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At a pre-release event for the film “Nee, Hoshi no Gotoku” (You, Like the Stars), it was reported that Suzu Hirose responded to a high school girl’s love-life question by saying, “I believe friendship between men and women does exist.” The film, co-starring Ryusei Yokohama, opens on the 9th. The remark set off a head-on clash on 5ch between the general view that “friendship is possible as long as neither side feels any lust for the other” and the dissenting opinion that “there’s no way it’s free of ulterior motives if the other person is Suzu Hirose” — a view based purely on her looks. The debate spread without either side ever really meeting in the middle.
Suzu Hirose gives a heartfelt answer to a high schooler’s love troubles
“Putting it into words is hard, but it really matters”
Actor Suzu Hirose took the stage on the 3rd at a pre-release event for the film “Nee, Hoshi no Gotoku” (You, Like the Stars, opening on the 9th, directed by Michihito Fujii), in which she co-stars with Ryusei Yokohama. She answered questions from attendees, sharing her views on life and love.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
If you think it does, that's just your rational brain holding the line for now.
The limiter comes off eventually.
There are men and women who feel zero sexual pull even toward people everyone agrees are good-looking.
If two people like that happen to click, friendship between the sexes can absolutely work.
But a guy who deliberately goes out of his way to get close to a high schooler has ulterior motives like 100% of the time.
My point exactly — unless he's a lolicon (attracted to young girls), a guy has no reason to actively seek out a high schooler in the first place.
but the real question is whether your partner would be okay with it.
Any guy who gets close to you has an agenda unless he's gay.
I'll say it flat out: 100%.
it's pity, charity, really… 😢
Someone that gorgeous is bound to get guys falling for her, so she'd better watch herself.
coworkers, for instance.
Most relationships start from one-sided feelings, so just confess already.
So if the woman he's hooking up with has a body that turns him on, he'll go for it no matter how bad her personality is.
That's just what men are.
But if he's genuinely drawn to her personality and wants to be with her all the time, that's already love.
there are 8 billion people on Earth,
so every pattern imaginable is out there.
but from the man's side toward the woman, he's probably hoping for something more.
Unlike a romantic partner where things get physical, you're fulfilled without any sexual contact.
I get that.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
“Nee, Hoshi no Gotoku” (You, Like the Stars) co-stars Hirose with Ryusei Yokohama, and the pre-release event included an audience Q&A segment. Hirose’s comment that “friendship between men and women exists” wasn’t aimed at anyone in particular — it was a general opinion offered while answering a high schooler’s question, though the headline alone makes it easy to misread as “Hirose’s personal view on dating her.” What split the thread was a head-on clash between two camps: (1) the general argument that “friendship without ulterior motives is possible,” and (2) the counterargument, based purely on looks, that “anyone good-looking enough will always provoke ulterior motives” — and it was the latter camp’s replies, naming Hirose directly and flatly declaring it “impossible,” that drew the most support. The men-and-women-friendship debate is a recurring theme on 5ch, but what made this round distinctive was that a well-known actress made the remark in a public setting, blending abstract argument with application to one specific real person and making the discussion especially hard to reconcile.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisports Breaking News+) thread “[Entertainment] Suzu Hirose: “I believe friendship between men and women exists” — gives heartfelt answer to high schooler’s love troubles.”
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