Well, that's the difference, I don't believe he has that say on behalf of the group. What I do think is that he can ask for solo activities when NEWS is doing nothing and he has no filming on his hands (which is, according to his words, how Loveless happened), but does not get to influence much what NEWS is up to. I love NEWS too and would be delighted to see them again, but my point: if you want to blame someone, blame the management, not Yamapi. If NEWS have no activities, they wouldn't have them regardless of Yamapi (Tegomasu, Ryo's solo con long ago) releasing solo or not. In my opinion Yamapi has solo work because NEWS is inactive, not the other way round. Yes, he is the leader, but we all know in JE that doesn't mean much (or anything for that matter). It's not like the future of NEWS is in his hands and he's not personally responsible for it. Talking to the fans is way more than others would do (I didn't see KAT-TUN doing it even before the news of Jin going to LA broke out) and we should appreciate it instead of bashing it. Because it's his way of telling us "NEWS still exist. I believe in NEWS so please, don't give up.". And with the way JE works.. I doubt that even as a "leader" he knows much more about future NEWS activies than other members.
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Yeah, it's nice to see this comm alive again :)