Fri 2008/11/28 13:00
Itai News have covered a news item about how the "Sandwich" method of buying ero mags is old hat and that there is a new method - the "ask for a receipt" method. The Sandwich method is where one buys ero mags and sandwiches it in between other mags such as a business or fashion mag, This has two effects:- 1. Make out that one is a man of society and also reads trendy or educational mags thus reducing embarrassment. 2. Having the ero mag sandwiched below another mag also reduces embarrassment at the counter. The asking for a receipt thing is common in Japanese society when one wants to declare their expenses for the company that they work at. Asking for a receipt means that 'its not for me and am buying for my company' so one does not have to feel embarrassment. How do or did you buy your ero mags? I remember when I was a wee lad who was conscious about my health - I would have to reach up to the top shelf to pick up a playboy - very embarrassing. We also had the Sun newspaper which had a nice girlie showing her bare eyes every day on page 3. I really liked Ruby Finnegan > http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showthread.php?p=154152 - still remember these pics! Growing up n an age without the Internets was tough. These days I do pick up eroge mags as its required in the line of work that I do but don't feel embarrassed in anyway. Some of the images on the cover are a bit OTT sometimes though as you can see - this pic from the Japanese Magazines article.
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i got no hard copies or pictures for that matter, my adult content is all videos =P
(ID #389386) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:19
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Yeah, me too! XD Just in the form of ecchi anime DVDs and .wmvs. I never really liked the "real" thing, I just can't never see through the end of it... Just give me H inserted with a good story and I can deal with that.
(ID #390143) Posted on 2008/11/28 23:35
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Arrgt, I meant "I just can't EVER see through the end of it"...
(ID #390145) Posted on 2008/11/28 23:36
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
nope. i have no ero mags. i have the internet. ^^;
(ID #389407) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:26
I heard you will get canned from owning ero stuff in Singapore (^_^)V
(ID #389460) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:49
student , otaku and awesome blogger
internet is for porn
(ID #389538) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:16
DCX001-Prototype
Avenue Q~~~~
(ID #389613) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:47
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Yay internets!
(ID #389752) Posted on 2008/11/28 16:49
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
Ironically, ero-magazines are not available in Los Angeles. I'm surprised Kinokuniya Bookstores doesn't stock any at all.
(ID #389413) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:28
I'm not surprised. Some of those ero-mags, seen by "regular people" (as in non anime/manga connoisseurs) can look like pedo material. Of course they are not all like that but some people just get the wrong idea.
(ID #389476) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:54
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
At least we get away with G's Festival when they include limited edition oppai mousepads, Dakimakura and sometimes include nudity in the reviews inside but NEVER will you see an issue of 'Bug Bug' in stock. None of the magazines above will ever make it to Kinokuniya Bookstore in L.A. The closest thing to getting Ero-magazines in Los Angeles would be online at J-List but then again i don't do online orders much.
(ID #389499) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:01
Student artist
though you can get 3d-Japanese ero mag at LA
(ID #389490) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:59
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
You were able to get 3D Japanese porn at one point but Kamekaze Anime went out of business recently. And i learned about the adult section a few weeks before they closed down when i bought my flip top and Swap Magic software for my PS2 slim.
(ID #389509) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:04
Studio Bleach founder/owner
It's not just Kinokuniya, but also at Asahiya Bookstores in Santa Monica. Then again, I am more into Shonen Ace and Comptiq. So I can only guess they stick with more mainstream stuff.
(ID #389632) Posted on 2008/11/28 15:05
amatuer bum
The only time I bought an adult mag, was about the time I was 18 or 19. Walked into a gas station and realized I never bought one so at the counter I was just like "get me a playboy" and the the clerk was like, we don't have anymore, so then I said "well then, how about a penthouse". I am very nonchalant about this kind of stuff and don't really get embarrassed over it, so long as family is not involved (the parents and grandparents type). However that has been the only time I purchased adult materials in a store (and I am now 27 btw).
(ID #389421) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:34
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
I'm over 19 and I don't even have one T_T. Must be a sad otaku (sits in lonely corner of room)
(ID #389430) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:37
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Don't worry I also only started this year as well, and I'm 19 too!
(ID #390148) Posted on 2008/11/28 23:37
dont have yet but soon will
(ID #389437) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:40
Unemployed bummer
i would buy them regardless as long as they weren't overly expensive and featured the models i liked. then again, these ero-mags aren't available where i am so meh~~
(ID #389450) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:44
It is banned to sell ero/adult mag in my country... So no luck for me T.T Unless I have to smuggle them in from the custom ^^
(ID #389454) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:47
Extremely Poor College Student
i have no need for ero mags.i have you guys to leech off from
(ID #389461) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:49
When I was underage I saw this imported hentai magazine. Asked my female cousin to buy it for me. When I got old enough and had some sense in me, I would feel embarrassed to buy anything ecchi or just plain sexy (be them mags or books). But since I'm a lazy person I thought "screw it" and just started buying what I needed. Got a lot of weird looks but I don't care anymore.
(ID #389469) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:51
university film student
I love the Internet. I rank it under sleep and just about the same level as food on my heirarchy of needs.
(ID #389470) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:52
dont have ero mag in m'sia but when i was visiting Japan, at a sun story (forgot name of store), i just took a mag and walk up straight to the counter and pay for it with a big smile on my face. the cute girl behind the counter looked and me for a bit and scanned the mag. so i guess it went well. i did the same thing every night for 4 days with the same girl at the counter.
(ID #389474) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:53
4 days straight? Either you really like ero mag or you really like to know the girl......
(ID #389620) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:49
I think he like both ^.^
(ID #389901) Posted on 2008/11/28 19:35
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 太もも Appreciator
Just like gordon... I don't have ero mag since we have the internet ^_^ I do occasionally buy HeavyMetal mag... but that's not really ero ^^;
(ID #389475) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:53
Student artist
I have nothing.
(ID #389489) Posted on 2008/11/28 13:58
Haha. I remember buying the 'Daily Sport' when I was about 17. It's a newspaper in the UK basically full of semi-naked women and sports pictures. I was practically blushing walking up to the counter, and then the shopkeeper called out in a booming voice "Oi Oi! Sporty Sporty!". Argh, that was embarrassing. I hid the newspaper under my jacket all the way home ^^;
(ID #389503) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:02
Web monkey, coffee addicted cerberus, Chef Vader
I never had to hide my buying ero mags. I knew the mag shop owner. so we couldn't care much less what we were reading.
(ID #389520) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:08
Webdev, internet contents, music
I don't buy mags now either, but I haven't ever been ashamed of buying this stuff. They sell, I buy.
(ID #389521) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:09
Hotdog Repairman
Does that mean Danny sandwiches a fashion mag in between a bunch of ero mags, and ask for a receipt?
(ID #389533) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:15
Looking for work again
Hehehehe
(ID #390202) Posted on 2008/11/29 00:15
never bought a ero mag probably because the internet was up by the time i was aware of health care needs...
(ID #389543) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:18
COMPENG/SWENG Student
I had no clue I was purchasing something rather "riske" until I actually went and opened it up after purchasing it... I wondered why the saleswoman was looking at me kinda weird.
(ID #389548) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:20
Student
I do not own anything adult besides internet. LOL
(ID #389556) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:25
Full-time student へへ
not buying at the local bookstores or conbini makes it easier. haha
(ID #389557) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:25
nver read a ero mag b4 but i had read mags like FH* and M*xim before xD now i no longer reads them..internet ftw
(ID #389558) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:25
I got a ton in Data form Tons of them . I actually have all Comic LO mags.
(ID #389566) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:31
i am past the feeling of embarasment. I used to get really nervous when going to an adult store or a strip club or even buying something like megami....but anymore i just don't care too much what whoever purchasing it thinks....but then again...i wear a panda hat and an sos brigade armband alot of the time....-_-'
(ID #389579) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:35
Sandwiched a few Playboys before I moved to Canada, hid them somewhere in my old house. One of my older cousins found them after I moved to Canada and suspected that they were my younger cousin's. Now all my healthy material is stored in my hard drive. ^^
(ID #389610) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:44
Eh. When I buy stuff like that, I usually just go up to the counter and pay for it. This can be pretty fun if the salesperson suddenly acts all embarassed. This deserves the 'is ecchi' tag, though.
(ID #389617) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:49
DCX001-Prototype
I dont keep physical copies, it's too troublesome & takes up a lot of space. soft-copy & HDD/Blu-ray/DVD FTW!
(ID #389618) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:49
Do we even have these in Malaysia....?
(ID #389706) Posted on 2008/11/28 16:02
DCX001-Prototype
that's why I said I dont keep physical copy ^^;
(ID #390162) Posted on 2008/11/28 23:45
I just buy it normally like I do everything else. I flash kids with the pin-ups as they gawk.
(ID #389626) Posted on 2008/11/28 14:59
Web Developer, Designer
on my first trip to japan, i bought quite a few ero mags, prob over a 100 bucks, i was young. anyway, a friend and i were at seven eleven and he wanted a porn mag, but he was too scared to buy it, kinda embarrassing as i was almost checked out by a lady. on the flight home the bag with all my mags was randomly searched, they left a note that they searched the bag, and all the mags were not in the order i left them in, im just glad they dont search the bags in front of the passengers, that would have been interesting. in the end, when i got back to the states i gave all the ero mags to friends, and two DVDs, well over a 100 bucks of stuff.
(ID #389649) Posted on 2008/11/28 15:15
frustrated hikikomori + dual core persona guidance counsellor
No, I don't have ero mags. But I don't feel embarrassed when I'm asking something about DVD porn in store. I even able to know other perverts, I mean patrons, who really knowledgeable in that industry. XDD
(ID #389676) Posted on 2008/11/28 15:38
I was a weird gaijin, so I guess I assumed the novelty of my buying all the magaazines would overpower any sense of embarassment. I never felt any shame buying ero-manga at konbinis at any rate ;D
(ID #389719) Posted on 2008/11/28 16:10
US Navy Sailor
While I don't own any Ero-magazines from anime. Some of the artbooks I own have alot of full page very nice not-clothed artwork. My School Days/Summer Days one was particularly racy. For adult magazines, I have only bought adult magazines a few times at the gas station. I just buy a few other items to take the focus off the mag. Some Shiner Bock, some Doritos, payment on pump 2, and...this too. ^_^;
(ID #389729) Posted on 2008/11/28 16:16
Is just not posible to find this kind of magazine here :(
(ID #389745) Posted on 2008/11/28 16:32
.. and now we have internet:P
(ID #389746) Posted on 2008/11/28 16:34
Just do it! Just buy it... ;-) We otakus is here to stay!
(ID #389747) Posted on 2008/11/28 16:35
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Yep... I picked several different stuff while I was in Japan. So many doujinshi... I was baffled by the sheer amount on some shops.
(ID #389772) Posted on 2008/11/28 17:09
no porn allowed here. i used to download stuff from the internet ages ago, but stopped about 2 years back since i dont feel like watching anymore porn now. mind gets desensitized to these things if we watch those too much.
(ID #389777) Posted on 2008/11/28 17:11
Its normal for men to have porno, its almost a fact that everyone has atleast seen porn before. i myself have some ero-man on my shelf and pretty open about it...lol, it looks totaly oblivious tho, considering all the other manga makes it look non-ero/normal.
(ID #389797) Posted on 2008/11/28 17:32
Kawaii Pink Stuffs FanGirl, Cat Lover, Otaku, MP3 Hunter, Matcha & Afternoon Milk Tea Addict.
dun have eromag but there always scanned ero pic on the internet ^^;
(ID #389811) Posted on 2008/11/28 17:45
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
I don't own any and don't really read them as I haven't come across them on the internet really XD
(ID #389823) Posted on 2008/11/28 17:54
Student and full-time otaku
If I ever get to Japan, I'll pick up one of these just for the heck of it ^^;
(ID #389827) Posted on 2008/11/28 18:00
Student
Yes sir I have them and now someone offered me the ChuxChu Idol artworks book :)
(ID #389831) Posted on 2008/11/28 18:07
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
I don't have any ero or h material.
(ID #389864) Posted on 2008/11/28 18:41
The ero materials I have are in my HD ^.^ , I have neber gone up to a counter to buy ero mag.
(ID #389904) Posted on 2008/11/28 19:37
Its amazing how the internet has come to save health conciousness. Not only can you avoid embarssment you can get it for free. Except well...you can't take it to the bathroom with you (hmm,maybe you can).
(ID #389906) Posted on 2008/11/28 19:38
Always wanted one but my country is under strict rule of no Adult content magazines which is so unneccessary...
(ID #389920) Posted on 2008/11/28 19:50
I used to sandwich when I was very young, but eventually I just bought the mags without trying to hide it. Then came the internet.....
(ID #389923) Posted on 2008/11/28 19:51
Physical Therapist
I hit Puberty when Internet was in its children boots...There was no need to buy Eromags but alot of time was required when you accessed pictures with a 56 k Modem ^_^.I think it took me about 1 hour to get a 10 mb movie XD I only own one Playboy and that was a gift.Why should i buy mags when theres the Internet with all its abilities
(ID #389935) Posted on 2008/11/28 20:04
And to think that you live near likely the only town in Germany where you can actually get 2D Eromags. What a waste~
(ID #390217) Posted on 2008/11/29 00:26
yes i have some and im gonna order more tomorrow!
(ID #389958) Posted on 2008/11/28 20:41
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
Nah...but on internet yes lol
(ID #389996) Posted on 2008/11/28 21:20
AdvDip Network Security - CCNA - Ironport - Security+
i live on danbooru and /a/.... but that's a whole other story
(ID #390005) Posted on 2008/11/28 21:25
No hard copies here...Can't get it here...
(ID #390008) Posted on 2008/11/28 21:27
Fine arts and communications student
I'm past the feeling of embarrassment. When people look, I'm like, with one look at them, "what's it to you?"
(ID #390059) Posted on 2008/11/28 22:31
Mechanical Engineering student
My sauce is mostly the Interwebs. But their are times that I buy magazines like FHM, Playboy and Maxim (on very rare occasions though). I just buy the thing without a care in the world. It shows that I am a MAN! XD
(ID #390066) Posted on 2008/11/28 22:37
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Hey, as long as you READ them! XD
(ID #390153) Posted on 2008/11/28 23:40
Mechanical Engineering student
Define "read" XD
(ID #391285) Posted on 2008/11/29 20:38
used to be embarrass when buying gondoms in shops n sandwich it with others items. Now no more embarrass, be it guy or gal at the counter.
(ID #390076) Posted on 2008/11/28 22:55
Programmer Trainee
It's not embarrassment really. More of fear that my family will think am sick or something. Either way the Internet is full of eroge stuff. So..I guess I don't need to buy ero magazines
(ID #390177) Posted on 2008/11/28 23:53
Procrastinator, n00b blogger
Usually I buy ero mag at kiosks, so the embarrassment is practically nil *lol*
(ID #390229) Posted on 2008/11/29 00:39
Student during the day, otaku at night, and amateur musician ^_^
Nah, never buy one. My parents will kill me if I do. ^_^
(ID #390239) Posted on 2008/11/29 00:55
Ah! Eros manga translated by Studio Proteus. Simply the best back then. Anyone agree?
(ID #390313) Posted on 2008/11/29 01:53
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
I have not adult videos or magazines in my possession. I'm utterly pathetic when it comes to this.
(ID #390396) Posted on 2008/11/29 02:50
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
I don't know have ero mags. However, I will keep these in mind when I ever do get one. ^^
(ID #390519) Posted on 2008/11/29 05:09
Student & Game Designer
as long as I do not live in japan, it seems pointless to buy stuff, even manga you just get shit here =P but when I live in japan some day that will change of course
(ID #390566) Posted on 2008/11/29 05:55
Otaku, Gamer, Blogger
I don't have any Ero magazines in my collection...but when I buy questionable Doujinshi, I buy a couple of G-rated Gag Doujin so I'll have something to show when explain why I paid so much for "two" books, lol. ^^;
(ID #390953) Posted on 2008/11/29 13:54
Exchange student
From time to time I buy TechGian, a galge mag. I only keep interesting posters, reviews or interviews and throw the rest. My space is fairly limited...
(ID #390965) Posted on 2008/11/29 14:12
I'm not that overly conscious about buying ero magazines. I don't think it's that big a deal unless you make it one.
(ID #391703) Posted on 2008/11/30 03:53
Aeronautical Engineer
New Age... Barely any need to go out and get a hard copy nowadays with it being so prominent online, so I have never had this problem, but it does sound really embarrassing.
(ID #392350) Posted on 2008/11/30 15:36
Bounty Hunter
You just did not post a link to a such naughty 3D porn forum did you Danny? I don't even remember drinking anything... ;]
(ID #393220) Posted on 2008/12/01 08:19
No I dont have any ero mags but all i have is some vids..LOL
(ID #396020) Posted on 2008/12/02 23:56
I am old enough to have no shame any more. If I want to buy an ero mag I just buy it and have done with it.
(ID #473497) Posted on 2009/02/04 05:52
Having said that, I remember a case in the company where I work where non-Japanese management needed some staff to go out and buy a load of porn movies on UMD for PSP. So obviously they asked the Japanese staff to do it, and the staff were very embarrassed.
(ID #473500) Posted on 2009/02/04 05:54
Damn it, I never see those Bug Bug magazines scanned, maybe except for the first few issues years back. =( The cover art for all of them are incredibly gorgeous. Anyone know who's the artist behind them?
(ID #521525) Posted on 2009/03/15 00:02
In Finland there is a bakery called www.eromanga.info.
Apparently sells non ero bread.
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