Terminology The word hentai written in kanji Numerous subgenres exist depicting a variety of sexual acts and relationships, as well as novel fetishes. Hentai works, which are often self-published, form a significant portion of the market for doujin works, including doujinshi. The development of hentai has been influenced by Japanese cultural and historical attitudes toward sexuality. In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exist in a variety of media, including artwork and video games (commonly known as eroge). A loanword from Japanese, the original term ( 変態 ( listen)) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of hentai seiyoku ( 変態性欲, 'sexual perversion'), and is also used to refer to persons who hold or do such desires and acts, often translated to English as 'pervert'. Hentai is a term that refers to pornographic anime and manga.
An example of a heterosexual hentai illustration the image has been modified to remove censorship that was present in the original artwork.
