Why I 'married' an anime character - BBC News

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Why I 'married' an anime character - BBC News
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 Akihiko Kondo is one of a growing number of Japanese people turning their back on real-world romance.

There is a word in Japanese for people who are obsessed with video games and anime - otaku. An increasing number of otaku now say they have fallen in love with anime characters and given up on the idea of real-world romance.

Akihiko Kondo wakes up every day to the sound of his wife's voice. She calls him from across the room in her high-pitched, girlish, sing-song voice. She dances and swirls around, urging him to get out of bed.

At the same time, he's holding her in his arms on the bottom tier of their metal-framed bunk bed - and if he was more awake he could be watching an illustrated cartoon of her singing on YouTube.

This is because Akihiko's "wife" is an idea - an anime character called Miku.  

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