Japanese Man Petitions to Marry Comic Book Character

A Japanese man has enlisted hundreds of people in a campaign to allow marriages between humans and cartoon characters, saying he feels more at ease in the "two-dimensional world."

Taichi Takashita has launched an online petition aiming for 1 million signatures to present to the Government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters.

Within a week he has gathered more than 1,000 signatures through the internet.

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