badgenome said:
I was sort of joking (moe is more of a symptom than a cause), of course, but I'm not sure I buy that. The former is probably an issue, but I don't think the latter is such a large one in the scheme of things. I think the driving factor is that Japan is such a strong contender for the most effete country on the planet. When survey after survey shows a disturbing number of young Japanese men have no interest in sex whatsoever, I think we've found the culprit. (We have met the enemy, and he is moe.) |
What the hell is Moe anyway?
My girlfriend did a godamn ethonography on American Anime culture, and everybody when asked "what is Moe" they would say they didn't like anything Moe, and would then name a few series.
Never the same series, and they'd often say their favorite series were series that other people listed as Moe.
Which either means
A) Nobody likes Moe
B) Nobody wants to admit to liking it, even when their favorite series are it.
C) Nobody knows what the fuck it is.
