Hello
It’s been awhile
With the miiguri on the 30th,
All my activities as a Sakurazaka46 member have officially ended.
For 10 years, I never thought these days were something to take for granted
but before I knew it, they had become an ordinary part of my everyday life.
The entire time, I felt like I was in a dream.
Deep down, there was a quiet feeling of wanting to run away from truly facing reality,
so I haven’t truly grasped that this was the end.
As the time I spent with everyone gradually decreases,
I began to face reality and started to truly feel it.
There were feelings of “loneliness”,
but the moments when I felt “affection” grew more and more.
Now, my heart is filled with that feeling,
and I’ve once again been reminded of how important everyone’s presence is to me.
To everyone who found me and supported me at some point over these past 10 years—
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
Many of you often ask if I worry about how many years or how much time you’ve been supporting me,
but whether that time is long or short,
it never really made a big difference in my heart.
Meeting you and being found by you
Means so much to me.
I have been truly happy from the bottom of my heart.
Rather, it was all of you who showed me love in so many different forms.
I felt shy putting my feelings for all of you into words.
Somehow, I was embarrassed and couldn’t find the words, so I was never able to properly convey them.
It’s far too late, but…
please let me say it now.
I truly cherish you all from the bottom of my heart — I love you.
This feeling will never change from now on.
It’s all because everyone were always there,
that I believe I was able to continue my activities until now.
The days I spent with all of you up until now
are precious ones I’ll never forget, even going forward.
These 10 years are filled with so many precious days
that it feels like my heart might overflow.
But I want to make sure none of them spill or fade away—
I’ll always, always hold them close, gently and dearly, deep in my heart.
At miiguri, all of you often say, ‘Don’t forget me, okay”,
but there’s no way I could forget that easily.
Don’t even think for a second that I’d forget you, alright~
I won’t ever, ever forget.
I’ll continue to cherish all of you from now on, too.
On the contrary, don’t you forget me, okay~
lol
I’ll take my time to think about the future ahead.
I want to say, ‘Let’s meet again,’
but with my current state of mind, I can’t make that promise.
I’m sorry.
If there ever comes a time when we meet again,
I would be grateful for your support once again.
Please be happy, always.
You found me in your life,
and allowed me to be part of it.
Thank you.
I’ve been truly happy.
Please continue to support Sakurazaka46 from now on
Mii.