CJ: Can you talk about how the tentacle came to be used in your work?

TM: At that time [pre-Urotsuki Doji], it was illegal to create a sensual scene in bed. I thought I should do something to avoid drawing such a normal sensual scene. So I just created a creature. [His tentacle] is not a [penis] as a pretext. I could say, as an excuse, this is not a [penis], this is just a part of the creature. You know, the creatures, they don’t have a gender. A creature is a creature. So it is not obscene – not illegal.

Drawing intercourse was, and is, illegal in Japan. That is our big headache: to create such a sensual scene. We are always using any type of trick.

Entre l’imagerie traditionnelle japonaise et son utilisation actuelle dans les mangas, la tentacule comme symbole érotique s’est répandue comme une icône culturelle.
Quelques exemples de son assimilation occidentale : Weebl et Bob rappellent les dangers de se déguiser en écolière japonaise et Sexy Loser explique les dangers qui guettent les monstres tentaculaires.

Après toutes ces tentacules dégoulinantes de stupre, voici quelques utilisation non sexuelles de l’image du poulpe.

Enfin, si vous voulez encore quelques créations remplies de tentacules NSFW, je vous renvoie vers ce sujet, et celui ci sur le forum de Suzanne D. Gerber.
Là dessus, je vais me manger une bonne assiette de tentacules de poulpes. Hmmmmm, tentacules…
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Rotenberg is one of the country’s preeminent porn collectors. Four Taschen books have been based on his personal stash—nearly 200,000 pieces and growing. “I want to acquire all that I can afford,” he says. “EBay is like New York to me—it’s the land of temptation. There are vintage-nude-photo auctions ending every 30 seconds.”

[merci John]