I’m the person who asked whether it’s possible to know which women are popular. It’s not as though a male member showed me anything.

Answers aren’t written simply to tell the questioner what they want to hear; everyone responds with what they genuinely think. So you’re likely to receive a wide range of opinions. You may sometimes get an answer you never expected, but why not take it as, “I see—there are ways of thinking like this, too…”? It would probably be boring if every responder gave the same answer. This is an anonymous question box, so I think you should feel free to ask about anything that’s on your mind. Even if my opinion comes across as a little harsh, I always try to answer with the individual questioner in mind. I’m sure the other responders feel the same way!

As for whether a woman is popular, I usually ask the staff before making an offer. Recently, I heard directly from a staff member that one woman had received more than 30 offers. The staff don’t usually give an exact number, but some will still share the information in a roundabout way. Personally, I consider any woman who receives more than ten offers to be popular.

> Was it not okay to simply ask about something I was curious about? Did anyone say that was not okay? I don’t think anyone did. The Japanese phrase, “If that’s the case, it violates the rules,” means that it would be a rule violation if a man showed you the members-only page—but if he didn’t show it to you, then it isn’t a violation at all. It’s strange to interpret that as saying you shouldn’t ask about it. If anything, this question… Wait, this isn’t actually a question, is it? It was supposed to be hidden from view ＞＜ But since so many people have already answered, I’ll leave it visible.

I’m Potassium, a female member. Even when you’re following the rules, it doesn’t feel great to be suspected, does it? I also sometimes write answers that end up irritating people, so after reading this situation, I’ll try to be more careful about that. Regarding the earlier question, female members have no way of investigating, but I think there were several fairly clear answers. I’ve also wanted to increase the number of offers I receive, and I’ve wondered whether being popular really leads to more offers. Thanks to the questioner, I learned that female members can’t really know anything, and that every man seems to have his own preferences—so all I can do is work on becoming a better version of myself! Thank you. You have to pick and choose the information that’s useful to you. Also, whoever answered took the time to respond, regardless of what they said, so I feel that expressing some appreciation for that would help everyone feel better. My answer to the question, from Potassium’s perspective: If you’re following the rules, I think it’s fine to ask about anything. However, you may get answers you didn’t expect, so it’s best to ask with some awareness of that possibility! That was my personal opinion and impression.

> I was surprised that anyone could interpret that wording so maliciously. > I think it’s better to consider all the possibilities and realize that some people may see it that way. > If you calmly analyze things from a broader perspective and can say, “Oh! That’s certainly another valid way to look at it,” then you’ve officially become an adult（笑） > Was it wrong to simply ask about something I was curious about? > As long as you follow the rules for using the papa-katsu anonymous Q&A box, basically anything should be okay. > I imagine all kinds of people read this papa-katsu anonymous Q&A box, but new members in particular probably have a lot they don’t understand. Even questions about something a member is only slightly curious about may end up being helpful to others.

Some people really have zero sense of entertainment, don’t they? In other words, they’re the opposite of clever. Whether in real life or in anonymous question boxes, there’s no problem if someone takes a shot at me now and then. But there’s one person who throws stones at me every single time—almost like they’re going through menopause—and I’m starting to worry about them. If you dislike me, why not just ignore me? Maybe they actually like me? (Just stirring the pot for entertainment.) If you can learn to sprinkle a little entertainment into your serious side, questioner, you’ll become even more popular than you are now. That said, if you’re bad at intimacy but lie and claim you’re good at it, someone will expose you eventually. I know someone who’s already been found out and is merely being allowed to keep going, but they don’t realize it and continue acting cocky. The world is both bigger and smaller than it seems, which is scary. P.S. Totally unrelated, but haven’t a ton of incredibly cute girls joined over the past week or two? Are they running some kind of campaign? I’m infected with the disease of feeling like I have to make an offer whenever I find a cute girl, so I’ve been making offers nonstop. Seriously, what am I even doing…

I think it’s not a bad thing for the answers to include a variety of perspectives. Since the question concerns relationships with the opposite sex, there can be opposing views, unusual opinions, and even completely contradictory takes. There’s no single right answer, so I think it makes for a more worthwhile read when there are all kinds of responses—encouragement, harsh opinions, and perspectives from different angles. That said, when I consider whether it would be useful to the other people reading it, I do feel it wasn’t exactly the best question… P.S. For example, as one of the different ways of looking at it, quoting Mr. Makeotoko: > I never once thought I would lose to Paper Airplane. Why? Because Paper Airplane isn’t even stepping up to the plate, right? He hasn’t made any new offers. As Professor Galileo says, a hypothesis or personal theory is meaningless unless it’s tested. That’s one perspective. Another is that the person who is fulfilled enough not to need new offers is the winner, while the person who isn’t fulfilled enough and therefore needs new offers is the loser. Though, to begin with, this isn’t really about winning or losing. Some people insist on making new offers and replacing their monthly partners, like winning through the rounds of a grand championship. Others focus on finding the absolute best woman and deepening a relationship in which she also considers him her one and only best partner. The former type is very selective with their partners, so they’ll probably put even more energy into making new offers. The latter already feels they’ve found the best partner, so they won’t have the motivation to make new offers. There are all sorts of people and approaches, after all. Mr. Makeotoko can be a bit self-conscious, acting as though people are going to throw stones at him, but when it comes to men who pay high allowances and women who receive low allowances, hardly anyone really cares about that aspect. It’s like how nobody cares if a woman receiving a low allowance of 10,000 yen calls herself a cute and wonderful “premium black” woman. If there were only women receiving low allowances, or only men paying high allowances, the club probably couldn’t continue to exist… So what do you think? > Flag Maker, Please don’t hold back at all—feel free to call me out, like you used to…