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The story
A thread on 5ch’s livestream-commentary board picked up on news that a tattooed AV actress is down in the dumps over disappointing sales. The discussion took off around whether tattoos themselves are the real problem, or whether opinions split between small accent tattoos and full traditional Japanese (“wabori”) ink.
What people said
Guess a lot of guys just have some pretty rigid preconceptions.
Piercings
Nail art
The Four Heavenly Kings of Mood-Killing AV Accessories
Now if she got an 'inmon' (a fictional lewd magic-circle tattoo trope) or filthy words like 'Piggy Cum Dump' inked on her, I'd rub one out to that.
Can't help it — overseas stuff gets released packaged like a music video.
Guess people who get tattoos really are idiots.
Plastic surgery monster
Ever-multiplying tattoos
Feels like most of these girls just swapped their wrist-cutting scars for ink.
whether it's actually hot or not.
https://tadaup.jp/8l4ytkla.jpg
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A full-back piece like that gives me a reptile-level sense of disgust.
Full traditional ink gives off way too strong a 'yakuza's woman' vibe — can't get off to that.
Gross
Looks like fish scales or reptile skin
People actually get turned on looking at that?
All the young people have tattoos these days.
Only monkeys have tattoos, dude.
Also don't get threads like Re: #1 that stir up hate without even linking a source.
Fanning the flames like that makes you just as guilty.
Can't you just ignore it?
Oh wait — this is a self-posted affiliate thread, isn't it.
Why does it have to be a permanent one-shot tattoo?
Stickers that match your mood that day would work too, but for some reason that just feels lame.
I don't mind letting it slide, but
I've got no intention of paying money to watch an AV starring a tattooed actress.
Background and Key Points
Tattoo taboo in Japan runs deeper than fashion preference — it traces back to the Edo period, when irezumi (permanent ink) was used to brand convicted criminals, and to the 20th-century association between full-body “wabori” work and yakuza membership. That history is why many public baths, gyms, and pools in Japan still post blanket no-tattoo signs today, regardless of size or style, and why even a small design can carry social weight far beyond what it would in the US or Europe. In the AV industry specifically, an actress’s tattoos are a permanent, unremovable trait that follows her across her entire catalog, unlike a hairstyle or outfit she can change between releases — which is part of why buyers treat it as a purchase-blocking dealbreaker rather than a minor aesthetic quibble.
The thread’s real fault line isn’t “tattoos: yes or no” — nearly everyone agrees full traditional wabori, skulls, or spider motifs read as “yakuza’s woman” and kill the mood. The split is over scale: several posters (>>99, >>26, >>19) carve out an exception for a single small accent tattoo, especially citing it as unremarkable overseas, while others (>>11, >>104) reject any ink at all, however small, as a dealbreaker for a purchase decision.
What the thread never addresses is the commercial mechanics behind the complaint: an AV title’s sales are shaped heavily by rental/streaming platform curation and thumbnail-driven browsing, so a visible tattoo can suppress a title’s numbers before playback even starts, independent of the performance itself — a distribution effect the posters mistake entirely for a verdict on the actress’s personal appeal.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Tattooed AV Actress Bummed Out Over Low Sales.”
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