I found Hiroki Azuma’s Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals at the university library — seven or so months ago. And, what do you know, it’s due back. Overdue, probably. So I suppose I should annotate this thing at long last, for your benefit and mine. It’s a short book, but I won’t be entirely exhaustive here. [...]
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Otaku annotated: adventures in moe, porn, and postmodernism
Posted by Pontifus on 10 April 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/04/10/otaku-annotated/
Defining moements
Silence your groaning, imagine how it was to actually type that odious title! Worry not, it is apt to reflect the quality of the equally odious post here under. In it I will be the worst kind of curmudgeon, the one who imagines to have a point. The question “Where is moe?” is queer. If [...]
Posted by kaiserpingvin on 4 April 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/04/04/defining-moement/
The Structure of Moe
Or, Whence the Urge to Burn and Protect? I’ve been having odd thoughts lately, mostly when I walk to and from class — but also in the shower (both places from which ideas emerge). Where does moe come from? That’s the question underlying our work here today. I’m not going to quibble about the definitions [...]
Posted by cuchlann on 5 February 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/02/05/the-structure-of-moe/
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