🐶🌈🌼 (Saito Fuyuka 18th October 2020 blog)

 こんにちは、こんばんは。// Hello, good evening

櫻坂46の齋藤冬優花です🐷🌸 // It's Sakurazaka46's Saito Fuyuka

遅くなってしまいましたが、、、メンバーの石森虹花が卒業発表をしました。// It's a late one... But a graduation of one of the members', Ishimori Nijika, has been announced

そのことについて、まだお話できていなかったので、改めてブログに書きたいと思います！// I haven't been able to talk about this yet, so allow me to write it in my blog!

急な発表と卒業で、ファンの方も大変驚いたと思います。// I think that the fans were very surprised by the sudden graduation

虹花のファンの方は、特に悲しかったですよね、、、// Nijika's fans must've felt especially sad, weren't you?...

虹花に似て、心優しい方が多かったイメージだったので、少し心配です。// I'm a little worried because my image of them is that there is a lot of kind-hearted person, just like Nijika

私も、とっても悲しかったです。// I was very sad too

虹花はずっと私の心の支えでした。// Nijika has always been my emotional support

本当に優しくて、同い年だけど姉みたいな感覚で、普段から面倒を見てもらっていた感じです。// She's truly kind, and even thought we have the same age, she felt like an older sister, took care of me on a regular basis.

仕事についても、メンバーの中で一番よく話した相手だったと思います。// I think she was the one I talked to most often among the members, even including about work

ポジションでシンメが多かったり、担う役割が似ていたり、なので悩み事も同じことが多くて、お互い辛い時は声をかけあって、頑張ろう頑張ろうって、言い合ってきました。// We had many symmetrical positions, and our roles were similar, so we often had the same worries, and we would talk to each other when we were having a hard time, and then tell each other "Let's do our best"

私に辛いことがあった時、レッスンの合間に号泣してしまった私を、抱きしめてずっと側にいてくれたのも虹花でした。// When I had a hard time, and cried between the lessons, it was Nijika who hugged me and stayed by my side

虹花がいなかったら、私は欅坂を最後まで続けられていなかったかもしれません。// If it wasn't for Nijika, I might not have been able to continue my activities in Keyakizaka until the end

それくらい、たくさん助けられました。// That's how much she helped me

虹花に出会えて、本当に本当に良かったです。// I am truly, truly glad to have met Nijika

ずっと大切な存在です。// She will always be an important presence for me

たくさんのありがとうと、おつかれさまを伝えたいです。// I want to convey to her many thanks, and thank you for the good work

ありがとう。// Thank you