Japan's Kama Sutra - Futari Ecchi

IF there is a thing about Japanese sexual culture, it is contradiction, a contradiction between prude and crude.

While Japanese are generally shy to discuss sex openly, no one can deny they are very sexual.

And being that, it seems that they yet don't have much sex, with only 34% having sex weekly and a meager 15% are satisfied, if Durex survey are to be believed.

But their pornographic industry is one of the most lucrative and successful in the world, not to mention huge.

And yet, no one outside Japan can understand why they need to censor the genitals, when porn is obviously about sex, and sex must surely include genitals.

And yet, some might argue that they are sexually somewhat naive, no thanks to their traditional upbringing, where sex is a taboo, or at least in the near past.

And Japan being a country that do it their way, at least as far as porn is concerned, had a kama sutra of a very very very unique format - manga.

For the uninitiated, manga means comic, an industry worth billions of dollars in Japan.

Being a country also obsessed with manga (comics) and anime (animations), it is only fitting for something as important as sex to be immortalized in the form of manga and anime. For this, we had Futari Ecchi, all hails Futari Ecchi!!

Futari Ecchi follows a newly wed couple who are both virgin. As the stories develop, we explore more and more about different ways to sex and solution to the commonly found problems.

So if you are looking for a easy to search index, this manga sutra is not for you. This is basically a comic book, with a huge volume to boot.

This is Japan for you, a beautiful country and a unique way of life.

Ahh, if only life is not that stressful there....