I laughed and laughed and laughed.
And I cried and cried and cried.
I didn't think I would, I was all 大人しい and すっきりした and hardly cried at all during the show. (Except at the end of the play half when Ai-ai-chan couldn't hold back the tears looking at her "mother" and made EVERYONE in Alice Club cry.)
But then Susshii-san, Ayumi-san, Yuuhi, Sumika and Tomu came to the farewell party carrying the MASSIVE love letter that Tomu made for Alice-chan for Taiyouzoku. Plus the practice one. So there were TWO, both reading アリス愛してる. Which, if held up lengthwise, were almost as tall as me. HUGE.
I cried like the dickens then.
And then those STUPID 88THS had to get me going again, especially Dai-chan who was a COMPLETE BABY and bawled and hid her face behind the pink sparkly Alice fan she had made when they were all singing to Alice-chan. Dai-chan = singing fail. Everyone else = harmonized amazingly.
OH, Kasshii was our MC in addition to Chii-chan this time ♥ ♥ ♥ She looks so different now, and when I say different I mean like an ordinary girl so I hardly recognized her but ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Basically everyone in Soragumi came -- with the exception of a few babies who were probably MCing at other parties, and Micchan who is excused on account of still recovering from whatever injury she had.
I love this troupe. I love this big family and how they overflow with love for each of their members. Alice-chan entreated us to continue supporting Soragumi in her speech, and I intend to do just that.
I started this day with 実感がない and am ending the day... somewhat tipsy and 実感がない again. I can't quite believe it, it doesn't quite feel like it's over.
Maybe it isn't, for all I know. Alice-chan said her plans to travel to France fell through, but she's going on holiday somewhere else... And then who knows. Something new could be just around the corner.
She was so gracious at 見送り. So patient through my stumbling Japanese as always. So kind to
3peanuts as well.
I'm rambling, sorry, I've been drinking... I meant to do this post differently, but...
アリスちゃんの幸せをひたすら祈っています。