Sena Jun retirement announcement

[matataku_hoshi]

...is anyone really surprised?

I have mixed feelings on this one.  I feel like Asako overstayed her time and I hated the fact that the company never gave her a new partner after Mihoko, but there are also performances of hers that I really love (Ernest and Love and Me and My Girl, namely).  Also, I got into fandom in January of 2007.  From the top stars of that time, only Mizu is left o.O

Whew, what a crazy year for retirements.

Comments

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I can't say I'm surprised by this at all. Ever since Elisabeth was announced, I've been expecting it. Sort of expected her to go with that, but I suppose losing Touko/Asuka, Tonami and Tani/Ume in repid succession over 3 months would have been a bit too much.

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

True. Then again, in 2006 there was Wao retiring in the spring, and then Wataru, Komu, and Kashige ALL retiring in succession. Talk about a crazy year!

The way things line up it seems like every few years you suddenly get everyone retiring all at once -_-;

As for Elisabeth...well, the production itself seems to have turned out decently from what I've heard. But I still think tsuki was a strange choice to be the troupe chosen to perform it. My guess is that Asako wanted to go out on a show that was written for her?

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I think Sena's secretly been hankering for Death for ages, and wanted to do it before she left ;) She's stunning vocally. I've not heard a Death so strong since Ichiro Maki in the original, and that really surprised me. Plus, the change in style and mood is great :)