According to his fake blog on NBC.com, Dwight Schrute, a character on The Office, likes manga … but don’t try to slip him any shokushu goukan:
The comic books that the other gentleman was purchasing were of the “hentai” sub-genre. Hentai is disgusting. It is Japanese comic pornography and it is completely inappropriate. What disturbed me most about this man’s choices were that they were exclusively of the shokushu goukan variety. For those not familiar, shokushu goukan is the Japanese term for tentacle rape. These comics feature Japanese women getting taken advantage of by octopi. I truly do not understand their appeal. Octopi are, by their very nature, non-sexual creatures. After they reproduce, both the mother and father octopus die within a matter of months. What’s sexy about that? To chronicle the sexual nature of an octopus is as pointless as trying to find a beet weevil in December – it’s just a waste of time.
As I was perusing the contents of the various shokushu goukan comics, I kept happening on the same plot. Woman loves sailor. Sailor goes out to sea. Sailor is killed by giant octopus. Giant octopus rapes woman with its tentacles. This plot doesn’t make any sense. It paints giant octopi as if they’re these terribly vindictive creatures, not content to just kill sailors, but also to seek out and infiltrate their women. What do the Japanese have against octopi? What did octopi ever do to the Japanese besides providing a tremendous amount of nourishment in the form of tako sushi? It baffles me. It angers me. It saddens me.
His blog goes on to say that he’s a fan of Ranma 1/2, because it lacks “horny vindictive creatures with tentacles.”
Ah, The Office … I’ll miss you while you hibernate this summer.
May 29th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Fear the Schrute!
May 29th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
“This plot doesn’t make any sense.”
As opposed to the high literary standards of Western pornography…
It’d be amusing to see that infamous Heroes For Hire issue make a cameo on someone’s desk in the show.
May 29th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Rainn Wilson will always be Bill, AKA Fish Boy to me.
“[Bill]’s a good guy. Oh, he’s been a great help to me! A real blessin’. I mean, I couldn’t have asked for a better speciman. You don’t know what kind of dry spell I’ve had here. Total block, total block! But Bill… he’s okay.”
“Where is he? Where is he? Can I see him?Can I see Bill, please?”
“Let’s go see. Behold… Fishboy!”
May 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I think I am in love with Dwight.
May 29th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Not plausible? Whew, now I can go back to the beach!
May 29th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Not plausible? Whew, now I can go back to the beach!
May 29th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Um, does this jerk understand that “rape” is NOT about “sex” either?
Rape is an act of violence, plain and simple and, before anyone gets too bent out of shape, bear in mind that some people get their kicks out of watching grown men batter each other senseless, so it’s not too hard to believe that some people would find “tentacle rape” to be sexually stimulating.
Also, maybe he’s not fully aware of some science fiction films which feature a premise of “vindictive” beings. Perhaps he can now make the case for why the film Demon Seed should be available for people to watch or buy. (For the record, that 1977 film involves a “super computer raping its creator’s wife”, something which we ALL know is fully within the realm of being “scientifically plausible”.)
As to “The Office”, talk about a show that has no bearing on reality. If those characters existed in real life, every last one would be fired for utter incompetence or inappropriate behavior at work. (Yet, I suppose we’re expected to just sit back and not think too long about that.)
May 29th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Actually, Ranma 1/2 *does* contain a horny, vindictive creature with tentacles.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Oh, dear. Someone doesn’t get the point at all.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Not plausible? Whew, now I can go back to the beach!
May 30th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Bama - so you’re saying octopi do rape women?
May 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Is it possible BamaRainbow is trying to “out-Schrute” Dwight? If so, the comment is genius! If not …
May 30th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Maybe it isn’t so safe to go back to the beach.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I think you are all stupid because tentacle rape doesnt necacarally mean an octopus (i know i mispelled a word) as i have witnessed it is a large variaty of alians and other such creatures ive never seen a tentacle hentai that actually involved an octopus get over yourselves and watch or read some before you judge it.. average human beings shoot down everything you dont understand… dwight is not a genious