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On the ''bad'' side of [[Good Adultery, Bad Adultery]], and as its name suggests, Netorare is essentially a genre whose goal is to project discomfort on the audience's part (much like horror flicks are intended to provoke unintended bowel movements), where the discomfort comes in the form of sexual jealousy. Typically, a heroine will be introduced as having a significant other, which may be a husband, a boyfriend, or even a partner in a [[BST]] affair. The story will then show the aforementioned heroine being intimate with another man ([[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|another girl just doesn't pack the same punch]]), thus provoking jealousy in the audience by proxy. The nature of the affair varies, and the parties involved may be willing or unwilling: sometimes the girl is simply [[Your Cheating Heart|cheating]], sometimes it's in the form of a [[Scarpia Ultimatum]], some other times, it's rape, or the man may simply be pimping his sweetheart out to earn their bread.
Of course, the parties involved may be of either gender. [[Most Writers Are Male]], so commonly it's the woman who engages in the proceedings. Also, it doesn't have nearly the same effect if the [[Harem Genre|genders are switched]]; in fact, [[Double Standard|most of the guys love it.]]
As one might effortlessly predict, many people seriously detest this genre/trope. It might have to do with the oft-idealised nature of relationships in the anime/manga culture, along with the fanbase's obsession with [[Purity Sue|purity]] -- a phenomenon apparent by the popularity of tropes like [[Sacred First Kiss]], [[Lolicon]], [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], or [[Moe]]. That is to say, Otakudom seems to have a strong connection with a specific, sugary perception of romantic relationships, built around pure, sincere, genuine commitment. Hence Netorare, being at the opposite side of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]], tends to rub people the wrong way. In spite of all the hate, some people are genuinely attracted to this kind of stories, for [[Mind Game Ship|various]] [[My Girl Is a Slut|reasons.]] Inversely, most fans of the genre are also obsessed with purity, which is what makes it all the more enticing when that purity is broken.
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