An entire week dedicated to your favorite ship from your favorite special filming series, but NSFW

Guideline

What is TokuSmut Week?

TokuSmut Week is a companion event to TokuShipping Week. You can think of it as a sister or spin off event, focused specifically on NSFW content within the tokusatsu fandom.The event exists to provide a clearly separated space for adult content, so participants and viewers can engage with it knowingly and comfortably.

  • TokuSmut Week uses the exact same prompts and dates as TokuShipping Week.

  • All general rules, guidelines, and participation rules from TokuShipping Week apply to TokuSmut Week as well.

If you have questions about participation, allowed ships, formats, posting rules, or general event structure, please refer to the official TokuShipping Week Guidelines

Age and Responsibility Notice

By participating in or consuming TokuSmut content, you are confirming that:

  • You are 18+ or meet the legal age of majority in your country.

  • You understand that this event contains suggestive, erotic, and sexually explicit material.

  • You take personal responsibility for engaging with NSFW content online.

Participation is voluntary, and individuals are responsible for curating their own online experience.

Content Warnings and Tagging

Proper tagging is mandatory. All works must be clearly tagged for:

  • Sexual content level

  • Kinks or fetishes

  • Potential triggers (for example violence, dub-con themes, power imbalance, etc.)

Using the TokuSmut tag does not replace the need for detailed content warnings. Please tag responsibly so others can make informed decisions.

Official NSFW Tags

To make content easy to mute or avoid, specific NSFW tags are required on social media platforms.

  • Tumblr : #TokuSmut Week & #TokuSmut Week 2026

  • X/Twitter & BlueSky: #TokuSmutWk & #TokuSmut Wk26

You may still use TokuShipping Week variants and daily prompt tags if you wish, but they are not mandatory for NSFW content.The only strict requirement is that any suggestive or explicit content must include the TokuSmut tag for the platform you are posting on. This allows people to mute NSFW content at the account or platform level, especially on sites with recommendation algorithms and limited filtering options.AO3 and Pixiv have robust adult content filtering systems. Because of this, the only required event tag on these platforms is the standard TokuShipping Week tag. Please continue to use the platform’s built-in rating systems and content warnings appropriately.For more information on how Tokushipping's standard tags work, visit the Social Media and Posting Guidelines.

What Content Is Considered TokuSmut

Casual and Contextual Content, and when Suggestive Content Becomes Smut

The following types of content are generally not considered smut and may remain in the regular TokuShipping Week space:

  • Casual or contextual scenes such as beaches, swimsuits, summer vibes.

  • Characters looking cute, attractive, or aesthetically pleasing.

  • Domestic or romantic moments with light clothing, pajamas, underwear, or cozy at-home situations.

  • Non-sexual intimacy such as cuddling, sleeping together, soft domestic scenes.

  • Implied nudity under sheets or towels, when the focus is affection or emotional closeness.

The defining element here is that the focus is not sexual arousal, but mood, context, or emotional intimacy.Fanworks moves into smut territory when it is clearly framed to be erotic or intended to arouse the viewer or reader.Examples include but not limited to:

  • Beach or pool scenes with poses, framing, or expressions designed to be sexually suggestive.

  • Minimal clothing used with clear erotic intent rather than casual or domestic context.

  • Heavy making out, groping, grinding, or prolonged sexualized contact.

  • Tight or revealing clothing deliberately used to emphasize sexual tension.

Being fully clothed does not automatically make something safe. Intention matters more than fabric.

Nudity

Nudity follows the same intent-based logic, with a few firm boundaries.Generally acceptable in TokuShipping:

  • Censored nudity in non-sexual contexts.

  • Bathing together, onsen scenes, or domestic moments.

  • Situations where the focus is on the activity or setting, not the bodies themselves.

  • Cultural contexts where casual nudity is normalized, such as Japanese bathing scenes.

Always considered in TokuSmut:

  • Uncensored nudity of any kind.

  • Visible genitals.

  • Explicit focus on bodies meant to be erotic.

Uncensored nudity is always in TokuSmut, regardless of intention.Tumblr censorship does not change this rule. If the original work is clearly smut, it remains smut even if censored for Tumblr. Minimal or lazy censorship that barely covers explicit areas still counts as smut. There is a difference between non-sexual nudity and trying to get away with it.

Romantic Intimacy vs Sexual Content

Sex is always smut. Any depiction of sexual acts, explicit sexual pleasure, or clearly erotic scenarios belongs in TokuSmut.However, sexual tension is not sexual content. Flirting is not the same as having sex.
Romantic intimacy, passionate kisses, flirtatious looks or characters giving each other teasing expressions is not the same as smut.Once the scene crosses into explicit sexual acts or is clearly meant to depict sexual pleasure, it becomes smut.

Sexual tension (and possible kink) in violence and fights

Tokusatsu often mixes combat, tension, and chemistry. Context is crucial here. If the focus of the scene is the fight, danger, or conflict, it remains normal content, even if there is tension or light kink-adjacent imagery, however, if the focus shifts from pain or danger to pleasure or arousal, the line has been crossed into smut.A simple and practical rule of thumb:

  • Pain expressions and pain sounds: likely normal content, aka TokuShipping

  • Pleasure expressions and orgasm-like reactions: NSFW, aka, TokuSmut

Basically, in the context of fights where certain scenes can be read through the lens of kink, it depends less on the act itself and more on how much the characters enjoy it.

Still not sure?

If you are unsure whether something counts as smut, ask yourself:"If this were posted on AO3, would I tag it as Mature or Explicit?"If the answer is no, Tokushipping. If the answer is yes, TokuSmut.This is not a perfect system, but it is a reliable guideline for borderline cases.And if you are genuinely unsure. You can ask a trusted friend for their opinion, and if you still have doubts, tag your fanwork as TokuSmut. It is always better for a borderline work to end up in the smut feed than for borderline sexual content to appear in the work-safe feed.