Do you have any plans or goals for Universe Club next year?

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here as well. > We’re planning to raise the fee by 10% (and you’ll be able to use the new site in return). We had been including consumption tax in the listed price, but the government gave us a hard time over supposedly passing on the consumption tax—even though we were being falsely accused. So, to make sure we couldn’t be hassled about it again, the only option was to list prices before tax. That’s all it seemed to be, really. Though, if you call it a price increase, I suppose it is one. When the consumption tax went from 8% to 10%, we were told that keeping the tax-included price unchanged meant we had passed on the increase in consumption tax. It really made me think, “You can’t win against a crying child—or against authority.”

This is Kida, the representative. Yes, we have some updates: - Starting January 15, you’ll be able to add a message when sending a “Nice” on Suteki Desu ne. - By the end of February, smartphone logins will be discontinued, and you’ll be able to search multiple profiles on PC. - In May, you’ll be able to give female members their transportation allowance through the members’ site. - By December, we’ll launch a new matching site separate from Universe. At that time, we plan to raise the fees by 10%—but you’ll also be able to use the new site.