Momoka Tojo (20), who joined idol group “KATACOTO * BANK” last month, accidentally posted a photo with her boyfriend on her birthday. As a result, management has issued these disciplinary measures: 1 - She will keep a certain distance from her boyfriend. 2 - As “punishment”, she will have to post a solo “good night” photo every night for a year, with management adding, “The most important thing for an idol is to ‘sleep close to every fan’.” Fans expressed a variety of amused and concerned comments after the publication
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If you're over 18, unless your job is in social marketing, you shouldn't be posting ANYTHING on social media. And if you're under 18, you shouldn't be ON social media at all.
She signed up for a very difficult but high-paying job for the education requirement, that basically is army-level overtaking and controlling your life for 6-7 years. Then once you hit Christmas Cake staleness, you're thrown out... unless you make it as a vTuber, I suppose.
Even in Western idol culture, you see this kind of pressure. Vedal is one of the few "successful" male vTubers, mostly because of Neuro being female, and in all of his collabs and all of his interactions, he acts like the coldest, most aloof character possible, no matter how flirty the female vTubers are ("I love you!" -> "...And what would you like me to do with this information?" being a real interaction), because he KNOWS their popularity will take a hit if they actually seem to be on good terms. He's shifted himself into a pseudo-"Producer" role in vTuber culture, but even then, needs to be careful, because even western Idol culture demands all women be 1) Available, 2) Sexually pure, and 3) Sexually promiscuous, as self-contradicting as that is. Melody does frickin' hardcore porn and shares stories of being in the industry, and still pretends like she's never conceptualized the idea of a naked man, because that "purity" is expected, even if it's completely unrealistic to have it happen.