Suzuki Kanon-Tribute Post

A day after Meimi's graduation, now it's Kanon's turn. I'm just so sad about the fact that 2 of my favorite members are graduating around the same time. So this girl, the one thing I have to say is that she was the best! I feel like Zukki dealt with so many things in the group such as her weight gain and loss and the amount of hate she got just for that. But she was always smiling and didn't give up till the end. She was known as an chubby idol and was able to turn that into something people knew her for.

The one thing I remember about her in the audition was that she has an potential to have a powerful voice. I was right about that. Although she didn't get a lot lines in the singles, her voice always just stood out(in a good way). When she lost 9kg, I honestly thought she looked more prettier. But I figured that it wasn't a healthy weight for her. I remember how the Japanese fans said she looks a lot prettier when she lost weight and I agreed with that but losing that much weight in a short amount of time, again it just wasn't good for her. Although she lost the weight and gained it back, I was happy that someone like Zukki was in the group. Someone who isn't skinny in an idol group isn't very common unless it's an chubby idol group. She was someone who was able to show that you don't have to be skinny to be an idol and I wish there are more people who can represent that. I feel like we need more different type of people to show that nobody is perfect and it's okay to not be skinny as long as you're happy.

Anyways, I ended up getting off topic. I'm really really going to miss Zukki. She was just a special gem in the group and I hope she will still make a lot of people with the job she wants to do in the future.

Tamura Meimi-Tribute Post

So today is the day. Tamura Meimi is going to graduate from ANGERME and Hello! Project. I swear, it feels like yesterday when she joined S/mileage originally as a sub member then the next day her graduation was announced and the day after, she's graduating. It's just so hard to believe it's already been 4 years since she joined the group and it's just so sad that she's  not going to be ANGERME anymore.

During the audition for 2nd generation, she was known as that girl with the high pitch cutesy voice. I remember so many people disliking her because of that and she shouldn't have got in. I thought that too at the time. Then she started getting more lines in the singles and when I first heard her "powerful" voice, I was thinking to myself "this girl is actually good at singing". Slowly I started realizing the voice she had was the voice S/mileage needed. Also she was starting to become my favorite member. Whenever I would see her on Girls Live, she just made me smile and I can just tell this girl is just so full of energy. But I didn't realize that she was my favorite till maybe 1 or 2 years ago. I remember going to the Hello Project store and I didn't get any pictures of her because at the time, she wasn't my absolute favorite and I highly regret that.

In conclusion, I hope Meimi will achieve her dream of becoming a musical actress. I am going to miss her but it's better to follow your passion than to just stay where you are if there's a bigger goal you want to achieve. Also, seeing her acting in plays and musicals, this girl is going to be an awesome actress and I wish her the best of luck.