Japanese Man Petitions to Marry Comic-book Character

From Vicky Fan:

This is the oddest news I ever read for 2008. I found this article “Japanese Man Petitions to Marry Comic-book Character” on Yahoo! news. It’s about a Japanese man, Taichi Takashita, enlisted 100s of people in a campaign to allow marriages between humans and cartoon characters. He also said, “I am no longer interested in THREE DEMENSIONS. I would even like to become a resident of the TWO-DIMENSIONAL WORLD.” He wants government to establish a low on marriage with cartoon characters. Further, some of the petitions also believe in this concept. One of them wrote- “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.” “Even if she is fictional, it is still LOVING SOMEONE. I would like to have legal approval for this system AT ANY COST.”
Japanese comic-book fans sometimes go extreme, and this is the best example of it. The other news I read about mentioned that one Japanese women seeking to kill her parents because they want to throw away her comic books. Recently I read some news about Japan that marriage rate has decline, young people lost their job because of the economy, and young Japanese found it difficult to fine life partners. Also Asian countries are more of a family-oriented culture which the parents are willing to support their children as long as they have the ability. As a result, lack of independency for young Japanese people. Since these Japanese young adults lack of responsibility for living and rely on their parents, they are away from the social environment and addict with the internet and comic-book.

This news reflects a serious societal problem. Mass of Asian young adults live in the world creates by computer or comic book. I do think it’s very significant for young adult to learn and to be independent. These young adults need to be responsible themselves and other people surround them.