Super Junior > 13

When Super Junior debuted as a project group in 2006 with 12 members, all the odds were working against them. They were a really large group that stuck out like a sore thumb among the solo Kpop artists and small idol groups. They had a chubby member, members who couldn't sing, members who couldn't dance, and a member who looked like a female (lol!). Their concept was very different from other artists and they weren't like the typical 'idols:' They cried often, they were funny, and at times, embarrassing. They were also a rotation group, with a remake as their very first title song. They didn't take their image so seriously.. they were just so different, in so many ways.

But they made it, they won awards and soared to the top of Korean charts, against all the odds, and are now considered legends in their own right. (because you gotta admit, they play in a different field and are a league all on their own)

People on Twitter and generally in the fandom are abuzz with the news about a new debut group with 17 members debuting.. some are afraid that they'll be a threat to Super Junior and that they'll kick them off their 'biggest group' title.

But you know what? It's not about the number anymore. At one point, it was, and it was such a novelty to have so many members. But somewhere along the way a long time ago, Super Junior stopped being just the boy group with the most members, but so much more than that. They grew to be well-rounded entertainers with different talents and successful in their respective fields. They've become so much more than just a 13-member boy group, and as cliche' as it sounds, they've become a family, of sorts.

A number has, and always will be, just a number. It doesn't guarantee anything: not fame, not success, not the thousands of fans SJ has in Korea and overseas. I don't think ELF should be worried at all, because it's really easy to become the largest idol group - just add more members than Super Junior. Sure, they may have more members, but so what? :) What Super Junior is now, how respected and established they are in the industry, and how loved they are in the international market, are things that can't be taken away just like that.

Super Junior's strength is not measured by their number, but rather, measured by their heart. And we all know the boys have got the biggest hearts, no doubt, so no worries :)