Hello.

I’m Kazu, a male member. There are already plenty of answers, so I’ll just add a point that others haven’t mentioned. I don’t think being complimented necessarily means you’re in a higher rank. For example, it’s not as though staff would never compliment a woman they considered standard-tier. That said, as the staff members have mentioned in their answers, they probably wouldn’t compliment you on something they didn’t genuinely mean. So it’s best to take the things they praised as your personal strengths.

I’m Fullerene, a male member! First of all, congratulations on joining! I hope it leads to some great encounters! It sounds like you’re pretty particular about your class, but in the end, it comes down to choosing between pride and practical results. I think you made the right choice by going with the lower class. Do you really want to go around saying, “I’m Platinum at Universe!” If so, you might be happier registering as Platinum. But as you said yourself, you probably chose the lower class so you’d receive more offers. > I know it’s silly to care so much about the class, but after they praised me so much, I can’t help feeling sad and wondering what that whole exchange was about… I may sound harsh, but that’s actually a fairly dangerous way of thinking. If you turn “being praised a lot ⇒ being placed in a higher class” around, it reveals the idea that “people who belong in a lower class don’t need to be praised.” Would you really want to join a club that treats lower-class members and rejected applicants carelessly? At least, I’d quit immediately. Everyone has something good about them. I think the staff try to make sure that, no matter who comes in, they can leave feeling good about the experience. If it were simply a rule they had to follow, then it would just be flattery, right? I’m sure you would be able to tell whether they were being sincere or not, so if you didn’t notice any insincerity, I think the staff genuinely meant what they said.

Maezawa from the president’s office here—I’ll answer as well. Thank you for your question. > How often do you need to receive offers for them to be considered flooding in? There’s no specific standard. It depends on the staff member’s perception, and the number of offers that feels like a flood will probably differ depending on whether you’re in Tokyo or elsewhere. Speaking from my own sense of things: If even one offer comes in on the first day your profile is made public, I think, “Hmm? Could this possibly turn into a flood?” If three offers come in by the following day, I’d say the offers have flooded in. That said, even if it’s not quite that intense, I’d still consider three offers in a week to be a flood. Also, if even the staff start having trouble figuring out whose schedule a LINE message is about, we may decide that offers are flooding in and temporarily stop accepting more, lowering the profile’s visibility. So even among people who receive three offers in the same week, some may have their visibility lowered while others may not. > I know it’s silly to be hung up on class, but after being praised so much, I can’t help feeling sad and wondering what that whole exchange was about… When someone in the Platinum class is registered as Gold, offers tend to flood in. So if you want a flood of offers, you’re actually more likely to get them by being placed in a lower class. If you care about your class, you also need to be prepared for the possibility that offers may not come in easily. For example, some people in the Platinum class receive zero offers for an entire month. > Is praising people a staff rule? Do you compliment them even when you don’t really mean it? There’s no such rule. That said, isn’t it fairly normal for people to say things like that to some extent when having a conversation? Still, I feel we tend to compliment someone when there’s something that really stands out—for example, someone who’s in Gold but is genuinely wonderful, or someone in Gold with an amazing figure.

Universe Club Tokyo Assistant Chief Aizawa here as well. Regarding Question 1: Assuming you mean within the first month of registering, I’d consider five or more offers to be “a flood,” but everyone sees it differently. Some people might say three or more, while others might think seven or even ten or more. In the first place, having a lot of offers doesn’t make someone superior. Even if someone receives only one or two offers, if they continue seeing those supporters for a long time, they’re one of the winners at Universe. If someone gets lots of offers but none of them last, I personally find myself wondering whether there might be an issue with their personality or inner qualities. So rather than competing over the number of offers, I’d like people to compete over how many years their relationships continue. Regarding Question 2: We don’t insult anyone. That doesn’t mean we take photos in silence, either. To bring out a great smile, I think each person uses their own judgment to find something good and compliment them—it isn’t something we’re specifically taught. You can’t say something you don’t genuinely think, so I believe it means saying things like: “You’re really wonderful in this regard!” “You could probably make this your strong point!”

I’m Hikōki, a male member. It wouldn’t be strange for any girl to think, “I might be the cutest girl in my class…” Even men sometimes look in the mirror and, for some reason, think they look as handsome as an actor. (The only people who have ever called me handsome were women from the club… Recently, ordinary women have also started telling me I look dashing more often, but those comments were simply spontaneous reactions to my generosity and gentlemanly nature…) Women are praised even more often than men, after all… It may sound harsh, but please consider all the attention you usually receive to be an illusion. (In reality, even Black members aren’t necessarily high-level—they’re quite ordinary and normal. At the same time, the difference between Black and Platinum or Gold isn’t all that great.) Getting three offers in a month is perfectly respectable and more than enough. If offers are flooding in, that means ten or more per month, and there’s really no upper limit. Some men and women may feel that three offers are already plenty if the chemistry is right, while some men may go after women who receive offer after offer… I think the most important thing is for each person’s style to match with the other’s. Whether it’s through a club or somewhere else, finding someone who’s a good fit for you is probably the greatest stroke of luck—and a wonderful thing in life.