Hatsune Miku: Hiyashite Narasou Okashi no Ii Oto

Come on guys. This is a 30 second pocky commercial. That's it.

The miku module looks outstanding, and this is the only commercial I've ever watched on repeat. Seriously, the little jingle makes me smile every time.

You see, when I watched this for the first time, I wasn't aware that you could freeze the pocky- I thought you were supposed to eat them straight out of the box. (Horrible, I know) But this video showed me the light; I now understand the true way to ingest and digest pocky, I understand the balance of life and death, and I now know the secrets of the universe. ... It all came flooding through my screen into my soul.

Remember kids, let your pocky sleep in the refrigerator first, then eat it.

Wait a second- am I recommending a 30 second commercial? Jeez, you could have watched it in the time it took to read this review. Shame on you, reader. Shame on you.

Why the Low Score? All I can say is that this is a commercial for Pocky, with our lovely Hatsune Miku! Prepare yourself for the coming of thy pocky, and M'lady.

Art is pretty good for intense and smooth CG of Miku.

Sound is as expected of Hatsune Miku, quality music

Since this is just a commercial, I give Character a 10 since Hatsune Miku's design is really good

I enjoyed this because of Hatsune Miku, Pocky, and the catchy song.

... Overall I just give this a 10/10 for Mikuness, one good thing about this commercial is that it tells you how to prepare your Pocky for your Mouth.

~Dess

I've written reviews for anime long and short, let's see how I can write a review for a 29 second commercial. Here we go! :P

Story: 4/10

30 second advertisements first of all can't have a big enough story ("You don't say?" I hear from you, well this is a review, so move on) but what advertisements *can* do is that they can clearly show the message. In this case the "Story" was of Miku teaching us how to eat Pocky's, a popular snack in Japan. There's no point of avoiding spoilers since this is a 29 sec video so I'll just scratch the surface, she basically ... shows us the "best" way of eating the nation-wide renowned snack. That's basically it.

Art: 6/10

Even for a 29 sec video the art has to be good. Needless to say, Miku-shishou was beautifully designed and was very similar to Mitchie M's popular Hatsune Miku song "Burenai ai de" which also had a brightly colored Miku. Though the backgrounds were just a dash of red, Miku more than made up for it. She was the only subject of the commercial and so she had to be designed well, and needless to say she was beautiful. Still a 6 due to a medocre background though.

Sound: 6/10

It's Miku, so music should be the best regardless of Art, Story and all that right? If yes, then the music didn't disappoint. Instead of a mere jingle, we hear Miku singing the instructions on how to enjoy your Pocky. Since she is a Vocaloid, I can't assess how well her "seiyuu" voiced her but I can say this much, she sounded less robot-like. Perhaps because they used V3, which sounds less robot-like than it's predecessor V2 and the original, which amounts to the closest her voice could get to being realistic at that time (now we have V4X at the time of writing, so her voice sounds *even* more realistic than before.

Character: 4/10

Wait, you expected character development in an advertisement? If not, well, you're smart. Anyway, Miku herself doesn't have a personality for better or for worse, she is like that so that people themself build her personality. They themself breathe life into Miku, which is why she's named "The Voice from/of the Future". All we see in this ad is basically Miku teaching us how to eat Pocky's the right way. If you ask me, the only "character development" you'll see is Miku eating the Pocky sticks with great satisfaction.

Enjoyment: 7/10

If my profile picture wasn't enough of an indicator, I'm a huge Miku fan. So I obviously enjoyed looking at her in an official video. I mean, which Miku fan in their right mind wouldn't? From the start to the end it was fun watching her and it made me wish there was a full length Miku anime as well, although that's unlikely since it'll override her very existence which as mentioned before was of a character whom people breathe life into themself. Still, a man can dream can't they?

Overall: 5.4 (Averaged)

I won't write a full on conclusion (more accurately I *can't*) but I can end with a basic overview. This was an advertisement, but to all Miku fans it's still a must-watch. Why? Well, I ask you back, why not? You get to see your beloved Vocaloid happily make a snack and eat it satisfied, won't that satisfaction rub off on us? And hey, it's a 29s video so what have you got to lose?

P.S: I wanted to rate this 10... That's all I've got to say. Move on. Nothing for Waifu corner here, my profile picture is enough of a proof to show who's the waifu.