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Tag: moe
Sora no Woto: apocalypse moé
I’m not an admirer of the moé aesthetic, so my initial response to Sora no Woto was one of indifference; just more moé, I thought; not interested. That’s always my default reaction to a series like this, but the thing is, life’s not that simple.
Genre is a superficial excuse; no single story is the same [...]
Breaking out of the moe box
So many of us are missing out on great anime for no reason other than ignorance.
Coyote Ragtime Show: Superficial entertainment primed for mass consumption
Coyote Ragtime Show is everything I expected it to be. This first episode is generic, “cute” and painfully uninspiring. I’m sick of seeing cute girls dressed up in colourful, frilly dresses jumping around wielding impossible strength. It’s so formulaic, cold and calculated; you can imagine the money men sitting around in their leather [...]