You can also see some waifu owners sharing their experiences in forums, blogs, memes, and videos. The Internet increased its popularity and this can be seen on photo sharing sites like Instagram, Pinterest, and Flickr. It’s quite common to see ‘Otaku Dates‘ for guys with their waifu. Users and waifu owners often share their waifu pillow online.

Women also opt for male anime body pillow or also called ‘husbando pillow‘. Some women may also like female anime characters, though the prints are not nude. Although, there are few lesbians or even women who also like waifu pillows. Throughout the years, the hug pillows started to intertwine with the popularity of Japanese anime and manga comics, with demands for large size printed images of its characters. Eventually, the body pillows developed as a security object for many young Japanese men. Long pillows started to become a favorite by Japanese youth at this time. The history of waifu goes back around the 80’s and 90’s, with the advent of life-size merchandises of animal stuffed toys and characters. Two frontal nude images of Yuel, both sides. Pillowcase Size: 150cm x 50cm ( or 59 inch x 19.6 inch)įrontal and back nude image of Zero Two. Double-Sided High quality image printed in finest ink 100% Real Peach skin Texture, with Covered Zipper. Smooth silk 100% Peach Skin fabric.įrontal nude image of Re:Zero Rem. With sexy frontal and back of Super Mario Bros Bowsette. GB Arts Konosuba Darkness Torn2 Uncensored Double-Sided High quality image printed with the finest ink. The pillow is not necessarily a sex toy, though it has since evolved in its sexually graphic prints of female characters from Japanese video games, anime, and manga comics.ġ00% Real Peach skin Texture. It’s quite close to the popularity of sex dolls which are commonly used as a substitute for wife or girlfriend. This is some sort of fetish for Japanese men. In direct English translation, waifu means wife so the whole term suggests that it means “wife pillow”. Waifu pillow springs from Japan’s hip and diverse Otaku culture which features body hugging pillows with large prints of female Japanese anime, manga, and video game characters.

If you’re as curious as me, we’re gonna find out in this article. I know you’re already saying… what the heck is waifu pillows? Perhaps you’re asking, what’s with these people holding body pillows with large color prints of anime characters.

You’ve seen some of it in photos and videos.

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