The other day, a man in his twenties offered me 1.5. When I asked about him, he said he has a regular office job and joined cheaply because there was a membership promotion at the time. Apparently, the interview was online too, so he was able to join pretty quickly. Is Universe a club that lets anyone join without much screening? I’m starting to feel uneasy wondering whether some of my classmates might be registered there too.

I’m Dai, a male member. So you were approached by a man in his 20s, had the interview online, and joined at a discounted rate using a campaign. Please leave feedback stating exactly that. I’m a little worried that when men offering an allowance of 1.5 start appearing, women may see the environment as worse than an app and leave the club. Some campaigns aren’t very good either, but I think things will settle down again once this campaign has been over for a while. The unlimited-meetings one-month plan (or three-month plan) from last spring also had a bad reputation among women, but things had settled down by fall. By the way, I wonder how long the “Free Campaign for Men Seeking Marriage” will continue…

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here—I’ll answer this one too. There is a screening process. However, we don’t conduct the kind of income verification you may be imagining. That said, when you factor in the membership fee and setup fees, the costs are high enough that someone without a certain level of income wouldn’t be able to go on dates even after joining. Men apply after considering whether they can enjoy the service on their own income, so there shouldn’t be many applicants with particularly low incomes.

I’m Paper Airplane, a male member. > Is this a club that anyone can join without screening? Although both men and women may know the club exists, very few actually decide to join. For women, the main goal of making money is clear, so they may find it easier to make the decision than men—though it still takes considerable courage and resolve. Men, on the other hand, have to step into what can feel like a deeply humiliating world: paying to join, then paying an introduction fee to be introduced to women. Very few would willingly put themselves through that, and once you narrow it down to those who can afford it, the number drops to a fraction of the number of women. By this point, the pool has already been narrowed considerably—almost serving as a screening process in itself. Since it isn’t something most men want, I think the odds that any of your classmates are registered are extremely low. For both men and women, this is a world they would never normally enter. It takes a decision to cross that line and move forward. But perhaps because it takes that kind of resolve, there are so many benefits waiting on the other side that it can feel almost like finding an oasis.

I’m Kazu, a male member. Universe does have a screening process. I believe the criteria are probably that you’re employed, not affiliated with organized crime, financially and emotionally secure, and able to treat others like a gentleman. If you’re looking for a club with an income requirement or one where you can expect a certain minimum allowance, I think you’d be better off registering with another dating club that sets those terms. That said, I’ve heard that even at clubs where each woman’s allowance is predetermined, staff apparently decide during the interview, saying things like, “You’re a ○ allowance woman.” So it doesn’t sound like they necessarily list the woman’s own requested amount as-is. P.S. I wondered whether there had really been such a campaign, so I looked it up. Marriage-minded Men: Free Campaign https://universe-club.jp/media/61735/ Is this the one? It doesn’t stray from the idea that “Universe Club arranges dinner dates,” but I also felt that the message saying, “Papa-katsu isn’t defined by money changing hands; rather, it has evolved into an ambiguous relationship between a man and a woman who aren’t lovers or spouses but support each other in ways that can’t be explained” could encourage men to interpret things in whatever way suits them.