Omorashi
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Omorashi (Japanese: オモラシ, "to wet oneself") is a fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the feeling of a full bladder. For such fetishists, climax usually coincides with the moment of relief and embarrassment experienced when the desperate individual loses bladder control. Outside of Japan, it is not usually identified separately from urolagnia and urophagia. Westerners who do make the distinction commonly use phrases such as "bladder desperation" or "panty wetting."
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[edit] Omorashi and Hardcore
Most fetishes concerning the use of bodily fluids are considered by the general public as "hardcore," taboo, or edgeplay.[citation needed] However, most omorashi videos are among the most softcore of erotica, featuring innocent young women, fully clothed, who have gotten themselves into an embarrassing bathroom situation. Though they may occasionally feature some nudity, omorashi videos do not feature direct sexual contact; their content can be described as fitting within the MPAA's definition of an R rating.[1] The focus on clothed rather than overtly sexual images makes garment fetishism a prominent feature in most omorashi erotica: commonly featured outfits include those worn by schoolgirls, female working professionals, and other women attempting to look dignified before succumbing to the urge to childishly wet themselves. In this way, omorashi could be variously considered a form of sadism, masochism, sadomasochism, or erotic humiliation.
[edit] Omorashi in Japan
There are many ways in which omorashi is practiced in Japan.
[edit] Yagai
One of the variations is known as omorashi yagai, which translates as "to wet oneself outdoors (or publicly)." A further variation includes yagai hōnyō, or "outdoor (or public) urination," in which the subject publicly removes their clothes to urinate. Other yagai hōnyō practitioners operate much like graffiti artists, attempting the public urination acts without being caught.[2]
[edit] Game shows
Japanese omorashi fans also enjoy game shows in which contestants must compete in various urine-holding challenges.[3] The Japanese Giga video company's "Desperation Tournament" series is one of the best known examples of this kind of contest. One such activity has been a panel of contestants competing to guess which woman has to use the restroom, or is wearing a diaper.
[edit] Diapers
Omutsu omorashi, less commonly called oshime omorashi, both of translate as "to wet oneself in a diaper." This omutsu variation is essentially the same as the standard omorashi, except that the participants are wearing a diaper instead of panties. This fetish is an example of a Japanese variation of the diaper lover community.
[edit] Fantasy services
Prostitution, defined by the government as genital-to-genital contact, is illegal in Japan. "Image clubs" or "pink salons" are establishments specialized in oral sex, but recently some have added a number of other "not-quite-sex" services such as massage plus oral sex or a range of other fetish oriented services that do not include genital-to-genital contact, such as costumes and settings. An omorashi service can involve either the client, the masseuse, or both, wetting themselves, with or without a diaper. This can sometimes involve a "teiku auto" (a wasei-eigo of the English phrase "take out") where you get to take home your masseuse's wet panties or diaper, or just their urine in a bottle.[4]
Soiled schoolgirl panties were at one time also available in Japan through vending machines. [5] However, in 2004, the Tokyo metropolitan government passed a bill to ban the sale of panties worn by underage girls.[6][7] Shortly after this law was passed, it was reported that some underage girls (called kagaseya or sniffers) were instead allowing their clients to sniff their underwear from directly between their legs. Others chose to sell photos of themselves, throwing in the used panties for free.[8] These acts of pseudo-prostitution are one of the foundations of kogal culture in Japan.
[edit] Eroge
An eroge (エロゲー erogē?, erotic game) is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. A number of omorashi focused games, such as Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber have become popular in recent years. [9]
[edit] Anime and manga
Japanese produced omorashi also included comic books and animation. These range from independently produced dōjinshi to large commercially produced manga. Some focus exclusively on omorashi stories, and could be considered a form of H manga. Others may simply contain an occasional scene. Though wetting scenes have been in anime as early as the popular Devilman of the 1960s, they have taken on a more overtly erotic tone in recent years.[citation needed] One example is the H anime OVA Vixens.
[edit] Acceptance
Public urination in general (both within and outside of fetish subculture) is considered far more acceptable in Japan than in some Western countries.[10] Public nudity is also considered a lesser social taboo.[11] Additionally, the greater Japanese mainstream acceptance of fetish activity involving wetting oneself may stem from a broader cultural acceptance of older children who are not toilet trained:[original research?] recent studies show that an increasing number of Japanese children are wetting their beds and even wearing diapers full time, well into elementary school.[12][13] Larger diapers have appeared on the Japanese market. One example includes the "Goo.N Refreshing Bigger than Big Size Diapers," intended for seven-year-old boys and girls. The adult diaper market in Japan is also growing, as more Japanese turn to diapers as a solution to age related incontinence.[14]
[edit] Outside of Japan
Though there is a small community devoted to such fetishism outside of Japan, it is usually overshadowed by the more hardcore fetishes, urolagnia and urophagia. Outside of Japan, omorashi groups usually refer to their shared interest as "desperation" fetishism, often making a distinction between content featuring males and females. Some English language websites with a focus on females simply identify as "panty wetting." Since such sites abandon the "desperation" title which implies an effort not to wet, they are more likely to include nudity, overtly sexual models and situations, as well as purposeful (as opposed to accidental) wetting.
[edit] Publications
Omorashi subculture has not received such diverse media exposure in non-Japanese publications, but does include Australian based, internationally distributed .[1] Wet Set Magazine. The welcome header on their website reads:
- "Wet Set Magazine is for girls who enjoy the thrill of wetting their knickers, or peeing in their beds and diapers. Our girls are always desperate to go to the toilet, but love to pee in their pants instead!"[15]
Some Western proponents of omorashi recognize a heavy Asian influence. For instance, in a February 2006 issue of The Brooklyn Rail, American poet Garrett Caples of Oakland, California chose to describe the shooting of an omorashi film in a Japanese setting.[16]
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[edit] External links
- A Japanese fetish glossary
- Another Japanese fetish glossary
- An index of Japanese erotica, including the Giga company's notorious omorashi videos
- A review of the omorashi eroge, "Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber."
- A Japanese Porn Term Primer
- Wet Set Magazine
- The Omorashi Report, an online newsletter with a focus on video reviews. Formerly known as Omorashi Magazine. Also features short fiction.
- Poet Garrett Caples describes the shooting of an omorashi film in The Brooklyn Rail. (February 2006)
- An article from AlexSuze.com describes a first time omorashi experience (August 13th 2007)
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