Because the future of the world is a continuation from here

The orbital periods between people

Today, November 28th, Ayano Kawamura will graduate from ANGERME and retire from the entertainment industry at the Nippon Budokan performance.
She is the first member since the group became ANGERME to graduate with the explicit intention of retiring from the entertainment industry. Rikako Sasaki, a member who had been there since the group's renaming, also graduated in June, meaning we have had to see off two members this year.
However, even though this is the first graduation with an explicit retirement, ANGERME has seen off four members in a single year in the past, and the fans have become unusually accustomed to graduations. (I laughed when a female fan near me while boarding the subway after THE ANGERME PERFECTION two years ago said, "I want to see them in the autumn too! Though someone will probably graduate by then." It is too tough to be an idol fan, where "Please stay these X members forever!" is the norm.)
Where does this abnormal toughness of ANGERME fans come from?
Perhaps it is because the fact that ANGERME and its alumni remain connected even after graduation, and that the scenes of "Tomoyo" or "46okunen LOVE" seen on the day of a graduation concert exist somewhere in this world, is faintly visible through the stories of current members and alumni.
Also, even for members who have started working in distant contexts, there are times when they approach each other again over time, as happened this year around Kannagi Maro (Kanon Fukuda).
Just as distant planets sometimes draw closer as they repeat their orbits.

The influence ANGERME members have on each other

That said, as mentioned earlier, Ayano Kawamura is the "first ANGERME member to graduate with the explicit intention of retiring from the entertainment industry," and as noted above, we can only confirm the closest approaches between members if they are active in public.
However, just as the tides caused by gravity and centrifugal force affect the formation of land, the influence people have on others remains irreversibly.
Moe Kamikokuryo said something similar at the Sendai performance, and Ayano Kawamura's memories and traces are certainly etched into ANGERME even now.
For example, Moe Kamikokuryo herself mentioned on Hello! Pro Mobile's "Kamiko Biyori" that "in the past, I was the type who had things I wanted to do, but even if Kawamu told me 'You can do it if you do this!', I would make excuses and not take action, but at some point, I started listening to Kawamu's advice and taking action."
Also, in another "Kamiko Biyori" episode, she mentioned that "the manager has started doing the kind of promotional activities for ANGERME that I used to do because I wanted to."
Rin Hashisako is a contemporary from their time as trainees, a member who knows memories that we can never know no matter what, and perhaps the member who most carries the traces of Ayano Kawamura.
And the Sanshoku Dango (Three-Color Dumplings).
I often think that the kindness Yukine Yonaga shows to fans is very similar to that of Ayano Kawamura (I also feel a bit of the madness that connects to Ayano Kawamura).
Rin Kawana's tendency to pursue a path until she reaches a point beyond understanding is also a bit like Ayano Kawamura.
And Wakana Matsumoto.
Regarding her, rather than pointing out "where," she will likely leave strong traces, such as receiving hand-me-down clothes, editing videos, and times when she made announcements just like Ayano Kawamura.
It would not be strange if the members I did not name above were also strongly influenced. Because what we see is not everything about the members.
And we fans have also been influenced by Ayano Kawamura. Each of us, in countless ways.

Now, I am heading to the KIRAKIRA Budokan.
It will be a very wonderful day.

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