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style. Oppliger referred to these girl characters as "adorably cute, just a bit sexually appealing, and self-conscious but not yet cynical" going on to say that they demand notice and adoration, rather than passively earning it.
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characteristics and expanding on those characteristics within the mind, and thus differs from mere feelings of empathy. These characteristics can be physical ones, such as
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2842:. North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing.
2684:Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan
2636:. 別冊宝島 421 (in Japanese). 宝島社. 3 January 1999.
2557:岡田斗司夫 『オタクはすでに死んでいる』 新潮社、2008年、27-28頁・100-101頁。
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2068:"女子高生のリアル"けいおん部"がアツい!「アニメもアニソンも普通」【後編】"
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1943:"Moe Market Worth 88 Billion Yen"
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2761:. 講談社現代新書 (in Japanese). 講談社.
2682:Galbraith, Patrick W. (2019).
2651:Galbraith, Patrick W. (2012).
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1994:Oppliger, John (28 May 2012).
1870:Galbraith, Patrick W. (2009).
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2786:. ちくま文庫 (in Japanese). 筑摩書房.
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2871:The New York Times Magazine
2739:] (in Japanese). 太田出版.
2602:"Japan: The Manga Military"
2104:. アスキー・メディアワークス. p. 2頁
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1899:The Rough Guide to Anime
1897:Richmond, Simon (2009).
1524:Human-oriented sexualism
1312:and features the top 10
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990:The Castle of Cagliostro
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2759:動物化するポストモダン オタクから見た日本社会
1629:. 毎日新聞社. 29 August 2011
1292:". Magazines that have
1224:Anime Saimoe Tournament
1142:. For a spin-off game,
1004:Neon Genesis Evangelion
933:internet message boards
666:Japanese pronunciation:
2916:aesthetics, including
2813:An Easy Guide to Otaku
2634:空想美少女大百科 電脳萌え萌え美少女大集合!
2352:〈美少女〉の現代史――「萌え」とキャラクター
2158:. NTU-OtaStudy (臺大宅研).
2123:Matsuura, Yuu (2022).
1915:Azuma, Hiroki (2009).
1685:. dictionary.goo.ne.jp
1579:Parasocial interaction
1164:Sometimes feelings of
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1020:Commercial application
831:bulletin board systems
801:The term's origin and
104:Original net animation
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2728:斎藤環 (27 April 2000).
2206:"Saimoe 2007 English"
2096:藤山哲人 (31 July 2008).
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2692:10.2307/j.ctv1220mhm
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1209:is "romantic love".
1026:Moe anthropomorphism
159:International market
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2137:10.24567/0002000551
226:Best-selling series
46:Part of a series on
2600:Brummer, Matthew.
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2416:, pp. 129–131
2046:ジャパンナレッジ（Yahoo!辞書）
1947:Anime News Network
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245:Demographic groups
129:Longest franchises
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2822:978-4-8061-3358-2
2701:978-1-4780-0509-4
2666:978-0-7391-7014-4
2150:Liao, SH (2023).
2074:. 2 December 2011
1928:978-0-8166-5352-2
1883:978-4-7700-3101-3
1818:978-0-8166-4974-7
1462:The Moe Manifesto
1170:sexual excitement
1160:Sexual attraction
885:'to burn', moyasu
753:and its meaning.
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499:Anime music video
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