Citations:dakimakura
English citations of dakimakura
Noun: "a type of long body-length pillow originating in Japan, which can be embraced or wrapped around one's body while sleeping"
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- 2004, Chris Kohler, "Getting in Bed With the Customer", Wired, 6 February 2004:
- These character-print dakimakura came into existence in the late '90s as a way for animé fans to get up close and personal with their cartoon sweethearts.
- 2010, Gerald Figal, "Monstrous Media and Delusional Consumption in Kon Satoshi's Paranoia Agent", in Fanthropologies, Volume 5 (ed. Frenchy Lunning), University of Minnesota Press (2010), →ISBN, page 146:
- After the fourth iteration the camera zooms out as in the opening sequence, but this time to reveal the scene running on a laptop next to a Maromi dakimakura in a darkened workroom without workers—two desks have vases with a cut flower, apparently commemorating the deaths of their previous occupants.
- 2010, "Man Weds Cushion", Daily Star (UK), 12 March 2010:
- Jin has fallen head over heels for a Japanese 'dakimakura' - or hugging pillow - showing a life sized cartoon of his favourite sexy anime cartoon character Fate Testarossa.
- 2012 March 20, Big Bad Bob [username], “[allegedly] stupidest girl on the planet (IMBO, gutless disclaimer)”, in alt.hacker[10] (Usenet):
- After all, there is NO need to enrich the family law attorneys or the cottage industry that has grown around 'family court', ESPECIALLY in CALIFORNIA! No amount of loneliness can be 'cured' by one of THEM. You're better off with a dakimakura.