'Abnormal Summit' explains their reasoning behind casting Yuta

Article: 'Abnormal Summit' PD, "We realized that Japan is a country we need, as for member changes.."

Source: Newsen via Nate

"Japan is a country we deliberated on until the end. We decided that Japan was a country we needed for the show for Korean-Japanese relations and to represent Asia in general. As for the member change, Takuya is someone who helped change negative sentiment about Japan in positive ways. He's a nice person and his role helped immensely.

Meanwhile, we've met with various people from several countries every week and that's how we met Yuta. We discovered a charm in him that only he's able to exude. I'm sure that viewers will see in him what we saw in him. He has a lot of pride and knowledge about Japan and will be able to share many things about it."

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1. [+2,573, -42] So you never explained why you took Takuya out;;; it was obviously for Yuta because SM wanted a package deal;; I seriously hate this

2. [+2,125, -31] I love how the PD acts like it was a coincidence that they found Yuta ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+2,070, -24] They're lying to make this sound better than it is. I would be understanding if the kid had already debuted but I really wonder why the show is risking it to use a kid who hasn't even debuted yet.

4. [+159, -2] I've never once seen the show delve into issues of Korean-Japanese relations. I'm sure there were plenty of other more knowledgeable Japanese figures on the issue of Korean-Japanese relations so why an idol of all people?! This is clearly a package deal, there's no excuse you could give that would say otherwise!

5. [+133, -5] They use the 'needed country' excuse to stick in what will basically be a visual who can't even speak his own mind because of image management ㅋㅋㅋㅋ and SM trainee '95er ㅋㅋㅋ what a joke

6. [+121, -4] Just be honest and say he got in because of SM's power

7. [+121, -4] What a lie ㅋㅋㅋ Do they really think the cast having 3 SM stars is a coincidence??? This trainee has lived in Korea for years so let's see just how knowledgeable he is about Japan

8. [+110, -4] I'm still not convinced by this explanation

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Source: Naver

1. [+5,796, -97] There was no reason for them to kick Takuya if they were going to keep Japan on the show. Please further explain this package deal with SM.

2. [+4,977, -74] Takuya was kicked for this package deal ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I wish the absolute worst for 'Abnormal Summit' now ㅋㅋ

3. [+4,228, -39] They're farting out of their mouths now;;;; explain why Takuya was kicked

4. [+855, -7] Of all people why does it have to be a 20 year old idol from SM?

5. [+836, -13] They should've replaced China with someone new too then... we all know you kept Zhang Yuan because he's under SM...

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