It was thanks to her that he recovered enough to be able to return to work. Her voice went straight to his heart, and for the two years that he couldn't work, he listened to her songs like they were lullabies, which put him to sleep. It was around that time that he turned to Hatsune Miku for emotional support. The man was utterly amazed by the technology as he listened to a representative's explanation of the tool. The equipment allows people to live with characters. He was diagnosed with adjustment disorder by a mental health professional, and was forced to take time off from work.Īn 18-year-old man, left, from Nara Prefecture is seen at a 'Gatebox' trial session in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, on Feb.

Gradually he became unable to eat, and even searched 'suicide' on the internet. But there, he was the target of bullying by two of his female colleagues. After graduating from a vocational school, he began working as a clerical staffer at a junior high school. Since he was young, Kondo had liked anime and video games. Both of their names stand by the front door to Kondo's apartment. Wanting to make their love more concrete, Kondo spent 2 million yen to throw a wedding for himself and Miku in November 2018. Through censors and microphones, she detects Kondo's movements and speech, and responds accordingly. The 36-year-old man, Akihiko Kondo, arrived home to be greeted by none other than Hatsune Miku - a popular illustrated Vocaloid voice synthesizer character appearing as a hologram in a cylindrical contraption called Gatebox.

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