20% of Japanese Men Want to Date Game Characters
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Sep 2, 2009 10:57 JST
- Tags: Eroge, Marriage, Otaku, Relationships, Ronery, Statistics
The latest finding about Japan’s increasingly unmanly men is that some 40% think enjoying in-game love is worthwhile, whilst 20% admit to actually wanting a relationship with characters in a game.
The survey, covering 500 Japanese men in their twenties, covered a variety of questions relating to lifestyle.
When asked “Do you think of yourself as a ‘herbivorous’ man?”, referring to a passive man who will not pursue women, a staggering 63.8% replied “yes.”
Then, when asked “Do you think enjoying a romance with a game character is on?”, 42.2% responded that they did indeed think it was “ari.”
A fifth of the men went so far as to admit that on at least one occasion they had hankered after romance with a game character.
Via J-Cast.
Coupled with the notorious greed of Japanese women, these results seem to suggest the future of the Japanese race is bleak indeed…
Haruhi Movie Reaches #7 in Japanese Box Office
Sea Shepherd to Attack Tuna Fishing Boats
Mugi-Mania Grips Otaku
Busty Yoko Cosplay
Pedobear “Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascot”
Anime Industry Laments Bust: “We Could Sell Anything!”
Marisa Kirisame Figma
Nippon Ichi Stock Plunges as Profits Wiped Out
Wonder Festival Winter 2010 Mega-Digest
Tony Works Ciel Chronicle Erotic Indeed
LDP Fields “Hair Nude” Candidate Miyako Aso
Noizi Ito’s Lightning
Final Fantasy XIII Sells for $20, Sales Now a Damp Squib
Kinema Kan’s Touhou Anime Music Video PV
Rei: “Come Visit the Onsen of Hakone!”
Haruhi Movie Premieres, Draws Line of 500 Otaku
Sexy Pizza Munching C.C. Cosplay
Ohigetan
Matataku
Mischievous Suzume Gallery
Asuka Langley Cosplay by Kanda Midori
Otaku Bukkake Gallery
Nagato Yuki Disappearance Winter Version Cosplay
Mikupan
Sakuya Tsuitachi
Translucent Clothing Idol Gallery
I would too if i could.
Amen to that.
Game girls only cost that one price tag.
SSooo true -_- i wana rin chan
Yea if you could date anyone, you might as well date a character from F/SN
I'd date berserker
^LULS
I'll date rider. XP
Agreed I would spread Shiro in two seconds.
I'll drive Rider to heaven. :D
Indeed Rider is Hawt ;D
Miyako-chan is mine!
ALL OF YOU LACK MANLINESS!!! FAGGOTS!!!
i will date maid in heaven =_=
YOU SAID IT!!!
*GENERATES MANLYNESS*
I'd date... Taiga. End of story.
Now ,the only problem with this, you can't FUCK them.
Fapping does not count!!
But tbere might be a way. Hmmmmm....
I'll have a 4p young girls with Saber, Rin, Sakura, & Illia.... And have a 3p adult women with Rider, Caster, & Fuji-nee until,my balls shriveled to a size of BB bullet.
I'll take Karen & 2 Illia's guardian girls for myself <3
Yours truly,
Sister Wombat
SABER IS KING
Let’see: I would take Sia, Asa, and Nerine from Shuffle! C.C. from Code Geass, Kyou from Clannad, Mio from K-ON!, and Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari!
With them I wouldn’t care if I had a 3D girl or not! lol
Mio and Mayu from FF2. Together.
sakura is the true one.
I'd date one of the Queen Blade girls, any character will do :)
I'll take Guyver armor, berserk armor, libra gold cloth and sharingan.Added sausage muffin with egg and bananna drink for the ride
I'll go on a whim and say Ilya.
id date elizabeth or aigis
Well most of us have the occasional crush
Same Here, My Quick List: Sakinee (Hatsukoi Limited), C.C. (Code Geass), Corticarte Apa Lagranges (Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica) Nagisa, Kotomi & Kyou (Clannad).
nobody gives a shit
+1 (^_^)b
Thanks dude, you just spoke for the majority of us there.
The hell he did. No one speaks for me but me.
you're a weeaboo
You have shitty taste.
what anon says.
You have shitty taste.
Hypocrites.
Sorry, they're already on my "Have done" list.
I would take Amy (Soul Calibur 4) out for ice cream and small walks on the boardwalk...then the minute she turns 18 give her my protein slurpee!
Hmmmm. Amy slurpee your protein...is good plan!
Wait till she's 18? Screw that. I'm going to hit her even if she's 12 or 13... which IS really her current age.
She would still have a free will.
WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF YOU.
If you attempted this you would be arrested.
Seriously, I can understand Kyou. Her personality is hot but Nagisa?
Eh well, Nagisa is the nice innocent girl archetype, I can understand that.
But yea Kyou wins it for me with most personality.
I would take Nagisa too but I can't help but think Kyou is one of the most desirable anime girls ever!
Poundit.
Of Course!!! If You Wouldnt You Would Be Weird...
who wouldnt, honestly.
indeed
Dont we all at one time or another lol
No, all the time.
Poor guy, dating Game characters.
It's probably the same vice versa. Maybe.
"poor girl, dating real men"?
"poor game characters, dating otakus other than me."
Poor 20% of Ronery Otaku.
We all know the other 80% lied to look "cool".
heh, japan is doomed..men are getting further away from reality while women are being more and more unrealistic... soon japan itself will become just an illusion at this rate
If 'real' women were not money hungry whores and were as ideal as the girls in games and anime, then majority of us wouldn't be so crazy about 2D characters would we?
And what's 'real' anyway? A non-attractive woman behind a 'thick mask make-up' to look attractive or with silcon implants in the chest area seem real to you? XD
Booyah! 1-0 for Marine. That was the best answer that could've ever been given.
Oh and I suppose there aren't money-hungry men? The only difference between men and women is that the first variety tends to be more individualistic, while the second, more manipulative. Both behavior types are unsightly, but both are hardwired behavior patterns that are defined by genetic traits and social pressure.
And may I remind you that women pursue artificial beauty enhancements because of cultural influence. A very big part of that cultural influence comes from male attitude toward a woman's beauty (the "wow, look at that hot babe with the big tits and smooth skin" kind of attitude).
Sorry for getting cranky on you, but this "my sex is better than yours" bullshit is really pissing me off.
You fail.
The vast majority of what women do for their looks isn't because of men--- it is because of other women. Its how they put other women down, and make themseles feel better/superior to other women. All the major studies on the subject have so far born this out.
Most women realize after just a bit of interacting with normal men that men never notice such subtle things as which kind of "short" hair style they are using, if she's gotten strawberry blonde highlights or auburn highlights, if she is wearing a dull beige instead of a warm beige, if her shoes are a knock off, if she's put on 3 pounds over the past couple of months, etc. But other women do. And they will "talk her down" to put her down in status and thereby raise themselves up in status. It's all about girls maintaining their social status and personal superiority over other women, if only in their own minds.
What all 2D girls have in common: they are not feminists and do not have any hint of feminist attitudes. Even the butt-kicking ones from Black Lagoon or Hayao Miyazaki's works still respect the male characters. The rest are just tsundere. Although Taiga from Toradora is straying awfully close to misandrist territory, that is why I didn't watch that show even though I like tsunderes in general.
To save Japan, I bet that you would need the men who actually marry to have 15 kids in order to compensate for this stupidity.
This is getting ridiculous.
the women of recent generations have gained powers likely to have caused such feelings out of men to try and "make" their ideal women (anime, manga, hentai)and i think that soon men will be on the same level as dogs, their sperm worthless. science will make it possible to artificially create sperm. MEN WE MUST STOP THE CREATION OF ARTIFACIAL SPERM!
Too late. Can already do that through many different techniques. Skin tissue, female bone tissue, female stem cells--- technologically speaking, it would be possible for women to continue womankind if all stored sperm and all men died today. Of course, getting it from men is much, much, much cheaper, and easy to collect.
OMG CAKE and CHICKEN
What kind of chicken? KFC?
Hmm, I'd rather eat from DFC, not from KFC.
I'd rather eat at kenny's.
I'd eat DFC at KFC.
KFC: Kids F#cking Club..
I would rather eat chicken at my parents' place ;)
I believe that's a duck...
on second thought it might be cat
naahh, that's his last "real" g/f hand there...
somehow the chicken is what makes it sad
which chicken, the one who put the chicken on the table, or the "chicken" itself?
I want date AV stars but thats not going to happen I know this.
at least it's waaaaay easier than dating game characters.
i suggest you start working in the industry. just sell enough dvds and you won't have to worry about fuck- er dating av stars.
It can if you have enough money.
Fuck, I've been wanting to play F/SN for a while now.
It's like the best VN ever gogo get it now
Seconded! Too bad my only comp other than this shitty Mac broke down before I could get a better ending(I got like the worst ending possible D:)
LOLS. I'v finished the whole game. Unlimited Bladeworks path is an epic win!!!!
But I don't like Tohsaka's H scene. feels like Tohsaka doesnt feel any pleasure at all.
Hmmmmm yes =~= *nod nod*
Saber's and ESPECIALLY Sakura's H scenes were much more touching.
I have to give my fav to Heaven's Feel simply because they develop the relationship better (although Saber is my favorite)
Herbivorous? Well, based on that definition, I am one. I've also fallen in love with characters, on multiple occasions (and am not ashamed to admit it). I haven't completely forsaken 3D girls, however.
Pfft, CGI has always been inferior to traditional hentai.
My Friend solace...
I agree with you.
I have experienced the 3D world and enjoyed the (good and bad)...
~ and currently, whilst I am in Hiatus of the 3D world for a moment...
I can take comfort in the confines the 2D world and my epic waifu, who has a nice boat ~ "Kotonoha Katsura"
Admit it people, how many of us wanted to date Sekai/Kotonoha... Kyou/Tomoyo... Ai/Wingfield ( Fault!! )... And many others come to mind...?
C'mon people, everyone has a platonic love...
Cheers,
Nick
basically it would be your ideal dream girl. beautiful, great figure, great personality
http://neoshinka.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/fantasy_worlds_kaiji_tonegawa.jpg
Honestly can't blame em and not make any snappy comments
most of the women in Japan hit hard and hurt
I'm not surprised.. I'm a girl and I find game and anime men to be far more appealing. Girls for that matter too. Would that what is in my head were real, I say.
Japanese women no longer want Japanese men, and men no longer want 3D women. It's going to be difficult, but it looks like it's up to us to help those poor Japanese women find boyfriends.
thats gonna be hard considering rise in gold diggin types
LOL! +1
*slicks back hair*
Ladies? You might not be interested, but this fine fella' here is free.*points to self*
Hope you have a lot of cash. Or chloroform.
Ideally both.
Just say " my drill can pierce heaven"
"20% of Japanese Men Want to Date Game Characters"
good luck with that, lol
Wanting to date 2D women makes you "unmanly"? Men always want unobtainable women.
Damn right.
It's good to have a goal.
All your Japanese woman are belong to me now.
good luck with that
Best reference to the greatest game translation ever made!!
ippo?
warcraft.............. lol
I present to you: Zero Wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg
What you say?
your virginity belongs to Japanese pedophile
Japanese pedophiles? You're forgetting the Western lolicons there.
Like you?
I don't mind taking loli virgins :3
I would give away all my money to date Saber.
I would give away all my money to date Cal Devens.
10 bucks won't get you saber
But $80-90 will. :3
were not talking about prostitution right?
There are not any laws against 2D prostitution are there?
Only 2D loli prostitution.
I woul give away all your money to date Saber.
Well, in the next 5 to 15 years, you should be able to buy a Saber sex/entertainment android. So save your money--- I expect the shipping charges to be quite expensive.
Lol. It doesn't seem like it's going to be too far in the future until Japan develops real-life "Chobits" and program their favorite 2D characters in them.
Oh gawd I better fuckin' live to see that day.
I'll take the electrical "Zaks" option for my Lum "Chobits" please.
I want mine to look like the big breasted chick from Gantz. She likes sex and puts out!
lol
yet another trashy gaijin news site, SankakuComplex, but what the heck,
Saki-nee from Hatsukoi Limited <3
Tsukishima Aoba from Cross Game <3
We're all trash here. Just accept it. And you are too for commenting here. WELCOME
Hi can I troll you?
Indeed... if only we could....
I actually desire to date game men as well. I have a boyfriend, but I can't help but think about a relationship with say, Squall from FFVIII or Leon from Resident Evil 4, and how much better it'd be than real men...
I feel your pain, otakus. ;_; We'll never have what we so desire.
*gasp* I feel sad for your boyfriend somehow...
I wouldn't, this "boyfriend" would have the exact the same desire for 2d girls as well, no? Alas, if he's in that category.
Yes, we're both anime/manga fans. I don't blame him for wanting to bang Haruhi, since I want to fuck Kyon like there's no tomorrow.
You should just cosplay as Haruhi, and that boyfriend of yours as Kyon, problem solved!
Thank God my bf looks like Cloud, but he's taller and sexier than his 3-d counterpart. :D.
I could easily cosplay Princess Aurora from StarZinger/Starketeers, I'm a spitting image of her.
I think I could get a biiig otaku fanbase in Japan, if I someday make the damn dress..
I would approve that since Game girls are much better than RL women.., and yes, i'm not just referring to the look.
Not all of them are better, just take a look at Musubi or Moka and you will know what I mean...
Love Moca chan and the rest of the girls from Rosario + Vampire
Saber is a bitch!
She's married....
...To me? Damn, how the fuck do you know? You a stalker? Stop stalking on my wife whenever she is taking a dump, you b**tard!!!
go to hospital
:D
Almost everyone here have done that, sorry.
And you wonder why the birth rate in Japan is so low.
Honestly, I think the solution is to force Japanese guys to play shit like Gears of War and Call of Duty. Force them to play football and guzzle bear.
Something must be done to save the Japanese man from extinction.
I think if they all "guzzled bear" they would die out anyway... hell I think anyone would.
+1
is that kind of like bear blasting?
I prefer hump catting...
Yeah, great solution, after that the japanese men changes from wanting date 2D girls to wanting invading 3D countries and fighting wars against terror... awesome!
instead of a survey in Japan lets do one around the world and find out just how many more guys are willing to date characters from an anime/game
This is pretty much along the same lines as other modern countries.
What a coincidence. This article was posted shortly after i tried out one of these games for the first time ever.
That means you're LATE.
Welcome...Spray on alcohol based foaming glass cleaner works best. :)
I would 2 I mean most of them so look better than 3D.
Well, that just show how good 2D girls Are ^-^
Considering how easy it is to get arrested/sued for stalking, sexual harrassment, or attempted rape these days, I guess being "herbivorous" and longing for imaginary girls--whose feelings are always made plain and open through the course of a story unlike real girls whom you have to figure out without the benefit of hearing all her personal and intimate thoughts and feelings--is safer.
That's America dude. In most countries of the world, men still have the age old rights to harass and put down the women folk.
Ever since Shiro transfered mana to Saber, why didn't people bitch about her like what others bitch about Nagi?
Because humans are whiny little hypocritical bitches. All of them.
Bah! Can't log in. Anyways my pride keeps me from falling that far to want to date game characters. Though I do often wish that characters from games actually existed in reality. Sad world it is that there aren't many fine women in the world.
Hehe...losers.
Dear 20% of Japanese Men, Welcome to Reality :)
lolwut
Hey Fatimortal...are we ever going to see your whole face? I like that your avatar is just your eye but everytime I see it - I always think you are Jon Gossling from "John & Kate + 8"...just based on that 'One Eye'- lol.
I admin it would be fun to talk to C.C.
Even girls want to date with girls.
I would date Saber or Rin if I could.
People wanna date 2-D characters because it's "easy":
* You know the (typically, female's) personality in advance;
* No fear of rejection;
* Much cheaper (emotionally and economically) than dating 3-D.
The problem is when these people lose hold of reality, and their fantasy takes over, and *actually believe* that they're dating/married to character X.
I want to date Saber because she has a better personality than 9000% of RL women
Me i want Akane Tendo from Ranma 1 half among others but damn is she ccute.
I'd rather have Shampoo, she's hot and affectionate. Bet she'd damn near break me in half....
Sounds fun!
Gimme Villetta, Horo, and Yoruichi and we have a deal.
And what can I get in return for making a deal with you?
his sperm?
As the scrubbibg bubbles say"Eeeeewwwwwww!".
As the scrubbing bubbles say, "Eeeeeewwwwwww!".
Give me Mikuru Asahina, and Rei Ayanami, fuck everyone else's gay characters.
Humanity has gone down the drain straight to the depths of hell.... Heck even penetrating through the other side of the dimension.
Hey, if they don't want their tangible women, more for me! I'll just keep my crush on that whip-wielding Reploid chick from Megaman X to myself in the meantime.
Well, let's look at the facts.
Video game girls are always beautiful, will well-sculpted bodies and breast sizes specifically chosen for that man's tastes. They don't demand much from their man, and they're always great at sex. Not to mention they always have the exact fetishes that drive their man wild.
Video game girls will never cheat, and they'll always show love and devotion to their lover. They never age, and they always listen to what you say.
Can you blame those poor gentlemen?
You raise a fair point.
Truer words were never spoken...
Gonna use your post as a quote if needed in an argument btw, thx =D
hmm, japan's dying out at this rate!
okay the ULTIMATE way to mkae money is now obvious find a way to dracan imagine or jusg half their salaryfor thje rest of their life . Also wuld eb cool to do that with mecha lol. Anyways that iwould be the penultimate way to make money.
meant to add this article proves it
Oky i HATE IE8 gotta start uson firefox again but anyways edit 2 the idea was to find a way to rbing anime and game cahracter outta the game and make em real to hawk em to guys for exorbiatnt amnounts of cashe. oH and they'llk be reprogrammed to follow instructions(unklless the guy just wants to rapoe em then they can have em nrmal).
I have to say that I am a little surprised that you know words like "exorbitant" and "penultimate" yet your spelling suffers greatly. Calm down when typing; maybe take a moment to reread what you just wrote and fix up a typo here and there...
That what happen when you type too fast, then again try typing with two thumbs in your i Phone
i´d do that too, if i could :D
After being in Japan and seeing "real" Japanese women the only thing I can say is, now I know why they draw beautiful women with great looks and big boobs. The majority of the "real" Japanese women are ugly as hell. That figures, I guess
This is completely true - they are highly overrated. And when you add in the propensity towards more extreme forms of narcissism and money seeking....
Blame Photoshop
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/01/sexy-oppai-idol-gallery/
You have to fix yer eyes
He is gay, don't bother
Talk about "real" and Adobe's Photoshop. All Western women look like models from magazines, Playboy, Hustler and so on.
The magic of photoshop
Considering women in that country care nothing accept money, I could see why...
Welp, I would love to date Dante (DMC3)
i'd too, if he was a girl ;)
If 20% Japanese men is sad wanting to date game chars, 99% SanCon regulars is worst from the quick glance on these comments here.
Oh the humanity ._.
If he wants to date saber, he should offer her pancake instead.
And then the whole topic changed to MAI WAIFU, as always.
Nope. Just "My sex slave!".
what can you say
japanese men = fail
no wonder all their women are looking for a western boyfriend
You guys seem to be missing the point, the same double standard we claim whenever someone blames loli (and anime in general) for rapes and woman dehumanization or whatever else they come up with, should be used here.
I for one can't imagine a 2D image on my screen nowhere near the real thing, and if you guys (and girls) think for even one second otherwise you are just thinking the same way those feminazis think, really!
*******************
Also, for everyone thinking "it would be cool" and etc... Get a grip! Imagination is a great thing, but whatever feeling might exist betwen you and it is platonic and therefore it is imaginary.
It might seem better then your current reality, but you people seem to be forgetting that real life always takes us by surprise, therefore no matter how imaginative you can be, if your life is not better then your dreams you are the only one to blame and not everything (everyone) else in the world ¬¬
*******************
Believe me, my past 3 relationships have been disastrous, the third girl was even gorgeous and still ended BAD.
I am single for near a year now, spent 5 months without real sex (I am really glad for onanism ><) and yet, I will never EVER think even for a second that a fictional whatever is even close to the real thing, you people really need better standards above all else, living in denial is not all that great.
ps. Just reminded, all the otaku's that think "hey, dating saber would be great" should realize that if she/it was a real thing she wouldn't stand stare at you guys (the majority) for over a minute, let alone trying to pull out a conversation with someone that can't talk about anything other then IT and anime ¬¬
"real life always takes us by surprise"
No shit! I say a life using your hand is LESS complicated and expensive then real relationships.
That said...The real thing still feels better.
My penis will.
Argh, it was a reply on:
"10 bucks won’t get you saber" D:
I would like to go out with mizuho sensei or rin tosaka.
Date? Wheres Marry?
For the price of 2 hours with a prostitute in Nevada, I could get a Playstation 3.
2D and rendered 3D >>> RL 3DD
Electronics always have provided more banging for your buck.
My, my. Otaku lose touch with reality a little more each day it seems. See what mass generalization of "3D women" (a term I hate because women are not simply 3D they are completely real) have done? You're no better then the censorship loving idiots at the UN if you act like that. Ive been an anime fan for a long time and no matter how much I like a character I could never give up on real guys.
Relationships with fictional characters can't make you emotionally happy and onanism withstanding they can't make you physically happy either. Plus is it really healthy to have so much scorn for real women? Especially the feminists you all hate so much but don't really understand at all?
2D > 3D NUFF SAID.
Just outta interest... when they say they want to date the game characters, do they mean going into the game itself or somehow tranferring the game characters into real life?
I mean, talking to a person thin as paper would be weird right? Isn't that what a 2D character means?
Very confused, any clarification would be appreciated.
Ressentiment is the answer, curious anon.
Though it's more of a love of a fictional 3D character than loving a fictional 2D character...
My girlfriend's name is Hand-tan :3
They give a whole new definition of otaku. Serious business here. BLAH.
They asked gamers that question you fucking retards.
How dare you give my waifu pre-packaged food!
That is pretty sad, to basically pick a scripted woman's personality. For all those who thing 2D > real life, then good luck finding real happiness.
I'll take the uncertanty, surprise, and thrill of real life over the easy comfort-zone fantasies any day.
Trashy troll is trash...
Wow, there goes alot of respect, (if i had any to begin with) for japanese men.
Very sad......
3d>2d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmhFCLTHov8
Ok who order Roger rabbit ?
Seriously though I love 2D anime characters but I can never understand this whole my waifu thing. Eventhough it would be awesome if they were real, but no they are not and dought they would want to date an otaku. But if anime were come to life I would rather see a gundam instead ( robot of mass destruction anyone). Sorry folks there is no love here the closest you will get is a life size PVC or dakimakura or get a real beautiful woman with your fav cosplay (win) . Of course you are always free to imagine what you want
2D girls won't betray you and they will love you for who you are <3
Exactly, therefore there is no way they can exist.
Kinda sucks sometimes =(