May as well just come right out and say it: GANG PARADE‘s Maaya is almost certainly on the way out:
イヌカイマアヤ休養のお知らせ|GANG PARADE official https://t.co/bnjwFugziX
— GANG PARADE official (@GANG_PARADE) September 15, 2016
The official release on the GANG PARADE website could not be more on the nose: We’ve been in discussions, and we’re all deciding that she needs to take a break. To rest.
Like, nothing at all like Ao’s departure. This is terse and probably definitely just some CYA until after their album releases. Which … how dumb! Are they not in the audition process for Ao’s replacement right now? At least she had a sensible reason to be out, the tension between idol and family.
Anyway, this is all dumb. I hate when people leave groups because they’re in a fight with management over something (and it’s always WACK-affiliated, you know?). Yasui Yuhi’s departure from Billie Idle wasn’t quite the same thing, but it left the same distaste. Can’t even blame the BiSwagon this time around, either.
The first draft of this post was so heavily snarkified that I had to pull it back and play it straight; when you’re referring to gnostic philosophical archetypes and Daenerys Targaryen in a single blurb, you’ve gone too far.
UPDATE: Wow, just looked at Saki’s Twitter, and she’s in a very public talking-myself-through-this thing.
I love you. I need you.
— カミヤサキ 11/13新宿BLAZE (@kamiyasaki_GANG) September 15, 2016
まーやが、休養する事になりました。
皆に、沢山、もどかしい思いや心配をかけてしまって申し訳ない気持ちでいっぱいです。ごめんね。きちんと皆さんにご報告出来るよう、まーや休養については落ち着いてからしっかりご報告させて下さい。https://t.co/8J13Yhginq
— カミヤサキ 11/13新宿BLAZE (@kamiyasaki_GANG) September 15, 2016
17日からは、3人でのライブになりますが、まーやの帰りをまち、変わらずGANG PARADEは活動していきます。
今は皆に不安ばかり感じさせているかもしれない。でも、進んでいけるように、皆の戸惑いをいつかは晴らせるように頑張っていきたいと思っています。
よろしくお願いします!— カミヤサキ 11/13新宿BLAZE (@kamiyasaki_GANG) September 15, 2016
こわくてtwitterみれないかもとおもったんですけど、いろんな意見あるとおもうんですけど、
さっき謝ってばかりだったので、これだけは言わせてください、
こんななのに応援してくれて本当にありがとう。あなたたちがいなかったら私はいません。本当にありがとう。— カミヤサキ 11/13新宿BLAZE (@kamiyasaki_GANG) September 15, 2016
Ruthless af. I never like drama, but this kind of sudden departure is the worst. Even Yuffy got a tearful final concert with BiS, and by all accounts she was no friend of Pour Lui’s at that point. They leave the door open for a return with terms like “hiatus” and “rest” but that always means a week or two with no news, then a little one-liner tweet like “oh, she’s gone for good btw.” RIP Maaya.
Then again, Saki herself had a pretty notable hiatus from the group…
All in for the Maayathon!
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