The history of Hatsune Miku begins in 18th-century Hetalia Italy. There’s this famous Italian dude, see, called Bartolomeo Cristofori, whose main area of skill was in making instruments. And not just any instruments—keyboards, which at the time were these horribly tinkly little things where doinky featherquills plucked at an array of strings to create a metallic jingle-jangle effect. This is known