Meaning of...

miroku226 · newbie! Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 22

I am watchin Ouran Host Club, and the fan girls on the show keep bringing up the concept: MOE...what is Moe?

v-boi2002 · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject:

It's that thing you get when you get food poisoning.

Temporarily moved to Anime General.
_________________

Angel_Armz · Rosen Ritter~ Joined: Dec 05, 2006 Posts: 10983

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)]All (almost all) about Moe[/url]
_________________

Kimmie-chan · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject:

Basically 'moe' is a factor in a certain character that is a 'turn-on' for the fans/otaku.

For example:
Tsundere
Twin Pigtails
Pink hair
lolicon
Neko-mimi
Maids
Glasses

etc.~

and yeah Angel_Armz link to wiki is good too Very Happy

And I've learnt recently, what is 'moe' to one person might not be 'moe' to another person.
_________________
Get ready to vote for who you think is the Sexiest Anime Character!!

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

sukebesama · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:14 am Post subject:

Moe. Moe is more than that, it is something that causes a deep feeling of warm lust and infatuation for the said something... and more than that, it is unreachable in real life, only to be admired from a far.

In simpler words, MOE means (for me), so damnably cute that I want to snuggle that girl (and to me MOE can only be describing a girl, hopefully that's true for you guys out there) and whack every other person who tries to touch her. However, I don't lust for nor do I want to have sexual relations with that very MOE girl. Just a lot of hugging. And that warm fuzzy feeling. Hug hug hug. Mmmm. Snuggles.

In a lesser extent, that's how I describe one of my younger cousins. She's so cute... but then again, she's a model. I kind of take any guys who approach her into a dark alley and threaten them. Just a little.

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:22 am Post subject:

sukebesama · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:26 am Post subject:

Lucky my uncle understands, unlucky my aunt doesn't.

Then again, they owe my family too much to say a word...

But back to the topic, there aren't really any MOE type girls in Anime, because they tend to grow a little and fall in love (but most cases, it's actually just pheromones). Then they become less and less attractive because they turn uncute. Sad

Then there are girls who are MOE because they don't change, ex: that alien girl from SHnY.

Harutard · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:15 am Post subject:

SHnU xD i think you mean SHnY^^

i think Lucky Star has some Moé characters...

girl 1# "what is yaoi?"
girl 2# "dondake?!?"

xD

i don't think this 'non-sexual' is true in general...
b/c moé is something that turns you on...so a character can not be moé but some aspects of him might...for example the glasses etc.

since that can be the case, there are people/characters you might consider a sexual relationship who are somewhat moé...

ofcourse moé isn't only used for this...there are characters (prince of tennis for example) who use the term 'moé' to say that they are 'burning' with passion or something like that...
_________________
[IMG:338:120:3d94243a9b]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6072/70939132oo8.png[/img:3d94243a9b]
Afterall, the fate of the world rests on my pitching....the world sure isn't worth much these days.

sukebesama · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:02 am Post subject:

Yes... SHnY...

Well, I agree, there are many times where the cases are not 'non-sexual', especially since most of these 'MOE-fans' seem to be male. And in this case... very, very messed up males if they are thinking of 11 year old girls in a sexual manner.

But that gets to the point where a certain aspect of the character is MOE and it is only that aspect that makes a fan think in a sexual manner... then I cannot really complain, since that is basically a fetish.

But you know, things like that 'burning with passion' could be interpreted sexually, as could all things...