Thank you for the feedback regardless whether or not I should clip Laplus talking about Holostars. As of this writing 54% of the votes are in the favor of clipping it, but I decide I better just leave it alone and leave it to someone else to do it instead.
Note that my intention is NOT to push the "idol gachikois bad wahwahwah" narrative as many comments seem to be misunderstanding. My opinion is more on the line of:
1) Idol gachikois exist, but otherwise do not pose a threat as much as people think, most fans(JP and overseas) are actually supportive or at least okay with them collabing with men
2) Therefore the current level of fear for them is overblown and pointless
3) To have said fear prevent them from even acknowledging Holostars existing at all is a detriment to Holostars(look how much people tuned in for ID gen3 VS UPROAR!! debuts merely on the senpais' word of mouth alone)
4) Even talking from a business standpoint, you don't actually need gachikois to be successful. Suisei, Calli, Fubuki and Astel, are big earners despite openly not wanting gachikois. Not to mention the famous Coco "I have 0 gachikois" Kaichou.
Cases like Rushia did existed, but in those case I think if anything, the gachikois are more angry at the fact that the idols were trying to sneak behind their backs about it, so it came off more as a betrayal instead of just being open about it like Towa-sama and Matsuri's approach of "I collab with who I want, if you don't like it you're not my fan".
In other cases, for example the comments of the Laplus JP clips I mentioned(
https://www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPfRiui4J18 and Laplus's very own chat within the clip) seems to be supportive or at least neutral to the idea of a Holostar collab.
I also need to remind that Choco "I literally have a wedding ring as a merch" Sensei also was able to collab with Holostars without damages. So again I think if they act transparent about it, nobody would get angry, and this wall wouldn't have to exist for no reason.
