There’s one more unique aspect to the doll, which is that while Hina Miku is supposed to take the place of the empress hina ningyo, Mataro is bucking tradition by not pairing her with an emperor.
Hina ningyo, the dolls representing and emperor, empress, and their attendants, are unquestionably symbols of Japanese culture.
While Hatsune Miku has shown herself to be eminently merchandisable, this one-of-a-kind hina ningyo isn’t for sale.
Still, there are plenty of otaku who will passionately champion the artistic merits of 3-D recreations of anime girls, and here to blur the line between those two classes of dolls is a Hatsune Miku hina ningyo.