Ogawa Saki graduated from S/mileage and H!P

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now i know how she felt when she saw the new members at the H!P concert. she was tearing up inside about her conflicted decision.

[Chatin]

Darn, Saki. I'm really going to miss her presence. Her voice was a breath of fresh air in a group like s/mileage. I wish her the best of luck in taking on a normal life.

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Yuuka, Kanyon and Dawa comment on their blogs
http://ameblo.jp/yuuka-maeda-blog/entry ... 22215.html
http://ameblo.jp/kanon-fukuda/entry-10995922077.html
http://ameblo.jp/wadaayaka/entry-10995921855.html

[Starra]

She was always my least favourite. Yay!

[Chatin]

I fail to see how she could have possibly been your least favorite. You like f'n Yuuko.

[Starra]

You should know by now that my tastes make no sense .

[esm]

This is so sudden.

[resop2]

My unsupported conjecture: (I won't call it a conspiracy theory out of respect to the brave people in law enforcement who prepare RICO cases who hunt down real conspiracies starting from theories)

Saki could no longer take being bullied by Koharu who was constantly trying to scare her with bugs on Oha-suta.

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Yuuka, Kanyon and Dawa comment on their blogs
http://ameblo.jp/yuuka-maeda-blog/entry ... 22215.html

Yuuka comment

Today, Sakichan…

Announced that
she is graduating from

S/mileage and Hello!Project
on August 27th.

It has only been a short time
since we formed S/mileage

But we’ve been together
for about 7 years now.

Honestly, I have this lonely feeling now but

it’s probably the same feeling
that everyone else has right now.

But this is Sakichan’s life!

Yuuka will definitely
support Sakichan(^-^)

Please don’t forget
how the 4 of us
came to become S/mileage together.

I definitely won’t forget！

The 27th will be the last event
for the 4 of us but

With all our strength, we’ll be
as excited as we can be！

http://www.takamaruyo.net/?p=426

[Zunu]

Good for her. No reason for her to continue in a career if it's not bringing her happiness, especially at her age. But Tsunku, stay classy dude, I know you invested a lot of time and money in her development, but if she's quitting so be it, no need to put in that little snipe about it being "inexcusable if she weren't a snot-nosed kid." [paraphrasing]

Anyway, the timing is kind of good and bad at the same time. Good because S/m is gonna roar back with new members. Bad because she was finally getting rid of the "fugliest member" curse, and now she won't be able to enjoy it.