The Rapeman
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| The レイプマン (The Rapeman) |
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| Authored by | Shintaro Miyawaki |
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| Original run | – |
| No. of volumes | 9 |
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| Studio | Pink Pineapple |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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The Rapeman (The レイプマン) was a hentai Japanese comic book series with a black comedy bent written by Keiko Aisaki (愛崎けいこ) and drawn by Shintaro Miyawaki (みやわき心太郎)in the late 1980s.
The main character and "anti-hero", The Rapeman, is a high school teacher by day and dispenses his surreal brand of "justice" at night under the business "Rapeman Services", which is co-run with his uncle, a former surgeon. He uses rape as his weapon. The business' motto is "Righting wrongs through penetration".
Clients call on The Rapeman to handle cases such as the revenge of a jilted lover, forming parental bonds through a traumatic crisis, making disruptive co-workers more docile and other things of that nature. When engaged in his night trade, The Rapeman wears a black leather ski mask shaped like the head of a penis but no trousers or underwear. In the middle of a rape, if the woman became unresponsive or appeared to be enjoying the violation, he would use a "special technique" such as "M69 Screwdriver" or "Infinite Loop" to apply more pain to the victim. He sometimes has regrets for the contracts he fulfills, but he always does the job.
The comic was made to appeal to middle aged Japanese men, for they are some of the biggest consumers of sexual oriented manga, but it wasn't well received and quietly disappeared after 9 issues. Despite this, the comic got a movie makeover and had a four film series.
The comic received a cult following in the United States due to its name and the curiosity of the subject matter. There is also a band called Rapeman whose name was inspired by the comic.
