History Main / RedLightDistrict

* The bulk of ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' is set in the Succubus District, an unabashedly liberal take on the trope featuring numerous brothels themed around certain types of {{Cute Monster Girl}}s catering to every fetish imaginable in a fantasy setting. Only succubi are supposed to work in the succubus district, but it's said that basically everyone has at least a little succubus heritage in this world, so [[LoopholeAbuse everyone counts as a succubus]].

* The bulk of ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' is set in the Succubus District, an unabashedly liberal take on the trope featuring numerous brothels themed around certain types of {{Cute Monster Girl}}s catering to every fetish imaginable in a fantasy setting.

'''The pitiful version:''' Drunks staggering in the streets, leering, creepy men, [[{{Streetwalker}} battered prostitutes]], obviously [[AddledAddict addicted to hard drugs]], and being beatenup by a scumbag pimp. The protagonist is probably here on business. Possible location in a WretchedHive or IndustrialGhetto. Very common in cop shows and {{Antihero}} comics. You're most likely to see this side of the district in the grey, bleak light of the early morning.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': The red light district [[WrongSideOfTheTracks of the slums]] is where a number of business meetings about hunting take place at a GoodGuyBar that Shirakabe uses in place of an office, also hosting [[HumanTraffickers deals regarding]] hunters under IndenturedServitude. Akira getting summoned there by Shirakabe raises some eyebrows because he’s underage. It’s also where the PredatoryProstitute Carol has her somewhat opulent apartment and does her night work.

* ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'': Shuurei worked as an accountant at Kougaro, the number one brothel in the red light district, as one of her various jobs; she's actually close friends with Kochou, the manager of Kougaro.

* Most games in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series take place in or around one, or feature them heavily, the most famous being Kamurocho, based on the real world red light district Kabukicho in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

* Seen in ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' in relation to [[BreakTheCutie one of Johan's more hideous moments]]. Which, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as you know]], is saying something.

** Lippy is an ayakashi [[TheHeartless born from human lust]] gathering at the "entertainment district". The Japanese term wasn't necessarily a euphemism places of sex work, but at the very least ones that would be associated with it.

* In ''Manga/InThisCornerOfTheWorld'', Suzu accidentally wanders into Asahi Pleasure Quarters (the red light district of Kure) when she gets lost on her way home from the black market. She gets directions from Rin, a courtesan who later becomes friends with her. Historically, Asahi was one of the largest red light districts in western Japan during the early 20th century; it's destroyed by an air raid later on in the story [[spoiler:which also kills Rin]], and in real life it was never rebuilt.

'''The liberal version:''' Drunk, happy middle-class businessmen wandering, sexy prostitutes waving from balconies and doorways. The protagonist gets to have a good time with a hooker or gets made fun of by his pals for being unable to get up the courage. The most friendly, lightest take on the district.

'''The pitiful version:''' Drunks staggering in the streets, leering, creepy men, [[{{Streetwalker}} battered prostitutes]], obviously [[AddledAddict addicted to hard drugs]], and being beatenup by a scumbag pimp. The protagonist is probably here on business. Possible location in a WretchedHive or IndustrialSlum. Very common in cop shows and {{Antihero}} comics. You're most likely to see this side of the district in the grey, bleak light of the early morning.

'''The liberal version:''' Drunk happy men wandering, sexy prostitutes waving from balconies and doorways. The protagonist gets to have a good time with a hooker or gets made fun of by his pals for being unable to get up the courage. The most friendly, lightest take on the district.

'''The hostile version:''' The drunks will pick a fight with you, the women will rob you or their pimps will knife you in an alley. Like the pitiful version above, likely location in a WretchedHive. The protagonist is either lost or hopelessly naïve and will be wishing he'd found the liberal version before the end of the night. Also common in cop shows, particularly in the first five minutes when they're showing the soon-to-be victim.

An area of strip joints, brothels, and other seedy locales. [[TruthInTelevision Very much based on reality]] - according to one version, the term came from railroad workers leaving their red work lamps outside the businesses they were patronizing when going into town for the evening so that they could be located if they needed to be called back to work on short notice (said lamps frequently being left by brothels and bars).

'''The liberal version:''' Drunk happy people, women waving down from balconies. The protagonist gets to have a good time or gets made fun of for being unable to. The most friendly take on the district.

'''The pitiful version:''' Drunks collapsed in the gutter, [[{{Streetwalker}} battered strung-out prostitutes]]. The protagonist is probably here on business. Possible location in a WretchedHive. Very common in cop shows and {{Antihero}} comics. You're most likely to see this side of the district in the grey light of the morning.

'''The hostile version:''' The drunks will pick a fight with you, the women will rob you or knife you in an alley. Like the pitiful version above, possible location in a WretchedHive. The protagonist is either lost or hopelessly naïve and will be wishing he'd found the liberal version before the end of the night. Also common in cop shows, particularly in the first five minutes when they're showing the soon-to-be victim.

* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' has [[DescriptiveVille Venusville]] in Sector G on Mars, with mutants working as psychics and prostitutes (one of whom has [[MultiBoobage three breasts]]) and "The Last Resort" bordello which is a secret base of LaResistance. The [[Film/TotalRecall2012 2012 remake]] has the protagonist going to Rekall there, and even reuses the triple-breasted hooker (apparently a deliberate body modification this time).

* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' has [[DescriptiveVille Venusville]] in Sector G on Mars, with mutants working as psychics and prostitutes (one of whom has [[Multiboobage}} three breasts]]) and "The Last Resort" bordello which is a secret base of LaResistance. The [[Film/TotalRecall2012 2012 remake]] has the protagonist going to Rekall there, and even reuses the triple-breasted hooker (apparently a deliberate body modification this time).

* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' has [[DescriptiveVille Venusville]] in Sector G on Mars, with mutants working as psychics and prostitutes (one of whom has [[Multiboobage three breasts]]) and "The Last Resort" bordello which is a secret base of LaResistance. The [[Film/TotalRecall2012 2012 remake]] has the protagonist going to Rekall there, and even reuses the triple-breasted hooker (apparently a deliberate body modification this time).

* ''[[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total Recall]]'' (1990): Venusville in Sector G on Mars. Features "The Last Resort" bordello and psychic mutant children.

Compare BandOfBrothels, FreestateAmsterdam.

Compare BandOfBrothels.

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* One of the most well known such districts in the world is [[FreestateAmsterdam Amsterdam]]'s De Wallen, in UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands. Window prostitution is the most visible and typical activity seen there.
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* One of the most well known such districts in the world is De Wallen in [[FreestateAmsterdam Amsterdam]] in UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands. Window prostitution is the most visible and typical activity seen there.

* In ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' the main characters [[RedOniBlueOni Mugen and Jin]] spend their night in one of these when they get some money. It's almost a OncePerEpisode trope.

* On ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', Goldshire has become the first type, not that the developers want it to be one. (It's hardly a secret, either.) As hard as it is to believe, players with female characters will often use them as strippers, prostitutes, or both, them for laughs, gold, or even actual money. Some role-players have begun to call it "Whoreshire", "Pornshire", or a "{{Noob}}" hangout because of this, (Or by players who don't object, "The Las Vegas of [=WoW=]".)

--->'''Une:''' You need not not know!\\

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Lippy is an ayakashi [[TheHeartless born from human lust]] gathering at the "entertainment district". The Japanese term wasn't necessarily a euphemism places of sex work, but at the very least ones that would be associated with it.