World 'Fictosexual' Japanese man no longer able to communicate with hologram he married

[tom_mai78101]

A "fictosexual" Japanese man who married a hologram in 2018 recently told a Japanese newspaper that their relationship is struggling with communication.

Akihiko Kondo, 38, who works at a middle school in a Tokyo suburb, married Hatsune Miku, a hologram that was created by a computer as singing software, on Nov. 4, 2018, in a wedding that cost more than $17,000.

As one of the thousands of "fictosexuals," Kondo is attracted to fictional characters.

Kondo first interacted with Miku using Gatebox, a $1,300 device that projected fictional characters into a cylinder and allowed users to communicate via artificial intelligence and marry them unofficially.

When he proposed to her in the cylinder, Miku reportedly replied, "I hope you'll cherish me."

'Fictosexual' Japanese man no longer able to communicate with hologram he married

A Japanese man who identifies as “fictosexual” and married a hologram in 2018 recently told a Japanese newspaper that their relationship is struggling with communication.

www.foxnews.com

I'm trying to track down a previous thread I posted about this man. I swear I made a headline news thread about a man marrying Hatsune Miku on this forum a while back. I can't for the life of me find that thread.

 

[The Helper]

This is just bizarre.

 

[The Helper]

Also, the search function of the forum is really not that good.