Okay before you think I'm here to complain - I AM NOT. Basically my FIRST exposure to anime was surprise, surprise La Blue Girl more then two decade agos...like back in the nineties. I loved it, I was just a teenager and it..hmmm, planted a seed in my head hehe.
Since then I've been around the hentai community for a long time lurking, writing my own stories and artwork about heroines bad ends....so I get it. Yet my stories have always been seeing the heroine succumb to pleasure undeniable ...corruption if you will. Its also the type of eroge I enjoy, yet I've never had such a fantasy in real life. Even tying up my girlfriend once was more for her benefit then mine...go figure! She bought the soft rope!
Yet so much of hentai focuses on the rape or "forced" aspect, its not just anime but almost dare I say - part of some kinda Japanese sexual culture. I mean just look at the sheer amount of doujin or CG released with this theme too!
Now I've been to Japan and thought I never saw it direct, soon after I DID see the movie Lost in Translation with Bill Murray that felt very familiar to anybody thats been to japan (I even stayed in the same hotel!) and there is this scene that...speaks volumes about what I mean. As if rape culture is not only part of their culture but dare I say sexually desired in play between couples....yet not.
Just watch the clip, its very funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPQ6VQzuyxU
So taking that into account and the SHEER amount of anime hentai released WITH rape themes in them, I suddenly wondered WHY to myself. You don't see this in any other culture of erotica (from Europe to the US) - at least not to such an extent. The few studio's that do film porn with rape in it (obviously pretend) are VERY niche and even online stories, which are everywhere are far from popular (incest, next to wife sharing/watching holds that award).
Again I'm not complaining, I'm not here to be judgmental or defend it - I'm just curious as to WHY this exists to the extent it does in Japan. Its not just their anime hentai, you see it in all types of media and yes, the youtube clip is funny it also DOES speak to something of their culture in some odd way.
I felt this is THE community to discuss such a topic and I'd love to hear others thoughts on why this is or your opinions!
Since then I've been around the hentai community for a long time lurking, writing my own stories and artwork about heroines bad ends....so I get it. Yet my stories have always been seeing the heroine succumb to pleasure undeniable ...corruption if you will. Its also the type of eroge I enjoy, yet I've never had such a fantasy in real life. Even tying up my girlfriend once was more for her benefit then mine...go figure! She bought the soft rope!
Yet so much of hentai focuses on the rape or "forced" aspect, its not just anime but almost dare I say - part of some kinda Japanese sexual culture. I mean just look at the sheer amount of doujin or CG released with this theme too!
Now I've been to Japan and thought I never saw it direct, soon after I DID see the movie Lost in Translation with Bill Murray that felt very familiar to anybody thats been to japan (I even stayed in the same hotel!) and there is this scene that...speaks volumes about what I mean. As if rape culture is not only part of their culture but dare I say sexually desired in play between couples....yet not.
Just watch the clip, its very funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPQ6VQzuyxU
So taking that into account and the SHEER amount of anime hentai released WITH rape themes in them, I suddenly wondered WHY to myself. You don't see this in any other culture of erotica (from Europe to the US) - at least not to such an extent. The few studio's that do film porn with rape in it (obviously pretend) are VERY niche and even online stories, which are everywhere are far from popular (incest, next to wife sharing/watching holds that award).
Again I'm not complaining, I'm not here to be judgmental or defend it - I'm just curious as to WHY this exists to the extent it does in Japan. Its not just their anime hentai, you see it in all types of media and yes, the youtube clip is funny it also DOES speak to something of their culture in some odd way.
I felt this is THE community to discuss such a topic and I'd love to hear others thoughts on why this is or your opinions!