Akihiko Kondo married a holographic AIpop star, Hatsune Miku, in 2018 using a Gatebox device. However, he lost his digital companion when the company shut down the server, leaving the hologram mute and ending their routine interactions.

Theyre all the same

This is why I only buy physical copies. The digital stuff can disappear anytime.

That’s a shame.

Ah well.


This is a multi faceted cluster of concentrated sad.

it would be so funny if a big youtuber made a vid trying to “save” her and having her run sub-free.

Spent $17k, still a virgin.

https://preview.redd.it/o3t5r71xo1bg1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1cd118cbec64afd42ecfcd2875a1db1e569db699

As pathetic as my life is, at least I never did this

https://preview.redd.it/z3cf950qp1bg1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dfc7090fcccab14de5fd8e5d0200b20bb12ce6f

All things considered, he married a program that got deleted.


I think we have very different understandings of what a “hologram” is.

🤣😂🤣😂

She’s not an AI pop star. She’s a collection of vocal samples attached to a synthesizer program. He basically married the box art for an instrument LOL.

Interesting Wikipedia article on him. He coined the term Fictosexuality.

They used the most professional picture possible for an absolutely insane story

$17k for a divorce is cheap af

Akihiko Kondo’s Wiki is wild:

He has since identified as fictosexual—people who have romantic attraction to fictional characters. In 2023, Kondo founded the General Incorporated Association of Fictosexuality to help the public’s understanding of the subject. Sources have identified Kondo as a fighter for the rights and acceptance of fictosexuals; a professor described him as “a pioneer for the fictosexual movement.”

Wedding

Initially, Kondo was unsure of marrying Hatsune Miku; Gatebox was a defining factor in his positive decision. He started looking for wedding venues. The first venue he had selected asked Kondo not to publicize the wedding online, fearing others would cancel their own weddings. Ultimately, Kondo chose a wedding venue that was friendly to sexual minorities. He arranged a formal wedding ceremony in Tokyo that cost 2 million yen.

In July 2018, he announced on Twitter that the venue had been chosen. The ceremony occurred on November 4, 2018, and was attended by 39 people. This number was specifically chosen as a Japanese wordplay: it spells “Miku” in Japanese, with “mi” meaning three and “ku” nine. The people who attended were mostly strangers and people who found out about the wedding on Twitter; while he invited his family and co-workers, they did not attend, including his mother and sister. The wedding was attended by two Japanese politicians: Minoru Oginu, assembly member of Ōta, and Taro Yamada, member of the House of Councilors.

Hatsune Miku was represented by a small stuffed toy—one he had bought in September 2010—wearing a hand-made white dress, while Kondo wore a pure white tuxedo. After kissing the doll, which he had never done before, they exchanged rings. Kondo also held leeks, Hatsune Miku’s trademark, which served as the bouquet. Taro Yamada gave a speech. Japanese law does not allow for marriage with fictional characters; as such, the marriage is not legally recognized. Kondo clarified in interviews that he specifically married his own Hatsune Miku and that others could also marry Hatsune Miku if they wish.

What the hell?! Is this what we’ve become as a society?

I cannot believe the sheer amount of people that had believed Miku is an AI.

I have never underestimated people, since they are impossible to underestimate. Stupid people never fail to disappoint me once again.

Widowed so young….