I’m the person who asked the previous question about annual incomes of 10–20 million yen. Is papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) really only for girls from poor to average households who can be impressed by everything? When I was a teenager, I had a huge fight with my parents and they told me to leave. (Apparently, they never thought I would actually go.) I left in tears with only 5 million yen. I had no idea how much money I would need to live on, so I registered with Universe, which I found on Twitter, and started papa-katsu. My parents had always told me that living expenses were extremely high and that I wouldn’t be able to manage on my own, so I told my papa (a male supporter) that I was really struggling financially, and he paid for all my furniture and appliances. But I was surprised to discover that, unexpectedly, you can live perfectly well on about 300,000 yen a month.

I’m still doing papa-katsu now, but the papas generally approach me with the attitude that they’re basically wealthy people. It makes me realize, “So this is the level of wealth people consider rich.” Then I think about how comfortable my parents must have allowed me to live at home, and how devastated they would be if they found out I was doing papa-katsu. I feel terribly guilty toward them. Even after we reconciled, I felt I shouldn’t rely on my parents, so I support myself with a part-time job, papa-katsu, and a monthly total of about 700,000 yen from a scholarship that doesn’t need to be repaid. My parents still ask me whether I’m having financial difficulties. Of course, there’s no way I’d be struggling with 700,000 yen a month, so I tell them I’m fine—but I feel incredibly guilty because I’m doing papa-katsu, something I can’t tell them about. It also feels uncomfortable when papas assume I’ve never experienced things like this before. I’ve traveled abroad alone many times since I was in middle and high school, too… So when they brag about it, I don’t know how to react. I thought I should wear cheap clothes from GRL or somewhere similar in front of my papas, so that’s what I do. But when I meet my friends or go to university, I wear Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu that my parents bought for me. I genuinely love that kind of glamorous fashion. Overall, I feel like the version of myself I present in papa-katsu is fake. Am I simply not suited for papa-katsu unless I’m naturally innocent and able to be impressed by everything? When it comes to business, I honestly feel like, “Wouldn’t it be much better to ask my parents, who each run their own companies?” All I get from my papas is money.