A lot of people took a deep breath when this popped out the other day:

[重要なお知らせ]
昨日7/24(金祝)中野サンプラザ公演を経て、この度ぜんぶ君のせいだ。は8月の初旬を目処に”一時”活動休止致します。いつも応援頂いている皆さまに突然のお知らせとなり誠に申し訳ありません。詳細は改めて後日アナウンス致します。 #ぜんぶ君のせいだ https://t.co/f35NxHEozS pic.twitter.com/S9hpQrk8zO

— ぜんぶ君のせいだ。 (@zenbukiminosei) July 24, 2020

I think we all anticipated the other shoe to drop in that timeframe, and last night did/not disappoint:

[重要なお知らせ]
この度ぜんぶ君のせいだ。メンバー「一十三四」「凪あけぼの」の2名が8/10(月祝)をもって脱退する事となりました。合わせて同日をもってグループは”一時”活動休止となります。下記詳細にて。 #ぜんぶ君のせいだ https://t.co/CnIS2A06bp pic.twitter.com/34DRR1BAN8

— ぜんぶ君のせいだ。 (@zenbukiminosei) July 30, 2020

Yotsu and Akebono out, and then more hiatus, for goodness knows how long.

This sucks. Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da was far from my first idol group, but the first time I experienced this was probably the day I went from “I really like this thing that’s happening in Japan” to “I absolutely must tell the world about this.” And check it — that was five years ago. The group has grown and gone through so much in that time. They and their music became an event, something not to be missed. I once pulled over my car on the side of a highway because they surprise-dropped one of the patented Codomomental two-hour previews and I absolutely had to hear it.

The long-timers, Yotsu and Megumi and Mashiro, they’re genuinely special to me as performers. The latter two we get to keep, the former though now lost. And poor Kerrie! Yet another oshi out the door.

Anyway, never forget that idol is capricious and stupid.