@bullmoose yeah... the main problem is how economically profitable keeping the pedestal is. And considering how niche idols are, specifically in Japan, management has no incentive to change the status quo. With the only 'good guys' remaining being the ones who let their idols fend for...
@bullmoose yeah, audiences tend to shift when this sort of """controversy""" happen. Case in point, Towa's audience got way more chill after the whole situation.
I'm not really fond of the whole fond of the whole phenomenon of 'Idol Culture', and I have a special distaste for KIdol Culture...
@bullmoose I think it also extends to crazy K-Pop fans, because god forbid they actually enter in a relationship.
I think the problem revolves around people putting those individuals (either Idols, KIdols, streamers, etc.) on a pedestal, as if they had to be the perfect human beings just for...
I sincerely expect him to turn Shino down, as much as I like her. Both because it would be better to just keep the current dynamic and because I want to believe in my boy Naoya's commitment.
@AntiYFans it's not an easy to decode sentence, but what he meant is that he's glad that calling people out because of that attitude has happened more frequently in recent manga.
Just that the placement of the parenthesis was a bit odd, since it would make it clearer if it was a bit later in...
@dahhv2 then she can't retaliate, iirc. I'm not sure whether something of sort ever happened in the novel, but her 0 attack power does become a running gag (no matter how much strength she puts in, nor what weapon she uses, she basically can't hurt people).
As an added bonus, her name Rei (零)...