So for some reason I felt like going back and looking at some older Fubuki stuff today and I ended up rewatching the final part of her one million subscriber stream where she read a heartfelt letter of gratitude to the Sukonbu. That made me remember that she had written us a similar one during the from 1st concert. I had never actually revisited that part of the concert to fully understand all of what she said in it (I was much worse at Japanese at the time and also couldn't pause and rewind due to watching it live). I honestly didn't remember anything about what she said at all because it had been a while, but it was a really heartfelt message and kinda puts my feeling, that she has gotten closer to the Sukonbu over the course of the last year (ever since we got our new design, which happened literal days before this concert) into perspective for me.
I figured the statue of limitations on this technically being paywalled content has long run out, so I thought I'd do my Friends a favor and translate it. Keep in mind that there might be some minor inaccuracies, but I'm fairly confident that I got most of it right. I'm only a bit fuzzy about the part about being close/distant, sorry if I misinterpreted that one.
"Dear Sukonbu, dear Friends!
First of all, thank you all so much for always watching me. At first, I thought being an Idol was just a dream. I was just a normal Otaku that liked anime and games and just joined Hololive because I wanted to make Friends. I did end up making some wonderful friends and got a lot of fans in the process, too! Of course, I really want to thank the people in Hololive for being close to me and for always being cheerful and fun. Friends are great, aren't they? I realized this once more when I joined Hololive and I always want to stay close friends with everyone! And now, to the Sukonbu! You're my precious and important friends that have seen both my good and bad sides plenty of times. I never wanted you to fall in love with me for real, but lately, I've been thinking more and more about how I want you to watch only me. We're only friends and that won't change from here on out either, but I want to keep spending fun times with you in the same way as always, sometimes close to you and sometimes more distant.
But! Shiraka-... I want to be your number one! And if I am already your number one, I am really happy about that! I don't really have the opportunity to tell you this very often and I'm often not this honest with my feelings and I'm usually a shy and timid person but I really love all of you here listening to my letter a lot! And I'm absolutely never going to tell you about it, okay?"
