Episode 98: The History of Hentai

CW: Sex, Non-human Sex
It’s called ‘Hentai’, and it’s art. Jokes aside, where did these pornographic pictographs get their start? Why are tentacles involved? Where did the term come from? Remy guides us on a lusty lecture talking about the origin.

This episode, we talked about Shunga and and Hentai. What is Shunga? This article talks about it but also has several pictures for you to look at!

Incidentally, I also have some examples of Shunga here for you. These are the ones I showed to the other two on air, and here they are for you to see.

This goes into the history and etymology of hentai. There are pictures in here that demonstrate some aspects of hentai, so go with caution as it’s NSFW.

If you’re more into videos, here’s a quick one about the same history we talked about on the episode this week. You’ll have to click the watch on YouTube button though.

Adjacent to this episode, here’s an episode about the history of manga and anime.

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