They criticized Maya’s dancing, so she danced even harder. They criticized Cocona’s surgery scar, and he showed it off at events. And Hinata just posted a photo smoking after the backlash. I love how XG doesn’t give a damn about critics and always responds subtly.

You open Twitter and XG is right there: one member announcing their coming out,members drinking, members holding cigarettes in shoots,members going to lesbian bars,members being openly queer allies,members with vapes...XG does everything people fantasize about their groups doing.

When Cocona came out as transmasc non-binary in December, people said his career was over. Now it’s September: he’s a Gucci ambassador, attended a fashion show in Milan, graced 3 magazine covers (including one outside Japan), and his career is only growing.