The use of tentacles in adult, erotic art has quite a long history, which has shaped the world of hentai. Tentacles serve two purposes. First, they can be used as a substitute for male genitalia, but, unlike depictions of such, do not have to be censored as required by law. Second, they also serve as a means of bondage. While a large number of fans of the tentacle genre were introduced to the idea through anime videos featuring hentai tentacles, that is far from their first appearance in the world of Japanese erotic artwork. Read more…