Johnny's sexual abuse scandal. My opinion
I feel I should talk about it since: I'm currently a Japanese language student and voilá I'm a law professor.
What about the allegations on Johnny Kitakawa? A bit of history…
It began in 90's when the company exploded with 3 bands in particular: 光genji, SMAP and KINKI KIDS.
I know, V6 and Tokyo had debuted in the middle of this. The ones who called ( Read more... )
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I've read somewhere that the first allegation was actually someone making Johnny-san a scapegoat. Although scapegoat for who, I'm not really sure. Tbh, I believed the sexual abuse in the 80s did happen but not the recent ones. KinKi Kids are the only who still talk about Johnny-san very very fondly. Especially Tsuyoshi. That rumor about him being Johnny-san's lover almost made me want to vomit but Tsuyoshi's behaviour is really suspicious too huhu And have you watched Akanishi Jin's tribute song for Johnny-san? That's really fcked up. For the time being, I'll believe the words of the ones who are still in the agency, unless they stopped denying about being victims. Sorry about long rants XD
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At his funeral, the one in Tokyo Dome, they made very strong statements like worshiping him.
As a foreigner I had to ask about it: some told me about the vertical Sempai system and others told me about the "fundamentalist" loyal to company way of thinking.
So we have 2 japanese ways and the international one about relationships.
Is very complicated, but the cases I saw of male abuse I never developed "stockholm syndrome". They never tried to justify their aggressor.
But, Japan has a long tradition with sects. It can be the case. In that sense every adult (talents, fathers, staff) is guilty of keeping silent and promoting abuse.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for expressing yourself with kindness. 🤗
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