The Rapeman
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| The Rapeman | |
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 Cover of issues #1 - #9 of The Rapeman |
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| The レイプマン | |
| Genre | Erotic |
| Manga | |
| Author | Keiko Aisaki |
| Publisher | SP Comics |
| Volumes | 13 |
| OVA | |
| Studio | Pink Pineapple |
| Episodes | 2 |
The Rapeman (The レイプマン?) was an erotic Japanese manga 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 13 volumes. Despite this, Pink Pineapple made The Rapeman into a seven-film series of "live action" (non-animated) feature films released in the period 1993 - 1995, directed by Takao Nagaishi and proved to be successful. Also an OVA (anime video) was released in 1994 chronicling his exploits in the first volume of the manga. The Rapeman's garb is different in the anime version, as he is dressed in quasi-ninja gear.
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.
[edit] See also
Hanzo the Razor - A 70s Feudal Japan set exploitation movie in which the protagonist uses rape to extract information.
