[Sound check]
Good evening.
This is Murasaki Shion of the Hololive 2nd Generation.
A-ah, my heart hurts...
I've recorded this stream because I have an important announcement to deliver to all of my loyal fans. I'm really sorry for making you all worry in the time before the start of the stream.
I'll... I'll go straight to the point. Uhm, Murasaki Shion will graduate from Hololive on April 26th, 2025.
The reason is disagreement with the company's direction. It's something I've come to feel over these six and a half, almost seven years, and especially the last few of those. It's something that with time, as the years passed, grew to be bigger and bigger. Even more so now, I think it's very significant.
I went on a hiatus without deciding on a return date a little over a year ago. It was a distressful time for me. Things happened and I became mentally exhausted and, to be brief since it's a bit of a heavy thing to say, I was, frankly, struggling to keep living. I was thinking that taking a break will heal me. I was at the brink of becoming hateful toward the internet, my beloved hobby, and that feeling of "I might grow to hate the things I love" was very scary. The state of both my mental and physical health had influenced it. Even now, I'm on an outpatient stay. I'm wondering if it's something that can't be fully healed.
Many things happened, a year passed, but I haven't grown to hate [the things I love]. Past me wouldn't even have chosen to get hospitalized. Past me wouldn't have thought of trying to fix everything up, she would've given up. But she didn't. Thanks to and for you, my loyal fans, who always support me, I could find resolve to cherish myself a little bit more this past year. Once again I'm sure that the internet is my place of belonging. I'm happy if I can be on the warm, kind internet, smiling, surrounded by my loyal fans. I truly, truly, truly love you all. This is the honest truth.
I believe that if you belong to a company, to conform to its direction and to follow its rules is the right thing to do. Only, as years passed by, more and more of those came to be required, things I hadn't expected nor was ready to commit to. We're out of alignment with the company as to these things. That's why I chose graduating from Hololive.
To be honest, I was really unsure about announcing it right before FES. Despite that I decided to do it today, at this timing, because I wanted you to watch FES knowing it would be my last FES.
I said "disagreement with the direction" a lot and really, it's just that. I'm sorry that I can't say more. I'm sure you know, but I'm not very good at this kind of communication. Let's hope I'll be able to talk about it in more detail during later streams.
Lastly, I think there will be grumbling and rumors will fly after this. Please, don't get misled by speculation and only believe what you heard from my mouth. What I'm telling you now is something I thought though well. I kindly ask that there not be groundless taking out of context of my words.
Since there's still some time until my graduation, let's make a lot of memories together. I'm always thankful to you. Until the last day is over, let's have fun.
And... Now that I'm done with reading the script I carefully made, I should finish the stream, even though it was a short one. Uhm, yeah. Uhm, it's kinda a weird thing to say, but I'm really thankful for everything until now. Please, support [Shion] until April 26th, 2025, the last day. I'll give it all at FES too. Thank you, thank you for hearing me out.