Current mood:
quiet
Category: Romance and Relationships
You have to wonder. Some people seem to have a tenuous grip on reality…
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.” He even 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 1,000
signatures.
Of course, this is all about “manga” comic books, which are
incredibly popular in Japan - and it’s not clear how tongue-in-cheek
the suggestion is. I do have to say that some of the “yaoi” boys drawn
by Japanese artists are very sexy, in a willowy, big-eyed kind of way,
but I don’t think I’d want to marry one. (Not only that, he wouldn’t want to marry me, given I have the wrong plumbing.)
Who would you pick as your comic book
lust object? I’m partial to the Phantom, always have been. I think what
I like is that he doesn’t have any superpowers, just abs of steel and
his skull ring. He also has sufficient nerve to wear his undies on the
outside, plus he’s a dedicated family man and all around decent guy.
On the other hand, there’s Wolverine.
Fancy him rotten, (especially when it’s Hugh Jackman) though those
blades could be a worry in moments of passion…