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In _Disgaea 3 - Absence of Justice/Detention_ , during the story scene of
_Evil Academy Culture Fair_ Map 2, when Salvitore, Master Big Star and Mao
were looking for the one who was trying to destroy the Culture Fair, they
arrived at the Sophomore's "Super Elegant Cafe".

When Master Big Star tried to point out that his Sophomores couldn't be the
culprits, Mao got suspicious and said:

> Not to mention, all the food as cursed writing, chanting "Moe Moe Kyun♥" to
> cast spells, and confusing all your customers!

Given Evil Academy, with how the Cafe looked and how Master Big Star was
willing to force Mr. Champloo to make bad food to satisfy some customers
(which was against Mr. Champloo's ideals as the Home Ec Teacher), it seemed to
be an act of delinquency (in Evil Academy, Delinquents did good thing like
volunteer work and going to class, while Honor Students did the opposite -
skipping class, breaking rules, etc.). Since Mao was an Honor Student, I
assume "cursed writing" and "chanting" are normal things we would expect in a
cafe (as Mao was suspicious of the Cafe from the beginning before they said
"Welcome back students who are coming in for the first time")

I can assume "cursed writing" would be like notes written on the food like you
do with cupcakes. However, while I know what Moe is supposed to be, I don't
understand what "Moe Moe Kyun♥" is. Does this have anything to do with maid
cafes or Japanese culture in general?


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Does "Moe Moe Kyun" mean anything?


While of course the word "moe" is Japanese slang with a particular meaning
that doesn't really translate to English, it's for a very specific type of
cute, and the entire phrase is supposed to sound sort of like cutesy nonsense
(which as far as I know, not really grammatical at least according to Japanese
textbook). However, _Moe moe kyun_ has also become somewhat of a meme - a
sound to indicate something is sooooo cute. Sort of like baby talk I guess.
According to Urban Dictionary, [_Moe moe kyun_ was used in the anime
K-On!](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Moe+moe%2C+kyun!&defid=4756336)

I don't recall whether _Moe Moe Kyun_ was literally used in the Japanese
dialog for Disgaea 3 or not, but I _do_ know that in general, the translators
for the Disgaea series have been known to insert direct anime and video game
references even when they weren't there in the original Japanese script. For
example, in Disgaea 4, Fuuka yells "Objection!" in the English translation
(reference to Phoenix Wright), but I'm pretty sure she did not say the
equivalent in Japanese (「異議あり」 "Igiari!"). But, anyways, I would not be
surprised if it were inserted in the English as an actual reference to K-On!,
or perhaps it was even there in the Japanese as a K-On! reference.


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It means "abracadabra" essentially. It's a spell they recite in maid cafes
when they serve food to customers in order to "make it taste better." Kind of
like abracadabra, it doesn't really mean anything as a phrase or do anything
physically to the food, but it signifies an incantation and is part of the
ritual and attention giving aspects of maid cafes. -Source: worked in a maid
cafe.


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