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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

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Manga, a Sub-Culture of Japanese Culture

Manga, or comic books, hold a different place in the cultural landscape here and address different means. There's yai, otherwise known as boys love manga, extremely popular with teen aged girls. Yai isn't generally explicit, though it can be. Some of the most popular manga are, however, lurid, over the top, illustrated stories of incredible violence, rape, murder and sexual fetishism. Tochio maeta is a manga creator like few others, the father of what cd only be described as tentacle porn.

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