Is Hentai Bad?

[Elric Randall]

Part of the point of freedom of speech/expression, maybe the whole point, is that offensive messages are protected from censure. While the actions themselves may be harmful (and covered by law) the ideas can be shared. The personal moralistic perceptions of others shouldn't stifle individual creativity, even when said creativity is, quite frankly, gross.

What does that mean for Hentai? Even if I think a lot of it's weird or nasty or even (gasp!) immoral, the most I should do is delete the file/not return to the site. It's not objectively BAD, just not my thing.

Besides that, barring some reflection of an Elder God or other mind-shattering event, most adults have the tools to look at a suggestive image and decide whether or not to act on it. Watching fictional rape will not make you a rapist.

This isn't quite related, but Yuri is a guy's name, right? Crazy.

 

[jackpipsam]

no, no issue

 

[DTWolfwood]

less you think porn is bad.

 

[katsumoto03]

No, hentai isn't bad. There may be parts of it that are disagreeable to people, but the entire genera isn't bad.

Now lolicon on the other hand...

 

[banthesun]

Lolicon is BAD

If it doesn't appeal to you then how would you know? It may be morally wrong, but isn't most hentai? It's not illegal and if it's not your type then don't bother with it.

A man in Sweden was convicted of violations against the child pornography law for translating hentai with lolis in it. Tell me again that it isn't illegal, will you?

Mmmm, 'cause one country's law equals the law everywhere.

-_-"

It means that it is illegal somewhere, which directly contradicts his statement.

If I'm not mistaken, the case was settled. There was no actual ruling on whether or not it was illegal.

 

[Tucker154]

Not bad,just not my thing.Definitely not my thing.To much tenticales for my liking.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

well it combines the ridiculous character of anime with the bad writing of porn. The result can only be hilarious trash. You cant watch Slave Warrior Maya without agreeing here. It doesnt work the way the makers had in mind, but its funny as hell.

 

[FirmartheTrilby]

No... Not all hentais are same besides it's just another form of porn if hentai is bad then porn is bad too, besides sexual desires are natural.

Hentai. Perverted. Is pervertedness bad? Perhaps.
Lolicon and Loli are different, as well. Lolicon is normally used to describe someone with a loli complex.
Is loli wrong? Perhaps. Debatable. But loli (generally, perhaps) is not underage, it is characters old enough, but they look too young/flat chested. So I don't think loli is wrong.
Hell, the non-sexual loli stuff can be rather cute.

Spoiler

Related to the loli part. Kinda cute song.

K-kawaii!

 

[John the Gamer]

Is porn bad? Because hentai is just drawn porn. So it's a good way to relax for people who like seeing their favorite anime-characters getting on with each other.

I don't mind though, because it still falls under freedom of speech and expression etc.

 

[MercurySteam]

Usually, I would call the mods if you linked me loli, since I'd consider that to be breaching the rules of The Escapist, but seeing as I think that weeaboo mod whose judgment I do not trust is currently working, I wouldn't do it at this very time, or maybe I'd pm someone of the other mods. So yes, I would report you.

Basically what I meant was "I'm doing something you call illegal, now are you gonna call 000 (or 911 if you live in America)?"

Calling the mods is different and I would call them too if I saw someone posting stuff like that, but I was actually referring to the real cops.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Lolicon is BAD

If it doesn't appeal to you then how would you know? It may be morally wrong, but isn't most hentai? It's not illegal and if it's not your type then don't bother with it.

A man in Sweden was convicted of violations against the child pornography law for translating hentai with lolis in it. Tell me again that it isn't illegal, will you?

Pfft Sweden. If that man was in America, Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Hawaii, etc I bet thing's would've been different.

I don't want to sound racist but some rules are more extreme in some places then others. Isn't there a place where you can get fined at least $500 for spitting? I'm just saying not everywhere is as morally objective.

If I linked you to some Loli right now would you call the Cybercops?

I think the country with the spitting law could very well be Finland, and that's because they've got logical rules for fines, that punish you with a fine befitting your salary and so on.

Usually, I would call the mods if you linked me loli, since I'd consider that to be breaching the rules of The Escapist, but seeing as I think that weeaboo mod whose judgment I do not trust is currently working, I wouldn't do it at this very time, or maybe I'd pm someone of the other mods. So yes, I would report you.

You just earned my sympathy with that post.

Plus @MercurySteam:
You dont want to sound racist because you disagree with a country's law?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=racism

 

[Gitty101]

No worse then any other pornographic medium.

So no ^^

 

[MercurySteam]

You dont want to sound racist because you disagree with a country's law?

Yeah, I just remembered that a country and a race are two different things. My sinusitis is messing with my head tonight, sorry for the inconvenience.

Not bad,just not my thing.Definitely not my thing.To much tenticales for my liking.

Don't worry friend! We have all different types to suit your 'needs'.

Doujin, Yaoi, Yuri, Ecchi, Bakunyuu, Futanari, Guro, Nekomimi and many more!

 

[MercurySteam]

So if you were from Sweden? Yeah, I would call the cops.

I can understand that. Different countries different rules. Now I at least know what not to pack if I ever go to Sweden. And who not to ask for directions from whist reading from my collection of Loli magazines. (lol jokes............ seriously)

 

[ph0b0s123]

In principle it is not bad. It is just that a lot of it seems to concentrate on rape, torture and humiliation of the female characters. Not that those things are necessarily bad as they are shown even in western porn, but as a fringe thing. In Hentai it seems to be the mainstream, which I think is not good. The fact that probably most people in this thread have come across the phrase 'tentacle rape' says all that needs to be said on this.

As far as the underage stuff goes. I would love to see the amount of loli stuff decrease/ become rare. I understand the fascination with cute in anime / manga, but that does not mean I want to see those cute characters from anime, etc naked.

But I don't support banning it either. I take a middle ground stance where I think that if 'artists' want to draw it, then fine. But they should not be able to make any money of it. Obviously this would only make sense if made a Japanese law. Then you protect the right of artists to be artistic and stop the incentive of lots of the stuff being produced.

Anyway that's my 2 cents

 

[ph0b0s123]

Lolicon is BAD

If it doesn't appeal to you then how would you know? It may be morally wrong, but isn't most hentai? It's not illegal and if it's not your type then don't bother with it.

A man in Sweden was convicted of violations against the child pornography law for translating hentai with lolis in it. Tell me again that it isn't illegal, will you?

Pfft Sweden. If that man was in America, Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Hawaii, etc I bet thing's would've been different.

I don't want to sound racist but some rules are more extreme in some places then others. Isn't there a place where you can get fined at least $500 for spitting? I'm just saying not everywhere is as morally objective.

If I linked you to some Loli right now would you call the Cybercops?

Don't know if you were being sarcastic with your comments, but certainly in Australia, England you would be treated the exact same way as the Swedish person.

In the UK as of last year, possession of any sexual drawing of an under 18 is treated the same as if it was a real picture.

 

[chinangel]

lol. No, i don't think so. it gets my boyfriend 'in t he mood'

 

[WanderingFool]

I find it significantly less creepy than non-Hentai anime. At least Hentai is honest.

That is the best response I ever read.

I think its the same as regular porn, in that you are never going to "do it" with anyone in the porn/hentai.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

If porn was bad there wouldn't be so many nuns in it...

Honestly, I've never watched hentai(or non-pornographic anime for that matter), so it'd probably be wrong for me to pass judgement on it.

 

[Sjakie]

i view hentai as: porn, art and fantasy all-in-one.

One of the better fetishjes when you look at it in that regard.

So no, hentai is pretty damn good (compared to hardcore porn)