Japanese Man Marries Video Game Character

A man in Japan recently married the woman of his dreams, Nene Anegaski. The only problem is that she doesn't exist, except in the form of some pixels on a screen and lines of code in a video game.

The Japanese man, known only as Sal9000, met the love of his life on the Nintendo DS dating simulation game Love Plus, which is apparently only available in Japan (thank god!). The two of them got married last November in a livecast ceremony on the Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga. The bride, Nene Anegaski, even made a speech.

I wonder how the honeymoon went. I'm not sure that the DS has the appropriate ports to consummate the marriage. Maybe there's a special add-on in Japan that plugs into the GBA slot (if he's using a DS Lite). I'll you visualize that...

I guess Love Plus isn't any worse than games like My Boyfriend for the DS, which I assume is the same basic thing, but for 12 year old girls instead of 30 year old men (sad, lonely, 30 year old men). No one can give me any shit for using a dating site to meet my boyfriend after this. At least he actually exists! (though I guess the people who use dating sites to meet people who live in different states or countries without ever actually meeting them in person before getting serious are just as pathetic as the Japanese guys who date video games. Either way, the person might as well not exist).

Here is a video featuring footage of the wedding:

And here is an interview with the man and photos of the happy couple: Video game wedding: a letter and photos from the bride and groom

This blog post deserves a new tag, Japan. I think I'm going to start covering f-ed up things from Japan in this blog now.