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not entirely true, but asian men tend to have much less hair than western men. Why that is, im not really sure, but generally, asians are less hairy. It may come from the country being an island country with a strong fishing lineage, as Japan's overall climate is not dissimilar to New England.Rhatar Khurin said:
Oooh, I can explain this. Due to the forced cencoring of hentai by the British way back when, artists couldn't depict penises. To get around that, artists would substitute in tentacles, as they aren't sexual by themselves.JustaGigolo said:
OT: Why does Japan have the 5th medium, visual novels, while the western world doesn't? And is word play so popular and amusing as anime/manga would suggest?
actually, the earliest depiction of tentacle porn comes from 1814, in a painting known as Tako no Ama or "The Dream of a Fisherman's Wife" and depicts a woman engaging in sex with two octopus. There are also early netsuke carvings depicting similar themes.Richardplex said:
In 1814, Japan was still a closed country, it wouldnt be opened to the west until the 1850's.
I've always wondered, what is the fascination with high school and specifically high school girls? I've watched a few anime's and most of them are about high school students, many japanese video games feature the main cast as high school students, and (and I hope this doesn't venture too close into porn) there is the question of those bura-sera vending machines.Hitokiri_Gensai said:
Good point, I only explained its prominence, not its origin. I mustHitokiri_Gensai said:
I would say a lot of it comes from the visual style of story used in woodblock prints and the like through Japan's history. Such as Shunga, erotic art, generally in woodblock prints.Richardplex said:
This, is a little more difficult to explain. It may simply be that the age of marriage was younger in past days or that they're considered the pinnicle age. This one i dont entirely have an explination for. The bura-sera machines and shops are just a little creepy but, some girls do it just to make themselves money. So on the borderline of prostitution xDliquidsolid said:
can we atleast TRY and keep this out of the pornography of Japan? If it has historical, or cultural aspects, ill consider talking about it, but honestly guys.
I think this is ultimately more to do with the international relationship between Korea and Japan throughout history, rather than strictly Kimchi. Japan invaded Korea three or four times throughout the last thousand years, raping and pillaging each time so, things arent entirely, happy between the countries.bakan said:
There is a fairly evident seperation of "gaijin" foreigners and native Japanese. It comes from the fact that Japan has nearly been invaded a dozen times throughout its history.AndyFromMonday said:
The most noticeable is against Americans. It comes down to the ending of the Sakoku Policy that was more or less forced to end by the American Government, under the threat of arms in the 1850's.
In 1849, Captain James Glynn sailed into Nagasaki and requested to speak with the leader of Japan. Upon his return to the US he suggested that they return and this time in force to open the country by force of arms, and this time Commodore Matthew Perry was sent. He returned with 7 American Gunboats and sailed through the blockade set up and demanded that the letter he carried from President Fillmore be delivered. He told the Japanese that if his request was denied he would open fire on the Japanese ships surrounding his own. The letter was delivered and Perry departed for the coast of China to wait for a reply, and returned with twice as many ships as a show of force. So, Japan was effictively opened by force, and its created somewhat of a distrust between the Japanese and outsiders. But this is changing as the years go by and it wont last forever.
Gaijin is a term used for anyone thats not born of Japanese decent in Japan itself. Despite being half Japanese myself, im a Gaijin. Even one of their biggest pop stars Utada Hikaru is a gaijin as she was born in Hell's Kitchen, New York.