Criticism to Mashiro Kurata
Bangbung Kim
2. Character
I received a lot of anticipation just before the release, and the character design came out pretty
considering that it was easy to use silver hair + short hair , and since it belongs to the good
side, fan art is increasing at a very fast rate on Pixiv. Based on the number of fan art
submissions, the time of transition to the 4th anniversary of the first year[1] About 25% of other
vocalists.
However, in the game story, it is criticized because of the conflicting elements in the band
story.[2] Frequently withdrawn personality and rational mentality are the main causes. In
particular, in Chapter 1, the self-deprecating character is often revealed.
Conflict itself is a phenomenon that occurred occasionally in the early stories of other bands
in Season 1, such as Chapter 1 of Woomowwi and Chapter 2 of Roselle, and after Season
2~Before Chapter 3, the atmosphere was loose as all other bands became more harmonious.
There are also stories that dealt with the conflict properly after a while. In the story after the
first appearance, similarly, the conflict of beginners is used, and it can be said that the
character is on the good side.
Also, as the story itself that a character who considers himself ordinary grows through
contact with something is often seen anywhere, Morponica's band story plot is not
wrong. Mashiro also thinks of himself as normal, and is suitable for a character and story that
grows up through encounters with the band, where he is highly self-deprecating.
However, the problem is the probability of one band story that did not take advantage of this
character, but the quality is not good, so Mashiro's growth does not stand out. However, it was
revealed that there is room for growth and improvement, such as trying to apologize to
everyone in the second half of his personality. there is. Mashiro's attitude is not felt well
because other high school students are too mature.
3. Vocal and singing skills
3.1. advocacy
Of course, it's true that she lacks singing skills compared to other casts, but Kasuga Haruna[3]
In the live performance of D4DJ , who participated in the role , he showed a relatively stable live
performance according to the concept of his unit. In other words, even considering the
competency problem, the miscasting of the agency itself is one of the causes.
And most of the criticism is concentrated in March-July 2020, when it first appeared, and after
that, things have improved enough to be patiently listened to.
BanG Dream, Morponica 's first live ! On the 3rd day of 8th☆LIVE , chAngE had a lot of beats,
such as out of synch, but the sound was out of sync with everyone because of a problem with
the equipment. And although opinions were divided in the field , the live performance
of Daylight -Daylight- was improved to such an extent that the advocates demanded rerecording in the future, saying that it was better than the sound source.
Although he received a lot of criticism at the beginning for various reasons such as the
recording he sang as soon as he appeared and the dislike of the concept of the character
song, his singing ability has continuously improved and his singing as Mashiro is also
improving stably. In fact, LEVEL5- judgelight- There was a glitch , but it was corrected when it
was recorded in-game, which is different from the initial appearance or biting the second
hand ,It proves that what was previously impossible to post-correction through mixing
has improved to the extent that it is possible in three months .[4] However, the first live
performance was 4-5 months after Morponica was added.[5] The lack of progress is also
absurd. Still, it seems that he will be able to gain more experience as he is also working on
other works such as D4DJ. Morponica 's new songハーモニー D
, released on November 10, 2020, is often praised for its improved vocals. On December 30,
2020, in the cover song Legend of the Moonlight sung with Kokoro Tsurumaki and Aya
Maruyama , recorded on December 30, 2020, I took on the bass part.
and the Mashiro part didn't come out at all in the preview, but after adding ingame, there were concerns and it came out better than other cover songs.
There were a lot of [6]
Since then, on January 7, 2021, Nico Nico Dongwha 's karaoke broadcast FAN!FAM!!FUN!!!
put an end to the controversy over her singing ability by confirming her singing ability. In this
broadcast, it was also a broadcast where karaoke without much practice and even the voice
actors who sang with their vocals naked without any correction came out and was
embarrassed a lot, but they made a good save.
3.2. Criticism
After Morponica's in-game appearance information was officially released, the controversy
over the voice actor's singing ability has been raised from the songs that have been released,
and the controversy has continued ever since.[7] In fact, dislikes for cover song introductions
on Bang Dream’s official YouTube range from less than 100 to less than 400 at most as of
2019-2020, whereas the dislikes for Monica cover songs are more than 1000 by default, which
is more than that of other bands. It is overwhelmingly large compared to that, and the criticism
posted in the comment window is significant despite being censored and deleted by the official
such as deletion, and as public opinion becomes more and more serious, as of the 3rd quarter
of 2020, the recommendation: dislike will drop to near 2.5:1. Degree. In other words, every
single one of them was so close that it could be called a black history , and there was
even a synopsis that the songs were killed by Mashiro. (Refer to the comments, at the time
the second hand cover notice was released, so there are no songs that have been damaged
after that.) Below is a list of the main damaged songs.[8]
As of January 3, 2022, as of January 3, 2022, the number of dislikes on YouTube has been
set so that the exact number can only be known from the official Bang Dream account.

Merissa : Over 2400. For the first time, it exceeded 1000 dislikes.

chAngE : 400+. However, among them, the number of non-recommendations is
the only one below 1000, which is the lowest, and even though there is little
interest in it since it was recorded after the recording.

Biting the Second Hand : In less than two weeks, more than 850 were received,
and as of one month after recording, it exceeded 1000. In addition, public opinion
began to deteriorate in earnest even on official YouTube channels and Twitter,
which were managed at this time, and as the criticism became severe, SNS was
suspended for about 4 days.

LEVEL5-judgelight- : It surpassed 1000 in less than a day, and as of July 6, 2020,
it has surpassed 1,700. And apart from the fact that there was a glitch in the
preview, the growth potential, which is the main reason that the existing
advocates insisted , started to be objected gradually from the cover biting the
second hand, and at this time, it was completely denied and refuted.

Deep Sea Girl : It surpassed 1000 dislikes in less than 6 hours after it was
uploaded, and 2000 dislikes in 2 days. Morpo received an extreme push after its
release[9] However, considering that even within the same band, it is quite
high. However, since then, the uptrend has slowed from the 2,600 nonrecommended range.
Compared to other songs, it is considered to be more technologically advanced,
but compared to the original song, the height is severely lowered.[10] , I couldn't
keep up with the lowered ones, so the sound was lower than the lowered ones
due to my skills, so there are quite a lot of evaluations, especially in Japan, that
Shindo Amane sings rather than Mashiro. Key was similarly pointed out from
Biting the Second Hand arranged by Kotaro Shimoda and from LEVEL5 judgelight- for the character problem, but these problems did not even improve
in the next cover song. The already lowered expectations are also playing a
part. Also, in the full version PV released at the time of the 3rd collaboration,
other bands recommended more than 40,000 units and 2 digits (less than 100)In
contrast to [11] , the number of recommendations was 22,000, which is half, and the
number of non-recommendations was about 2,000 or more, which is 20 times
more. And some argue that the full version mixing is better than the cut version.

There are more than 1000 daylights in the original.
In particular, since the vocalist who should be active as a real band was cast despite his
inexperienced singing ability, the evaluation that the senior bands ruined the path paved and
free-riding for the Bang Dream project, even the sound source that would have had corrections,
is not real. There were opinions expressing concern about how serious it would be during live,
and there are many people who have an objection to the quality, seriously questioning whether
there was professional vocal training or feedback. Due to the nature of the band's music, the
vocalist is the core of the band where all the spotlights are concentrated during the
performance. It's not for nothing that the majority of frontmen, the band's sign,
are vocals . Considering the advocacy opinion that we should wait and believe in the potential
for growth because the voice actor is young, and there are many precedents for making a
major debut with excellent skills even in the same age group.[12][13] The opinion of miscasting is
compatible. Bands performing live in Bang Dream need talented people who need to be able
to do both voice actors and bands, but there are not many talented people who can be in a
band even if there are a lot of voice actors. Because there are quite a few members who
pushed.[14]
The problem is that such members lack the ability as voice actors, so even if they were
criticized for reading Korean books or acting in the in-game acting, they were all people with
certain skills in their roles in the band.[15] Shinto Amane is not like that. This level of vocal skill
is comparable to that of the other six bands.Comparing it with [16] is rude, and not only Utaite, but also at
the level of the general public, it is unheard of to say that he is good. When you listen to Shindo
Amane's song, it seems that breathing is unstable and shallow, so you can't have stable
vocalization. Stable breathing is the most basic ability that any voice actor or singer should
have. For nothing, if you have problems with breathing in jobs where the voice is important,
such as singers, announcers, and actors, it's not just about learning vocal music or fixing your
breathing.[17] In addition, because the width of emotional expression is shallow, the melody is
monotonous, and the impact is low, criticism of '棒読み' ( reading Korean books ) is always
followed in Japan, and similar criticism is being raised in Korea. In this situation, the biggest
cause is Bush Road
, which has produced erratic results while trying to forcefully push a new band with
incompetent minor voice actors as its signboard . To be precise, it is presumed that Hibiki, a
subsidiary of Bushroad, has put in Shindo Amane, who is trying to raise him as a nextgeneration star. If you think about it simply, if you are recruiting vocal roles for a new band in
a popular project like the current Bang Dream, there is no reason that talented people who
are good at both voice actors and singers will not be interested. Nevertheless, it is the reason
why fans criticize the fact that they put in a new voice actor who is not competent. In addition,
the voice actors of the existing 5 bands are carefully selected and there are a lot of voice
actors who are considered to be the best. There are many professional bands whose lead
vocals are not good at singing because they yielded a hundred times, and among them, there
are legendary bands that succeeded commercially or left a big mark in the industry.[18] However,
these bands did not leave their vocal skills as a weakness until the end, but competed with a
tone that made use of their own band's strengths.[19] Starting with the illustration controversy
in the late 2010s, it is doubtful whether Bush Road has lost his original mind and has the idea
of making money even if he does. Even this band is a new band that needs to make something
out of nothing, and the setting is a band of high school girls with musical talents to some
extent. As soon as such a band is launched, the image of not being able to sing is engraved
on it, and the whole band activity[20] may go. Of course, it will be difficult for fans to know the
background of Amane Shindo's casting.[21] In this direction, several adverse effects are evident
and are already occurring. Even in the Bush Road voice actor audition application form, there
is no voice sample attached, and only three sizes and unedited selfie photos are requested,
so they seem to think that acting skills are not important in the first place.[22] In such a situation,
there were many opinions that the voice actor himself was fortunate that the Morponica solo
concert, which was scheduled to be held in May 2020, was canceled due to COVID -19.
Also, in the case of covers, there are criticisms about assigning cover songs that do not match
the voice actors themselves. In a nutshell, among the reactions from the Japanese side, there
are even voices that the person in charge of selecting a cover song puts it in moderately or that
the management hates morphonica , and the lack of skills further deteriorated. Not only did
the argument collapse, but there was also an increase in criticism about the selection of the
cover song, and several criticism tweets ran on Twitter's Bang Dream official tweet.
So, it was criticized for moving forward in a backward direction. Afterwards,
the MORFONICAL special edition home practice video showed other members practicing,
whereas Shindo did not include a video of Amane practicing alone.[23] The statement that the
voice actor himself practiced in a blanket so as not to be a nuisance to those around him is a
statement that would be almost impossible if he had actually practiced. opinion grew
stronger.[24] A long time has passed since then, but the in-game transcript video of Nevereverland
was not released on the official YouTube channel and when it went up to the game first, apart
from the previous reviews that it was pushed back by Utaite, "I didn't want to hear the criticism,
so I didn't release the transcript video. The image has not been restored enough to raise
speculation.[25]
And , as he made a very good performance in Agehacho , the evaluation of his vocal skills is
slowly rising.
As of the summer of 2021, there are almost no malicious comments in the Morponica music
video, and both Pa and Ka remain neutral without being overly acted. This is a special case in
the Japanese subculture world, where disputes are very severe.