failed to recommend him to make Mikus default outfits match the song. She’s always in her Og setup.

[@yakobsoulstorm5187]

You need to buy them unless he bought the DLC.

[@burningfox4974]

@@yakobsoulstorm5187 pretty sure it has a feature where you can “demo” outfits by having them be only used during that specific song right? It’s been a while sin e I played.

[@HazeEmry]

​@@burningfox4974oh they did. It's just Dan wanted to and usually plays base game/vanilla without changing anything. Iirc the only game he plays with mods are City Skylines and Skyrim/Lethal Company has spider mods

[@kittiecandy747]

🫡

[@vizmochii5075]

They used to call him the rhythm king back in college

[@p0k3f4n7]

I cannot emphasize enough how much nobody has ever called him that.

[@duskadown6751]

rhythm peasant

[@Ryann9]

They actually used to call him the rhythm peasant in college instead

[@thebirds4588]

*Lies!*

[@aquadiamond4384]

No they didn't

[@buddyart-]

You can't escape her

[@pringlecontainer2528]

The world IS hers to be fair

[@buunguyentominh215]

Always has been

[@lollovec]

You can't escape!

[@lostgalaxygirl7712]

Once you're in, you can never escape from it

[@yeetusdelete0]

mikudayo

[@acisme6442]

Fun fact (to me, at least!) The "challenge time" segments, where things get way more difficult towards the end of each song, are actually *as* difficult as the song is in the next difficulty level. It can serve as a taste of what the next difficulty level will be like ^^

[@QueenKaitio]

Chat suggesting a Wowaka song for the third song in was honestly such a chat move I didn't even see it coming. As someone who adores these games I had a few songs in mind that were more beginner friendly but chat just woke up and chose violence that day

[@StickMaster500]

You know that Hastune Miku has taken over the world when her presence is pretty much everywhere across the globe from food, cars to even Pokemon! She’s so influental that she even appeared on the Irish English Exam. *We live in her world now.*

[@Lorixo343]

Living in Miku’s paradise

[@God-of-War..]

I don’t know who she is

[@aname8106]

Wait Irish English exam???

[@sushitime5052]

She is the sekai de ichiban no ohimesama.

[@DarquosLeblack]

World is hers!

[@MxAmericanPi]

Elected global leader, wildly successful game dev, and award-winning children's book author

[@nerdygirlsrule2587]

wow she really does do it all all praise to our lord and savior hatsune miku

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

She even made Dan's favourite game(source not found) Minecraft

[@Leetgrain]

@@kittyshippercavegirl Minecraft: Story Mode by Hatsune Milkmaid

[@clowntown3]

​@@kittyshippercavegirl she made detective Pikachu and Minecraft

[@ryanchong9965]

iirc, she's also a trans icon!

[@Cluemily]

Honestly that reaction to the cosMo songs (Disappearance, Intense Voice) is... definitely the right one, as a long time fan. Every time you see a cosMo song in a rhythm game you know it's gonna be a time.

[@theflyinghandofloob2062]

Sadistic Music Factory

[@Cluemily]

@@theflyinghandofloob2062Yes? But he only played Disappearance and Intense Voice, so there was no point listing it. It wasn't played in the video dskgh

[@EspressoStreams]

A time is valid. A good time? Eventually. But a time nonetheless.

[@theflyinghandofloob2062]

@@CluemilyOh I know I was just reliving the PTSD

[@Cluemily]

@@theflyinghandofloob2062No that's fair! They sure uh... they sure let you know when your rhythm game skills are subpar the second you play them dskgh

[@cureholly.]

3:32 Not sure if chat answered this, but there is technically no standard for what a "Hatsune Miku" MV looks like. You could buy her voicebank and then take a video of yourself twirling to her singing "SUBSCRIBE" over and over again for the duration of it and it would be a Vocaloid/Miku MV. The reason why she was in space is beacause like you said, alien. the song is about an alien falling in love.

[@cureholly.]

Also the project diva MVs aren't actually the official music videos for the songs. They're MVs made specifically for the game.

[@hakimalam7753]

Do you think JimmyThumbP made Starduster because from Y to Y was space themed PV/MV in project diva? I think they affect each other haha

[@astronights]

Actually I probably shouldn't double dip on comments but I figure I should explain Miku for the uninitiated. - Miku's a vocal synthesizer. Essentially this means people can buy a program that allows them to use Miku's voice in their songs. The best way I can explain it is if you were to use a fancy TTS as vocals in a song. - There actually are Miku concerts you can attend! There's 2 big ones named Miku Expo and Magical Mirai. There's no guy going ham on the tambourine sadly. If you've seen any Splatoon live concerts, it's essentially like that. - The 5 other characters featured in this game are KAITO (Blue), MEIKO (Red), Megurine Luka (Pink), and Kagamine Rin & Len (Yellow.) Len and Rin are my favorites. - Disappearance of Hatsune Miku and Intense Voice of Hatsune Miku are very (in)famous for their fast speed and vocals. Rolling Girl was created by wowaka, a highly respected producer who sadly passed away around 2019. (Edit: Fixed the date, thank you replies.) - I am VERY normal about Vocaloid and Hatsune Miku, if you're curious. Also you can read 39 as either san kyuu (thank you) or mi ku, which is why it shows up a lot in relation to Miku.

[@omegastar2508]

Google says that wowaka passed away in 2019

[@lupisjawa]

What about the leek? I've always wondered about that.

[@ItzaFelix]

@@lupisjawa Basically, all (or most vocaloids) have an item that the fandom has chosen for them, Luka has tuna fish, Kaito ice cream, meiko sake (alcohol), len banana and rin orange (and i belive for both is a tractor too lol), and well the reason why miku has a leak is bc of the song Ivean Polka, since in the original niconico upload there{s an ilustration with a leak in her hands

[@Parsnips001]

​@@ItzaFelixand otomania's miku cover was a reference to a bleach meme with a leek! I think...

[@corndogboi]

Wowaka passed away in April of 2019.

[@megadeth116]

About the "music" song its acutally "39 music" and if you read the 39 in particular way in japanese it spells out "Mi Ku". So the song is basically a "miku music" Edit: I should probably add that 39 is read "san kyuu" which is basically how you read out "Thank you" in japanese. So it's also "Thank you music"

[@Nataniahuahu]

Holy crap Miku music real !?

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

I usually say it San kyuu music

[@Ekraelum]

Doesn't she say "san kyuu music" in the chorus?

[@lishark843]

@@Ekraelum Yep

[@megadeth116]

@@Ekraelum in japanese there are multiple pronouciations for characters

[@stellart5664]

In case chat failed to explain: Miku is a really popular vocaloid. A vocaloid is a voice bank that people use to create music! Basically a real person records all the sounds used in their language and when strung together they make words! Miku has the most variety in types of voice banks making her extremely Versatile. Also because she’s only a mascot for a voice bank, she can be used to tell whatever story you want! The Leek is a fanbase thing. Also Miku is god, the juice song, Levan polka, a lot of vocaloid lore is really fandom stuff made canon by Sega. (If i got anything wrong feel free to correct me, my knowledge is from 4 years ago so It could be outdated)

[@kbity1]

she is also the president of the united states of america!

[@mx.lanpas]

I do have to correct, it's Ievan polka, with an I, not an L !

[@Dr.Death8520]

So what you're saying is that Miku is just anime Moonbase Alpha?

[@KipTM]

​@@Dr.Death8520unironically yes

[@maskedshadow6853]

She not a vocaloid anymore. Crypton split away from Vocaloid so all of the crytonloids (miku, Rin & Len, Luka, Kaito, and Meiko) are in a new program. You can hear the new voices in project sekai.

[@uchytjes10]

"Provide me with my Mikucation" > Instantly chooses Rolling Girl Chat actually has taste apparently.

[@littlehorror1057]

And then he quits disappearance of hatsune miku...he definitely got the experience lol

[@blux_cross]

@@littlehorror1057 let's be honest, no sane person is going to stay and attempt that song the first time they hear it especially because how fast it is right away

[@HazeEmry]

​@@blux_cross yeah I would've loved if he had even at least listened to Disappearance but it's totally understandable to dip

[@nightfountain1197]

That's the power of Wowaka. Jerma did the same thing he played iirc

[@Maradrafts]

... I'm guessing World Is Mine was a chat suggestion as well and I for one am glad we ended on that! Doesn't mean much coming from me, since my vocaloid knowledge is pretty basic and fragmentar;y but it's always been one of my favourite Miku songs - it pulls so much fun stuff with its rhythm progression, and both the lyrics and the way they are processed are doing a lot in having Miku be expressive. Maybe not the most weighty or meaningful track in the Miku canon but it's so dang playful, I love it.

[@damediadora4160]

As someone who has around 50 perfects on (ex) extreme and also basically learned japanese because of vocaloid songs this is both extremely painful but also really endearing to see. Also someone should've told him about binding a four button push to the triggers.

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Relatable. Miku obsession has led to me understanding some basic Japanese and a lot of that is from grinding this game lmao.

[@amberluppens3292]

God same. Extremely basic not even conversational Japanese but am on my way to at least being able to pass some songs on extreme! Still a relative rookie I guess 😅

[@another-niko-pfp-holder]

@@SPZ-gv2on i can now ask people where the train station is because of miku. i consider that to be the furthest i'll go in my language path.

[@djirishbacon]

Fun fact: i was at the same MCR Dublin concert as Dan but i was in the front at the mosh pit and someone actually had a Hatsune Miku plush and everytime they put Miku in the air the people in the pit around me started cheering for Miku, im pretty sure Gerard also acknowledge her "attendance" at one point lmao so Miku could very well come to Croke Park and there would be a big enough Irish audience

[@Evarace]

Classic 'A is B, B is A' confusion. Also had this confusion when I first played the game.

[@DissedRedEngie]

and this is why Xbox needs to switch X with Y and B with A

[@Nataniahuahu]

​@@DissedRedEngieas a simple playstation player putting x on the left already confuses me (let me not get started about the placement of joysticks) switching it anymore would straight up kill me

[@burningfox4974]

This is why I switch it to arrow symbols instead of button symbols

[@LycorisLilyP]

​@@DissedRedEngie Nah Nintendo ought to switch theirs 😤

[@lunac6094]

@@LycorisLilyP Highly agree, Y being on the top (vertical) and X being at the side (horizontal) just makes sense, I don't know why Nintendo is the other way

[@grfrjiglstan]

Whoever decided you have to look at all four corners of the screen at the same time for those multi-hits is a demon from hell.

[@LycorisLilyP]

The 4 combo ain't bad imo bc you can see the connecting borders between them and the middle of the screen shows what button combo will be pushed when those happen. You also already know what buttons to push when it's just all 4 as well It's the 2button combos that appear on the opposite side of the screen of the notes you're currently on that make me suffer, they can be any of the 2 notes in different combinations 😭

[@larky5061]

@@LycorisLilyP lets not forget about the 3 notes. those are suffering

[@SPZ-gv2on]

The 4 are fairly consistent at least. The worst is when you get fast 3-note multis like in rolling girl ex, you basically have to memorize those since there's barely any time to react to what note you don't hit.

[@avocado4012]

i find it easier to memorize the 3-note combos by shape & muscle memory since they’re the same for every song i believe (there are only two and one is a right side up triangle while the other is upside down) its a bit tricky and a little stupid but once i got it it helped me a lot !

[@lintea_]

if ur playing with keyboard, you can just bind the 4 key notes to spacebar, saw it on a steam guide and it was super helpful

[@kittiecandy747]

I'll never forgive him for calling rin and len the miku kids 😭

[@ChargeQM]

Where's the lie?

[@simonschnedl]

Yellow Mikus

[@Mizuki-dx5cu]

Reminds me of that post where someone called Luka "Pink Miku" and Kaito "Male Miku"

[@gary7846]

Yellow miku 1 and yellow miku 2 🤔

[@justanobody5202]

​@@gary7846 yellow miku (girl) and yellow miku (boy)

[@omegastar2508]

10:25 I was not expecting the line "Mozart walked so Miku could run", but I'm all for this new world view that has been shoved into my brain rent free

[@mRidley508]

for people wondering how tf theres so many miku songs, basically miku is a voice you can use, and literally thousands of independent creators have made miku songs. In fact, you yourself could make one and monetize it if you wanted to. The other characters in the game are other voices you can use. These are all known as vocaloids. There are other voice software you could use with their own characters but they have all kind of been named voicaloids as a generic term. Theres a whole ass voicloid genre of music you can find online. all made by independent creators so you can find wildly different types of music.

[@meuanglao7]

i feel so old "they have all kind of been named vocaloids as a generic term" bruh i remember the days where people were so specific with vocaloids, utauloids, voyakiloids, etc i remember when people refused to listen to anything but cryptonloids, when cryptonloids were the only ones considered to actually be vocaloids (despite the fact that cryptonloids weren't even the first vocaloids) meanwhile i was rping an m-side cryptonloid whose best friends were a sony 'loid, a voyakiloid, and a yandeloid. and everyone knew and was very particular about the difference. lmao i'm glad ain't no one gotta remember all that anymore. it was A Time

[@reaperofthings]

So for my English exam, I had to write about surfboards in a question that nobody after the exam could make any sense of, even our resident geniuses had no damned clue (though I still somehow managed to pass, same as them) but kids 3 years ago got to write Hatsune Miku fanfiction? I have never been more jealous in my life of people at minimum a year younger than me

[@monkeydoespride]

My reading ACT question was on the history of Plastic chairs, how could you possibly have something more nonsensical

[@eis6570]

​@@monkeydoesprideokay to be fair, plastic chairs are kinda good?

[@simonschnedl]

​@@eis6570are they as good as Hatsune Miku tho?

[@eis6570]

@@simonschnedl ...☝️ Uhhh nevermind, yeah no, not that great if you compare it to Hatsune Miku.

[@Shalakor]

I'm envious of being able to remember what was in your exam questions. Feels like basically everything I learned in school has passed out of my memory by now.

[@NovaOtari]

As a rhythm game addict, I feel so proud watching the RTGame rhythm saga.

[@opusbot]

Same! Except I felt proud, and then absolutely mortified.

[@wiipose3568]

As someone with over 400 hours in this game, i expected him to do worse lol

[@robocat2205]

It was bold for him to just jump into Normal mode instead of Easy 😂 Like, work your way up until you know the buttons and songs lol

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Likewise honestly. It's fun watching him slowly improve at rhythm games.

[@RevRainsUtopia]

Not to mention I swear the input lag on this game is terrible at least on the switch when on a TV so lord knows if he was dealing with that also

[@reddeadgamer8095]

​@@robocat2205 i suck at rythm games too and i tend to start by ramming myself into the middle difficulty (hard in this case)

[@whyareugae3372]

as a project diva player for 15 years. I started with expert. I failed. I am confused with the face buttons .

[@shadowking2926]

Ahh, hatsune miku. Every song of hers has an entire story behind it. The intense voice if hatsune miku is actually the sequel to disappearance. Im sure if you had time, people would be willing to regale with tales of every song in the game. Each with their own artist, time period and meaning.

[@MarxSoul2001]

Some bits of Miku "lore" for those who want it! Keep in mind I'm not _huge_ into Vocaloid, I just have a few friends who like it more than I. Hatsune Miku is, of course, a mascot for a digital voicebank. Basically, she's a musical instrument with a face. As such, there is no "official" story for her, nor personality or anything. People use her likeness (and other Vocaloids') in music video because she's basically a pre-made character to use in the story they try to tell with their songs. This also makes her an excellent virtual idol! (This might seem obvious to some, but to those who know nothing of Miku this is some crucial info. Lord knows this took me a while to figure out!) She is often pictured with a leek because of one extremely early internet meme: Leekspin. Ievan polkka is an old finnish song, and in 2006, a Flash animation of a character from the anime Bleach spinning a leek set to this song was posted on Livejournal, and became viral. Later, someone made a Miku cover of the song, paired with an animation of a chibi version of her spinning a leek, and it also became viral. So now, Miku and leeks are inextricably tied. The tutorial song in this game is in fact Ievan polkka. The ever-present tambourine is not a Miku thing, it's a rhythm game thing. It's a very common sound cue to confirm a key press. You can usually change it in the settings. RT saying that he doesn't think Miku survived the Rolling Girl video clip hits different when you know what the lyrics are about... 39 Music's title (and honestly, whole concept) is based on a very cute Japanese pun. 39 is pronounced sankyuu, which sounds like thank you, but can also be read as Miku! That's also why that number comes up in a lot of other songs, and why March 9th is Miku Day. This game features other popular Vocaloids! There's Meiko (the red short-haired girl) and Kaito (the blue guy), who were part of the first generation of Vocaloids (meaning they're older than Miku!). There's also Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len (the yellow twins) and Megurine Luka (the pink-haired girl) who all debuted in the second generation of Vocaloids, the same as Miku. The explanation for 1/6 - out of the gravity - is accurate. The producer himself said so in an interview. Immediately quitting out after the first few seconds of Disappearance is a big mood. I'm surprised no one asked for Magnet to be played, that one's a classic. Not to mention all of the fanart it spawned. My favorite Vocaloid is Kamui Gakupo. He's a purple dude with a samurai motif. He is not in this game.

[@AC-jt8wq]

Can u tell more about the 1/6 out of gravity thing?

[@DriftKingClips]

The amount of music claims on this video and vod. Miku wants her money 😵

[@prognerite9447]

Makes sense though, unlike rhythm heaven, all the songs here are licensed from artists and their labels

[@MiyaMam948]

Miku is coming for your Miku Miku Kneecaps

[@webbowser8834]

Yeeeeeah I dunno what you were expecting king.

[@BALDCATBOY]

Yes.

[@EvaFotia]

Rolling Girl on an RT Game video wasn't one for the 2024 bucket list

[@meadow7229]

1:30 "how many are there?" more than you will ever be able to comprehend, dan

[@nightlust]

The estimations are around 100k songs 😂

[@Sami8s]

Holy fuck RT saying "I don't think Miku made it out alive" after rolling girl. The poor man doesn't know what he just said.

[@toastbunnyart]

rt innocently playing rolling girl really took me out guys he doesnt know /ref

[@kerroseir4764]

What am i missing here

[@MAndSquared]

@kerroseir4764 It’s about a suicidal girl and the last lyric is about her stopping breathing

[@whoeveritisicannot]

at this rate RT is gonna play project sekai on stream and give me a stroke

[@boomfanfic-a-latta8996]

He BETTER play Sekai!

[@ariathai9107]

dan will have a heart attack if he plays ifuudoudou 💀💀

[@tacohead8543]

RT playing rhythm games in general is a nightmare. Could you imagine him playing SDVX? Hell, even osu! would be horrible to watch.

[@Captainwowzerz]

if he keeps going in that direction he could end up playing idolish7 and ensemble stars.

[@Mizuki-dx5cu]

​@@Captainwowzerzwhat was the ensemble stars lore again?

[@greeny.official]

as someone obsessed w miku since childhood and has been watching dan for 5+ yrs, i am very happy w this video

[@kiamboii]

yeah, it was unexpected lmao

[@JohnSears]

Seeing Dan struggle with the ABXY reminds me of when I, a Nintendo boy, started playing Xbox games and was confused about why all the buttons were wrong

[@Chocomint_Queen]

Crazy that by sheer random chance, he played most of my favourites, including Rolling Girl, 39 Music, and Lilia's Skeleton Orchestra (which really lost a lot without the costume imo) As someone who's been playing the series for a decade+ it's actually fascinating to watch a total amateur play and misinterpret so much of the UI at first blush. My favourite part is him apparently missing the words "CHALLENGE TIME" flashing on screen when it temporarily swaps to hard mode

[@jaydeyt]

as someone who has 100%ed this game on steam and have played almost all the project games (and also loves vocaloid, going to miku expo this year!), this video was so fun lol. i hope more people get into vocaloid and project diva! vocaloid is such an expansive medium of music, so much creativity and beautiful artistry out there, and the games are what got me into the music. glad you had fun rt!

[@JacobTheCroc]

Project Diva Mega Mix is a real fun game when you understand how to play it and seeing Dan doing fairly well in this game was quite surprising. Also, using thumb is not recommended if you're wondering, you're supposed to use middle and index which takes a bit of practice but with time you get used to it.

[@flippanties]

I'm not much better than him at it which hurts me on a molecular level

[@blux_cross]

The game is probably significantly easier on the keyboard or it's arcade controller

[@Joaquin__]

@@blux_crossyeah I play on keyboard and it’s pretty easy

[@LycorisLilyP]

I think the easiest is just assigning each thumb to a set of 2 buttons, at least on joycons, where they never have to move from

[@Arras01]

nah thumb is fine.

[@ragnorak6452]

Every second you are not running, Hatsune Miku is coming closer. We'll miss you RT, it was good while it lasted.

[@bee-zelbub]

I really want to see Dan play crypt of the necrodancer, it seems like it’ll be hilarious

[@ChargeQM]

Incredible game, absolutely awful for most streamers. It's so challenging to speak, read chat, and stay on rhythm already. Add in roguelite decision making on the fly and a time limit and you're gonna give RT a stroke

[@Detank2002]

Okay satan

[@commicjester2015]

it’s honestly so touching that a good chunk of humanity looked at a computer voice bank and adopted her as a real character and an idol that they could actually be fans of, going so far as to make cutting edge technology just so they could admire her. i love miku so much

[@greenhydra10]

"A bad day in music class." You could say that.

[@Beesiess]

i double took at that on my first watch lol i mean hes not *that* far off

[@Xanek]

A man with no rhythm keeps on playing rhythm games. 32:37 ...What? It's so weird to see pop culture stuff like that appear on like... actual academic exams.

[@yhubtfufvcfyfc]

I think it's reasonably common. Reading comprehension tests should be done on diverse text types. I once had a test in Swedish were I read a lawyer commenting on environmental protection laws and a review of Super Mario Galaxy back to back.

[@shen-qf9mc]

dan once talked about an irish language test he took in which the speaker introduces himself as *bart simpson* and the sound of him imitating it is forever ingrained in my consciousness

[@donpollo3154]

@@shen-qf9mc and the speaker says it in a thick western Irish accent, I know from experience

[@blakksheep736]

Related: I do remember reading a French textbook where the picture for "police station" was one built in Minecraft.

[@GPhipps]

Hatsune Miku finally broke free of her digitised world to consume Dan's life, just like the Leaving Cert predicted.

[@capricornyy]

ok but the fact that rt started on alien alien... man has taste, even if he doesn't know it

[@xmascritter2383]

Im genuinely shocked rt is very into anime and even forsook his flesh that one time and yet is so uneducated in miku. Id expect nothing less from this youtube.

[@aggable]

32:43 the leaving cert is so funny sometimes, my leaving cert pre exam a few weeks ago had a comprehension on neil gaiman and name dropped good omens i was like holy shit AHDJJAJS

[@NoU-jc4kq]

we all love miku in the end

[@ruikirisame1744]

let's all love miku

[@maxiwaxipads]

if you can’t, you will

[@kostan9844]

​@@maxiwaxipads if you don't, you'll have to go to her sadistic music factory

[@Sganarell]

''chat, I need recommendations'' Cuts to rolling girl Yeah, seems about right haha

[@dottyorb]

I can't wait for RT to play the final boss of rhythm games: the Yakuza games' Karaoke minigames.

[@yourboi5492]

Nah the true final boss of rhythm games is going outside and getting on one of the arcade rhythm games

[@legalnamehere8156]

Dan starting and immediately stopping Disappearance of Hatsune Miku made me die laughing and feel so seen at the same time

[@usamiichigo]

27:22 “shes got a live concert now shes movin up in the world” *wait till he hears about magical mirai*

[@LycorisLilyP]

I still get hype af when I see miku content from non-vocaloid mains! I need people to actually talk vocaloid with irl but it's still not popular enough. My favourite songs in this game are Catch the Wave, Deep Sea City Underground, hibikase, and the Wowaka songs

[@robocat2205]

Yes! RTgame and Ranboo both playing Project Diva, even if it's just a meme I'm glad more people get exposure to these awesome songs!!! Deep Sea Underground is also one of my faves and the style of the music video is so cool 💛

[@ChargeQM]

>favorite sins So true

[@LycorisLilyP]

@@ChargeQM You got me 😩

[@amberluppens3292]

I have a really special connection with the song The Name of the Sin so it’s kinda my favorite by default I love telling the story so, basically I introduced my current partner to vocaloid before we started dating using this song and for those who don’t know it, it tells the story of this girl cursed by the goddess of fate to be repulsive to everyone until she meets a blind boy and he becomes her first friend. In the bridge he sings about how she’s too hard on herself and he gives her a while Lily flower to cheer her up. So anyway we both go home from school and the next day he hands me a little white Lily flower and a handwritten love confession and we’ve been together ever since. That was almost 7 years ago now I think and we’re still going strong

[@LycorisLilyP]

@@amberluppens3292 Goals 👏🏻

[@HazeEmry]

I feel like the easiest way to describe vocaloids is, imagine if you made an OC that everyone loves that has a vooce and people make sing. Your OC keeps being put into fantastical stories or is simply used to TELL a story. Utauloids are cover artists of Vocaloids (Rouon Aro and Mine Laru my beloveds)

[@HazeEmry]

Side note, highly, HIGHLY suggest listening to Mine Laru singing Spirits of the Sea. Got me into this utauloid spiral

[@decodethevideo1619]

I would define utaus more as fanmade vocaloids made by using using the utau software

[@HazeEmry]

@@decodethevideo1619 huh is that so? All I've seen of Utauloids are them doing covers of songs already done by Vocaloids. Don't really know the specifics of making them. I know there's something going on with voice banks at least lmao

[@rayarainbows]

yeah utauloids are fanmade vocaloids with voicebanks (ex: kasane teto before she got her synthv voice bank), vocaloid cover artists are called utaites im pretty sure! (this info might be outdated though, i havent been suuuuper into vocaloid since like 2016 hfkfjfn)

[@pczb2692]

@ryIt's essentially just recording all the necessary syllables to make a custom bank, and putting into a midi on the appropriate program (UTAU). This is a gross oversimplification, but you can use any audio sample - actual instruments, screams, whispers, etc. They can be used to make original songs (ex. Biohazard) but afaik you cannot profit from UTAU.

[@foranzo1582]

"This is your old man trying to understand what the kids are up to" RT, Miku's software hit the market in 2007. It's almost 17 years old. This is from YOUR times, no child by definition was alive when she even premiered 💀

[@yoyleb1711]

obsessed with youtubers being sucked into miku's world without prior knowledge. miku is eternal.

[@segway1727]

glad to see miku collabing with small streamers!

[@another-niko-pfp-holder]

im confused was this supposed to be a joke or not

[@CaloBrown]

I was waiting for this man to choose The Dissapearance of Hatsune Miku, and I was not disappointed that it was exactly what I expected. 😂 He just Noped tf outta there at The Intense Voice of Hatsune Miku. 🤣 Brilliant!

[@darioferretti3758]

Hatsune miku helped turnip boy rob the bank (was in the ost)

[@NojoJojo598]

Now I wanna see him play the Persona Dancing games

[@m_217]

He played Persona 5 Dancing! It used to be on this channel but I think it got copyright striked and deleted. It's still up on the vod channel though!

[@ChargeQM]

I want Dan to learn and perform Specialist on stream

[@felipesharkao]

Everything we love in Hatsune Miku. The robotic voice, the loud tambourine, this game got everything

[@No_Bubble]

I know it's funny to see Dan struggle at rhythm games, but it's genuinely sweet to see him having improved so much since he started. Diva's hard and he did really well! As a rhythm game mega fan watching these videos has been a delight :)

[@webkarma9654]

Hatsune Miku: Woah, Pipe Bomb!

[@ChargeQM]

So cool!

[@e2gaming337]

I wonder what happens if I...

[@KaySaidTwice]

*A-*

[@DemianCorvus]

Here's the entire Miku Cinematic Universe lore: Each song is it's own thing and the lyrics tell a story. Sometimes a song has a "sequel" that continues the story, but otherwise they are all unrelated.

[@primalmeridian]

so glad RT has finally embraced Miku. you could never escape her for long Edit: WHAT DO YOU MEAN AN OFFICIAL IRISH EXAM MADE TESTERS WRITE HATSUNE MIKU ISEKAI FANFIC????

[@SuperFlameRunner]

Pls explain your edit I have so many questions…

[@MAndSquared]

@@SuperFlameRunner32:37

[@Penguinhelper121]

Jerma streams this: he's wearing an orange shirt. RT streams this: he's wearing an orange shirt. Coincidence? I think not.

[@OmegaSaturn7]

"mozart walked so miku could run" is not a sentence I ever thought I'd hear in my lifetime but I love it

[@Luxxx732]

I watch this as blank faced and silent as you play. I enjoyed the video I just look like I’m at the funeral for someone I was mildly attached to at best.

[@Birdthefeatheredone]

Somehow, even knowing a few of these songs, I somehow had never seen Kaito before. 27:36 oh, I get it. 3 9 in Japanese would be san-kyuu which sounds like English thank you in a Japanese accent. So that song was a celebration of Miku’s history. Pretty positive for how vocaloid songs tend to go. Can’t even begin to list how many I’ve heard that get dark. Kagerou project songs especially.

[@nicolle2126]

the best way i've found to describe vocaloids is that theyre the internet's ocs. They can literally be whoever you want them to be. Sometimes people agree on headcanons for them, but often times you can just go crazy with them

[@robocat2205]

As a fan of Project Diva games since they first came out, I am glad more people are getting exposure to them! (Even if it was just for the meme). Vocaloid songs are great, a lot of production value went into the music videos, and you can visually see how models/videos improve over the years. Also, YES the Miku game takes an INSANE amount of skill besides just having rhythm lol (he is just rawdogging Normal mode without knowing the songs, controls, or even trying Easy mode). I hope this inspires more people to become Vocaloid fans, Project Diva Future Tone and Project Mirai are also amazing!!!

[@CimyrRazely]

“Remember the left hand exists” It’s like listening to a former catholic school kid trying to recover.

[@shadowbrine114]

I was foolish to think I could just enjoy listening to some Miku songs. I always forget how terrible Dan is at rhythm games. But it was nice to watch him slowly improve and make less mistakes in the game.

[@SkylilyWolf]

Honestly, mad respect for how well he was able to do with both an unfamiliar rhythm game and songs he'd never heard before. I don't play project diva, but I play project sekai and I 100% think a new chart is made way easier by being familiar with a song. The pain of the Cosmo songs is universal tho lol those are just so hard. Enjoyed the love for Kaito as well :3

[@tl1326]

6:55 the moment RT asks for a recommendation, I fucking knew the fandom will never let go of rolling girl. That shit was my first miku song and taught me about depressed miku as i entered the rabbit hole. I got my ass handed to me as I wasn’t prepared for how depressed miku could be.

[@mc_princess_pearl]

As a long time project diva and rhythm game player of 8 years, and a RTGame fan of 4, this is absolutely the mashup of the century (ALSO HE BOUGHT ALL OF THE DLC BEFORE EVEN PLAYING IT??? 😭)

[@adamdapatsfan]

I never knew I needed Dan starting _Disappearance of Hatsune Miku,_ listening for 3 seconds, and then preemptively calling it quits.

[@Megaritz]

Hatsune Miku created Minecraft and wrote Harry Potter. She is so talented!

[@another-niko-pfp-holder]

Not to mention inventing music. Fucking legend.

[@MLGHazrad]

Every second you are not running, Miku is approaching closer.

[@megadude967]

Commenting to say that RT's shirt is neat

[@mewnashi2372]

Me, as someone who loves Vocaloids and mainly listens to it, is super happy that you have tried and played the game! And I'm very surprised how many notes you have actually hit at "the intense voice of miku" xD

[@MxAmericanPi]

"What's the most difficult thing I can find? The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku." Oh no. I played that at a Chunithm cabinet recently because it's one of the songs I know and I knew it was hard to sign but I was straight up out of breath trying to play it. EditL 19:36 ok yeah that was probaby a good choice

[@deadpoolj2278]

Oh, I know the lore for Miku and leeks! In her first hit Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru, she mentions the word "negi" which translates to leek (It's in the video at 9:37). Because of that, the Japanese fanbase decided that she likes leeks. Later on, someone took the song from the old Leekspin meme (Loituma) and redid the vocals with Miku. It might have caught on more than the original Leekspin... Since then, leeks have just been a part of the lore for her.

[@Torfbisray65]

This stream was very interesting from someone who has been listening to vocaloid for a long time. The vocaloid or voice synth rabbit hole is not to be underestimated. There is so much a lot of us could tell you about each and every of these songs and how much they mean to us. Sadly this game needs to keep the music videos more tame, as some of the ones you have played have really dark undertones or topics. Thank you Dan for trying this game out and I hope that your hand has recovered well!

[@mibmabcrab]

Rip wowaka, the creator of Rolling Girl. We [the community] still miss him. It still warms my heart knowing his songs still resonate the hearts of many.

[@kadebrockhausen]

RT is just on his training arc for his ultimate rhythm challenge: Hi-Fi Rush (please play it it's so fun)

[@zone0ftruth]

he got a nice selection of vocals tracks! i love watching people play these games, i kinda max out at 7☆ though lmao