On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, David Farr wrote:

Why is a lemon called a lemon?

The answer, I have been told, is that one of the first/famous adult 
manga had the word lemon in its title (cursed memory, can't remember
what it actually was). Anyway the name was adopted to refer to the
sub-genre. That simple really I believe.

Cream Lemon

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