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majimassqueaktoy · 1 year ago

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Honestly the funniest thing about Haruka's idol story line in y5 (and dont any of you come at me with the You're Lessening Mirei's Evil Heinous Actions shit, I know she was the antagonist, blah blah) is the fact that as far as traineeships go Haruka's.... wasn't all that unusual- Living on your own away from your parents? Par the course. Having older figures be unduly harsh about your talent/looks? Also par the course. Insane schedules? Creepy fans? Yep. In fact Haruka is older than a lot of people are when they start traineeships nowadays... Like that aspect of the game could have been played up for even more dramatic value than it was.

#Like in real life right now theres kids who have moved /countries/ to become idols #At as young as /12 years old/#and some of them dont see their families for years like Haruka's whole situation is less wild than a bunch of real people #god i got a random kpop video of a 17 yr old boy [who is already in a debuted group????]#and he was surprised with seeing his mum AFTER 3 AND A HALF YEARS ???#like he hadnt seen her in person since he was 13 and now hes 17 and...... How is that legal #Also that video fucked me up bc he wasnt even like happy he looked confused and shy and awkward like God send that boy home rn #all the therapy hes gonna need.... Anyway suffice to say #Having Haruka's storyline esp when you consider the people writing the games are in the JP entertainment industry was pretty interesting #Like they clearly have feelings and critiques and I liked that they tried to do something with that #Also one of the girls in y6 was a former idol who had her career ruined bc she dared to be seen #smoking with a male idol when she was 20 or so and got fired because of it- so i mean at least rgg gave her some work idk #this post is just a stream of consciousness rambling about how i find the idol industry interesting and odd #Some aspects of it i think are clever but other aspects are so HMMMMMM #20-30 years from now maybe even sooner i feel like theres gonna be some INTERESTING tell-alls

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