Merli

Merli (メルリ) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and is distributed by the Bplats, Inc., created in collaboration with i-style Project. She was released in December 2013 for the VOCALOID3 engine. Her voice is provided by a contest winner, Japanese female, Misaki Kamata (鎌田美沙紀; Kamata Misaki). She is a Character Voice type VOCALOID.http://i-style.surpara.com/character
==Concept==
===Etymology===
A contest was held to determine the name their second character known under the development name of "Project Second". i-Style noted that the chosen name did not have to have a surname at all, and surname-less names would be accepted. "Merli" was chosen out of the list of suggested candidates by fans and became her official name.http://www.vocaloidism.com/2012/04/28/new-vocaloid3-galaco-announced-and-lapiss-sister-gets-a-name/http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=i_style_vc3
Merli (Meruri) is named after Merlinite (メルリナイト / Merurinaito), a type of stone known for its dual light and dark appearance. The stone itself is named after .
===Appearance===
Much like her sister, Aoki Lapis, Merli is based off a "" and is also a . In contrast to Lapis', her design is darker.
===Official profile===
Merli is identifiable by 3 distinct traits to her over Lapis in her official bio;
# She is strong-minded and ; a charming mysterious girl, who is innocent and expressive.
# If Lapis is "light", Merli is "Darkness".
# Though she is Lapis' older sister, she is also a rival to her,https://web.archive.org/web/20120614014542/http://i-style.surpara.com:80/2nd_project/ - note that there are issues loading this pagehttp://www.vocaloidism.com/2012/04/08/aoki-lapiss-sister-needs-a-name/ making them the first protagonist and antagonist of VOCALOID.
As she is the same race as Lapis, she shares the same concept. She is also from a fairy race; they are special people who can convert "songs" into "power" and can only be seen by a subset of the human population.https://web.archive.org/web/20130227104035/http://blog2.surpara.com:80/i_style_vc/archive/2012/04/90293.html Merli's power draws away the energy of living things; the opposite of Lapis' power.
===Relations===
* Aoki Lapis - Younger sister, .
==History==
===Marketing===
Much like Lapis, a lot of the marketing around Merli has been centered directly on the fans.
For her release, a CD was also produced.http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-entry-17968.html
===Voicebanks===
;Merli
:In contrast to Aoki Lapis, Merli is a darker more mature toned vocal and intends to convey the idea of being a fairy of darkness to her sister's "Fairy of Light" voicebank. It is capable of upper registers but has a lower tone.
* Merli NEO (VOCALOID3, VOCALOID NEO), December 24, 2013
* Merli (Mobile VOCALOID Editor)
;Other versions
:She also had a "lite" VOCALOID2 vocal released for iVOCALOID (iPad vers.).
==Music featuring Merli==
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