NEWS is gone..

[tellytelly]

I wanted to not believe it... i thought there was still a chance till it was officially announced on Johnny's web.
and then there it was, a single button, and in the profile page, NEWS became 4 people only

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[tellytelly]

I don't think there would be any good bye thing. If I remembered right Jin left after kattun had decided on concerts and then they just pulled him out from the plan, as simple as that. So if it's over it's over, they immediately took down Pi and Ryo's pics from news like there could absolutely be no turning back.
Yes Pi is so disappointing. It's almost like the past was a lie, News was just sth for him till he could build a solid base to go solo, and sure News was really for him initially years ago, everything was about him, that makes it even meaner to just leave. Remember back then shige played a prank on koyama ( or vice versa) saying that yamapi was leaving News and koyama cried because he kinda knew that News wouldn't exist without Pi , Pi's selfish decision to leave his bandmates really infuriates me, altho him going on a solo concert really gave us a Hugh clue... I don't get it why they can't just stay like this tho, it's ok that they do nothing, but Leaving !! （ ｉ _ ｉ ）
Ryo is the passive kind of person, so I'm kinda positive this wasn't his idea..
And I'm sorry to say News' songs were much better than Pi's solo songs..

[decemberpie]

Some people argue that he probably really meant what he said back then, what he said to the fans. That might be true, but he still must've known somehow that he would leave. If not, then this would have been a super fast decision! Right? That's what so far doesn't really add up to me.

My thoughts are that;

Yamapi's solo was a "test" to see if he could make it.

Ryo has just been thinking about it for a long time. Now was the time.

Tegomass has been boosted a lot again so they could be noted and be more popular before NEWS' loss.
More or less noone knows Koyashige in Japan except for the fans + some more. They needed to establish Tegomass more.

FOR ME, in other words:

THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED

Yamapi should have known back then. I can't really think of any excuses for him. As long as he's happy I guess?

[tellytelly]

Ya I agree , this should have been planned. That's why they've been putting so much emphasis on tegomass and then shige had some stage plays and koyama his news caster . Ryo had tons of work anyway, so only thing left was to test if yamapi really worked as a solo artist, and the results were so encouraging, even without the five his CDs sold well and his concert sold out, so they were ready to separate. I kinda regret that I supported Pi's solo con as well, but I went cos I wanted to support News, too bad it gave a wrong idea...
I dunno how this could have been better explained to us than suddenly giving us this horrifying news and then the next second taking their names down like they never existed.
Maybe if Pi hadn't given us so mcu promises we would have been better prepared for what was coming.
I feel a bit sorry for Ryo actually. If in a way this wasn't his intention, of course he might have thought about choosing one side for a long time, I trusted him that he really did like working in two groups...

[decemberpie]

Someone else said this:

"Yeah, I'm so, so disappointed in Yamapi. I thought he was better than that. Wondering too if Ryo's decision to leave was because of Pi wanting to go solo. He wouldn't be able to carry NEWS on his own (because as much as I love them, all of them, it would end up being Ryo carrying them as a group), so the only option would be for him to leave too.
"

Also, Ryo apologized and said he was really sorry. Hell, even Tego did too, but not Yamapi! I'm actually geting angrier and angrier at him. Everyone else seems to be able to forgive Ryo somewhat, but not Yamapi.

[tellytelly]

That's how I feel too at least, because Ryo gives me the feeling that he actually adores the attention he gets and the previlege of being in two groups , and besides he had always been in Kanjani and News without any problems and the k8 members have all accepted the fact that they had to share Ryo with News so it's so highly unlikely now that Ryo would think that he had to leave because he couldn't manage. I just think it's the most logical reason to give when he has to leave, and yes he couldnt just stay and lead the 4 of them altho I wished he would, but the 6 ppl News was always somewhat in three pairs of two , it was just impossible like that .
I'm beginning to put all the blame on Pi too.
Some leader to leave the group hanging there and their fans so sad and frustrated like this.
Ever since only tegomass had releases and concerts and Pi had solo activities, we should have kinda been warned I guess .....