It's only my opinion as person who never followed HSJ actively. Maybe it's the image I got when I joined the Johnny's fandom because at that time they barely were publishing anything. I really don't care about them tbh since I barely get to see them lol (not like Sexy Zone for example, they appeared so much on Shokura together that I started liking them). Doesn't mean I have a negative view of them, I just really don't know them well enough XD

Actually I started out as Arashi-fan. I followed them for one or two years and I was one of those people who maybe acknowledged NEWS and Kanjani, maybe HSJ because of Chinen if I had a good day. I honestly didn't even know about junior groups or most of the senpai groups because Arashi-fans simply don't talk about those. Arashi is everything and omg I'm so happy I'm out of there XD I left after the year when they published a single like every month or something, the fans were so annoying. It's like they're in a completely different part of the Johnny's world...