Minami 2

[koganbot]

Starting this second thread regarding the Minami incident to forestall Livejournal's terrifying collapsed-thread syndrome encroaching on the previous thread ( here).

Comments

[arbitrary_greay]

I think it's interesting that while idol fans on both sides dig dirt up, Kpop fanclubs rally to protect their precious idols, while the Jpop "handsome" wota date the girls and then happily sell the story to the press. (Although one of them was pretty hilariously bad, claiming that he didn't have sex with the member because he had work the next day... :\)

In a sense, Kpop fans are more aware that their idols are breaking the rules, but cover up the knowledge in the fear that a nebulous "everyone else" will destroy their idols' career if it gets out. The Jpop wota seem to suspend disbelief, but are harsher on the punishment for it, even though several former idols have admitted to dating while they were idols. (And it's even more well-known on the male side)

And like you mention, Kpop plays like it's not as dependent on purity, with idols teasing about dating and first kiss stories, (and change said first kiss stories several times throughout the course of their careers) but are quick to maintain their purity of the moment.
It's still more progressive than Jpop right now, though, where past discretion is still enough to ruin careers.

[askbask]

And as discussed in the other post we sometiems get hilariously unbelievable explanations from the labels like the IU joke.