Quitting porn is hard, and I haven't fully succeeded. Putting away my iPhone most nights helps, but I still have it during the day, along with some choice lonely moments.

I hope that by sharing my thoughts on porn and why it's a bad thing will help remind me why I'm quitting, especially Japanese porn.

People really don't like Japanese porn/hentai because it's so niche. Basically, there are several kinds:

1.) Girl gets hypnotized

2.) Girl gets blackmailed

3.) Girl gets straight-up raped

4.) horny sister falls in love with brother/male relative

5.) guy has sex because of crazy accident or bizarre circumstances.

There's maybe 2 Japanese pornos out there that we would call "vanilla." What young boys learn from this is that "women will not have sex with you under normal circumstances willingly. Ever."

Even outside of hentai, there's this anime that I enjoy called "Highschool DxD" where the main character is a reincarnated devil that inherits the spirit of the Red Dragon- this basically gives him god-killing power, and multiple women in the show ask him to father their children.

Not to mention that the other devils who work for his mistress, Rias Gremory, all seem to be attracted to him, including Rias. He comes home one day to find them all wearing skimpy see-through outfits as a reward for him being a good fighter.

Nevertheless, he acts like such a virgin white knight all the time. Rias kisses him at the end of Season 1 (oh spoilers, schmoilers) yet they don't seem to actually start dating until Season 4 (I haven't actually watched any of 4 because the art style took a huge downgrade.) One girl, Xenovia, tries to have sex with him twice, once with another girl involved. This same other girl straight up confesses she loves him.

Issei on the other hand is still chasing his goal of becoming a devil master with servants of his own, to use for his own sexual purposes. He seems convinced that women could never be attracted to him and that they only do sexual things for him in return for doing them favors, or protecting them in battle. To be fair, they do bribe him in this way.

At one point, Issei fantasizes how easily he could resolve girl problems if he were harem king.

EVERYONE ACTS THE EXACT SAME WAY THEY DO IN-UNIVERSE!

Brothers, this is not even par for the course in the harem genre. Most harem protagonists never see a single titty, and they have to deal with terrible personalities, misunderstandings, while still suffering the same punishments and fights the plot demands of them. These shows usually last 1 or 2 seasons, because of how generic they are.

If you want to see a harem anime that's less bogged down (if not completely free of) such beta bullshit, watch "Armed Girls Machiavellianism." Free-spirited guy enters an extremely gynocentric culture where men are practically castrated, fights the establishment, and wins over every girl he defeats. Most importantly, he doesn't freak out when girls kiss him, or when he sees their panties. Fuck, this guy starts calling a girl "purple" after he sees them.

But anyways, Japanese sex media is very anti-male, and I can't support such an industry any longer. If I fap, I try to imagine myself dominating a girl, not accidentally grabbing her titty and turning her on randomly. Wish me luck, bros.