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2665514 No.2665514 [Reply] [Original]

Can moe coexist with intelligence (not just book smarts, but also a razor-sharp mind?) and independence? If so, can you provide an example?

Pic unrelated.

>> No.2665530

Char is pretty moe.

>> No.2665533
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2665533

She doesn't need Misha around, she just feels sorry for her.

>> No.2665534
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Yeah, Fukumoto works all have moe with intelligence, look at Zero, he's got pro math and logic skills and he's adorable.

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>> No.2665541

>>2665514
Pic MOTHERFUCKING related - moe and intelligent

>> No.2665543
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>> No.2665545

Moe doesn't mean kawaii

>> No.2665549
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>> No.2665551

>>2665534
Does Ten have any moe traits (apart from the first few chapters)? The main character is pretty moe (useless moe), but Ten... I can't think of anything.

>> No.2665553

>>2665551
Ten IS the main character, but also Hiroyuki is moe, and Akagi is there too so yeah.

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>>2665514
I'm not sure you understand moe.

>> No.2665631

>>2665545
>Moe doesn't mean kawaii

What's it mean then?

>>2665534
Don't know what this is, could you explain?

>>2665533
I haven't touched KS, but is this the generic meganekko character?

>>2665541
>Pic MOTHERFUCKING related - moe and intelligent

As much as I admire Char, would he not be better labelled as GAR than moe?

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>>2665514
Rika is quite sharp and she lives independently.

>> No.2665640

>>2665631
>GAR
go back to /a/ please.

Also, I consider some very manly anime dudes to be extremely moe and cute, so I'm not seeing your point.

>> No.2665645

>>2665631
Char is neither GAR nor moe. At times he's a little cool though.

>> No.2665659

>As much as I admire Char, would he not be better labelled as GAR than moe?

In the original Gundam = Yes
In Zeta = Yes
For most of Counterattack = Yes
From the moment he yells 'Lalah could've been my mother!' = No

>> No.2665668

>>2665631
> Don't know what this is, could you explain?
http://www.mediafire.com/hox -> Gambling Emperor Zero

Enjoy tsundere moe character.

>> No.2665673

>>2665628
She doesn't look particularly strong, capable or independent in that picture - in fact, she looks quite helpless. Is that what makes her moe in that picture?

To rephrase my request, I was asking for an example of a female character who's essentially the antithesis of the worthless heroines found in stuff by Key - borderline retarded dependents who are unable to accomplish anything on their own - while still being moe. Is this possible?

>> No.2665685

Moe can't exist period.

>> No.2665689

>>2665638
/thread

>> No.2665702
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>>2665673
>worthless heroines found in stuff by Key

>> No.2665705

>>2665673
Moe can be anything as long as you find it attractive.

>> No.2665708

>>2665631
Fukumoto stuff, as in Zero, Kaiji, Akagi, Ten, Gai, Kurosawa, etc.

Anything by Noboyuki Fukumoto has really moe, manly, and usually pretty intelligent...though sometimes not, dudes.

>> No.2665714

>>2665708
Nobuyuki* ಠ_ಠ

>> No.2665728

>>2665638
... this is an obvious example, but one I overlooked. Good call.

>>2665645
>Char is neither GAR nor moe. At times he's a little cool though.

This is a question of definitions then, I guess. GAR =/= Hotblooded, though the two are commonly found together. Example: Hayato Jin (pilot of Getter 2) is a coldblooded genius terrorist attempting to overthrow the Japanese government. He's almost certainly GAR, though. In the same way, Char deserves the title for his style, skill in battle, charismatic speeches and his just as planned moments.

>>2665640
>go back to /a/ please.

If you've checked /a/ as of late, you'd see that if anything, moe and shonen dominate that board. Whatever gar might be, it's not /a/.

>> No.2665735

>>2665631
Char is both GAR and Moe

>> No.2665755

>>2665702
2 things.

First, she hardly represents the sort of characters found in their works.

Second, in spite of being more competent than the rest of the cast (in fighting), she wasn't even able to run her own campaign without the help of Tomoya. What does that say?

>> No.2665766

>>2665673
So you're asking whether characters that are the complete antithesis of moe can be moe?

No.

>> No.2665774
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I'll now fill this thread with manly-moe.

>> No.2665775

>>2665673
I can think of a few Key heroines who aren't weak but are still moe, so if you're asking if moe girls have to be weak then the answer is no.

>> No.2665779
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Quirky moe and smart as hell.

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>>2665755
Not that many of their characters are retarded-moe

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flood detected, file discarded ಠ_ಠ

>> No.2665785

>>2665779
Fuck yeah, this.

>> No.2665786

moe is a matter of perspective

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>>2665534
Moe Emperor Zero

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>> No.2665799

>>2665766
So then is moe defined by incompetence, borderline retardation and helplessness?

I'm not inclined to believe that, given the example you provided of Rika. Characters like her would probably be a good example of what I was asking after in the OP.

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2665802

from waifu ಠ3ಠ

>> No.2665804

>>2665673 To rephrase my request, I was asking for an example of a female character who's essentially the antithesis of the worthless heroines found in stuff by Key - borderline retarded dependents who are unable to accomplish anything on their own - while still being moe. Is this possible?
Kino?

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>> No.2665810

>>2665799
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)

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>> No.2665820
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Now with more /jp/ relevance.

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>>2665820
I don't remember where I saved all my Zero images so I can't post any. ;_; thanks brah.

>> No.2665828

>>2665779
>>2665804
>>2665780

May I have the source on each of these?

>> No.2665833
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The moeist bros ever...well if Gai was replaced with Yukio maybe. ಠ3ಠ

>> No.2665837

>>2665828
>>2665780 = Kurugaya from the Key game Little Busters!
>>2665779 = Haru from the Akabeisoft2 game G-Senjou no Maou
Dunno about the other one.

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>> No.2665859
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>> No.2665860

Zero looks like a fag!
Kaiji and Akagi are better.
But the series Zero is awesome too.

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>>2665825
I hardly have any. Most of mine are just Kaiji crying.

>> No.2665867
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>> No.2665873

>>2665860
He doesn't look like a fag, he looks moe as hell, there's a difference you know!

>> No.2665882
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>>2665864
I have a shit ton of fukumoto related images...but yeah, for some reason not many of zero and the ones I do have of him are all him and Gai. ಠ3ಠ

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>> No.2665897

>>2665882
>I have a shit ton of fukumoto related images
Upload them to MF.

>> No.2665922

>>2665873
Soft-looking moe guys in Fukumotos storys = GAYYYYYYY!
I want cool manly guys like Akagi or Kaiji.

>> No.2665996
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>>2665922
cool story bro.

>>2665897
Give me a little bit, I've got some loan business to take care of first. After that I'll upload and link here - keep in mind though I don't nearly have 'all' the fukumoto images out there, you should check pixiv and the usual *booru sites as well. I don't go to /a/ but they have fukumoto dumps every now and then as well.

Though I'm sure that I at least have some you wouldn't find on the regular sites. Pic related, waifu doesn't upload her stuff to any imageboards or anything and I think a lot of the others dont either.

So yeah, check the thread either here or on the archive (if the thread gets deleted by the time I do it) and I'll upload what I've got, but be sure to search yourself too.

>> No.2666022

>>2665799
That's what definition the OP is following and he seems unwilling to consider other options. With that definition the answer has to be no.

>> No.2666035

>>2665996
Actually, busier than i thought, if I have the time later I'll post it here or on the archive, sorry bro but it might be a lot later.

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>>2665996
>waifu

>> No.2666057

>>2666035
It's all good, I lurk the archive.

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>> No.2666312
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I cannot believe nobody mentioned Horo. Faggots.

>> No.2667955
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Androids are pretty smart.

>> No.2667967

rin. rin. rin. rin. rin. rin. rin.

>> No.2667989

>>2665779
haru sucks

>> No.2669542
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>>2667989
She's smarter than you.

>>2665514
Abso-fucking-lutely

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>> No.2669888

>>2667955
No really, where is she from? This has been bothering me for days.

>> No.2669895

>>2669888
Sammy from Eve no Jikan. Home android goes moe

>> No.2669901

>>2669895
is also voiced by your favorite maid

>> No.2669907

>>2669895
Thank you so much. You've taken a load off my mind.

>> No.2669914

Yay, new Zero chapter today too.

http://www.mediafire.com/?tnnznbmjncq

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>>2665514
Even if tsundere is not your classical moe, tsundere is still a sub-genre of moe and therfore tsundere characters are moe in there own way by defoult.

And with that said I would propose a standard well known tsundere namely Rin from Fate/Stay Night and I would say that she fits your description rather good.

>> No.2670389

>>2665514
Yes, but women can't exist with a razor-sharp mind and independence.

>> No.2670396

>>2670384
Rin isn't independent, she just plays hard to get. She's about as independent as all those power-suit wearing whorish "career women." She's just fooling herself.

>> No.2670415

>>2670396
I would say that she is pretty independet in all of the endings(bad ends inluded) except the Fate and UBW ones.

>> No.2670421

Man I feel like reading some tsundere featured manga now. I'm going to go hunting but if anyone has any suggestions I'll take them.

>> No.2670700 [DELETED] 

>>2670415
> except the Fate and UBW ones
So like, she's not independent for like 2/3rds of the game? Also, having a career = independent, so matter what feminazis spew.

>> No.2670707

>>2670415
> except the Fate and UBW ones
So like, she's not independent for like 2/3rds of the game? Also, having a career /=/ independent, no matter what bitchy feminazis spew.

>> No.2670732

>>2670707
We really, really don't see how Rin handles herself eventually, but she can live on her own, manage her life and cook.

It's a good sign.

>> No.2670740

>Can moe coexist with intelligence (not just book smarts, but also a razor-sharp mind?)

Yes.

>and indepedence?

No. Even the tsuntsun bitch much eventually come back to deredere in order to be moe~. If it's any clue to you, moe is simply an even more perverted Japanese version of Victorian aesthetics.

>> No.2670748

>>2670421
Zero is tsundere.

>> No.2670757

>>2669901
Who's my favorite maid?

>> No.2670788

>>2670740
Women exist to serve men, so the feminist concept of an independent woman is totally idiotic

>> No.2670804

>>2670788
As true as this statement might be, don't you think it's counterproductive? If anything, shouldn't we promote the deluded feminist conceptions about independenace so we can take it easy at home while they slave away in the factories or offices?

>> No.2670811

>>2670707
Well, the HF ends + all the bad ends is more than 50% of the game.

>> No.2670815
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Why am I the first to post her?

>> No.2670824

>>2670804
No, because when women think they can be independent, they think they're our equals, and mouth off to us and refuse to obey us. I'd rather provide and have a waifu that submitted to me and listened to me than have a wife who helped pay for things but was a bossy bitch.

>> No.2670826

>>2670815
Because I posted this:
>>2666272
And then the thread die before I could post Tezuka.

>> No.2670829

>>2670740
I wouldn't say that being independet = living all alone and never socialize at all, so there would be more than enough time to shift back to deredere sometimes and still be independet and tsundere,

>> No.2670831

Smarts and moe moe?

Not many I can think of. Several girls who are smart are sexy/pretty, but not moe moe.

>> No.2670855

Moe is what you decide it is.

If I have an intelligent and independent people moe, then they are more. If I don't, they aren't. Whatever rocks your boat.

Now, 90% of this thread, stop being idiots and using words you don't understand.

>> No.2670862

Saki

/thread

>> No.2670877

>>2670824
>No, because when women think they can be independent, they think they're our equals, and mouth off to us and refuse to obey us.

If you can't get them to obey you, isn't that a problem on the part of the master, rather than the servant? Animals obey because they understand that their masters are smarter and stronger than they are, so if you let something as weak and foolish as a woman become more capable than yourself, isn't that your fault?

Shouldn't you be competent and intelligent enough to let her deceive herself with her delusions of independence but nevertheless provide for you without complaint? Women already do that now by marrying, becoming housewives (female NEETs) and exploiting divorce laws to threaten men.

Shouldn't a man (made superior in all ways by nature) be able to do the same or better?

>> No.2670893

>>2670855
That is very true and I thought that this whole thread was ridiculus at the very moment I saw it.
However when you discuss moe you "can" refer to what the general public considers moe.
Pretty much like if you go to a beuty contest, everyone there will have some set oppinions about what is "beutiful" even though that is something that unique to each and every person.

>> No.2670910

In the history of mankind women have done nothing to advance art. They take the beauty that men have created through poetry, film, literature, painting, music and so on and co-opted it, using it to define themselves to make up for their complete lack of spiritual substance.

>> No.2670911

>>2670893
This is true.

Still, as you say yourself, this thread is ridiculous. Just about as much as the "can beauty coexist with intelligence" one would be.

>> No.2670939

>>2670911
I think the question at hand was essentially if characters designed for the express purpose of being "moe" but without the typical characterization of incompetence, childishness, borderline retardation and helplessness found so commonly in VNs and anime.

>> No.2670995

"Independence" is an undesirable trait in women, so it directly conflicts with moe. Unless you want to take a woman that starts off as independent, and make her submit to you. That would be pretty moe.

>> No.2671009

>>2670939
Only those are by no means "typical".

Take Azumanga's Sakaki or Yomi, for example. Both fairly intelligent and mature. Hell, take Haruhi's Yuki, which is, basically, nearly omniscient and omnipotent and perfectly logical. And they're all poster girls of moe.

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Ctrl + F: Naoto not found

seriously, she's the perfect blend to me, and a reverse trap to boot. How can you beat that?

>> No.2671041 [DELETED] 

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>> No.2671048

>>2671038
But she's a slut.

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>>2671048
fuck you

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>>2671061
>>2671038
OTP

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>>2671074
Fuck yeah.

>> No.2671455

>>2670995
"independence" is just a trait that says that one is able tot ake care of themselves, not neccesary that they are by themselves.

Why is it an undesireble trait in a woman that she isn't entirly dependent on you for her survival?
Is it not a desireble trait for a woman to be able to take care of herself and perhaps even be able to take care of you when you can't take care of yourself. ?
(no man really wants a girl to take care of him since it always should be the other way, but when one really needs to be taken care of even though a man never should need that, it is nice be taken cared of by perferebly your gf/waifu.)

>> No.2671455,1 [INTERNAL] 

>>2666057
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OXL96C0B

Currybutt never posted his collection, so here's mine. There's fanart, screenshots, .gifs, vectors, manga panels or pages and a bit of 4chan-related humour and pictures users made over the years.

It's lacking doujinshi and any fanart Currybutt's waifu and most of the Western community ever drew (I think), though that's probably easy to find (most of them post on deviantART, browsing the Fukumoto tag will do the trick).

http://community.livejournal.com/awesome_box_djs/tag/
This LJ has most of the DJs I do, so if you still want them just check that place.

That's all I can do for you, sorry.

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