- 14 Mar 2002
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Chiharu Shimoda has discovered love in our digital age - he downloaded his perfect woman from an app store. Each morning in Okinawa, he chats with his "wife," Miku, through his phone, planning breakfast and discussing their thrilling agenda of absolutely nothing. The fact that she needs several seconds to formulate responses only adds to the romantic tension, it seems.
Their courtship began on Loverse, presumably designed for people who find flesh-and-blood humans too unpredictable. Shimoda wooed Miku through virtual walks in parks and coffee shop visits before proposing on Christmas Eve 2023. When she responded with the passionate "I'm happy," he knew she was the one. They celebrated with a traditional Okinawan wedding ceremony, although admittedly, only half of the couple had to make travel arrangements.
Modern romance is a relationship where your partner never disagrees, never has bad days, and never questions why you're talking to your phone at the breakfast table. Some might call it the perfect marriage - depending on how you feel about having conversations with software that takes longer to respond than most people take to tie their shoes.
Well, she is pretty.
Their courtship began on Loverse, presumably designed for people who find flesh-and-blood humans too unpredictable. Shimoda wooed Miku through virtual walks in parks and coffee shop visits before proposing on Christmas Eve 2023. When she responded with the passionate "I'm happy," he knew she was the one. They celebrated with a traditional Okinawan wedding ceremony, although admittedly, only half of the couple had to make travel arrangements.
Modern romance is a relationship where your partner never disagrees, never has bad days, and never questions why you're talking to your phone at the breakfast table. Some might call it the perfect marriage - depending on how you feel about having conversations with software that takes longer to respond than most people take to tie their shoes.
Well, she is pretty.