First Haruka, then Toma, Torao, & now soon to be Minami too Funny how at the end of Third Beat Part 1 they were so intimidating, but it’s exactly what you’ve been saying too Regardless of that fact, I still love them all
Lol you should watch the rabitube clips of these guys they're hilarious. They're the kind of antagonists who want to be the bad guys but they're just not cut out for it, At the end of it all everyone comes to realize they're just lonely dorks seeking validation.
As a player of the game I don't think it's ever elaborated why he's afraid of sharp objects but I'd assume it's due to trauma of what happened to Banri when they were Re:Vale (the stage light incident)
Well they’re on live broadcast, Torao wanted a reaction out of Yuki so it would make the Re:Vale boys, master of the trade, look bad. It would solidify Zool’s power and only harm the reputation of the idol world in the long term. Momo doing that not only saved Yuki, he also prevented a really massive wave of outcry and drama. The Re:Vale boys have a massively intricate and carefully built reputation after all, if it’s messed up it’ll probably never recover, as it took years to make it so secure. If they weren’t with their current agency maybe they could rebuild.
I believe it had to do with the incident with Banri. In the manga there’s a scene where he tries to cut a tomato and it makes him think of the bloody scene of his partner.