炉心融解 (Roshin Yuukai)

**Song title**

* "**炉心融解**"
* Romaji: Roshin Yukai
* English: Nuclear Meltdown
* Official English: Meltdown

**Published December 19, 2008, with 2,667,000+ Niconico views and 50,000+ SoundCloud views**

**Featuring**

* Kagamine Rin

**Producers**

* iroha(sasaki) (music)
* kuma(alfred) (lyrics)
* Nagimiso.SYS (illust, video)
* Shirow Miwa (logo)
* URAHANABI (little Rin design)

**Links**

* Niconico (removed)  SoundCloud

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## BackgroundEdit

> “It's surely that kind of a world.”
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"**Meltdown**" is an original song by iroha(sasaki) and is his best work. It's also one of Rin's most notable songs.

There are various interpretations of this song. The PV can be literally interpreted as Rin jumping into a nuclear reactor to commit suicide, or it can be interpreted figuratively as Rin trying to get rid of her past or purge herself of her sins in order to grow up and become an adult.

Iroha has said the lyrics and video represent conflicts in the singer's inner psychological world. In the video, Rin jumps into a reactor core/nuclear reactor and chokes someone, possibly to death. The little Rin stands for innocent childish mind inside her. The choking scene symbolizes erasing her past self and starting anew.[1]

This song is featured in the EXIT TUNES compilation album *Vocalostar*.

### Controversy

There was a controversy over the video and the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking on Nico Nico. Taking advantage of the Vocaloid Ranking's score system, people made dummy accounts and put the song on their My List just to increase the song's score in the ranking, making it stay in the top 20 indefinitely. Though iroha(sasaki) asked his viewers to stop this illegitimate practice, they did not stop and in retaliation, Iroha deleted the video from his account and put it up on Nagimiso.SYS's. This disqualified the video from being in the rankings, as one of the requirements is that the original composer must submit it.

This raised awareness about the cheating behind the rankings. The score system was modified, thus taking many long-lasting regulars such as "Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu", "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru", and "World is Mine" off the list altogether.

The new PV put up on Nagimiso.SYS's account features several touched-up areas including a different-looking reactor, new countdown text, and added detail in certain scenes.

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## LyricsEdit

* Japanese Lyrics
* Approved English Lyrics

## DerivativesEdit

* Synthesizer covers
* Human covers
* Arrangements
* Spin-offs and more

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## Other media appearancesEdit

### Literature

Piano sheet music appeared in the Piano Solo Yasashiku Hikeru collection. This song has also appeared as sheet music in the Vocaloid Best Selection series. This also song featured in the mook VOCALO☆Band Score, Vol.2.

### Concerts

This song was featured in the following concerts.

* Mikunopolis in Los Angeles
* MikuPa Live in Tokyo 2011
* Miku no Hi Dai Kanshasai 39's Giving Day
* MikuExpo Live in Shanghai 2015
* MikuExpo China Tour (Beijing only)
* MikuExpo Live in USA and Mexico 2018

### Games

 Project DIVA Extend
 Project DIVA Arcade
 Miku Flick/02
 Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2nd

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## GalleryEdit

* Concept Art
* Merchandising
* Games
* Misc

Little Rin Concept Art

Meltdown Rin Concept Art

Adult Rin Concept Art

## External linksEdit

* Pixiv - Illustration
* Pixiv - Illustration (2)
* Spotify
* Spotify (MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELES)

* iTunes

* 初音ミク Wiki
* Nico Nico Pedia
* VocaDB

* 炉心融解 (Roshin Yuukai) — VOCALOID Lyrics Wiki