Thanks for the replies guys!
Korean fans can get a lot more extreme than the Japanese ones, but generally their idols dating is not as big a deal to them.
Really? Good to hear. That makes me happy. I've debated that rule in and out at different places, finally came down to thinking (this was with AKB in mind) that if you asked the members themselves they'd most likely rather keep the rule and their hardcore fans than giving it up and losing alot of support. In an ideal world they could both give up the rule
and keep the fans, so it's good to hear Korea is different.
But speaking as someone who made the shift from Japanese to Korean idols, in the end it's the girls themselves and their personalities that make it a whole lot of extra fun. And in that way, they're really not so different at all.
Yeah, it is their personalities that are fun and in that they are alot alike. The thing is from watching Invinvible Youth though, I get the feeling that the girls like Suzy or Hyo-yeon (Girls Gen) or whoever, despite the way they look they don't have that traditionally "girly" personality. I don't know if it's just that they are doing their utmost for this show, but it looks like they don't mind getting dirty, eating raw octupus or whatever while the AKB girls riot in the studio over a slow iguana just because it's breathing the same air as them. I'm not saying one is necessary better than the other, I'm still more a fan of AKB48, but I like that they are different. Perhaps it's just me that got the wrong image of idols from the start, but after seeing these Korean idols I was very surprised. In a good way. If anything I thought they would be even more "girly" because of the way they look.
I'm very glad for a group like Miss A though. Obviously I don't understand what they are singing, but what I've seen of their lyrics feel pretty girlpower-ish with stuff like "I don't need a man" and whatnot. I might be severely misinformed of South Korea, but if I'm not mistaken they have (just like Japan) the attitude that "girls should marry" (to some extent atleast).