Wakana Uehara on Yuki Kamifuku’s retirement:
“Quite a while ago, she’d mentioned things to me like, ‘I need to start thinking about my own retirement soon, too.’ Even so, I thought she’d still be around for a bit longer. I know the best thing to do is to send her off happily, but to be honest, I haven’t fully processed my emotions yet. Even after she retires, I want her to remember me forever. I haven’t found the right words yet, but I want to convey my own version of ’thank you’.
Even at school, I was the type who got pushed into being the class representative, a serious model student. At press conferences and similar events, I used to say only safe, harmless things, and I think I looked like a boring person from the outside. But after meeting Kamifuku-san, I became able to show a bit of my unique side.
I want her to see that I’ve become an ‘interesting woman’. I want to show her, ‘Look how much I can do now.’ I’ve been helped so much by Kamifuku-san and I’ve caused her plenty of trouble too, so I really want to show her my best side.”
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