>> 	Talking to my Japanese friend about the levels and usages of
>> 'H', hentai, sukebe, and ecchi.  All he could tell me was that they
>> meant "deviant" but not necessarily bad deviance.  He also couldn't say
>> what the order of "deviance" between the terms.
>
>    H    < etchi  <   hentai/sukabe
>
> naughty < erotic < perverted deviant
>
Remember, 'hentai' can also mean weird or strange, can't it? 

>But this is what I've gathered. "H" being only part of "hentai" should
>logically mean "less than the full amount". 
>
'H' is pronounced 'ecchi'. Therefore, there should be no difference between
these two.

>But this is all speculation without and hard rules to follow. Aren't 
>ambiguties wonderful? (Is a glass half empty or half full?)
The glass is half empty if you're about to top it up.
The glass is half full if you're drinking from it.

Jon Sacharuk
The temporarily sig-less, totally devoted Tendo Nabiki otaku!