To Paper Airplane:

I’m Hikōki, a male member. What I meant was that, since women have value simply by existing, offering only ¥5,000–¥10,000 for transportation to a setting date is far too low—almost insulting. Besides, this is a club, so you can’t just send a woman home over that alone, even if it was your own poor choice and you have no intention of seeing her again. I realize I didn’t explain myself well enough. P.S. For reference, I’m including an excerpt from a comment I previously posted on Date◎Yume’s column. Am I looking at things a little differently? I suppose my way of thinking is close to the idea that I don’t really understand why you would specifically pay an allowance for H. I’m the type who falls for someone and pursues her on the assumption that H will eventually happen anyway. So I have no hesitation about investing in her before H. But when I think, “Does she really dislike it so much that I have to pay her to do H?” I suddenly lose interest. Outside a club, in a normal relationship, sex is really something meant for women. But God designed things cleverly: women can live without sex, while men are made to keep seeking it. How cruel—or perhaps that’s what makes it so complicated and wonderful... A man’s climax and pleasure are shorter than a woman’s, while women can feel pleasure for much longer and more intensely. I can’t help thinking, “If women are the ones enjoying it more, and I’m making her feel that good, why am I the one paying?” At a club, I do sometimes think, “Wait, I’m paying an allowance for that?” But at the same time, I value the woman herself, so I’m perfectly comfortable paying the club’s allowance for spending time together and for that kind of relationship. The end result may be the same. I understand that there is 0% love-filled sex at a club, and 0% genuine romance either. Since I accept that as simply how things are and keep it separate in my mind, I think clubs are wonderful in their own way. Given my personality, Type C arrangements don’t feel quite satisfying enough.