【Fukase】My Crush Was a Monster Boy / 気になるあいつは怪獣少年【VOCALOIDカバー】
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2017
- EDIT: please stop commenting about fukase being in a skirt. fukase doesn't abide to your gender expectations or your heteronormativity mio out
It’s finally uploaded!! I’m only-! (checks watch) -one year late!!
I actually started this cover back in July of last year right around when Remo and I started working on the Stranger collab. Amber had just bought Fukase and I’d been eyeing him for a while, so I ended up snagging a few renders off of her to see how he handled. Monster Crush was a song I’d been wanting to cover for a long while and the original tuning was simple enough I didn’t have to worry too much about long-distancing the whole ordeal, so I was able to tune it fast and get a rough cover done in practically no time at all.
Then came the Strangers upload, the thing met 200 views //fast,// (the agreement being 200 views and I'd buy Fukase w) and I went ahead and caved and got the boy. Went ahead and re-rendered what I’d had, fixed up a couple parts, added in a couple more layers of harmonies, remixed the whole thing and bam-!! That’s pretty much the version you’re hearing here (save for some minor last minute lyric error fixes and mix changes).
Except all that happened around August and then I never touched it again whoops
I originally wanted to get this video done in time for Fukase’s anniversary this year, but January hit me hard and I couldn’t really ground myself long enough to get some art done and do a basic sub. I’d wanted to make another lipsync PV with a bunch of cool movements and effects (maybe a little more complex than the secret ごめんね PV), but when After Effects expired, all hopes of that went down the drain. I spent a lot of months dreading working on it because I’d built up such a huge expectation for myself on it and I knew I couldn’t meet it.
Then came last week-started on a different Fukase cover, really wanted to upload it, but told myself that Monster Crush had to be the first Fukase solo work on my channel, and somehow that gave me enough motivation to throw out all the ideas I’d had before and make something simple instead. Working with AviUtl was a bit of a pain (considering there's no interpolation curves as near as I can tell) but I think I managed well enough.
I’ve never really drawn intense forced perspective before! It was honestly kinda difficult and I still can’t tell if it works or not. Ten million references and experimental sketches only helped to a certain point w. Regardless, I had a lot of fun finally getting to draw the Fuka bean. Definitely a change of pace, and a good exercise at that!!
And I had a lot of fun on this cover, too!! It was a nice, easy tune and honestly really relaxing to do. While Fukase’s vowels can be a little strange and his long s/sh sets can be a bother, it’s honestly all worth it to finally have a bank with a powerful upper range //and// a cross-synth-able whisper bank. Fukase’s a good bean! A good red boy!! Cherish him!!
⁽ᵃˡˢᵒ ᶦ ᵗᵒᵒᵏ ˢᵒᵐᵉ ˡᶦᵇᵉʳᵗᶦᵉˢ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ᵗʳᵃⁿˢˡᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ / ᵒʳᵈᵉʳᶦⁿᵍ ᵒᶠ ᵖʰʳᵃˢᵉˢ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵇᵉᶜᵃᵘˢᵉ ˢᵒᵐᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒʳᶦᵍᶦⁿᵃˡ ᵗʳᵃⁿˢˡʸʳᶦᶜˢ ᶠᵉˡᵗ ᵃ ˡᶦᵗᵗˡᵉ ᵃʷᵏʷᵃʳᵈ ᵒʳ ᵈᶦᵈⁿ'ᵗ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ᵐᵘᶜʰ ˢᵉⁿˢᵉ ᵃ ᵃ ᵃ ᵃ⁾
Either way, please enjoy!! And thank you all for so much support and love!!
MP3 Download: www.dropbox.com/s/3ns02w4tq0q...
AIFF Download: www.dropbox.com/s/k6j2awovvhi...
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i think this is the most blessed fukase cover of anything ive ever heard thank you for this good, gay fukase content
princey no comments?
Rita Bear / w \ The comments were deleted for YT
Read the desc 😂
Bubby Mustard - Fukase already wears a skirt in his main design, lol
C4r0 l1n - Here’s a picture of Fukase. What’s the red thing he’s wearing above his leggings if not a skirt?
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"my crush turned out to be a monster"
"That's rough buddy"
i mean he's completely fine with it lol
Snart's cookies nice avatar reference lol
I appreciate your ATLB reference
Boyfriend: “My crush turned out to be a monster”
Our best friend: “Well that’s what happens when you don’t give her chocolate when she’s on her period (c" ತ,_ತ)
Big oof
sometimes a family is a boy in a skirt, a box full of icecream and a monster
The box of ice cream can be their adopted son lol
Sooo...
Eating adoptive children is a thing now, riGht?
BW02_AnimeG nO
@@user-zh5vo8db2e r/cursedcomments
Fuck all FukaFlower shippers nah that’s just Greek mythology
*your crush is raising a monster*
Ok
*your crush is now that monster*
Ok
*your crush sHOWS UP TO SCHOOL AS SAID MONSTER*
Ok
Gotta make an entrance
Tuff
Fukase got scary dog privileges
this is one hell of a coming out story
@Isabella De La Torre heheh 420
i wanna like but its,,,666 :’>
Original is gumi
"so like uh the guy I'm dating is actualy a monster and he came to school like that oh BTW im gay"
@@spectresoulss i didn't realize this was in quotes at first and i was about to be like ".......i mean, congratulations"
fukase rocking that skirt tho
cyril [sigh-ril] he really is isn’t he?
He always rocks it.
fukase rocks everything
He always wears a skirt
@@sassberrysnap true
Can we have a slice of life anime where a boy and his half monster boyfriend just go to school and make friends.
O. liveil or full monster.
From the makers of ‘slice of life’ brings ‘slice of flesh’
That sounds like a great idea for an anime actually
O. liveil on it
Or...
Destroy it.
happy pride month to fukase and his monster boyfriend and only them
you don't know how badly i want to pin this comment sdfjlkghdkf
@@miodiodavinci Do it.
Inventing a month for monsterf**kers and only monsterf**kers.
So true
@@Pukeprincess Don't do that! The non monsterfuckers will get offended and ask why they don't have a month!
this is fukase used correctly he sounds so frickin good what the fu C K
He sounds like if Deku(izuku Midoriya) was a vocaloid and I'm blessed!
Ikr?! You can barely tell it wasn't sung by an actual human!
Borealis thats the power of great tuning of Fukase
most people: "OMG A MONSTER"
me: "wait your crush actually liked you back?"
Ikr, is incredible that his crush liked him back, like, what are the odds?
im pretty darn surprised too love
i was just listening to the song in your profile picture. rest in peace, rorochan...
@@ver.2234 it fUCKING FOLLOWS ME EVERYWHERE I GO
The most unrealistic part of the song TBH
guys, fukase already wore a skirt. this isn't anything new.
Wait when
I'm Lost wha-
@@coffeeboy9447 in his literal design
@@Hannah-fe2oi wait
That's true i'm fucking dumb
:P
Oh yeah lol
This sounds like the opening theme to an anime
Can you imagine going on a date with your boyfriend, getting yelled at by Karen, and then watching the sunset while eating icecreams, turning around to kiss and he's turned into this giant ass monster?
Fukase: yes. Yes I can
Fukase can wear whatever Fukase wants to wear.
@@Discodelics :/ read the description
Thank God somebody who finally said this. Scrolling through the comments was quite disappointing up until now.
The monster just straight up ate his crush like shit man that's why you don't raise monsters without adult supervision
Bit rude of him innit
Mummmm can I raise a monsterrrrr
The things a boy will do to get out of going back to school after summer break...
Like:
Mom: No excuses young man, you are going. End of discussion!
Monster: But mom, I was *eaten alive* by a *monster*! And now i *AM* the monster!
Mom: No buts mister! You're not dead, just because you look a little different doesnt mean you can just drop out! Its normal for boys your age to go through body changes.
Monster: But if I go out the government will-
Mom: I SAID NO BUTS! NOW GO TO SCHOOL YOUNG MAN!
Dang i still suck at the bold asterisk thing.
This thing is priceless XD
Mothers logic:
School > getting kidnapped by the government.
@@jazzydrawz3792 someone actually got stabbed on my 2nd week of middle school and my mom got mad that I came home late
@@tsuzulvr Wait how did someone getting stabbed make you get home late? Were you all kept in the school because of it?
i love it and i'm so happy you left it as monster boy
"Just then, the boy I had been crushing on, his monster, ate him up"
That's rough buddy
i can't stop thinking about this comment
@@__aa__ let forever stay in your psyche
@@HarvestPeiskos2209 hahaha
@@HarvestPeiskos2209 i don't have a choice
I cried at that part XD
I just realised he was standing up and not sitting down
idiot of the year goes to me
Its been a year
Jessie Chong two actually
comment of the year goes to you buddy
No, you have Azusa of profile pic, you are a person of culture.
wild. i completely forgot i commented this
"fukase doesn't abide to your gender expectations or your heteronormativity"
Haha Bigender Fukase headcannon go brrrrr-
honestly i hc him as either gnc or nonbinary so like,,,
@@starrysky10 based mikoto icon
This is one of the few times I listened to a vocaloid song and felt like a child listening to the creative AMV flipnotes on my ds late at night under the covers. I just want to say thank you. The feelings I hold are worth far more than any amount of money to me and brings me back to a time in my childhood where our world was much simpler, yet out imaginations could run wild and the world in our heads and were much brighter, imaginative and made us feel whole.
In a world where many of us have now matured and left the fandom to "grow up" to have to survive in a world in such a time like now I think everyone deep down deeply misses those times and I am glad to have experienced it at least one more time.
this is legitimately one of the sweetest things anyone has ever commented on any of my covers holy shit thank you sdfjlkgdjk
It made me wanna cry ... i relate to this so much ToT
That was so sweet
mon dieu this is emotional
just to let u know my furby loves this cover
just to check up again
whats up with your furby do they still like this cover????
Your furby shows appreciation to Vocaloid songs?
You’re scaring me
*O h n o*
This comment reminds me of a TH-cam video of Fukase saying he wants a furby for his birthday
O͜͡l͜͡i͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ i͜͡s͜͡ p͜͡i͜͡s͜͡s͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ o_o
How to know someone's gender : simple tutorial
--> ask them
*T h i s*
YES
THERE HE IS THERE HE GOES THERE HE IS THERE IS THE FUKASON THERES THE KID THERES A BEAN YHERE HE GOES THATS 👌👍 MMMM GOOD STUFF 🔥💯🔥👀👀
THE RED BOY !! THE RED BOY !! THE RED BOY !!
⚔Ambz⚔
No entiendo inglés! :)
No soy fluido en español, lo siento, y el traductor no hace un buen trabajo de traducir mi loco gritando 😅 Estoy básicamente sólo gritando sobre Fukase y lo bueno que es! lo siento si esto salió desordenado
F
*spams F*
Oliver: *takes off his eye bandage*
Fukase: “My Crush Was A Monster Boy”
Imao
hmmm muchh better
p e r f e c t
g o o d s h i t
this is wonderlicious
I would marry that boy!
Lemon mother what are you doing here-
"omg yao-" [SEVERAL GUNSHOTS]
That one dislike is killing me bc this is amazing.
Add the Twisted Tracer A wild Elsword player has appeared!
Potato Kyoko it's a good game bgsjskgjs
Add the Twisted Tracer It's so underrated. I find it so sad. I assume you main Add? I am an SD main. It's been a while since I've played. My friends just stopped getting on and the game got a little boring to play alone qwq
Potato Kyoko I play too, but I haven't played in a while either because of responsibilities and lack of friends online when I go on
9MoonWolf Maybe we could play together some time?
This is my absolute favorite Fukase cover
The story is great
The tuning is spectacular
The tempo and beat is a bop
The pitch is on POINT
it’s just perfect
Imo I dont wanna comment about the skirt but I wish boys in skirts were more normal and not always commented on even positive comments I just want it to be normal like we dont always comment on mikus why should we his :(?
yeah ;(
When they were commenting on his skirt i only heard people complimenting him and
saying how he rocked his look with a skirt
@@jovialjake7140 yeah but even that can be annoying when rin wears a skirt do we say she rocked it?
Praising men for wearing feminine stuff makes it harder to normalize it :> /not mad
@@crystal-ho7ov Idk man- When rin wore skirts or a good lookin' outfit people said the same thing- They said she rocked the outfit and that it was gorgeous- But if people are reacting positively to men wearing feminine stuff then that could be saying that it is normalized by most people if not all. I see your point
though. Thanks for talking this out- xd
@@crystal-ho7ov except...it doesn't? we should be encouraging men who wear feminine clothing?
I get what you are going for but you fail to realize how social expectations work.
Let men wear skirts and let people compliment how pretty they look.
"please stop commenting about fukase being in a skirt or about the song being """yaoi""" fukase doesn't abide to your gender expectations or your heteronormativity"
thank you like fr please just enjoy the song
Why everyone says "stop commenting about the skirt"
I've been searching for a long time, and I can't find any of those comments XD
@Fukase the memelord Ah yes
Inner peace
@@pine_cone_ Indeed
Fukase's voice is probably the most blessed things on this earth
agreed
I LOVE THIS
I ADORE FUKASE❌
♥♥♥♥
Don’t we all? 💖
He's my favourite, after Piko of course
This is just about the best Fukase usage I've ever heard! Next to your cover of Strangers, of course.
shjgskdjfhgl holy canoli thank you so much sdjglkahfj
very correct, and you are really good with vocaloid, too.
omg hi i live ur vids
"fukase doesn't abide to your gender expectations or heteronormativity" i love you
the fact you managed to make a song feel like a tv series/movie/anime is amazing
I know I've listened to this song before, but somehow I didn't remember that hard turn after the second chorus.
I haven't heard too many Fukase covers that have been as polished as this is! Both the video and the audio! And the foreshortened perspective looks on point to me.
"fukase doesn't abide to your gender expectations or your heteronormativity" also bless u for this.
Tbh this is better than the original
agreed
Glitch Prince
I love gumi but I totally agree the tuning is so good.
the title sounds like a my story animated plot
"don't tell anyone about the monster" *goes to school as monster*
0:49 I don't mean to be rude, but who buys ice cream at the candy shop-
LMAO-
I do, it's normal, Ice cream is a Frozen candy.
fukase, the true gay enby icon
I'm curious about one thing, why do a lot of peoples headcanon Fukase as an enby? Is the voice behind an enby?
he wears a skirt, which is not typical of a guy. he also just kinda gives off that vibe, as an enby myself. lol
@@skullotonin Wha- I'm a dude and I wear skirts all the damn time. I'm not gay or anything... DoN't AsSuMe Us CraCkheAds DOn'T WeAr SKirTs
@@skullotonin i totally respect the fukase enby headcannon, but just saying "ok fukase wears a skirt so hes not male" is literally just adding to the male stereotypes that everyone is trying to break through? crossdressing males exist. i myself am a gay man who wears skirts n dresses sometimes.
also if you would like to see cannonly nonbinary vocaloids, i believe meika hime and meika mikoto are in fact agender! they are plum spirits that are above gender :)
@@painslut i think it was randomly dubbed for him by some parts of the fandom
people acting like vocaloids are anything other than voices with flexible visual designs are so silly. the default fukase design is purely for marketing purposes and nothing else, lollll. the creator of any content using fukase/any vocaloid gets the creative freedom to do whatever they want with its visuals, plain and simple
5 years later but all I have to say that Fukase slays with the skirt and I don't see why people should complain about it
been hyperfixated on this song for years please help
This cover is SO GOOD. I've been listening to this on repeat for the past hour, really.
also Fukase x Arsloid i see u
:3c
excuse me *w h a t*
i've been listening to this for four years, still holds up great!
My grades are up. My skin is clear. I am in perfect health. I live in constant orgasm and have won the lottery.
This is the blessing which has saved me.
Fukase is best boy 10/10
i love this so much! the art is really good and i think it just adds to the song if that makes sense. it's really well done. his voice is perfect for this song
:3
a a a a thank you ! ! !
IM LITERALLY SCREAMING THE OFFBEAT SWING RHYTHM TO EMPHASISE THE BROKEN FEELINGS THE SINGER HAS THEN RETURNING TO ON RHYTHM I CANT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
FUKASE, WHY? WHY ARE YOU SO PERFECT?! AND THIS SONG
PLEASE
THIS
SONG
*THANKS FOR UPLOAD THIS
I'm not surprised. Hell, I'd eat that boy too if I was a monster thats *only* fed ice cream.
omg, this is so good
i was gonna subscribe but i was already subscribed to you (thanks past me) your tuning is so GOOOOOOD
it has been half a decade and i cant stop returning to this song
SAMEE FR
It's too good
i wish the fukase cover was on Spotify, using youtube for music is a nightmare
Download it...
same
@@xxalexherexx1540 I'm a year late, but not everyone wants to spend money on TH-cam premium
@@treely6647copy link and download off a site
Fukase rlly rockin that skirt tho
2:03 - *woah there no one told me this was taking a creepy turn that went from 0 to 100 real quick*
Same
ive never heard fukase tuning this good tbh
Finally someone who can tune Fukase right, doing my boy justice 👌👌
This song fits perfectly with the manga "The summer Hikaru died."
I want to animate this someday.
Edit: Holy shit! I got noticed by Senpai! OuO
Yes please I'd love to see that!~
YES! Do it please, that would be epic
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
AMIRITE?
OK S A M E
Echosinister Smiley mOOD
*DATS GOOD SHIT*
For a second I thought the song took a really dark turn when his own monster ate him but fortunately it got back on track 😅
For once
A Vocaloid without a bad ending.
this is the best coming out story of the century
@ everyone talkin about he's in a skirt
hes in a skirt in his official art so
Кхм.... Нет, это часть плаща, если я не ошибаюсь
This is gay.
Let me download it.
mp3 and aiff downloads available in the description~
Usually covers are not as good as the original. This cover is so god dammed good that the original is trash.
He's rocking the skirt
honestly thanks to technology + vocaloid 4 this sounds BETTER than the original song like. wow.
also: god bless fukase and his gay monster boyfriend. quality content that i'd like to see more of.
:starts breakdancing viciously on the table: im back and digging through your stuff okay
Ikimono-kakari no ki ni naru aitsu kagikko shataku no tenkousei
Kurasumeito no ki ni naru uwasa hitori-bocchi kaerimichi
Natsu sora no shita, zenkou shuukai shichi-gatsu saigo no sayonara
Sukoshi o-shaberi shite mitakute ato o otta kaerimichi
Shataku koete, kawa ni sotte zoukibabayashi toorinukete
Dagashiya de aisu katte kimi wa doko ni iku no kana?
Machi o mioroshita oka no ue no akichi
Ki ni naru aitsu no himitsu o mite shimatta
Chuu ni nageta aisu ni kuitsuita ooki na kuchi
Ki ni naru aitsu wa kaijuu o katteita!
Orikaeshi no natsu-yasumi omoikitte koe kakete
"Naisho no naisho no naisho da yo?" tte, koyubi tsunaida yakusoku
Harappa kakete kawa oyoide kimi to watashi to kaijuu
Wasurarenai yuuyake sora kimi to o-shaberi dekita
Tokedashita aisu o hanasaki ni tsukete warau
Natsu-meku aitsu ni dokidoki tokimeita
Te o tsugou toshite yorisotta, sono toki
Ki ni naru aitsu o kaijuu ga tabechatta!
...Souieba kyou wa, natsu-yasumi saigo no hi da.
Kimi no koe ga suru kaijuu ga waratteru
Kimi no koe de warainagara watashi ni te o sashinobete kita no
"Nee nee, kimi nano?" "Sou da yo! Boku da yo!"
Kimi to watashi, te o tsunaide ni-gakki saisho no toukou hi
Gakkou-juu ni hibikiwataru nakigoe to sakebigoe
Futari dake no kousha ni natte dokidoki tokimeite
Koutei ni deta totan ni hajimatta undoukai
Pisutoru narihibiku yooi don de kakedashita!
Shougaibutsu reesu o ittoushou de gooru shite
Aisu o tabenagara futari de doko ni ikou?
Chuu ni nageta aisu ni kuitsuita ooki na kuchi
Ki ni naru aitsu wa kaijuu shounen da!
FUKASE NEEDS MORE LOVE
THIS VIDEO NEEDS MORE VIEWS
THE WORLD IS SO UNFAIR
I love how this is more popular than the og version. The gay is too powerful
I...
After two years
How did I just _now_ find this cover?
Bro
*I've been here for 9 and I didn't find this cover*
I came back to tell you that you're goated for this song like, THIS SONG GOES SO HARD
this... this is now the first thing that pops up when you search "my crush was a monster boy"
You created the cover AND drew the art??? Amazing. *^*
Dont you just hate it when your crush getd eaten by hid secret monster pet?
What an excellent cover!!! It already had its own unique feel to it while still being the original song, the PV is subtly animated and adds atmosphere, and I can't express enough excitement and happiness at keeping the original title to "Monster Boy". We don't get enough positive gay representation in these songs and I'm so glad it's done respectfully.
a a a a a a my goodness thank you so much!! i'm so glad you like it a a a a a a ;; v ;;
I love this cover. I think i might like it more than the original.
i want a book or a fanfic with this theme so i can listen to this on loop.
I really wish this was on spotify
I love Fukase and his big monster bf, we stan a pair of Kings
Hell yea Fukase happy pride
Seeing a new upload makes me so excited!! You did so well with the art and song-- I'm so happy I live in a world where I can listen to Mio's covers.
a a a a a a a o h my gosh tha n k you a a a a a a a a
well apparently Oliver is a monster now lol
Mousou*Star lol okay
Cool Ghost Girl what's funny is that oliver is part of PowerFX 's monster theme
Olikase is love, Olikase is live
ALL DA SHIPS
okay me too I ship it
this song literally fits one of my OCs stories so well like it was encapsulated into a single video and I love it for that thank you I will loop this forever now
Okay I am usually not the biggest fan of Fukase, but man he sounds good! He usually sounds very forced when used to cover a song, but that's not the case here! Good job!!
this is the best tuning i've ever heard
this is my ultimate fave Fukase cover
I forgot about this song, great that i found it again!!
I CAN'T STOP REPLAYING THIS IS TOO GOOD
I find myself coming back to this time and time again bc this is literally the best Fukase cover ever
Reasons why I absolutely LOVE vocaloid
FUKASE IN A SKIRT
FUKASE IN A SKIRT
By changing the singer to a buy, this song takes on a whole new meaning at the end, ignoring the fact his crush is a monster, but are the other kids gossiping and screaming because it's two boys together, it has a very different meaning now
Вау... Не знаю, почему нахожу эту песню только через 5 лет, но я очень счастлива. Ещё круто, что тут есть русские субтитры. Спасибо большое переводчику!
I am back hearing this cover and it gives me nostalgia cause i used to hear way back, and the fact i found it makes me happy
I cannot stress this enough, everytime I hear this song(which is pretty often) my brain just goes "razor and bennett" and I can't handle it😩😩 (they're two characters from the game genshin impact, for anyone that was wondering)
ITS BEEN 10000P YEARS SINCE IVE HEARD THIS SONG OMG, AND ITS BETTER THEN THE ORIGINAL!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS