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Pharoah Ashseti
/e/, I come to you, a simple man, with a simple question. I lurk, and then I LURK MOAR, and I can't figure it out.

What the hell is ecchi?

I mean, I look it up, and I always get down to a semi-translation of "Pervert" or "perversion".

What makes Ecchi, ecchi? How is it different from hentai? Is it a subset?

Please... be gentle.

Pic not related.
>> Anonymous
I believe ecchi is the japanese pronunciation of the H sound. H for hentai. It's generally the "softcore" stuff.
>> Anonymous
There is no such thing as hentai in Japan, Hentai is a western thing. In Japan they use H or ero for everything.
>> Pharoah Ashseti
So...... /e/ and /h/....

are Identical, but nothing the same?
>> Anonymous
Oh Pharaoh I had the same question, but I was too busy looking at all the perfectly drawn tits to give a damn.
>> Anonymous
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in the wider world, "ecchi" and "hentai" are more or less the same thing. "ecchi" is the japanese pronounciation of the letter H (aych), short for Hentai. if dating simulators taught me anything, the phrase "let's do something H" is their way of saying "let's screw around" or "let's get dirty".

on 4chan and similar boards, ecchi is the softcore stuff. nudity or partially undressed, but no penetration, sex, or fluids. no sexual acts, no male genitals.

hentai is the general category, including most sexual acts.

/d/ is the term we've given for "alternative" or "deviant" hentai: extreme fetishes that most people would rather not see or would find more disturbing than erotic.

/u/ is the board for yuri: homosexual female hentai

/y/ is the board for yaoi: homosexual male hentai

hentai of girls much younger than puberty is lolikon, and isn't allowed on 4chan, except for /b/.
>> Anonymous
>>302566
Psst.

/d/'s original name was 'Dickgirls/Alternative', not 'Deviant/Alternative'.
>> Anonymous
Surprised to see no one has clarified on this subject yet.

Ecchi and Hentai are both words in Japanese, used to say pretty much the same thing and that being "pervert" with Hentai basically being a harsh way of saying it. Both terms are generally used by women and Ecchi is basically a softer way of saying that, lacking the sense of reupulsiveness that the term Hentai brings.
>> Anonymous
Ero =/= Erotica =/= Ecchi
basically.

I always just thought it was a (possibly new) term for erotica.
>> Anonymous
In America Ecchi is softcore, like suggestive posing, and often non-nude
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
>>302566

despite the fact that i am not the thread creator, thank you. i feel very enlightented now.
>> Anonymous
In Japan, there's no real difference. Except that hentai is referred to by the initial, "H", which is pronounced "ecchi". Kinda.

In the rest of the world, 4chan's example seems to have set /e/ as softcore-ish, no secretions, no penetration sort of thing, and /h/ is from where /e/ ends to where /d/ begins. Far as we're aware, this distinction isn't noted in Japun.
>> Anonymous
ecchi = MetArt (posing, may be suggestive but never explicit)
hentai = porn (it's not called hentai in Japan though)
>> Anonymous
>>302676
AFAIK on futaba channel (2chan) there's just "2D" (drawn/rendered) and "3D" (photo) boards which are generally "free for all" ie. ranging all the way from /a/ to /d/.
Do correct me if I'm wrong though.