Ya know, I wonder if the whole thing was a scam to get Miki back to soloing. She may have set it up herself in order to escape MM or UFA set it up as way get her out earlier. They may not have wanted her trapped as leader for years makeing half the money she would out of MM. It was nice having such a dicotic personality like Miki's among all the other happy-go-lucky girls in MM, so I will miss that. But I never liked her in MM, I loved her as a soloist and hope to see her back to that soon.
As talented and professional as Takashi is, I sure hope she starts pushing more personality now. Or maybe they should leave that to Gaki. Ai the confident example and Risa as the fun, genki mood-altering sub-leader. It should be an intersting transition for MM. Over the last 7 years since I been a fan, I've seen them comeback time and time again. Everytime something like this happens you think its the end, but it turns out to just be a new begining. So MM will survive like they always do and most of us will still love them and support them.
I just hope this doesn't effect GAM. I love that group, even though I'd like to see Aya doing more.