An Epilogue

This weekend, Kano Hanayori will no longer be here. She was the gateway to my VTuber experience and how I discovered Hanayori Girls’ Dorm, my most favorite Virtual Group, even if disbanded. I understand her need for a redebut, to start things over, and I accept her decision as always. I don’t have a say because it’s none of my business, and the only decision I have to make is to continue supporting her in other forms or not.

But even so, knowing that those archives would be removed forever – I still hate this kind of memory wipe. Knowing Kano, it’s possible that she does this so we won’t get stuck in the past forever.

In that case, to be frank, whether I move on or not is also none of her business. But I digress.

In an event that seems like an epilogue for the full year I’ve spent with Hanayori Girls’ Dorm, I had a lot of thoughts coming to my mind. They were mostly a bittersweet thought lamenting the past just like the last September.

Strangely enough, I feel courageous. I have no regrets spending time with the soon-to-be previous Kano. I know I’ll move on soon enough. I know I can take what is about to happen as it comes, and run past it quickly.

I’ve heard a familiar voice urging me to do my best together from now on. I’m not alone.

「みんな一緒に頑張ろね」

そう言われると、何でもできるような気がする。

Even if I have to lose yet another treasure, I’ll keep moving forward without getting discouraged, dragging these memories along.

Let’s do our best together.