LUKA MEGURINE (VOCALOID)

Unlike its previous two characters, Crypton advertised Luka's 3GB vocal database as "Japanese/English bilingual" and chose her name to express its hope that she will transcend borders and cultural barriers. Luka was designed by the Japanese illustrator Kei, who had previously created the designs for Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin and Len. However, unlike previous mascots in the series, her costume is not based on a school uniform.

Only a few days after her release, many songs were produced. On the 70th Weekly Vocaloid Ranking (February 2, 2009), many of Luka's songs appeared in the Top 30, knocking the very popular "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru" and songs produced by ryo (with the exception of "Melt") right out of the Top 30. "RIP=RELEASE" had taken the #1 spot, and had earned a total of 843,233 points, making it the song with the highest one-week score.

Usage for Music

Due to her bilingual coding, her "moody yet husky female voice" carries over into both languages and was designed to handle moodier genres like Jazz. Since her voice provider is Japanese, she often sounds like she has a notable Japanese accent when singing in English, although previous Japanese vocaloids who were used to sing English often had a stronger accent than Luka. Also, as a Japanese vocaloid, she has all of the phonemes that are often missing from English vocaloids such as the 5 breathing phonemes ([br1]-[br5]). Also she has all the English phonemes that English vocaloids have in her voicedatabank.

Luka's Japanese dictionary is extensive and on par with previous Japanese Vocaloids and there are no known problems with that part of her program. However, her English is more limited than English only Vocaloids and has the main/common words in its dictionary so she may need more attention when singing in English overall than a English only Vocaloid. As bilingual Vocaloid she has superior capablity of the English language then the Japanese only vocaloids despite this and only the occasional Japanese accents are seen from time to time as a result of her less developed dictionary. However, an extra data library of English words for her English dictionary is available and her overall English quality is dependant on the skills of the user, and some users may be able to use the phoneme system to avoid the occasional English words pronounced with Japanese accents she produces much better than others, as well as fill in the gaps in her more limited dictionary as they appear. Her voicebanks are otherwise quite able to handle English as well as a normal English Vocaloid, so a user who can work around the problems will otherwise have no trouble with using her in either language.

If need be, less than confident users can use an English vocaloid to aid in fixing her dictionary flaws and since she speaks both languages, is able to partner with both Japanese and English vocaloids respectfully. Duets with English vocaloids were commonly seen for her when first released during songs while users (who often were not confident in their English ablities) attempted to work around the flaws in her dictionary and it is still commonplace for Luka to be used with vocaloids from either and both languages.

Overall, Luka serves to bridge the gap between both languages and has proven to be her appeal as a vocaloid. She serves as an ideal vocaloid for English speaking users planning to use Japanese vocaloids and vice versa for users who are not so used to speaking English and planning on using English Vocaloids. However, as previously mentioned she may be harder to work with in English then her Japanese, or an English-only Vocaloid and users must take this in mind if they plan on using her for her English rather then her Japanese.

When installing Luka, it is important to pay attention to the release dates of Vocaloids you plan to install after her. Older and newer versions of the Vocaloid 2 software engine can occusionally cause conflicts and Luka has both language engines she can cause conflicts between Vocaloids of either language. A user can fix this problem if it occurs simply by installing the Vocaloids in release date order, Luka is noted to be the most likely Vocaloid to produce this conflict.

Trivia

• Some vocaloid fans comment that they hear her sing in English better than the English vocaloids. However, as is often the case with this, the fans are often unaware of the limits of her dictionary compared to English only vocaloids. While she does indeed have many songs singing in clear English, various techniques have had to be applied to achieve the same level of success that an English vocaloid is capable of reaching easier. Also, in many of the songs where heavy English is heard being used by some users, to achieve a high level of quality English, an English vocaloid was often referenced one way or another if only to acquire the dictionary phonemes.
• She is often given a sexier approach than previous vocaloids. This is owed to both her age and having the body of an adult.
• According to her designer KEI, due to her bilingual software, her design was made to be asymmetrical, so from different angles she would look different.
• Her design incorporates woodwind and brass instruments. The gold curl design on her chest mimics brass instruments and a circulatory organ. The jewel on her throat represents moisture in the air and water drops.

HANATO KOBATO (KOBATO)

A strange and naïve girl with a kind heart, never wanting to see someone suffer or get hurt. She is very innocent and dedicated. It is also noted that she is a beautiful singer. Despite her role as the titular character, she is a bit of an enigma within the series, as her origins have yet to be explained. She seeks to heal the heartaches of others, resulting in the filling up of a mysterious bottle called a "flask" with the suffering of those people's hearts so that someday she will be able to go to a certain place that she really wants to go. It has been implied that she came from another dimension. She seems to have no memories of her past.

Her only restriction appears to be that she cannot fall in love with anyone she heals the heart of. Curiously she also seems to not be allowed to take off her hat in public either, though this has yet to be addressed further. Kobato has a very cheerful and enthusiastic outlook in life and her wanting to aid others in need is very heartfelt and sincere. However, she can also be clumsy, rather clueless, and rash with her actions, and often trips over her own feet, much to Ioryogi's annoyance. Currently she works at the Yomogi Nursery run by Sayaka, alongside Fujimoto, where she got a job as an assistant not long after starting her task. 

Recently, Kobato seems to have developed some sort of feelings for Fujimoto. In Chapter 19.5 she admits that she likes Fujimoto but cries, knowing that she was not allowed to fall in love.

n episode 15 it's mentioned by Ioryogi that maybe Kobato is recovering her memory back, this let hint that previously Kobato lost her memory.

The only time she took off her hat was on episode 23 in the anime.It was revealed that she was actually a wandering soul, having no memories when she first came. When removed, a crown was seen above her head.

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ARRANCARS

Yammy Riyalgo
By far the largest of the current Espada, Yammy Riyalgo is a giant Arrancar with tan skin and a ridge-lined cranium, brown eyes and black hair. He has long, bushy sideburns and a thin ponytail. Aside from that, he is bald. He also has orange eye brows and red markings under his eyes. He wears the standard Espada uniform, with the only difference being that his jacket is always open.
Like all Arrancar, he has a large hole in his chest signifying his previous time as a Hollow. What remains of his Hollow mask is the jawbone (complete with 8 teeth), which rests on his chin. A tattoo of the number 10, signifying Yammy's rank in the Espada, is on his left shoulder. However, in his released form, the number changes to 0.

Personality

Yammy is portrayed as arrogant and confident in his abilities. He is also quite brutal, as shown when a female Arrancar medic reattaches his severed arm. To test his new arm's strength, he punches the medic's head and destroys it, instantly killing her, and grumbles that his original arm should have split her in two. According to Szayel Aporro Granz, Yammy has a habit of shouting "suerte" (Spanish for "lucky") when he comes across opponents that will amuse him, such as when he first encountered Ichigo Kurosaki in Karakura Town.
The biggest but not the brightest of the Espada, Yammy relies greatly on Ulquiorra to give him instructions and orders, acting somewhat as his enforcer, though has been shown to function well without him during a subsequent Karakura raid. Rather than using tactics in the battlefield, Yammy prefers just to fight with his brute strength and seems to take joy in killing and hurting others. To grow stronger and kill more efficiently, Yammy rests and eats in his spare time.
He seems to respect Ulquiorra to some degree, wanting to aide the latter during his final fight with Ichigo, also displaying slight surprise after Ulquiorra's death at the hands of Hollow Ichigo, but the former seemed more shocked at his defeat and disappointed at not being able to participate in the fight than actual concern. Other than Ulquiorra, Yammy has shown that he has no regard for his other allies, such as referring to the other Espada as "trash" (including Ulquiorra), and even going as far as attacking them without warning; he killed the medic that reattached his arm just to test its strength, attacked Menoly Mallia without an apparent reason (before Loly Aivirrne lashed out in retaliation and fear), and attacked Rudobōn while he was fighting against Rukia Kuchiki (though in Rudobōn's case, Yammy may had blindly struck him because he was angry at Uryū Ishida for making him fall from the tower).

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