Erika officially graduated the other day and apparently there was no flowers or ceremony dedicated to her, this saddens me a little but its good that Maimi had the heart to write some touching words for her.

The letter was written on the above photo and has been kindly translated by Chikichi from Hello online:

DEAR…My beloved Eri

Congratulations on your graduation. Having to part from you sure makes me feel lonely.
You know, I really like the kindness and generousity that you have shown to everyone.
No matter who is in trouble, you always take notice right away and offer your support.
You have given all of us so much of your attention.
Seeing you offer your help to others makes me want to work hard to become more like you. I learned a lot from watching you.
The two of us have been very close for these seven years that we spent together – there are so many incredible memories that I cannot begin to count.
There were times when we laughed together, and times when we cried together. All of those times are moments that I will treasure.
Although our ways are separated, this road that we had walked on together will remain the same, and I will continue to value all those steps we took
We probably will not have the chance to see each other as often as we have been, but you have always wanted to become a model, and I will support you more than anyone else.
Without you with us, °C-ute will work even harder to make up for your absence.
Thank you so much for all your kindness throughout the years. Thank you for treating me as family and listening to everything I had to say.
I will never forget all the difficult times and enjoyable moments that we experienced while we chased after our dream together.
Let’s put everything we have towards our dreams, and let’s make sure we both reach our goals!! I really like you and I always will

FROM Maimi.

Isn’t that sweet?  I’m honestly feeling quite touched by Maimi’s sentiments, who needs a lousy graduation ceremony anyway? a letter from Maimi is enough.
I’m not sure if any other girls wrote letters to her but if I find them I’ll try and get them translated and posted here.

Somehow I love Maimi even more now which I didn’t think could happen … I guess I should go get that tattoo idea I’ve been thinking about …

Dear lord … it’s been about 12 minutes since Kanna left, and now we learn that Erika Umeda will also be leaving the now 5 girl group C-ute.

To some this news will shock, to some this news will sadden … to others like me this news makes me LOL.

to sum up my sentiments here is a recent exchange on #WOTACHAT …

Joking aside, what the hell is going on? at this rate C-ute will be a solo artist by the end of the month (please be Maimi).

Apparently Erika has aspirations to become a ‘model’ … we can only speculate as what type of model she intends to be.

I’m slightly curious to wonder who will perform Do Don Ga Don Ondo?

I’m not sure if Erika has a large fanbase but I know that Vee from Pink Wota will be distraught when she finds out (I’ll be on Skype for counselling if needed).

Are you a fan of Erika? has this news been a fatal blow to your fandom? … what will be the future of C-ute?

Why do you think Erika is REALLY leaving? Vee speculates that her and Kanna are having a super sexy secret love affair … R34 anyone?

Can you all remember my post about Kanna leaving? of course you can, it was like 13 minutes ago, anyway … if anyone doubts that Tsunku doesn’t read my blog then think again … here is a screen cap of a fairly prophetic remark I made … it turns out that its all my fault that Erika is leaving … GOSH!

All this talk of graduation has got me thinking, namely about Morning Musume …

It’s only a matter of time before a girl decides to call it a day from Morning Musume … the big question is WHO?

I’ve decided to create a poll so everyone can vote which girl will be going next … who do you think? is there anyone you want to go?

I think Aichan might be pushing it … shes been in Morning Musume about 20 years now anyway … lets fan those flames of speculation …