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INTEREST: Japanese Highschooler Crowned Akihabara's Moe Queen


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kazziyan



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:00 am Reply with quote
Can I be the Moe King then?
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Scormio





PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:00 am Reply with quote
She'd be pretty cute if she wasn't real
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Hypeathon



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:16 am Reply with quote
Japanese schools don't have proms, right?

Apparently this is their next best thing..........................................I guess?
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:25 am Reply with quote
Eh, they don't look all that.................... Sad
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ParaChomp



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:49 am Reply with quote
A contest for best pedophile bait?
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Etrien



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:04 am Reply with quote
ParaChomp wrote:
A contest for best pedophile bait?

"17-year-old Airi"

Might wanna pick up a dictionary there, champ.
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bhl88



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:35 am Reply with quote
And also different standards in which one is no longer considered a minor.
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methaniel



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:47 am Reply with quote
I didn't knew they held contest for "real" moe queen (and I have difficulties using the word "moe" to describe anything real but...)
Well, she is indeed pretty cute though, and it even led her to releasing an album...guess it's not a bad thing for her (even if I find this overboard...)
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MorwenLaicoriel



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:19 am Reply with quote
I didn't quite fathom how much twintails have taken over the whole "moe" thing until that video. Almost ALL of them have pigtails...
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kazziyan



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:52 am Reply with quote
Twintails ftw. But they look better in anime.

ParaChomp wrote:
A contest for best pedophile bait?


... 17. And remind yourself the age of consent is different in every country. But even then that's irrelevant since it really doesn't have to be mentioned here. It's just a contest and not that hard to not mention such a thing at all. -.-
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SuperVegetto



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:30 am Reply with quote
kazziyan wrote:
Twintails ftw. But they look better in anime.

ParaChomp wrote:
A contest for best pedophile bait?


... 17. And remind yourself the age of consent is different in every country. But even then that's irrelevant since it really doesn't have to be mentioned here. It's just a contest and not that hard to not mention such a thing at all. -.-


Pedophilia doesn't even have anything to do with age of consent but the sexual attraction of a person who is 16 or older to a person that has not reached puberty yet. Anything older and it doesn't count as pedophilia. Laws mean shit
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unused



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:17 am Reply with quote
That's beautiful?
I guess it's really a matter of taste after all.
But, I gotta admit she's actually beautiful compared to the rest of the participant.
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punipuniwarrior



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:27 am Reply with quote
There will only ever be one queen of Akihabara (And consequently, Queen of moe too) and that is Momoi Haruko.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:03 pm Reply with quote
Hypeathon wrote:
Japanese schools don't have proms, right?


No, they don't. Hence why they have school festival

ParaChomp wrote:
A contest for best pedophile bait?


Age of consent is different in Japan (I believe the age of consent in Japan is 13 under Japanese penal code article 176 and 177). Although the closest thing to what you're saying is Junior idol, I've read that children as young as 5 are doing these questionable modeling. I remember reading this article about Junior idol and some minor legal and ethical controversy over having pre-teens dress in scantily clad outfit. It does creep me out when I read about this. The moe queen thing is not that controversial unlike Junior Idol.


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kazziyan



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:13 pm Reply with quote
SuperVegetto wrote:
kazziyan wrote:
Twintails ftw. But they look better in anime.

ParaChomp wrote:
A contest for best pedophile bait?


... 17. And remind yourself the age of consent is different in every country. But even then that's irrelevant since it really doesn't have to be mentioned here. It's just a contest and not that hard to not mention such a thing at all. -.-


Pedophilia doesn't even have anything to do with age of consent but the sexual attraction of a person who is 16 or older to a person that has not reached puberty yet. Anything older and it doesn't count as pedophilia. Laws mean shit


Actually, a lot of it DOES. Cultural difference also plays a huge role. But I'm not getting into that. That's a whole other beast. bottom line, its different.

And yeah, someone like a 5 year old is a bit problematic.
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