Hmm, as expected of you, Mac. You’ve seen right through me—I have no intention of changing…

I’m Meg, a female member. > I chose Universe because I wanted to buy peace of mind—and because I wanted others to choose peace of mind too. I completely agree. It’s thanks to people like that that Universe is able to maintain its quality, isn’t it? I also mustered up the courage to attend the interview, hoping to meet a wonderful man. But please, let me say just one thing m(_ _)m Don’t bully Mr. Maezawa～ (ToT) By the way, from here on, I’m just talking to myself, so feel free to ignore me. Mr. Maezawa → My personal nickname for him in my head: “The Swiss Prince” What does that even mean? Time for a word-association game～! Mr. Maezawa → legendary staff member = neither a male member nor a female member = neutral = a permanently neutral country = Switzerland～ (A perfectly ordinary conclusion, perhaps?) And adding “Prince” makes him sound incredibly cool! (I’m getting carried away all by myself.) That’s the image of Mr. Maezawa that’s gradually taking shape in my mind. (My apologies!) Oh, come to think of it, he was passionately explaining things with a ballpoint pen the other day, so maybe something along those lines would work too～ Like “Jetstream something-or-other”? Ahh～ Thinking about things like this is so much fun, I don’t even want to go to sleep. What? “Go to bed already”? Yes, yes～

I’m Paper Airplane, a male member. As Flag Maker wrote, there’s nothing cool about paying someone to spend time with you—it’s embarrassing and uncool in the first place. And simply being introduced to someone through the club is already pretty uncool. Whether you give an allowance or not, you’re still relying on the club’s help. I read Maezawa’s post, and I don’t see any problem with including the story about the bundles of cash. It’s nothing unusual. Among men who belong to the club, I’m sure some people take commemorative photos when they buy a house, laying out 100 million yen—or maybe even more—in cash. Come to think of it, back when banks like Kizushin were collapsing one after another and everyone was panicking, saying they had to withdraw their money that very day, there were times when people carried several bundles of cash around with them.

Maezawa from the Corporate Planning Office here. > You’re the one shamelessly bragging about your club. To begin with, Universe doesn’t advertise itself as “high-end,” so I don’t think there’s anything worth bragging about. It’s a perfectly ordinary dating club. Compared with dating sites, though, the entire dating-club industry may seem upscale. But that’s simply a fact, not something to boast about. > Do we really need the whole story about the white and red bands? The story about the red band isn’t about Universe in the first place, so if you’re asking whether it’s necessary, perhaps it isn’t. It was just an explanation that such a world exists. If you don’t think it’s necessary, you can simply skip over it. Also, if you’ve never used dating sites or apps, I think you should try them. Experiencing them may help you understand my answer this time. Sometimes people can’t understand something simply because they don’t know about it. Of course, some people can gather information from various sources, make inferences, and acquire an understanding almost equivalent to having experienced it themselves. But if you’ve never used dating sites, never researched them, and can’t infer how they work, I think there will be more and more things you won’t understand. In your case, dating sites seem to be a better fit. > Please listen to how the other person feels… I obviously do that. If you really were listening, “3” wouldn’t be possible. So I don’t think you’re listening. And if you are listening, then you’re only hearing the words on the surface and don’t understand how deeply hurt the woman feels. If you were extremely handsome, very young, incredibly popular, and women approached you everywhere you went, then it’s possible that a woman might say 3 is enough. But in that case, I don’t think you would have joined a dating club in the first place. You say that you obviously do these things, but we receive a great deal of negative feedback about people who can’t do what should be basic. Sometimes they simply don’t know that people feel that way about them. > What’s the value of a mistress club? Universe is a dating club, not a mistress club. Were you referring to another club?

I’m Flagmaker, a column writer. The fact that we’re paying women an allowance to be intimate with them isn’t exactly something we can proudly tell everyone about, so let’s stop embarrassing ourselves by arguing over things like this ^^; To respectable people, those of us paying an allowance for companionship probably just look like pathetic, shameful trash they can only look down on, lol. Since Universe Club is willing to accept us shameful people as long as we pay, let’s show a little gratitude, lol.