A 37-year-old man is currently enjoying what he believes to be a loving relationship with a 10-year-old videogame character. By that, I mean the character herself is supposed to be a ten-year-old girl. Carrying around a stuffed pillowcase depicting his fictional girlfriend, the man known only as Nisan once had a real girlfriend ... she left him, unsurprisingly.
Nisan's new "girlfriend" goes by the name of Nemutan, and she stars in the 2D PC game Da Capo. They first "met" at a comic book convention in Tokyo, where it was love at first sight. Nisan named himself after the nickname that Nemu gives her brother in the game (it literally means "big brother"), and now won't accept any statement that argues the reality of his relationship.
"Of course she’s my girlfriend," he says, when questioned. "I have real feelings for her."
Nisan (who refuses to be called by whatever his real name is) knows that Nemu is not real, but he treats her like a proper lady all the same. He takes her out at weekends, sings karaoke with her, and takes photo booth pictures. He doesn't take her to work, but has a spare pillow case with her likeness at the office, just in case he needs to work late. Apparently, "She’s great for falling asleep with on an office chair."
This is a growing culture (read: concern) in Japan, where people indulge in fantasy relationships with fictional characters. Of course, just because more than one person that's doing it, that doesn't make it any less peculiar or frightening.
As for Nisan, he's happy, and that's the main thing: "When I die, I want to be buried with her in my arms," he explains. That's romantic.
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7:20 PM on 07.23.2009
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There's a lot of work there
MJ's back, and yellower than ever!
Okay, I'm done.
Agreed.
This guy is just channeling his inner pedophile, if I had to guess. He'll get over it in a matter of months.
Poor pillow...
*slowly backs away, looking for an exit*
at least its a character from a good game that he is in love with. it could have been from a lame game and that would have been embarrassing.
Nothing wrong with a 10 year old girl wearing a bra and panties. That isn't really creepy. It's just underwear.
Put an image of a 10 year old (in her underwear) on a pillow, sell it to middle aged Japanese men and suddenly things are well past being creepy.
....the more you know.
And in a way I envy him; he actually believes in her so he's got his perfect dream girl in his life (and I mean girl in every sense of the word, she IS 10 and all) and he's happy
If only I could imagine my perfect girlfriend like him, lucky fucker :(
http://www.alma-mahler.com/engl/almas_life/puppet.html
I don't want to look like I'm defending the guy, because it is still creepy as hell. But making up facts to make the story more outrageous makes you no better than Fox News.
- agreed.
I'm laughing at the chick who left him. Replaced by a piece of cloth (probably stained by now..) and foam/feathers. Some ppl seem upset when the last person they dated turns out to be some other sexual orientation. And this guy rebounds w/ an inanimate object... LOL.
*thank goodness I don't get out much, things like this scare me... and I LIKE horror movies*
There are a LOT of idiots out there...
We'd be a doomed species if we had holodecks (removes safety protocols: for NSFW)... Just imagine: Lucy Lawless, Jeri Ryan etc. hotties all in one room...
- Thanks goodness we've invented artificial insemination first.
So this is nothing new.
I can't even comprehend this
How do you fuck her?
At least it's better than a real girl being treated like shit. Bless his sweet little weirdo heart.
I lol'd hard.
That doesn't make this any less messed up and downright insane. The guy should be treated. They talk about children who play video games not being able to discern the real world from the fantasy world...look at this. A full grown adult unable to tell the difference between the anime world and our own.
Seriously, he needs to see a doctor.
I actually have a feeling that the guy actually tried doing this with his old girlfriend, she thought the guy was weird, and it eventually led to where he is now.