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About Tanjiro Taidana - An Important PSA + Rant

TRIGGER WARNING: THIS POST COVERS GR00M1NG AND P3D0PH1L1@.

Hello, Shimmer/Ripple/that one Fukase tuner here.

I know I said what my next post will be about, but this is way more important than vocal synths.

If you have been on VocaTwitter or Discord in the past week, you may know what this is about. If you are unaware of what is going on, sit back and relax, and have some eye bleach on standby.

I decided to make this post to spread further awareness about this ongoing controversy, especially since I have not seen a single post on Tumblr about it. I am sure there are somewhere, my dumbass probably just missed them.

Now, without further ado, let us dive right in.

"Who is Tanjiro Taidana?"

First things first, he is fortunately not the Demon Slayer protagonist, nor is he related to that franchise in any shape or form.

Tanjiro was a popular UTAU cover artist from the Philippines. He used Kasane Teto for 90% of his covers, but has used other Vipperloids as well.

He was well known for various Teto covers, including; "The Lost One's Weeping - Sat1080 Mix", "Usseewa", "Patchwork Staccato", "Abstract Nonsense", "Tokyo Teddy Bear", and "This Fucked Up, Wonderful World Exists for Me". Tanjiro would often make his own UST files and put them on Patreon, and he had a ton supporters.

He was a big deal in the vocal synthesizer community, with a YouTube subscriber count of over 73.5k. People considered him to be the Teto tuner. He inspired a ton of cover artists and producers, including myself. Hell, if it were not for Tanjiro, I would have never gotten into making covers. At the time, I really looked up to him, and he influenced my style a lot.

Now, I wish he never had anything to do with my passion.

"What did Tanjiro Do?"

IN CASE YOU MISSED THE FIRST TRIGGER WARNING, THE REST OF THIS POST CONTAINS MENTIONS OF P3D0PH1L1@ AND GR00M1NG.

On August 21st, 2024, Tanjiro was exposed as a pedophile who groomed a minor for over three years. A former Twindrill Revolution (TDR) server moderator by the name of Vorg created a Google Doc that contains explicit evidence of Tanjiro's actions. I am not going to post any of the screenshots here for obvious reasons, you can see them for yourself: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1f_OqfpbVOQL9uiCUwN6RA6zF6eV0m_Se-9OavMe8d1s/mobilebasic

If you do not wish to see it, I completely understand and will do my best to summarize what happened.

The victim, who was a minor at the time, posted artwork containing fan-service in TDR, and Tanjiro DMed them. The victim initially assumed that he reached out to warn them about sending suggestive artwork... but instead, he asked for the entire image.

What. The actual fuck.

From there, Tanjiro and the victim spoke more, and the groomer made a private server for sharing and making NSFW fanart. They started talking more sexually, and Tanjiro admitted that he would, ahem, "touch himself while looking at their art".

The victim soon developed a crush on Tanjiro, who initially rejected their confession as he was seven to eight years older than them. However, Tanjiro eventually gave in after seeing the victims depressed reaction to his rejection. Then, it escalated from NSFW artwork to sexting and exchanging... nudes.

Eventually, when the victim had turned nineteen, they decided to break up with Tanjiro as they felt as their relationship with him had become cold.

Tanjiro's response.

After being confronted by the moderators of the TDR server, Tanjiro admitted to his actions and released an "apology" Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NUuPwS9LYFNYc6dopa97QybBYd275_xXg0SlAK5zlUM/edit?pli=1

He was banned from the TDR server, which is being rebranded into a Vipperloid community. He privated all of his YouTube videos and put his socials on hiatus. He also deleted his Pateron and released all of the USTs he had up for download on it.

My Opinion

FUCK YOU YOU MANIPULATIVE PIECE OF SHIT. GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR ACTIONS, NOBODY IS GOING TO FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. YOU ONLY MADE THAT BULLSHIT DOCUMENT TO SAVE FACE AND TO NOT LOSE YOUR FANBASE. A BUNCH OF USTS WON'T FIX ANYTHING. LETS BE REAL, YOU FEEL NO ACTUAL REMORSE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. I HOPE YOU ROT IN PRISON AND BURN IN FUCKING HELL.

Ahem. Sorry, I just wanted to get that off of my chest.

But yeah, I don't think Tanjiro is actually sorry. His apology was pretty guilt-trippy, and it seemed like it was directed more at his community than the person he hurt. I'm sure if he was never caught red-handed, he would have never come forth with this. It's just to prevent his image from being dragged through the mud.

I mean, just look at this line that has been getting memed on by VocaTwitter:

"Because of my disgusting attitude, I don't think I would be coming back from making music. Pretty sure even Kasane Teto won't let me sing songs for me anymore."

Why would you even consider to bring up a voicebank in a apology for something so severe? It just goes to show how genuine this guy's words are... not. Is this a joke? Plus, it feels like he's trying to guilt us into forgiving him, like, "I won't return to music production, you guys will lose another cover artist...", as well as, "my mental health is bad, so I did bad things instead of getting help.".

Then there are his USTs... I don't know why he thinks that will soften the overall damage. First off, who wants to use a file made by a pedophile? At least to me, it would feel icky to tune and credit Tanjiro for it. Also, I am certain that there are other existing USTs out there of all of the songs he has covered, so there is not much of a point to receiving them. And once again, a bunch of files will never fix the pain he has caused for the person he groomed. Personally, I believe he is trying to bribe us into forgiving him by releasing his USTs to the public.

Anyways, why did he do this in the first place? What "desires" did this kid evoke in Tanjiro? Is it so hard for adults to like other adults? Based on what he stated in the document, he knew damn well that what he was doing was wrong... yet he went ahead and did it anyway?

No matter how much you apologize for your actions, pedophilia can never be justified. You can never reverse the damage and trauma you have caused to the victim. This person looked up to you a ton, and you severely traumatized them. Shame on you.

Forget hiatus, we do not want someone like you to ever come back to our community, or any place for that matter.

To the victim, you're probably tired of hearing this, but I just wanted to say that I am so sorry for what you have been through. You should never have gone through what this fucking kiddie fiddlier put you through. Despite what this creep's fanbase has been using to defend him with (I will cover that in a moment), you are not to blame here. Tanjiro was a diabolical asshole who manipulated you to get what he wanted.

Remember, you are not alone in this. You are loved, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I hope you can heal from this soon, and that you never have to experience something like this ever again.

A Message for Tanjiro's Remaining Supporters

When this situation initially came to light, I noticed many people on Twitter, Discord, and VocaDB were throwing around a lot of shit. Some were trying to defend Tanjiro's actions, while others cared less about the victim and more about his content. I have some stuff to say about that...

"Tanjiro was not in the wrong here! The teenager was the one who confessed to him!"

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS?!

How many times do I have to say this? They were groomed by him. Tanjiro took advantage of the victim's admiration for him to commit some sickening acts. A lot of grooming victims tend to develop feelings for their abuser, but that is not their fault. Tanjiro was the adult in the situation, and he was well aware of how damaging this sort of relationship was. He should have never reached out to the minor in the first place, and should have maintained boundaries between his fans. But he never did that, and exploited this person for his own benefit.

"Okay, this is absolutely horrible... but does anybody have his [insert cover title] cover on them? I don't want his music to be lost!"

Are you fucking with me right now?! Do you people not understand the severity of the situation?!

This person is a pedophile who groomed a minor... and you guys care more about his content disappearing? This goes to show that you do not care about the person Tanjiro has hurt, as your priorities lie somewhere else. Who cares if Tanjiro's work is lost forever? That's actually a good thing, because I don't want to watch or listen to shit made by a pedophile.

If you guys are desperate for Teto content, there are tons of cover artists and UTAU producers out there who are not pieces of shit. I've seen that a lot of people labelled Tanjiro's tuning as "realistic" and top tier... but it really is not as amazing as you guys claim. His USTs are quite mid (see below)... I'm sure that the reason why people make a big deal about them is due to the flairs he would add; the growls, usage of appends, melody changes, runs, adlibs, etc. Or, it could be his mixing that cleans up Teto's voice. Like come, this is the man that has stolen peoples base files and tried to sell them off as his own, along with using AutoPitchWriter for paid commissions.

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Or, just make your own Teto covers. UTAU, OpenUTAU and Teto's UTAU voicebanks are completely free, along with lite versions of SynthesizerV and Teto AI. Problem solved.

But the next you want to try to find one of Tanjiro's covers, please stop and think about what this man did, and remember what is more important here. Be respectful to the victim.

"I don't want to take down the covers I made with his UST(s)..."

Again, I am appalled that this is where your priorities lie.

First things first, most of the covers that I have seen with Tanjiro's files are plug-in and plays. Just take one look at Urabe No Sekai's cover with his "Lost Ones Weeping" UST; she just added an adlib at the start and end, and lowered two parts by an octave. Therefore, since most people have done little to no work with the files, there should be no issue with removing them.

The same goes for those who put time and effort into retuning the USTs; just take the covers down, find another UST (or make your own), and tune it. Think of it this way; not only would doing this be respectful to the victim, but your new covers will show how much your tuning has improved.

There really should not be any argument here. Take down the covers, remake them with USTs made by different people, done.

Conclusion

If you have made it to the very end, thank you. I hope you have a better understanding of the situation now.

To Tanjiro, fuck you. Do not ever show your face anywhere, because we do not want to ever see you again.

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