https://universe-club.jp/information/71550/

I’m Flag Maker, a columnist. All you have to do is follow the rules and observe proper etiquette. That alone makes you a “good member,” so it’s easy.

I’m Basil, a male member. I think the main changes are that reviews of male members will become more substantial and that leaving a review will effectively become mandatory. I joined the club to meet reasonably attractive women at a decent cost and hopefully take things further—not to improve my rating or cooperate with the club’s operations. I’ve hardly ever left feedback, but even if I start rating people in the future, I wouldn’t give a good score to a beautiful, considerate woman if things didn’t progress. Conversely, even if I’m extremely thoughtful on a woman’s first date, she probably won’t give me a good rating if she isn’t satisfied with the allowance or with my looks and overall chemistry. I care more about the result than the process, and I’ve been reasonably satisfied up to now, so I don’t think my style will change under the new system. That said, are there really so many terrible men that the club has to introduce something like this? And even if leaving reviews becomes effectively mandatory in the future, unless there’s a substantial incentive, it’ll just be a hassle. I don’t see myself being motivated to actively do something that wasn’t required when I joined.

I’m Kazu, a male member. I don’t have any particular thoughts on the visualization itself. Since I’ve been selected as a respondent, I assume I haven’t received any particularly negative feedback. Looking back, I had also experienced some embarrassing failures around the time I applied to become a respondent. I gave my feedback to the branch staff, but I felt that automation might create more situations where both men and women find themselves thinking, “This is a problem.” For example, even before this, I would sometimes read date reviews and think, “They gave a low rating for that?” Running an evaluation system requires a certain level of literacy from the people doing the evaluating. When introducing 360-degree evaluations at a company, for instance, you need to establish evaluation criteria and train people in how to evaluate others. Neither of those things is provided here, so previously, trained staff read the feedback and reflected it in the ratings. I do wonder whether eliminating that process through automation was the right choice. There were also female members who worried that someone might intentionally give a low rating to a woman they liked, to keep her hidden from other members and make it harder for her to receive offers. However, according to this article: https://universe-club.jp/information/64462/ > After reviewing the results from the past six months, we concluded that there was almost no arbitrary bias in the feedback. Since it says “almost no bias,” I assume they judged such cases to be too insignificant to affect the system. They’ll continue using it if, after operating it for a while, they determine that there are no problems. If they decide there are issues, they’ll change it again. Thinking about that is the staff’s job. As members, now that the system has changed, I don’t think there’s much point in speculating about it. We should simply provide straightforward feedback on the pros and cons of the new system.

I’m Dai, a male member. I’ve written my opinions and requests in the comments section. (I only posted them a little while ago, so they haven’t appeared yet…) I’m generally in favor of this system. That said, many of the men are understandably a little anxious about how it will actually be operated. I understand that you’ve had many unpleasant experiences with men you’ve dated, but I felt that saying “this is what male members are really like” in response to someone’s comment was an uncomfortable way to put it.

I’m Maezawa from the CEO’s office, and I’ll answer this as well. It sounds like you’re asking, “What do you think?” But I get the feeling that, for you, the answer doesn’t really matter—you simply wanted to say what was on your mind. Unfortunately, this isn’t a place where requests are accepted, so if you have something to say, I think you should leave it in the comments at the linked page. Normally, please direct requests and similar matters to the staff. Besides, regardless of anyone’s opinion, this is an announcement of a decision that has already been made, so the launch will go ahead. Opinions about it aren’t accepted through the question box. Personally, what concerns me is that we’ve learned there have been men in the past who told women, right there in front of them, “Send a positive evaluation of me now.” Naturally, we’re keeping an eye on those men because we assume they’ll do it again. We’re also concerned that other men may start doing the same. However, even if a man tells you to send it on the spot, you can contact us after you’ve parted ways and say, “I only gave him a positive evaluation earlier because he pressured me into it.” If he was awful, you can send feedback like the example below, and that’s perfectly fine. You can submit feedback multiple times for the same date, so please report it as much as necessary. “If it is confirmed that someone suggested or coerced their date into giving them a positive evaluation, or if they submit an evaluation that is clearly untrue, we will deduct two points per occurrence.” I think that’s a little too lenient, though. I feel it should be something more like eight points per occurrence. If eight points are deducted once and the person doesn’t subsequently receive any positive evaluations from other women, their score will remain at -8. In other words, they would automatically be forced to leave the service.

The opening line of Off Course’s classic song “Sayonara” kept playing in my head: “It looks like it’s all over now…” There’s no way my reviews from the female members are going to be good, so I’ll stop getting offers… That said, I’m sure Universe Club is definitely heading in a better direction. And as for a low-rated old guy like me, I’ll quickly make my exit and move my main battlefield to Kanazuen… A defeated man