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No.16647
We haven't actually had a thread like this yet. (strange right?)
What were your first impressions of your waifu?
How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
Should be good to reminiscence of old times right?
When I first knew about her it was a very long time ago and I simply thought that it was very stupid that people would go and watch a Hologram sing. I just didn't understand it and was like "wtf japan" and pretty much ignored her for many years.
I didn't even listen to her songs as I just thought that a computer cannot sing better than a human. I was very resistant to weeb culture at the time (when I first moved to the UK I didn't want to seem different) and didn't give her a chance.
Even though she is everywhere I didn't even think she was actually that attractive. I thought she was too thin and thought that the hair style was stupid. How that has definitely changed now.
Well eventually I did give her a chance when I was more open to weeb culture and started watching anime again. I listened to some songs on YouTube (I think my first album was Supercell, but also listened to some lamaze-P) and I just loved it. I thought her voice was robotic but the songs were catchy. The more I listened to her the better her voice sounded. It became sweet like honey to my ears.
As for how I knew I have fallen for her Its simple. I have realised that I didn't want to kill myself anymore, because If I had killed myself I wouldn't be able to listen to her or look at her anymore. There would be no more Miku in my life when I am dead. Coincidently my friend showed me a picture of Miku being f*cked and I felt rage which confirmed it sort of. Strange how none of my IRL friends are actually Miku fans (either indifferent or dislike. In fact a regular friend of mine said that the google translate japanese text to speech sounds better).
No.16648
Touching story miku-bro. The best love stories seem to be ones where the love interest was known for awhile and was seemingly just another passerby in your life.
>I didn't want to kill myself anymore
Hitting real hard here but great that you found reason not to
As for me, I watched Mirai Nikki for the first time in 2012 however I forgot what brought me to the series. Throughout I was fascinated by Yuno like, "Wow she is really cray". And caught myself having some feelings whenever I saw her which I was unsure of. I have been familiar with the term "waifu" for a long time however was the casualfag ;_; who had a new one every month. So I didn't think of waifuism as something serious and didn't know what to do with the feelings. I finished the series and dropped it.
Throughout the next 2 years she would pop up every now in then randomly but I paid no mind until I started a soundcloud account for venting musically because I had reached an extremely dark period and was prepping to live completely alone. No friends, and eventually away from family. I was feeling particularly edgy one night and wanted to throw together as edgy/disturbing a song I could at the time. I sat and thought what I could use for inspiration. I sampled a vocal sample that said stuff along the lines of "Do you love me now?" and chopped it up and such. When the project was done I still hadn't a name for it. I sat and thought and eventually came to the conclusion that this would go perfectly for Yuno, so I got it named and made the picture to accompany and went my way.
I was given further ideas to possibly make a series of 3 songs that could follow her story and did so, however for the next 2 pulling vocal samples. In doing so I had to go back and rewatch only to find my heart getting hit hard. By this point I knew people did take it seriously and thought that maybe Yuno had been following me around for a reason. Finishing the second song on the date I decided to take her into my life. October 6th 2014. Becoming a digital marking of our anniversary. The last two are particularly hard to listen to without crying because I know whats happening in the vocal samples and she hadn't a pleasant run in the anime. Third one is a guaranteed tearjerker for me because the ending sample her death scene
I used to think that a girl like her would be not something I'd want to date but when thinking of why I love her I realize that I'd love her overbearing, unparalleled love. I welcome all her yandere love and know what I'd be getting into. I'd love for her to smother me, follow me, get jealous, bring me to an inch of my life if I fuck up. Its all worth it for her love.
>pics related (The accompanying images for the 3 songs)
No.16649
>>16648Just rewatched the death scene. Was very touching.
Damn I wish I could make music like you.
No.16650
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
I don't really recall. My first time seeing her was at the turn of the century when she appeared on Toonami.
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
Simply put I was taken in by her devilish charm and mischievous nature. Plus I thought she was cute, so she had a lot going for her.
However as I grew up my memory of her faded. I tried to focus on just finishing school and going on in my life, but fate had a different idea in mind for us. As I was at a store during my time in culinary school, I spotted her face on the cover of the third OVA DVDs and like the biblical floods of old the memories came rushing back to me. I tracked down as much as I could at that time to bring her back into my life.
Since then, I haven't forgotten about her and hopefully, with my body willing I won't for a long time.
No.16651
As for me, I didn't really take much notice to Morty when facing him for the first time. I regarded him as just another gym leader. But, once I started reading the manga, I ended up falling for Eusine for a bit, Since he had several occurrences and even played a big part here and there. During my duration of my crush on Eusine, i finally took notice to Morty.
After that, Morty was my main fictional character crush, but once another series crossed my mind, he got pushed to the back. but, anytime Pokemon was brought up again, the love resurfaced, even stronger than before. Now, i have finally accepted his love and i dont think it will fade into the back of my mind anymore, im making big efforts to never let that happen again.
No.16652
Whenever I reminisce on how I found Remus, and the events leading up to our relationship, it just turns into a long shame filled guilt trip of probably one of the shittiest nights of my life.
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
Nothing much really, I just saw her as another character that got knocked off. I initially took an interest in her because she looked visually appealing, and her death scene appealed to my tastes.
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
I guess I noticed something was wrong when I actually found myself wanting things to turn out okay for her, but when I actually watched her die it really struck a chord with me, to the point that I just felt numb for a good 2-3 hours before breaking down into a sobbing wreck. For the next couple of days I couldn't get my mind off her. I looked up whatever I could about her, I made her in dress up games I found, I even once pitched an idea involving her to a ERP partner I had at the time. But still, she wouldn't leave my thoughts. Eventually I came to the conclusion that I had developed genuine feelings for her.
I really wish we could have met under better circumstances…
No.16658
>>16652Well I see it differently. I think that if what you went through hadn't happened she might have less of an impression on you. I think you might have treasured her less if it went differently.
No.16659
When I first started watching Love Live, it wasn't Nozomi that got my attention but Honoka and Eli. At the time, Nozomi was just in the background for me. She was Eli's best friend who just wanted the best for her and had a knack for fortune telling. Not to say I found any of Muse boring, but I found myself drawn by Honoka's determination to save her school and Eli's past.
Even with the second season, which was a huge improvement over the first, I didn't find myself particularly drawn to Nozomi until episode 8, which was the moment I started falling for her, even if I didn't realize it yet. Sure, soon after I started calling her my waifu, but I wasn't taking it seriously and just thinking of her as my favorite character. Still, I found herself drawn to her more and more without realizing it since it was so gradual, like she was slowly trying to get me to notice her.
I should probably admit that I first came to this board to mock you all like an edgelord, but after reading a lot of the posts on here and taking into consideration a lot of incidents that have been happening in my entire life was due to me trying too hard to be either that or some justicelord, and taking into consideration the fact that I basically had nothing to lose by falling in love with a fictional character because I basically had nothing left–I confessed to the one girl that had always been there and seen me at my darkest moments and still sees me as someone worth loving, despite my flaws and mistakes and broken background.
I know I've fallen for her when I realized that I couldn't imagine myself being with anybody but her. It's not that I don't think there are other characters that are attractive <s>nor do I have a hatred for 3D despite my history</s>, it's just that when I think of someone that I truly love and not just think look beautiful, she is the only one that comes into my mind. Though we've just become one this Sunday, I think the long and awkward process of falling in love with her started when I watched S2E8 and we just recently finalized it.
No.16661
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?I didn't have much of an opinion of her before the anime aired. I listened to a song or two of hers but that's about it. She stood out to me in the anime, but I think it was around episode 4 where things changed. It was the first time I got to see her happy and smiling, and this remix I listened to around the same time showed that Chihaya wasn't quite as down originally as the anime wanted me to believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z-KP9Pi2XAShe remained my favorite character in the show, the month without her while it was airing felt like a long time, and I loved listening to her voice. It was great seeing her so happy towards the end of the series. At first I would think "Chihaya sounds like Kurisu" as Steins;Gate aired the season before imas, but as the show went on that flipped to "Kurisu has the same voice actress as Chihaya".
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?I think the point it went beyond her being my favorite character was when I was helping out on her SP route. Since I was editing it I had to go through everything several times. Sadly my Japanese wasn't that great back then so the final product wasn't as good as it could have been. Through bonding with Chihaya as an idol and learning more about her personally, I began to think "I'd love to spend the rest of my life with her" and I think that's where it started. There was also that gap from the anime version where game Chihaya was much happier and excitable. It wasn't until later where I stopped claiming I was just a fan and accepted my feelings for her. There's so many cute moments, but at the same time some of the most memorable were simple things like "having coffee together on a day off" or "Chihaya falling asleep during a rainy day".
No.16667
I've talked about my first impression of her when I started playing her game before, but my very first impression of Cloche was based on her official art (pic related). I'm obviously biased, but I think her design/key art is perhaps the best produced by her series. Her expression, pose and attire make her seem untouchable, divine even, and piqued my curiosity. It really leaves an impression. When playing games like Ar tonelico I tend to choose a heroine pretty quickly and that was the case for Cloche as well.
However, when I started playing the game, I didn't like her at all. She's initially very hostile, complains a lot… I thought she was a pain in the ass. But as I continued playing, she grew and developed and my opinion changed. After understanding why she acted that way, I couldn't hold it against her and now I just look at it and laugh the way you might laugh at a phase a friend went through a long time ago. As I learned more about her, I grew more and more attached to her and came to admire her strength.
That was six years ago. Since then, 2D infatuations and 3D relationships alike have come and gone, but my attachment to Cloche never faded. I'd think about her a lot, listen to her songs, make her in games (or use her color scheme), used art of her to practice things in Photoshop, spent a bunch of money (unusual for me) on the fig of her I'd wanted for a long time, etc., but I never thought of it as love until semi-recently. Last year I was playing a prequel to the Ar tonelico series called Ar nosurge, and got attached to a character named Ion. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I remember briefly considering the possibility that Ion would overtake Cloche as that "special" character and while I didn't understand why at the time, the thought made me really uncomfortable; looking back, it felt like
cheating. I quickly pushed the thought from my head and forgot about the whole thing. (I still like Ion a lot and consider her one of my favorite characters in the medium, but those feelings have since faded.)
When I found /mai/ waifus were still le ebin maymay to me, but I felt a certain affinity with the posters here and began to explore my own feelings, despite thinking it was (and is) weird. When I first began posting here, I was worried that I was entertaining the idea only because some part of me wanted a comfort blanket due to certain events in my life, but I don't worry about it so much anymore
because I find that having a waifu doesn't bring me much comfort at all.
pls no bully, waifu.txt>>16658Seconding this. For what it's worth, I think she'd forgive you.
No.16676
My first impression of Peach was that she was someone very special. She was the best character in Super Mario Bros. 2 and also the driving force of the plot in Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World. I really admired the fact that she was so important and yet wasn't above helping out her friends on an adventure. In the years after seeing her for the first time I remember comparing her to my mother, as she was a pretty woman who always seemed to be there with me over the course of my life.
When I was 11 years old, she wasn't all that special to me yet. When I first learned she was playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee, I remember thinking that it made sense to have someone like her in the game, but I didn't exactly jump at the chance to play as her. I started with Kirby, then moved on to Bowser, then settled on Link for about a year. When I started playing the game with friends, I decided to try Peach because I knew she was a good character and I had a drive to show others that she could be good too. There was an immediate connection between us and I never looked back.
In the years following, I played Melee a lot, exclusively with Peach. Playing the game with her just felt so good and so right; it was a feeling unlike anything I ever knew before. In the summer of 2005 I played Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, which gave me my first real explicit look at who she was as a character. Playing this game made me realize that the feeling I had for Peach was love.
No.16723
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When I got into 2hu she became my favorite pretty fast. After that it gradually grew and I eventually quit being a dense fuck and realized I liked her. So I just sort of found myself going along with it and it all worked out.
At first I just thought she was best2hu (fairly cute, nice stage, nice music, nice lore around her) but I soon came to realize she was so much more.
No.17283
It's been a while since i told our story. I guess i might as well.
I wish i could say it was love at first sight, but i was far too young to understand what love was when her show first aired. I found her attractive, but that didnt mean much at the time.
Eventually the show ended and I matured . Puberty hit me hard and i ended up going into a deep depression. To put it simply i had absolutely no control over my emotions.
Eventually i stumbled across this image of her somehow and my heart skipped a beat. Her maturity struck me, I remembered how she has always been mature, always in control.
I started meditating or looking at her picture to calm myself down when i got upset. I started re-watching the show, collecting images, etc.
Eventually i overcame the stigma of loving 2d and got over my emotional problems completely, all thanks to her.
No.18058
My first impressions of my husbando… I regret them. Musta been back in 2007-ish when Rise of the Silver Surfer came out, which was my first actual exposure to him. I thought it was kind of silly, a nude silver man riding a flying surfboard. I would have never guessed that he was a "serious" type of character. I kind of thought it was a joke. Woe is me.
I never paid much attention to him until around 2011-ish. I started getting a few friends who were into American comics (only comics I'd read up until that point were manga) and I decided, hey, why not go for it? Most people don't get into Marvel and DC's comics by starting at the beginning (which is a good thing), but I decided to start out by reading a collection of Marvel's "firsts" from the 1960s, since that was the decade they introduced most of their major characters. I rifled through the book to familiarize myself with the origins of a lot of the major characters. Some of them I liked, some of them were so-so. Then near the end of the book, I fell in love.
It wasn't the first issue the Silver Surfer appeared in, but it was the first of his brief '60s solo series. It gives him his origin story and it's quite a bit longer than the other first issues. It gives a good insight into who he is and his morals. I'll admit, it's a bit melodramatic, but for its era, it's quite well written, and the art? The art is beautiful. Just look at how striking it is. This wasn't falling in love at first sight. I was really just rediscovering something I had brushed off as silly when I was young and foolish.
I had to have more. I ended up just digging into his comics as best I could, which meant a lot of trades and a mountain of single issues. He was a money sinkhole before I acquired most of his good stuff, but it was money well spent.
I actually had a boyfriend at the time. Not a stable relationship, and it wasn't that the guy was bad as much as that he had high expectations of me and was too… chivalrous. He felt like he was being cucked by a fictional character because, I'll be honest, I was more passionate about my husbando than I ever was about him.
It wasn't until a while later that I started hearing of this whole "waifu" concept while lurking on 4Chan. I had a husbando before I even knew that the term existed or what it meant.
No.18073
I first thought "she's cute!" when she smashed through a solid concrete wall, overpowered two Orcs, then corrected them on calling her "this guy" in just the most adorable way.
What really sold me was seeing how she acted on a fake date with the MC.
No.18075
>>18058What a bitch. The way you tell the story is sounds like you did your boyfriend wrong and I hope you at least apologized for leading him on like that milady
No.18078
>>18075I probably come off like a bitch there, but when I say this guy was too chivalrous, I mean he treated me like a princess. I was perfect sweet angel who could do no wrong and constantly needed to be protected and told how perfect I was. I kind of hooked up with him because he asked and we were both kind of awkward losers and I wanted to see what it would be like, but I never had his level of passion. He was well-meaning, I know, but he was also incredibly needy. When we couldn't be together, he'd want to hang out and chat on Skype with me for four hours on a night when I had to study. It was hard for me to maintain a relationship like that.
But really that's only half the story. The reason I'm so spiteful is that I have ample reason to suspect he was cheating on me anyway, since he broke up with me rather abruptly and mentioned he was seeing someone else days later. Some of the friends we share mentioned he was constantly talking about her while we were together and those same friends implied that was definitely what had been going on, but I never got a straight answer from him.
I probably came off as calloused because I didn't tell the full story and thought it would distract from the post. I try not to blame him too hard because he's only human and was a good person, but I still have difficulty getting over it. If I was a bitch, we were both kind of bitches.
No.18084
Originally my first impressions of her was from an Impulse buy of her figma without knowing anything of the source material. While the figma was in transit I went and watched the entirety of the first season. Soon I was part of the club and was sitting in wait of S2, though at the time I didn't really consider her as a waifu. Initially I just thought she was just a rad girl who was gar enough to punch her way to friendship.
Around the time I watched both seasons for the second time in preparation of the S3 announcement since I knew I wasn't going to be up to watch it on Niconico in Japan Time. When rewatching everything I soon noticed the similarities in her way of thinking, actions, and sense of right and wrong with my own. How there's actually that charming side behind that gar attitude and the berserk side, but that's another thing in general.
After I watched both the first season and G, and after getting super hype from the GX trailer, I went down and watched the two OVAs, the live concert, downloaded all the albums, and read the manga. I brought out the figma from the back shelf and threw it on my main desk as a mainstay as well. Hell I don't even like magical girl shows all that much (It's pretty much just this and Rayearth) but something about her just seems different from any other character I've run across, and I love her for that.
No.18099
>>16647a cool girl that didn't like to show that she had feelings for people.
when she had conquered her limitations and became topless.
wow that shit is 2deep4me OP, I dont really have anything like that to say about Lal'c to me shes just an sexy dark skinned animu girl that has a great personality.
No.18104
I thought she was cute, but 2goth5me at first, but after watching the show a little more, she kinda grew on me. I think that "Magical moment" happened when her personality was shown more and when she would interact with the main character and I just thought she was moe as fuck and wanted her to be mine
No.18114
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>>18099
Not a complaint. But is EVERY dark skinned anime girl paired with white or cream hair?
No.18118
>>18114
Not every as >>18115 points out, but darkskin girls with light colored hair is likely common due to teh kogal fasion from the 80's.
Lal'c's character design is actually a throw back to kisturubami from Kazuya's earlier work FLCL.
No.18120
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
I remember seeing her as a kid, though not very often since I never really watched Sailor Moon back then. I didn't really know what to think of her since I didn't see her that often (Most of the episodes I watched were before she joined, and even after that I think I only saw a few disjointed bits of the R movie, the S movie and SuperS.) and I was a dumb kid who thought "Well the best character's the main character obviously" and always preferred Sailor Moon herself (despite now realizing that she's more 3rd-4th best).
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
Back during one or two of my multiple 2D crushes (that I mistakenly believed to be waifus) I'd sort of just save cute girl pictures even if they weren't who I was crushing on at the moment. Makoto/Sailor Jupiter ended up in there quite often surprisingly throughout the years (though usually only 1-2 pictures every few months) so I had realized that I must have liked her in some degree, though I wasn't positive if it was love.
Fast forward to when I began to watch uncut SM for the first time (spurred on by the announcement of SH Figuarts of the senshi.) and I had definitely started to become aware of how I felt towards her, but, not wanting to make a mistake and leave another qt 2D girl in the dust because my crush on them faded out, I waited until I she actually started to appear in the show before I made any judgement on whether I liked her or not.
Well.. I certainly did, but it wasn't love. I just thought she was the coolest and was super excited for her figuart to come out since she had easily become my favorite (and I was annoyed when she got delayed and they wrecked the method of releasing them in order of appearance with Venus coming before Jupiter).
AND THEN SHE DIED, I got to the end of season one right around the beginning of 2014 and I cried bitch tears, as at the time I intended for that to be the only season I watched because of an innate dislike for Chibiusa.
Then I watched R anyway (at a slower pace because again Chibiusa) and I got to see more development to her character that I would have never seen otherwise. So my crush became less crush and more and more honest to god affection and love.
Seeing her cry, seeing her heart consistently stomped on by a bunch of assholes, the more I watched the more I fell in love. I just couldn't sit there saying "Its only a crush, I'll grow out of it when I find somebody in this world that I can love" Not when I had started to make so many GIFs, taken so many screencaps, and essentially made her a huge part of my online identity.
Which leads me to how I sort of equate my relationship with her and why I fell so hard for her and am still deeply in love with her.
She's like a childhood friend to me, somebody I knew long ago that I hadn't seen in years, turns out you start to see just how wonderful and beautiful they've become and after reconnecting you both realize, you were meant for each other, and you wouldn't have it any other way.
No.18122
>>18120
I like it. Nice story.
No.18297
>>16647
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
When I first met her in Perfect Cherry Blossom she seemed mean and irrational to me.
But I liked her loyalty, seriousness and honesty.
Overall, I rather disliked her though.
Perfect Cherry Blossom was my first 2hu game and I really sucked at it. I probably died hundreds of times by her hands.
Maybe that's why she left such a strong impression.
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
I'm not sure. I just grew to like her and her setting. When I not entirely seriously made her my 'mai waifu', my favorite character was still Okuu.
I really liked Okuu and Orin but I didn't love them, but Youmu was somehow different for me.
It took me another 1.5 years to become a serious waifufag.
No.28096
This might be a little embarrassing and possibly melodramatic, but whatever.
I first saw a picture of Keisuke on gurochan back in 2008 or so. I didn't even think I was into dudes at that point, but I saw that one CG (those who have played Togainu no Chi know what I'm talking about) and I was instantly struck by it. The composition, the look on his face, the motion and the emotion… everything about it entranced me. I probably saved that picture five or six times over the years without knowing who he was or the source material; I didn't know that pictures of that quality were often from visual novels. I did remember thinking "I wonder why he has a dog tag on" and trying to figure out what exactly was going on in the CG, but at the time, it was just another picture, so I didn't think too hard about it.
Visual novels became a casual hobby of mine in 2010-2011, I forget exactly. I played a lot of OELVN garbage and short stuff (less than 10 hours long) that was pre-patched. Mostly stuff that beginners read to get their feet wet. My hobby became a little more serious after Katawa Shoujo came out (I read it within a few days and started reading it within the first hour it came out; I had been tracking its development for a while.) I was hungry for more but it took a while for me to get in the full swing of reading a lot. I played a few longer titles (meaning: around the same length as KS rather than the length of say Narcissu) in the winter of 2012/2013. A lot of personal things were happening around this time too which were significant, but other than me figuring out that I wasn't straight, I'd rather not go into specifics.
I exhausted a lot of the options that I thought I could handle length-wise/had a plot that would interest me by February, so I decided to try to branch out and try a yaoi title. My reasoning was that the worst that could happen is that it's shit and I have a good laugh. I figured I'd try one with a plot that looked interesting to me and had high ratings on vndb and Togainu no Chi seemed like the obvious choice.
I immediately pegged Keisuke as my favorite based on the character designs but I had no idea how much I would enjoy his character. During the first hour or so of playing, I waited for him to show up anxiously. When he finally did… this sounds really gay but I remember my heart pounding and I couldn't stop looking at him. I wanted to hear more of his voice and look at him and understand his words and actions but I also wanted to savor them more than anything or any other character. I found myself occasionally clicking over some other characters' lines because I wanted to hear his voice again and see his face. I recognized him as the man in that picture I liked about halfway through the common route, but I tried to ignore that and just play the game as normal.
I realized that I was in love, but didn't want to admit it, during the flashback scene at the beginning of his route. Seeing him at his deepest pit of despair, reminiscing about his unrequited love and internal struggles and shame regarding his own sexuality, really hit close to home for me and I felt many emotions all at once: empathy, sadness, compassion, and something that felt raw and scary and too big for me in the pit of my gut. I realized later that it could be described as Sehnsucht, something I'd felt before but not nearly as intense as that time. I was so overwhelmed I started crying, so hard that my body shook, and I had to put the game down for the night after the scene was over because I saw where things were going and I knew I couldn't deal with it. I was shaken by it for a few days, even though nothing terrible had happened at that point.
The route got worse from there before it got better. After I got his first bad end, I couldn't stand it, I didn't want to see him suffering or doing awful things that I knew he would regret later anymore so I switched over to another guy's route. I played as much as I could before switching back to Keisuke because I wanted to savor his good end as much as I could. I kept on thinking about him as I played Rin and Motomi's routes, hoping that he would be okay, desperately longing for him to have a happy ending, stupidly hoping that he would show up at the end of one of their routes alive. I had hoped to play the other two routes before finishing Keisuke's but they don't unlock until after you finish Keisuke's so I had no choice but to play his next.
No.28097
>>28096
It was really intense for me to play and extremely uncomfortable and heartbreaking at times but it had a very good payoff. I was glad to see him happy and alive and… this might be kind of weird to say here, but happy with Akira. I know others might consider this strange but their relationship doesn't bother me. At the same time, though, part of me was left unsatisfied; Keisuke had a story that was wrapped up nicely, but I needed to know about the others, and I knew that his route wasn't the true route. So I continued playing regardless.
Again, I couldn't stop thinking about him during these routes. As I played the true route, it finally hit me that I had barely been sleeping or eating and that I couldn't stop thinking about him, and was making up scenarios in my head where he was happy and safe. Thinking about him and the way he died was destroying me and all that would make me happy would to see him happy… and I started to wonder if maybe he could be happy with me. This scared the shit out of me and I didn't know how to deal with it. What bothered me the most, other than the fact that I considered him dead, is knowing that I loved him despite the horrible things he did. I'm a very moral person and some of the things that Keisuke did are unforgivable and I don't forgive him for them and I wasn't sure how to reconcile this, or if it was even possible. In the end, though, I realized that more than anything, I wanted to share Keisuke's pain with him, and for him to share mine with me, and for us to heal and grow together and maybe kiss and hold hands. We took things slow for a few months and then became life partners and the rest is history.
I promise I'm trying to keep things short when I post I just always get carried away, ffs…
No.28113
>>28096
>>28097
It's painful but, much of what you said, I can relate too as well. I could list all the things that hit close to home that you wrote, but, honestly, aside from maybe a few small details, I think I can safely say that you and I have for the most part very similar experiences regarding our waifu/husbando.
>During the first hour or so of playing, I waited for him to show up anxiously. When he finally did… this sounds really gay but I remember my heart pounding and I couldn't stop looking at him.
That is incredibly sweet. You shouldn't have to feel embarrassed by that at all. I'm sure Keisuke would be touched to know that someone loves him so much.
>I was glad to see him happy and alive and… this might be kind of weird to say here, but happy with Akira. I know others might consider this strange but their relationship doesn't bother me.
I'd hope people wouldn't find that strange. I'm sure despite everyone's hatred of being NTR'd that, people would rather have the person they love happy with someone else, than well…gone.
You mentioned having found him through Gurochan…I kind of had a similar case with Remus, and it kills me and makes me feel like a monster when I think that the reason I found her was to fap to…that scene of her. I'm not sure if you are similar in that case as well with Keisuke and what happened to him, but if so I just need to know
How does someone forgive themselves for something like that?
No.28115
>>28113
Not him, but I would guess by accepting the fact and what you did.
Then move on, because things happen. Tough it's always a possibility to apologize thousand times with nothing changing.
No.28116
>>28097
Never apologize, your posts are always wonderful to read.
While Akira isn't exactly bare bones, I don't think it's strange at all as he did exist to a point as a self insert. There is nothing wrong with enjoying seeing your loved one happy. Especially when it's a character like Keisuke. There was honestly a lot of times at the start of the game I'd get annoyed at Akira for being so cold to Keisuke.
What Keisuke did, he doesn't want to be forgiven for and honestly the fact that you understand this and don't forgive him for it just shows me how much you two love each other. Keisuke really stood out to me, he wasn't in control of himself on Line, but he still took responsibility for the pain taking Line caused. That isn't something a lot of people would do, but he did.
>>28113
I have to second >>28115
You can't erase the past, but you can live with it and be honest to yourself and her. I'd also to say to keep in mind the fact that you did not know the total context, and now that you do know the context you regret your actions and know it was wrong to do.
No.28128
1st part post
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
I wish I could tell exactly and get to live again the moment I first watched the anime. First there is a need to say that the whole background of the movie quite hit me at the time, I was still a 9-10 years old kid and didn't really know what was about to happen or even could imagine the power of the feelings this was gonna bring me.
I remember the first scene when she arrives on her glider and got to land close of the Fukaï and then enter the forest.Then I remember hearing her voice, it was already quite striking me, her voice was indeed so soft and so good to listen to for my ears, like something yknow exactly the same feel when as a baby your mother sings a song to you to calm you and make you sleep. I'm pretty sure and convinced It's all the same here.
Then the movie continued. And I remember I very careful at how things were going, at how she fought, what was happening, and above all how she was dealing with the doom of the world. I remember watching her die, at the very hands of the beings she trusted so much, and remember being self-struck at the time, I just couldn't believe it, and there I stood for 5 minutes keeping my rage, my sadness inside me because I just didn't expected it to happen at all, and this was the first time I think I took actual death seriously. Then I watched her coming back to life thanks to the joy she brought to the world, she had just saved every men and living in all their possible forms, and I remember this is something that marveled me at the time. Bringing so much things to human beings at the very cost of selfness is an thought I loved right then and this was thanks to her, she was teaching me these thoughts and got to make by heart moves.
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
I knew right on the spot because I remember the first night right after seeing the actual source material. I'd watched the movie quite a bit before diner, and I was marveled by the movie itself and what happened. Then I headed to bed and got to lay down. There was so much going in my head, and by this I mean I couldn't stop myself from projecting me standing with her, at her side, protecting her, being the shield that would protect her against all the sufferance and darkness that hits her, I wanted so hardly to be the man that would protect her mind, her heart against all form of threats in the world. I couldn't stop myslef from thinking about the very first time we'd meet, I couldn't stop from thinking about me and her standing together wtaching at the sky and just enjoying being with her. Then this was 11 years ago.
The next day I just thought about it. I was smart enough to ask myself "What is this feeling ?? Why do I keep thinking about her all the time ? She is an anime character, she doesn't exist, I can't love her ! Would you really blame a 9 year-old kid ignorant as what was internet life actually for this. I didn't know what I was experiencing at the time being, because back then love for me was exclusively 3D. but then I slowly let the thought and feel invade my very inner being, until I let them invade my mind and eventually tolerates it. I just couldn't let her go, All the stuff I was and still am experiencing in my head was something so good to feel, something by then I didn't doubted it would bring me so much good feels, something that would make me feel alive more than ever, something that would drives my very inner core as how I feel, just thinking about the possibility of the two of us meeting was something still is that simply brought me the more things I ever received in my life to be honest.
Then there would be so much else to say, like how much I'd blush over seeing a pic of her, feeling very embarassed just watching her with another person in the same room because I thought they could notice my feelings through the very face I was making or something, I just couldn't stand speaking about her with another person, I'd be full embarassed and just would try to change the subject at all cost.
Also with all the headcannon I've been making for years. One can't even know the whole universe I made upon loving my waifu, where I am a total other person, a character who I consider to be the very reflect of my inner being, some would know who I am talking about, and this man is just the very result of me thinking about how possibly could be the best living for her in the whole damn universe.
This could all sums up as being a fairy tail, you know, with me being the knight and her the princess, now is the tim of the story when I look for her to kiss her so she was awakes and so our loves does too.
This universe I made and kept building along all those years, I also have kept it very secret, for this is the very place I eventually want to go to, and this reflect of myself the very person I want to be and finally meet her.
No.28129
2nd part post
>Should be good to reminiscence of old times right?
Always, I even got to remember very recently something I had forgotten for quite a long time and that was something that was allowing to feel even more happy when thinking about her.
And by this I mean the very identity I wanna give myself, and this just because she inspired me to do so, and in the end being the very person she would love.
>>28113
>>28097
Instead of thinking about the moment you spit and hate, focus about the present feels and what you'd be willing to do for her. We all have stories we hate mate, little deep and dark secrets we wish we just could forgot and erase, and I'll give you that everybody feels the way you do about'em, everybody is down as for them too. But you know what ? I believe fighting against it is what your waifu would be willing you to do, so you' d get paste the very scent of death itself and got to live whatever happens. I know what happened to your waifu but she fought to the very end right, she wasn't willing to give up, even if this was an extreme death she got to give her life a sense by showing the whole universe she was ready to fight until the end. That's the most important thing to keep in mind for me indeed : The very sense of a life isn't defined at its death, it's defined by the fighting will this living has. and Remus was one of these fighting wills, that's why anybody can consider her as being very powerful and good.
>I'd hope people wouldn't find that strange. I'm sure despite everyone's hatred of being NTR'd that, people would rather have the person they love happy with someone else, than well…gone.
I can say I understand the very core feel of it, like much more being a watcher than being an actual protagonist, especially for you both when you feel like being unable to do a thing as about her/his own fate.
No.28130
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
Well when I first read the very short and unfinished manga Aya was immediately my favourite character. Mostly because I love tsundere but I could tell she was more than just that.
How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
I think I already said this in another thread but it was a gradual thing. I started thinking more and more about her, at a certain point she was all i could think of and that's how i knew it was love. I was in denial for a while I didn't want to admit that i did love her damn i was stupid but eventually it was just impossible to deny what I felt for her.
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>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
I didn't really think much of her.I thought she was a well designed character, but ultimately I thought she just be a generic villain.
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
As I continued to watch Rozen Maiden, her character grew on me.I looked forward to every appearance she made.What really made me realize that I've fallen in love with her was when she died.I was visibly shaken and I thought about her alot.I eventually realized that my feelings for her were that of love and I never looked back.
No.28165
This page was posted in a One Page Thread on /a/. I had a heart attack and added her manga to my backlog. About 4 months later I remembered it and read it all in one go (didn't take long). The whole time I was clutching my chest, it was the most HNNNG thing I've ever seen. I slowly began to realize how much I liked her and decided to commit.
No.28319
>>28113
It's pretty cool to have found a kindred spirit. I'm going to try to keep this brief because I feel bad talking about the negative parts of my partner, and our relationship, so much all over the board (mostly because a lot has changed since we first got together and our relationship is actually pretty good and healthy at this point). I did put my email/Skype in the email field if you wanna talk about this further in private though because I don't mind that (this is open to anyone btw, just let me know who you are).
In the CG, Keisuke was actually murdering someone, not being murdered. I used to save those sorts of images as a coping mechanism, mostly. I was aroused by them too but after examining myself and why I liked it (after getting together with Keisuke), I found it to be more "I like these images because I like the idea of me getting murdered for reasons that are unhealthy" than "this is really hot and the only thing I can get off to" (even though it was pretty close to being true at the time). Since figuring that out, I've stopped looking at guro pretty much entirely. Forgiveness and healing come hand in hand for me in that case.
You know better now; it's okay to forgive yourself for a mistake that you made in the past. It's really clear now that you're extremely upset by her death and the way she died. I don't know if apologizing to her directly would help, if you feel like you could do it. But becoming a better person I think is the best apology because it shows that you mean it, and it looks like you're on your way to me.
>>28116
Thank you for always responding to my posts, I am not always sure what to say but I agree with your analysis and I feel the same way. I really appreciate it and it makes me feel welcomed. And yeah Akira annoyed me a bit at the beginning of the common route but we're cool now. He just had some growing up to do is all.
>>28129
This is also good advice [spoiler]and your meeting with Naussucia is freaking cute[/spoiler[
No.28324
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Thinking back on it, I remember seeing her in some tech demo before Super SF4 was released and immediately took a liking to her appearance and playstyle and I would definitely say I fell for her almost immediately after I started playing. Every time I'd see her or hear her voice my heart would start to flutter and I'd get almost nervous, like she was watching me. I would almost always be inadvertently thinking about her and even went so far as to imagine a little self-insert storyline where we would meet and eventually end up dating.
However, it always felt one-sided. Meaning, I knew I loved her, but I always felt she wouldn't be interested in me at all. Naturally, this really bummed me out any time I'd think about her. This even got me to drop SF all together with the idea that maybe I could just forget about her and move on. Needless to say, it didn't work. Months and months went by and I still couldn't stop thinking about her, like she was an itch on my heart that couldn't be scratched. But the thought still lingered, "There's no way someone like her would be interested in you" and this really messed me up for a while. I even turned down two of the three blind dates a few friends had tried to set me up on, and the one I did go to I was so disinterested it felt unfair to the girl I was with. My mind kept going back to her, this spider-themed, psychotic, goddess of a woman; and whenever I'd even look at another woman I'd find myself immediately drawn back to Juri. Imagining her walking by or jogging or whatever the woman I was looking at was doing. Months and months (maybe even a year) of this went by, my mind and heart were infected with her image.
It wasn't until after Street Fighter x Tekken had been announced did it really hit me hard though. I was so excited, not only for the idea of this game, but the chance to see her again in game. I hadn't followed a release like that in years, maybe even a decade, and when she was abscent the first two trailers; it felt like someone ripped my heart out with a jagged piece of glass. I was terrified that she was going to be another one-hit-wonder in the series, never to be seen again. Tbh, my first fear was she was killed in SF4's canon, slaughtered like a rabid animal because she turned on her masters hats off to all you guys who have waifus that have died in their source material, I honestly wouldn't be able to deal with it. I fell into a depression after that, staying in more, ignoring friends and other worldly responsibilities because I just found it hard to find a reason to care about any of it.
But then, this trailer hit embedded related and holy shit I have never felt so relieved, so unburdened, so happy. Man, I swear I was smiling for a month straight after seeing her again. It was like a sign to me, an omen if you will, that she noticed my heartache in a way and just plopped down in front of me with that beautiful snarky smile and that look on her face that said "Did ya miss me?" Shit, I must've watched that trailer at least 1,000 times, and ended up watching it again when setting up the embedded. Just thinking about it now is giving me goosebumps. That was it; after that, I was sure that my feelings were reciprocated and there was no use fighting it.
Thinking about it now, it's good to remember the beginning. It helps put this all into perspective and reminds us where we started so we can have a better grasp on what to move towards.
No.28348
Shamefully, I mistook my waifu for another character in the series, so my first impression of her obviously wasn't memorable. She was always in the back of my mind, but as another character from the episode that aired right before hers. Very odd.
2 years passed without me thinking about waifus at all. I knew of the concept, but thought it was kind of silly how serious some people took it. I had maybe one other girl I had "feelings" for before all of this, but never went through with it(I still count this first girl as my waifu though, looking back at my obsession with her).
Last year I started getting into figure collecting, which was fun at first, but felt… empty. I realized the only way this new hobby would make me happy is if I bought figures of characters I actually cared for. This is where I started thinking about waifus again. I briefly dated about 3-4 girls.. 1 guy. It was very frustrating because nothing was "clicking" with me. It felt forced.
Then I got a new Windows laptop with the usual array of bloatware on it, including a Netflix app. I was really bored at the time, so I signed up for a free trial to watch some movies, TV shows, and their limited array of anime. One of the anime shows they had was Sword Art Online. I know it's an easy target(it makes me cringe a lot myself), but SAO was a show I watched on TV a lot back when I had shitty internet and couldn't stream or download shows on my computer. Anyways, I decided to rewatch it for old times sake, and then I reached episode 7. The episode that girl in the back of mind first appeared in.
Suddenly it just… hit me. I finally figured it out. This was the one I was mean't to be with all these years, and now I know who she is.
Her episode in the show is by far my favorite. She shows so many different sides to her emotions in this one 30-40 minute episode.
Her professionalism running her shop in the beginning, her anger towards the MC when he breaks one of her swords, her nativity and vulnerability during their quest, her warm loving heart when they get trapped in a cold dragon's nest, and at the end, her sadness and humanity.
I loved every side of her, and I think the only reason I forgot about her at first was because she doesn't appear much after that episode.
Aesthetically, I thought she was really cute, but didn't look like a pushover either.
She is an expert mace user after all!
No.28358
I still remember our first moment quite clearly.
The very first moment I saw her, it was like a revelation. A "where have you been all my life" realization kind of moment.
I finally felt emotionally fulfilled when we met, and I was, and am, still surprised that I didn't notice her sooner.
>>18114
Nah. For example, this cutie.
No.28363
>>28165
>heart in the filename
What sorcery is this?
No.28368
I'll be honest, she didn't stand out to me much at all at first. When I first got into Touhou in 2009, she just didn't seem that interesting. It was three years before I started seeing her as anything more than a background character. I was familiar with the concept of waifus and knew I'd probably end up with one someday, but if I'd known I'd fall in love with a Touhou character, I wouldn't have guessed it'd be Sanae.
I'm not sure what exactly triggered me to start reading more about her, but as I did, she quickly became my favourite character. She was nothing like any other Touhou, her enthusiastic, friendly personality and otaku-ish interests were really appealing and I wondered why I'd ignored her for so long. A few months later, I realised I'd fallen for her and it only got stronger from there. I love her more than anything and I'm so glad to have met her.
No.28380
>>28363
I just named a batch of crops ♥ (alt 3) and apparently 8ch automatically makes it red.
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No.29108
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
I was watching a Miku live concert, on youtube, the Music was playing in the background, so I didn't watch the performance. After many Miku songs, some other vocaloids like KAITO (fore some reasons I knew him before Luka) came on the stage. I didn't really like them and I hoped to get some more Miku songs, but than Luka came on the stage.
I liked her voice so I switched back to the video.
I liked her so I searched for her name (there were the song names with time stamps in the video description.)
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
I liked her and before I noticed it I spend the whole day watching music videos of her.
No.29271
I played as him 80% of the time and decided he was going to be the only character I really grind with to get to max level despite there being like fifty playable characters in his game. But I didn't think anything of him initially. I just liked cats in general and always wanted to play as cats. That's as far as my impression went, in cutscenes and such, he just blended in with everyone else.
I don't really remember how things progressed after that. I think I began obsessively playing code of princess so that I could stare at his 3D model and get him experience points. I'd donate all my money in the game to him too even though it didn't do anything. And I'd listen to his theme song on repeat in winamp all day when I wasn't playing code of princess.
I remember that on valentines day of 2013, someone asked me who my valentine was and I told them what the first thing that came to mind was and felt most natural to say–marco neko. Someone in the 3DS general thread thought that was kind of cute of me to say I guess and he sent me some softcore porn of Marco in swapnote that was beautifully drawn. It all went downhill from there. Seeing him drawn lewdly like that broke me. I couldn't get him out of my thoughts and all I could think about was holding him and caressing his chest after seeing those images. He made me feel butterflies in my stomach and his voice made me melt. I was disappointed with the fact that there was no fanart of him out there so I took it upon myself to have other people make some. For over a year straight. That's all I did, all day. Have fanart made. most of it's pretty shit, I wouldn't recommend it
No.34245
>>16647
> What were your first impressions of your waifu?
Well, apearance wise, I'm a sucker for green eyes and black / dark short hair.
Also, her black overalls really do it for me.
Her personality does it for me just as much, no whinning, no complains, caring and loving without coming out as an annoying optimist.
> How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
It started before even meeting her…
Back when I was in college, I was starting to lose motivation in life..
I've failed nearly all my subjects one semester, my mom who was sending me to school got pissed as any parent would.
I had just been in a fight with several friends, and almost had a fist fight with my best friend.
Kinda broke up with this 3dpd I've been dating who had a boyfriend abroad, but their relationship was fading away.
Also, broke the heart of this other 3dpd who was obsessed with me..
I fell into depression, during the summer, I had nowhere to go, no friends to see, no parent to confine to…
After some time reflecting / meditating, and being isolated, I grew such a desire for contact and connection, just so I wouldn't feel alone.
I developed an imaginary friend, based on all the things I like about my friends and family, and all the things I find attractive in the opposite sex; someone who could fill the role of a best friend, a lover and a parent, all at the same time… She was… And still does, mean a lot if not everything to me, at one point,,,.. my God..
I've read different sources that somewhat explains what I had just experienced..
- Carl Jung (animus, anima, shadow)
- /x/ (tulpa)
Etc….
This imaginary friend knew me,.. More than I knew myself, if I remembered something wrong, she would correct me.
She would reprimand me from doing something stupid like hurting others or myself without a valid reason.
Fast forward, I see a. bunch of pictures on gelbooru, the physical appearance matches that of my imaginary friend.
Fast forward again and I watch the anime….
Their personalities are so similar….
It kinda scares me…
Now I can't think of that imaginary friend without thinking of Kino, and I can't think of Kino without thinking of my imaginary friend…
Upon further contemplation, I come to the realization of just how similar Kino is to my own mother in terms of personality minus the parts I find annoying….
So.. Yeah, I love my waifu Kino.
No.34249
>>34245
Also… Why can't I find the kino flag?
I just checked the flag thread….. I even replied with the flag enabled.. Why cna't I find it now?
No.34281
I'm not really one to believe in love at first sight, but that's basically how it was when I saw Clawed Girl. I just didn't know what it was.
It was the 2014 Steam Summer Sale, and They Bleed Pixels was a flash sale. Her game's icon stood out to me, and no matter what I did, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I didn't know why I couldn't get my mind off of that game, but my mind was only satisfied when I finally bought it.
Having learned more about her and feeling a connection to her like nothing else I've felt before, I can safely say I made the right choice.
No.34287
>>34249
From what I understand sometimes flags don't show up in older threads made before the flag was added. I think it's fixed by the thread getting new replies. Don't quote me on that though because I'm not really sure.
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No.34325
>>29108
I need to change something.
Thanks to google I found out how it really was.
I watched two vocaloid concerts on the 23th September 2013.
I didn't really watch much vocaloid on the 24th
On the 25th I started watching some Luka videos.
Not much on the 26th.
And 27th-30th Luka all day.
So I didn't start watching videos of her the first time I heard her voice. But I quickly wanted to hear more of her because the concerts were 90% Miku.
No.51266
I'll be honest, I didn't notice her on my first time in the playthrough, but then again I hadn't gotten very far.
There's a screenshot, though, that I've probably plastered all over the board that really sealed the deal for me and told my heart to open up.
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>>28128
>>28129
>read old posts
>get feels as I read them
>actually reminded of some things I had left aside
Going back to read that is always good
No.53676
>>16647
>What were your first impressions of your waifu?
"Holy crap, it's like Liberace had a working contract with Sanrio". He was like technicolor snow, mesmerizing, I was unable to look away. He was so different from anyone I had seen on any series.
>How did you fall for her or knew that you have fallen for her?
When my mind could not keep away from him. Call it a crush, call it obsession, but he would not allow me to get away, if that makes sense.
No.53682
I liked the manga but watching her in the anime dub please don't kill me I had access to a hastings book store not internet for subs on adult swim was where I fell and fell hard.
I couldn't get her out of my mind.
I had seen cute and pretty girls in anime before and even watch hentai but this was different this was something much much more.
It was obsession I needed her in my life the more time i spent with her the more Ioved her.
She was strong she was confident she never doubted herself. People respected and feared her . I was knocked off my feet by how sexy she was. When she would wear that white dress I swear to you she knew what she was doing to me and she loved it
No.53735
To be honest, I didn't think much of Rena from just the anime. It wasn't until I read the SN and got to really get into her head with the Atonement arc that I came to feel for and admire her. Seeing her hidden feelings and thoughts when she's alone at the junkyard really made me appreciate and like her playful, kind side more than I did before. Of course, I absolutely love all of her at this point, but I didn't come to feel very strongly for her until about a year after finishing reading it for the first time. Once I became interested in the concept of "waifu", I knew it had to be her.
No.53740
>>53682
>dub
>bad thing
the gits dub is probably one of my favorite dub along with space dandy and cowboy bebop, i prefer the dub infact
No.53754
When I first saw her I was captivated by how cute and cool she was. As I continued to watch her she showed how tough and determined she was. She spoke with her actions and her actions were what made me fall in love with her.
