In 2018, Akihido Kondo, a Japanese man in his thirties, married a fictional computer-generated singer. Four years later, the “couple” is going through difficult times: Ahikido can no longer speak to his wife, reports the Japanese newspaper Mainichi.
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The one who defines himself as “fictosexual” decided in 2018 to marry Hatsune Miku, a fictional character representing a 16-year-old pop singer.
Ahikido Kondo spent nearly 2 million yen (regarding C$20,000) on an unofficial wedding ceremony that his family didn’t even attend.
Falling in love with the virtual singer in 2008, the Japanese man was able to interact with her for the very first time in 2018 thanks to a sophisticated device that generates a hologram from a computer-synthesized character.
Unfortunately, the device used by Ahikido Kondo recently stopped supporting the software he was using to chat with his virtual wife.
The 38-year-old man can therefore no longer chat with his fictitious wife.
“My love for Miku has not changed,” he nevertheless declared in an interview with Mainichi.