Well, no one else has yet posted the full list of retiring Sorasiennes in their journal... Probably because we're all still in denial. But I guess I'll do it.
Yucchi-san. Of all the upperclassmen, she was pretty high on my list of Likely to Retire. But her departure will bring down the count of original Soragumisei to... six? T______T
At irimachi yesterday, she went in alone.
Masami. Ever since the new top announcement I've been pretty worried about her. The new Phoenix summary only justified my fear.
She had three or four fans with her yesterday and looked beautiful and poised as always.
Asu-chan. I suppose it's about that time. But I will miss her and her flowered hats and her flat shoes. And I wasn't really ready for a mass exodus of 87ths.
When she went in yesterday, she looked like she had been crying a little.
Risa-chan. Every time I see her I love her more; I was really getting attached to her and now this.
She was accompanied by one fan yesterday and was being sweet as always.
Kanachin. I guess I can understand why she would choose this time to leave, but it seems a waste right when she'd gotten to her last year of shinkos... :(
Yesterday she went in with Seiko and Kuracchi.
Rabi-chan. Why? ;__; Such a sweet and cute girl, also in her last year of shinkos, and she's got at least one dedicated fan whom I've seen accompanying her a lot lately...
Either that person or someone else was with her yesterday.
Sakkun. Kind of saw this one coming, I guess, considering how she tends to look bored offstage and is virtually invisible onstage.
Yesterday she went in with Susshii-san. Kumichou-san was saying something that was making her laugh a lot. <3
Yes, I know, I went out of order.
Eriko. I just... I have no words. I was totally unprepared for this; I don't think anyone saw it coming. The hole that she will leave in Soragumi and in my heart is enormous.
I didn't see her at iri yesterday; her standby time was almost an hour earlier than Alice-chan's.