> > "Moe" style =/= child.
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> Yeah, okay. Sure.
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> Moe (萌え?, pronounced [moe]) is a Japanese slang word. It means "a
> rarefied pseudo-love for certain fictional characters (in anime, manga, and the like)
> and their related embodiments."[1] Patrick W. Galbraith[2] notes that it is a pun
> derived from a Japanese word that literally means "budding," as with a plant that is
> about to flower, and thus it can also be used to mean "budding" as with a
> preadolescent girl.
If you're quoting Wikipedia, you may as well cite the rest of the article were it explains "moe" doesn't mean "molesting developing human beings" for example:
Quote:
Patrick W. Galbraith[2] notes that it is a pun derived from a Japanese word that literally means "budding," as with a plant that is about to flower, and thus it can also be used to mean "budding" as with a preadolescent girl.[3] Since the word is also a homonym for "burning" pronounced moe (燃え?), there is also speculation that the word stems from the burning passion felt for the characters.[4] The word has come to be used to mean one particular kind of "adorable", one specific type of "cute", mainly as applied to fictional characters.
But of course, that would not go along with your train of though. It's okay anyway, that's the reason these titles don't reach overseas. Contrary to popular belief, "moe" doesn't mean "everything you should fap at".
In the same way video games don't build serial killers, they also don't make sexual harassers. It's all about playing whatever it makes you comfortable and have fun in the end.
If I'm not mistaken, the closest thing it reaches "moe" in the western is the newest version of "My Little Pony". And as the well as anything "moe" related, it doesn't appeal everyone. I didn't know many people had such a burning passion for molesting little horses.
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