id still be just another member in nct though. to me it doesn't matter about units. the only unit I would say is completely different from ncts regular brand is wayv.
nct 127 is there a more popular unit I would say and they have ten members. id be fighting for my life in there!
nct u is a rotational experimental unit from what I've seen. kinda like sm stations, random members do collabs or whatever.
and then nct dream is a fixed unit.
whenever I see that nct is adding another member i just think "oh just another nct member". if I was training for that long id want to be in a different group entirely and not apart of the nct brand, not because nct is bad but because of the fact that there are already so many members and there are obvious members that have gained a shit ton of popularity compared to less popular ones. id just want to be apart of something new and not a group that debuted in 2016!
also, I'm not saying that all 100 members would be performing together if nct ever went that far, that was more of a hyperbole. I'm just saying that at a certain point how many times are people gonna get excited for another nct member?
I mean considering NCT is modelled after the jpop brand/group Exile Tribe, I'd say quite a damn while!
And I would actually say that NCT currently only has 2 main units, 127 and WayV!
Dream was never suppose to be a main unit and even tho it is made fixed now, it is still rotational to allow members to be away from the group promote with other ones. It is widely thought that the Dream members will all eventually get added to main groups as well.
And looking at it atm.... Both Shotaro and Sungchan have gotten a LOT of hype from fans, so it isn't as if new members struggle to get recognized. It isn't as if members are being added in 10 at a time, it's always been 2-3 members together, giving the new members space to shine and allowing ppl to get to know them easier.
This also means that when they debut a new unit, fans already know some of the members going into the group and with that the group will have fans from the start, the group won't have to build from 0.
Debuting a new NCT unit is literally like debuting a new group! That is just how I look at it! NCT is a brand more than a group.