Yuta Shinohara, dated a cockroach he purchased from Africa for a year, and he was so smitten he longed to have sex with her. He talks about his love for Lisa the cockroach at around the 11:11 mark.
Shinohara is making a name for himself as the creator of bug cuisine. He organizes insect-eating events in Japan with dishes that include a bug cocktail, insect pastries and ramen with crickets and mealworms.
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When he’s not in the kitchen though, Shinohara is happiest out in nature, and whenever he sleeps on his favourite tree, he describes it as heaven.
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His past love is Lisa, whom he purchased from Africa and dated for a year. He became so attached to her that he started to feel as if they were communicating, but it was destined to be a short romance due to her short life span.
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He did imagine having sex with her, picturing that she grew to his size or he would become as tiny as an insect.
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He ate her “with reverence” after she died, “So now Lisa lives in my heart and continues living as part of my body.”