>>1349
Hardcore sekks is fine, but things would get boring if all you had was plowing in a VAGINA over and over. Ecchi is like the foreplay where we get to experience all the fun intersections of sex with cuteness, with romance, with storytelling, and the like. If sex is so interesting to us, it certainly must be a good subject matter to write stories about.

Also, isn't it true that a lot of ecchi in Japan is marketed for teenagers who need something to express their hormones onto while they still can't buy full-on eromanga? Not that it stops them from accessing it online or wherever else these days, but I think a lot of the fun of ecchi is feeling like a horny teenager again. I rarely fap to ecchi directly, but instead prefer to watch it after a fap to revel in the warm, nostalgic feeling.