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Jan 22, 2022 8:01 AM
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What's the point of ecchi when porn and hentai exist?
It's like watching a hentai without a hentai part it just doesn't make sense.
It would be far better if instead of low effort fap material we can adaptation of good mangas like Vagabond.
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Jan 22, 2022 8:03 AM
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ecchi is soft porn whereas hentai is hardcore porn

its the same concept as real life pornography industry
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Jan 22, 2022 8:03 AM
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some like soft porn more believe it or not

but i wish there are more anime that have hentai counterparts only Princess Lover OVA got that treatment i think
Jan 22, 2022 8:19 AM
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i like ecchi and i dont like hentai..
Jan 22, 2022 8:21 AM
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I'll let you know I watched Interspecies reviewers, and gave it a 10/10 for it's comedy.
It just happens to be ecchi.

Hentai (and bad ecchi) has it's focus on the less important thing.
Jan 22, 2022 8:22 AM
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Because ecchi can be referenced for sexual themes and often works as a comedic device, especially since it tunes well with relative genres like harem. At best, it's just intended for fan service and it doesn't solely involve around the concept of sex, unlike hentai.

Also, there's a difference in the degree of sexual content between ecchi and hentai. A good basis would be the explicitness. Ecchi is erotic, sexy and mostly suggestive while hentai is as you said, porn.
Jan 22, 2022 8:26 AM
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Gazerbr said:
What's the point of ecchi when porn and hentai exist?
It's like watching a hentai without a hentai part it just doesn't make sense.
It would be far better if instead of low effort fap material we can adaptation of good mangas like Vagabond.



Have you watched Hentai? I'm just genuinely curious. There's plenty of hentai without "hentai parts" that focus more so on plot. Also ecchi isn't low-effort fap material, it's not fap material plain and simple. It's tease-bait. And just because you have ecchi as a tag, doesn't mean you can't have a good narrative. Monogatari, of course being the shining example. There's plenty of hentai out there btw that aren't "fap material," like Hachishaku-sama.
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Jan 22, 2022 8:27 AM
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Big fat voluptuous round anime tiddies are more seductive when we couldn't take a peak, or touch.

'Sample, do not touch.' Have heard that a lot...
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Big, Fat, Voluptuous, Round Anime Tiddies
Jan 22, 2022 8:28 AM

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I'll let you know I watched Interspecies reviewers, and gave it a 10/10 for it's comedy.
It just happens to be ecchi.

Hentai (and bad ecchi) has it's focus on the less important thing.



Oh no, I pray your account doesn't get banned, lol. When Interspecies reviewers first came out, memers globally gave it 10/10s (despite what they think about the show) and MAL started terminating accounts with it as a 10/10. I'd bump it down to a 9, just to be on the safe side.
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Jan 22, 2022 8:28 AM

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This question is pretty similar to 'why do people subscribe to Onlyfans when free porn exists." Because they find it hot!
I can't exactly tell why because I am not one of them.
Jan 22, 2022 8:29 AM

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Badonkers said:
Big, Fat, Voluptuous, Round Anime Tiddies


Preach that Monogatari order! Preach it!
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Jan 22, 2022 8:31 AM

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Because we don't always like nudity per se. We also like the spice.
Jan 22, 2022 8:34 AM

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JaniSIr said:
I'll let you know I watched Interspecies reviewers, and gave it a 10/10 for it's comedy.
It just happens to be ecchi.

Hentai (and bad ecchi) has it's focus on the less important thing.

this take on interspecies reviewers is fucking wild, I can’t even be mad about it

Jan 22, 2022 8:41 AM

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Why would you censor ecchi from anime and only leave full hentai? That would just make the medium as a whole less vibrant if the only media that haven't been sanitized of anything provocative are full blown porn.

An analogy I like to use is beer and vodka. Why is beer a thing when vodka exists? Drug wise they serve the same purpose and beer does a worse job of it, and yet beer is still very popular around the world.

Not everyone wants the most concentrated version of something. People who are perpetually horny want to see a bit of erotic stuff in their regular dose of anime and so it makes sense to have ecchi contained in other anime. People don't generally go to ecchi to fap, it's more of a bonus.
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It's pretty much standard marketing. Sex sells. A normal series with an occassional boob or butt shot can still be aired on tv and reach a wider audience and will probably sell copies. Hentai can't air on tv and will not reach as wide of an audience.

A lot of movies do the same thing, they'll feature nudity and sex scenes but they aren't porn.
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Gazerbr said:
What's the point of ecchi when porn and hentai exist?

I can't fap to hentai. Ecchi is way better.
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Hot Waifus + Comedy + Fanservice what's not to like?
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Jan 22, 2022 8:58 AM
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Because it makes anime much better.
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What's the point of battle shounen when MMA and other combat sports exist?
Jan 22, 2022 9:01 AM

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Poor and immature argument. You act like porn in general doesn't have varying degrees, as well as kinks and fetishes. It's never just been all about sex lmao

Jan 22, 2022 9:10 AM

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What’s the point of these threads asking questions which were asked and answered infinite number of times on all possible websites
Jan 22, 2022 9:30 AM
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It's simply sexualization without the hardcore stuff that's present in hentai. It's obviously there for people who don't mind sexual content or humor. I mean, that type of content is typically aimed towards teens. But even then, there are some adults like me who don't mind it. I like that type of content and I don't see it as a distraction in my enjoyment of a show. But it's not for everyone. Simply put, if you don't like it, don't watch it. I don't really know what needs to be said more than that.
Jan 22, 2022 9:33 AM
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What’s the point of these threads asking questions which were asked and answered infinite number of times on all possible websites


I don't know to tell you honestly. It's the most worn-out topic in forum discussions. There's no real conversation other than people complaining about it and looking for others who support them in their dislike for it.
Jan 22, 2022 9:38 AM

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It's a genre that is aimed at an interested audience, as well as other genres (and not exactly demographics) for another audience.

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Jan 22, 2022 9:40 AM

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I mean, that type of content is typically aimed towards teens.

I've heard this point countless number of times and I still have no idea where this is coming from. Most sales in the anime industry used to come from merchandise and the ones who buy stuff like figurines and BD are adults. Moreover, if MAL is any indicator, most who complain about ecchi/fanservice are either female regardless of age or male teens.
Jan 22, 2022 11:36 AM
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Anime is male dominated. Men, in general, are visual creatures with an insatiable sex drive. When the average, straight (or bi) man sees a young woman dressed skimpy on the streets, he will, in his mind, pound her like there's no tomorrow and in many different positions. He will want her. He will have had sex with over 50% of college aged women he sees in his mind. Even a silhouette of a woman will be sexually arousing to him. Men will develop kinks. Some will honk at women while driving. Some will become sexually frustrated incels. Some will buy used women's underwear to masturbate with. The list goes on and on. Men will sexualize every aspect of femininity.

Now, you ask why does ecchi exist in anime? I say the answer is evident.
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I know this is a bait thread but this reminds me, I used to have an idea of setting up an alt where I'd roleplay as one of these people who make threads like "WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE FANSERVICE" and "WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH ECCHI" because of how ridiculous the questions sound tbh. Like, I really do feel like this could be hilarious if we execute it right.

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I really do feel like this could be hilarious if we execute it right.
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I totally unironically agree, the world needs more trolling sock puppets. Proceed with your plan, please.

Jan 22, 2022 3:19 PM
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Because hentai studios have really bad animation
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You're literally asking why do raunchy comedies and romances exist. Think about it. Anime and manga is only medium that gives this sort of thing it's own name but it exists everywhere in other mediums without a special term for it because sexuality is a natural part of being human and sexiness has long been used in film and TV shows to reel people in.
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Jan 22, 2022 3:34 PM

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to make the viewer horny.Simple answer
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Ah this plus the pirating argument equals bonafide troll

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Jan 22, 2022 4:24 PM
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Ah this plus the pirating argument equals bonafide troll

Touch some grass mfr


they are gone and watch the account become removed_user days later lol
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Because I like Big, Fat, Voluptuous, Round Anime Tiddies.

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To pander to horny teenage boys and/or pedophiles (if the characters are underage)
Jan 22, 2022 4:32 PM

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why do we look at a random girl's boobs when we can see bare boobs on pornhub?
Jan 22, 2022 4:37 PM
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I'm neutral to it, but my guess is that it's to convert 11 year olds into the more hardcore stuff. Everyone has to start somewhere.
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Well there's Go Nagai, he's the creator who introduced the genre.

https://myanimelist.net/people/2992/Go_Nagai


Either way you look at it, ecchi/erotica is art.
So it's subjective.
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Gazerbr said:
What's the point of ecchi when porn and hentai exist?
It's like watching a hentai without a hentai part it just doesn't make sense.
It would be far better if instead of low effort fap material we can adaptation of good mangas like Vagabond.


You seem to be under the impression that people watch these genres equally just to "fap" to which isn't the case.

Beyond most of the arguments already made above, it's safe to assume that the sole purpose of hentai and porn these days is strictly for the use of visual instantly sexual gratification, regardless of a need of a story or plot. Where as the "Ecchi" genre isn't generally made for this specific purpose.

This might be hard for you to believe but a majority of grown adults enjoy just watching film and TV that features nudity and sexual themes with out the need to simply just "fap" to it. Which is why "Ecchi" isn't considered extremely graphic sexual material. In fact most modern Animes these days are fusing "Ecchi" like fanservice in just normal Anime making this specific genre slowly disappearing.

As a modern example I would really find it hard to believe a majority of users on this forum would "fap" to a title like "Mushoku Tensei" just because it just barely cuts the line for an "ecchi" classification. There are many other examples I could list too dating back far beyond when most users on this forum were even born.
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For those who don't want to delve into the world of hentai, ecchi is great. Think of ecchi as anime that is erotic/sexy/suggestive and hentai as anime porn. Ecchi is anime but with sexual themes and isn't made for fapping purposes, while hentai is anime porn made for fapping purposes.
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Some people have a madonna–whore complex about fiction. Someone on /a/ pointed out this idea and it makes quite a bit of sense to me with how some people react.

It seems that a great deal of people either do not want explicit sex scenes or nudity in anything that has a plot, or believe that anything that has them can't have a good plot, and immediately judge that anything that does have them must be plotless.

This is also, seemingly, why many of the self-insert romance titles that cater to forevealones will also never even progress to as much as holding hands, as the audience for it seems to suffer greatly of this mentality.

It does not seem to be a problem in teens' love-esque titles, which often have very explicit sex scenes, but are also very plot-based.
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Ah this plus the pirating argument equals bonafide troll

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they are gone and watch the account become removed_user days later lol

I swear this has got to be the same user behind all these recent troll threads
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It's a genre that is aimed at an interested audience, as well as other genres (and not exactly demographics) for another audience.


By any chance could I ask for sauce of your picture?
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Rachiba said:
It's a genre that is aimed at an interested audience, as well as other genres (and not exactly demographics) for another audience.


By any chance could I ask for sauce of your picture?
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Because we like big boobies of course :D
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Erm, because people love erotica and shows like this are often viewed as more pure replacements for hentai. Why not?
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Thanks,btw is that picture from some anime or manga?
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Thanks,btw is that picture from some anime or manga?
It comes from a horror rpg game. It's called Ib.

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