4 Anime Moe Characters with Dark Stories

Moe is a slang word in Japanese that means a strong interest in a particular video game, anime or manga character. 

Therefore, moe is often used to show that certain characters are cute, innocent, and fun.

Usually, moe anime has characteristics based on traits and reactions. 

Anime moe will show characters designed with the chibi concept. 

Moe anime also often focus on light fun stories, in contrast to the five anime with moe characters below.

1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2006)

After moving to the small, quiet village of Hinamizawa, Keiichi Maebara soon befriends several students from his school.

However, he realized that there was darkness lurking beneath this seemingly idyllic life.

When the village's annual festival is about to be held, Keiichi learns about a local legend. 

One thing that makes him cringe is that he encounters a series of murders and disappearances in recent years, which seem to be related to festivals and the village's patron deity, Oyashiro.

Surprisingly, when Keiichi asked his friends about the incident, no one was willing to answer.

He was suspicious about what was hidden.

As more and more strange incidents were occurring, he wondered if he could trust them.

2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are ordinary high school girls living ordinary lives. 

However, their lives change when they are offered something strange by a cat-like magical creature named Kyubey, and they meet Homura Akemi, a transfer student who turns out to be a magical girl.

Madoka and Sayaka are tempted by Kyubey's offer: their wishes will be granted, but they must become magical girls. 

Despite being warned by Homura that the life of a magical girl is not as wonderful as they think, they remain firm in their first choice.

3. Gakkou Gurashi! (2016)

Yuki Takeya has always looked forward to the School Living Club, the Megurigaoka Vocational School club consisting of Yuri Wakasa, Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Miki Naoki, supervising teacher Megumi Sakura, and the dog Taroumaru. 

As a member of the club, he has to live his whole life in a school environment.

However, the beautiful life that the members of the School Living Club live is only a fantasy of Yuki, who has a mental disorder. 

The life they actually live is one where they have to survive in a school environment filled with apocalyptic zombies.

4. Made in Abyss (2017)

As the daughter of the missing White Whistle, Lyza, Riko wants to explore The Abyss, a gaping chasm filled with mysterious creatures and relics of the past. 

However, she is only allowed to explore the top layer of The Abyss.

Despite this, Riko has a chance encounter with a mysterious robot, Reg. 

Unfortunately, Reg does not remember anything before his discovery. 

Feeling confident that the technology used to create Reg originated from The Abyss, she decides to venture there in order to recover her lost memories.