Korean Otaku Marries Anime Body Pillow

**Korten** · 03-05-2010 04:47 PM

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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 Only Register Member Can See The Link/Image [Click here to register] 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, Only Register Member Can See The Link/Image [Click here to register].
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 Only Register Member Can See The Link/Image [Click here to register]. 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.
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ugh once again....

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**Xtorr** · 03-05-2010 04:58 PM

oh come on!!! first was the game and now this ? where is the world coming too ?

**Korten** · 03-05-2010 05:06 PM

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oh come on!!! first was the game and now this ? where is the world coming too ?

I think also a japanese man married his pillow once too.

**Karui** · 03-05-2010 05:12 PM

*shakes head*
<_<
>_>
>_<
Some people are just way to crazy about anime characters

**Quenistil** · 03-05-2010 05:13 PM

that's just wrong

**shinigami_666** · 03-05-2010 05:26 PM

he might as well marry his right hand lol

**Melo** · 03-05-2010 05:27 PM

..... Can the world get any stupider? o.o

**Korten** · 03-05-2010 05:29 PM

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he might as well marry his right hand lol

darn they are on to me! *runs off*

**Shinmaru** · 03-05-2010 06:07 PM

Hmmm, I think I might have to abandon my title of an anime nerd. The bar is just way too high for me to ever consider sane enough to achieve.

**Wattup** · 03-05-2010 06:32 PM

what happens if a friend sleeps over and needs a pillow in the middle of the night and go and accidentally grabs her without thinking and sleeps with her, what does he do when he wakes up and sees him sleeping with her with drool on his face and all over her mouth

**animefreakdan** · 03-05-2010 06:45 PM

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what happens if a friend sleeps over and needs a pillow in the middle of the night and go and accidentally grabs her without thinking and sleeps with her, what does he do when he wakes up and sees him sleeping with her with drool on his face and all over her mouth

he gets another pillow......