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There is a cultural thing in some asian (mostly eastern, I think) countries where cutting your hair signifies a new beginning for you

Which does fit for Riku in DDD

He can’t. You don’t speak about it in Japan. A hairstyle change is a drastic event reserved for major changes in life like death or marriage.

This ^

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JINX

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Damn now I have to ship you a soda

I think that said ship you and soda I was like... h u h

Pffft

Me @ Diet 7 Up: 👀

Glad I am not alone in reading it like that

But he's fictional, whats it matter? If its something everyone knows is a thing then... that's just kinda odd lol

It’s just a social norm 🤷🏼‍♂️

I think it's more so that it's such a common thing in those countries it doesn't need an explanation, which does make sense with Square's practices in the past focusing in Japan so much more than anywhere else

Basically yes

It's just my guess on it tho

But also, it's just a haircut

A very short one that he might have done out of pettiness, who knows

It’s still significant. Ever notice how anime characters rarely change their hair?

That's more so out of convenience

Happens in western cartoons too

Convenience backed by a cultural norm though

ehh

Japan cares a lot about social conformity.

Animation is a hard job, trying to add detail on a new hairstyle would be a lot of work

It's simpler to keep the same hairstyle and just change it when they need it ie a timeskip or a character progression

Or if you go shonen stuff, power ups

Right, a big change. It aligns with the unspoken rule.

I agree that in some cases it's like that but I bet that a majority of them it's not

So wait then are actual haircuts supposed to be a big deal for them too or just for their fictional works

Both lol

It’s hard to say either way. I mean, we didn’t make it. How would we know?