Farewell speech.

With the harsh cold of winter leaving us, the cherry blossom buds have begun to swell, and the pleasant fragrance of spring has blessed this wonderful day.
Sara, Mirena, congratulations on your graduation.

Sara, who joined in 2014 nendo together with Megu, was really shy and afraid of strangers.
So she took a bit longer than Megu to get used to Sakura Gakuin.

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she handled things without taking them seriously. Sara has this cool side, she's always been a strong-willed person.

And she was also the most hardworking in Sakura Gakuin. During the break time between lessons, she carefully checked her notes and she practiced dancing.
She made us realize we had to work harder ourselves. All the members here have a great respect for Sara. She's a senpai who led us not only with her words, but also with her attitude, a figure we really admire.

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And now, Mirena. She joined us in 2015 nendo, when Sakura Gakuin had the highest number of transfer-in students in its history. She was in her 2nd year of middle school, and also because of her remarkable activity up til then, for several reasons I think she had to start with a lot of pressure.

Watching Mirena being always strict with herself, thinking she wasn't allowed to fail, I was worried that she would get exhausted along the way. But blowing away that uneasiness, with her natural cheerfulness both backstage and during the lessons, she always brought a lively mood to Sakura Gakuin.

Mirena, as the Fukei-san know, has a "loud face".
However, that's her most attractive feature, and contributes to her personality. Watching Mirena being so good at getting attention on herself, we lower grade students felt more than ever the importance of bringing out our own personality.

Thinking about Mirena laughing with a loud voice during our lessons, with Sara watching kindly over us students, thinking that we won't be able to see these two people with us anymore is very sad.

During this 2016 nendo in Sakura Gakuin, also as a result of all our efforts with extracurricular activities, I feel the time we could spend all together was very short.

And also, together with the two 3rd year members, in the student council where I joined as a 2nd year member, we mutually paid attention to each other. I was really anxious, but together with me, Sara and Mirena were worried as well.

Since our feelings didn't clearly show, our teachers asked us several times what we wanted to do for the 2016 nendo, but we couldn't answer in a concrete way. No matter how many times we talked to each other, a clear answer wouldn't come.

Still, we moved ahead with determination, thinking about our beloved Sakura Gakuin that our senpai had built, we worked thinking about this beautiful Sakura Gakuin.
It was during such a time that we started practicing for our new project, the play "Shuoh Gakuen Gasshoubu".

Watching Sara and Mirena's lively acting during our training, amazed us lower grade students every day.
Their shining image and their love for acting was very cool to watch. They were able to show us the fun of acting.

During this 2016 we tried with all our efforts to find our answer, a Sakura Gakuin worthy of this nendo.

Through all the time we spent together on the same stage, I think our feelings towards each other reached their destination.
After the lessons they always talked to us, understanding the feelings of each member, both the transfer students and the enrolled students, and we could all experience this.

With their presence during the lessons, recording, and when we were traveling... even when we weren't together, with our consideration for each other, 2016 nendo's Sakura Gakuin overflowed with kindness.

All the things Sara and Mirena kindly showed us up til now... we are keeping with us all these experiences from this year in Sakura Gakuin.

Sara, Mirena, we are truly grateful.

Sara and Mirena built all this by always going forward - even one single step - within a limited time.

There's still a long way to go for us enrolled students, and there might be some points of concern, but watching their attitude, and turning our previous experiences into courage, we will move forward with care along the path we confide in, building next nendo's Sakura Gakuin.

Taking care of all the traditions and bonds of Sakura Gakuin that Sara and Mirena inherited from our senpai, we enrolled students will keep preserving them in 2017 nendo.

Once again, my congratulations on your graduation from Sakura Gakuin.

School students' representative, Yamaide Aiko.