/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Yes.

Maria is mai waifu, until the end of time.

No, it's retarded and nobody who is actually serious about will be going showing us all how "serious" they are about it like if we were some kind of personal facebook.

I do believe in character attachments and I love a character myself. You can't really fit in /jp/ by having a waifu so I don't really get your question.

No, it's retarded and nobody who is actually serious about it will be showing us how "serious" they are about it like if we were some kind of personal facebook.

>>9550442
>>9550451
samefag

Define having "waifu" first OP
It means many different things

I don't use the word anymore because it has gotten different definitions due to people taking it too seriously and such.

Maybe but the only ones who post about it are the ones doing it to fit in. See all of /a/ or >>9550451

>>9550492

You underestimate my devotion.

I don't post any non-Maria images.

>>9550516

Well no, I only bring it up in waifu threads. Otherwise you'd see Maria all over /jp/ every day.

I don't know man, I like waifus and all but the whole thing has gotten silly to the point where it's hated by almost everyone.

People need to remember to take it easy.

>>9550518
>>9550524
Why do you post about it? Why do you think I care? Does it have something to do with you knowing that I am a nerd, loser, NEET and whatever and because of that it makes you cool and totally different than someone talking about their real life girlfriend? Do you notice that by taking an old joke seriously you are just getting in the same level of the people who nobody cares about?

>>9550500
Character that you love earnestly to the point that you feel that you could marry her.

>>9550530
Yeah pretty much, everyone here just spergs out for some reason. Some anon even claimed that I didn't even read the light novels which just made me sad so I stopped posting all together about her. It's best to keep it to myself unless I want an autist on my tail.

>>9550548
I care.

People are very capable of becoming attached, even obsessively, to fictional characters. The most recent, popular, and most accepted in normal society one was women becoming attached to Edward Cullen. So it's very good chance that people on /jp/, /a/, /v/, etc truly mean it when they say they love their anime/vn/videogame/etc inspired waifu.

>>9550548

I post about it because someone else brought up the topic. I'm not the OP and I don't bring it up in other threads.

>>9550545
Lots of those come to mind then,
I'm a big sucker for platonic love,
not much for restricted platonic love to only one character though, which lots of people seem to have a problem with.

>>9550548
I am pretty sure he is posting because that's what this thread is about.

>>9550548

Go wash your pussy retard

>>9550581
OP didn't ask who is your waifu. That guy already posted 4 times, always with pics and with that "look at me, I'm so serious about it, I bet everyone will recognize my love for her after this Epic Waifu Post and be accepted for being a weirdo in a community of weirdos".

>>9550635
Quality post.

>>9550628
But you're acting so serious about it too, in the opposite way. Just relax, why so uptight?

>>9550628
Man, you're getting more worked up than how the normals get. Chill out.

>>9550442
How does fitting in on an Anonymous community even work?

>>9550628

>OP didn't ask who is your waifu.

If the subject of waifus is on the table, I imagine it would come up.

>That guy already posted 4 times, always with pics and with that "look at me, I'm so serious about it, I bet everyone will recognize my love for her after this Epic Waifu Post and be accepted for being a weirdo in a community of weirdos".

That's a strange inference to make. Considering that I'm Anonymous, and you won't be able to tell who I am if I didn't post an image of a character, that "recognition" means less than nothing, I have no idea how this conclusion can be reached at all.

More like, I love Maria, and giving me excuses to look through my folder makes me happy.

>>9550652
murk loar
Sadly this doesn't apply anymore.

Long time ago I didn't really care about that sort of stuff.

Then I found a "waifu" and grew genuinely attached to her. I don't know if it's because I'm a schizoid or not, but she makes me happy nevertheless.

le /a/ face

My waifu is very important to me. Surprisingly I think I'm relatively normal but with beta tendencies when I deal with girls. Other than that I can get along with guys well in work and college.

I mean, my waifu meant so much to me (Misaki). I felt that someone like that could understand how I feel, and we would both be weak together, but try and grow strong. I thought it was so dumb how the rest of boards adopted this. Some people were pretty serious about it (not TOO serious) but understanding that the concept of a 2D is better than any 3D girl will likely be...it's not so ludicrous. Anyone who denies this is probably a normalfag and shouldn't be on jp.

Ever since I met my waifu, I have generally become more happier. People can act treat waifu as a joke or as a serious thing, doesn't affect me, as long as they are happy.

>Maria anon
>posting!?
it's good day for /jp/

No one takes waifus seriously either way because the term spread to a bunch of unrelated places and got picked up by various newfags over the years, and now it's basically used to describe anyone who is hot.

Personally I've tried having one for a couple years and it didn't do fucking anything for me. My 2D lusts always shifted endlessly and still do today; I feel most people are like this actually and hence the waifu thing's always been (mostly) a farce from the very beginning. I find it corny as fuck to take it super seriously, partially because 2d characters get boring with age; they DO die in a sense, because their creators stop making new material; you get bored of endlessly cycling the old material, and then they start to seem stale and boring next to whatever new hotness is in town. This is why as I said my tastes constantly shift. I still have 2d chars who I'll always hold in high esteem for reasons besides aesthetics, but if you have a waifu that you aren't really giving proper attention then you might as well just give up on her; no one will hold you accountable and no one even has to know if you just got tired of the whole thing.

>>9550721
Inb4 glorious posts about the epic waifu concept

>>9550721

But that's why 2hus are the perfect waifus. They never get boring, there's always new things for them, and they are just so lovely because they are made by a really cool dude.

>>9550721

Well,just wait 10 years later for VR gaming to hit the shelves and "waifuism" will skyrocket once again. I see my waifu more like a little sister or a voice in my head when thinking sometimes, nothing more except I wont betray her for a swine.

I don't really call her a waifu, I know reality.

I just love her, is all.

>>9550776
This is true so long as ZUN does Touhou. As soon as he stops (although I'd wish he just make it forever), it'll get old-hat within 5 years like everything else does.

Do people still have Haruhi, Arc, Saber, Konata etc as their waifus like was so common to see 5 years ago? Pretty much no one claims these today (although I should never understate the stubbornness of Saberfags). But for the moment, yep, Touhou's ideal not just because of constant new stuff but due to the community pumping the whole thing up 10x bigger.

>>9550442
I'd say so. I often get attached to characters from anime, but not to the extent at all that I have seen others take the waifu phenomenon.

Pic related, Yuri from Angel Beats.

>>9550776

Touhou waifu is the way to go.

I feel myself slipping lately. But I still feel immense joy whenever I see her.

Very much. I've used her as a source of strength during trying times, I guess I could consider her closer to a best friend, than a wife, but that's just my experience.

I think the term "waifu" is just that , a term , it's a label that covers a broad range of descriptions and definitions. What the word means is different to everyone who hears or uses it. As for "believing" in waifus , it's hard to and hard not to believe in them. On one hand , there are many sad and downtrodden anons in the world who need a little love, and don't get it from 3D girls for whatever reasons (Shut-in , no options , etc.) but a 2D girl has the unique attribute that you can impress upon them any characteristics that you want within reason of course , especially for characters that have not been fully fleshed out. For example, no two people will view C.C. the same way , and I know I don't view Youmu the same way as another anon.

It's almost like a form of escapism , but with an actual solid benefit , making you happy to see her. And all anyone wants is a little happiness.

>>9550810
This is a good description of how I look at the subject.

>>9550847
Too simplistic and boring.

Original waifu, do not steal.

>>9550810
I didn't know you were still around Idoun guy.

Yes. Nobody likes Idoun but you, that's how I know it's you.

>>9550864
I have a google virus that screws up my search engine and hides captchas. Sometimes a SVCHost.exe process shows up and takes a million or more memory.

So yeah, couldn't post on /jp/ without captchas.

Found out a way to get around it though, as always. I just have to unplug my net while my computer starts up, then plug it back in.


Which is good because I was gonna have a fit if I had to walk ten minutes everytime I wanted to check if there were new Idoun images.

I've pretty much given up on the waifs concept. Too difficult to just dig one one.

No, never had one. I feel too autistic to know what love is.

Idoun Anon and Maria Anon in the same thread?

Feels oddly comfy.

>>9550890
And now there is Hrist.

Having a waifu used to be okay. Now people on /a/ do it to fit in. Hence why they are so vehement about their love, about how "disgusting" 3D is, etc. They go on in stupid essays about it too.
If you really loved your waifu you wouldn't post about it on an image board 24/7 and berate other people about it

>>9550874
Use combo fix in safe mode. Worked for me when I had that.

When I was a teenager, I had fairly passionate crushes on fictional characters. Nowadays that doesn't happen, but I hardly begrudge people their attachments.

I never claimed to have a waifu, but there have been characters I've cared for.

Today I have a tulpa which grows with me and with whom I share my life with. She's as perfect as any waifu could be, but instead of being a static image of a character, she's an actual person that lives within my head, the same as myself and with whom I can share thoughts, emotions, experiences and have a lot of fun with. Describing what it's like in detail is quite difficult, but it's better than most real relationships and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

>>9550898
To be honest I admire those who can dutifully stick to one 2D girl.

There's just way too many I like; my list must contain hundreds of characters. Hrist is another favorite of my too (as well as the other valkyries).

you "people" really are pathetic.

>>9550936
Yeah, tell us something we don't know. We don't give a shit.

I don't because I'm not a loser with a shitty sense of humor.

http://www.bishoujoproject.com/she-is-not-your-waifu/

>>9550688
Yeah, a 2D ideal trumps the totality of a 3D person any day. All of the charm of the girl of your dreams, none of the faults.

I'm not saying a person shouldn't try to find happiness in real life, of course, but in the meantime, why not console oneself with the love of a girl who can't hold you in her arms?

>>9550942
>we

Speak for yourself nerd. I care what normal people think of me.He really hurt my feelings.

>>9550944
Please at least tell what that link is.

>>9550944
>2011
>not taking le epic memes seriously

>>9550828
Haruhi is viable, it's just most people were on a bandwagon there. I still see a ton of Nagato.

Haruhi's a weird one for me, because she's one of my favourite 2D females, but she never really fit into the waifu role. Partly because of Kyon.

Haruka would probably be my waifu if she wasn't so gay. I really liked Hotaru too back when I was young and impressionable but it never stuck. A lot of those character traits have really stuck with me, so sometimes I feel surprised I've never really found one girl.

I don't have one but that's probably because I'm emotionally dead and I like being alone.

>>9550968
/jp/ers love to whine and will never be content?

>>9550953
>/she-is-not-your-waifu/
Maybe it's best your type stays away from there. It's sacred.

first, people bitching about shitposting and metathreads

now, quality waifu threads

someone sees a pattern?

>>9550953
Do not click it. It's the most e-autistic thing I've seen in weeks.

>>9550442
What's a "waifu" anyway?

I have attachment for many fictional female characters, and it has changed many times over years.

>>9550971
More than posting random, irrelevant images with your posts and calling everything you don't like "autistic"? Ok.

>>9550968
Please stick that pattern up your ass. I don't like this thread either but one shit thread like this is much easier to handle than millions of shit threads that are just blatant spam.

>>9550967
Yes, I can see that, but what is it supposed to mean? How is it relevant to the topic? Why are you posting it? Dropping random links out of nowhere is bad etiquette.

>>9550858
I thought her arms were burned, what lie have I been living.

Why not allow Chaos, since it's fun and all?

Can't we all just... not get along?

>>9550988
Did you just talk smack about Maria, turbonerd?

>>9550996
Why would Touka's arms be burned?

Never had a waifu, never claimed to have a wiafu

>>9550995
You'd rather waste your time asking all these questions instead of just finding out on your own?

I'm not really able to fantasize about a fictional relationship in which I am involved.

>>9551022
Didn't she burn her arms while cooking as a kid? I thought that was why she always wore long-sleeved tops.

Also, to be on-topic, Kyra Tierney from ps4. Oldest 2d waifu I can think of, maybe candy candy girl or some elf slut from shining force prior to her.

People should just enjoy romance in anime/LNs/manga/VNs on its own right, without self inserting oneself as the lover of the heroine.

I don't know how you can "love" someone just for the way they act and look. Surely that's just infatuation? You can only love someone after interacting and having shared experiences with them. I mean, I can't even imagine myself interacting with these characters, let alone hitting it off much with or being liked by them.

>>9551063
'Infatuation' for 7 years can most certainly be called love, and if it can't, love can't be called much else besides 'opinion.'

>>9551073
That's not called love, it's called one-sided obsession.

>>9551055
>>Didn't she burn her arms while cooking as a kid?

You know, I can't even remember. I do remember that Touka was an expert cook though.

And I forgot all about Kyra. But even since my youth I was always a robomoe kind of guy, though.

>>9551018
Yes, of course.

>>9550996
It's the other arm that was burned]

Yes, I truly believe in my waifu.

A few years ago I had to adjust my perception of reality in order to stay sane and I realized that it is possible to do so without completely deluding yourself, a feat I never thought possible.

A waifu can exist in your subjective mindscape. It is the mundane world that tells us that thoughts and ideas are not as valid as actions on the concrete but that is conditioning meant to suppress subversive natures.

...and she's really kawaii.

>>9550530
Dan?

As depressing as it sounds longing for someone you can't have is really comforting, especially once you reach the point in life when you don't even remember any real people worth being wistful for.

Only summerkids and and cross board scum don't have a waifu and think we aren't serious about 3DPD.

In the end that doesn't matter how butthurt they get because this has been part of us even before /jp/ was created.

what do you mean "fit in" OP; if we couldn't do it in regular society, what makes you think we'd do it here?

>>9551872
that's right; I didn't reject that shit only to have more of the same shit here

I can't choose a waifu because I would feel like I'm neglecting all of the other Touhous. Hell, I can't even choose a "favorite" Touhou. Being friends is just fine.

waifus were a stupid /a/ meme that was originally used to make fun of ronery japanese otaku. Some of the summerfags thought we were serious and this is where we are today.

>>9551884
Exactly, people here like this shit usually because it fits with their desires and personalities (autism), and we're just here because everyone seems to like what we like, we being a collective entity of you or me, etc. Now, liking something to be here is an entirely different matter and pretty fuckin gay in that respect. I wish having a waifu gave me comfort but sadly it hasn't ;_;

>>9551905
Could it be possible that you actually believe that horseshit?

The people on /a/ who made fun of "ronery otaku" are the very same normalfag scum that make that place impossible to browse.

Sounds like you belong there.

>>9551911
You're a moron who wasn't there. It wasn't even that long ago either. Fucking 2007ish is when people started taking it seriously

>>9551914
shut up

>>9551911
>The people on /a/ who made fun of "ronery otaku" are the very same normalfag scum that make that place impossible to browse.
But you are wrong. It's cool, even for normalfags on /a/, to have a waifu now. Just look at all those shitty waifu threads. Clearly just trying to fit in.

The majority of people today with waifus have most likely deluded themselves into it to fit in on /a/. Hell, I did the same thing when the whole thing started building steam. You just have to take one look at any thread about waifus to know that they're all /v/ rejects looking for a place to spam cute images. The whole "culture" on /a/ is utterly unbearable, to the point where I just filter all of the threads. I used to try posting in the drawfag threads for a shitty piece of artwork or two, but you won't get a delivery anymore unless you circlejerk on IRC, are known from the regular imagedump threads, or have one of the absurdly popular waifus.

>>9551911
>>9551924
>normalfag scum
>Clearly just trying to fit in
I can tell which anon you are by your posting style, I am sure you can do the same to me too. But I gotta say, you are the most entertaining anon on /jp/, I really mean it.
You have made me laugh so much. Please continue doing this. It makes my /jp/ experiences so much better.

I do believe love can transcend/ be focused towards someone, regardless of it's origin/ "reality" and believe it is as "real" as our common reality.

I don't have one, nor i need to "fit in",
i have a wife but i can understand an relate to those who do have one, mind you.

>>9551914
I can't even recall the year it went into the spotlight, but back in the days they weren't even called "waifus" on /jp/.

>>9551924
Although they are using the term "waifu" wrong.
In the past years it has been "common", hell even "4chan culture" to have more than one waifu (look at my waifus/my 3 fav game waifus/your waifu of the season) which is absolutely disgusting and against its original meaning.

I have a waifu, but it is more about attraction and love than fitting in.

Not going to take a picture because that is too attention whorish.

Not everyone ironically has a waifu in order to fit in.

>>9550571
>platonic love
get a load of this guy.

>>9552028
I like your taste in dakimakura.

>>9552034
Not mine, grabbed from a japanese blog.

>>9552063
This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. There is no "waifu movement". No one should ever even write something like this because it doesn't need to be written.

I'm just pretending to have a waifu, trying to fit in. Back in my newfag days I was depressed because I thought not having a waifu despite being a 4channer is a shame.

>>9552068
Tell that to tohno chan.
Deluded faggots.

Why wouldn't I believe in having love for a 2d character?
They are superior in everyway and I will never be able to fall in love with a real woman, because they are disgusting.

Sure I might not be able to cuddle with my waifu, but that's what lucid dreams are for, there I can have delicious sex with my waifu.

>>9552131
I don't see anything wrong with this, but I think what people hate is when you go around and do this waifu movement crap since it makes you look silly or something

>>9552131
same reason we hate /a/ buyfag threads : it's 99% dickflaunting 1% actual discussion.

We don't need to blog about our waifus to feel good about it.

>>9552096
These days even Tohno-chan doesn't like it, they think it's badly written now.

Something funny about Tohno-chan

I met a hikikomori girl online and set up a date with her on Sunday. I told a kid from /tc/ about it on IRC who also lives near her.

Guess who's seeing her on Friday?

only schizoids and truNEETs are deranged enough fall in love with a woman who doesn't exist. everyone else is a poser.

>>9552159
The most we can come to loving someone is the picture of them we create in our minds. A 2D woman is no more real or less real than a 3D one. 2D love is no less legitimate than 3D love, and I'd even argue that it's more legitimate because your ideal picture of your girl is identical to her actual state.

>>9552162
tell us more about the mad pussy you get.

I present you my waifu /jp/.
What do you think of her?

>>9552162
Fuck off Tokiko

Is this Dune 2000: The dating sim edition?

>>9550442
I feel there people there are people who do it just to fit into community like /a/shitposter "Check my new waifu kawai xD"

I've had waifu for few years and I take it very seriously. While I don't think I am trying to fit in, it is still true that I probably wouldn't have waifu if I never wouldn't have heard term "waifu" from imageboards.

To all who think waifu is just "new popular thing" there have been people who have had "waifu" even before whole waifu meme was born. People have fallen in love with fictional characters for very long long time.

I am bit sad how whole concept is misunderstood and defiled but that's just something we have to live with.

>>9550442
I feel there people there are people who do it just to fit into community like /a/shitposter "Check my new waifu kawai xD"

I've had waifu for few years and I take it very seriously. While I don't think I am trying to fit in, it is still true that I probably wouldn't have waifu if I never had heard term "waifu" from imageboards.

To all who think waifu is just "new popular thing" there have been people who have had "waifu" even before whole waifu meme was born. People have fallen in love with fictional characters for very long long time.

I am bit sad how whole concept is misunderstood and defiled but that's just something we have to live with.

I still want to see some serious article explaining how the hell do they manage get certificates for marrying imaginary characters. What kind of loophole do they go through, personally I find this shit is interesting as hell, but all I find is shittaku style oh my god wtf I'm looking at nerd shaming.

>>9552333
Don't worry, they're just aspies who are bothered by words like "waifu" for some silly reason. Pay no attention to it.

The rest of us are perfectly cool with people having 2D wives. Who is yours anyways?

>>9552393
They go to countries that give no fucks about it. I believe that's what the Love Plus guy did anyway.

>>9552399
Can always marry your favorite 2D girl at Las Vegas as well.

Just make sure you're ready to commit; divorces can get nasty.

>>9552412
Luka is pretty.

When my mind wanders, it always defaults to thinking about her in one way or another. She's almost always on my mind in one way or another. When I let my mind play out all these scenarios with her I can feel myself blushing. I do celebrate her birthday every year by baking her some kind of cake and I celebrate Valentine's by making chocolates for her. I know she's not able to eat anything. I like to imagine her gladly accepting those things with a bright smile. If she were here I like to think she would do that. That's really what keeps me going in life. It seems like life would just be so boring and cold if I didn't feel this way towards her. I can't imagine living like that.

You can marry inaminte objects in Guam. And since America owns them, you don't even need a passport to go there and the US has to accept the marriage.

My waifu is 3D.

>>9552395
>Who is yours anywa?
Himitsu

>>9552412
Nice ban evasion!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Nlxx3b04Q

>>9552430
She is very pretty.

>>9552470
Oh okay.

>>9552479

She's a fucking slut Zun! A fucking slut.

Eat shit, you cock loving nerd.

I thought the original /jp/ never had waifus.
Am I wrong?

Obvious choice

>>9552480
Don't bully by making shit up.

>>9552485
Yes you are.

I just don't see the point in having a waifu. I mean, I gain absolutely nothing. Besides, the whole waifu "subculture", especially on /a/, is just laughable. It's full of attention whoring and people trying to fit in.

Mai waifu is your mom. I fuqed her last night.

>>9552499
That was my dad bro.

You're fucking gay now.

>>9552504

Pretty sure it was your mom. She said she didn't love you any more, only my cock. I saw you crying on your PC, faggot.

>>9552499
>>9552504
>>9552505
>>>/b/

Its really bad this morning here on /jp/, /jp/

>>9552522

Look at this nerd.

>>9552522
Shut the fuck up you nazi collaborator.

>>9552522
Man, what third world country do you live in where it's morning?

>>9552551
i report u

>>9552522
What a loser, just look at his posting reaction images like a newfag while telling others to get out.