I’m a woman in my 20s and just joined.

Since it’s the year-end and New Year period, the papas aren’t very active either, so for now, just wait and see. If 30 people have added you to their favorites, you’ll probably get some offers. If not, then prepare and try again in six months—retake your photos and revise your profile comments.

There’s no need to rush. Even if he goes on one date a week with each person, he may still not have met everyone yet—and men have a habit of browsing new women anyway. Please be patient.

First of all, having more than 30 favorites already suggests that your profile and photos are making a strong first impression and catching men’s attention. So I don’t think you’re at the stage where you need to worry that you lack appeal or that there’s no demand for you. As you mentioned, you’re already doing everything you can on the site, such as sending “You seem lovely” messages and adding your availability to the calendar. Honestly, I wish there were a clear answer like, “Do this and you’ll definitely get more offers,” but I don’t know of any method I can say that confidently, so I’m sorry I can’t be more specific. If I had to suggest something, it would be to take another look at whether your profile gives men a sense of what spending time with you might be like. That said, I don’t think you need to exaggerate anything or try to imitate someone else. To be honest, I also don’t have a definite answer I can promise will increase your offers. I’m sorry. But looking at your current situation, it feels less like something is missing and more like you’re simply in a period of waiting for the right timing. So please try not to blame yourself too much.

I understand wanting to receive lots of offers, but from the offeror’s perspective, they only make offers to women they’re interested in. So I think it’s best not to rush and to wait patiently for a while. Having more than 30 favorites means that, sooner or later, you’ll probably receive an offer from someone among them—or from a man who happens to come across your profile. They just haven’t made an offer yet due to various circumstances. To Maezawa-san, I think it might be helpful to have a contact channel where people can ask for advice, even if it doesn’t go as far as reverse offers. The other day, a woman who was looking for advice posted various things, and I found myself wondering if there was anything I could do to help. In the end, she never contacted me, but I think that’s probably fine too. The reason is that the woman I’m currently seeing insists that papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) isn’t necessarily a bad thing! Or rather, I’d like to see more women in papa-katsu who feel that way. Although everyone is ultimately responsible for their own choices, and the way a dating club introduces people also plays a role, I strongly hope that the women who register will eventually leave feeling glad they signed up.

During the year-end and New Year holidays, it may be difficult to respond if a woman doesn’t show up after accepting an offer. We therefore ask that you refrain from scheduling Universe Setting dates (dates) during this period. For that reason, although we still accept offers, the number of offers generally decreases around New Year’s, roughly through January 3. If you registered at the end of December, it may not be possible to properly assess your offer until after January 4. Given the circumstances, I’d suggest waiting patiently until around January 7, allowing a little extra time, and then sending more “You look great” messages than before. Also, if you’d like feedback on your profile, you can contact Maezawa through the LINE chat with the staff. We can share your profile with the person answering and get their opinion. > What should I do to receive more offers? As Mac mentioned, you can also make a reverse offer to the person answering. If you contact Maezawa through the LINE chat with the staff, we can let that person know about your reverse offer.

It might be a good idea to make a reverse offer to one of the men answering questions here. Reading their answers gives you a sense of each person’s personality and dating style, and it would also help energize the Q&A site itself. As for how to do it, I believe you can email Maezawa-san, who should be able to put you in touch. I hear the new Q&A site currently being prepared will feature reverse offers more prominently. Since this could also help with preparations for that, I think more women should take advantage of reverse offers. Personally, if you’re comfortable with someone aged 60 or older, I’d be happy if you made a reverse offer to Dateyume-san or “Wandering Sixties,” as they might then register with Univ again. I’ve never met Dateyume-san, but “Wandering Sixties” is a fresh-looking gentleman. He’s fit enough to cycle all the way from Kyoto to Nagoya. Maezawa-san, If this is meant to improve the current Q&A site, wouldn’t it be enough to add the following to the front page? “Female questioners can make a reverse offer to male respondents they like—that is, express their interest in receiving an offer from them through an email to Maezawa-san. Male members can become respondents and share their opinions, allowing them to learn which female members are interested in them.” Once the number of reverse offers increases, you can introduce a more formal system. Right now, this Q&A site seems a bit like a spittoon for venting stress. But if the system is designed well, I think it could become entertainment similar to a televised dating show, as well as a third dating platform following clubs and apps.

On the club, proactive women aren’t particularly popular, so I don’t think there’s any problem with not taking any action at all. You hardly even need to log in. As for sending a “You seem wonderful” message to men you’ve favorited, either way is fine. Sometimes adding a proper message works well, but other times it can backfire and make you seem overly invested. Sending no message can also work—or backfire by making them think you send it to everyone. You’ll probably receive a lot of offers during the first few days or weeks, so it may be a good idea to value the opportunity to meet the first few people who contact you. That’s because your freshness and inexperience will come across naturally at first, which can leave a very good impression on the men you meet. After about three weeks, though, the number of offers will start to decline. --- To Maezawa-san, The fact that you used to receive that many reverse offers means there were a lot of people seriously asking for advice. By responding to them, you were able to get your thoughts across, and the respondents also became interested in one another. Looking back, it was truly valuable that so many people were able to discuss their concerns and find solutions. In that sense, if reverse offers start happening regularly again, they could serve as a barometer showing that more people are seriously making use of the site for advice. I believe there was also a rather unusual question before from someone who wanted to make an offer to a female respondent. Someone answered that she should become a respondent herself and promote herself, and that was indeed entirely possible at the time. It’s nice to receive thank-you messages and greetings from women on the club today as well. On New Year’s Day, when I hadn’t even exchanged LINE messages with any family members yet, it was nice to already have people I was in touch with. At my age, I’m even more reluctant to message anyone during the first three days of the New Year... > If you were going to set up a meeting without looking at the details at all—without any information—it might work. I really feel the same way. If you became a male respondent and received a reverse offer from a female respondent who read one of your answers, it would be possible to meet that same day without exchanging any information beforehand. That kind of thing is possible for people who look at this Q&A box, and I think you need to be man enough to meet someone without any prior information for it to work. That said, I doubt anyone becomes a respondent specifically for that purpose... As things stand, the questions had become such that female respondents were losing interest not only in participating but even in looking at them. Recently, however, it has become possible to make questions private depending on their content, so I think things will gradually be corrected from here, even if it takes time. The clearest sign will probably be when the number of answers from female respondents starts increasing again.