Vocaloid Holy Harmony The Quest For The Power Orbs - TV Tropes (2024)

Vocaloid Holy Harmony: The Quest for the Power Orbs— or just Vocaloid Holy Harmony — is an Eastern RPG and a Vocaloid fan game by Alengard. It was made with RPG Maker VX and started development in 2011, which then released in April 2012.

When a voice tell Miku about the imminent danger of the darkness coming to the world, Miku must embarks on a quest to collect the Power Orbs before they could fell to the Dark Lord and the Darkloids' hand. At her journey, she is accompanied by Len and Rin, young Vocaloids just like her, and later Meiko, the Primal Vocaloid of Chaos. However, their journey wouldn't be easy.

The official trailer is available here

Its direct sequel, Vocaloid Holy Harmony II: War of the Dark World, was revealed in December 2012. However, it seems to be stuck in Development Hell.

This game provides examples of:

• Acting Unnatural: As he secretly discusses with Rin about Kaito's odd behaviour, Len makes a not-so-natural reaction when Kaito and Miku suddenly asked him how the later's perfomance was.

  Len: It was AWESOME! Man, All those lights! And the music! WOW just WOW!!!!

  Rin: (whispering, mentally facepalming) I said naturally!

  Len: (whispering) Sorry, I got nervous.

• Anachronism Stew: The game takes place on an ordinary medieval-like fantasy world with castles and whatnot, but it has things like cellphones (shown with Len keep giving his phone number to random girls) and a modern concert stage (the concert minigame in Kaito Kingdom).
• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Both Miku and Luka are quickly forgot what they're supposed to do in Kaito Kingdom when they got drunk.
• Battle Couple: Gakupo and Gumi are a couple who participate in the Shadow Wars against the Darkloids in the past.
• Big "NO!":
  • Miku when Sylia tries to take the Power Orb of Water.
  • Len when the other Vocaloids get trapped under Hell Prison in the Crumbling Tower.
• Beach Episode: The Vocaloids at one point goes to Sunshine Beach to meet Meiko. There's several characters wearing swimsuits, but the Vocaloid themselves still wearing their usual outfits.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: As Rin and Luka joins Miku and Len, Len tell them to wait for a while until they heard jingle playing. Cue the "character has joined your party" plays. Everyone else fall silent, unimpressed.
• Cat Girl: Bell, Rin and Len's maid(?), has feline features and she always makes cat sounds as a Verbal Tic.
• The Casanova: Kaito apparantly makes many girls attracted to him with his natural charm, including Miku and Luka.
• The Chosen One: Miku is the Green Chanter destined to save the world, because she is the one who has brought the perfection of the Vocaloids' singing. That "perfection" is something even the Primal Vocaloids lack.
• The Chosen Wannabe: Gumi reveals she believed she was the prophesied Green Chanter since her childhood, and was disappointed when she found out that was Miku. She eventually getting over it.
• Dark is Evil: The Darkloids are minions of the Dark Lord. They are Dark Chanters (basically evil Vocaloids) who use the power of darkness to destroy the world.
• Declaration of Protection: At Sylia on Shion Bridge, Len say anyone who wants to hurt Miku and Rin must try to walk over his corpse first. He says this again when Meiko tell about the Dark Lord to the party in Sunshine Beach.
• Demonic Possession: Happens twice.
  • The Dark Lord manages to possess Kaito and tries to use Miku's crush on him to lure her into a trap.
  • Devilion and Devilia possess both Haku and Dell. They also intimidate everyone else in Yowane Realm from talking to Miku and co.
• Determinator: Miku insists on stopping the Darkloids at all costs despite just recovering from the hellish Mind Rape Demonica had put her through.
• Diabolus ex Nihilo: The Dark Lord is said appearing out of nowhere and trying to destroy the world. Even Primal Vocaloids such as Leon and Lola have no idea who he is or where he came from.
• Everyone Can See It: Apparently, Miku's crush on Kaito is so obvious that Rin, Len, and Meiko already knew about it.
• Find the Cure!: After the events in Water Temple, Miku, Meiko, Gumi, and Gakupo go to the Kamui Forest to find a special mushroom as an ingredient to save Rin from the Dark Kiss
• Flat Joy: Luka jokingly says the fortune teller in Kaito Kingdom was talking about him (even if it's referring to Rin). Len is not amused.

  Len: (sarcastically) Ha-ha-ha...so funny Luka...

• Fortune Teller: In Kaito Kingdom, there's a fortune teller tent and you can choose to pay 50 gold to see your fortune. They said that something bad will happend to "the blonde girl" (Rin). It foreshadows Rin becomes a victim of Sylia's Dark Kiss
• Great Offscreen War: The Shadow Wars, a great war between the Light Chanters and the Dark Chanters in the past. The only thing mentioned that it had destroyed several places such as Leon Land and Miriam Realm.
• Guest-Star Party Member: Anyone who isn't Rin, Len, and Meiko only stays for a time before they eventually leave.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Everybody who accompany Len to the Temple of Air pull this to save Miku, Rin, and Meiko from the Darkloids. They get better.
• Hold The Floor: Rin decides to tell Miku, Luka, and Kaito how Len once fainted during a school Christmas play to distract them as Len goes to check the mysterious book in Kaito's room. Unfortunately, the Dark Lord notices and then trying to kill them all, before being driven off by the Holy Harmony from Leon, Lola, and Miriam.
• Infodump:
  • The intro sequences tells how the game's world was created and how the Holy Harmony grants life to the world and now contained within the Power Orbs.
  • Meiko dumps another one in Sunshine Beach, this time about the Primal Vocaloids and why Len never had the same dream as Rin and Miku, and about the Dark Prophecy.
• Jumped at the Call: Miku instantly goes on her quest when a mysterious voice told her so in her dream.
• Large Ham: Len is prone of doing over-the-top reaction, best shown in Sunshine Beach.

  Len: YOU HEAR IT, ARMIES OF DARKNESS???? I, LEN KAGAMINE, WITH FIGHT WITH ALL MY STRENGTH IN THE NAME OF LOVE AND JUSTICE!!!!!

• The Medic: Rin has various healing magic in her skill list. She's also the frailest party member and her offensive stats pales in comparison to others.
• Magic Music:
  • The titular Holy Harmony is the light of life from the gods themselves. It's also shown to be capable of doing things like banishing the Dark Lord or frees Miku from Infernal Nightmare.
  • The strongest attack of all playable characters are songs. Examples include Miku's Blast Anthem and Rin's Divine Melody.
• Mind Rape: Miku is on the receiving end of a particularly nasty one, courtesy of Demonica's Infernal Nightmare. The other Vocaloids resorting to invoke the Holy Harmony with the Power Orb of Water.
• Missing Main Character: At one point in the game, you play as Len accompanied with either Akita/Rui/Zatsune or Dell/Akaito/Rei to the Tower of Air. It's because he's the only one who manages to escape the trap in the Crumbling Tower
• Not Himself:
  • Upon meeting Kaito in Kaito Kingdom, everyone feel suspicious at how Kaito acts prideful of his status, though Miku and Luka quickly dismiss this as they got drunk. It's because he got possesed by the game's Big Bad.
  • When they visit Haku and Dell in Yowane Realm, Meiko in particular is taken aback how they're being unusually rude. Just like Kaito, they also got possessed by the Darkloids
• The One Guy: Len is the only male permanent member of Miku's party.
• Precision F-Strike: Played for Laughs. When Len goes Large Ham and declares he will protect Miku at all cost from the Dark Army, several of random girls start cheering for him. Rin secretly swearing under her breath:

  Rin: freakin' bitches...

• Reduced Mana Cost: The Wise Ring accessory reduces MP costs of skills by 50%. It's also ridiculously expensive, costing 20,000 Golds.
• Regenerating Health: Characters equpped with Vital Ring regenerate their health per turn in battle.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Gakupo and Gumi are rulers of Gumi Realm and they quickly help Miku and co. on their quest.
• Running Gag:
  • Len often gets distracted whenever the party talk to a random girl. He also keep trying to give his numbers to them, or sometimes asking for their number.
  • Random female characters often squealing when they notice Len is speaking to them.
  • Whenever Len teases her, Rin always says "Shud up."
• Satellite Love Interest: Sandra has little characterization other being Len's girlfriend.
• Skewed Priorities: Len chooses to spend his time writing another song than accompanying his sister to the dangerous Megurine Woods. Miku actuallly calls him out for this.
• Sleep Deprivation: Rin complains how the loud music in Sunshine Beach makes her couldn't sleep.
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear: Characters that leave your party will take all of their equipment.
• Something Only They Would Say: When Len suddenly accuses her of being another imposter, Meiko quickly proves she is the real Primal Vocaloid of Chaos by drinking sake and then tossing the beach party.

  Meiko: WOOHOOOO!!! Let's dance!!! *start spinning wildly*

  Rin: She is Meiko, all right...

• Spam Attack: The skill Slammer allows you to hit an enemy twice, while Double Slam and Triple Slam hits twice and thrice to random enemies. The individual hits are actually a bit weaker than normal attack.
• Status Infliction Attack: Most of Len's skills are attack that may inflict status effect, like Slumber Punch and Blinding Punch.
• Taking You with Me: The Dark Kiss spell are cast by a dying Darkloid as a last ditch attempt to kill their enemy. Rin almost dies from one when they defeat Sylia in Tower of Water.
• This Cannot Be!: Gakupo utters this in despair when Demonica steals the Power Orb of Earth.
• The Unchosen One: Len is technically this since he doesn't get the dream everyone else had for being neither a female nor a Primal Vocaloid. He still goes along for the ride anyway after Miku drags him out from his home.
• When the Planets Align: According to the Dark Prophecy, the Dark Lord shall arise and brings destruction "when the stars align in the House of Loid Among Flames and Darkness."