I am totally playing the devil’s advocate here, partly because I am confused af. As of writing, I am a stan of NEWS, SixTONES, and this man right here .

My Japanese is also abysmal so I am reading the statement with English semantics in play.

See next tweet if u wish https://twitter.com/oreranoneiro/status/1290930235110649857
(1/?) The translated statement does not say that 6T will never be big stars. It simply states that they could have been big stars had they debuted earlier. At worst, this man says that 6T aren’t big stars yet.

The latter statement might be infuriating, I get it. But then again,
(2/?) who are big stars anyway? Those who are at the level of Arashi? household names? Even 6t mems are saying that are not yet that popular but tbh that’s just them being humble.

In any case, 6T’s star power is increasing by the day and I am here for it.
(3/?) In addition, most of us in the Johnny’s fandom expected and wanted them to debut 5 years ago. Maybe that’s Tegoshi’s way to diss the agency and not 6T itself? We all know how much Taiga likes him (and Taiga is an adult, tho he still mistakes a crisper for a freezer but ok).
(4/?) So really, how did he diss Taiga and 6T? If anything else, this man Tegoshi Yuya might be a clout chaser but he did not diss 6t. Or maybe he did, if he had additional statements.

Is this libelous? Based on the one-liner, it is not. But if he said more, we’ll see.
(5/?) What might be problematic with this book is the lack of consent regarding his exes (esp. if they are idols and they have dating bans) and potentially libelous statements. I have yet to read any full translation so I will withhold judgment for the time being.
(6/?) This thread only concerns his translated one-liner re: 6t.

I’ve seen tweets mentioning that he mentioned (sans any content) Genki and Sou’s panic disorder. Now, this shit might be the deal breaker. However, I don’t know if he wished them well. Again, we wait for trans.
(7/?) I am not a deluded Tesshi stan, btw. I am aware of his shortcomings & the way he handled the NEWS thing.

I just can’t stomach the fact that 6t stans are dissing him over this one-liner, unless of course I failed 2 read d other parts, if any.

Is Tegoshi trash? We’ll see.
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