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Song title

"炉心融解"

Romaji: Roshin Yuukai
English: Meltdown (Nuclear Fusion)

Uploaded December 19th, 2008 (orig.), August 30th, 2009 (re-upload), with 2,667,723 (orig.), 4,443,000+ views

Singer

Kagamine Rin

Producer(s)

iroha(sasaki) (music) kuma (lyrics)

Nagimiso.SYS (illust, video), Shirou miwa (logo), URAHANABI (Little Rin Design)

Links

Nicovideo Broadcast (Removed) / YouTube Broadcast

BackgroundEdit

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

Iroha says the lyrics and video represent conflicts of 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 a new. ^[1]

Piano sheet music appeared in the ピアノソロやさしくひけるボーカロイド Selection for Piano collection. This song has also appeared as sheet music in the Vocaloid Best selection series. This also song featured in the mook ボカロ☆バンドスコア, vol.2.

This song is featured in the Miku no Hi Kanshasai 39's Giving Day concert, the Mikunopolis in Los Angeles concert, the MikuPa Tokyo 2011 concert, and the Miku no Hi Dai Kanshasai 39's Giving Day concert; also in games such as Project DIVA 2nd, Project DIVA Extend, Project DIVA Arcade and Miku Flick/02.

The ControversyEdit

There was a controversy over the video related with the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking. Taking advantage of the Vocaloid Ranking's score system, the people made dummy accounts and put the song on their MyList, just to increase its score in the ranking, making it stay in the top 20 indefinitely. Though iroha(sasaki) asked the viewers to stop the illegitimate scoring, it did not end 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 the awareness of the cheating behind the Rankings. The score system of the ranking 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.

Succeeding VersionsEdit

Meltdown (Re-uploaded PV with Changes)
	Author(s):	Iroha(sasaki)
	Category:	Alternate PV
	Featuring:	Kagamine Rin
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast (with subtitles)
Description The new PV for Meltdown that was uploaded on Nagimiso.SYS's account in retaliation for illegitimate scoring.

Japanese and Romaji LyricsEdit

Japanese	Romaji
街明かり華やか	Machiakari hanayaka
エーテル麻酔の冷たさ	Eteru (Ether) masui no tsumetasa
眠れない午前二時	Nemurenai gozen niji
全てが急速に変わる	Subete ga kyuusoku ni kawaru

オイル切れのライター	Oiru (Oil) gire no Raitaa (Lighter)
焼けつくような胃の中	Yaketsuku you na inonaka
全てがそう嘘なら	Subete ga sou uso nara
本当によかったのにね	Hontou ni yokatta noni ne

君の首を絞める夢を見た	Kimi no kubi wo shimeru yume wo mita
光の溢れる昼下がり	Hikari no afureru hirusagari
君の細い喉が跳ねるのを	Kimi no hosoi nodo ga haneru no wo
泣き出しそうな眼で見ていた	Nakidashisouna me de miteita

核融合炉にさ	Kakuyuugouro nisa
飛び込んでみたいと思う	Tobikonde mitai to omou
真っ青な光包まれて奇麗	Massao na hikari tsutsumarete kirei
核融合炉にさ	Kakuyuugouro nisa
飛び込んでみたら	Tobikonde mitara
そしたら	Soshitara
すべてが許されるような気がして	Subete ga yurusareru youna kigashite

ベランダの向こう側	Beranda (Veranda) no mukougawa
階段を昇ってゆく音	Kaidan wo nobotte yuku oto
陰り出した空が	Kageridashita sora ga
窓ガラスに部屋に落ちる	Mado Garasu (Glass or Window) ni heya ni ochiru

拡散する夕暮れ	Kakusan suru yuugure
泣き腫らしたような陽の赤	Nakiharashita youna hi no aka
融けるように少しずつ	Tokeru you ni sukoshi zutsu
少しずつ死んでゆく世界	Sukoshi zutsu shinde yuku sekai

君の首を絞める夢を見た	Kimi no kubi wo shimeru yume wo mita
春風に揺れるカーテン	Harukaze ni yureru Kaaten (Curtain)
乾いて切れた唇から	Kawaite kireta kuchibiru kara
零れる言葉は泡のよう	Koboreru kotoba wa awa no you

核融合炉にさ	Kakuyuugouro nisa
飛び込んでみたいと思う	Tobikonde mitai to omou
真っ白に記憶融かされて消える	Masshiro ni kioku tokasarete kieru
核融合炉にさ	Kakuyuugouro nisa
飛び込んでみたらまた昔みたいに	Tobikonde mitara mata mukashi mitai ni
眠れるようなそんな気がして	Nemureru youna sonna kigashite

時計の秒針や	Tokei no byoushin ya
テレビの司会者や	Terebi (Television or TV) no shikaisha ya
そこにいるけど見えない誰かの	Soko ni iru kedo mienai dareka no
笑い声飽和して反響する	Waraigoe houwa shite hankyou suru

アレグロ・アジテート	Areguro・Ajiteto (Allegro, Agitate)
耳鳴りが消えない止まない	Miminari ga kienai yamanai
アレグロ・アジテート	Areguro・Ajiteto (Allegro, Agitate)
耳鳴りが消えない止まない	Miminari ga kienai yamanai

誰もみんな消えてく夢を見た	Daremo minna kieteku yume wo mita
真夜中の部屋の広さと静寂が	Mayonaka no heya no hirosa to seijaku ga
胸につっかえて	Mune ni tsukkaete
上手に息ができなくなる	Jouzu ni iki ga dekinaku naru

あああああああああああああ！！！！！(Shout!!)	AAaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!! (Shout!!)

核融合炉にさ	Kakuyuugouro nisa
飛び込んでみたらそしたら	Tobikonde mitara soshitara
きっと眠るように消えていけるんだ	Kitto nemuru youni kiete ikerunda
僕のいない朝は	Boku no inai asa wa
今よりずっと素晴らしくて	Ima yori zutto subarashikute
全ての歯車が噛み合った	Subete no haguruma ga kamiatta

きっとそんな世界だ	Kitto sonna sekai da

Derivative WorksEdit

Hard R.K. mix
	Author(s):	CosMo (remix); Nagimiso.SYS (illusts).
	Category:	Remix
	Featuring:	Kagamine Rin
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast
Description A popular remix of Meltdown done by CosMo and illustrated again by Nagimiso.SYS. This version features a different music arrangement as well more expressiveness in Rin's voice, with various intentional voice breaks and changes of tone. The PV also features a new design for Rin, looking like a young teenager dressed in a monochrome lolita dress and holding a golden electric guitar with the shape of the song's logo. This new design resulted in being more popular than her original one. The Hard R.K. mix received its own figurine, an inspired Meltdown's module for Project Diva 2nd, and a MikuMikuDance model created by popular modeler, ISAO.

Roshin Yuukai -melt down- JunK Arrange
	Author(s):	rerulili (guitar), Kihee (bass), toku (piano & mixdown), hatsuko (illust), nagimiso (material), Mienohito (video)
	Category:	Remix
	Featuring:	Kagamine Rin
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast
Description A jazzy Meltdown's remix by rerulili. This version feature various jazz instruments like the Bass, piano and drums

Ryu☆'s Remix
	Author(s):	Ryu☆
	Category:	Remix
	Featuring:	Kagamine Rin
	Youtube Broadcast
Description A very Upbeat remix of Meltdown! It was only available in the Album 「EXIT TUNES PRESENTS SUPER PRODUCERS BEAT MIXED BY Ryu☆ ジャケットイラストレーター獅子猿」It also features an Extended Track

Studio Kit Remix
	Author(s):	ＫＩＴさん
	Category:	Remix
	Featuring:	Kagamine Rin
	Nicovideo Broadcast
Description A hard and catchy trance remix realized by Studio Kit.

Roshin Yuukai ~piano.ver~
	Author(s):	cillia/kyaami
	Category:	Arrange; Vocaloid cover
	Featuring:	Kagamine Rin act2
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast
Description Rin act2 singing along with koma'n's piano version.

Koma'n's Piano Version
	Author(s):	koma'n
	Category:	Arrange
	Featuring:	-
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast

Marasy's Piano Version
	Author(s):	Marasy
	Category:	Arrange
	Featuring:	-
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast

Osamuraisan's Guitar Version
	Author(s):	Osamuraisan
	Category:	Arrange
	Featuring:	-
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast

Cosplay PV
	Author(s):	Unknown
	Category:	Cosplay
	Featuring:	Unknown
	Youtube Broadcast
Description A Cosplay of Rin's Meltdown.

-NitamagoMix-
	Author(s):	baker (remix), Nagimiso.SYS (illusts)
	Category:	Remix, Vocaloid Cover
	Featuring:	Hatsune Miku
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast
Description A Techno remix by baker of Kagamine Rin's original Meltdown, sung by Hatsune Miku. The video was able to climb all the way up to No.2 in the Nico Nico Daily charts and was able to receive around 44,000 views in a very short period of time since it was uploaded.

Loli Yuukai (Loli Kidnapping)

Author(s):

Oten-P

Category:

Parody

Featuring:

Kagamine Len

Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast

Description

A Meltdown's parody with a Lolicon Twist. This parody proved to be quite popular, receiving various Vocaloids Covers and fanmades PVs.

konakona y's PV (Kaito Cover)
Author(s):	konakona y, yr88 (original KAITO's cover)
Category:	Fanmade PV, Vocaloid Cover
Featuring:	KAITO
Description A PV for the KAITO's cover done by yr88. The video is stylized and a kinda abstract, parodying the original Meltdown's PV		NND / YT

Jashii's PV (KAITO Cover)
Author(s):	Jashii, yr88 (original KAITO cover)
Category:	Fanmade PV, Vocaloid Cover
Featuring:	KAITO
Description A funny animation that show how KAITO constantly ends in trouble due his Lolicon obsession, at the ends he is arrested for this.		NND / YT

Onii Yuukai (Big Brother Kidnapping)
	Author(s):	Chanagi-P (lyrics), Maroyan (illusts).
	Category:	Parody
	Featuring:	Kagamine Rin,Megurine Luka, Hatsune Miku, KAITO
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast
Description A parody song and a sort of answer song to the KAITO's version of Loli Yuukai. On this versions the roles are swapped and now KAITO is the sexually harassed. Rin, Miku and Luka are obsessed with KAITO, with each one caressing their own fantasies of what to do with him. Although in the beginning, they competed against each other, when they saw that their individual approaches and attempts didn't work, they decided to put those differences aside and join forces. The song was well received, winning a place on the weekly ranking staying on the top 5 during two weeks (#118, #119).

Naked Meltdown
	Author(s):
	Category:	Vocaloid Cover, Parody
	Featuring:	KAITO
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast
Description A Parody sung by KAITO with a...S&M twist.

20 Person's Chorus
	Author(s):
	Category:	Nico Nico Chorus
	Featuring:	Various Utaites, Kagamine Rin
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast

Evildown
	Author(s):	LIQU@。 (vocals), Reji (chorus)
	Category:	Parody, Human Cover
	Featuring:	LIQU@。, Reji
	Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast
Description This parody is about "Chunibyo" (中二病: 8th grade syndrome). Simply, one of the most typical symptoms of Chunibyo is that teens often fantasize about themselves as something special or transcendental being.