Ecchi anime is a genre that is often confused with Hentai. Ecchi explores illicit fantasies and innuendos in a milder manner and gives way to more fantasizing apart from the comedy and romance which it explores alongside. Ecchi is sensual and comical in nature and it explores a person’s innate desires in manners that it also leaves scope for imagination and interpretation.
In this article, we will look at the Top 10 best Ecchi anime and try to explore their plots in a brief manner.
Top 10 best Ecchi anime of all time
10. Food Wars
This Ecchi anime explores the story of Yukihira Somua, who admits into a culinary academy known as the Tootsuki Culinary Academy. The story follows various culinary wars and the reactions to various dishes come in the form of foodgasms. The explicit portrayal of these foodgasms gives it a place in the list of best ecchi anime shows as these hyper-sensualized expressions greatly add to the story narration and character development.
9. The Testament of Sister New Devil
The plot of this Ecchi anime focuses on the life of Basara Toujo, who has to move abroad as his father remarries. Upon reaching there, he finds out that he has to live with two new step-sisters. However, it is revealed that these two step sisters belong to a demon clan and Basara turns out to be from a clan that opposes his sisters’ clan.
During the course of the show, Basara has to protect his sisters and also avoid getting eliminated by them. The Ecchi element in the show is composed of various awkward and risky scenes, which make up for the major portion of the excitement.
8. Shimoneta
Shimoneta explores a world that is an alternate reality of Japan where strict and eccentric moral laws have been implemented. No dirty jokes, no vulgar talks, that’s the idea of chastity in the anime.
But the leader of SOX( which is an organization that is hell-bent on spreading dirty jokes) Blue Snow recruits Tanukichi to fulfill their mission. The mayhem and the denial of the unconventional laws bring with it a kind of protest and defiance filled with crude motivated connotations.
7. Everyday Life with Monster Girls
This explores a world that consists of Monster Girls who are willing to date humans. It is the story of Kurusu Kimoto who meets a girl named Miia, who is a Monster Girl and Kimoto has to deal with all of her flirtation and raging wild approaches.
To add a cherry on the top, or cherries to be precise, several other monster girls join the group and they all compete to win over Kimoto. While Kurusu is bound to marry one of these monster girls at one point, the various Ecchi encounters greatly add to the excitement of the anime.
6. Seitokai Yakuindomo
In school, everyone is talking about intercourse! The conversations and the curiosity revolving around sensual topics greatly contribute to this Ecchi. Tsuda Takatoshi is surrounded by girls everywhere and his own illicit tensions add to the overall narrative of this Ecchi Anime.
5. Prison School
Prison School explores the story of five boys who make it into an all-girls school. The boys are left to wonder if they will ever be accepted by these opposites and their alienation greatly adds to the narrative. Moreover, the various growing-of-age anxieties and perverted moments also make up for the fun and lively nature of this Ecchi. These anime bring with them a sense of dejection and tension, both of which defines the genre at a greater level.
4. To Love-Ru
Rito Yuki is in love with Haruna, a classmate of his but has to marry Lala, an alien. The story is filled with sensual as well as attractingly enticing scenes which fill the viewer with extremities in terms of both the laughter and sensuality that the anime provides. With naughty adventures and fantasy-driven moments, this anime keeps the audience on edge with more and more elements of love and ecchi encounters throughout the show.
3. Kanokon
High School boy Kouta has a lot of girls chasing after him. While they compete and fight over his attention, the various intimate innuendos and advances deeply make it a borderline hentai of sorts. The most notable of the girls after him are the two supernatural spirits Chizuru and Nozomu. The love triangle, therefore, takes crazy twists and expressions of a kinky love filled with a lot of sensual imagery.
2. Yosuga no Sora
Perhaps one of the most made-fun-of in the Anime community. It is an incestuous story about Haruka and Sora. There are several repressed sensual imageries in motion and they are slowly let out as the story progresses. While the Anime branches into multiple endings after a certain episode, with one of the endings homing the taboo incestuous relationship between the siblings as its primary theme.
1. High School DxD
Unarguably the best Ecchi anime ever, High School DxD is the story of Issei Hyoudou, who engages in various adventures with Riyas Gremory and her demons. The women in the show compete for his attention and there are several and indefinite moments where these women engage in overt expression of their sensual desires and the scenes further add to this Ecchi.
Conclusion
The Top 10 best Ecchi anime lists consist of several genres that merge together to make Ecchi. These streams of thought and expression of desires make Ecchi a great genre to watch and explore.