How I Married a Video Game Character
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- Fictosexuals are part of a small community in Japan who are known to have unofficially married virtual gaming characters they have romantic feelings for. VICE World News meets three characters who have cemented their love with gaming characters to discover why they choose virtual relationships over real ones.
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Whatever makes you happy and doesn't hurt anyone else.
There are many evil and horrible people in this world, marrying a virtual partner doesn't make you one of them
This is a sign of mental healthy issues that could be fixed if one were not so lazy and entitled
Vice is part of the many evil and horrible people in this world.
Seriously. Most people are judgemental dick heads.
It's still mental illness
Why being "married" to a virtual person wouldn't make you become a horrible person ?
Plus, I'm not saying this to be rude, but I've always found this kind of cliché phrase bizarre and dangerous.
You can see that this kind of virtual character makes them obsessed but for you "as long as they are happy and don't hurt anyone", there is nothing wrong?
If one day your child, brother, sister or whatever finds themselves in a similar situation, telling you that they are in love with a fictional manga character, a Kpop star or even a Twitch streamer to such an extent that you see them becoming insanely obsessed and spending all their free time and money staying disconnected in their bubble, being glued in front of their posters and confessing their engagement plans to you. You think it's a joke and it will go away until your loved one grows up and tells you that they still sincerely intend to marry the character they love.
What would you do ? Would you leave them in their situation because they "feel happy and aren't hurting anyone"?
Plus, I feel more like the person hurting themselves is the person being in that situation.
This kind of situation that happens in the Nippon country clearly shows a problem of loneliness.
Indeed, the guy who is "married" to the character Miku Hatsune had declared on another channel that in his work he was harassed by his *female* colleagues which caused him health problems and to stop his work. He stayed at home and during this time he started to discover the character of Miku Hatsune and to listen to her songs as lullabies. He says it helped him feel better and he was finally able to return to work, but I feel like it created another problem for him, an obsession with a virtual character.
I personally think he has a problem with women and that Miku Hatsune is a façade, a way for him to escape reality, to have the "perfect" woman who will say yes to everything and not hurt him like the women who have hurt him in the past.
However, being absorbed in a virtual world is only illusory because not only does the "love" he gives remain one-sided and in the end he remains alone.
I support these people wholeheartedly. All the best to them!
18:48 It's deep when he says 'we know that there is a distinction between fiction and reality, but we choose fantasy'
Many of us do this to escape from reality. Drugs, alcohol, video games, food... they're just different ways of coping
@@AJDS2009uh mate marrying a fictional character is just as bad if not worse
@@AJDS2009at that point you’ve fully paid for a wedding ceremony for someone who doesn’t exist 😂😂😂
@@FizzNimbus I rather have someone marry someone fictional than them commiting suicide. Its not like they are doing any harm.
They aren’t hurting anyone. Let them live their fantasy of happiness. I feel sympathy for them and can’t blame them how cruel people can be in the dating world.
I prefer more this type of innocent love over illegal orientations like pedophilia, incest, zoophilia, and necrophilia. Let that sink in.
thank you
Or my personal favorite the good old Narcissist
I can relate to this man more ever since I started a certain gacha game back in the summer of 2022 and met its first playable character, it felt to me like it was a fated meeting. Since then I love not just her, but likely 11-14 more characters and I truly want to marry them all! So yeah, I am probably now a fictosexual myself.
It’s really interesting. I saw a video where people in Japan were having a hard time saying I love you to their parents. Like the commentator was going to the park, asking people if they say I love you to each other or to their parents and they were so shy and embarrassed. But to get married to a fictional character and have everybody support you is acceptable? Not saying that everybody accepts this. We are only seeing a little glimpse of a small group of people but it’s just interesting. I wonder how that will change in generations to come. As long as they are happy and it doesn’t hurt anyone else I suppose.
Idk why people say this is sad and stuff I congratulate this man and miku marriage
I am one of them too,Yes I am a fictosexual too. Despite I live in Canada and can so much relate in many ways!. My wife is Escha Malier from Atelier Escha & Logy and Atelier Shallie!. Escha is 21 years old in Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the dusk sea. I love Escha so much ,because of her personality and character. Escha is a Enfp personality type and her blood type is 0. She is very loyal , very optimistic, never gives up, very supportive and caring. Also very playful too. I see Escha as a wonderful wife!. I even created a date of birth for Escha based off the two games, that Escha was born in 1993. Making her about 29 or 30 years old now. and Yes its no surprise I have all the dakimakuras of Escha too lol.
Hope you’re living a happy life, King!! ❤
i am a fictosexual from canada too do you have discord?
@@raphaeltanguay2955and tsohartales, im not fictosexual but I do selfship/yumeship myself with mr game and watch lmao 😭 (i know its super funny) id be down having y'alls discords too.
Yea that character funny enough has been helping me through dark times and my depression
(Edit: wait maybe i am fictosexual, but im also just questioning sexuality irl. I know im lgbt, but just dont know what exactly )
So cute!!! I'm happy to hear that. I'm in a relationship with the fictional love of my life too.
I'm so used to Japanese folks being with characters from Japanese media that I was surprised to see Midori and Morgyn.
I don’t think people who do this are disgusting, but I am sad for them.
They are clearly suffering. I remember first finding out about this and thinking it was fake 😳
I really feel the same why judge if it works for them. But these ppl are lonely they hardly have any social contact after work
It's somewhat sad because of the events to lead them there. But these people have found happiness.
They're suffering? Says who? You? Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean they're suffering.
@@gr8b8m85ever heard of fictophobes?
@@gr8b8m85 I had the same thought. In fact, to me these folks look quite happy. Sure, it may not be perfect because as the young lady points out, you can't communicate with a fictional partner. However, as AI advances (as we can already see with romantic chatbots) I think the ability to communicate with fictional characters will become easier, and fictosexuals will have an easier time finding love.
This person follows me on twitter, they are actually a pretty nice person. I see no harm in whatever they do in their personal lives
a husband/wife who can't get you/her pregnant, won't hit or abuse you... idk seems fine as long as they can pay their rent/live a good life
A wife is a living being
Lol 😂😂😂😂
Or just can’t say “I leave you” or just breaking your heart rejecting you
I don’t even know what to say. Mental health and loneliness playing a factor?
Work Life is the main factor that created the mental health and loneliness.
Loneliness mostly, not finding a partner or your other half makes some people chose something else that will not reject them or can't say "no i dont like you that way, i cant marry you or you are not my type". So you find people desided to marry them selves, a tree, a dog and now this. Years from know there will be robots that acts like humans and a lot of people will chose them because they are just perfect, they have all what they're looking for in a partner and they'll end up marring them. And who know what other type of marriges we will see in the future.
I imagine its like the story of pygmalion, if there fictional spouse came alive i doubt they would retain their affection i think these people like you said are just lonely and find a therapeutic effect from their fictional spouse.
or love……
I don't even see this as a bad thing I feel bad for him because at least he's putting in the effort to marry something you know and hopefully that should send a message to other so if you know what next time I should approach this person so that this won't happen so you know so long as he has a job as long as he's paying bills long as he's being responsible he can afford a wedding and he did he did he proven that hay in order for me to survive in the world I don't really need to procreator to be with an actual human being song about being responsible with my time and respecting other people's space I'm free to do practically what I want on my free time.
For those who are intrigued by this phenomenon, I would highly recommend the movie "Her".
Netflix ?
@@ImaSumaqk123movies
Or “Lars and the real girl”
@@TDKOALA1992 Just watched the trailer. Didn't know about this film. Thanks for the recommendation!
Waiting for HER to be a thing because holy cow, the AI itself would want me to improve as a humam being, and I would want for it to care by feeding me it's emotions, and I would be so immersed as if I have a long distance relationship but we talk over the phone senerio, and if we want to make love..there are services that either by a robot or a humam companion can emulate that body like in HER.
Honestly, as long as they are not using it as a replacement for real human interaction, then I do not see the problem. It is not as though there is one way to live life; people just like to project their expectation for social norms onto others and then claim that their way is the correct way. Having quality real human interaction is necessary for someone to maintain a good state of mental health, but there is nothing inherently wrong with this kind of relationship to a fictional character -- so long as the person can recognize that the character does not exist within our material reality.
The guy married to Miku and the woman married to Morgyn would actually make a cute couple
ya they just need to turn their love ones around when they are intimate : )
@@JohnnyRehab lol
No, they don't make a good couple
I thought the same thing when I watching
Why would you ship two people who are already in their respective relationships?
Akihoko kondo and hatsune miku sounds like a great couple ngl
That's really sweet and deep what you said we choose fantasy ❤❤😊😊
“What the devil, hes on another level” -MF DOOM
I’m a fictosexual too. I’ve been in love with a video game character called Jack Krauser since 2019, and he had helped me get through my toughest times in my life.
Loneliness and mental health disorders are way too common in this world these days so I think it’s not surprising to see fictosexuals out there in the world.
As long as it’s not hurting anyone or harming yourself, it should be fine.
I kinda undertand them how i can blame them when most people in real life is a shit and the world is just getting worst, these people so far from what i could see in this video and others before are happy and leaving the fact that might or not being what most people call " normal" which in reality doesnt exist, i respect them they are an minory and like with any always human beings critize what they do not undertand or dont find aligning wtith their idea of what its correct and the worst is that i could forgive that kind of logic if was a case were could be hurting or effecting in a negative way to someone which isnt the case here.
I just wish could have a fraction of that strengh to move forward without giving a shit about what other poeple think which today everyone is fucking critizing others like they dont anything better to do.
Yes alright...
VICE is interviewing people that even I, lives in Japan, have never heard of. Admire your research but I would like to hear the voices of people suffering from current problems such as inflation or stagnant salaries.
Plenty of videos of that
@@Goldenhammer8 Isn't Miku 16?
@@Goldenhammer8 Child porn or child prostitution issues should be given much attention, even outside of Japan.
@@sgakm.manyida Are you a foreigner studying there in Japan? I was curious about learning there for 1 year as an exchange student. If you don't mind me asking ofc.
Awww there so cute together.
With my current experiences in anything, I get these people,but kinda feel sorry because mostly others will never get it.They aren't married to fictional characters because they are lonely or just gave up on real love in general.it's because this minority saw how truly people are pretty disgusting.We kill each other,kidnap,steal,lie with basically anything,suck up when we need to,exploit for our own benefit and so on...I can keep writing a whole story just on our flaws but I won't since my hands will go numb before I finish,so yeah,respect for seeing things how they really are and for finding comfort in a character who will never do anything mentioned above to you,essentially just being your idealistic unreal love. That's truly sad and shameful BUT for others who made people into thinking like that. Kudos to all people in the video
@*B from Croatia, why do you ask? I don't think my home country plays any specific important role on my views about this matter, if you meant that :)
@*B All cool don't worry, since I can relate to this views I kinda wanted to explain the most common reason of this kind of thinking for people who can't understand that it isnt't about givinhg up on love, it's just we aren't that stupid anymore and we see other people how they truly are, without the mask
well, we also make art, and are beautiful. we cry when we are sad and wrap ourselves around people we love. we are warm and soft. we love people so much we would die for them, we die for them, we write, we sing, we cry when we eat good food, we wave to each other on boats, we draw pictures for each other if we don't speak the same language, we laugh and we all have different laughs, we give birth, we help people give birth, we draw things we love and things we hate, we are quiet, we are loud, we make friends with strangers, we smile at each other, we wear cruelty free makeup, we keep warm by fires, we rehabilitate animals, we sing songs, we tell stories, we are wonderfully stupid and practically insane, we sleep but sleep better by other people, we live together, we cry for people who are hurting, we wonder, we make echoes in empty places, we make things beautiful by loving them, we create good food, we share, we learn things, we sit and understand one another, we make mac n cheese, we want to be alive, we become doctors and social workers, we fix people and help people, we go to the moon, and we show others the things we have made because things are better shared.
@@jopyplejic5237 Why i feel like you wrote everything that i though?? like wtf are you kinda a psychic?? i just wrote a comment here and just scrolling down finding yours is amaizing to me finding someone else with the exact thoughts.
@@jopyplejic5237 but it seems they also desire advanced robots, so when robots develop to the point of being like humans would these people still love these character robots who can essentially make their own choices? Because it seems these people can only be satisfied with non sentient things.
As someone who always had a crush on Jean Clawed (Minions: The Rise of Gru), this man is so relatable to me.
I know they may not be hurting others (and only themselves, which is concerning), but this shows some people don't want relationships and prefer an ideal partner who will agree with them always. Which is not how relationships are made.
True.. Also this is mental illness
I disagree. These people got rejected and just gave up on finding someone.
Its heartbreaking.
These people i can only see developing to the point of falling in love with synthetics which i guess was sorta of inevitable but based on the greek story of Pygmalion i wonder if AI develops to the point of human like consciousness would these people still love these characters who have their own sentients or are they placating some deeper desire
@@hyphydan the heartbreaking part will be when they realize that their "relationship" amounted to nothing and they wasted their life on a code written in an inanimate object. I don't think heartbreak or rejection can cause this type of behavior. This is something much more complex.
@@mklava it's performative, they are just doing it to make a statement.
I think most people have had a crush on a celebrity, fictional character, or someone else unobtainable. That part I can relate to. Is it healthy to take it this far? I don't think so. But, if it's not causing him any distress or harm, live and let live. 🤷♂️
just because miku is in videogames doesnt make her a game character come on vice
I legit met the dude in Aug of this year at Comiket.
This is so sad. This guy has a full reception for his fake wedding and Im all alone for 10cywars now without even one single friend.
You're just jealous.
When you are a solid 4 but won’t settle for anything less than a 10 😂
Did anyone heard midoris voice at the oath ceremony? It's so unnerving
And she can't divorce you!
I have seen a lot of comments where fictosexuality is written off as a cause of loneliness. Which is not correct in many cases.
Fixtosexuality is an real orientation. This means that many who are ficto aren´t even attracted to real life partners in the first place. Being asexual is similar in this regard - those who are asexual don´t miss relationships because they don´t adesire it.
Then how can fictos be sad or lonely by not finding an in real life partner then? The math doesn´t math here.
A different orientation than being straight *suggests* being attracted to a different thing so it wouldn´t make sense if they miss the straight thing.
It comes down to the simple fact what people are falling for.
Lonely people in some way it's sab but in some other not that much.
As long as they are happy and its not having a negative impact on their life
Do you boo
Well Akihiko is going to be pleased to know about the release of GPT4 and other LLM's. Lots of options for him to get a chatbot for his wife.
i’m sorry but when at 0:21 the character started reading her vows, it cracked me up🤐
Why are you apologizing. It’s ridiculous from 00:00 till the end
Same 💀
Escape the reality and live in fantasy and if there is no peace even in fantasy or after death
Then Where we will go we dunno
I clicked on this instantly... what have we become...
LoL.......
These are fictional people,nobody can get hurt
As someone who always have a crush with a fictional character, this is so relatable to me.
I have a crush on Jean Clawed (Minions The Rise of Gru).
Everyone would marry Geralt of rivia. I'm not gay but I would definitely marry him. Haha. I love Geralt.
The title says video game character
Vocaloid fanbase: triggered when they called Miku a video game character
One of my friends married a guy in a virtual world while she is married to another guy in real life. I gave the ceremony. Hehe
😂🤡🤮
Ficto-affair?
That's more fucked up then real affair
🤣😂 Polyamory mindset but Monogamous-ish lifestyles
She didn't agree to this! THIS A FORCE MARRIAGE!!!
😅😂
This is kinda sad tbh
I’m so incredibly sad for these people
Which anime character should I married if I just want get japanese resident visa?
Marry who you love. Don't marry just to get married.
19:14 minutes of extreme discomfort watching this. What have we became as a society?
Is not the Society but the freedom of the individual to do what he feels right for him. Love and loneliness , sadness in general are an hard topic and some people shy and rejected came to this , I don’t want to judge them. It seems crazy to us, outside the Japan? yes but we have a different mindset
did she say yes or the guy forcefully married
The beauty is she always says yes
It's not forceful, don't worry ^^
So someone else could also marry the same fictional character right?
Yes
If i do this, I will not only have one husband but a hundred😃
Then you're not truly in love. This isn't about having a "collection" of husbands, it's about loving and getting married to one.
I respect their decision which they ” thought ” the decision of marrying a ”non living things “ can make them happier and satisfy their needs forever. But I don’t support this mindset or any social encouragement as most of them are just sinking into your own world and delusion. Really , I don’t think it’s alright for them to raise awareness and seeking for support from the public and influence the youngster to swing away from being a normal human being. However, To hear them saying how they are bullied, rejected and isolated in the society sadden the whole story. Hence, they have became self deceived, they basically don’t have the courage to face the world and themselves as they are scare to be rejected or hurt again. Now, they turned to a fake partner who won’t speak against them and will only agreed to whatever the owner asked for, don’t you think it’s so sick mentally. I just pity them😢
So which copy they falling in love with because they're duplicated almost indefinitely
I'm moving to Japan! 😅
There is nothing wrong with this. I would marry Hange Zoe if I could.
hatsune miku aint no way
everything's fine until the power goes out and his wife disappears
That's... Not how it works...
what happens if multiple guys marry the same character?
husbands in law :D
there is infinite number of reality so we can all date a version form a other reality of the same girl.
Ignoring the other people who do.
With ai, vtubers, and some other softwares
Like "Her"
This is just the next reality
Into the matrix we go...
I'm a proud fictosexual for many years and I am happily married to my husband V from V for Vendetta ❤
- That blatantly obvious attempt of VICE to set them up on a blind-date at the end though. 😂
- Let's face reality, the vast majority of them aren't _choosing_ it no matter what they say, they've simply lost hope of finding a real partner. It's very sad. 😕
- Glomming onto existing things is awkward, others have/use those characters. Make unique AI-generated characters instead. 🤦
The Miku dude was shown interest by real girls multiple times but decided against it because he had real feelings towards Miku that couldn't be changed. It was his own choice
@@eruno_ Hence "vast majority" instead of "all".
Lol and how would you know that this wasn't their decision?.
All you know about them is just a 20minutes video.
😂Its sadder that you have to find people whom you believe is inferior to you to boost up your pathetic ego just so you could feel superior. The guy definitely has experienced more happiness then you would ever have in your life
And by your logic of grooming onto existing things. Does this mean that when girls has slept with a man once. They immediately become used goods and things become awkward when they get into a relationship even though they are single?.
@@eruno_actually you should look into the guys story more apparently he was rejected by women as a Teenager and he was severely bullied by his female co worker at his job witch cause him to have a nervous breakdown and he was like hey I’ll marry a fictional hologram character that doesn’t even exist and that is his real reason for doing this
@@TheKryptonianSaiyan
I follow him on twitter, he nowadays seems really happy living with Miku and all with some tweets talking how marrying Miku made him more positive and outgoing. Honestly it's pretty sweet.
The host is soooooo handsome.
as long as he doesn't eat your neighbors' livestock and don't bite them. Still safe
Ok…which one of you is this?
Why do I feel like Mr. Kondo 's case is a trauma response mechanism, it feels sad.😢
WUUUDDDAAAAAHEEEEEEELLLLL!!💀💀💀
so many types of human living in this world
Well as long as I got invite for the wedding feast would not mind
How? Why?
So much of so called “traditional” marriage is a sham anyways. Let these people live.
Based chad I kneel
I live in the US, can I marry Zack Fair?
Sad that in the real world there is no place for love for everyone
If you mean that, you dont know the meaning of love. Love is not purely romantic
@@ghost_1153 that is false. love is very much romantic
I am a psychologist 🤔. This is problematic in many ways. Human experience has structure and contextual in emotional support. Human beings need touch and validation from another tangible person. Fictional is negative enabling. Characters can't match up to real human emotional intelligence. Real is what we can touch and see. Intangible is unable touch it. Human beings need hugs and kisses along with consistency of validation of each other's existence
Indeed. I checked his story years ago when he just got married. Now this update with the presence of the life sized dolls and the robotics AI for a wife he is hoping for, it is already bothering I think. He slowly living more and more in the fantasy. When his reality and fantasy gets fully mixed, I think can be mentally dangerous.
@WelcometothesunnysideHuman beings can't bond with inanimate objects. That's part of human illusion. Which makes it Delusional. Chemistry allows us to bond with each other
these people have real human friends there's nothing to worry about they still get those things
Lol self-proclaimed psychologist. I checked your posts, your no psychologist alright
Gay married not allowed. Married waifu doll or a Nintendo DS allowed somehow .
i prefer not to speak
This is pretty messed up
Interesting video to watch.... in my belief I think they have the right to fall in love with a character.
We're doomed
Holy shit
This is insane!
This, Bart, is a crazy man...
Age of consent in Japan is 13! 😢
Ooookkkk enough YT for today
I'm lost for words.
OMG she married Morgyn from The Sims?? 🥹 So happy for you, sis 💕
Reality might suck but it better than living in Fanta
This is going to become more and more common once humanoid robots like Teslabot come out.
Dont forget the fictional characters created by religion. There are billions who believe and love them.
I learn about mental disorder and psychology to the point I assume religion are made for politics and mental disorder. It's all about control by fear and reward the concept of heaven and hell.
@@vivoslibertos I have read an interesting study, which tries to compare religious people with schizophrenia. Look it up. It basically says, that religious people show the same symptoms as people suffering from schizophrenia.
Human beings are weak they need something in with believe to even if is not real and is more present when we struggle in really hard times. Is funny how people think that they are sane when in relaity we all are sick mentally and as the times passes society is getting even worst living in a toxic enviroment we just are dying slowy without even realize.
this is an opinion that i personally believe you shouldn't say it publicly or on the internet because it can cause a lot of drama
Miku is 16...
Abe is kill.
japan
I hope they find therapy
Waifuist Gang Rise Up
Mizore Shirayuki is my love 💜
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣i can't stop laughing🤣😂🤣😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
i feel bad for miku
Why 😭
There's no need to. They're married because they're in love.
@@Mitsurifan-qo5ez miku doesn't have any feelings she's a voicebank
@@Mitsurifan-qo5ez miku doesn't have any feelings she's a voicebank
@@Mitsurifan-qo5ez miku only did it because he just asked, nothing special it's not like this a love story lmao
Wait…. 0:11…. what? Do I see leeks?
Japanese are just different
It's not just Japan. I'm European and have a fictional love too.
BRUH