Otaku wants to legally marry a manga character

[Vatina]

I think I once heard of a guy who married his PS2, back when it was new. And he wasn't even japanese if I remember correctly (Read it in a magazine years ago, so I could be wrong).

But yeah, it's pretty crazy... It's not like he will gain anything from it anyway.

[AlphaProspector]

Hoax, joke, fake or not... this thing made it to one of our most important newspapers (last page though =P)

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1065642

Jeez, I almost spit my breakfast when I read this. Planet Japan is surely one surreal place.

[DaFool]

Let the guy have his 2D waifu. It's not as if he's real marriage material anyway, so it's no loss for women.

Antagonizing him will only confirm his hatred of real people.

Lest we forget that our existence on this earth is a 'simulated experience' anyway.

It's actually ironic that he probably got the definition of what marriage should be about... undying devotion and love to an idea of pure love. Which is just superb. Instead of economic asset allocation so that the government can meddle in your personal affairs like what marriage is today.

My parents have one of the worst marriages ever. It took me decades to figure out that their spiritual vibrations and mentality were just so different from each other. Economic asset allocation to the core. True, I'm richer today than I would otherwise be, but I tell them I'll instead of marrying I'll just hire a cook, a maid, a long-term escort, and a surrogate mother. Expecting all of those services from a single all-in-one package and maintain the same standard of quality is unrealistic. (besides, I can cook anyway.)

http://www.forbes.com/2006/02/11/econom ... ution.html

Marriage is a friendship at best and prostitution at its worst. If it's the former we're very, very lucky already.

[Ren]

Good lord, what a depressing view of things... I can understand it to a degree, because in a way I had a similar opinion about my parents' marriage - which problems weren't related to money at all, sometimes some people just like to make their lives and those of the ones living around them utterly complicated - but it almost seems like you don't have a horrible opinion of marriage alone, rather of relationships in general.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding?

You don't really need to marry someone to live with them all your life; actually I always thought that, if possible, I would have liked to take that kind of commitment with someone without signing a "contract" of sorts.
That is also the reason why I've never been so interested in marriage myself, I would like to think I love a certain someone enough to be loyal to them for ever without any kind of legal bond, and without any economical complication.

I think all humans are silly, selfish things, me included - if I can prevent any greedy behaviour on my part by not signing a contract that would allow me to take any kind of claim to them while I'm still in my right mind, then I'm not going to give a damn about it :3
But I think I'd have to be hit by a thunder several times to have my brain so severely damaged that I'd turn so mediocre, really.

That, and I don't think that what you described as "undying devotion and love to an idea of pure love" can even exist, nor I find it desirable. I will always have problems with my significant other, and I will always try to solve them. I don't want to fall in love with an idea, if I can help it. Rather, I want someone with flaws, and I want to try to polish the edges of my and his personality as we go along.

If anything, it makes life less boring, no?

But, I'm very off-topic, so I'll say this:
I don't judge that guy, I'm not even sure he's entirely serious, I don't think I'm in the position to look down on anyone.

I do think that if he really finds happiness in what he's doing he should be left alone, since he doesn't hurt anyone.
I also think, though, that Deji is right; if there's even the slightest chance that some help from some friends, his family, or a therapist can make him happier, he should get it without having people judging him for what he is now.

I also don't understand why he wants recognition, though. You shouldn't need to adapt an institution like marriage to marry a fictional character. Unlike with gay marriages (or de-facto unions) you're not going to find himself in a hospital room not being able to find your woman because you're not a relative, nor you're going to have troubles if they die and didn't leave the house's rent to you... That's what makes me think he's not really content with his life if he's serious, that he wants recognition form the people he supposedly doesn't want a relationship with.

If he was coherent, he should ask to Doraemon, or something

[lordcloudx]

Konata is mai waifu. That is all

[Sin]

Someone should tell him the girl in question doesn't actually exists.

[Adorya]

Someone should tell him the girl in question doesn't actually exists.

Well, if he make a model kit/doll of her she will, physically speaking

But I suppose it's the good ol' thing : "If he think she is, then she is, someone will still be alive in memories even after death, etc..."

If there are any real relatives that still care about him they will try to drag him back to "their" world, otherwise it's better to leave him be in his, unless he start to harm others.