Odango Hair: Difference between revisions

 

The style is named after Odangos, a sweet dumpling eaten on a skewer as a Japanese snack, traditionally served at ''hanami'' (cherry blossom and flower viewing [[Festival Episode|festivals]]). Compare [[Horned Hairdo]] and [[Prim and Proper Bun]].

 

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''

** Sailor Moon herself, who earned the nickname "''odango atama''" ("dumpling-head"; the dub version refers to her as "meatball-head") for her [[Odango]] (and [[Expressive Hair]]). Her counterpart in the live-action ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' demonstrates both realistic and unrealistic odango hairstyles.

== Literature ==

* Ling Yu, of the web-novel ''[[Domina]]''. Probably intentional, as part of her whole [[Anime Chinese Girl]] thing.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* [[Wrench Wench|Kaylee]] ([[Jewel Staite]]) of ''[[Firefly]]'' and ''[[Serenity]]'' wears her hair in this fashion on occasion. And [[Moe|of]] [[The Cutie|course]], [[Nerds Are Sexy|it's]] ''[[Unkempt Beauty|adorable]]''.

 

== Toys ==

* Sun Shangxiang Gerbera in ''[[BB Senshi Sangokuden]]'' gets ''odango'' as part of her entire outfit, based directly on [[Street Fighter|Chun Li]].

 

== Video Games ==

** Also, the new female protagonist from ''[[Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]]''

 

* Maya Fey and Ema Skye in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series both wore small Odango when they were teenagers. Once grown up, Ema switched hers for a ponytail.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Mara from ''[[Elf Blood]]'' usually wears her hair in covered ox-tails, being partly a [[Chinese Girl]].

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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[[Category:Expository Hairstyles]]

[[Category:Japanese Media Tropes]]

[[Category:Useful Notes/Japan]]