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>As for myself, the person who was most like a rival to me was Milky (former NMB48 member Watanabe Miyuki).
>In the early days, I was envious of pretty much everything about Milky as she was everything I wasn’t. As I always had the impression of idols being lovely and sweet, having someone who was the very embodiment of that right by my side didn’t just stir up my complex, but it also lit up the competitive spirit within me.
>Being side by side, we came to be regarded as polar opposites. Thanks to that, people began to point out which aspects of Yamamoto Sayaka really struck a chord with them and from there, I was able to realise what my own strengths were.
>However, when we were directed by those in charge to have that kind of rivalry, we were also made to compete against each other. It would have been fine if we were comparing and competing with each other out of our own volition, but that wasn’t the case. Instead, we were being compared to each other against our own will through the act of a third party. Being forced to live up to other people’s standards like that was nothing but distress.
>That’s why the both of us struggled to be honest with each other, and it led us to have extremely complicated feelings in regards to each other…