A Korean anime fan has proudly tied the knot with a pillowcase featuring the image of his favorite magical girl heroine.
Heavy Rain asked the player, "how far would you go for love?" Would you go so far as to travel to another country? Would you kill a man? Or would you just decide that your soulmate was a fictional character and marry her image printed on a cotton pillowcase?
A Korean otaku opted to go with the last option, wedding a dakimakura body pillow featuring the image of Fate Testarossa, one of the popular heroines of magical girl show Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha. Not only has this particularly dedicated fan married his favorite pillowcase, he also takes her out on dates to restaurants and to amusement parts, as chronicled on media sites.
This isn't the first time we've seen die-hard otaku marry fictional characters: A Japanese man named Sal9000 married his virtual girlfriend in dating sim Love Plusback in November. While our natural inclination to these scenarios is to sit back, point and laugh (and boy, do we sit back, point and laugh), it raises some interesting philosophical questions about marrying inanimate objects.
Oh sure, it's not a problem now as long as you're marrying pillowcases and plastic Nintendo DS screens, but what happens when we invent realistic sexbots (other than the extinction of humanity, that is)? What happens when AI becomes sentient? Will convincing a computer to fall in love with us save us when the machines take over?
One has to wonder how long the happy groom will remain happy for - after all, judging by the popular opinion expressed in fanart and fanfiction, his new bride is a total lesbian. On the other hand, it's not like he has to worry about a pillowcase cheating on him, unless you count what happens when he puts her in the washing machine with his other body pillows.
On the brightside, he won't have to worry about old flames. On the downside, he's going to accidentally rip her open one day and her Entrails (Stuffing) will spill out.
Furburt: Now this isn't racism I'm about to spout, but is it just me or are Korean, Chinese and Japanese nerds just a touch more demented than any other nerds?
I just don't get it, why are they the crazy ones?
You say that like their aren't crazy nerds here.
Gigaguy64: ........im going back to bed. Wake me up when people can think rationally again.
I bet even the most hardcore members of the family values crowd would see this and just give up. I mean at this point it really isn't worth it any more is it?
Furburt: Now this isn't racism I'm about to spout, but is it just me or are Korean, Chinese and Japanese nerds just a touch more demented than any other nerds?
I just don't get it, why are they the crazy ones?
You say that like their aren't crazy nerds here.
Gigaguy64: ........im going back to bed. Wake me up when people can think rationally again.
So you never wanna wake up again? Got it.
Thanks man. (grabs a Samus pillow and locks his door)
But it can't be a proper marriage can it? There has to be a rule about the bride actually being a human.
Don't both members have to consent to marriage? Hense why you cant marry an animal or child. Maybe the rules are different over there *shrug*
Gigaguy64: ........im going back to bed. Wake me up when people can think rationally again.
How many decades do you wish your comma to last?
OT: This guy is...an odd one...I think something must have happened to his ability to interact with other human beings. But at least he...dated the pillow before he married it...that makes it better right?
This is so wrong on so many levels. We really need to find a way to actually get people to go outside and away from computers to meet people and make friends again in the immediate area. It's already hard enough with everything going digital like job hunts(no more social networking for employment) and now relationships.
EDIT: You know if he changed the pillow case, does that mean he is having an affair? I mean did he marry the pillow or the pillow case?
Gigaguy64: ........im going back to bed. Wake me up when people can think rationally again.
How many decades do you wish your comma to last?
According to these pills my buddy Tessai gave me i should stay asleep for about 4 Decades. But, he has given me bogus medicine before......im not sure if i can trust these...
But it can't be a proper marriage can it? There has to be a rule about the bride actually being a human.
He's Korean, it says so in the title.
Unless when you said "why is it always the Japanese" you meant, why is it that Japan make such sexy pillows, in which case I'm not sure how they do it.
Those crazy japs, sure do know how to make pillows.
Korean Otaku Marries Anime Body Pillow
A Korean anime fan has proudly tied the knot with a pillowcase featuring the image of his favorite magical girl heroine.
Heavy Rain asked the player, "how far would you go for love?" Would you go so far as to travel to another country? Would you kill a man? Or would you just decide that your soulmate was a fictional character and marry her image printed on a cotton pillowcase?
A Korean otaku opted to go with the last option, wedding a dakimakura body pillow featuring the image of Fate Testarossa, one of the popular heroines of magical girl show Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha. Not only has this particularly dedicated fan married his favorite pillowcase, he also takes her out on dates to restaurants and to amusement parts, as chronicled on media sites.
This isn't the first time we've seen die-hard otaku marry fictional characters: A Japanese man named Sal9000 married his virtual girlfriend in dating sim Love Plus back in November. While our natural inclination to these scenarios is to sit back, point and laugh (and boy, do we sit back, point and laugh), it raises some interesting philosophical questions about marrying inanimate objects.
Oh sure, it's not a problem now as long as you're marrying pillowcases and plastic Nintendo DS screens, but what happens when we invent realistic sexbots (other than the extinction of humanity, that is)? What happens when AI becomes sentient? Will convincing a computer to fall in love with us save us when the machines take over?
One has to wonder how long the happy groom will remain happy for - after all, judging by the popular opinion expressed in fanart and fanfiction, his new bride is a total lesbian. On the other hand, it's not like he has to worry about a pillowcase cheating on him, unless you count what happens when he puts her in the washing machine with his other body pillows.
(Sankaku Complex)
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