After seeing over a hundred different animes and finding that certain character types tend to have stronger followings than others, this blogger decided to make a segment on the most commonly endearing personality traits found in anime.
The first on a long list (only the most common will be posted) that comes up more than any other is the concept of “moe“. By definition moe characters are cute and seemingly innocent like a child, but not sexualized like loli (even though a wealth of porn exists of any character hear on the internet). The most well known examples of moe all tend to come from Kyoto Animation these days with Mikuru Asahina from the Hruhi franchise fame.
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