I remember I used to get into the stories. It had to captivate me though. If it did not I would drop it and be done with it. I also like certain artistic styles when it comes to the art.
I love Japanese culture so I tend to look up a good bit of stuff from them.
As far as sexual feelings. Not from looking. A story might get me aroused. Beyond that I am unable to get pleasure/or off from simply gawking at an illustration.
It doesn't do anything for me. But I've met and come across a few japanese girls through streaming sites and I've been using the word "hentai" a lot to refer to them as perverts. It's all good though...
I like it. Hentai is better then real porn in a lot of ways because it sets up sexual situations and builds up sexual tension in ways real life porn can’t do or wont do. I could list examples but they would just sound perverted and creepy so watch Hentai like Bible Black to see for your self.