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Excuse me?

I can't edit my collections, the button is gone :(

The article that I responded too was pretty much garbage. It was just her venting her rage about SoulCalibur and dismissing people who might disagree with her. Clearly she resented the argument about freedom of speech when really that is a valid argument.

I still identify as a feminist. The thing is, I read this article once that criticised the saying: I'm for equality but I'm not a feminist. The article was clear to point out that such reasoning does exist because of the terrible state modern feminism is in, with blogs circling online demanding misandry in the name of feminism. But it also made it clear that if you stand by equality at all, then you should have no problem calling yourself a feminist. Otherwise you're a hypocrite (and there are few things I hate more than hypocrisy).



I totally agree with you about girl's expressions. I much more prefer vanilla with ahegao, rare as it might be. It just makes it feel more real, whereas tears just makes it feel too purified if you will.

I haven't received a reply to the email yet. Part of me wonders if she just erased it right after reading it.

I actually emailed one of their writers. She'd written an article complaining about SoulCalibur hiring Yamatogawa to design female characters, and I decided to email her and maybe start a conversation. But so far I haven't received a reply. I'll just put it on here because it contains some thoughts I do want to talk about:

Hi Sam!

So, I recently read your short article on The Mary Sue where you complained about Soucalibur hiring hentai artist Yamatogawa. Personally I don't care about that game, or gaming in general, so I don't mind your complaints. But I do take issue with you implying that Yamatogawa's work is misogynistic.

Don't worry, I'm not going to rant and hate here. The thing is just that: I'm a huge fan of hentai, and I'm also a feminist. So of course I prefer hentai that are more women-friendly, and I would disagree with David Ochart that it's difficult to find. In the case of Yamatogawa I find his stories to do a good job of portraying female characters with personality that enjoy sex, as opposed to simple fetish-toys. Sure not everything he's written is consensual, but his latest book is a collection of stories that are romantic as opposed to edgy (you can find more information about it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digitalmanga/vanilla-essence-a-heartwarming-erotic-manga-anthol/description).

Another thing I also want to talk about is: does hentai need to be sex-positive? Vanilla (heartwarming hentai) is currently the most popular genre by a wide margin. I used to think that was perfect, but now I'm not so sure. In the last year or so there have been many hentai-fans who have spoken up about their disdain for the vanilla-dominance and requested that publishers caters to more obscene fetishes and taboo subject matters. We have seen a response to that with Project-H publishing Deep Stalker and FAKKU publishing Bestiary 3.

As much as we want to encourage healthy attitudes about sex and women, can we also acknowledge that a large aspect of pornography is to indulge in taboo? We all have that side to ourselves that we don't share with others and intellectually know is wrong, but that we can't help to desire in secret. Obscene fetishes and dark fantasies that we feel ashamed of yet enjoy having catered by works of fiction like Deep Stalker or Bestiary 3. I'll admit that even I'm not above that (though I won't tell anyone in what sort of way). So is it really right to wish that it didn't exist?

Just some food for thought.

Any thoughts on this article?

Parmesan cheese?

I can't quite put my finger on it, but the bottom right one looks familiar.

It's here because we demanded it, thus the circle is complete.

Oh, this one has Virgin Catchers. One of my old favourites :)

How nice of FAKKU to move along with the times. Butts are on the rise!

An old FAKKU favourite returns. I didn't have a chance to read any of it, so this is a great pickup.

It was great chapter, and now I get to know the full story. Perfect.

What a wonderful surprise!

Shintaro Kago is one of my favourite artists, his bizarre sense of humour and surreal artwork is amazing! I can't wait to read this book!

Very interesting.

I'm all for challenging taboo so this will be a lot of fun to read.

Oh be afraid SJW's.

Be veeery afraid.

hahahahaaa...

Hopefully this will be even better than the last book, just as it was with Bosshi and NaPaTa's second publications.

Realistic character designs and full-colour artwork?

This isn't a Japanese Manga, this is an American Graphic Novel ;P

Another milestone for hentai in english!

I really want a Tsukino Jyogi book! Bring over this one too: Web Page Name

Looks great!

One thing that some people have said on this topic is that vanilla gets formulaic and predictable which makes it boring. But what I don't understand is why is vanilla singled out on this? Can't any other genre or tag be just as formulaic?

There has been non-vanilla chapters were I could see where the plot was going from the beginning: a girl will be taken by an ugly fat man with a smelly dick - he will fuck her crazy - insert lots of weird faces and body liquids spewing everywhere - then it ends with her broken by pleasure. I can also list examples of vanilla were I didn't see where the plot was going:

Couple

Sexual! Cherry Hunter

Meguru's Circling #4

Love Milk Legend

Bright Disparate Love

I agree though that a chapter has to do more than just being vanilla to be special. It has to have an interesting story with interesting art in order to be special. It can indulge in the sex in a particular way in order to be very sexy. Or it can do both a become the kind of experience I value the most when reading hentai. I will only put a chapter in my favourites if it lives up to this, but I can still casually enjoy a vanilla like most people on this site seem to do. In fact, someone commented that the vanilla-fans on FAKKU are very cute people, which might be rare for a porn-site.



^And this is why I think vanilla is a good thing.