The whole great big (ongoing) debate on what, exactly, is considered moe has already been bandied about back and forth by people far more qualified to comment on it than myself. I suppose part of the reason for the inability to state a dictionary definition is that, like porn or the colour blue, one only really knows it if one sees it, and while the broad strokes are recognizable, it’s in the tiny little details that get people riled up.

And so I can only really give my own personal takes on the matter, in the hopes that it won’t be too far off. Then again, even if it is, it’s not really that important anyway, since it’s unlikely someone will complain (much).

Actually, I’m probably not going to talk about moe in general as much as aspects of moe in specific. There’s just far too much to cover, from tsundere to yandere to meganekko to ponytails or whatever, so it would probably be a better idea to just touch on each of these one at a time, and see how far I get before I lose all motivation to ramble about this anymore.

As the title of the post would suggest, this time the topic of choice is the Silent Moe archetype. I’d say that this is, if not the top moe archetype on my list, then at least somewhere up there, along with the meganekko variety. And yes, this means that Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya gets extra points, at least until she loses the glasses. (Damn you Kyon.)