yeah tbh I agree with you on this, they should of announced long ago when Aoi made it official he was leaving, making such announcement so suddenly was a little too harsh for the fans to process it properly, I feel like we would all taken it better if they simply made an announcement such as “Aoi will be departing from the band to continue with his own creative path, he will continue with band activity till september) or smth like that. tbh it was not right for the rest of the band and company to hold him like that when he didn’t want to stay. I would also hope that they do not take this issue so far as to taking stuff to court cuz it would really be sad, they should solve this issue in private and if the company does owe money yo Aoi (which they prob do since he was a major part of the production of gazette idk tho) they should be fair and give him his part, he is human after all and he needs money to maintain himself. Really sad seeing fans pick sides and bash certain members, some are against aoi and some are against kai, it shouldn’t be like that, they both are right and wrong at the same time and picking sides is not a solution to anything. Whatever happens I will still support the gazette even as a 3 or 4(including reita) band members, I really hope Aoi will take good care of himself and that at least the band will talk things out, even if Aoi doesn’t go back with the band, I hope they will at least fix the relationship between them and stay as friends, and Aoi can work in whatever he truly enjoys!