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on display in Japan]] '''' is a Japanese Word that can be used to mean "metamorphosis" or "abnormality". In Japan "hentai" has a strong negative connotation, and is commonly used to mean "sexually perverted". The term is used as slang for sexually explicit or Pornographic comics and animation, particularly Japanese Anime , Manga and Computer Games (see Japanese Pornography ). In Japan, sexually explicit material is more often referred to as "jū hachi kin" (18禁; prohibited for sale to persons under 18), '''" Ecchi / Hentai Anime "''' (sexual/pornographic Anime ), '''"seinen"''' (成年; adult, not to be confused with 青年 ''young adult''), or with the prefix '''"ero-"''' (derived from "erotic"). '', a 19th century shunga woodcut]] Hentai anime and manga allow elements of sexual fantasy to be represented in ways that would be impossible to film. This may include portrayals of sexual acts which are physically impossible, unacceptable in society, or run counter to social norms. Examples would include Bukkake and group sex. Other forms of extreme sexual activity found in Hentai anime and manga include bondage, creatures with tentacles, or other fetishes. Western audiences gained exposure to Hentai anime and manga primarily through the Internet . MEANING OF THE WORD In the 1914 translation of Richard Von Krafft-Ebing's '' Psychopathia Sexualis '', "psychology of abnormal sexuality" was rendered in Japanese as 『変態性慾心理』 (''Hentai Seiyoku Shinri''). In Japanese , the word ''hentai'' is a Kanji compound of 変 (''hen'' meaning "change" or "strange") and 態 (''tai'' meaning "attitude" or "appearance"). The term is used as a shortened form of the phrase 変態性欲 (hentai seiyoku), or "sexual perversion." In slang, 変態 (hentai) is used as an insult meaning roughly "pervert" or "weirdo". The term is not often applied to pornography in Japan. Instead, terms such as ''18-kin'' (18禁, literally "18-prohibited") meaning "prohibited to those not yet 18 years old", and ''seijin manga'' (成人漫画 "adult manga") are used when referring to pornography. The English use of "hentai" is more similar to the way the Japanese use the slang term エッチ (''H'', '' Etchi '', often spelled '' Ecchi ''), which refers to any sexually explicit content or behavior. ''Etchi'' is simply the spelling-out of the Japanese pronunciation of the letter ''H''. The origins of this term are uncertain, but it may be a shortened form of ''hentai'' used as a polite codeword in the 1960s . "H" in Japan is now broadly used to refer to all sexual content or activity, so "H manga" are manga with sexual content. Also, the term "ero" (エロ), short for "erotic" but closer in meaning to "porn", is now used more often instead of "H". Exactly how the term ''hentai'' came to refer to all sexually explicit content in American anime fandom is unknown. With the rise of the World Wide Web , however, the term was extensively promoted by pornographic sites selling access to (frequently bootlegged) erotic manga. Banner Ad s promoting these sites might, for instance advertise "live girls and hentai", with the latter meaning erotic manga as opposed to photographs. Compare '' Otaku '' for another word altered somewhat in this transition. HENTAI CLASSIFICATION There are two main categories of hentai: works that feature mainly heterosexual interactions (often abbreviated "het" by its readers), and those which feature mainly homosexual interactions. This second group can be further split into Yaoi and Yuri styles. ''Yaoi'' refers to Homosexual male pairings, and ''yuri'' to Lesbian pairings. Yaoi commonly features males of ambiguous Gender in both physical appearance and mannerisms called '' Bishōnen '', which literally means "pretty boy". Some feature ''biseinen'' ("beautiful man"), males of more masculine appearance than ''bishōnen''. Less common are ''bara''--larger, often heavily muscled and sometimes hairy males, the yaoi counterpart of the traditional " Bear " in Gay Pornography , as well as '' Oyaji '' ("daddy" or "uncle"), featuring middle-aged and elderly men. Yaoi also exists outside of the hentai genre, since it is an ambiguous term that is applied to any form of anime that includes male homosexuality. However, it is different from Shōnen-ai (literally, "boy-love"), in which two males simply express romantic feelings for each other and never actually have sexual relations. Women interested in Yaoi are called "Fujoshi" (腐女子), which means "Rotten girl" or "Rotten Woman." Yuri is very similar to yaoi, except that the focus is on homosexual female interactions, and the females in a typical yuri illustration or animation tend to be far less realistic than the males in yaoi. The females in yuri are known as " Bishōjo ," which, predictably, translates as "pretty girl". Shōjo-ai ("girl love") is the female equivalent of shōnen-ai. The scope of hentai encompasses the entire range of sexual Fetish es, including:
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