Why we like hentai

Q: Why do we love hentai?!

A: Because there's absolutely no reason to hate it!!!

Dude, word man, word. That was so awesomely put, I'll +rep you.

As in the previous forum when this topic was brought up by a guy quite disgruntled with hentai, hentai and anime themselves are for people to have fun, pleasure, and escape in. They provide situations and characters that the audience can relate to and take in pleasure the things they could never do themselves. Fucking your schoolmate, your sister, a widow, your mom, your girl of your dreams, your sex slave are things that most people can never dream of or even visualize it. Hentai does that well and brings out the carnal desire of humanity by putting it in an audio and visual format. That entire concept is called “escapism” and I won’t delve much into that either because anyone can look that up and everyone here has more or less beat that concept to the ground. Now that might just be saying, "You're friggin loser who needs to find a woman and live in reality," but that can also apply to those who watch anime. People ask all the time, "Why do you watch anime? It’s so pointless.” And one might respond in a manner as such, “Why do you watch sports? Why do you watch soap operas or prime-time reality talk shows?” I can’t answer that question adequately, but what I’ll say is that they are a medium for people to put their attention and focus and literally “get lost in” because they maintain a sense of reality but altered for the audience viewing pleasure.

Viewing pleasure. That’s what it’s all about, and for hentai, it’s for those who like sex and focuses on the lustful/erotic aspects of anime that’s not for little kids. Since it's anime, people like it for its plot development and character maturation, and the art that comes with it. (What makes anime/hentai so special is its art form besides from other factors.) Real hentai follows anime format, climaxed with the sex scene at the end or all throughout. I personally like hentai with well-driven plots, not just some crap that has bad character/plot development and random sex all over the place. Hentai is really a different genre of anime except it has adult elements. Music is sometimes a welcome plus in hentai, and is really critical for anime to employ.

Same thing goes for doujinshis/h-mangas; people want to see the main characters of whatever manga or anime get it on. Why? Because sex is great, the characters are doing things that they wouldn't do in the regular series, (the taboo makes people want to break the taboo) and when they do it, it means that they have achieved each other's trust and love to do something so intimate. (I'm a romantic, so sue me.) A lot of the doujinshi I read has situations along those lines, not necessarily from any canon series. Also, since people like these mentally developing, well-drawn characters and the plot that follows them, it is just so easy to slip in a sex scene and BAM, it's fappin time.

The big separator between Japanese style of cartoons (manga/anime/hentai) and American style is the fact that Japanese people like to see the characters grow in maturity and overcome obstacles to achieve that goal; for the most part, they actually have a finite end compared to American cartoons. (X-Men it never fucking ends) Hentai has that closure (at least some of them) that porn doesn't offer, (ever heard of the term "mindless sex?") and what it really is is anime with a sex factor added to it.

If anyone reads this, I'll be impressed. A lot of this was taken from my old posts in a previous forum. Howz this for an explanation why people like hentai? The key point I stress is that people who like anime with a little bit of libido will like hentai.

@Seph - Mad thanks for taking your time to read it, and I appreciate your +rep. (I'll +rep you when I get more posts in. I've already used the rep function recently.) I took a lot of time to just sit down and analyze the reasons why people like hentai and type it out. However, in my ruminations, I realized that hentai runs along the same lines as anime in certain aspects, which is why I stress that people who like anime and has a healthy sex drive will enjoy hentai.

Because someone can draw my favorite characters naked.

I wish really life was that easy.