It seems that, from what I can gather, “mofumofu” can either mean “fluffy” or refer to the act of burying one’s face in or nuzzling against something fluffy.

Like most “cute” things (kawaii, moe, etc.), it can be either completely innocent or imply something sexual depending on the context.

This is the feeling I get from what I’ve seen in the Japanese art and videos I see on the web.

I think another difference is when you’re talking about magical girl anime and magical girl manga – CCS was based off of a manga meant for girls, but the Madoka anime came first (and was written by a male). And in general, there is a better chance of an anime produced for females to attract a male audience than there is for a shojo manga to crossover with males.

Thanks for the compliments – I look forward to reading more from you as well!

Sakura was a brilliant show and I think by then CLAMP was fully aware of the male audience and didn’t mind marketing to it. When I think about these sorts of things seriously – and I try to avoid thinking about things seriously – I think it was one of the first shows “for girls” to sell itself as a product, rather than simply designed to sell products, and that the show as a product was being sold to older, often male fans.

Speaking of shows-as-product, I wrapped up Madoka and thought it was really quite good. The violence was a bit over the top at times and it definitely wasn’t a show I’d show to a little girl but it was obviously created by someone who loves the genre and just wanted to play around with some of the standard conventions a bit.

I read through some of the articles on your blog and really liked them; you have a great perspective on manga and I’m looking forward to reading more in future.

For example, you probably would love to mofumofu that fox girl’s tails ^^