In some cases, rape and lust murder themes came to the forefront, as in " Urotsukidoji " by Toshio Maeda and " Blue Catalyst " from 1994 by Kei Taniguchi, but these extreme themes are not commonplace in either untranslated or translated manga.
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The term " lust murder " is also used in a related, but slightly different sense, to refer to an individual who gains " sexual arousal " from the act of committing murder, or has persistent " sexual fantasies " of committing murder, even if the murder itself does not involve the genital mutilation or other aforementioned characteristics.