From UKMetro:
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.
Could it be? Is the story proof that the slippery slope argument against gay marriage is right? (Irony alert!)
Thanks to Lapin for the link.
I think it's rather sweet, in a spaced-out sort of way.
ReplyDeleteYep, this is what it leads to. Next people will be marrying multiple pillows, and god forbid, sleeping with all of them in the same bed. And to compound the abomination, Anglicans in Uganda will be murdered because of it.
ReplyDeleteCathy, I think it's sweet, too.
ReplyDeleteJames, at least Lee Jin-gy isn't gay. He married a girl pillow.
Pillows never disappoint.
ReplyDeleteWith my pillows it's serial monogamy.
Counterlight, I love my pillows, too. They don't talk back, and they're always there for me when I need a good cry.
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you! and to the poor lad with the pillow...
ReplyDeleteGöran, the young man seems happy enough.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is what happens when a society is too free, and self expression is encouraged. In a society that encourages individualism and values those who captain their own ships you're bound to have problems like this.
ReplyDeleteDamn those freedom-loving hippy Koreans.
I know that I'm a horrible sinner . . . me and my pillow merely shack up. ;-/
ReplyDeleteJCF, get thee and thy pillow to a Korean priest, and end thy wicked ways.
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