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Originally Posted by Uemarasan
Also, I would like to think men and women are equal in the world of J-pop, but I can't deny that gender difference still plays an important role in sales and popularity, even if its influence is almost imperceptible. Just to cite an example: SMAP may recover from the recent scandal, but I don't think a Hello Project! girl will be granted the same leniency. As much as I hate to think so, being a man and being a woman, it still accounts for something.
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I don't think that's an appropriate comparison for the simple fact SMAP is 1000000000000 times bigger than H!P was in their peak. They're the biggest stars in Japan and been that way for over a decade. So I don't think they and H!P are in the same level.