Many who begin to get acquainted with manga and anime via electronic networks are wondering: "What is hentai?" And by the way, in most cases this is a visiting card of this genre of art. Anyone who tried to ponder what hentai mistakenly comes to the conclusion that in the anime, besides huge genitals and various degrees of nakedness, there is nothing. This is by no means the case. Nevertheless, hentai is often found in manga and anime. So, perhaps, let's dwell on what hentai is.
The word "hentai" is translated from Japanese as "perverted" and correctly pronounced "hentai", however, the pronunciation "hentai" is often used in everyday life. In general, this word has several meanings, but outside of Japan it is customary to understand it as "drawn eroticism and pornography."
Despite the fact that in Japanese the word "hentai" is used as an adjective, in Russian it appears as a masculine noun. Hence the corresponding adjective "hentai".
The origins of hentai
Since ancient times, erotic drawings and prints were present in the history of Japanese art . The first drawings on the wall that came to us from the middle of the first millennium AD had a distinct sexual content. Some of them were drawn from mischief, others were focused in connection with religious goals. It has long been no secret that ancient "phallic cults" still take place in this country, taking ritual images of the phalluses, the male genital organs, as rituals.
Hentai Species
The main consumers of this type of art are teenagers and people under 30-35 years old. Teenage hentai manga focuses on high school students and students. Her characters are also schoolchildren and students who experience first love and all the difficulties of the transition period, who take the first steps on the path to understanding the world. More anime and computer games are created on this subject.
Hentai manga for adults is much simpler and more utilitarian. There are no special ideas in it, no problems are discussed, the goal of this type of manga and anime is to simply deliver sexual pleasure. The graphics of this style are very different from teenage issues: here faces are distorted by anger or passion, women are often ugly.
In addition to the "standard" types of sex, sadomasochism, fetishism, and homosexuality are also very popular in hentai.
Very interesting is the fact that hentai is often portrayed with demons - mythical creatures. Usually the plot is as follows: some demon rapes a young and inexperienced girl, while he shares some power with her.
In addition to hentai manga and anime, they also produce artbooks, cosplay clothes, calendars, posters, plastic figures and other goods. Hentai figures that portray anime and manga characters are incredibly popular in Japan and beyond. Although, however, otaku (this is a person who is obsessed with this type of art) also collects figurines, toys and in general everything that is at least somehow connected with the subject of his passion.
And you can argue what hentai is for a very long time, because each of us will have his own definition.