"Hero"is a jerk-off who justifies treating the lady badly because he just wants her so much but you know, women just can't be trusted. The heroine is super competent and super classy and doesn't take his bs sitting down, so rating up a bit.

I must say though, a white lady wearing a geisha costume (at least it was not a costume in a package but a real kimono and stuff) to a fancy dress party in actual Japan strikes me as incredibly tasteless and if it had occurred in a more recently written book I would be much less forgiving. ( )