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Not to derail too much but after seeing it in certain music circles(usually referring to Pitchfork) and now here, what exactly does neckbeard mean?

Beatdigga wrote:

If you said Qwaser I would agree completely.

Most fetishistic otaku-bait garbage can only dream of being Seikon no Qwaser, sadly. There's a level of technical finesse and dedication to blatant fetish-based absurdity that elevate what should have been an unwatchable train wreck into the sort of lusciously grotesque parody. It also spends a somewhat inordinate amount of time on world-building and developing fighting styles, to the point where if you removed the exploitation element entirely it'd still kinda' work as a Bleach-esque action series. Remove the nudity from Queen's Blade and you're left with so much less than you would be from Seikon no Qwaser.

And hey, four words: Breast Puppet Show Ever. Very Happy

As for "neckbeard", it's a derogatory word for geeks that implies they're poorly groomed. Even Anime News Nina used it as a throw-away gag when discussing internet trolls a year or two ago.

Kakugo wrote:

Most fetishistic otaku-bait garbage can only dream of being Seikon no Qwaser, sadly. There's a level of technical finesse and dedication to blatant fetish-based absurdity that elevate what should have been an unwatchable train wreck into the sort of lusciously grotesque parody. It also spends a somewhat inordinate amount of time on world-building and developing fighting styles, to the point where if you removed the exploitation element entirely it'd still kinda' work as a Bleach-esque action series. Remove the nudity from Queen's Blade and you're left with so much less than you would be from Seikon no Qwaser.

Fully agree. Without question Qwaser is the more exploitative of the two, to the point that I hesitate to automatically recommend it to people who like QB, but it does have more merits besides its lascivious content than most other T&A shows do.