Man, I love Japan. For all it’s beautiful old-world culture, it finds dichotomy as a hotbed for the lunatic fringe. Today we bring you news of a 37 year old man who has fallen in love – and believes he maintains a meaningful relationship – with a videogame character; who happens to be a 10-year old girl.
The man – who refuses to be called by his real name, opting instead for “Nisan,†meaning “big brother†– carries with him a stuffed pillowcase depicting his underage, fictional Objet d’affection. His girlfriend is the 10-yea-old Nemutan, a character in a 2D dating sim called Da Capo. While he apparently knows she isn’t real, that doesn’t mean the relationship isn’t;
"Of course she’s my girlfriend," he says of his paramour. "I have real feelings for her." He takes her out on weekends, sings karaoke with her (presumably not duets), and takes photo booth pictures.
As for the hopeless romantic, he’s happy, and that’s what counts, right? "When I die, I want to be buried with her in my arms," he explains. Awwww. I just don’t really wanna know what ELSE he does with that pillow.
The phenomenon of people engaging in relationships with faux suitors is apparently a growing one, and highlights just how screwy certain aspects of Nipponese culture can be.
Source : The New York Times
Last Updated: July 24, 2009
Someone
July 24, 2009 at 13:55
Happens all the time in JapLand.
Its Niisan not Nisan hehe.
easy
July 24, 2009 at 14:04
and with milo just around the corner… the prospect is too much to even bare thinking about
RivaZA
July 24, 2009 at 19:12
Now if that was Frank-N-Furter pillow case it would have been hot :wub:
Wesley
July 27, 2009 at 10:24
Mom… Dad i would like you to meet Pillow Case. I met her online, i’m certain that she’s the ONE!
Videogamer555
April 16, 2010 at 09:32
“relationship – with a videogame character; who happens to be a 10-year old girl.”
WOW EPIC FAIL! Learn to keep up to date with your blog reports. I assume you saw this in the NY Times story. Well guess what, she’s actually a teen (not a preteen), and even the NY Times has made that correction (originally they said 10 to 12), and foot noted it saying they they had made that correction.
Your just recaping the NY Times story, so you should have included that correction and changed “10-year old girl” to “teenage girl”. You fail!