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| Topic | Japanese men fighting to turn anime lovers into a sexual orientation. |
| Caracalla 09/19/23 8:00:42 PM #1: | A Japanese man "married" to a virtual pop star is campaigning for "fictosexuals" to have the same rights as every other Japanese and for a halt to the "persecution" of people in relationships with fictional characters. Akihiko Kondo, a 40-year-old civil servant from Tokyo, married the virtual character Hatsune Miku in November 2018 but has been confronted with a series of obstacles since he first fell in love with the blue-haired performer a decade earlier. Earlier this year, he created the FictoSexual Association for other people in similar relationships to fight discrimination. Kondo said he first fell in love with Miku when he saw her singing on a Japanese television program, and he credits her with seeing him through a challenging time. "I've never had a real girlfriend or lover, but I've had a number of girlfriends who were characters from anime or computer games," Kondo told DW. Resistance to 'fictosexual' lifestyle "But when I met Hatsune Miku, I was on leave because I was being bullied at work," he said. "I was sad, and I cried every day. At the most difficult time in my life, Hatsune Miku was the one who supported me. She saved me." ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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