A new trend in China sees women hiring other women to go on dates with them dressed as their favourite male video game characters. Eighteen-year-old cosplayer Xu Yunting met 19-year-old Feng Xinyu for a whole day of activities, with Xu dressed as Jesse from "Light and Night". This is the third time these women have had such an encounter.
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00:22I'm not really interested in three-dimensional men.
00:27I prefer the characters in the anime.
00:30They are more attractive to me.
00:46In psychology, people have a very, very important need.
00:50Why do we need intimacy?
00:52One of the very important needs is that I want to be seen.
00:55Although this is a paid project,
00:58it still gives me a feeling of being seen.
01:01In fact, it has a certain healing effect.
01:03I feel very harmonious.
01:18It's like a character.
01:20It feels like we're a couple every day.
01:33The boys in the game are all high-intensity men.
01:43Through understanding these games,
01:45I think they can improve themselves in real life.
01:49Some of the requirements for men,
01:52I think they are low-intensity men.
01:57Before starting a relationship,
01:59you may be looking for a replacement.
02:01I can have no conflict in this relationship.
02:03I just need to pay for it.
02:05It still gives me a feeling of being seen.
02:07So this may be one of the reasons
02:09why two-dimensional men are more popular.
02:12In my personal opinion,
02:15I don't think it's a form of intimacy.