Hentai Glossary N

 

It's been a while since I've done of these. Today we're only covering the letter N, but one of the subjects takes some rather extensive discussion. Geez I wonder what starts with a N.

Previous Entries

Nakadashi (中出し)/Haramase(孕ませ)/Creampie

Starting off with a simple one, it's simply the act of ejaculating inside a woman. Haramase more specifically means "impregnation", but you'll find it pretty liberally used when a character cums inside regardless of whether or not it results in or there's an intent of causing pregnancy. Hence, creampie is probably the closest translation. Sometimes it's accompanied by an internal/x-ray shot showing the penis letting it out inside the pussy, usually to depict the semen hitting the womb, like in the picture below.

Kangoku Academia

Netorare (寝取られ), NTR - Introduction

Now entering a really contentious topic, and also a long one. Netorare is often equated to the cuckolding fetish, where pleasure is derived from seeing a loved one having relations with other people. ....Yes but also no. Netorare is, in simple terms, a Japanese porn trope centered around a loved one (can be a significant other, but also can be a family member like mom or sister, or an one-sided crush) being stolen away by another person. What keeps me from saying it's 1-1 to cuckolding is that there are several types of NTR, and not all of them are supposed to cater to a cuckolding fetish. And I have reason to argue that Netorare works are trying to convey is close, but distinct from what a cuckolding fetish entails.

Usually in the West, we see people try to make sense of this disconnect by dividing it into 3 subcategories: Netorare, Netori and Netorase. I'll also be doing that, and explain each in their respective entry. But I should point out that the Japanese often make no clear-cut distinction. Sure, you will find works with Netori and Netorase in their titles every so often (as they are all inflections of the verb Netoru (寝取る), which refers to "the act of stealing someone else's lover" in itself), but most of the time stuff belonging to those genres as usually defined are just labeled Netorare. Because as the word implies, the act of stealing is the focal point, and that can be spun in a variety of ways

Now, while it's unusual for me to give my opinion on glossary posts, I want to make my stance on Netorare clear, since it probably colors my perception of it regardless of how fairly I try to tackle the topic

I don't enjoy Netorare works where the woman is a willing participant from the start, or is seduced by regular means. I find it boring and generally not worth my time. I'm into it when there's a clear corruption element going on, when the woman is being changed from someone loving, modest or otherwise virtuous into a slutty and sometimes even cruel woman. So I tend to gravitate more towards stuff told from the POV of the guy stealing the woman from the original partner, or that has no defined POV. And, if I'm reading something that leans more towards the cucked guy's POV, the inevitable moment where he is dragged through the mud by his former lover/mother/sister/etc is more an accessory to showcase the girl's fall than anything else for me. That's why I usually say "I don't care about NTR". I'm not repulsed by it, but I feel like I'm approaching it from a completely different angle than people who enjoy Netorare fetish at face value.

With that out of the way, let's talk about the three main types of NTR.

Netorare - From the point of view of the one having the girl stolen from them.

This is the most common type and the reason Netorare as a whole is often equated with Cuckolding, and for good reason - people with a cuckold fetish will probably get a lot of mileage out of these works.

It puts the reader in the shoes of the person having their loved one stolen from them. How it happens varies. It can be through mindbreak and sexual training (which is when it crosses into my zone of interest), it can be fully consensual on the part of the woman and the third party but never on the part of the losing party.  That's where I think it's different (and wider as a fetish) than cuckoldry as it's usually defined, the cuck is not a willing participant (which doesn't mean cuckold fetishists can't get a kick out of it). And more importantly to this discussion, what I often see artists who do Netorare mention is that they want to convey the feeling of despair of having something precious stolen from you. And how it needs to feel twisted. It's in a way, getting off to the sense of hopelessness and cruelty. It's why I think NTR is so popular and diverse as a genre, as well as why it gets such a visceral and divisive response from people - it goes into something more base and fundamental than "just" cuckolding. That's what makes it so appealing to some and so revolting to others. I often see in the comment sections of hentai websites (yes, I'm one of the weirdos who reads that kind of thing) arguing about whether or not the character deserved being cucked, and I think that is missing the point - Netorare is almost always unfair. It's bad things happening to good people. That is not to say the sexual element of seeing the woman getting fucked by another isn't a part of it - most Netorare works have the cucked main character get a hard-on or even ejaculate seeing the girl betray him. But the tone of these scenes tends to be one of despair, of brokenness. 

Netorare can and often is also told from the point of view of the woman instead of the guy, or alternating between them, but if ultimately everything is brought around to the idea of the "crushing sense of loss", it's Netorare.

In the cases where the protagonist 100% had it coming - usually by being neglectful towards the girl, or by being too oblivious for too long, or simply by being made intentionally unsympathetic through being portrayed as impotent or otherwise offputting, we're veering closer to another kind of NTR, which we'll discuss next.

Top Row: Kedamono-tachi no Sumu ie de, Watashi wa Makemasen
Bottom Row: Kimi no Omoi, Netorarenai, Kegareboshi Kuro

Netori - From the point of view of the one stealing the girl away

I think everyone has at least witnessed this discussion before. People arguing that Netorare and Netori should be separate tags on a website, that they are different things, meant to evoke different feelings. And they're not wrong. But as I said, in Japan a "Netori" (寝取り, ネトリ) title will likely still have Netorare or NTR in its title or genre listing. And never trust people to tag stuff right in cataloging and piracy sites. So usually moderation elects to have a single NTR tag to keep things simpler. I can't blame them, look how long this whole thing is getting! VNDB has the interesting approach of having Netori be a trait you add to characters who steal others' loved ones, instead of a subgenre to tag works.

When the story is told from the point of view of the dude stealing the girls, the story expects no sympathy or identification with the cuck. You're supposed to side with the wife/mother/etc stealer. Often the person being cucked will have a reduced role, be unsympathetic as I talked about before, or even be just a token character without much to them. It's more that the idea of stealing someone who's loved by another is exciting. This style of NTR I'd think doesn't appeal to cuckold fans very much, and I've seen people complain about that.

Netori can be about regular old seduction, but it's usually not. Most works you'll see being touted as Netori have as a protagonist someone who at the very least is so gifted at sex he can drag a faithful woman into a life of depravity through the power of dick alone, and at most someone who employs drugs, harsh sexual training or even supernatural means to make the target his. The core tenant of it being a twisted relationship I mentioned in the previous entry very much remains, but instead of the anguish of a man discovering a betrayal it's either the struggle of a woman losing herself to pleasure and becoming a despicable man's slut, or the satisfaction of seeing a virtuous woman crack and fall for you, depending on who's the POV character.

I should mention that, as these categories are arbitrary attempts at categorizing a wide genre, there isa somewhat blurry divide between counts as "Netorare" or "Netori". A story that focuses mostly on the girls' training, brainwashing or what have you, but still makes a point of showcasing the cuck's side by the end, having both the perspective of "stealing someone" and "having someone stolen", doesn't fall neatly in either, for example, and will probably have something to offer for fans of both types of NTR, which is what keeps me from painting Netorare and Netori as opposites, as I often see people do.

Top Row: Hitozuma wa Moto Mahou Shoujo, Kazoku
Bottom Row: Shinsou Seiki Elementia, Ochiru Hitozuma
Rightmost manga page: Saimin Tengoku

Netorase - Consensual Sharing

As I said, Netorare encompasses cuckolding but isn't confined by it. Netorase is the subcategory that would more closely translate to cuckolding. Here, the same core tenants apply, but the cucked guy is a willing participant, may encourage the wife to seek other partners, and usually gets sexual pleasure in seeing her having relations with other men.

I don't like Netorase at all, and since my contact with the genre is basically non-existent, I struggle to come up with much to say about it. It's here for completion's sake, sorry if any Netorase fans out there expected a more thorough dive into the topic, I simply lack the knowledge.

As usual, there's a blurry line in the sense that there are NTR visual novels, for example, that have a Netorase ending while the others are more traditional "the cuck gets completely screwed over" Netorare or Netori. But I feel it's less blurry than the others in the sense that it's defined by the willing participation of the cuck, while the others are not.

I've also seen people equate Netorase with swinging or partner-swapping, but I disagree. I think the confusion comes from stories that start as wife-swapping evolving into full-blown Netorase, but the two are not the same in my eyes. As I said before, at least to my understanding, NTR is defined by the sense of loss, and swapping removes that. Swinging and Netorase can happen in the same work but are not the same thing.

The Marina no Netorase Houkoku series is probably the most well-regarded Netorase Eroge series.

Niku Benki (肉便器)/Cumdump

Literally meaning meat toilet, refers to a woman who is degraded to a subhuman state where she is treated like a mere receptacle for semen and other fluids. It will sometimes involve public use, but it's not a necessity. Due to the Japanese name, often the girl will sit at a literal toilet while being used this way, but again, not a necessity. It's just a matter of her being dehumanized and treated as a disposable cumdump that counts.

I choose mostly pictures that feature the toilet as a setting just because otherwise, niku benki/cumdump is something more discernible from writing than from visuals. A girl covered in semen is not necessarily being treated like a cumdump, after all.

Left Column: Fujin Keikan Sentouin "Ryouko"
Center Column: Buzama ni! Gehin ni! Tsugouyoku! Kyokon Suuhai! Haramase Onaho Gakuen, Tsuiraku Jinsei, Kyonyuu Jukujo Kyoushi
Right Column: Sainan Koukou Fuuki Iin Nintei Nikubenki Nikuyoku Dorei Kotegawa Yui Ni

Ninshin (妊娠), Botehara (ボテ腹), Ninpu (妊婦)/Pregnancy, Pregnant

Ninshin means pregnancy, while Ninpu means "pregnant woman". Botehara (sometimes also spelled as Harabote, 腹ぼて) refers to a visibly pregnant belly. These are all words you may see used to refer to a pregnant character. In the context of sexual slavery, often Ninpu Dorei (妊婦奴隷, Pregnant Slave) shows up, while Ninshin Akume (妊娠アクメ, Pregnant Orgasm) is often used by the pregnant heroine to refer to the orgasms she's experiencing.

There's not much to say really, it's just the usual keywords for pregnancy being featured in Japanese adult works.

Top Row: Ane Ane W Saimin, Sansha Mendan, Enkou JK Aherase Supple
Bottom Row: Reijuu Hitozuma Agent Shion, Kimomen demo Kyokon nara Gakuen no Bakunyuu Collection Shite Haramase Onaho Harem o Tsukureru!, Evil Slayers

Nikutai Kaizou (肉体改造)/Body Modification, Remodeling

In simple terms, it's altering the body (usually for our ends, the female body) through artificial means. It can yield very similar results to Transformation tropes covered here under Kyousei Henshin, but it's less a result of corruption and more of a forceful and invasive, sometimes even surgical process, utilizing sci-fi machinery or magic (in the latter case, usually involving tentacles). I tried getting a mix of both kinds in the image samples.

It's also worth noting that in many cases, body modification will have much subtler results than Transformation stuff, with results like slight breast or clitoris enlargement, nipple deformations and other stuff like that, or even have "invisible" results, such as the heroine's throat being turned into an erogenous zone.

Leftmost Manga Page: Akuochi Kishi to Inma-ka Himegumi
Top Row: Kangoku Senkan, Sentai Senki Buster Blue, Battle Heroine Sentouin "Kanon"
Bottom Row: Baikoku Ouki, PERU Ochi

And so we finish today's Hentai Glossary. We're not too far from its conclusion, at least for the original list of terms I drafted. It's entirely possible I make addendums later as I become aware or interested in terminology I haven't covered due to forgetfulness or ignorance. But as it stands, Hentai Glossary has two or three more posts to go. I'll see you there!