Never

>How often do you switch waifus?

.reveN

Never. But harem may grow.

less often than newt gingrich OH BURN

yearly

Simple. Multiple waifus.

>switching waifus
You uncultured swine.

Honestly? I have a harem but I switch my waifu maybe once a year.

u guys lie

Every time I'm fapping, because I don't like sluts.

Every season

never, I just add them to the harem

>2012
>still having imaginary friends

never. although i constantly add more girls to my harem.

I don't, mostly because I already know there are other anons who have her as a waifu too. And I'd rather not have someone else using my sometimes-used trip.

Pic related.

You don't switch a waifu.
You switch your favorite character!

Every show

Usually every season, though I've had some of my waifus for many months now.

itt manwhores, manwhores everywhere

Still loyal to mai waifu. Anyone who leaves their waifu should be ashamed.

Oh wait.
>/a/
>ashamed

Karuta has a boyfriend ,OP.

>>60999931
>imaginary friends
GTFO normalfag

Loving a waifu is the purest for of love. My love for Yuki knows no bound.

>>60999819

>How often do you switch waifus?

None. I just add them to my harem. Top 3 MILFs pic related.

Never
Also GET.

>>60999956
/a/ is full of the scum.

And out of curiosity.
>>60999999

>>60999998
Close.

Kill yourself immediately.

Every fap session.

>>60999998
>>61000000

Too bad.

Never, motherfucker. Go die in a hole.

>>60999931
I prefer the term imaginary girlfriend or imaginary wife.

>>61000034

Every life

I still love her, but I do play other VNs, so I'm not sure if I'm cheating on her or not... there's only one page of content though, and I can only read it so many times. Whenever I look at her, I still love her with all my heart, but I can't just look at her all day.
I would say no, I haven't changed my waifu, as I would still choose her route in a second, even if other girls have rather nice routes.

About once every lifetime, right around when I die. Usually a little bit after.

>>61000034
Why so upset, Sheldon?

I'd never switch my waifu. It gives me much more pleasure to know that my waifu thinks I'm loyal to her while I go out and fap to other girls.

>>60999956

>manwhores

/a/: 'Key that opens many locks is a master key
Lock that's opened by many keys is a shitty lock'

Okay, next time you lose your keys, try and open the door of your home/start your car/whatever by sticking your dick in the keyhole. If a woman can do the same by turning said key(s) in her vagina, then she's God Almighty.

Guy who makes nonsense analogy is a fucking retard.

>>60999819
I have a harem, problem solved.

>>61000152
No one cares.

>>60999819
'sup Komeiji?

>>61000139
Because of newfags from /v/ that don't understand what a waifu is and think that it's just a game or a term for the character you fap to the most. Pretty sure these threads are just made by trolls at this point, but the people who post in them perpetuate it further.

>>61000152
Thou furious, wench?

>>61000034
You're worse than SHiN

>>61000152

Can we not start this plz

I thought I had a waifu once, but I got over it. Does that mean I never had a waifu or that I had one and lost her?

My love to waifu has died, I'm feeling empty, nothing can replace tha feeling that has gone, I really want it back.

Back then I was talking to her a lot, almost seeing her, almost hearing her voice, when I was walking alone I had feeling that she's there.

Where had you gone Rei

Shigure Asa since 2006. That has never changed and probably never will.
Waifu is not some seasonal fashion trends, kids. It's a sacred oath for life between two dimensions.

>>61000152
In Russia, glorious Mother Country where I am coming from, we are not having of key and lock. It is not because we cannot be afford metal, but because it is not being suitable of the great Proletariat. Instead, we are leaving our wives next to our doors, and they will be of recognizing us by the shape of our penis. That is how we are opening locks in Mother Russia.

Never. My husbando is just perfect.

Every season. Isn't that the norm?

>>61000413
Russia confirmed for best country.

>>61000186

>No one cares

...enough to reply. Therefore you do. Touched a nerve, much? Truth hurts, doesn't it, bitch.

>>61000320
The same happened to me twice. Then I figured I was just really confused, and didn't have a waifu for real. SAAA NA, maybe I was wrong...

>>61000257
worse than SHiN? no.

still a fag? yes.

I Hope I find one... I think I have one now, but I need to give it time. I envy all those who do.

>Be honest, /a/. How often do you switch waifus?

switch waifus? who am i, newt gingrich?

>>61000247

Takes two to tango, bucko.

>>61000498
It was just a crush and not true love.
Happened to me.

>>61000444
Sure you don't want to trade in that ugly old man for a cute little waifu?

>Switching waifus

Nothing is sacred anymore

>>60999886

>>61000623
Not to /v/.

I have a Waifu for each show , Husbando for those without any females

>>61000536

>newt gingrich?

Yep. There's that Christian Family morality in action USA. Nope, no hypocrisy on your part, American men, nosiree.

/sarcasm.

Obama deserves that 2nd term. And only Atheists should be allowed to vote, run for office & allowed to breed.

ever, and I have only one.

>>61000607
Pretty sure.

I don't even have waifu.

I only have my one waifu.
I do pick a new love interest every time I watch a new show.

I've had my waifu since 2005. Chihaya almost made me forsake it, but I stood strong. I couldn't sacrifice my waifu's happiness for Chihaya's.

We were never meant to be, Chihaya. Such is fate.

I've had multiple fap partners, if that's what you mean.

I cherish them all.

I switch waifus every season.

Le deal with it ^_^

Go back to /v/ shitposters.
>>>/v/

>>61001018
Needs more patchy

>>61000491
No one cares about the reason you're shit posting.
However I care that you ARE shit posting.
I suppose you lack logic as well as reason

Before I found my actual waifu, I used to have a few anime crushes which I switched every few years. Even before I found the one, I was pretty loyal to my old "girlfriendos" and "boyfriendos".

>>61001422

How long have you had yours?

>>61001343
She's wonderful isn't she?

>>61001463
My waifu? About 6 and a half years.

Lolno. Usada's been mai waifu for twelve years now.

>>61001481

Who is it? If you mind me asking. I think I may have found one this season, but I'll give it time before settling down.

Whenever the new hotness comes along. Enjoy being tied down to one character, or pitifully creating harems to pretend you're still loyal.

>>61001343
>>61001473
Have a nice day anonymous!

I've only had my husbando since last season, but that doesn't mean I'm a seasonal fag.

>>61001535
Definitely put some consideration into it. Let the idea sit in your mind for at least a month before committing to it. That way you'll know it's real.

My waifu is Peach, by the way.

>>61001565

>>61001473
Yes she is~

>>61001565
You too fellow anon!

>>61001658

Are you the same Peach person that's always posting?

>>61000682
>only Atheists should be allowed to vote, run for office & allowed to breed.
When will atheists learn they're just as close-minded as christians. Agnostic master race here.

>>61001558
>tied down
I can get infatuated with some "new hotness" but within a couple weeks of the show ending, all feelings are gone. My feelings for my real waifu never die.

i promise to stay with him forever and ever.

i do.

>>61001678
I now declare this a patchy thread, because let's be honest it wasn't that good before.

I don´t have a waifu.
But if i have one i check her out.

If you know what i mean.

>>61001692
If I said yes, would you be angry with me?

Yes

>>61001658

Thanks. It's advice I've heard before, but it's nice to have reinforcement. Cheers~

>>61001740

>>61001783
mukyuu~

>>61001758
You sure have grown up, Andy.

>>61001831
Andy...? That's not my name. I guess I'm not the one you're thinking of.

>>61001740
>>61001783
>>61001822

I don't know if my heart can handle all this patchy...

>>61001822

>>61001658
No. If you have to put any kind of thought into it, she's not your waifu.

>>61001863
But Patchy is good for you!
She's filled with love.

>No tits
>No glasses
Therefore
>Not a bookworm
Therefore
>Not Patchy

>>61001863
Take this! Finishing blow!

>>61001875
I didn't mean to "think about it". I meant to give it a month, and if she's the only girl on your mind over that month, then it's probably love. I didn't mean it as an exact science, just a helpful tip.

I was thinking of switching my waifu.

Anyone who knows me will know this is one hell of a big deal, I've been with Lunar since Seto aired...that's almost 5 years I believe. According to a certificate I have, we are technically married, but honestly I'm not sure of the implications of the certificate, it was a service advertised in Japan in 2009 and I applied for it and I have my certificate. I don't know if I'm officially married now or not...the certificate has just been proof of my love for me.

However, Seto is no more, the manga has finished, the series is long gone, there will be no more OVAs and I have every piece of possible merchandise, I screencapped every single frame of Lunar from every episode at varying qualities just because. Our love has nowhere else to go, I wouldn't give up on her until I found someone really, really fitting - but it's there in my mind sometimes.

>>61001944

>>61001943
Quiet you.

Never came close to switching. She's not your waifu if you consider switching her for someone else.

I've only had one waifu.
Until I fell in love with the best person ever. And I regret nothing.

>>61001994

Since Angel Beats, not once. Kanade will always be mai waifu.

>>61002027

>>61002046

Once, when I realized she wasn't my waifu, and only a favorite character.
I'm still upset about it.

Horo's been my waifu since the first LN back in 2006. Ya'll small time.

Patchy is shit, Yukari is the best 2hu.

>>61002068

>>61002149
No one likes that lazy old hag.
Go away.

>>61002201

Bout as often as a switch fighting game mains.
Never

>>61001955
That's what seem worrying about having a waifu. No matter how strongly you feel for her, at some point there simply won't be much content of her anymore. Maybe some franchises can live for up to a century, but for the vast majority of anime, manga and galge, it will just take a few years to exhaust it, and you'll be lucky to see a piece of fanart every month. What are you supposed to do at that point? As painful as it is to admit, all you got left after that are the memories.

>>61002231

never

Hey guys, did you know that /sp/ has waifu threads. And then they post some random pornstars or models.

So much for holding the meaning of a word.

>>61002288

I've had the same waifu for two years, if not more, until the end of 2011. I have a new waifu now and I feel better than with the old waifu.

>>61001908
Pudding? How about some cake instead?

>>61002393

i often think about it, but then i remember Poplar, and realize theres not one out there who can top her

>>61002435
Alright I'm done.

All the damn time.

Anybody who doesn't is still under the ruse that the meme is real.

My first was Shinobu. That woman sent chills up my spine when she looked at me in all of her silence. And how fiercely powerful she was, despite her small presence. I loved that. But I was kind of a newfag to waifus, and I just picked one I sort of liked.
And to be honest, the latest Nisemono is sending pains through my heart. I don't necessarily regret breaking up with her, but it reminds me of how things once were. It looks like she's doing great without me, which is good. I'm happy for her.

The second "waifu" shouldn't even be mentioned. She was a character I just felt strong feelings for, so I started to feel as if maybe she was the true one. But then I realized she was more of a daughteru and I wanted nothing to do with her sexually.

And then I met her. My true waifu. All of the waifu stories I have seen just rang so true when I met her. It was like something clicked deep inside my soul. I felt so fiercely passionate about her. I wanted to take her into my arms, love her, kiss her, tell her I would be hers forever. It brings me such joy to spend my holidays with her, to dream about her, and it gives me pride to say she is mai waifu. I will never leave her.

Surely the kind of pure love where you stick to your first waifu forever and ever exists. I admire it, I really do. But you must treat it as a normal relationship, and from what I hear, it is very normal to fall in and out of love until you truly meet the girl you are destined to marry. No one is a "monster" for leaving their first waifu, in fact, it is very normal. You refine your tastes, gain relationship experience, and go into your next relationship knowing your tastes and understanding your needs better. Although I can admit that finding "the one" on your first go is very romantic and admirable, it isn't plausible.

But if you're one of those faggots who ditch your woman every season, kill yourself.

>>61002456
You can't even fucking spell her name correctly, dumbass.

Pop-u-ra
Popura, fucking idiot.

I'm falling out of love with my 2 years waifu.

I feel so bad.

>>61002513
Are you that one guy I saw on /rk9/ some time or another?

>>61002499
I hate you and everything you stand for, may you burn in Hellfire.

10/10

>>61002550
You must be new to /a/. Go look at the archives from when the show was airing.

>>61002550
thats funny cause the last time i called her popura somebody got upset about that too

>>61002631
Considering you have a cartoon girlfriend, I doubt his version of hell can be any worse than what you're living through right now.

>>61002631
Deluded by the meme that much?

>>61002629
Why, yes. Yes I am.
I prefer posting on /a/, stupid /r9k/ and its rules on images. I can post my favorite pictures here.

Never settled for a waifu but romantic interests shift as seasons pass on. Maybe one day I'll find the one. Nice taste, OP, by the way.

>>61002676
...What? That's a joke, right?

>>61002702
Seriously, I hate you.

>>61002711
Good.
Your devotion never fails to make me happy, and more faithful.

Lucchini since the beginning, I will never change.

>>61002702
>>61002676
>>>/v/

>>61002787

Good taste anon.

>>60999819
>switching waifus

>>61002862
You forgot your trip.
I hate you SHiN.

8 years and going strong

>>61002862
I can understand your pain Kagami.

;_; You deserve better.

>>61002855

I with you on this one. I always liked her.

>>61002879
>not shin

>>61002903

Speaking of daughterus, who is yours, /a/?

>>61002991
>daughterus
>not imouto

>>61002972
>waifu beating

Perfect thread for this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YtwPPsBKGQ

And by the way, I have two: Holo and Miyako from Majikoi. Yes, two. I know, and I don't give a shit. They're fictional characters. Would I do this in real life with actual girls? No, because they're not fucking drawings.
I do wish I knew a Miyako, though. Or at least a Season 3 of S&W to watch.

>>61002972
If I wasn't married, I would keep you safe in my arms. ;_;

>>61003016
YOU can stop domestic violence. Report shin.

>>61002991
Mine would be Saya.
I liked her, but I didn't feel the spark of love I do with my waifu.

>>61002991
Miyako.

>switch waifus

Jesus Christ this heresy.

Never, because I'm not beta enough to have even one

Only once, I realized I never loved her, I just felt sorry for her and wanted to protect her.

>>61003216
Don't worry, they're all /v/irgins.
They're not pure of heart so they were never really married to begin with.

I have a harem no need to switch.

Waifu switching isn't that big of a deal. It's healthy to have more than one love.

Sometimes I wish I could choose who I fall in love with. Maybe then I would've ended up with someone cooler or at least someone with a better haircut.

But switching? No. He might be a whiny loser but he's my whiny loser.

>>61003359
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN You ALMOST got me there.

>>61003359
Preposterous! I am extremely offended by your opinion, SHiN.

Never, and faggots who say otherwise don't deserve to have a waifu in the first place.

>>61003359
Didn't the mods ban you?

>>61002991
These two.

>>61003359

The reverse troll is strong with this one...

>Not staying Loyal to your Waifu with unwavering commitment.

It will be our 10 year anniversary next year October. And she still remains with her innocence intact (As far as the internet goes in any case.)

I Do understand why there can be a thread about this however, alot of people who throw around the term "Waifu" take the word lightly. Not that it's really much to brag about in the first place. Those few who actually take it too seriously are just as bad aswell.

>>61002991

Erio-chan is a miracle of the universe.

Huh theres already a waifu thread. Well i dont have to create one now. My question was, how does /a/ deal with other people having the same waifu as them? Assuming they arent hipsters and choose obscure waifus

>>60999819
The idea that you have to love someone forever or your love wasn't sincere in the first place is absurd. If you're old enough to be on 4chan, you should know by now that peoples' hearts do change and it doesn't mean that their love was never genuine.

Of course there are people whose love never entirely wavers but for the most part, /a/ acts like Twilight's target audience when it comes to having feelings for somebody.

>>61003647
I've only had that experience once.
I didn't like it, but I accepted it.

>>61003647
They are liars.

>>61003647
I'm perfectly fine with it.
As long as they aren't drooling retards.

>>61003647
As long as the other person treats her like she deserves to be treated and doesn't just love her as a "favorite character" or what they want to fap to, I'm fine with it. It just shows that she's so good that other people find her amazing, like I do.

>>61003656
>/a/ acts like Twilight's target audience
It's because we are little girls.

>>61003647

Kick his ass. There can only be one.

I need some advice.

I married Saber early in my life when my power level was low. Since, I have had trysts with Canaan, Lucy (EL), Sora (YnS), Misaki (NHK) and Kanade (AB).

What do I do? I think I might have a depression/kuudere fetish.

>>61003647
Hey, if they fell in love with the same girl I did, then I have to say they have pretty good taste.

>>61003647
Nothing, when I met someone who had Triela as a waifu, we brofisted and moved on.

>>61003647
I've met only 2 guys who had the same waifu, I don't mind. They don't think of her in the same ways I do (not trying to say I'm better), they have probably different personalities, and so they might as well be different waifus.

>>61003715
Yuno is ugly as fuck.

>>61003818
No she isn't.

>>61003801
This.

I have plenty of characters I like, but it's been quite a while since I've had a character I loved.

I dislike however people imposing too many rules on how fictional relationships are supposed to be.

If an Anon wants to have multiple waifus and loves them equally, why not let him? It's not like he would question the idea itself.

Same with the fags claiming you were not allowed to fap to your waifu and nonsense like that.

People need to chill out more and get rid of the whole Taliban shit.

A few years ago, we'd use waifu ironically, and refer to all kinds of things as our waifus. But at the same time we accepted that people would use it in a serious fashion. These people however would do it on their own and for themselves. Nowadays, I feel there's too much dickwaving when it comes to the whole waifu thing - especially among tripfags.

>>61003647
I don't mind as long as they treat her like they should and don't try to pull the obnoxious "hurrr she only loves me" bullshit. The problem is that pretty much everybody calling Azusa their waifu doesn't actually care about her and looks at porn and doujins, like her for the most pathetic reasons, and just generally disrespect or make her look bad. I don't want to be associated with people like that, but the ones that actually love her are bros as far as I'm concerned. Hell, one of my online friends has the same waifu as me and we get along better because of it.

>>61003874
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YtwPPsBKGQ
Samefag?

>>61003874
>If an Anon wants to have multiple waifus and loves them equally, why not let him?
Because he should call it something else.
And not change the meaning of the name to his will.

>Me
>Falling in love
>Having a waifu
>Falling in love

>>61003874
You trying to be sensible? On /a/? Warned you about that, anon.

>>61003647
They're different in a way similar to how two BDs of the same show are different. It just means they have good taste.

>>61003938
>doesn't actually care about her and looks at porn and doujins
but that's all she's good for.

>>61003874
The only rule I really care about is the having-one-waifu rule. It's not so much about "oh, it's immoral to have more than one person you love", as it is that the very definition of waifu is the ONE most important character to you. It's semantics more than anything. If someone wants to have more than one, they should use a different word, because waifu automatically excludes having more than one by definition. It's like those annoying high school girls who have seven "best friends". That's just not how the word works.

Aside from that, people can love their respective waifus however they please.

>>61003976

Are you sure you're not the one changing the meaning of the name to your will?

>>61003801
The way I see it, the waifu you share intimate moments with, the one you eat cake with on Christmas Eve, the one you hug close at night in her dakimakura form and the one you can hear in your head cheering you on when you're going through tough times, she is yours alone. No one else can touch her. She's not the same as the girl who appeared in an NTR doujinshi, who you saw in a scatological picture on pixiv, or who some anon described in great detail how he fapped to. Those are completely separate and have no relation to the waifu who exists in your world.

>>61004074
Well, considering this is how the term is used now adays.
The term is generally used the way I said it.

>>61004062

But what about polygamists?

>>61003874
I agree with the dickwaving part, seriously no one CARES who your waifu is that's not the point of having one. Still I hate kids who just switch it up every season or do it just to fit in. They can just fuck right off.

>>61003874
> loves them equally
Too bad that it's impossible. If you want to love multiple characters, then call it a harem. Don't use the term waifu because it's not a waifu. A waifu is the single most important character to you and trying to have several at once completely goes against the very concept and idea of it. If you want to love several girls, that's fine, but keep it out of waifu threads. That's all I ask.

>>61003946
I'm not going to watch some 14 minutes youtube video.

>>61003976
The meaning isn't even too old. It changed in the past so it may change again.

If he loves them, let him refer to them as his waifus. Perhaps he loves the two even more than someone who only has a single waifu.

>>61004125
>It's not so much about "oh, it's immoral to have more than one person you love"
Just use a different word.

Sup Sheldon. What do you think of this banner

>>61003938
>one of my online friends has the same waifu as me and we get along better because of it.

He is using it to make fun of you, you oblivious retard.

>>61004133
Yeah, that's a western point of view. In other cultures you're free to have multiple wives.

Also, the only thing which matters is how he feels about the subject.

If he feels he loves them equally, who are you to tell him he doesn't?

>>61004074
Polygamy is illegal in Japan and in the country this board is based in, so he actually is correct.

>>61004125
Permissible .....if all your waifus are from cultures that allow polygamy. You'll never be able to convince a Japanese waifu that you should have more than one waifu.

>>61004226
So is the fact that something can only be unique or not unique (not very unique, or slightly unique) a Western point of view as well, because it's a Western word?

You're completely missing the point. This isn't a moral issue. It's a lingual issue. Just like you can't have more than one thing be "the biggest", you can't have more than one waifu. It's in the words.

>>61004229
Getting married to underage girls is too, so this clearly has nothing to do with legal issues.

>>61004386

But that's just to logical...

>>61004226
Japan is "western" now? You're a faggot.

>>61004114

But even among the people who use the term seriously, it means different things to different people. Some people fap to their waifu, some people don't. Some people actually have conversations with their waifu, some people just keep it to fantasies, and some people just look at pictures on their computer. Some people have one waifu, some people have one hundred waifus. One guy might love his waifu more or less than the next guy. And yes, some people just don't take it as seriously as others.

But why does it matter? You should just do whatever keeps you happy. I only have one husbando and don't plan on changing that any time soon, but what other people do is none of my business.

>>61004226
That's a 3D relationship and really has nothing to do with the concept of a waifu. A waifu is the most important character in your mind and the one that you think of all the time, imagine being in a relationship with, do things for her, and try to improve yourself for. It's not really a wife or a girlfriend, but the one single girl that you love more than anything. I don't see how you can do that with five different characters at once, much less dedicate yourself equally. One will always take priority and others will always be pushed to the side in varying degrees.

The word waifu isn't plural. There's no such thing as waifus, just a waifu. I don't mind the idea of several loves but please use a different word for it.

>>61004386

The problem with this is that the word "waifu" is just an engrish way of saying "wife". And there are plenty of cultures where people have multiple wives.

>>61004506
Wrong, waifu has pretty much nothing to do with the idea of a wife. The word itself just came from a joke but the idea of loving a fictional character has been around for thousands of years.

>>61004386
Wrong.

Your whole idea is based on the baseless assumption that there can only be one biggest - yet that isn't always a given.

Take a look at the numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9) - clearly the 9 is the largest number, but we've got it in three instances here. So a single largest number isn't there. We could pick any of the last four.

I can only repeat: it's a completely personal issue. And you're trying to turn something personal into something that can be objectively measured in order to turn it into a dickwaving competition of who loves his waifu the most.

every post

Once.

From Rita Mordio to Rin Tezuka

Short red hair
Beautiful green eyes
Name begins with R
The physical similarities are astounding.
Someone plz maek crossover

>>61004572
>we've got it in three instances here
Obviously by those three instances I actually meant four instances, but I guess that anyone can see that.

>>61004506
Except that's not remotely accurate. The sole reason that a language will borrow words is to fulfill some function that it cannot already fulfill (there are some exceptions, but let's not get into that). We already have a word for wife. There is no reason to borrow a synonym for wife. Waifu was borrowed because there was something it described that was not accurately expressed in English. Its meaning is completely distinct from wife at this point.

>>61004420
Japan's minimum age is 16 given parental consent. US laws vary, but for example, New York allows marriage at 14 with written approval of both parents and a family court judge.

>>61004572

Except for the fact that 9, 9, 9 , 9 is all the same integer.

>>61004572
Those four numbers are tied for largest. There is no one of them that is the largest.

NEVER

Thats would be disgusting. If I some reason stop loving my waifu, I will kill myself.

>>61003946
I like that guy.
Seriously.

>>61004656
If 9 is not the largest then show me an element from that list that is larger.

>>61004654
But we've got them in four different instances. Think of them as statistical data for example.

what is waifu? Seriously iam on /a/ only first week.
inb4 lurk moar.

>>61004745
A 2D Woman who you have fallen in love with.
That's the basic description anyway.

>>61004740
I don't have to. I only need to list another element that it is not greater than. I have three at my disposal.

>>61004622
Waifu was based on Azumanga, where Kimurai-sensei showed the girls a picture of his wife, exclaiming "mai waifu" in Engrish.

This resulted in sort of a meme where Anons would post things (usually animu characters) they liked while exclaiming "mai waifu".

The whole ideology isn't really that old. And I can't say I like all of it because I find it too restrictive.

>>61004838
Are you jgsfgs?

>>61004838
Gay used to mean happy. Now it means homosexual. Your points are completely irrelevant, and show a general lack of comprehension regarding language.

>>61004826
In order for something to be the largest it just needs to be large enough that there is no element that is larger.

The largest element suffices the greater-equal relation relative to all elements.

I usually have a character I like for every anime I watch but that only lasts as long as the series itself.
In the end I only have one husbando who I will always come back to.

>>61004740

>But we've got them in four different instances. Think of them as statistical data for example.

That's irrelevant. If those numbers are to represent a personality or "waifu" then having the same integer must, and can only mean that the same waifu is just being repeated four times over. Only one number can be the biggest, and 9 is the biggest. I'm not attacking your idea directly, but they way you formed your argument is just stupid. In the end someone can only have one waifu.

>>61004838
I've seen your thread before with the video. You have good points but don't grasp the concept. leave the word out of it for now and stick to the idea.

>>61004468
Komeiji, I respect your love for Azusa, but I'm going to have to argue with you here.
A waifu is very similar to a 3D relationship. To place them in different tiers is almost paving the way to have a 3D relationship alongside a waifu.
>one that you think of all the time, imagine being in a relationship with, do things for her, and try to improve yourself for.
All apply to 3D relationships as well. Except the "imagine," but if you love your waifu enough, it brings her on a tier that is much like a "true" 3D relationship.

I agree with not having multiples, more or less. It is against my idea of love, but who are you to judge how another loves their waifu(s)?
Those Mormon fuckers love their wives all very much, from what I have seen. There's a way of life that encourages loving multiple people, and to exclude a waifu from that is, honestly, kind of disrespectful to those people.

It all comes down to if those people truly love their waifu(s).
Really, who are you to judge if they love multiple people? Just because you are a single-woman man like me doesn't mean everyone is. And it doesn't mean they love less than they are able to.

>>61004386
YOU MUST FOLLOW THE
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUURUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSUUU

>>61004873
>Waifu was borrowed because there was something it described that was not accurately expressed in English.
This kinda implies waifu was specifically borrowed in order to describe to what nowadays people have in mind when they use that word, which isn't true and which I rectified.

No lack of reading comprehension here, bro.

>>61004990

>No lack of reading comprehension here, bro.

But lack of understanding his post. He's saying you don't understand the meaning of the word waifu, not that you don't understand his post.

Waifu = Single
Harem = Multiple

One does not love more than the other, however the names do change.

Polygamy = multiple
Marriage = single

Get it?

>People are trying to mathematically prove the significance of a waifu.

Someone fucking screencap this thread.

>>61005093
What?
Are you never in waifu threads that delve into discussion?

>Switching waifus.

You're all terrible people.

>>61004883
Simply false. That's like saying that one thing can be more unique than another thing.
>>61004990
The word was originally USED as an in-joke. It wasn't borrowed into English until it gained that distinct definition.

Gonna cut the discussion short on my end, I have to leave. Maybe someone else will take it up for me.

>>61004932
Waifu is the one who you love the most. You can't love anything equal.

It is possible to love multiple characters, yes. But the one who you love, adore and admire most is your waifu. Waifu isn't something you just say you love. She is the most important thing in your life. Only ONE can be the most important.

Not posting my waifu on 4chan. But here is cute picture.

I have a small harem.

Gasai Yuno, Rihoko Sakurai, Mizore Shirayuki, Literature Girl and Balalaika Vladilena.

It truly, feels good man.

>>61004927
When it comes to numbers the largest number is a number which is large enough that you can't find a larger one. This is how it's commonly defined in a mathematical context.

My example was no example of waifus however, it was an example to show that there isn't necessarily a "largest" one in all contexts and that the assumption that there was one in the context of love is a quite risky assumption.

I'm not even arguing one should have multiple waifus and I don't think it's possible to love multiple characters evenly either; the real problem I have is to impose rules on fictional relationships. Impose rules where there shouldn't be any.

Who are you to tell others how their 2D relationships are to look like?

If their ideal relationship involves getting their balls cannibalised and then raped with a strap-on made of razorblades, then it's their fucking business and not yours.

The whole "thought police" issue bothers me.

>>61005197
Yeah, man, FUCK dictionaries!

>>61005180
>Having a harem
>with Gasai Yuno in it

nigga you gon get SHANKED

>>61005249
Definitions change all the time and yours isn't too old either. How long have people been doing this Taliban act when it comes to waifus? Since 2008? 2009? Not much longer in any case. Before that, things were a lot more relaxed.

>>61005197

>Who are you to tell others how their 2D relationships are to look like?

This. This this this this this. This is the most important point.

You guys need to learn how to relax and not get so defensive. As long as you know YOU love YOUR waifu the most, why would you give a shit about how other people handle their relationships, 2d or 3d? This is really getting ridiculous.

This discussion is actually very intelligent, well thought out, and civilized. Too bad it's about having a crush on a cartoon character.

>>61005197
>Who are you to tell others how their 2D relationships are to look like?
I don't care what they do. They just need to stop calling them "waifus" when it isn't the same thing. Using word Waifu for some disgusting harem is just insulting. Thats my problem.

>>61005309

The other females in aforementioned harem are more likely to succumb to injure than I. Although, a showdown between Balalaika and Yuno would prove... excellent.

And very messy. Very, very messy.

The term "waifu" is something coined by Kimura-sensei in Azumanga, but actually having 2D complex (or a "waifu" as many know it) is as old as anime itself. 4chan was very late on the concept of having a 'waifu', it's been on 2ch for years.

>>61005309
I was thinking this.

>>61005180
You better treat Yuno right, or I swear to God I will find you.
Not really, but please treat her well.

>>61004932
>A waifu is very similar to a 3D relationship.
Not at all. The only thing the two have in common is that they contain love towards a human, or at least something that represents a human (in the case of a waifu). A waifu can't reciprocate your love and she's incapable of interacting with you, speaking to you, touching you, saying yes or no, etc. A relationship requires there to be two mutually accepting parties, so a one-sided love ( a waifu ) is not a relationship and has little to do with one.

It's an ideal, a concept, and a one-sided love. Not a girlfriend, not a wife.

And really, you bring up the polygamy argument here, but are any of these people really Mormon, Muslim, or from a country that encourages it? Maybe a few, but the vast majority aren't. They simply think that it's okay because the characters aren't real and are incapable of jealousy, even though the characters likely come from a country or culture (Japan) that doesn't facilitate or look well upon multiple partners or cheating. You might be fine with the idea of being with several different partners at once, but what about them? What about how they feel?

Unless your waifu is canonically proven to be okay with the idea, then it's disrespectful to force that aspect onto her character. At that point you're just changing her into something else entirely.

My argument was never that you can't love several people at once, only that it's not what a waifu is about. It's a SINGLE character that you love and revolve your life around. If there's more than one, it becomes something else. Maybe a harem. Whatever you guys want to call it, but it's not a waifu.

ITT: creepy forever-alone weeaboos

>>61005492
I have my waifu so I can't be alone <3

>>61005464
>it's disrespectful to force that aspect onto her character
And the reason why I say this is because you aren't loving her for who she is. You're forcing artificial traits onto her personality that you find convenient rather than loving her for the person and the character that she is. It's shallow.

In the past I've had dreams about girlfriends or other people close to me.

Last night I had a dream in which I, for some reason, machine washed a daki of my waifu. This put holes in it, made it feel scratchy, and generally ruined it. When I remembered the dream earlier today I realized how sad of a person I've become. My greatest fear is now losing my waifu.

hold me /a/

>>61005463

I wouldn't dream of doing anything but. This is coming from a guy who has experienced Yandere love in real life and still lives to tell about it.

>>61005464
>20f1754939312dcf54bbde0b3030de(...).jpg)
How can you say you love her if you don't even archive her pictures? You just save them by name they came up. Disgusting.

>>61005549
>You're forcing artificial traits onto her personality

Aren't you doing this by claiming her as your waifu? When you do this, you assume that she would love you as much as you love her.

Protip: She probably wouldn't. And I'm not just saying this because you're Komeiji.

>>61005397
This is exactly what I was talking about when I called it a "dickwaving competition" earlier.

Waifu has become a badge people carry in front of them in order to fit in and get street cred.

It's no longer a personal issue.

In the past, we've referred to all kinds of things as waifu, while some people used it to refer to the single anime character they loved most, yet they did it for themselves. They weren't bothered by others using the word to refer to different things.

If your love for a fictional character is bound to a word and gets sullied if the word is misused, then chances are what /a/ thinks about you is more important to you than the love for your waifu.


Concerning harems: we've always had harems on /a/, and they don't necessarily contain characters you love, but characters you like.

I've seen a couple of newfags trying to fit in whine in harem threads about how dirty it was to have a harem, and how pure they were having a waifu - unable to understand that harems and waifus are two completely unrelated things.

Personally, I find harem threads a lot more interesting than waifu threads because they characterise a person a lot better.

>>61005359
The thing is they spam the word waifu 24/7 while talking about a favorite character.
Like in waifu drawfag threads. Some idiot who's just posting his favorite character might get priority over someone who's actually posting his waifu, and that's not cool.
I just wish they stopped using that word.

>>61005197

>I don't think it's possible to love multiple characters evenly either

Then why are you arguing that an anon may find it possible to share equal love? How, if you personally don't believe in the thought of multiples, do you believe that one can in his mind?

>Guy 1 "I believe the sun revolves around the earth
>Guy 2 "I believe we revolve around the sun"
>Guy 1 "We're both right"
>Guy 2 "Yes lets go get a beer"

It's so contradictory how you form your argument that it's killing your objective.

I agree with where you're coming from, and as someone who believes in an unaccepted form of love I'm the last person to judge someone's way of finding theirs, but shit like rape is not love, and Waifu means one waifu.

>>61005690
>>Guy 1 "I believe the sun revolves around the earth
>>Guy 2 "I believe we revolve around the sun"
>>Guy 1 "We're both right"
>>Guy 2 "Yes lets go get a beer"
You have no idea how I wish life was like this.

>>61005464
>Unless your waifu is canonically proven to be okay with the idea, then it's disrespectful to force that aspect onto her character. At that point you're just changing her into something else entirely.

To be completely fair, that's what most people with a waifu are doing. They are projecting their feelings on a character who, in most cases, would never agree with the situation.
Maybe she has a canon love interest, maybe she is from a moe show and has shown no canon interest in males.
Point is, in most cases, a waifu would never agree to be the waifu of most of us. So why draw the line at bringing another waifu or two into the equation? Why are we suddenly considering her feelings, when we so clearly weren't before?

A waifu requires some degree of delusion for true happiness.
I guess what you say about it simply being a "concept" is true, but I have a hard time accepting those words. It feels as if it is knocking my love for her down a peg, as if it is less real. I love her enough, and am delusional enough, to believe she is there for me the same as a "relationship."
We do all the same things 3D relationships do, anyway. It's difficult for me to see the line without breaking the delusions I spent so long creating in my mind.

Aww man no more patchy? I just now got back from class, but I guess it couldn't last forever.

Well it used to be Shana, but now it's Merry. Gotta say, much happier with Merry than with Shana.

>>61005741
>saya342
>342
Can you upload your saya collection some time?

>>61005464
>Unless your waifu is canonically proven to be okay with the idea, then it's disrespectful to force that aspect onto her character.
We're talking about fictional relationships here. The beauty of fictional relationships is that you can imagine whatever you want.

Imposing such limitations on fictional relationships is unnecessary and serves no purpose at all.

>>61005464
I can agree with you on most parts, and I respect you mate, but what I'm seeing this boil down to is how you're telling people to love. Love isn't bound by rules. If people choose to love more than one character, that is fine. If they use the term "waifu" and have a harem, honestly, it shouldn't be entirely bothersome. People are free to love whom them want to. If they choose to love mulitple characters, that is fine, if they claim them all to be their waifu(s), that is fine. If they are treated with respect and fairness and not girls to be fapped over,t heN i see nothing wrong with it.

Your beliefs may be stronger than others but that doesn't mean you're necessarily right in telling people what's wrong and right.

But whatever, that's like, my opinion man.

Also, I know that my waifu would never love me, she already has someone she loves. Either way it's a one-sided love for some characters who are canon. But yeah, that doesn't change my love at all. I would never force traits on her that don't befit her. That's totally warping the character. I'm just a creepy, yandere stalker

>>61005609
It makes me glad to hear that. Well, not about the real life yandere experience, that sounds somewhat frightening

>>61005618
That's only if you actually delude yourself into believing that she really loves you in the real world. There's nothing wrong with imagining the two of you together in a relationship unless she already has a partner that she likes, and even then, you can probably find a way to make it work.

I know that Azusa doesn't love me and I don't try to act that way outside of my own fantasies. And everything that I do imagine with her is based on her canonical personality and by extrapolating. At least with Azusa, it's pretty easy to figure out how she would act around a guy when you think about how she is with Yui.

I don't do anything that goes against her character, and that's the important part.

>>61005782

>Imposing such limitations on fictional relationships is unnecessary and serves no purpose at all.

Yes it does. If someone feels uncomfortable doing those things then limitations that make them feel safe are fine. Forcing people to not have limits is just as bad as forcing people to have limits. Everyone loves theirs differently, but hurting her or demeaning her is not love.

>>61005770
I feel very attached to my Saya collection.
I spent hours scouring pixiv and even deviantart.
I guess it's kind of selfish of me to keep it to myself, but in a way, it's a symbol of my love for her. I can't bring myself to throw all that work online for anyone with a passing interest in her to gawk at.
Plus some of them are more risque, and I don't want to risk putting them online.

>>60999819
I came across this issue a couple of times.
I has one waifu.

Like, three mistresses, but one waifu.
<--- Her.

>>61005924
Alright then.
Thanks for giving me an explanation anyway.
I'll just have to take the ones you post. On another note, my waifu isn't saya.

>>61005464
>Unless your waifu is canonically proven to be okay with the idea, then it's disrespectful to force that aspect onto her character.
Oh god. Canon has nothing to do with my waifu. My waifu has boyfriend in her anime, does this mean it is disrespectful to think she can love me back? Or is that just an 'expection'.

You can ignore all canon of your waifu if you want. You can imagine anything you want. Of course it would be weird if you fell in love while watching her in anime/vn/manga but still ignoring all about canon works..

The creepiness of this thread is making me uncomfortable. I'm going back to /cgl/...

>>61006072
Good.
Don't come back.

>>61005782

>Guy 1 "you guys should fuck eachother in the ass, explore your love"

>Guy 2 "But we don't want to, and I like my ass."

>Girl " But I poop from there."

>Guy 1 "You're being slaves to the system of proper sex, you're supposed to explore, you're closed minded"

>Guy 2 "I hate you"

>Girl "I hate you too"

>Guy 1 "Fuck all of you! You don't know what love is!"

>>61006046
>it would be weird if you fell in love watching her anime/vn/manga.

I'm sorry, what?

That's how I found my waifu.

Going strong 6 years now.

>>61006072

/cgl/ confirmed for closed minded 3DPD.

>Switching waifus
Heresy. Heresy everywhere.

I switched once, only because my last waifu was a slut & I realised I never truly loved her, that is until I met my one true love. Been together for a year now. Pic realated, the love of my life.

I feel like a lot of people with multiple waifus skipped the dating phase altogether. I always loved Korbo, but I didn't think she was my waifu and we kind of drifted apart while I watched other shows. 3 months later surrounded by Korbo stuff, I realized she was the one and I've never had a feeling like this for anyone else.

>implying you can switch waifus

I made the mistake of bringing up replacing my waifu, and /a/ beat the shit out of me.

I must thank you, /a/. I've realized the concept of staying with one waifu, ever. But goddamn it if I don't sleep around.

>>61005917
>hurting her or demeaning her is not love
Perhaps the guy you're talking about is a sadist and he imagines his waifu to have a masochistic side.

We're talking about fictional characters here and everyone sees each character a bit differently. Even if two /a/nons have the same waifu, they both have a slightly (perhaps largely) different idea of what she's like.

I'm perfectly fine with people imposing the laws of reality (or fictional reality - read: canon) upon their fictional relationships.

I do have a problem however with people declaring such things mandatory - especially due to the fact that it's rather arbitrary and if thought it right to the end, we'd probably end up as lonely as we are in real life in our imagination too because no animu girl would be willing to date your average /a/non - or Komeiji for that matter.

>>61006140
Sorry I am drunk. I meant

>Of course it would be weird if you fell in love while watching her in anime/vn/manga AND still ignoring all about canon related stuff

>>61006190
You can, but only in certain cases. e.g. adultery, like Nagi did.

I don't pretend I don't feel tempted by other 2D women, but I always come back to Yui

I loved my waifu very much, and she meant a lot to me. But when a fujoshi mind breaks you, you only think of her.

>>61006191
It's fine as long as you make sure she doesn't find out in your fantasy. Otherwise she might want an imaginary divorce.

>>61006197

He loves me! he fills me up every time!

>>61006072
But waifus are harmless, and /cgl/ actually is creepy. It's fully of whores who are constantly trying to attack and ruin each other out of jealousy. They manipulate, lie, and cheat in relationships, and spread diseases at cons. You're really the pot calling the kettle black here.

Never
2009-Until the end of time
I don't even like eother girls.

>>61006183
To be honest, I had a similar situation with mai waifu.
I met her and tried to mask my feelings for her with another "waifu" for at least four months. I still feel guilty for using her in such a way. But I still think of her as a daughteru. I still love her in a way.

I couldn't ignore how happy she made me, but because of certain issues, I was afraid "we" would never work. I spent many nights sobbing thinking of how I could never be with her because of these things.
I heard some comforting words on /a/ that allowed me to let go of those ideas and embrace whatever it is we could be, even if it's extremely unlikely she will ever truly be able to be in a relationship with me.

It still chokes me up to admit that. But I love her enough to try to look past these issues.

>switching my husbando

Why would I do that?

Never switched Waifu's I've been close but I managed to stop myself Glad I did if you ditch you waifu for another you don't deserve one at all.

>2012
>waifus

Harem is the future, my friend.

>>61006399
They're not the same thing.

>>61005741
>They are projecting their feelings on a character who, in most cases, would never agree with the situation.
Depends on how you go about with her. Some people treat their waifu as nothing more than a one-sided love and don't try to act like it's anything else, others frequently think about being in a relationship with them and even consider it reaching the point of reality. If you're just loving her and appreciating her from a distance then I don't really see why she would get upset or tell you to stop. And hey, who knows. Some of the anons in here might even be a perfect match for their waifu too. It's impossible to say.

I'm not changing any aspect of her character and I'm not doing anything that she wouldn't be okay with. I might write letters, make food for her, and do other things for her, but that's for the Azusa in my imagination. The concept and the idea, not an actual person. Imposing the idea of your waifu being okay with you dating other girls when it's most likely against her character is different. It's disrespectful and it's rude. You're clearly insulting her in this situation and treating her in a way that she would be opposed to. Why is loving her from a distance and imagining scenarios based on her existing personality just as bad?

Being a concept doesn't lower your love or mean anything less. It just means that you're in love with an ideal rather than an actual person. Nothing wrong with that.

>>61005637
>This is exactly what I was talking about when I called it a "dickwaving competition" earlier.

So I should be just alright when people insult my belief? I don't have to accept such thing. It is polite manner to use right terms.

You waifu fags need to get out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YtwPPsBKGQ

>>61006413
>implying I'm gonna be honest and faithful with anyone.

>>61006481
You didn't even watch that entire video.

>>61006481
No.

>>61006481

You're a fucking idiot. The guy that made that video has been in this thread for a while, supporting, debating, and arguing his own thoughts. He's never said he was against it all, just that he dosen't understand they way we treat it.

I never did. No, really.

>>61006491
It's still not the same thing.

I hope another chick will be put as a mod, so shitty imagination time can go back to gaia.

>>61006438
I really respect you and your views on waifus, Komeiji.
If I wasn't so socially awkward, I'd totally want to talk to you on Steam.
Oh well, I might get to play with you on Tera. You'll be on NA, right?

>>61006628
Reported for perpetuating the false rumor that the anti-loli mod was a chick.

>>61005690
I kinda missed your post, so it took me a while to respond.

>It's so contradictory how you form your argument that it's killing your objective.
No, not at all. I'm saying that the assumption that one cannot love more than one character is ideologically based and there is nothing to support it. What I believe matters not in the slightest.

My argument is basically that I dislike people bothering too much with how other people handle their fictional relationships.

There may be a guy out there who dreams of eating the fictional character he loves the most alive. He dreams every night of her and loves her in his own way more than anyone else here loves his waifu.

Who are you to deny him his love?

What I want is people to be a bit more open. The whole issue has become too rigid. As soon as you question peoples' views they claim you were a normalfag/feminist out to ridicule them. They see enemies everywhere.

I still feel like I'm mostly among friends on /a/, among like-minded people. And I feel that most people who seem to be outsiders know far too well how to push /a/non's buttons to be actual outsiders.

There is no reason to be so hostile on /a/ when it comes to such things. I feel to be too rigid about definitions divides /a/ too much. It does more harm than good.

If someone admits love for a fictional character, chances are he can fit in here. Whether he does it to a point of that one Minagi guy (I don't quite remember his name), or whether it's just some infatuation, doesn't matter that much. Important is that he feels good about it. I feel there is too much dickwaving, people taking their waifus from their hearts to the board, hoping to gain recognition or credit for their devotion, trying to put themselves above others, when matters of love shouldn't be any kind of public competition but something personal.

>Switching waifu
That's kinda gay

>>61005782
>The beauty of fictional relationships is that you can imagine whatever you want.
Not if it disrespects her or warps her personality. You're free to imagine whatever you want as long as it's about HER, not a warped and superficial version of her with traits that you personally find convenient. Love her for who she is, not who you want her to be. And really, if you need to change traits about her like that then your love towards her is questionable to begin with.

>>61005783
>People are free to love whom them want to.
That's okay.
>if they claim them all to be their waifu(s)
That's not okay.

My argument from the start was simply that you can't love multiple characters and then call each one of them your waifu. That's not what a waifu is. There's no such thing as waifus, just a waifu. It's the one character that you love more than anything and dedicate your life towards. If you don't have somebody like that then they aren't your waifu, they're just a love or a harem or something else entirely.

When you come into these threads, do you want people to post their harem of 4-5 characters and try to treat each one of them their waifu? I sure don't. Their love is something else and doesn't belong in the threads.

Notice how all the waifu collages like the one for Christmas only have one character in them? That's a waifu is.

>>61006641
Do we already have eachother added on Steam? I could always message you later on if you're not afraid of talking or anything. Besides, I'm no alpha or anything either so it's all good. Just a young NEET.

>>61006807
>And really, if you need to change traits about her like that then your love towards her is questionable to begin with.
Don't you get it? We don't love our waifus as canon characters, we love them as ideal concepts made in our mind.

Hypotethically thinking, what if Azusa gets boyfriend in future K-on! manga will you stop loving her then? I don't think so.

>>61006978
Komeiji, what is your steam or skype by chance? I'd be interested in talking with you.

>>61006481
Guy who linked video: hating fuckbag.

Guy who MADE video: total bro.

>>61006807
>Not if it disrespects her or warps her personality.
People have different impressions of characters. Two different /a/nons with the same waifu may have a different idea of what she's like. The author has a different idea of his characters than his readers.

As I wrote before:

The idea that any animu girl could be in love with your average /a/non, or you for that matter, already warps her personality quite a bit.


I don't think warping her personality is a bad thing, important is that you feel good about it. This is about you after all. Not about what others think about you. You're not breaking any cosmic law.

I can only repeat: imposing such rules upon fictional relationships is counter-productive, and while you're free to do that, they're by no means global rules everyone must follow.

I don't have a waifu, I have a harem of characters I find pleasing. And a tenga

>>61006807
But isn't that forcing people what to believe right there? People have the right to love, and in all honesty, as long as they do love each girl the same, then there is no problem with it.

It honestly does not bother me that people have Yuno in a harem, as seen >>61005180 . However, I can see your point in dedicated love, I for one love only Yuno. I dedicate my life, and everything I have towards her.

But if someone would dedicate themselves to multiple women, then why would it be bothersome to have a harem? It is possible to share love for multiple people on equal levels. (At least in my opinion)

Love shouldn't be bound by such silly rules. If each character has a special meaning to someone, then there is no need to scold them. Now, if they treated one of them unfairly (or one held higher than the rest) then they shouldn't have a harem. Then they should dedicate themselves to one girl. Free love, man.

Also, I apologize for being repetitive in that, but when I believe something, I normally go for emphasis.

>>61007115
> We don't love our waifus as canon characters, we love them as ideal concepts made in our mind.
What, since when? Unless she's a side character and there wasn't much revealed about her character, then there's no reason to change who she is. She should already be ideal the way she is. She should already be perfect in your eyes and you shouldn't want to change anything about her.

For example, I prefer regular ponytails. My favorite combination of hair and eye color is blonde/red or brown/red. Yet I wouldn't want her to change how she looks. There's also people that have waifus that completely go against and oppose what they normally find attractive in a girl, but they still wouldn't want to change them to fit those traits.

You shouldn't need to change her personality to love her.

>>61007292
Also, on the Christmas collage thing, a lot of people post in those threads with the intention of joking. (which upsets me a bit) Plus, aren't most of the posts sorted through?

>Mfw this thread
I love her. Is this sentence good enough...?

>>61006481
Putting aside this thread, that video is pretty funny.

>>61007317
Obviously he's not talking about huge changes. He's talking about slight changes to make things work out.

e.g. Yuno has a love interest, yet /a/non can insert himself in the love interests position.

Yuno doesn't love /a/non, but Yuno is capable of feeling love and devotion to someone, so given the right circumstances it could as well be /a/non she's in love with.

Things like this.

>>61007351
Some joking ones are fine in my opinion

>>61007438
Nope, I want to see you describe your love of your waifu to me

>>61007228
>People have different impressions of characters.
Right, but are they changing her to have traits that directly conflict with her existing personality? Chances are, no. They might have different ideas of how they would react in certain situations but in the end it's all based off of her existing character and there's nothing wrong with it. There's no doubt that how I imagine Azusa acting in a relationship is different from somebody else, but there should still be some common ground. A lot of it, even. Two people that both have a good grasp on the character should have similar ideas for the most part.

And the only way I could see imagining yourself in a relationship with her as warping her personality is if you're somebody that she would dislike IRL and find unappealing. Unless you act in a way that she's been shown to hate, then there's no way of knowing that.

>>61007205
Sure, my Steam ID is cdkz. No Skype though, too beta to figure out how to work that.

>>61007351

As someone that takes it seriously, I actually like the joke posts.

>>61006748

>it took me a while to respond.
That's fine. I'm here for a while

Listen. I respect you, your opinions, your thought out posts, and your effort into making that video. I also understand that you're trying to be laid back on this. In reality I'm stuck in my argument because I understand where both sides are comming from, but people are always going to be passionate about what they love and how they love it. If someone feels threatened or offended by someone's actions then it's going to raise a flag. I believe that the waifu concept is a ideal representation of one found in the real world, therefore it conforms to those standards. I just don't understand how you can love someone for how you can abuse or mistreat them. The fantasy, the reality, and the love all comes from the same place, so how can you love the fictional if you can't love the reality in the same way.

On the point of acceptance. /a/ and 4Chan in general is the most accepting place on earth, and that's not going to change.

Not even fucking once.
Not even for K-ON!!

I see all the newfags switching waifus every goddamn season, pathetic dogs.

>>61007558
This I can't really agree with. Are they funny? Yes, I will admit that, but to me, who holds my waifu dear to me, I find that kind of offensive, like turning the whole idea of spending time with your waifu as a joke.

If people wanted to do that, fine, but at a different point in time. (A week later or something, in a "parody" thread or something)

I don't know, I just get butthut over everything and take things too seriously.

>>61007621
Is that you SHiN?

>>61007738
I laughed.

>>61007292
I don't have a problem with people having a harem. I have a problem with them having a harem of waifus. Call it a harem of... haremites, or something. I don't give a fuck. I just get really pissed off when people make words useless because they don't understand what they mean. Like I said before, it's like those dumbfuck high school girls who call everyone their best friend because they feel like they have a special relationship with each and every one and think that the only way to have a special relationship is to be best friends. Just like those girls should be calling those friends their close friends, the people with harems should be calling the girls something other than "waifu", because it's simply the wrong term.

Now stop trying to turn this into a moral debate when it is not. I don't understand why you're trying to paint us as romantic elitists when in reality all we're doing is trying to adhere to proper terminology. The word "waifu" won't mean much of anything if it loses the singular clause. I'd be glad to explain why the slippery slope fallacy doesn't apply here, but I don't imagine you want to read much more of a text wall in this one post.

>>61007643

What matters is that you're enjoying the time spent with your waifu, why care about how others handle it?

>>61007590
I-i'm not good at this. I could explain this to you in a chat, calmly, but i can't list what i like of her like this also because i'm afraid of opinions ;_;

This thread is a nightmare, as is all waifu troll threads, so I'm just going to answer the question in the OP then go back to watching.

But to answer the thread question,before I played Persona 3, I used to treat waifus like a joke, claiming for instance "Roll is so cute, she's mai waifu", like /a/ says waifus were treated. However, by the end of Chihiro's social link, I figured out the true meaning of the word for myself, and knew she was the one.

Been with her ever since. I don't believe I switched because I didn't know the true meaning of the word. I have been tempted with other girls like Osaka, Yui, Mami, and Rin, but by the end of the day, I know that Chihiro is the only girl I'll ever need.

>>61007609
Dammit Komeiji accept my Steam invite. newmatty112

I've had crushes, but I don't have someone I can call a waifu. Asuka is the closest that can come to that in my mind. I have posters of her hanging on my walls, I'm getting a figurine, and I have Eva box set. I haven't done this for any other character. She's not my waifu, she's just a character I really admire and love.

>>61007292
I don't really think that somebody can love five different characters equally, all the point of deep love that people have for a waifu, but that's something else and not really related to the argument. Plus in the end it just comes down to OPINIONS, anyways. You can't really quantify and judge the level of somebody's love reliably.

And I do think that there should be a set of fundamental rules in place for a waifu. People can love whatever they want, but a waifu is something else. There's a definition behind it and it can be explained. Just like I don't consider it possible to have multiple waifus, I wouldn't consider somebody having a waifu if they look at doujins of them being raped and hurt. Maybe they love the character in some twisted way, but it's not really a waifu and I don't like people using that word to describe them. A waifu is PURE rabu towards a single character.

>>61007351
Yeah, but the same goes for any waifu thread. A lot of people from other boards come into them as a way to try and fit in with the board and have fun while not giving a shit about the waifu at all. Can't be helped, but there's still a lot of people in these images and threads that DO care. And they're the only ones that should be paid attention.

>>61007609
>Right, but are they changing her to have traits that directly conflict with her existing personality?
Chances are if they had to do that they would have picked a different character.

But even if they did, it's neither your nor my fucking business. It's their fantasy.

And if their fantasy involves a nymphomaniac Azusa who hungers for black cocks and has aids, then that's what their ideal relationship looks like.

The point I'm trying to make is: you can't but arbitrarily draw the line. Everyone has his own idea of what his favourite character is like, and while practically they may all be similar to a certain degree, there's hardly any way to properly quantify it, so this "no changes at all" rule doesn't work practically because a fully objective version of the character's personality we could use as reference doesn't exist.

In the end you can only let people do as they please.

>>61007617
I didn't make that video and never claimed I did. I haven't even watched it yet.

>I just don't understand how you can love someone for how you can abuse or mistreat them.
I don't get it either, but perhaps there's someone out there who rolls that way. I just used extreme examples to make a point.

>>61007738
Fuck no.
SHIN flip flops every goddamn season

>>61007961
>And I do think that there should be a set of fundamental rules in place for a waifu.

That's absolutely stupid. Everyone handles love differently.

For fucks sake sometimes I am ashamed to be associated with you guys.

Only faggots do that.

>>61008006
I think he should just get a divorce. He obviously isn't fit for that kind of commitment.

>>61007790
That's... fine. I understand you might be nervous about describing your feelings on here due to those who would mock you for them. I'm not one to judge though, and I find it quite adorable when people talk about describing love for their waifu

>>61008033
Who the fuck is that red girl

>>61008075
Kurame from Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~

>>61007991

>I didn't make that video and never claimed I did. I haven't even watched it yet.
Well shit. you make the EXACT same arguments as him. Watch it.

>And if their fantasy involves a nymphomaniac Azusa who hungers for black cocks and has aids, then that's what their ideal relationship looks like.
But then that's NOT Azusa. The point of finding a waifu is because you love them for who they are, not for who you create them to be. This would completely undermine the point of searching for and falling in love with a waifu. If you want that then just create a character in your mind and draw it down.

>>60999999

>>61008124
Ah, thanks, I completely forgot about that thing

>>61007543
That isn't really changing her as a character, it's changing a part of her lifestyle, which isn't really the same thing. It's like if I imagined Azusa together with me if she never joined the LMC and went to a public school instead. It's still her in the end.

>>61007787
Alright, I agree with you on the part where people are misinterpreting the word "waifu", but there is no other terminology (that I know of) that would be used to describe "multiple waifus" or "a harem of waifus", so to speak. Now, with the "best friends" thing, people always throw around terms like that. Is there a word for "close friend" without meaning "close friend"? I don't believe so, I'm applying this towards the "multiple waifu" part of this earlier.

And, again, my apologies, I did not mean for this to turn into a moral debate, I'm merely voicing my opinion. I'm not trying to pin you as a romantic elitist, but honestly, laying down rules is a kind of rude thing to do. If there were a word or "multiple characters you "love" equally", I would gladly see that word thrown around, then seeing the word waifu bastardized even further.

And in all honesty, I do not mind reading walls of text. If you're willing to type it all, it must be worth reading.

>>61007961
Again, this is a matter of opinion. People have different view points on love. (Like you said) Fundamental rules however, are a bit absurd. (However I wouldn't mind that anti-doujin idea enacted upon - I hate that)

Sorry for my walls of text, by the way.

>>61007991
The general rule of thumb as far as character interpretation goes is that it can't directly contradict canon and it's bad form to extrapolate things that you can't back up with evidence from canon. For example, you can't say that Azusa is black, because she is not. You can say that she's a nymphomaniac, but that is not heavily supported in canon (hell, I don't think it's even slightly supported in canon) so it's considered bad form. To paraphrase a webcomic artist, if you don't like the character without changing them first, why do you say you're a fan of the character?

>>61008209
Also, on that absurdity on fundamental rules. People are free to love how they want. If they are abusive, it is a shame, and it really does pain me to see characters treated that way. (People who fap to doujins, or cheat on their "true" waifu)

People are raised differently. People treat women in different ways, is it unfortunate? (sometimes yes) But still, laying down ground rules is a bit extreme.

Anyway, if you don't want to reply to my repetitive babbling, feel free not to.

I've had the same waifu since 2003.

>>61003647
It will never happen.
But he would be a man of excellent taste.

>>61008154
>But then that's NOT Azusa.
Perhaps to someone it is. Perhaps he imagined Azusa's parents to have died, her meeting the wrong friends, and ending up like that. I'm certain if we asked ShindouL he could come up with something.

My point was that due to the fact that everyone has his own impression of each character he views and there being no objective version of a character we can't really quantify the degree of deviation.

Slight changes to her character are just as good or bad as large changes since we cannot distinguish between them non-arbitrarily and based on our own point of view.

Thus the "canon only" rule cannot be a global standard.

>>61008187
It's still an extrapolation. Based on how you view her, you can derive how she would act in a certain situation. But that may still differ from how others would see her in the given situation.

If someone says azusa is their waifu and then goes on to call her a cock gobbler then I have a hard time taking that person seriously, because that's not how Azusa is depicted.

They're free to do as they want but nobody is going to take a 'waifufag' seriously who skews the character to unrealistic levels. Yes I'm aware we're talking about 2D characters, but there is inverted pride in having a 'waifu', if you're crazy enough to really say you love a 2D character then you have to really run with it and be dedicated to her.

Most 'waifufags' see others like them to be the only ones who understand them, they don't take lightly to people frolicking with a range of waifus and changing 'the rules'

Frankly, I don't even care when people belittle the word waifu, because I never used to associate my love for Peach with that word until September of last year. It also amuses me when people attempt to troll by saying "lol ur taking a meme srsly", when I loved her for six years before I knew it was a "meme".

>>61008493
>If someone says azusa is their waifu and then goes on to call her a cock gobbler then I have a hard time taking that person seriously, because that's not how Azusa is depicted.

Azusa ain't my waifu, but I just like to make fun of things I love. Doesn't mean I love them any less.

This is what I mean when I say you guys need to stop taking everything so seriously.

>>61008530

Exactly how I feel about 'waifuism' I prefer '2D Love', I only use the word so people know what I'm talking about.

>>61007991
Except that Azusa isn't a nympho in any way and there's nothing to support that. If anything, there's only evidence to the contrary. If somebody treated Azusa as a slut in their imagination then I would tell them that they don't like Azusa and should stay the fuck away from her and find somebody else that fits what they like. It's not her and they shouldn't treat it as such.

Now, I don't have any problem as long as what they imagine fits in line with the character. As long as they love them for who they are, there's no problem. Modifying aspects of their character and personality to what you personally find convenient or palatable is not okay, but there isn't anything wrong with imagining how she would react to certain situations. You don't know exactly how she would react to each and every situation but extrapolation should at least give you a basic idea of what they would be like. I don't know every intricate detail of how Azusa would act in a relationship because it's never been given detail in the canon, but I can at least form a basic idea based on the way she acts around Yui.

I have 3 waifus, 1 husbando, and 2 concubines.

>>61008493
>If someone says azusa is their waifu and then goes on to call her a cock gobbler then I have a hard time taking that person seriously
And yet his love may be as real as yours. The idea alone that someone's love would have to be taken seriously proves that the whole waifu thing isn't exclusively something personal any more, but also something one prides himself with on the board.

I've even seen people rate waifus based on how "entry-level" they were.

>>61008586
I prefer the term "love", especially considering my waifu isn't even exclusively 2D in the traditional sense.

>>61008608
>and should stay the fuck away from her
Wait, how can you say to someone to stay away from a character in his mind?

>>61008608
>Modifying aspects of their character and personality to what you personally find convenient or palatable is not okay
Why not?
Would you be okay with it, if they said my waifu is AzusaS[lut]M[odification]3.0a?

>>61008566

We're people who love 2D characters. Of course it's srs business, it comes with the territory I guess.

I am going to be so happy when this stupid wifeuu crap finally blows over. I mean, shit like "shin" is fun in retrospect...but only in retrospect.

>>61008586

I actually prefer using real world terms like "wife" and "husband". Using something like "waifu" makes me feel like I'm degrading my love to something purely fictional.

>>61008726
I enjoy talking about my waifu on /a/, but I wouldn't mind if all the trolling, reverse trolling, and buttdevastation was gone.

>>61008209
Okay, then. Let's start with the easy part. A character in a harem is a haremite. Done. There's a term for it now. Or would concubaino work better? Whatever, doesn't matter for me.

As for the slippery slope part:
Premises:
1. Waifu no longer refers to a single girl.
2. No two girls are alike, and thus cannot be loved in the exact same fashion.
3. There is no way to judge and compare different loves in a quantitative fashion. This means two things: you cannot say that two loves are not equal, and you cannot say two loves are equal.
Argument:
1. From premise 2, we see that the love of the girls in a harem cannot be directly described as equivalent. They may share the same weight, but since they are not expressed in the same way, they are not equivalent.
2. From 1 and premise 3, we can see that we cannot correctly determine that a person loves all the members of his harem equally.
3. From 2, we can see that a slippery slope has been established. With no way of telling whether a haremfag has equal love for each member of his harem, we cannot hold any haremfag to any standards of love. Thus, there is no sharp divide between a haremfag who loves several waifus with all his heart and a haremfag who thinks a group of girls are all cool. The only separation is in degree, which is a defining feature of the slippery slope. QED

To compare, there is no slippery slope for the exclusive definition of the waifu, because it has a sharp divide built into it: either she is the one girl who you feel a closeness to like none other, or she is not. We can't compare the love of waifufags either, but we can also say that the definition of the waifu is reasonably rigorous and will resist degradation over time.

>>61008656
>>61008710

Love is accepting someone as they are, not changing them. Even the 3D world will tell you that.