YOU SAID:
Johnは表向きは応援してはいけない人だが
INTO JAPANESE
ジョンは表方向はします
BACK INTO ENGLISH
John is ostensibly
INTO JAPANESE
ジョンは表面上は
BACK INTO ENGLISH
John is on the surface
INTO JAPANESE
ジョンは表面にいます
BACK INTO ENGLISH
John is on the surface
That didn't even make that much sense in English.