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• So... if the "H" isn't short for Hentai, what does it mean?
  • My guess is that it does come from the English transliteration of "Hentai", which only means "perverted", using the first letter as a stand-in. But I really don't know...
  • It almost certainly does come from "hentai", and the EDICT dictionary even says as much. The two terms still aren't synonymous, though. I've revised the article to reflect this.
  • Japanese use it as a shortcut for Ecchi. When they pronounce "H" with the accent, it sounds like "Ecchi".
• You're actually watching "H." Perhaps more accurately a mispronunciation of the name of the letter H.
• Is there ecchi with fanservice focused primarily on men?