[IT'S BACK] Hentai Haven shut down: Good news, the service may not be dead after all

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Yesterday, it came to light that popular Japanese adult entertainment service Hentai Haven has shut down. It was a surprise development that involved removal of the service’s Twitter handle and online merchandise store, as well as purge of the HH Facebook page.

The company had made the following announcement through both its social media channels and official website:

And here’s how some users reacted to the news:

https://twitter.com/krstncldt_/status/1076424701210124288
https://twitter.com/KrazyRabb1t/status/1075904161928110080
https://twitter.com/Yfnib/status/1075965082025132032

However, there is a new development on the matter.

The announcement text on the official Hentai Haven website has now been edited to reflect that the service may not be dead after all. The announcement now says Hentai Haven is teaming up with Fakku to save the service.

While there’s no more information on this collaboration at the moment, as you can see in the modified announcement, further updates on the matter are expected soon.

If you want to know more about why Hentai Haven got shut down, let me give you a straight answer: there’s nothing concrete known about it at the moment.

A lot of theories are floating around, including financial issues and legal as well as copyright problems. But all of these are rumors as of now.

In fact, the following ‘repay loan for Fursuit’ story is complete false.

We are placing our bets on legal problems. You can read our first coverage here for almost every detail we have been able to trace about this episode. It’s a continuously developing story, so don’t forget to keep coming back for all the latest updates.

Meanwhile, join or start a conversation in the comments section below, and let us know your thoughts on this whole Hentai Haven shut down episode as well as Internet censorship and policing in general.

Update 1 starts

Good news: Hentai Haven manages to stay alive, moves to new domain name. Details here.

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Update 2 starts

Someone has uploaded a large collection of Hentai Haven videos on cloud. Check out our latest news story to learn more on this. Head here.

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Update 3 (April 03):

No new development has come to sight as Hentai Haven’s official website still throws the following notification.

NOTE: Head here for more Hentai Haven-related news.

Update 4 (May 13)

Good news for Hentai Haven lovers. The site – hentaihaven.org – is now up and running.

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