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Japanese Men Spend Christmas With 2-D Girlfriends

by Amar Toor on December 28, 2009 at 09:30 AM

If Japanese men are now wedding their virtual girlfriends, it only makes conjugal sense that they would spend the holiday season with them, too. Why they would want to document and post an intimate holiday with their Manga Misses, though, is another question. Apparently, the practice has become somewhat of an Internet meme in Japan, with anime enthusiasts across the nation eagerly posting photos of romantic Christmas Eve dinners with the 2-D girls of their dreams.

Kotaku has a gallery of some of the depressing elaborate displays, and claims that the trend shouldn't be taken entirely at face value; it's allegedly more about preening and competition than anything too serious (although we're not sure that necessarily lessens the sad quotient here). Then again, sending out a Christmas card photo with your virtual spouse may not be much worse than attaching this to your holiday greetings. [From: Kotaku]

Tags: hgg, japan, top, weird

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