/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>6671076
>What's the appeal of VNs?

Because I enjoy the balance they create between author intent and the imagination of the reader by offering static visual (and sometimes vocal) references.

They also offer choice, something that books almost invariably do not.

I also enjoy 2D pornography.

>What's so desirable about pouring yourself into a person who doesn't exist and will never reciprocate your emotions?

Hardly different than a real relationship. People in general (women especially) are frighteningly shrewd. Altruism in relationships is a total fantasy, and more often than not, it takes a disproportionate effort from the man to get anything of value from the woman.

>do you really prefer not having a girlfriend, never holding them, buying them gifts just to see their smile?

If I have to buy her a gift to get her to smile, it's not a relationship (romantic or otherwise) worth investing in.
The holding thing is a fair point I guess, but it is a concession. Nothing that a dakimakura and/or an active imagination can't cope with.

>>6057011
Sorry for derailing your ass thread.

Arc, if you could make a thread on /fit/, I'd appreciate it.