| Not one for the trend, but maybe it appeals to the female audience. It could be esg grinding since I did also notice the lack of an ecchi tag too. Final possible reason is to try to show said characters changed since cutting your hair in fiction shows the character is trying to change. |
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| I believe in Japan girls often cut their hair short as form of character growth or change. Maybe it has something to do with that. |
| it's supposed to be a symbol of growth and change |
| Asian girls in general equates "cutting hair" to "character development", "moving on", "change of mindset" or "living my life in a different direction". when a girl got "heartbroken" - they often cut their hair. when a girl wanna show change - they cut their hair. when a girl losts someone she love - they cut their hair. i do not say - its always the norm but its often the derivations of people towards these behavior. "Cutting hair" is a symbolism of change for asians most of the time I say. See whats the common denominator with all these women in Monogatari? They all went thru "changes in life and moving on" |
AesethyrJul 20, 2024 7:44 PM
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| It has been a trope in fiction for an extremely long time in all cultures that the cutting of hair symbolizes a character’s growth and/or an increased resolve. This happens in books, movies, anime, tv shows, lots of media from all over the world. There is usually a symbolic self-haircutting scene a-la Sakura’s dramatic cutting of her long hair in Naruto, but sometimes it’s offscreened. And it’s not exclusive to female characters either, for example Toriyama showed Gohan’s growth in the Cell arc by having Goku cut his hair shorter when he grew to exceed his limits, and his hair stayed short thereafter. |
| "Do you want me to take you away... to a place in this city where wishes come true?" |
| Something similar to men shaving after getting rejected. But it's more about development. Didn't need that as symbolism tho. Definitely not with all the girls. |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| Because short hair is best. |
| Both Hitagi and Hankeawa have explicitly stated it's to symbolyze a change in their lives for the better a few seasons ago. |
 MOKUSHI KUSHIMO SHIMOKU KUMOSHI MOSHIKU SHIKUMO. |
| Because Nisio Isin has deplorable taste. 95% of the time an anime girl gets a haircut, it looks like shit. |
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Reply to Anienjoyer
@Aesethyr never heard of it outside anime and I'm asian
| @Anienjoyer It is certainly a thing here in SEA and East Asia. Not very apparent as I said - it just that some people will ask a woman if they have broken up upon seeing her with short hair. People always assumes something like that when they saw a women suddenly cutting their hair. |
AesethyrJul 27, 2024 4:16 AM
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| Haircut = character development |
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| as many people said: to mark a change; a clear visual distinction from before and now. also, *kawaii desu*. going from short to long is gradual so this distinction is not possible without maybe a wig or hair extensions :P |
| It's a common storytelling trope in anime to show cutting of long hair meaning coming of age for young girls. |
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