Does sex sell? Unfortunately (or fortunately?) it does, but if pornography is too much for someone, then ecchi is the next best thing. An anime/manga that falls under the ecchi subgenre tend to rely on explicit humor and partial nudity (no exposed sexual organs) for a plot device. Such clichés like walking in on someone naked and changing, that one perverted character that can’t stop mentioning the female body (or male body, both genders are perverts), and that one or several scandalously dressed character that consistently ogles the mc, all exist in this genre.
Want a more technical definition? Wikipedia says: often used slang term in the Japanese language for playfully sexual actions….ecchi has been adopted by western fans of Japanese media to describe works with sexual overtones. In Japanese, the word ecchi is often used to describe a person’s conduct, but in western fandom, it has come to be used to refer to softcore or playful sexuality, as distinct from the word hentai, which connotes perversion or fetishism.
Give the wiki a read, its actually pretty fascinating to be honest, especially when it discusses the western and eastern uses of words like ecchi and hentai and how they differentiate.
Ecchi Anime Reviewed
Echi Anime List and Reccomendations
My Recommendations…shhh
- Date A Live
- Gleipnir
- Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?
- Kizumonogatari (Monogatari Series) (Bakemonogatari/Hanamonogatari/Owarimonogatari
- School Days 😉
- Tsugumomo