I follow something like 500 idols and managers and the like on Twitter. Literally for “work.” I can’t understand more than the tiniest shred of what gets tweeted, but I know by now to look for three things: Images/videos, or URLs for them; the letters “MV”; and dates. So when I saw this date this morning:

本日のライブでお知らせしましたが、5/8のライブを最後に春野恵が夢幻レジーナから卒業することになりました。春野恵個人にとっても、夢幻レジーナにとっても、前向きな決断として受け止めていただければ幸いです。引き続き、夢幻レジーナへの応援をよろしくお願い致します☆

— 夢幻レジーナ୨୧Mugen Regina (@MugenRegina) April 10, 2016

Of course I read it, and of course I saw that one of my personal favorites, Haruno Megumi, a striking stage presence and legitimately power-voiced idol with a lot of talent, was going to graduate from Mugen Regina.

Here’s her explanation (help!):

夢幻レジーナ春野恵の報告です。
私はこのユニットに出会えてよかった。#夢幻レジーナ#春野恵 pic.twitter.com/cdRYiGuKQv

— 春野恵❤夢幻レジーナ❤5/8卒業ライブ (@haruno_megumi) April 10, 2016

Having not yet read a translation of that, I’m pretty seriously wondering out loud if she isn’t leaving due to her modeling career. As you might have ascertained from just looking at her Twitter profile pic, Megumi’s a gravure model as a serious part of her personal business, and just released a photobook IIRC. Maybe she wants to spend more time on that, or maybe management got a little bit uncomfortable with where she was going with it. Or maybe she just wanted to not idol anymore. Going to graduate school. Is pregnant. Who knows? Regardless, it seems like it’s all on good terms.

At least we’ll always have this: