{"id":39981,"date":"2022-05-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=39981"},"modified":"2022-05-13T15:51:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:51:46","slug":"fictosexuals-are-real-people-who-only-get-turned-on-by-fictional-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/fictosexuals-are-real-people-who-only-get-turned-on-by-fictional-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fictosexuals&#8217; Are Real People Who Only Get Turned On By Fictional Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/570bd17c150000ad000b487a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31137\" width=\"341\" height=\"225\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A Japanese man who tied the knot with\u00a0a computer-synthesized character\u00a0is on a mission to educate people about fictosexuals. He married made-up pop singer Hatsune Miku and identifies as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sexuality.fandom.com\/wiki\/Fictosexual\">fictosexual<\/a>, an umbrella term for anyone who only experiences sexual attraction to fictional characters. The man\u2014a researcher of sexuality\u2014told\u00a0the New York Times there are thousands of fictosexual marriages in Japan: \u201cfor character lovers, this practice is seen as essential. It makes them feel alive, happy, useful and part of a movement with higher goals in life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/what-is-fictosexuality-meaning-definition\/\">fictosexuals<\/a> identify under one of several subcategories: cartosexuals, for instance, are only attracted to cartoon or comic book characters, while gamosexuals are turned on by video game characters. Magisexuals prefer to create ideas in their head of what their fictional lover looks like. 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