Prepare your tomatoes but like there is this voice that I kept supressing inside me for too long that says:
Twice did a lot of things wrong, and honestly, not all of it can be blamed on JYP, member carry a certain amount of burden as well. They bottled the chance of being something more than a generational idol group imo and they gotta live with it now.
And mark my words, they're pretty close to bottling Japan too. That's a possiblity at least. Japanese fans don't stick when they're being treated as atm. And unlike K once they don't go on lengty rants on twitter, they just silently quit giving a fuck. I still find it fascinating for example that Korean member haven't learned any Japanese. Like that's the least you should do if you're promoting in the country. All Korean groups like Kara have mastered Japanese and getting a lot of love and respect from the country for that. Meanwhile every Japanese interview of Twice is the 3 members talking and the rest just blinking their eyes. It is absolutely unacceptable after 7 years imo.
I also believe that JYP's famous quote "Those who can dance and sing live survive." was a message to Twice. I think PD lowkey tried to throw the blame directed at him back at members.