Japanese Man Petitions To Marry Comic Book Character

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 extremely popular in Japan, with some fictional characters becoming celebrities or even sex symbols.

Taichi Takashita launched an online petition aiming for 1 million signatures to present to the government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters. He currently has just over 1,000 signatures.

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

Some of those that are signing the petition have shown the man support.

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

Japanese fans of comic books, or "manga" as it's called can sometimes go to extremes.

Earlier this month, a woman with a large collection put out an online message looking for someone to kill her parents for asking her to throw away comic books that filled up three rooms.

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