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[GRS] Goth Girls got me acting unwise (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/comicstrips

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Moe is a Japanese word for something that produces feelings of affection. In short, 'cute'. A kitten, small child, or a painting may be described as moe. It can also refer to fashion (think J-pop stars or idols), characters, art-styles, or stories.

There is a theory that moe was introduced by post-WW2 Japanese artists to distance themselves from the hyper-nationalistic imagery of Imperial Japan. In any case, Osamu Tezuka showed that dark and complex stories can be told without a dark and complicated art-style, leading to a number of Japanese works - even ones aimed at an older audience - using a moe artstyle.

There is definitely a subculture that fetishises moe, but I'll leave it at that.