Man marries pillow
True love can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of a Korean man falling in love with, and eventually marrying, a large pillow with a picture of a woman on it.
Lee Jin-gyu pillow wedding Lee Jin-gyu kisses his new bride, a pillow with a picture of anime character Fate Testarossa on it
Lee Jin-gyu fell for his 'dakimakura' - a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan, often with a picture of a popular anime character printed on the side.
In Lee's case, his beloved pillow has an image of Fate Testarossa, from the 'magical girl' anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.
Now the 28-year-old otaku (a Japanese term that roughly translates to somewhere between 'obsessive' and 'nerd') has wed the pillow in a special ceremony, after fitting it out with a wedding dress for the service in front of a local priest. Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media.
'He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,' said one friend.
'They go out to the park or the funfair where it will go on all the rides with him. Then when he goes out to eat he takes it with him and it gets its own seat and its own meal,' they added.
The pillow marriage is not the first similarly-themed unusual marriage in recent times - it comes after a Japanese otaku married his virtual girlfriend Nene Anegasaki, a character who only exists in the Nintendo DS game Love Plus, last November.
Lee Jin-gyu pillow wedding Lee Jin-gyu kisses his new bride, a pillow with a picture of anime character Fate Testarossa on it
Lee Jin-gyu fell for his 'dakimakura' - a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan, often with a picture of a popular anime character printed on the side.
In Lee's case, his beloved pillow has an image of Fate Testarossa, from the 'magical girl' anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.
Now the 28-year-old otaku (a Japanese term that roughly translates to somewhere between 'obsessive' and 'nerd') has wed the pillow in a special ceremony, after fitting it out with a wedding dress for the service in front of a local priest. Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media.
'He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,' said one friend.
'They go out to the park or the funfair where it will go on all the rides with him. Then when he goes out to eat he takes it with him and it gets its own seat and its own meal,' they added.
The pillow marriage is not the first similarly-themed unusual marriage in recent times - it comes after a Japanese otaku married his virtual girlfriend Nene Anegasaki, a character who only exists in the Nintendo DS game Love Plus, last November.
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gosh... this would never suprise me. I even seen something about a woman that was obsessed with objects and even married the eiffel tower. They obvioiusly would make a messed up partner if with a person, so I say even though I have no doubt it's quite shameful for the families... it's better they are happy in their world.
People now adays are so desperate for happiness... it taking them to a whole new level :P
These people really do have a adoring imagination if I say so myself :PPosted 03-16-2010 at 04:20 AM by みみび
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*claps* I, for one, applaud the man. He totally said **** YOU SOCIETY and **** THE NORM! *cheers the man on*Posted 03-16-2010 at 06:11 AM by Illusion Ender -
ok who hasn't felt "urges" to be with there pillows?Posted 03-16-2010 at 06:11 AM by Uchiha Itachi - ... but he also said '**** sanity'. I guess it's funner to be crazy.Posted 03-16-2010 at 06:12 AM by Illusion Ender
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People need to get out more T_TPosted 03-16-2010 at 07:25 AM by mardycardy -
that's just the shit hahahaha is thar foreal? gettign obsess for a pillow is something a normal person won't doPosted 03-17-2010 at 01:35 PM by keithjon11 - that's just the shit hahahaha is that foreal? getting obsess for a pillow is something a normal person won't doPosted 03-17-2010 at 01:35 PM by keithjon11
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