Last month, I wrote about a Japanese husband who confessed to his wife that he had a virtual girlfriend, a character from an addictive Nintendo DS game called Love Plus. Now, another man is planning to hold a wedding ceremony with his Love Plus girlfriend this coming Sunday. The man, who calls himself SAL9000, was so in love with Nene Anegasaki that he decided to marry her and take her on a honeymoon to Guam. Of course, this means that he literally just took his Nintendo DS to Guam... while there, he took photos, livecast their adventures on popular video-sharing site Nico Nico Douga, and documented their adventures using the augmented reality iPhone app Sekai Camera. In any case, the guy plans on having a public reception in Tokyo this Sunday. It will be livecast on Nico Nico Douga, but in case you miss it, we'll be bringing you an update early next week. Stay tuned!
How do you marry a character? I mean, I know there's people in Africa or wherever that have married animals, but this doesn't seem feasible. Or is it just him holding a mock-wedding for his "waifu?"
If this isn't a sign that Japan needs to wake the fuck up and address its social problems and declining population, I don't know what the hell is.
while there he...livecast their adventures on popular video-sharing site Nico Nico Douga, and documented their adventures using the augmented reality iPhone app Sekai Camera.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/301ool1.jpg)
How do you marry a character? I mean, I know there's people in Africa or wherever that have married animals, but this doesn't seem feasible. Or is it just him holding a mock-wedding for his "waifu?"
If this isn't a sign that Japan needs to wake the fuck up and address its social problems and declining population, I don't know what the hell is.
How do you marry a character? I mean, I know there's people in Africa or wherever that have married animals, but this doesn't seem feasible. Or is it just him holding a mock-wedding for his "waifu?"
If this isn't a sign that Japan needs to wake the fuck up and address its social problems and declining population, I don't know what the hell is.
Oh I'll address their declining population, if you know what I'm talking about.
I'm glad I live in American where the worst social hiccup is random shooting sprees.
I'm glad I live in American where the worst social hiccup is random shooting sprees.
And all of our worst animu freaks move to Japan, thereby becoming "not our problem."
I'm glad I live in American where the worst social hiccup is random shooting sprees.
And all of our worst animu freaks move to Japan, thereby becoming "not our problem."
EDIT: Actually, I take that back. Let 'em all go to Japan and maybe date each other. But then their offspring...hmm...
I wish it was the other way around and some blond bombshell bimbo would marry Kratos :drool
Hideo Kojima has a problem -- apparently his staff is playing gal-games on the sly. "All everyone talks about is their 'girlfriends,'" the famous game director said in Famitsu magazine this week. "I see them all standing in the shadows looking serious, and I go and see what's up and they're all bragging about their girlfriends -- like, 'Oh, she changed her hairstyle for me' and so on. I'm not gonna give his name, but there's one guy who hasn't had a girlfriend for decades and talking about his virtual friend makes him so incredibly happy."
Kojima is talking about Love Plus, a Nintendo DS title released early September in Japan by Konami. "You pretty much never see Konami games becoming popular among the employees of Konami themselves," Kojima espoused. "I think Love Plus is the first one. You see people sneaking in time with it in the bathrooms and so on; I guess they don't want to get caught playing it at their desks."
"I was talking with Goichi Suda earlier, and told me about this guy he saw who went to a movie theater by himself but bought two tickets," Kojima said. "Suda was curious, so he went in with him and saw him take his DS out of his backpack, open up the case and place it in the seat next to him. He had his 'girlfriend' on the screen!"
what does "wwwwwwwwwwww" mean? is that like "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"?
Are those Kojima quotes real, or was he just fucking with the interviewer to make a silly story?
Is there really a creepy love plus fad going on in Japan?
If this isn't a sign that Japan needs to wake the fuck up and address its social problems and declining population, I don't know what the hell is.
I'm not up on Japanese internet-speak, so I dunno what the "wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" is. I can ask my wife if anyone wants to know. She dabbles in 2chan every now and then.
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what does "wwwwwwwwwwww" mean? is that like "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"?
wwww is lol
so, do they yell out "DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU"?
so, do they yell out "DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU"?
so, do they yell out "DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU"?
i figured it was ror
*raughs*
so, do they yell out "DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU"?
Do you yell out "LOLOLLLLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOOOLOL!!"?
so, do they yell out "DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU"?
Do you yell out "LOLOLLLLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOOOLOL!!"?
I've had friends that embarrassed me by saying "lawl" in real life :'(
According to google:
wwwww is short for "warau" (笑う), the Japanese verb for laugh
Its creators, Konami Digital Entertainment, have long thrilled young men obsessed with high-tech, manga and anime, known as "otaku", by letting them chase virtual girls in the alternative universe of their digital dreams.
The hit video game made headlines when a 27-year-old Japanese man known only as "Sal 9000" staged a tuxedo wedding late last year, which was watched by thousands online, with his favourite cartoon girl, Nene Anegasaki.
But in the latest edition, game makers have gone a step further and teamed up with the very real city of Atami, an onsen, or hot spring town, 100 kilometres southwest of the Japanese capital.
They have selected 13 romantic locations which can be overlaid with images of Rinko or her teenage friends Manaka and Nene, who have all swapped their usual sailor-style school uniforms for casual summer wear.
Local souvenir shops in the resort town have caught on and capitalised on the love-struck new clientele, selling Love Plus-themed souvenirs, from good-luck charms to steamed buns and fish sausages.
The local Ohnoya hotel even offers traditional rooms to the unusual couples, which feature two sets of futon beds and another barcode panel that allows the men to visualise their girlfriends in a flattering summer kimono.
There isn't enough :japancry on the internet
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/japan-resort-draws-men-with-virtual-girlfriends-20100901-14h8w.html
:lol :lol :lolThere isn't enough :japancry on the internet
digg if u will the picture
of moe catgirls in bloom
avatars strike curious poses
they feel the cheet
the cheetos tween me and u
how can u just leave me standing?
alone with barcodes by my side?
maybe ur spec's too demanding
maybe my dad had the answer - suicide
maybe ur just like haruhi
i luv her dance and sigh
AR just augments my sorrow
this is what it sounds like ... when cats cry
Why isn't Meryl Silverburgh available?
Why isn't Meryl Silverburgh available?
I actually bought this game to see what all the fuss was about. The first part of the game is kind of fun, a really basic Tokimeki Memorial, but once you get to the romance part it requires too much time. It runs on real-time, so you have to make dates and remember them. Since it's supposed to be realistic, you can only schedule dates during reasonable hours (aka, at times where you would normally be doing other shit) and you're expected to play the game on a daily basis, writing mundane emails and talking with her on the phone. After awhile I guess it goes further and requires more time, bloody hell. I stopped playing the game after I realized what a waste of time it was (and my girl got pissed at me because I arrived an hour late for our "date" and stood her up). Heh, I should probably put it in again to see what kind of nasty messages she's sent me in the few months we've been apart. With all of the effort you have to put into the stupid game, you might as well just get a real girlfriend.
The game also has a feature where you can travel to different prefectures in Japan and get special unique items related to that prefecture by going to a DS Download station. I wonder if anyone has been crazy enough to collect them all.
Obviously we stopped with the atomic bombs too soon.that's what's probably the cause of abortions like these.