in what is one of the more disturbing trends in contemporary japan, the maid cafes and other perverted male otaku hang outs have spawned a new branch of cafes for female otaku, ones based one gay comic book porn. that’s right, women who want to indulge their childhood fantasy of young effeminate men dressed in high school uniforms flirting with each other, engaging in oral sex, or brutally anal raping each other finally have an outlet for their fetish.

now if you’re anything like me, your fist reaction to this article might be, oh say, wtf? but apparently in japan’s never ending quest to cater to every possible kink, they have stumbled across a sizable subset of female otaku that just can’t get enough of yoai manga and doujinshi. as a consequence proprietors sensing an opportunity for profit have created bars and restaurants much like the one featured in this article. run by a woman by the name of emiko sakamaki, the place goes by the name of edlestein (named after a yoai comic set in a german high school) and features a staff of young cosmetically enhanced men. according to her and others the market is driven by the atmosphere of female indulgence that has been of which japan has, until this time, been bereft of, combined with the popularity of anime and manga, complicated by the desire for relationships which transcend traditional gender roles, all united by a sample population of young to middle aged single women who appreciate the unparalleled beauty of a fragile young teenager being raped by other men (preferably in groups).

questions for our female readers in japan. how common is this sexual fantasy among young japanese women? is this just a niche market or something broader? do you believe it is a local kink or something that is common in other countries as well? is it seen as something slightly perverted (like the otaku maid bars) or just a normal part of life? in general do you buy the whole transcending gender roles justification, or do you think there is a legitimate subset of women that view two men together the way a great percentage of men view two women together as arousing? i’m being completely sincere here.

now on to the second point i have about this article is the wide brush it paints the male otaku of japan and the lengths it goes to present female otaku in a favorable light. take this line for example:

But recently, businesses have discovered another type of free-spending Japanese consumer: the female otaku, who tends to be better-looking, trendier, and more sociable than her male counterpart.

so apparently all men who enjoy past times that society deems geeky or those that enjoy the area of akihabara are just a bunch of ulgy, tacky, antisocial, presumably translecently pale, perverts that talk only to themselves and spend most of their time locked in the closet, auto-asphyxiating and jacking off to dolls modeled after their favorite characters. wait till animes heres about this!

image of male otaku according to reuters

all this while, women who engage in similar interests are trendy, smoking hot connoisseurs of fine art never seen without their exclusive entourage and mountains of money; who often spend their time philosophizing about the nature of aesthetics and the desire to transcend the bonds of human relationships.

image of female otaku according to reuters

wow reuters, wow.

*link explaining the horse-man picture and its relevance here.

**for those in need of a definition a puma is a woman in her thirties who has a sexual obsession towards barely legal men