Is Moe a real genre? Or is it a buzzword like Calarts style?
Is Moe a real genre? Or is it a buzzword like Calarts style?
Lincoln Nguyen
Liam Ramirez
Its originally a word to describe that warm feeling of wanting to hug and protect something that's being cute in some way.
Austin Brooks
Moe used to describe a feeling of wanting to protect something especially in the case of cute (vulnerable) girls. I'm not even sure if this was the original meaning but nowadays people just use it as a blanket term for anime with cute girls in it.
Chase Rogers
Levi Jones
It was a character archtype, but when the narrative revolves around it it becomes a genre
Cooper Morales
It's used to become the greatest assassin
Samuel Martinez
>character archtype
Not really, it started more as a theme of a story/manga/show/whatever you call it, of course it involved characters, but it wasn't the kind of trait you can separate from a character without having an effect in the plot.
But now, given how it encompasses whole works, I not only think it's a genre, but a super genre, due to the genres moe can't be separated from (ie Bishoujo VNs, CGDCT)
Jose Gomez
>is Moe a real genre
No. Moe is not a genre and never has been. It's just a glorified slang term for cute, especially used in reference to feminine character traits and actions, but isn't necessarily exclusive to them.
>character archetype
It isn't and has never been a character archetype.
>it encompasses whole works
Those works are generally regarded as Slice of Life by definition.
Austin Collins
wrong
Carter Rivera
How can moe be real if anime isn't real?