What are the specific differences between someone who’s serious about you and someone who’s just playing around? I’d like to know about things other than receiving money.

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here—I’ll answer too. When you ask whether she’s the “real deal” or just for fun, do you mean whether he’s considering marrying her? Even if he’s giving her an allowance, if he’s thinking about marrying her, wouldn’t that make her the one he’s serious about?

I’m Date◎Yume, a male member. I only have one person I’m truly serious about (sob).

I’m Flag Maker, a columnist. I don’t really have a “main” partner, but I suppose my favorite would be the woman I’m most attracted to. That said, I don’t think I treat her all that differently from the other women. I’m basically kind to every woman I’m seeing.

I’m Kazu, a male member. I don’t have a habit of labeling the people I date as either “serious” or “just for fun.” I believe I respect each of them as an individual. I simply don’t date anyone I can’t bring myself to respect.

I’m Nana Ayase ♡ My main papa has a set day of the week when we meet. If he can’t make it that day, we’ll meet on another nearby day instead. If I told him I wanted to go to Kyoto, I think he’d take me there. With the casual guys, I don’t contact them until they reach out first. They’re busy with work, so we go straight to a hotel. It’s sad knowing they’re only after my body, but I still find myself happy that they want to see me—I guess I’m a bit of a masochist… (tears)

I’m the “loser guy” among the male members. This is long, so you don’t have to read it. I’m going to be bragging shamelessly, so it’ll probably be unbearably annoying. I’m seeing around ten women at any given time, but arranging dates with my favorite always comes first. I see my favorite twice a month, and we decide the following month’s schedule at the end of each month. I arrange dates with everyone else only after my favorite’s schedule is set. She’s also the only one I’ll reschedule into a dinner date if she gets her period on a day we had planned an adult date (intimate), and still count it as having seen her. With the others, I reschedule if they get their period. So with my favorite, there are plenty of months when we only have one adult date. I don’t shower with my favorite. We don’t have a second round. I always use protection. And our room stays are the shortest. Another thing that sets my favorite apart is that we have more dates that aren’t adult dates. She’s also the only one I’ll give her monthly allowance even if we don’t meet at all that month. She’s the only one I’m searching for a marriage partner with. The only one I’m arranging property division for. The only one I’m genuinely in love with. And the only one I’m giving fatherly affection to at the same time. She’s also the only one I entered into a monthly arrangement with before starting an adult relationship (intimate), and the only one I continued a monthly arrangement with for several months while doing dinner dates only. For some mysterious reason, she’s also the only one I go to APA Hotels with（笑）. I take the others to more upscale hotels. She’s the only one I give gifts to outside of anniversaries. She’s the only one I give an extra 100,000 yen beyond her monthly allowance. And she’s the only one whose personal problems I get involved in and help resolve. She’s also the only one I scold in a corrective, instructive way. Now that I think about it, there are countless examples. Apparently, what made my favorite happiest was that I genuinely scolded her. She’s also the only one I meet on my birthday. And she’s the only one I’ve given my full personal information to. She was the one who opened up completely first. She normally doesn’t contact me, but she’s the only one who emails me, even in the middle of the night, after every earthquake, asking, “Are you okay, Makeotoko-san?” When there’s news of a stabbing incident on a train, she always sends a worried message: “Are you in Tokyo on business? Are you okay?” She’s also the only one who surprises me. Of course I play favorites. Her actions—her way of showing love—are on a completely different level. Treating all the girls equally is impossible. It would be disrespectful to my favorite. The effort she puts into me is overwhelmingly greater than anyone else’s. That’s why I call her my “ace.” She’s overwhelmingly my ace. No matter what anyone says, an ace is an ace. It’s not just because she’s cute. Because her actions show that her love for me stands out so much, I’m simply returning those feelings to my ace in the form of things like property division. I’m the one who received her love first, and I’m the one returning that love. But I’m also the one cheating on her. (I’m the worst.)

I’m Dai, a male member. With papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), I don’t really think in terms of a “main” partner versus someone I’m just seeing for fun. Basically, all the women are casual relationships to me, so there’s no difference in how I treat them while we’re seeing each other. I give almost all of them the same allowance, too. The only real difference is the order in which I prioritize making plans with them.