I’m in the Black class, but I was offered an allowance of ¥80,000.

They’re completely taking you for a fool. I can understand why you’d want to say, “Who do you think I am?!” That said, it seems like you could simply turn them down instead of asking here. Am I wrong?

You probably don’t have any standards of your own. Unless you rely on the club’s “class” system—a concept designed to maximize the club’s fee revenue—you can’t even tell what your own worth is. With part-time jobs, it’s only about the hourly wage. With papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), it’s only about the allowance. A person’s worth is judged by the price of the accessories they wear, and a human being’s value, just like a machine’s, is reduced to how much they can earn in a year. Reducing everything to money must be making life really interesting for you. Even the questioner’s worth could be converted into the equivalent of however many cans of coffee. When the TV show *Nandemo鑑定団* first began, people mocked the way guests were amazed by the appraised price rather than by the beauty of the object itself. Having no standard other than money really is convenient—and shallow. I’m sure you’ll keep working hard at papa-katsu, judging people’s superiority by how much you managed to “sell yourself” for. Then, as you grow older and can no longer command the same price you did when you were young, you’ll become increasingly worthless and shallow. Good luck.

Women in the black class really are that beautiful and popular, huh! I’m honestly so jealous. My allowance is shockingly low compared with yours, but my papa always does his best to please me♡ That’s more than enough to make me happy.

Rather than being about class, I think they’re offering that much because the person asking comes across as very money-focused, so they assume she can be won over with money (though he may just be a boring man). That’s the impression I get from the wording… I imagine a man who wants to show off the power of his money and a woman captivated by its allure would probably get along well. For people like that, there’s really no upper limit. And if they place more importance on the relationship itself, there’s no need to be so particular about the allowance. Everyone sees things—and the world—differently.

It’s less about the going rate and more about what each person decides for themselves, so I think you should set it however you like. If a papa won’t meet that amount, you can simply turn him down. From the papa’s perspective, it’s not that he’s trying to lowball you—he probably genuinely wants to pursue an arrangement at that amount. That said, the way you’re so focused on money is honestly off-putting. You may be attractive, but there are plenty of attractive women out there. If that attitude becomes apparent, papas will quickly move on to women at the same level who have better personalities. Wealthy papas aren’t as stupid as you seem to think. You might want to be careful from now on so you don’t end up losing all your papas and regretting it later...