About a papa (a male supporter) who lives outside my area:
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Since he covers my transportation, I feel comfortable going to see him almost like I’m taking a little trip. But I’m unsure whether I should book a Green Car or a regular reserved seat on the Shinkansen when I pay upfront.
When it’s a long distance, I can’t help feeling that the Green Car would be nice. Sorry!
Still, since it’s my first time meeting him, I feel too presumptuous asking for that, so I tell him the regular fare.
I imagine my papas usually travel in Green Cars, though, so I’m really not sure which fare I should request. Even if he gives me a slightly rounded-up amount, the regular fare wouldn’t cover a Green Car ticket—and he might say, “A Green Car?!”
I know there’s no single right answer, but would it be okay to take the Green Car???
Sorry for the silly question!
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I’m the kind of person who doesn’t think Green Car is all that different from a regular reserved seat, so even if a papa (a male supporter) told me to take Green Car, I’d probably go with a regular reserved seat.
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When I travel by Shinkansen, I usually take a non-reserved seat.
I’m willing to pay to save time, but I don’t want to waste money on things I don’t feel I particularly need.
If the woman I’m seeing asked to ride in the Green Car, I wouldn’t refuse, but I probably wouldn’t feel great about it.
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If you normally ride Green Car with your own money, that’s one thing. But choosing Green Car just because someone else is paying—that mindset is stingy and vulgar.
Live modestly, and people will give to you. That’s just how it is.
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I think it’s better to be modest enough to take the regular train even if he tells you to come in the Green Car.
Especially since it’ll be your first time meeting him.
He might start wondering whether you’re always being invited by other papas to ride in the Green Car, or make other unnecessary assumptions.
Of course, you’re free to pay extra and book the Green Car yourself, but it might be difficult unless you’re okay with him knowing you came in it.
Going by Aya’s vibe, I’d say: “I have a pretty normal sense of money for my profession, but I’m very sexual,” lol.
Marika
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Thanks for the question. Maezawa will answer as well.
Unless the man specifically tells you to take the Green Car, it’s wiser not to.
In general, I think the best approach is to choose the cheaper option until the man tells you otherwise.
In the past, one woman paid for a Green Car seat out of her own pocket and took it anyway. Even so, the man said something along the lines of, “Women who take the Green Car are…”
(He found out when he asked her for the receipt and she gave it to him >_<)
It’s puzzling that she received a bad evaluation for taking the Green Car at her own expense, but there seem to be quite a few men like that, so it’s best to be cautious.
One thing that can improve a man’s impression of you is to make sure you get the receipt and hand it to him.
Normally, you might think that makes it look like you’re asking him to reimburse your transportation right away, but apparently the opposite is true. For some reason, men tend to have a better impression of women who properly get the receipt and hand it over.
I’m not entirely sure why, but it seems to be a good idea to get the receipt and give it to the man.
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I think a regular train carriage makes a better impression.
Even though papas are wealthy—or perhaps precisely because they are—they tend to like girls who are frugal and modest.
In papa-katsu, sexy girls and modest girls are the ones who tend to be popular.
I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I said I landed a generous papa simply by being modest—with a little sexiness thrown in.
So the Green Car is totally up to you, but you should be prepared for the possibility that it might make you less appealing to your papa.
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I personally include the Green Car fare from the start, but there seem to be a lot of cash-strapped papas (male supporters) these days, so unless they bring it up, it’s probably safer to quote the regular-fare price.
So is the right move to pretend to everyone that you have poor money sense, save up a ton, and eventually earn more than your papa?
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Do you really ask for that separately?
Since she’s already getting a little extra, it’s up to her whether she wants to use it for a Green Car seat or save it. There’s no need to ask for it separately.
These days, since most people reserve seats, the unreserved cars are often less crowded than the Green Car. You can often have plenty of space around you, with no one sitting in front of or behind you.
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Normally, they’ll probably give you a little extra—about the cost of a Green Car seat—to account for the time spent traveling. So if you’re not even receiving that much, it’s even better not to bring it up.
You’re free to ride in the Green Car, but people dislike it most when you do so with someone else’s money. So don’t specifically ask for the Green Car fare. Saying, “I was happy I could ride in the Green Car because I received plenty for transportation,” would be better.
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You’re free to take the Green Car if you want. I think you should just go ahead and take it.
Whether you can get the Green Car fare covered depends on each person’s values and way of thinking, so I can’t say.
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