/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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I know you guys love your j-pop
how do you feel about "slave contracts"? How do you justify it?

For those who don't know, j-pop/k-pop idols sign a really shitty contract depraving them of basic rights. They have to work ungodly hours, sometimes being deprived of sleep, have limited contact to their family, under really strict control, banned from having any relationship to keep their "pure" image and so fans can feel like they have a chance of being with them. Their banned from common things such as having cell phones even.

These contracts can go on for dozens of years
Naturally every contract is different, some 7 years, some 22, some worse than others when it comes to treatment than others. But regardless it's cruel and unfair. They're systematically chained and scrubbed to appeal to people in the most efficient and calculated way by executives