I’m an 18-year-old woman considering signing up. I live in Shikoku—would I need to go to an office for the interview? Can I register even if I live in Shikoku?

Maezawa from the Corporate Planning Office here as well. If you had applied during the state of emergency, I think you might have been able to register online, but these days, as far as I remember, applicants are invited to a second interview. For the second interview, you need to come to one of our branches. Since registration used to be available online, there’s still a possibility you could register without a second interview. That said, when it comes to online interviews, if a woman is exceptionally beautiful, extremely cute, or clearly “black-tier,” so to speak, I feel like she might be given preferential treatment and allowed to register regardless of the rules. Some people may think that’s unfair, but I feel that’s simply how things work in reality. If it were me, for example, and I saw her photos and thought she was a top-tier candidate, I’d probably say, “We’ll cover your transportation costs in full, so please come in. You can even have lunch wherever you like, and if you have the receipt, we’ll reimburse that too.” (Haha.) However, even if registration isn’t an issue, I think there may still be problems when it comes to dates afterward. Usually, most dates take place in cities where we have branches, so dates in cities without a branch aren’t very common. If Universe grows larger in the future, there may be registered men in cities without branches as well, and dates may become possible in cities of a certain size. But I think an important point will still be whether you can travel to a city with a branch for the date. Of course, if you’re attractive enough, the man may cover your round-trip transportation costs separately for the date, so I don’t think you’d have to worry about the financial burden.

I’m a male member, Paper Airplane. There are some women who registered through online interviews around April and May, but by now I completely skip over anyone from that period. I don’t even look at their profiles, let alone make them an offer. Even if remote interviews are possible, I think they should still have both photos and videos taken at the office. I can’t rely on classifications made without seeing them in person—they’re too risky. Basically, I use the office videos as the main basis for deciding whether to make an offer. Photos can differ from reality, so I only treat them as a rough reference.