Thanks Pips, those were good points that you brought up. I think the whole thread had a negative tone because it started kind of negative. Saying that Hikki "isn't doing anything" can sound very negative and set people off. To say the least, people could be offended because just because we don't see her doing anything in public, doesn't mean she isn't doing anything behind-the-scenes. We all know she's a very private person anyways.

And if you want to see a long newsless time, check the blog translation site archive. You can see from 2004 April all the way to 2005 January, she had no blog posts whatsoever (and nothing Japanese released too! Exodus came out in the middle there with little to no fanfare as we all know) while her comeback post gave no explanation of why she was away for so long.

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And I don't think the Hikki entourage is purposefully staying quiet. When you're working and in the business world, two months can go by REALLY quickly without you even realizing that two months have gone by. Sure, it seems long to us fans because we're WAITING, but when you're working and have so much on your plate, it can easily fly by without notice.