Isn’t the appalling situation where more than half of the women who summoned the courage to register with Universe receive no offers the result of putting men first to excess? Women become victims of the club’s policy of being brutally honest, while men can’t bring themselves to make an offer because even the slightest flaw bothers them. It benefits neither side.

Maezawa here. That may be exactly right—or it may not. Whether the current approach is right or wrong is something we won’t know until later. It’s also difficult to say why half of the women aren’t receiving offers. But if the number of men increased tenfold while the number of women stayed the same, I think the number of women who don’t receive offers would decrease significantly. (On dating sites, the gender ratio tends to be like that, so even ordinary women seem to be able to meet men.) In Universe’s case, only financially comfortable men can become members, so we do need to think about how to increase the number of men tenfold. Still, I feel that changing the gender ratio would solve the problem to some extent. As for whether we’ve become too male-focused: That isn’t the policy of Universe itself. I believe we treat both men and women equally. However, I do feel that some branches may lean more toward one side or the other. Tokyo seems to lean slightly toward men, so personally, I’d like to see it return to a more neutral position. That said, achieving a completely neutral balance is difficult, and I think this falls within the range of discretion allowed for branch managers to give their branches some individuality. If that ends up causing negative effects, then it’s the branch manager’s responsibility. That’s how authority and responsibility work, isn’t it?