As is apparently tradition, Pekora once again lamented that she wished she became closer to Kanata sooner. And in their stream, they found out that they are quite similar and they mostly shot the shit, which did lead to Pekora requesting no clips of the stream (edit: probably only the part of the stream where they talked about relationships between talents). With that said, a couple points they talked about that I think are worth noting are as followed.
First, Kanata (re)emphasized that if she were to succinctly summarize her reason for graduation, then it *is* because she reached the limit of her mind and body. More specifically, she cannot see herself continuing like this, and she also has difficulty envisioning a return after a long hiatus, and she thought that she might as well end it cleanly.
In addition, Pekora mentioned how she always thought that Kanata always went all out, and Kanata followed up on that and acknowledged that while she is not burned out as such, it is rather that she does not feel like giving her 100% anymore. In a sense, it perhaps can be said that more recently she has been matching the energy of management, in that in the past she used to "tap dance" (her literal words) near the line when it comes to working with management, but she has not been feeling it.
Second, they were seemingly partially joking, but both Pekora and Kanata talked about how they really don't like all the Japanese corporate manners and expectations stuffs, and while these are not unique to Cover, the bottom line is that Kanata does not complain publicly much to not cause problems for other Holomem, but she only ever grudgingly tolerates those.
Third, Kanata decided to graduate around 6 months ago, and even though she tried her best to act as usual, she was different enough that plenty of Holomem could sense it. In fact, Pekora was insightful enough to have outright asked Kanata if she's graduating, but apparently Kanata's answer was enough that Pekora forgot all about that until Kanata reminder her.
Fourth, both Kanata and Pekora talked about the matter of perspective. Specifically, Pekora acknowledged the stretch of several years during which there were no graduation, and she herself did not even conceive of graduation as an option until Aqua. Kanata also further elaborated that while a large part of her decision to graduate is her idol aesthetics/ideal, objectively recently Kanata has been able to live more healthily and she is feeling good about that.
In fact, Kanata affirmed that she reserves around 2 months for rest, but then afterward she plans to go to Hello Work (Japanese government employment support service) to find a normal job and return to society. On an interesting note, Kanata asked Pekora to treat her, and one thing led to another and in the end it is revealed that Pekora only has the Line contact of 4 Holomem + now Kanata.
Fifth, Kanata emphasized that two things can be true at the same time: that she most certainly has plenty of criticisms of Cover, and that her graduation is not acrimonious and she wished Cover could improve for the sake of the remaining Holomem, and she also really emphasized how she wished her "sacrifice" could help with improvement.
Sixth, on a somewhat somber note, Kanata and Pekora indirectly talked about the fact that everyone has their circumstances. Specifically in the case of Kanata, (1) firstly as a sensitive soul who really cares about not causing problem, she really dislikes Cover's (wishy-washy, no-clear-lines) NDA and even now she is already planning to be mindful when talking with Holomem, such as Pekora, after her graduation so as to not cause *them* problem.
(2) Secondly, when prompted by Pekora, Kanata self-identified as a not particularly socially adept person, and she admitted that there *are* talents with whom she does not have a good relationship just because of a personality mismatch. It was never an actionable problem, in that she had no problem working professionally with any Holomem, but Kanata went back to the tried-and-true metaphor of Hololive as a classroom to explain how it's not all rainbow and sunshine.
In the end, Pekora did tell Kanata to return whenever she wants, they did promise to keep in contact, and they joked about how Pekora finds it easier to arrange trips/meals with graduated members, so overall the vibe is all right, I think.
