What the fuck? What the actual fuck? You’re telling me you don’t show your children ecchi? Ecchi is deeply rooted in Japanese culture. After the second world war, which Japan lost after the nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the entire country underwent a period of self-reflection and soul-searching. They wanted to understand how events led to the rest of the world responding with such devastating atomic attacks. This led to a strong antipathy towards war-mongering and international aggression. You may have heard about how the Japanese constitution doesn’t allow the country to have an active military. Same idea. A lot of post-war Japanese culture is a reflection of such attitudes. For example, the Godzilla movies are not just about giant monsters fighting each other. They’re about the horrors of unbridled atomic technology (Godzilla’s always depicted as being powered by or healed by nuclear power), and how such a terrifying force can never be allowed to be unleashed on humanity again. On a similar note, Japanese animation enjoyed a resurgence of popularity after the war, due to the populace choosing to turn towards the comforting images of their youth. Japanese kids, much like kids in our country, like to watch cartoons. As a result, psychologically speaking, cartoons represent a reminder of a simpler and more innocent age. This upsurge in popularity resulted in animated images pervading almost all of Japanese culture: from movies, to television, to advertising, to music videos, and so on and so forth. And because animated images were so widely accepted throughout Japan, they were used for almost every type of source material, or to tell any type of story. Animation was no longer the sole domain of children. You got animated movies that told very mature stories, like Ghost in the Machine or Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Sometimes you get stories that involve very mature topics, like war, or murder, or rape, or torture. The Japanese have generally become quite accustomed seeing depictions of such things in their animations. They enjoy seeing lewdness. You’re going to deny your children this eye-opening hentai? Especially ECCHI!? Ecchi is not only rooted in Japanese culture, but it is also very useful for youngsters to develop their brains. It’s like a kids show, building up their imaginations and creativity. Ecchi makes them think about how that anime girl would look without those clothes and what they’d do to them! Children must be creative as ecchi includes so many different characters from so many different backgrounds. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. Ecchi tells a story. How did this girl end up in the smallest amount of clothing right before me, blushing, taunting me. Is she a mistress or perhaps my wife of 7 years? Oh, she’s wearing a witch hat? Have I been lured to her cottage to fill out her sadistic need to perform BDSM on me? You see, if kids are thinking about this, they will become very clever. Ecchi will truly touch their lives in the same way they touch themselves to it.

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