I’m the one who asked here about the difference between dating apps and papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan).

I found the various opinions very informative. I see that I’m not able to post a reply there, so I wanted to thank everyone here instead. The only opinion I couldn’t quite agree with was Paper Airplane’s. “Do you really want to meet a papa-katsu woman who has built up a lot of experience? Do you really want to date a woman who has mastered and fully understood the essence of papa-katsu? Of course not, right? Your ideal would be a woman (or man) who would never do papa-katsu—but since that’s impossible, don’t you actually want to meet someone with little papa-katsu experience who would also be popular outside of papa-katsu?” If there are men like that, they seem a little troublesome. I found myself thinking that these are probably the kind of people who quickly fall in love with women and cause problems. In my experience, apps are spontaneous at best and lacking in communication quality at worst. That said, many people responded properly when I took the time to communicate with them carefully. Here at the club, however, I still feel that many people are more businesslike, and at this point I’m getting the impression that apps may be a better fit for me. Would it be too harsh to say that they seem to be following a papa-katsu manual, giving me the feeling that their minds aren’t really present? Still, since I’ve taken the plunge into this world, I’d like to gain a little more experience and see how things go. Thank you very much.