A survey asking 25,000 Japanese how they would react to their idol daring to maintain a relationship with a lover seems to suggest not all are as creepy as previously suspected…
1. I’d be shocked but I’d still support them (6954)
2. I’d watch over them warmly (4540)
3. I’d be heartbroken (3388)
4. I might be rather jealous (2984)
5. I wouldn’t really care (2684)
6. I might stop being a fan (1822)
7. I’d be plunged into the depths of despair (1102)
8. I’d be strangely happy (721)
9. I’d start to like their lover too (465)
“Stalk and harass them” was fortunately not an option in the poll it seems.
Whilst the numbers seem to suggest those questioned would be relatively accepting of an idol engaging in natural relationships with other humans, it should of course be remembered that it may well be the hardcore fans who do the vast majority of the buying, and these individuals are probably amongst the least receptive to the notion of an idol not being a virgin princess.
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Number one is what I'd do.
I mean, being jealous won't do shit.
And starting to hate someone you're a fan of just because he starts a relationship with someone else is fucking stupid and is just as bad as the people hating on Aya Hirano for being herself.
I'm in the group of number 5, like most things in my life.
I second No.5 too, but mine's all 2D idols, so I don't have to resort to from No. 1 to 9 crap :D
I'd fap over her over and over again then I'll post cum-covered posters, pictures, cds, etc... all over the internet ^_^
My idol? What, who?
@ anon 5:41
As long as you send me a link
#5 for me also. 2D or 3D
for me it would be 2 for 2D, and 5 for 3D.
""Stalk and harass them” was fortunately not an option in the poll it seems."
If it was, it'd be over 9000!
I'd be #1, #2, #5 & #7 & maybe #8 even all together...
I don't care about things that are quite literally out of my reach...
No 5 is the most sensible, no 2 is the nicest, and no 4 is probably the most realistic.
No. 5 for me.
The reason the results seem so positive is cos' the hardcore fans are too busy fawning over their idols to vote in this poll.
Yup, 5 for me too.
I would politely send a request for sex tape of the couple making out. Just for my own enjoyment, I wont spread it. I SWEAR!
i'd request an av.
Also 5
Like i really had a chance anyways right?
#5 for me as well.
If the idol came out and said their bi, and their lover is another girl then it's win-win =D #9 all the way
I'll probably be a little jealous. Not enough for me to stalk and harass them, though.
"idols" are human too so it wouldn't bother me either way hell if anything i'd be happy for their lovers for being so "lucky" but w/e
Yep, it's pretty dumb to think idols won't have a lover, they are attractive people.
Everyone that isn't a fucking looser has lost it before they're 16 MAX..
Does it really matter? Otaku vision is god damn near retarded at times..
In Hirano's case, she's given us many, many, MANY reasons to be annoyed by her antics.
I will go for the No 5 ;p
Nothing! ^_^
I'd watch over them warmly and hope that the lucky guy will treat her right and not make me have to come shove my foot up his ass.
Nobody would spend money on idols but exactly the "creepy" ones. You can't really ask random people about it and expect an answer in line with the real outcome when it happens.
No 6 probably translates as "I'd get butthurt and destroy all their merchandise I own"
What no kill the guy and skin his face and use it as a mask option...pppfffffffhhhh. Some poll that was lol. Actually I wouldn't care, as long as a sex tape "slips" on to the internet.
Shiina Ringo got married and had a kid... Awesome. Not like I was going to ask her out any time soon! Real people shouldn't be made to suffer for some false image of purity.
idols are not just the images they give they give but people, they should be allowed to have a life whether the fans allow it or not.
I'd probably be a bit jealous, but I'd mostly not care.
I'll choose number 1, its the most rational to me. I loved Toda Erika for her role and cosplay of Misa Amane but I can't claim Toda Erika as my girl because of how sexy and awesome she looks. Everyone has a life and deserves to enjoy it. I dislike the fact of people turning on Aya Hirano for having lovers.
It's 5.
Hell I'd support em anyway even if my lack of not caring was greater.
An idol finally strikes up a lovelife that's truely a great and wonderful thing. Why be a wedge when you can just let the folks be?
no 5 will my my option for this one
hope they were lesbians
" I’d start to like their lover too "- that's a gay answer
That's the "thinking is hard so I don't do it" opinion.
Nowhere in the article does it say that the survey was only performed for male viewers with straight, female idols.
lol
what if the lover is also a girlie :p
01 as long as they don't end up like Burit and K-Fed; doing nothing except being a couple of controversy and scandal powerhouse.
9. I’d start to like their lover too (465)
Well, theres nothing wrong with being bisexual, right?
...
...
Oh wait, this is the internet...
*cough*
OMG, GAYFAG!!!!!!!
Bi > Gay > Fag.
That's not true. I sucked a fag once when I was 7 and that definitely wasn't gay or bi. I was pretty fagged out later through.
"Right" and "Wrong" are subjective. The answer depends on purely who you ask.
They probably didn't get what I meant, but finally I was down-voted. For a second, I thought some were ignoring me. Nice to know that's not the case. =)
wha, wha, what?
anon 14:31 are you pretending to be anon 04:44 (me) or did you just respond to the wrong comment or am I just too sober to make sense out of a response to a comment I made when I was happily drunk?
Oh great, now I managed to confuse myself... again.
And why am I reading those lines to myself with this horrible fake british accent?
OR! R u another anon pretending to be anon "04:44 (me)" responding to another anon that may be pretending to be the real anon "04:44 (me)" who is actually just another anon responding to the original anon twice!?!?
.... anon, the word is starting to sound weird..u..h
OR! R u another anon pretending to be anon "04:44 (me)" responding to another anon that may be pretending to be the real anon "04:44 (me)" who is actually just another anon responding to the original anon twice!?
What if I was their lover?
they all start fapping on your picture !!!!