/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

/jp/, I wish to be educated.

Not so long ago I saw people with "waifu"s as being odd. The behavior was perfectly understandable to me, but I still saw it as odd.
Then something changed.

I sat at my desk one night, stomach full of pure grain alcohol, and looked upon my Holo wallpaper. A thought crossed my mind. This thought was: "We should go drinking sometime". It took me a second to register that this thought was directed towards Holo.
I went to bed. However, the effect has stayed with me. Every anime character that I see now seems different to me. Less "flat" and fictional and more real.

I debated asking /a/, but decided against it. So here I am.

Gentlemen, please educate me on the subject of waifus and similar behavior.

Pic not related. Just a random Marisa.

[Anonymous No.]

I hope you like to read.

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[Anonymous No.]

>>7189388
This one is terrible.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189384
Someone you want to spend the rest of your life in a loving relationship with.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189391
Sorry, I agree it's not that good but it's the best I've got.
Waifu is fairly individualistic though, some take it as a joke and some take it more seriously. The general concept is an imaginary (girl)friend, usually(always?) based on a fictional character.

Husbando is the male version obviously.

[Anonymous No.]

My waifu already has a husbando, so I just worship the OTP
Its not NTR if I like them

[Anonymous No.]

It's probably a symptom of solipsism.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189416
It's like this.

Most people obsess over them, collect all the pictures of them/products of them/etc, sperg out about them online all day and so on.

Some people fantasize about them, like daydream and such.

Some fewer people than that treat them like an imaginary friend and pretend they are actually there, I think this level is rather rare. I don't do this.

And to a lot of people it is just a joke, or waifu is simply "favorite character" but still kind of just a silly thing (this is the biggest majority).

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You were drunk. Don't worry about it.

[Anonymous No.]

I want a cute husbando with green eyes or Shana (Pansexual)

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189450
Except that anime characters still feel more real after weeks of sobriety.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189448

>And to a lot of people it is just a joke, or waifu is simply "favorite character" but still kind of just a silly thing (this is the biggest majority).

These are the worst kinds.

>Some people fantasize about them, like daydream and such.

These are the best kinds.

Keep your waifu in your heart.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189448

>Some fewer people than that treat them like an imaginary friend and pretend they are actually there, I think this level is rather rare

It's more of an 'acknowledged emulation' than a real 'imaginary friend'.
You realize that she is a part of your own mentality that you are projecting, but you accept the fact that's not an issue.

[Anonymous No.]

I see them as a character that represents an ideal for someone. I'm not really sure, but I somewhat understand that sort of thinking because I tend to fantasize a lot. Sadly I don't have a waifu though.

[Anonymous No.]

It's somewhat depressing that the whole thing has been absorbed into the neo-/jp/ credo. It's all rather dull now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189477

>It's all rather dull now.

Whether it's in-fashion or not shouldn't matter.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7189482
Sorry, I meant from an entertainment perspective. The threads are not as interesting, for obvious reasons.