I'm Gaku, a male member. The other day, I had to say goodbye to a beautiful woman.

I’m Kamihikoki, a male member. When a woman breaks things off, it’s something involving another person and not something I can control, so there’s no way to heal from it… When I was a senior in high school preparing for entrance exams, the girl I was looking forward to seeing again after the exams broke up with me right before they started. I still remember sitting in a large lecture hall for the first time, with its sloped desks, taking the exam in a daze—and being struck by how far away the blackboard below looked from where I was sitting. When I was told about my first divorce, I realized how impossible it was for the person who wanted to end things and the person who didn’t to have a conversation that truly connected… Heartbreak is a huge shock, but with a dating club, I feel that “simply losing someone” is a more accurate description than “being dumped.” So I think it’s different from heartbreak, and because the next girl appears automatically, you’re likely to recover fairly quickly. P.S. As Maezawa-san said, if a woman is satisfied with papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), she has no reason to be the one to end things, right…? In papa-katsu, neither men nor women can really voice even minor dissatisfaction, so I think you have to be especially sensitive to the other person’s feelings and pick up on them carefully. P.P.S. Recently, my wife told me, “There’s not a single good thing about you!” …This is bad…

I’m Rin, a female member. I’m genuinely impressed… Mr. Maezawa is incredible. Absolutely amazing.

I’m Flagmaker, a column writer. When I’m truly heartbroken and depressed—when I’m at my lowest—I go to karaoke alone and sing Naotaro Moriyama’s “If Being Alive Is Painful” at the top of my lungs through my tears. Then I return home to my family feeling like Amuro Ray in the final episode of Gundam: “I still have somewhere I can go back to. I couldn’t be happier.”

Maezawa from the Corporate Planning Office here as well. I understand how painful it is when a relationship ends even though you thought it would continue for a long time. But honestly, I think the amount of the allowance may have had some influence too. For example, perhaps you were giving her the amount she requested, or you checked in a few times and she said everything was fine. Even if she said at the time of the breakup that the allowance had nothing to do with it, there may still have been some connection. Even if she felt the allowance was acceptable, she may have been putting up with something deep down—for example, thinking, “Other women seem to be getting more, but I’m only worth this much, so I guess it can’t be helped.” That may eventually have contributed to the relationship ending. Of course, the allowance isn’t everything, and there are surely other reasons people break up. After a breakup, though, while you’re looking for a new woman and going on dates with a few people, your emotional wounds gradually begin to heal. You may also meet someone else you really like. When that happens, I think you’ll be able to look back on the previous relationship simply as a memory.

I’m Basil, a male member. Even when I have a favorite girl, I’m the type to get distracted by someone else. After all, this is just a fleeting dream with women from this kind of world, so as you said, let’s move on and look for a new dream.