if you were an idol that's been in the industry for a couple of years now, would you be offended if your juniors didn't bow and pay tribute?​ i'd probably be too tired from working too much and wouldn't even know where i'm at and be half-asleep

Imo obligatory respect is cheap.

If genuinely earn my juniors' respects then that's where the real value is.

if they were just forced to bow because of age or smsht I might even feel a little offended tbh. just like how often the difference between sarcasm and genuine statement is in tone, the difference in context of respect can give off different meanings to me.

If it's part of the culture and I was made to do it when I was younger then yeah I'd expect the same level of respect in return.

i think i would feel the pain in the moment and then pretend it didn't happen later and forget about it

maybe a too American perspective but no lol. Respect isn't measured by bending your back.

Idk I've never been bowed to since I am American. I think I wouldn't even notice

But then again even if I was Korean idol I wouldn't notice because my memory and awareness of literally everything is absolute garbage. I'd probably be the idol who forgot to bow

Also since there are variety of people, there might be one who prioritize or upholding things like this...

So they might get offended

This is all about culture. As asian, we can't help but to care a lot about our attitude especially in front of our elders and we have tons of 'must do things' in our culture to not considered as rude. I know some of these idols don't care but obviously some actually see those juniors as rude because culture is not something that you can change easily especially when you and your society doing it all your life.

So to answer your question as someone who living in country with this similar culture with Korea, yes a lot of them actually noticed it. While not really care, most of them surely will actually thinking in the back of their minds that those juniors is quite rude.