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As for the other end of the linear scale, we seem to find ourselves in something of a conundrum. At one point, it seemed, ecchi's outer bounds were at the far end of sexual suggestiveness, while never venturing so far out as to expose the dreaded "private parts". Even if posed in such a way so as to hide one's sexual organs, full nudity would be pushing the envelope. However, as times change and tolerance for such things increases, the border between ecchi and full on hentai seems to have blurred some. Part of this may be due to the belief that ecchi/hentai translate directly into the western notion of softcore/hardcore pornography, which this scholar sees as something of a mistake. Nevertheless, the unfortunate truth may be that giant gaping vaginal closeups are the new face of ecchi's outer bounds, so long as there's no cock and not too many fluids spraying around.
In all, ecchi, as perceived by most of the drooling twelve year olds of 4chan, is probably closer to hentai, while 4chan's hentai tends to near /d/ material, and 4chan's /d/ material tends to near holy fucking batshit insane. Most of the truly /e/ material is found in /c/, curiously enough, which is also where all the Ichigo Mashimaro stuff is posted, bringing the softest of sexual predilections full circle to meet head-on with blatant pedophilia, creating a sort of psycho-sexual Ouroboros which consumes itself into infinity.
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