Typically the male lead is a kind and gentle soul while most of the female characters are some combination of more powerful, aggressive, and/or capable.hentai: Literally translating as perverted, when used in reference to an anime type it refers to adults-only anime distinguished by explicit sexual content.Kanji characters represent either an entire word or the stem of a word depending on usage.Though the symbols are more complex and not conducive to phonetic writing (and hence to being used for words borrowed from non-Chinese languages), their meaning is often more clear than the phonetically-written versions of the same word - an important consideration in a language heavily prone to homonyms.: An extreme antisocial phenomenon in Japan (though it has parallels in other postindustrial countries) which involves individuals completely withdrawing from work, school, family, and society in general and holing up in their rooms, often spending all their time playing games, reading manga, watching anime, and/or surfing the Web.It has recently appeared in several anime and manga, among them Hepburn system: A commonly-used method for transliterating Japanese writing into English.chibi: In Japan this term means small or undersized and is often interpreted as runt or puny.In the American fan community it has lost its negative connotation and refers to characters that are cute and either tiny or superdeformed.

Dating /doujinshi: Fan-produced fiction using characters from a popular manga or anime series.

versions of Japanese words are given in italics unless their usage in English has become commonplace (as is the case with anime).

When pronouncing Japanese words one should be aware that each syllable is pronounced distinctly and with equal emphasis and that silent vowels are a rarity.

Most hentai would be considered porn by American standards.

Be forewarned that some hentai titles go to great extremes; rape scenes, S&M content, and tentacle monsters (think about it) are not uncommon, for instance.