http://wotaintranslation.com/2013/11/06/sayashi-riho-harshly-scolds-looper-at-handshake-event/1st post of the thread:
1 :名無し募集中。。。 2013/09/15(日) 08:40:38.41 0 @…..: At today’s handshake event, Riho-chan loudly warned this person who looped to shake hands with her like hundreds of times.
“Please come less next time.” I was shocked.
And here I thought she’d be happy about the group she so loves getting more fans…
That was awful.
And go figure...a mere 20 minutes later:
17 :名無し募集中。。。 2013/09/15(日) 09:02:08.66 0
I want Rihoriho to get angry at me.
I want to be abused.
For the record, I don't buy the "if she scolds the fans that loop then she and the group will lose popularity/fans" line that some of the users were saying in that thread. Naturally they (Yasshii, MM, and idols in general) all want and appreciate the support the support that fans give them, but that does not mean that they want nor expect individual fans to blow all/so much of their money to go through the handshake lines over and over and over and over and over again (you get the idea). Deliberately bankrupting yourself "in the name of your oshi" is not the way to go about showing your fandom, nor does going through someone's handshake lines repeatedly mean that you're a bigger/better fan. After all, when you think about it, if you bankrupt yourself, you have no more money. If you have no money, then how are you supposed to buy the handshake tickets and goods and concert tickets that you usually do to help support your oshi?