I forgot, there was one more speculatory thing I was going to post.
Mizu.
Turn back now if you don't want retirement talk.
People have been saying "it's about that time". Only because three years seems to be the commonly agreed-upon proper length for a top star run.
I wouldn't mind Mizu staying longer, of course. But I think
the Mizu box is a bad sign, considering the release of
the Tani box.
So I was thinking about dates. The last day of Daybreak at Solferino is one day different from when Orleans senshuuraku was this year.
And by this time last year Touko had already announced her retirement, but Mizu hasn't. They must be well into rehearsals for Barcelona by now, and shuugoubi is the traditional time for retirements to come out... but nothing.
On the other hand, I kept thinking about how Asako's retirement announcement was behind schedule because it didn't come until Elisabeth was almost into its Tokyo run. Doing the numbers, Mizu still has a little bit of "time" before her announcement would be even later than Asako's.
In other words, watch the official site closely in the next week or so. (As if we don't do that already ;P)