Allowance amounts. I’m a female member in my 20s. I met men through Universe, but both offered 50,000 yen, while the man I met through an app offered 60,000 yen. Two years ago, when I was doing papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), two men offered 100,000 yen and one offered 50,000 yen, so I’m wondering whether the lower amounts are because I’m older now, or whether rates have gone down because of COVID-19.

I’m not sure I can tell without a few more examples…

I’ve been taking potshots from a Nagoya veteran in response to all kinds of questions, but his shots don’t hurt at all. They just hit my funny bone, and I can’t stop laughing. Part of my abs have been slightly strained lately, and I thought it was from overdoing the ab roller—but maybe I strained them from getting hit by one of his shots instead. Seriously, it’s hilarious. ﾟ(ﾟ＾ω＾ﾟ)ﾟ｡ Still, wiping Carlos out for good is really tough. I have to keep fighting him forever, but he keeps trying to make me laugh too. He’s completely out of control lol.

Like “Restrictions and Vows” in Hunter × Hunter or “Binding Vows” in Jujutsu Kaisen, you can temporarily increase your abilities—and gain greater returns—by deliberately taking on restrictions, imposing limitations, and accepting risks at your own expense. People with money can get greater returns depending on how much they give, since handing over money means putting their own money on the line. People without money have to sacrifice something other than money. I’m an ordinary salaried employee, so I don’t have much money. But at the same time, I can take risks that business owners can’t. I can put myself on the line in ways they can’t. That’s how I use these kinds of “binding vows” to temporarily boost my abilities and compete with wealthy men at dating clubs. I’m thinking of all sorts of ways to make it through at the Black level for five. The same goes for women. Your allowance won’t increase if you just sit around doing nothing. You have to raise your own allowance. I have a lot of respect for papa-katsu women who are willing to fight for it. A boxer who only waits for high-paying fights to be booked will eventually stop getting calls from promoters. Show them what you can do in the ring.

It’s been quite a while since the COVID scare, so I don’t think that’s relevant anymore. That club probably just has fewer male members now. As for the allowance, I think it’s only natural for it to decrease as papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) becomes more mainstream. On apps, it seems that allowances as low as 20,000 yen for an adult relationship (intimate)—the kind of rates you’d expect from old-school dating sites—are becoming common. So if you received 60,000 yen, you may actually have been treated quite generously.

There could be factors other than COVID or age, and a sample size that small doesn’t tell us anything.