{"id":881,"date":"2009-04-04T23:02:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=881"},"modified":"2009-04-04T23:02:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-05T06:02:19","slug":"yui-is-moe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/yui-is-moe\/","title":{"rendered":"Yui is moe: Yui’s moe appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nani?<\/p><\/div>\n

And with the new KyoAni show K-ON!<\/em> comes a new moeblob, Yui.<\/p>\n

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Now, “moeblob” is usually used to refer to an anime character whose only purpose in the show is to provide excessive moe appeal to the audience (thus, a walking blob of moe).
\nWell, here, Yui ain’t no Tsukasa. \u00a0She is the only<\/span> main character of this show, and is awesome beyond belief.<\/p>\n

This post will examine aspects of her moeness and draw up comparisons to show the extent of her moe appeal.<\/p>\n

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The first thing I noticed (or rather, was thrust into my face) was Yui’s clumsiness.<\/p>\n

Via wikipedia:<\/p>\n

An essential quality of\u00a0moe<\/em>\u00a0is that the [viewer] feels protective towards the character…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The clumsy girl stereotype in anime obviously plays off of this (Oh no, she fell down! \u00a0I must protect her! \u00a0…of course, this is done subconsiously, or you’re one weird person), and the beginning scenes with Yui’s watch and Yui falling down (as well as that later scene with Yui dropping the papers) are probably the most blatant portrayal of the “clumsy girl” character possible.<\/p>\n

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And moar stereotypes portray Yui as the ultimate in clumsy moe anime girls!<\/p>\n

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And then we shift our attention to her hair.<\/p>\n

Hmmn. \u00a0I’d say…<\/p>\n

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The hair accessory of Kafuka…<\/p>\n

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And the hair of Minorin (not to mention the pose).<\/p>\n

Don’t mind Kafuka and Minorin. \u00a0Yes, it’s actually like that<\/em>, and I’m not a liar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The hair accessory is a powerful thing indeed. \u00a0It is nearly essential as an aspect of awesome moeness, and gives off childish vibes that make you just want to hug Yui and protect<\/strong><\/em> her. \u00a0*cough* essential quality of moe *cough*<\/p>\n

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Yui’s small, cute, and badly drawn<\/span>\u00a0(screw you, inner critic!) hands make her seem smaller and more childlike.<\/p>\n

It’s like…
\n“She can’t really grab much with those small hands, so I have to help her…”
\n“What if she grabs a knife and can’t hold on to it and drops it because I’m not there to protect<\/strong><\/em> her by helping her carry it?”<\/p>\n

\"facial-expressions\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Facial expressions are the most important part of a moeblob (though not always of ubermoe characters in general).<\/p>\n

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No joke, Tsukasa definitely = Yui when it comes to facial expressions.<\/p>\n

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"I wish we were as moe as Yui..." "I know, right?"<\/p><\/div>\n

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They didn't believe me when I said that Yui is more moe than they are.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Washizu couldn't deny it!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Najimi went insane when I told her.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Osaka shed bitter tears.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Miku threw a tantrum.<\/p><\/div>\n

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"Yui is more moe than you." "nyoro~n"<\/p><\/div>\n

tl;dr: Yui is the moe character of this season, if not of 2009 altogether (that is, until To Aru Kagaku no Railgun<\/em> airs in the fall).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And with the new KyoAni show K-ON! comes a new moeblob, Yui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2zM4X-ed","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}