Hentai

Now, let’s not beat around the bush (snort): all hentai is fantasy. We know this may come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, so we’ll let it sink in for a second. You good, champ? Even if all hentai is fantasy, though, there’s definitely a pretty clear difference between the tw...

Move over, Will Smith – we’ve got an even wilder west! Journey To The West is a landmark work of Chinese literature, and one of the most popular works of literature throughout East Asia – period. Ever since dropping way back in 16th Century Ming Dynasty, the story of the mischievou...

Gaming is bigger than ever. The video game industry is a multi-billion dollar juggernaut, and the mobile gaming revolution has changed who we think of as “gamers.” In 2022, being a “gamer” isn’t that special – not when your grandma’s playing a Switch or Andr...

Lesbians in space. There you go. That’s all you needed to know. Wait – it isn’t? You need more to go off of? Fine, then. Sakura Space is part of the venerable Sakura franchise, which we’ll be taking a deeper dive into over the next few months. If you’re unfamiliar, the...

What is yuri? Quite literally, it translates to “lily.” But the term has blossomed into something well outside the world of botany! These days, when you say “yuri,” you’re most likely talking about a sub-genre of anime, manga, and gaming centered around lesbian romance....

They say earth girls are easy, but the truth is, human beings are fickle and unpredictable creatures. We have all these pesky prerequisites for intimacy, and most people struggle to meet any of them. So instead of working on ourselves, becoming a better person, and trying our best to find intimacy i...

Mobile RPGs are fun, and there are plenty of great ones on Nutaku. But sometimes, genre fans want a little more from their role-playing experience, and need something tough to really sink their teeth into. Fortunately, asking more from your gaming experience doesn’t mean having to sacrifice th...

Last week we unveiled the 31 winners for the first ever Nutaku Inktober Art Challenge. For those that don’t know: Inktober, also known as Artober by some, is a month-long internet drawing challenge in October that is centered around doing 1 drawing per day, all month long. Often artists will s...

In the ‘80s and ‘90s, and even earlier than that, sci-fi authors were obsessed with the idea of virtual reality. From early cyberpunk landmarks to blockbuster films, the idea of strapping on a helmet and being transported to an alternate reality has been explored across hundreds of books...

Do you, like hit ‘90s band Harvey Danger, want to publish ‘zines and rage against machines? Artists in the early Meiji era of Japan certainly did – so much so, in fact, that they birthed a whole literary genre! Today, doujinshi has a very specific meaning when used in Western anim...

Yaoi isn’t just a word you hear whispered in the dark corners of anime conventions anymore. Anime boys kissing is big business, and has exploded in mainstream popularity over the past decade. Unlike most hentai, too, you can find even some of the more hardcore yaoi at major booksellers. This g...

Believe it or not, a chilling murder investigation was behind the birth of visual novels! The Portopia Serial Murder Case, developed by ChunSoft and released by Enix in 1983, introduced the world to a genre we take for granted (and even poke fun at) now. At the time, its interactive crime scenes and...