Otaku Contemporary Ep. 16

Moé, a Japanese term meaning an innocent burning desire, is applied by otaku to animation characters they lust after but can never attain. Moé-centric anime and manga are routinely boring and mind numbingly stupid. Designed like a motorized revolving figurine platform, moé media serves to display a character’s desirable features, and accomplish little, if anything, else.

So, why is moé so successful? Unfortunately, moé has an insipid way of ensnaring young men. It poisons their hearts with an unbreakable platonic desire for fictional heroines. Before long, life seems empty without some character merchandise, or a DVD box set. How else can you return moé-chan’s love?

Time to go buy that Moésha resin model I have on my PlayAsia.com wish list.