moeblob

English

Etymology

From moe +‎ blob.

Noun

moeblob (plural moeblobs)

1. (Japanese fiction, fandom slang) A moe character with a generic design and no defining personality traits.
   • 2009 September 14, José Manuel García-Patos, “Re: Yotsuba”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎^[1] (Usenet):

     What really bugs me is that they changed Yotsuba's speech pattern. I don't want my favorite manga character to sound like a moeblob.

   • 2010 January 16, Megane, “Re: 2ch and the 2 types of otaku”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I think it should have been qualified as "people who like K-on _because it has schoolgirls_". I liked K-on for the funny and slice-of-life parts. It was no Azumanga Daioh, but it had moeblobs AND writing.

   • 2010 March 27, Chika, “Review - A Little Snow Fairy Sugar”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎^[3] (Usenet):

     A young girl is growing up in the town of Muhlenberg, somewhere in Germany (looks like it is based on Rothenburg from the end titles), but she is growing up without her parents. Her father never really gets a mention but it seems that her mother, a talented pianist, was killed a few years before the opening of this story and, as a result, Saga is now living with her grandmother. She is, however, NOT a moeblob.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:moeblob.