Good bye Kanna, and Good Luck (Sazaki’s H!P Weblog)
Farewell Kanna T_T (The Hello!Avengers)
Kanna says goodbye to H!P (Super Happy Genki Hyperforce GO!)
I Kanna Live Without You (Hello!Blog)
Kanna is gone … should we care? (Wotaku Now!)
My thoughts on Kanna (香水)

It is nice that so many people are sending Kanna their best wishes, even though admittedly not everyone was the biggest fan of hers.  Well, maybe I should say most people.  Actually I am wondering how her former groupmates are taking this.  We have been deprived of a cryfest (graduation).  No fair!

Sazaki wishes there could be something he could say to make Kanna change her mind.  But alas, he is powerless to change the fate of someone he saw as a great idol.  And as far as any potential scandals are concerned, he prefers to let sleeping dogs lie.  At this point Kanna is free to do what she wishes.  So more power to her!

James feels the lack of a graduation is a bit of a snub on Kanna.  And he wants to give all of her detractors a big “poke in the eye”.  Hang tight James, they’re comin’

SHG is very emotional about this situation, a feeling she compares to that of losing a close friend.  She hypothesizes on the reasons why Kanna may have left, including one theory I haven’t heard before.  Perhaps she felt like the group was doing fine without her, and didn’t really need her anymore?  Interesting theory, entirely plausible.  But alas, we will probably never know the actual reason behind the decision.  SHG is also concerned about the future of C-ute, noting quite often a groups’ material declines when they lose a key member.

Tom recovered from a night of “pub and pancakes” to read the news about Kanna.  He doesn’t see this having a major impact on C-ute as he thinks they have done just fine as a 6-nin group.  Ultimately his brief conversation with his buddy Chris at the bottom of the post put things into proper perspective.  At least for me they did!

Shirow doesn’t really understand why everyone os so sad, and he cites his reasons why Kanna’s leaving isn;t a big deal.  But despite that he made a tribute video to C-ute’s newest former member.  I dunno, I guess I have trained myself to be ready to laugh whenever Shirow makes a video, so it didn’t have the “tissue” impact I was warned about.  Oh well.

Last but certainly not least, Wendy noticed that Kanna’s departure made her realize that she doesn’t really like C-ute at all.  Furthermore, she takes umbrage with all of the supposed “superfans” coming out of the woodwork noting that she has always been C-ute’s least popular member.  (I was wondering about that too!)  Finally she assures Kanna that although she is leaving the idol world she will still be followed around and photographed by hordes of Wota stalkers.

That’s great!

Seriously, at the end of the day we all send Kanna our best wishes and hope she does well with all of her future endeavors.  Whatever they might be.