How did moe become a prostituted buzzword with no meaning?
blame reddit
>>141808697
That's a cop out answer.
How did comedy become a prostituted buzzword with no meaning?
>>141808644
>prostituted
Who exactly is making money off it?
Because of /a/
same with edgy, fag, self-insert and a plethora of other words that have been demoted to mere jokes
>>141808762
Okay, just blame people's ignorance in general
>>141808814
I mean it's probably used as a marketing term for otaku but prostituted can be used in a similar way to degraded or sell out.
>>141808833
Much better way of putting it.
I mean, moe is the genre of things that feel moe, so it's always going to be subjective sillyness.
>>141808644
When it became mass marketed on TV to kids and the average viewer.
moe was primarily an eroge thing nobody gave a shit about
>>141808832
You forgot overrated garbage too
When moe became picrelated.
>>141808814
Anime studios as of 6-7 years ago
>>141809062
>moe is the genre of things that feel moe
But moe shouldn't even be a genre.
Moe simply describes a feeling, and you could literally feel moe about any character, even this garlic girl
>>141808644
jesus /a/, what have you created
>>141809193
I feel like there's some interesting story about how you found this picture and felt the need to post it.
Once stuff like >>141809153 becomes moe, it enters mainstream usage and therefore specific meaning is lost. "Moe" is no longer the feeling you get about your favorite route, or the feeling you get about Kana - Imouto. Moe is simply "that crap that's everywhere, all over TV and on japanese trains"
>>141808644
Is there any word related to anime that hasn't been misinterpreted and bastardized?
>>141809248
Cuck.
Wait...
>>141809248
Misinterpreted and bastardized words related to anime:
Otaku
Tsundere
Moe
Uguu
Trap
Self-insert
Bishoujo
Words related to anime not misinterpreted and bastardized:
Kawaii
>>141808644
Thank lucky start for that.
>>141809420
>no keikaku
>>141808644
The term you're looking for is 'moeblob', which is a character that exists purely to be a bundle of autistic "cuteness" designed and implemented solely to sell merchandise to lonely otakus and other forms of anime watching human scum.
>>141809775
Moeblob itself is bastardized because every anime character is one now. Any character who isn't a moeblob is then compared to Misato or something.
>>141809153
http://taikutsuremedy.blogspot.com/2009/06/k-on-review.html
>>141808644
According to my friends moé=starring female characters.
>>141810145
>having friends
Kill yourself
>>141810145
That's true, though. Why the fuck would little girls be piloting tanks or playing mahjong if not because it's moe, for example?
>>141810145
moe is every anime after 2011, so starring female characters is pretty accurate
>>141808644
When /v/ started using is as a synonym of "thing I don't like".
>>141809193
The hottest girl in Gilmore.
How do I improve the boards quality guys.
I want to contribute but don't know what to do.
Normal discussion threads die quick unless it's bait.
Help.
>>141810201
I mean, I could be talking about something like Elfen Lied or Kill la Kill or Psycho Pass and I guess cause it doesn't star a male character they'll ask me why I'm watching this moé shit.
>>141810189They're not really friends, more like people I waste my time and money with, who judge me for being into that Oriental shit.
>>141809234
Which was, btw, originally called "kawaiisa".
Moe became shit after Lucky star.
>>141810028
>http://taikutsuremedy.blogspot.com/2009/06/k-on-review.html
Notice how nobody replies to this? Truth hurts.
>>141809775
>human scum
>lonely otaku
Y-you can't use insults like that here. G-go back to [site of your choice], you non-lonely non-scum!
>>141811753
It's funny seeing how the comments changed over 5 years. From "That's just your opinion" to accusations of trolling
>>141811975
Shows how moeblobfags = shonenfags
>>141811975
More like the exact time /a/ found it. He raises valid points.
Probably around 2003, when the word became really popular in Japan.
>>141813424
Nope, it was with the release of keion
>>141813916
>I hate K-On, therefore I'm going to abuse this word
>>141813952
Why are you so hurt? I never said I disliked Keion, jesus. Get a grip. It just became bastardised at that point, and you know it.
NOTHING MEANS NOTHING
OH YEAAAAAAH
>>141814045
>I never said I disliked Keion
But that's a typical reason why people have bastardized the word.
They just "hate moe anime like K-On because UNTAN is creepy fluff"
>>141814238
Post lucky star it went to the gutter.
>>141811596
fuck off
>>141808833
>a bartender or stooge
>>141816260
>>141817585
>>141817770
Kill yourself.
>>141810028
>>141811753
>>141813157
Fine, you want a reply? Here's something that jumped out at me:
>Characters do not develop, personalities do not change and jokes are constantly reused.
This is total horseshit. The whole first season is centered around an arc where Yui, who starts out high school with no direction, learns responsibility and dedication by devoting herself to the band. The other characters have development as well; Azusa, for example, develops in the opposite direction as Yui where she learns to relax a little and enjoy herself with her friends instead of being no fun allowed, and Tsumugi gains life experience outside of her bubble of wealth and learns to live a more "normal" high school life. I think the people who say shit like this must be expecting every character to have their own personal episode where we learn about their backstory and their character development is explicitly stated at the end.
>>141820229
bump
