Moe (slang)
Affection for manga and anime characters
Summary
Moe , sometimes romanized as moè, is a Japanese word that refers to feelings of strong affection mainly towards characters in manga, anime, video games, and other media directed at the otaku market. Moe has also gained usage for feelings of affection towards any subject.
Originally created by 132.205.15.4
10/14/2004, 2:40:47 AM
Modified
4/19/2026, 4:08:47 AM
Recent revisions
/* Commentary */Darger's works are not sexual, and theories of him being predatory are discredited
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inappropriate template. Also, why was the short desc stuck inside the image section?
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Rescued 1 archive link. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#kotaku.com]]
Image appears to be uploaded from an automated character-generation website in 2008; surely something published and in the public domain now exists?
/* Origins */ squishing the godan and ichdan verb versions together since the sentences are virtually identical and we don't need to get into the transitive vs intransitive verb thing here especially since both 燃やす and 燃える can have the burning emotion connotation (this is also the case in the cited article which which lists both verbs forms together)
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