After seeing how lonely the man in his 60s who came up with the letter-date idea seemed in the previous question, I thought of a classy way to use letter dates.

No matter what you say, impatient people like Mac and me just can’t deal with something as drawn-out as a letter date. I think it’s best not to butt in unnecessarily and just observe. Marika

Maezawa from the CEO’s Office will answer as well. > ① What do you think of my idea above? It sounds good. But lately, it seems that PayPay is more appreciated than Amazon gift cards. I assume it’s because PayPay can be used at physical stores, too. > ② Can you think of any other “cool” ways to do a letter date? I’m not sure whether you’d call it cool, but even for a letter date, I think it would be classy to send ¥10,000 upfront to cover transportation, just as you would for a regular date. That said, even with a letter date, the women registered because they’re seeking compensation through the relationship. So if there’s no compensation, it feels like it’s no longer really a meeting through a dating club. If you’re looking for pen pals with no compensation involved, you might be better off looking somewhere else. So, in the end, I think a cool letter date simply comes down to communicating while properly paying the compensation. Well, rather than “cool,” that’s really just common sense. I feel that people who don’t want to pay compensation probably aren’t suited to dating clubs in the first place. They’d likely be better off at a club for finding romantic partners or a pen-pal club—assuming such clubs even exist. I don’t think we should forget that dating clubs are places for relationships where compensation is involved. Ah, the topic was supposed to be what makes a letter date cool, but all I could come up with was something obvious. What would actually be cool...? It’s pretty difficult to say.

I’m a “loser guy” among the male members. I’m good at letter dating. Since letter dating is also foreplay, you need a strategy, but I can’t share the details here because my methods would be exposed. While protecting everyone’s privacy, I’ve reported actual LINE message exchanges from letter dates that eventually progressed to an adult relationship (intimate) to the club as a reference, with the identifying details masked. I’ve never failed at letter dating. I use letter dating when I make offers to women who live far away.

I’m a lost soul in my 60s. Wait, am I the one feeling lonely!? Ah, you mean about the question… (sweat) Thanks for your concern (lol). I’m still having “letter dates” every day with the woman who inspired the original idea. It’s been over a year now… But we’ve only met once, and that was just for dinner. I’d love to see her again, but we’re like Orihime and Hikoboshi—kept apart all year by the Milky Way and the vast universe (lol). Gift cards don’t feel quite right… lol I think I’d rather “send a dream”… lol A feeling of thoughtfulness… I think that’s the key to letter dating! P.S. No need to worry, Mac… Just like with Paper Airplane, there have been women with whom things progressed smoothly. “Thoughtfulness” is essential. I’m sure it always shows through in your messages (lol).

I’m a male member, “Paper Airplane.” Some people are fine with resolving things with money, but others may feel that someone who “tries to solve everything with money” comes across as too much like the sex industry or prostitution. With letter dating, I imagine there are men who don’t want to talk about money and women who don’t want to talk about hotels. One advantage of letter dating is that it makes it easier to see whether your expectations are aligned in that regard. As for scheduling, the first two or three exchanges usually cover it—sometimes the date is set within a few dozen minutes. If you ask about the woman’s available dates, you can reply either right away or after checking your schedule. Once that’s done, things should move along smoothly without having to keep discussing the details.