Japan is known for some pretty weird things, especially when it comes to porn. The most infamous of all would of course be tentacle porn. I’ll be the first to admit however that I’m a fan of it. The question everyone asks though, is why tentacles?
Tentacle porn has so many reasons for existing. Some people believe it was a loophole from Japan’s law against showing phallic things in porn (the penis) and so replaced the penis with something that looked like a penis, without actually being a penis. Makes sense.
However tentacles in Japanese erotica dates back to before those laws were ever made. In the famous painting “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife” a woman is being sexually pleased by two octopuses. The painting itself is part of the japanese art of erotica called Shunga and the painting dates back to 1814.
What is so hot about tentacles?
So why tentacles? You have to admit, they do look like penises. You know, if penises were longer, more bendy, had a mind of their own and had suction cups. I think it’s the long and bendy bit people like. Tentacle porn is able to be so many different fetishes at once.
Multiple tentacles makes it feel like a gangbang, only with one person. Imagine you can get a blow job, a handjob, a tit wank, anal and normal sex all at once. That would feel pretty amazing right? Well that’s what the tentacle creature has.
Then there’s the bondage aspect. This can often go into the more non-consensual side of things, but the women aren’t always unwilling. Bondage wise, tentacles are able to hold the woman up, move her into different positions easily and restrain her limbs. People are into bondage, so it’s not hard to replace rope with soft tentacles instead.
There is normally a huge difference in power, and that means there’s often a large domination element to tentacle porn. The girl is unable to do anything but submit to the tentacles. Again, this can lead to some non-consensual stuff, but dominance is a turn on to a lot of people.
There is also the beastiality aspect. Beastiality isn’t for everyone, but there is something about the taboo that draws us in. Is it morbid curiosity? Is it simply the feeling of knowing it’s something wrong and you feel naughty? Or is it another part of the domination aspect?
What does Harriet Sugarcookie think of tentacle porn?
I’m personally a fan of the monster girl genre. I like hentai, and I like reading about girls with cat ears, or tails. I think there’s an added cuteness to all the sexiness. I like hentai that have mermaids, and one of my favourite hentai involves a tentacle girl.
I can tell you all the reasons I like it. I like it because it’s different, because I like the character design, the added element of magic and fantasy. I like the BDSM connotations and for me, it’s a complete fantasy. It’s something that won’t ever happen, and I can indulge in some of my more kinky likes.
Give me a real person being pleasured by an octopus and I doubt I’ll be turned on. There’s a big difference for me between live action porn, and animated porn. I watch the two for very different reasons, I watch both, but I look for different things from them.
Finally, tentacle porn sells. Not just in Japan, but also in America, and in England, and pretty much everywhere else. People don’t just watch it or read it because of censorship laws, they are genuinely turned on by it for various reasons. As long as it sells, they’ll keep on making, and at the rate they make it, I think we can safely say it sells very well.
But I want to know what you think, do you like or watch any tentacle porn? What aspects of it do you like, or what aspects of it don’t you like? I for one suggest doing lots of research for tentacle porn. (I personally have an account with Fakku for all my hentai needs)