Yes, indeed, Pat.  The laughing premies seem like high-strung Japanese company-men chortling way too hard at the visiting manager's half-assed jokes.  No, that's not it.  How about a visit from the Emperor?  "And look how human he is!" 

I guess all celebrities trigger a bit of this giggling schoolgirl reaction in their fans.  But it's so much more outlandish when the idol's playing peek-a-boo Master-within with them.  There really would be a great screenplay in this were it not for the fact that this slow-death-drowing-in-treacle is beyond the pale of most peoples' experience.  It's too far-fetched.  No one would buy it.