Bathhouse dreams
Having struck out utterly with Michiko Maeda in real life, Buck re-encounters her in that natural realm for Michiko, that of dreams.
And since he’s a lousy human being, Buck naturally turns to the same conceit that didn’t work so well for John Samson, to with that of Asia consisting of easily dominated countries the distaff side of whose populations consists of submissive, available objects of sexual solace. Perhaps Buck has been reading some overly popular history, because his erotic vision takes on an explicitly militarized form.
And where does he get the idea that his fantasy should be situated in a bathhouse? Well, that’s probably a natural possible place into which to inject a sexual fantasy. Hokusai Katsushika, the same artistic genius who gave us the ur-illustration of tentacle sex, also created at least one shunga illustration of bathhouse sex. Via AK-Antiek:
And maybe Buck has been looking at art like that for inspiration. Though frankly I think it’s more likely that he’s been watching certain work of Yua Aida…
Thank you Alice Japan! Though it doesn’t do poor Buck much good, because Iris has kidnapped the part he needs to masturbate with…
