The End

Introduction

THE END is an opera birthed out of the collaboration between Keiichirou Shibuya, director and script writer Toshiki Okada, and illustrator YKBX. This production does not feature any humans, and replacing all familiar elements of the non-existent singers and orchestras are aria and recitative by Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid, with a story told by computer-made music and visuals. This production tests taking the traditional tragic structure of an opera asking "What is death?" and "What is an end?" and puts Hatsune Miku as the mediator to reread it in a modern way. (Source: Official Site)

Audience ratings

MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 5.88/10 · 197

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abystoma2

The End is certainly… an experience. It’s a memorable one, that’s for sure, but whether in good way or bad way, that’s very much up to you and open you are to more weird stuff, because comprehensiveness was definitely not on the list of priorities when making this. First off, a warning – the first 15 or so minutes are headache-inducing. Not even hyperbolically, the sound design decision went with really pitched machine voice for a secondary character. Miku herself already doesn’t sound great when talking if put together by someone not great with the software, but this other character is just next level, the staff who greenlit that must have been deaf. Luckily, the show gets more watchable after the introduction. Well, to an extent. I’m calling this an experience because it really isn’t…

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Clamshell

It’s not like I feel nothing. There is an emotion here. But I can’t pinpoint what it is. Rage or disgust. Probably disgust. I mean really, what were they thinking? Actually I do know what they were thinking. “Vocaloid opera.” And that’s where they stopped thinking. They jumped right into it and a month before release they realized that operas have a story and music. They had neither. Well shoot, we have to write a story. How do you make a good story? Make it relatable. What’s something that everyone does? Die. Perfect. It’s a story about death, starring Miku. But someone might notice the story is lacking. Make it artsy, make them feel dumb for not getting it. Insult their intelligence on top of stealing their time. Making a minute and a half of good music is hard. Too hard for them. And…