What Japan thinks about Gap Moe!

According to Wiki, Moe is is a Japanese slang word originally referring to a strong interest in a particular type or style of character in video games, anime or manga.  It seems there are different types of Moe and the site “What Japan thinks” gives a good example of one of them…It is called “Gap Moe” and It is referred to a contradiction in exhibited characteristics that people find cutely attactive in the opposite sex.

Goo Ranking has a look at moments where people feel “gap moe”, with women on men’s gap moe and men on women’s gap moe.

Demographics

On the 19th of November 2009 1,166 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 59.9% of the sample were female, 13.4% in their teens, 20.6% in their twenties, 28.2% in their thirties, 23.2% in their forties, 8.3% in their fifties, and 6.3% aged sixty or older.

Ranking result

Q: What men’s actions cause a gap moe feeling? (Sample size=698, women)

Rank		Score
1	A cool and tough guy with a whimsical smile	100
2	When a guy who seems to play the field earnestly discusses relationship issues	56.9
3	Glasses on a guy who usually wears contact lenses	51.0
4	Emoji in an email from a cool guy	42.3
5	A dandy who likes sweet desserts	42.1
6=	A tough guy’s trembling voice	33.8
6=	A cool guy’s tears	33.8
8	An unreliable guy’s abrupt decision	29.5
9	A country accent in a guy who looks like a city kid	27.2
10	A thin guy stuffing his face	26.7

Q: What women’s actions cause a gap moe feeling? (Sample size=468, men)

Rank		Score
1	A girl who usually wears trousers in a skirt	100
2	Glasses on a girl who usually wears contact lenses	80.8
3	A cool and tough girl with a whimsical smile	65.8
4	When a girl who seems to play the field earnestly discusses relationship issues	51.7
5	A cool girl’s tears	46.7
6	Emoji in an email from a cool girl	39.2
7	A staid girl’s one-liner joke	35.8
8	A tough girl’s trembling voice	29.2
9	An unreliable girl’s abrupt decision	24.2
10	A thin girl stuffing her face	23.3

Source: What Japan Thinks / Image Source

One thing that got my attention about this was the women´s survey. It is interesting to see what women find “Moe” because usually I only see the other way around.

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