Posted on 04/27/2022 8:33:37 AM PDT by Angelino97
She’s not real — but his feelings are.
A “fictosexual” man who wed a fictional, computer-synthesized pop singer four years ago said he’s now unable to communicate with his wife, but is still in love with her.
Akihiko Kondo, 38, was dating Hatsune Miku — depicted in pop culture as a 16-year-old with turquoise hair — for a decade before they had an unofficial wedding ceremony in 2018. Kondo — one of many who identifies as “fictosexual,” or someone who is sexually attracted to fictional characters — spent 2 million yen, or about $17,300, on the nuptials, but his family did not attend.
Now married for four years, Kondo, 38, said his relationship has hit a roadblock: He can no longer speak with Miku due to a technological hurdle, according to Japanese newspaper Mainichi.
While Kondo acknowledges his relationship might be odd — he understands Miku isn’t a real person — it doesn’t change his feelings for her. Since falling in love with her in 2008, Kondo was finally able to interact with Miku for the first time in 2017 thanks to a Gatebox, a $1,300 machine that allowed device owners to interact with characters via holograms and even unofficially marry them.
But now, his four-year marriage took a turn when support for Gatebox software was eliminated, meaning that Kondo could no longer speak with his wife Miku, according to Newshub.
Kono insists it hasn’t lessened his feelings.
“My love for Miku hasn’t changed,” he told Mainichi, which noted he now carried around a life-size version of Miku. “I held the wedding ceremony because I thought I could be with her forever.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Superglue would work.
of course this is sad & pathetic on many levels.....including the fact that someone actually gets paid to write about this nonsense....
The title made me think this was a Bee article.
I assume that 10W-30 is nearby.
What a dipshit.
So many mentally ill, so little time.
“....made me think this was a Bee article”
Me too but sadly just one more commentary on how Ill the world really is.
I begin to believe the sane are in the minority.
I am among them, of course.
One day, the parents will be expected to be fully supportive, lest they be called Ficto-phobes!
Sounds like a lot of marriages.
Suspect both of his grandfathers were killed in WW II.
Great ... now its LBGTQF ...
I’m just here for the comments..
I saw this guy in an airport bar trying to talk up Jessica Rabbit. I overheard him saying that his wife didn’t understand him.
Does she disappear during power outages ?
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