[Kikaru]

I personally don't mind the way it was sung. I don't think it was as much as a cutesy voice as much as a "nasally voice", which I notice she tend to use in songs (apart from rock) that have higher pitch, so I always thought it wasn't really as much as being "cute" as using that technique to hit the right pitch live. And yeah, the nasally voice is often associated with the cutesy voice, but her cutesy songs tend to be higher pitched. I often feel like for her that's an easier way to sing higher pitched, especially for some of her earlier songs.

Granted, I think she does act cartoon-ish with that voice at times, but often I can feel like it's there on purpose, and she knows it is cartoonish, because for most interviews and the way she talks in tours and stuff it's regular, at least to the point where I don't really notice or can't recall specific details.