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.
It is often said that manga owes much of its roots to old, Japanese woodblock paintings. The influence can definitely be seen, and some woodblock art even told stories in a sequence of panels. Some might be surprised to find that the tentacle as a sex object may have made its debut in this ancient art form. More than one woodblock painting has been discovered which shows a woman sexually intwined with an octopus. Whether or not the explosion of hentai tentacles in modern manga and anime owes its origins to this artwork is up for debate, but the modern works are far from the first. With doujin circles continuing to find new ways to use tentacles in hentai, we can be certain that what we see today is far from the last.
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