Let’s pretend for a while that “moe” isn’t a blanket term for any quality a fan likes to see in an illustrated member of the sex in which they’re interested. Functionally it might be, but we’re pretending here. The “essence” of moe is protectiveness; a moe character is one for whom you might take a [...]
All posts for the month August, 2009
I Remember Love (Hina): Man-moe revisited
Posted by Pontifus on 22 August 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/08/22/i-remember-love-hina-man-moe-revisited/
“Fate:” Owen, IKnight, and Haruki Murakami
I’ve had my say on Fate/stay night, the visual novel that has, evidently, rendered me too jaded to enjoy VNs with a certain abundance of moe proclivities. But what of the sphere? Allow me to examine the reactions (and the general thoughts on visual novels) of bloggers more popular than I am, one F/sn route [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 21 August 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/08/21/fate-owen-iknight-and-haruki-murakami/
I Remember Love (Hina): Toudai e…
Love Hina — it’s harem, yes. It’s by no means the first harem manga, clearly, but it was my first exposure to harem, and damn near my first exposure to manga, and so it played a formative role in my personal fandom. Even now, during my second re-reading (to which I will subject you, noble [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 20 August 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/08/20/i-remember-love-hina-toudai-e/
Finishing Fate for real
I’ll say, tentatively, that “Heaven’s Feel” (or “Heavens Feel,” whichever you prefer) might’ve been my favorite of Fate’s three routes. It’s almost certainly the darkest; I read somewhere, I think in the comments to IKnight’s post, that horror is Nasu’s strength, and I can believe it. Where “Unlimited Blade Works” throws the characters into a [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 18 August 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/08/18/finishing-fate-for-real/
“–My whole life was ‘unlimited blade works’”
Hoo man. “Unlimited Blade Works” was intense, and that’s considering my prior knowledge of the massive twist toward the end. I got the impression that ol’ Nasu was toying around with the absolute worst-case scenario he could think of — so much so that the protagonists’ methods of victory started to feel like deus ex [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 15 August 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/08/15/my-whole-life-was-unlimited-blade-works/
I am the bone of my keyboard
Have withstood pain to create many posts. Here, have some more Fate/stay night. I still haven’t scoured the blogs for helpful thoughts on the “Fate” route, but I can at least make some notes on my progress through “Unlimited Blade Works” — can and should, before I forget everything. Windows Update and my own carelessness [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 14 August 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/08/14/i-am-the-bone-of-my-keyboard/
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