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It serves to give the character an instantly [[Wild Hair|rougher, more primal]] and [[Badass]] look that can underscore the seriousness or desperation of the situation. On the other hand, unbound hair can also create a vulnerable look. In classical Japanese paintings defeated [[Samurai]] were often shown with messy or disheveled hair, so naturally many [[Anime]] characters end up looking like this when things are getting rough. Sometimes it is used to make a character [[Fan Service|that much hotter]] while fighting, especially in combination with [[Clothing Damage]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Happened to Signum of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' during her final battle with Zest. This may have been a [[Mythology Gag]] to Miyuki's [[Close
* ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' with Jin in one of the obviously female-aimed [[Fan Service]] moments.
** Such as Jin being onscreen?
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* ''[[D Gray-man]]'' does this to Kanda in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome Anime|grand showdown]].
** There was also [[Serious Business|an epic battle]] when [[Badass Grandpa|Bookman]] stole Kanda's hair tie. It involved Kanda beating much of the Black Order senseless in order to find out who was responsible.
* Played with and subverted in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. Setsuna and Kaede's hair fell rather undramatically only because Chao used a [[Time Stands Still|time stop]] with her [[Time Machine|Cassiopeia]] to take their hairbands from them within a single instant. This wasn't for a show in [[Badass|badass-edness]] or to [[I Am Not Left
* Happens frequently to Abel Nightroad in ''[[Trinity Blood]]'', though somewhat subverted. When his usually neatly tied up ponytail comes undone, you've just succeeded in really ticking him off. When he deliberately takes it down, it's time to [[Oh Crap|run]]. Justified (sorta) in that his [[Transformation Sequence]] involves his hair becoming prehensile and flailing around before appearing to blow straight upward. I kept waiting for him to strangle someone with it.
* Asuka loses her trademark pigtails for her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|End of Evangelion]]''. [[Fan Disservice|This is NOT fanservice]], at least, not by the end of the fight.
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* There are several occasions of this happening to Miho in ''[[Megatokyo]]''. To be fair, the creator notes in the margins of the bound collection that he's been told that Miho's hairstyle is one that's very difficult to maintain.
* [[Keychain of Creation]] features this on at least two occasions. A little unusually, rather than making the victim look more badass, it actually makes them look silly- it's a symbolic loss in a contest of skill and control.
** Said instances are a friendly competition [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0201.html here], and the outcome of a [[Single
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