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Reading the final chapter of Azumanga Daioh volume 4 really got to me. It reminded me of my feelings before my graduation came. I was afraid that my friends and I would separate after we graduated and that I would never see my teachers again. I was wrong on both counts. I still see my friends every month; maybe not all of them, but most of them at the least. We still hang out once a month to play video games and watch youtube videos together. I visit my teachers from time to time and see how they are doing.
On my graduation, it was very hot, but it was the seniors’ last day at the school. It feels like it happened so long ago and in such a short time now that I think about it. I was glad that I was graduating, and especially glad that I was graduating with my friends. We will always have our memories and yearbooks of that school. It might not have been a good school all the time because of some of the students, but it was the school that I went to and became familiar with. It’s hard to accept such a change when you feel like you’re not ready to move on. I know. I feel it a lot. My friends and family and sometimes my old teachers help me get through these things. I am very thankful and lucky to know such wonderful people. God has helped me through as well. I couldn’t have graduated and accepted it if it weren’t for them. Thank you all very much!
This little song in the final chapter of Azumanga Daioh made me cry a little. I wish to share it with you:

If we look back on this time
We remember with fondness
The debt to our teachers
Already
So many years have passed
On these school grounds
And if we think back on this time
We will remember it with affection
But now it is time
For us to part

I’m such a crybaby and a softie, but I like this little song even though I don’t know the tune.