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Talent Mori Kasumi shared her personal take on the topic “Can friendship between men and women really exist?” — raised by guest Nagano — on the September 3 broadcast of Fuji TV’s “Talk Queens.” While Nagano argued that “ultimately, it can work,” the show also revealed the honest struggle from the women’s side: “Even when you declare you’re just friends, the guy ends up developing romantic feelings on his own.” This sparked a thread on 5ch where deniers (“there’s no such thing as friendship between men and women to begin with,” “guys are only judging whether they want to sleep with you or not”) clashed head-on with those who countered “you can totally just be friends with a girl” — and the debate never found common ground.
Mori Kasumi weighs in on “friendship between men and women”: “Women struggle with this too” — co-star comedian teases, “You’ve lived a charmed life, haven’t you”
Talent Mori Kasumi appeared on Fuji TV’s “Talk Queens” (Thursdays 11pm) on the 3rd, where she shared her personal take on friendship between men and women.
Nagano was the guest that day. In a pre-recorded VTR segment, Nagano opened with, “Can I bring up an old topic? Sorry, it’s a pretty tired debate topic, but…” before saying, “You know how people talk about friendship between men and women? Whether it can really work or not. I actually think it can, ultimately.”
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What people said
Calling it "friendship" means he doesn't have to take responsibility like he would with marriage
What people call "friendship" between a guy and a girl is really just "we click personality-wise, but I'm not into you because you're not my type looks-wise"
This isn't a topic you should still be having past 30, come on
It's just whether they want to sleep with you or not, that's it
It's purely a looks thing
I'm sure Mori herself knows that too
Both men and women seem to be shrinking these days
Seriously, they're just like monkeys 😲
Same goes for overseas
In the UK, the book
"What Every Man Thinks About Apart from Sex"
became a bestseller, remember?
First time in my life seeing that name. Stop making threads just to promote some no-name talent
It was just bragging about being popular
while women have a faint underlying dislike for all men
That's what this reminded me of
Can't help it, it's just biology
Likes ALL women? No way
At the very least, I filter by age, face, and body type
that kind of relationship is less "friend" and more "one of the group"
Somewhere between a friend and an acquaintance
a pretty girl and an ugly guy (broke)
a handsome guy and a plain girl
an ugly guy and a plain girl
That's about it
The closer either person gets to being within reach as a genuinely attractive partner, the harder it becomes to keep the friendship going
You're an idiot
Exactly
It's not romantic feelings
They just want to sleep with you
Yeah, fair enough. Guys say "I like you" because they want to sleep with you. Otherwise they won't get to. Not romantic feelings at all lol
Background and key points of this topic
“Can friendship between men and women really exist?” is a recurring evergreen debate topic on 5ch, and this round was sparked by Mori Kasumi voicing a concern from the women’s side: “Even when I clearly say we’re just friends, the guy ends up developing romantic feelings anyway.” The thread saw several posts trying to explain the presence or absence of romantic feelings using evolutionary-psychology-style reasoning, but it’s worth noting that none of this is based on actual statistics or research — it’s just personal opinion on an anonymous message board. On top of that, neither the “it doesn’t exist” camp nor the “it does exist” camp ever agreed on a shared definition of “friendship” (e.g., whether sexual interest or mutual benefit is involved), so the discussion talked past itself and never converged.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News Plus) thread “[Entertainment] Mori Kasumi weighs in on “friendship between men and women”: “Women struggle with this too” / “Even when I declare we’re just friends, the other person ends up developing romantic feelings anyway”.”
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