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"EK" stands for enjo-kÅsai. It refers to the "practice of older men giving
money and/or luxury gifts to attractive young women for sexual favors.
The female participants range from school girls (or "JK business") to
housewives."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjo KÅsai
The chapter title means this is the first time Aika has engaged in an act
of prostitution. By some estimates, 10 percent of Japanese schoolgirls
(age 13-18) have engaged in the "JK (joshi kÅsei) business" at least once.
I have seen other estimates as high as 25 percent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JK Business
In most cases, the girls are motivated, not by poverty or drug addiction,
but by simple greed & consumerism. For example, a girl who wants a new
laptop or a designer backpack (in order to keep up with her classmates)
might decide to raise some quick cash by renting herself out to an older
man. In Aika's case, she wants to buy a special birthday present for her
boyfriend (which is rather touching). She doesn't see her EK transaction
as cheating, because she's doing it entirely for Yakkun's sake.
Most EK hook-ups are probably one-time transactions, never to be repeated,
but Aika might be tempted to contact "Onii-shan" again, because she earned
$1000 (page 3, panel 2) and she had a pretty good time besides.
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time they can walk and talk, Japanese girls are made aware that older men find
them sexually attractive. They're exposed to hentai at an early age. Some girls
start collecting sex toys as soon as they hit puberty. So, if you combine cynical
sexual awareness with peer pressure and rampant consumerism, it's no wonder
so many Japanese schoolgirls dabble in prostitution. (And, by all accounts, they
usually drive a hard bargain, which I find amusing.)
Also, rape, murder, and other violent crimes are very rare in Japan, so the girls
feel reasonably safe when they make a date with a generous stranger.
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as an exceptionally well-drawn and well-written comic-
book genre that deserves respect.
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EDIT: You mentioned that Japanese women are exposed more but in my opinion I think all women in general are exposed to sexual stuff. Hell, all kids are exposed to this type of stuff because of the internet. I highly doubt that feeling safe has anything to do with prostitution over there. Must suck for boys over there. If I was a boy and found out a girl I liked was prostituting then I would become jaded and not interested in them
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