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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It is, but its designed from the top down to be that way. The guys behind every Idol are specifically manipulating and preying on every parasocial and abusive tactic to get fans deeply hooked and insane. They have it down to a science on how to turn Japanese men specifically into simps who will spend 10000$ a year on a girl they see only from a distance with no sexuality openly at play.
Its the same way they turned gacha, gambling and the Skinner box into the monster it is in the gaming industry.