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May 21, 2022 9:09 AM
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It's understandable if you already read both and want to read more titles. However, some people I've seen read Ecchi but refuse to read hentai, or prefer Ecchi over hentai.
Why is this the case? What do you find more appealing in Ecchi that Hentai lacks?
DeagoMay 21, 2022 7:18 PM
May 21, 2022 9:12 AM
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I always assumed if you like anime/manga in general, you like hentai tbh. Doujins are where it is at.
May 21, 2022 11:15 PM
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as an ecchi reader who doesn't read hentai ...


reading hentai frankly just makes me uncomfortable .. and the story's behind the sex crave are usually basic af
May 21, 2022 11:20 PM
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maybe because they don't want to get too horny, so they only read ecchi instead of hentai
May 22, 2022 5:20 AM
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Never made much sense to me either. Like, you already are reading sth horny, what are you afraid of? Becoming hornier?
May 22, 2022 5:36 AM
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MizuDLuffy said:
maybe because they don't want to get too horny, so they only read ecchi instead of hentai

Too horny? Are we talking about anime fans here or catholic nuns?
May 22, 2022 5:53 AM
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Maybe they don't like hentai art with disproportionate jelly like bodies and other disgusting stuff. Maybe they want to self insert in the story.
May 22, 2022 7:29 AM
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I normally don't read a lot of ecchi anyway but I sometimes enjoy reading it a little.
The reason I don't read hentai is because I find sex gross.
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May 22, 2022 1:50 PM
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Because sex actually happens in those titles.

Given the sheer amount of titles with “ship-tease” where nothing, not even handholding comes of it, together with some of the reactions on that sex actually did happen in Love is War, I've come to conclude a rather large portion of readers somehow does not want it to actually happen.
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May 22, 2022 2:41 PM
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Because hentai is outright pornography and ecchi is still more standard anime/manga that have a lot of sexualization. With ecchi you can still find it funny, get attached to characters, find fights cool, whatever. These elements exist in the series as more than setpieces. Hentai/pornography is more straight to the point and tends to go farther, but that also means there's less to interact with outside of straight up fap material. Sex appeal isn't an absolute, monolithic entity, and there's tons of different ways to both portray that and consume that. Differences in portrayal is why there's a distinction between ecchi and hentai in the first place, and why they're not treated as one in the same.

If you'd just think about this a bit more before running onto these forums and making this thread, you probably could've reached this conclusion yourself in just a couple of minutes. Since you didn't, I'm just going to have to assume you don't actually have much experience with reading either. This isn't some esoteric, hidden knowledge that I'm spouting off here, and this would be obvious if you'd just actually consume the content.
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May 22, 2022 3:25 PM

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ecchi is normally entertaining and hentai is just to fap, well maybe not those hentai that take themselves too seriously
May 22, 2022 3:45 PM

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Isn't ecchi just hentai but with a story.
May 22, 2022 6:26 PM

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atxt said:
Isn't ecchi just hentai but with a story.

Irrelevant. There are hentai with more actual plot than ecchi, and vice versa.
May 23, 2022 2:13 AM
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Deago said:
atxt said:
Isn't ecchi just hentai but with a story.

Irrelevant. There are hentai with more actual plot than ecchi, and vice versa.

If that were the case, they'd be rebranded as ecchi, much like Yosuga no Sora was. YnS has explicit, pornographic sex scenes, but the overwhelming majority of people won't sit through three episodes of character drama to get to a single sex scene. It has too much narrative to function as pure fap material.

So no. There aren't hentai with more plot than ecchi. If there were, they'd be rebranded as ecchi, or they *should* be rebranded as ecchi. Because this is literally the distinction - hentai is straight up pornography, whereas ecchi is standard anime/manga but features sexualization as a key component. You don't watch pornography for compelling character bullshit.
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May 23, 2022 7:13 AM

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probably just for boner pops since post nut clarity hits hard
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Manaban said:
So no. There aren't hentai with more plot than ecchi. If there were, they'd be rebranded as ecchi, or they *should* be rebranded as ecchi. Because this is literally the distinction - hentai is straight up pornography, whereas ecchi is standard anime/manga but features sexualization as a key component. You don't watch pornography for compelling character bullshit.

If someone wrote a porno with a developed story or characters, are you saying you would put it in the same category as Monogatari?
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May 23, 2022 7:23 AM
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These people only need the tease. They couldn't handle the hardcore stuff.

Btw, hentai >>> ecchi.
May 23, 2022 7:29 AM

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If 100s of sex scene are present in the story u get desensitized and detached after first few. But after seeing 100s of tease scene, if u get a borderline sex scene it more the enough satisfaction.

The formula ecchi uses is more tempting than hentai for long run. Even if most ecchi may end up disappointing people.

Ecchi is ur girlfriend or crush while hentai is ur wife. Self explainable anology
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Lucifrost said:
Manaban said:
So no. There aren't hentai with more plot than ecchi. If there were, they'd be rebranded as ecchi, or they *should* be rebranded as ecchi. Because this is literally the distinction - hentai is straight up pornography, whereas ecchi is standard anime/manga but features sexualization as a key component. You don't watch pornography for compelling character bullshit.

If someone wrote a porno with a developed story or characters, are you saying you would put it in the same category as Monogatari?
It's like differentiating between adult movies that are broadcast at night on TV and those adult movies that are only broadcast on porn sites.

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May 23, 2022 4:42 PM
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Lucifrost said:
Manaban said:
So no. There aren't hentai with more plot than ecchi. If there were, they'd be rebranded as ecchi, or they *should* be rebranded as ecchi. Because this is literally the distinction - hentai is straight up pornography, whereas ecchi is standard anime/manga but features sexualization as a key component. You don't watch pornography for compelling character bullshit.

If someone wrote a porno with a developed story or characters, are you saying you would put it in the same category as Monogatari?

No, because that implies that Monogatari is worthy enough to placed alongside series like To LOVE-Ru and Yosuga no Sora in the first place

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Ecchi is like a tease which makes it interesting to read more while reading Hentai its literally just sex, sex, sex; which in my opinion is very gross.
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Manaban said:
Lucifrost said:

If someone wrote a porno with a developed story or characters, are you saying you would put it in the same category as Monogatari?

No, because that implies that Monogatari is worthy enough to placed alongside series like To LOVE-Ru and Yosuga no Sora in the first place

I used Monogatari as an example because I've seen it. Do you not think it qualifies as ecchi? I don't mind if you replace it with another title if it means I get an answer to my question.
If someone wrote a porno with a developed story or characters, are you saying you would put it in the same category as High School DxD?
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May 23, 2022 8:57 PM

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From my experience, a lot of hentai is just super gross, which is unfortunate. I'm sure there are some good ones out there, but...
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Jun 3, 2022 6:50 PM
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rohan121 said:
I always assumed if you like anime/manga in general, you like hentai tbh. Doujins are where it is at.


… yeah I wouldn’t assume that lmfao
Jun 3, 2022 7:13 PM

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probably because they only like being teased with mildly erotic or borderline- hentai fanservice, since peak horny levels can be stressful to cope with if the hormones are wilding. but anyway, to each their own. some just don't enjoy it
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Deago said:
atxt said:
Isn't ecchi just hentai but with a story.

Irrelevant. There are hentai with more actual plot than ecchi, and vice versa.


Yeah unfortunately some hentai forget their purpose of being fap material and try to have a pseudo-story that wastes most of the pages. It's always quite disappointing when I encounter one of those :/.

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Manaban said:

No, because that implies that Monogatari is worthy enough to placed alongside series like To LOVE-Ru and Yosuga no Sora in the first place

I used Monogatari as an example because I've seen it. Do you not think it qualifies as ecchi? I don't mind if you replace it with another title if it means I get an answer to my question.
If someone wrote a porno with a developed story or characters, are you saying you would put it in the same category as High School DxD?


Lmao, if you think using DxD as the example will trigger him any less than Monogatari you must not know Mana very well :>.
Those are like his two most hated "ecchi" anime (alongside Food Wars).

Try Magipoka or Sankarea, that way you might get the answer you seek ^^.
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Lmao, if you think using DxD as the example will trigger him any less than Monogatari you must not know Mana very well :>.
Those are like his two most hated "ecchi" anime (alongside Food Wars).

I know he doesn't like DxD, but I've seen him acknowledge it as real ecchi regardless. My question was not meant to be one of the anime's quality.
As for Monogatari, I thought he only hated the fans. I remember seeing a Monogatari character in his favorites long ago: The same one I used to have in my favorites!

I didn't want to use To LOVE-Ru as my example because it doesn't purport to have a real story. I've never heard of Magipoka.

Alas, I have yet to hear Manaban's enlightened opinion on "porn with plot."
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Jun 13, 2022 9:00 PM

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Ecchi readers do read hentai. They just don't want to admit to having a porn addiction
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I am not in to specifacly ecchi, but i read some ecchi. Reading hentai though ? I have some hentai manga but i never read them... i just skip skip and fap to the sex scenes and that's it. Who reads a hentai from start to finish anyway ?!?!? there is no meat to the story, they are just for fap. xD

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