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Futanari (A compound word meaning 'double form' in Japanese) can mean both the subjects of a special type of pornographic anime or manga, (commonly known in the West as hentai) or the genre itself. Futanari depicts hermaphrodites or females with male sex organs.
It is unclear whether appeal of futanari to males is related to homosexuality. Since anime and manga are drawn, artists have created 'imaginitive' genital configurations, often obscuring any underlying gender in their subjects.
Other common terms used to describe futanari characters are "dickgirls" or "shemales" although these are often considered vulgar. 'Futanari', and also 'Newhalf', are more polite terms having come into recent use; 'Futanari' tending to refer specifically to actual hermaphrodites and 'Newhalf' tending to refer specifically to characters with female bodies but only male genitals.
It can be argued that futanari branched off of yuri or yaoi, as depictions are similar to these two and not to regular hentai. Others say it is a slightly more mundane branch of 'youkai hentai', which sometimes features mythological creatures or figures.
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