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"Ecchi" is used by English-speaking anime fans to refer to soft-core pornographic or sexually suggestive anime and manga. This is a western invention, as in Japanese, it is a catch-all term for all things sexual, not limited to porn and not really considered a "milder" term. The term "ecchi" in Japanese comes from the pronounciation of the letter "H" in English - "aitch" is rendered into Japanese syllabary as エッチ, which in turn is transliterated into the Roman alphabet as "ecchi". The letter "H" comes from the word "[[Hentai]]", but the term as currently used is not synonymous with [[Hentai]].
The line between
To borrow an old saying, when it comes to sexual content,
Possibly because sex is [[Naked People Are Funny|inherently funny]], a large number of
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* ''[[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]''
* ''[[Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai]]''
* ''[[Buttobi CPU]]'' could be considered a borderline case for either
* ''[[Change 123]]''
* ''[[Chobits]]''
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* ''[[Colorful]]''
* ''[[C³|Cube×Cursed×Curious]]''
* ''[[DearS]]'' ([[Magical Girlfriend]]? Not necessarily ecchi. Magical ''sex slave''?
* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' — A [[Subverted Trope|subversion]]: the story as a whole is a drama/horror. Much of nudity is [[Fan Disservice]] and misleads the audience quite a lot.
* ''[[Futari Ecchi]]''
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