Want to marry Wolverine?

[freydis]

Seriously, the Japanese are funny.....

A JAPANESE man has enlisted hundreds of people in a campaign to allow marriages between humans and cartoon characters, saying he feels more at ease in the "two-dimensional world".

Comic books are immensely popular in Japan, with some fictional characters becoming celebrities or even sex symbols.

Marriage is meanwhile on the decline as many young Japanese find it difficult to find life partners.

Taichi Takashita launched an online petition aiming for one million signatures to present to the government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters.

Within a week he has gathered more than 1000 signatures through.

"I am no longer interested in three dimensions. I would even like to become a resident of the two-dimensional world," he wrote.

"However, that seems impossible with present-day technology. Therefore, at the very least, would it be possible to legally authorise marriage with a two-dimensional character?"

Befitting his desire to be two-dimensional, he listed no contact details, making it impossible to reach him for comment to explain if his campaign is serious or tongue-in-cheek.

But some people signing the petition are true believers.

"For a long time I have only been able to fall in love with two-dimensional people and currently I have someone I really love," one person wrote.

"Even if she is fictional, it is still loving someone. I would like to have legal approval for this system at any cost," the person wrote.

Japan only permits marriage between human men and women and gives no legal recognition to same-sex relationships.

Japan's fans of comic books, or "manga," sometimes go to extremes.

[phee]

...I can't really say why... but I like it...

[Msterbeau]

I will go interview him. Immediately. He's just down the street.

[StormKnight (1)]

You know, I can see nothing but married anime girls...dammit...what is the use of fantasies about anime girls if they're all ready married? Kind of defeats the purpose of anime fantasies.

[aequorea]

2D sex sounds boooooring...

i prefer the 3D variety, marriage or no

[SaGa]

2D sex sounds boooooring...

i prefer the 3D variety, marriage or no

what about square enix styled animation. come on how many men you think will marry tifa

[Enishi]

Man some otakus really go to the extreme...

[Oh_My_Goth]

Paper cuts.....

[aequorea]

Paper cuts.....

LMAO!

see, that's EXACTLY what i'm talking about.

[Msterbeau]

Paper cuts.....

*Cringes into a tiny little ball just thinking about that*