The type of sex displayed in Japanese hentai materials can range from mild sexual titillation such as ecchi (soft-porn) to extreme sexual acts such as tentacle rape. They can also range in nature from straight sex to homosexual encounters between women (known as yuri) and men (yaoi). In Japanese the word hentai means ‘sexually perverse’ when applied to any media (it is a slur insult when applied to a person meaning ‘pervert’ or ‘weirdo’). Most hentai is published as mangas (comics) that have strong sexual themes and images as the main part of the storyline.
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