Putting myself aside for a moment, I have a question.

I’m Maezawa from the CEO’s office, and I’ll answer this as well. Thank you for your question. I think your eye for women has simply become more discerning. When you see so many polished women day after day, you start thinking, “There must be someone even more amazing out there.” That’s all it is. Rather than focusing too much on looks, try thinking about what kind of woman you’d genuinely want to meet based on other qualities as well. I think that may help you see things from a different perspective.

I’m Kazu, a male member. > Even though she’s really Platinum, they force her into the Black class... Does that mean by “quality,” you’re referring to the staff being too lenient when assigning female members to classes during interviews? I’m still fairly new, so I don’t know what things were like in the past, but even over the past few months, I’ve definitely noticed myself becoming more spoiled. I also feel that the staff’s class evaluations aren’t all that reliable, since they’re ultimately just people making subjective judgments. The class system exists for business reasons in the first place, so I think it’s separate from whether someone is actually a good dating partner. Every man looks for different things in a partner, and the staff obviously can’t determine that in advance. So wouldn’t any class assignment be fine? I think it’s best to simply assume that the arrangement fee is 100,000 yen, with the occasional woman who inexplicably costs 20,000–50,000 yen. You don’t really worry about the difference in the arrangement fee when making an offer, do you? Compared with how much you’ll spend on the relationship afterward, the arrangement fee is negligible.

I’m Flagmaker, a column writer. I feel exactly the same way, so don’t worry. I’ve reached the point where someone’s rank—whether they’re “Black” or otherwise—doesn’t really affect me anymore. Let’s take it as a positive: you’ve grown and realized that personality and chemistry matter more than looks alone. In a way, I think your eye has become more discerning. The initial excitement of “I wonder what’s going to happen?” has faded, and you can probably more or less predict how things will play out. Try laying low for a while. Then the urge will probably come back, and you’ll start making offers again. Unfortunately, I think it’ll probably keep repeating itself, haha.

I’m Kamihikoki, a male member. Yeah, I understand why you feel that way… But honestly, both sides are in the same boat. If women are in the top 60%, then men might be in the bottom 60% by comparison. Since men have to pay just to meet women, they’re clearly at a disadvantage… They’ve completely lost out. I’m sure you feel like complaining, but… (To be honest, you don’t really have the right to complain either… Unlike women, men aren’t exactly the chosen ones.) If you want to feel fulfilled in a relationship, you have to fulfill the other person first. Otherwise, nothing will come back to you. Just because it’s a club doesn’t mean you’re a customer with the right to choose… If anything, the rule between men and women is to make yourself someone the other person wants to choose. Besides, we made it through that awful COVID period, so you have to think of this the same way: things are fine as long as the economy gets back to around 70–80% of where it was. And if you don’t like that, you can simply be happy and enjoy a close relationship with the person you’re currently seeing… I think the real benchmark is whether a wonderful woman appears—someone who’s wonderful for you.