Me.

>>17715
Him

moe makes a boner in your heart

shii.org/moe

you know something is moe when it gives you a nice warm feeling in your chest.

Post edited on 15th Oct 2012, 7:56pm

>>17722
mercury ignition moé bullets!

Moe is "Various traits related to manga and anime characters and defined as desirable by otaku"

>>17713
>and also some academic papers to look at
There's academic papers on moe?

Anyway, even wikipedia has an article on moe. You should be able to work from there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)

Read book "Otaku: Japan's Database Animals". There is very much stuff about moe.

>>17766
You might wanna check this:

http://animediet.net/commentary/moe/moetics-my-otaku-life-prelude

>>17766
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=萌え
More than I expected.

>>17763
Oh, I remember that guy!

>>17767
Thanks for the recommendation, this is actually a source I'm already using.

I think you guys misinterpreted, I appreciate the sources, but I was actually just wanting to hear your personal idea, like what YOU think moe is.

>>17808
If you want personal opinions, in my opinion moe is just combination some characteristics and traits which make person feel connection to character. Moe isn't necessary just cute, it can also be traits that make person want to protect character etc. Basically everything can be moe as long someone "feels moe" to particular character because of these traits or characteristics. But what we now think is moe, is moe because otaku community has decided or selected that these things are moe so there are no rules of what moe is. Moe culture keeps changing and evolving, we see various new moe elements and new combinations of moe elements every season.