Hentai

From Wikipedia: Hentai (変態 or へんたい, Hentai?) listen (help·info) is a Japanese word that means "abnormality" or "metamorphosis". However, in slang situations it often means "perverted" and is subsequently used in many other countries to refer to anime, manga and computer games with explicit sexual or pornographic content (see Japanese pornography). The word is never used this way in Japanese; commonly used terms include "jū hachi kin" (18禁; prohibited for sale to persons under 18), "ecchi/H anime" (sexual/pornographic anime), the prefix "ero-" (derived from "erotic"), or "seinen" (成年; adult, not to be confused with 青年 young adult).

The term "hentai" is commonly used (outside of Japan) to refer to pornographic animation in general that is not necessarily anime or manga. This is most often the case if the said animation is an imitation of a pre-existing cartoon or character (e.g. Princess Jasmine hentai).

I'm not a big fan of Pornography, I believe it helps divide man and woman even more, making man think of woman not as an equal but an object.

To the Japanese, it appears Pornography is art.

Hentai apparently existed as far back as the 19th century. Take a peek if you'd dare

The first time I encountered hentai was when I discovered Uncle Yamasan's books. Uncle Yamasan was a quiet japanese man who was around the same age of my father.

He lived in our house for a short time, while he and my father were business partners. He was either teaching us origami or reading his soft bound books quietly, one part of the book rolled up in his hand.

One day I peeked in his book, though I couldnt understand the text. I discovered his book had few pictures, so I scanned the book for all its illustrations. I found one picture of three girls (all dressed in skimpy underwear) each armed with hoses around one skinny boy (in a pair of briefs I've only seen Sumo Wrestlers wear so far). I asked what the book was about and Uncle Yamasan, trying not to spur my curiousity, told me it was about 3 girls who liked the same boy, making the boy confused on who to choose. When uncle Yamasan went back to Japan, he sent me a set of Sailormoon manga (Raushan got Turbo Rangers).

Pornography has literally "left little to the imagination", that perverts are seeking newer forms of pornography. Enter hentai, a reflection of the Japanese tendency to hold nothing sacred for the sake of their surrealism.

I've browsed through an XXXholic manga I found open in national Bookstore a couple of months back, and I found a parade of gigantic floating fishes with lanterns and a couple more obscure creatures. In the midst of it all was a pretty witch who seems to have Dominatrix tendencies.

We are in the millenium where everything is questioned, ideals are interloped and folded into each other, and nothing is sacred. Hentai is fast becoming a new art form and my only hope is that I look far too human to be mistaken for an anime fantasy by some sick male pervert.

You must take note that I used "male". I do look at hentai, therefore I am a perv myself. Hehehe.