
Pic for PoshPompadour over on twitter who has a WIDe stance
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It's (most likely) a stylized mix of the "punch perm" and "pompadour" hairstyles, though it could just be something fun/funny Redic-Nomad likes.
Punch perms in Japan have a cultural association with tough guys (both criminals like yakuza, and blue-collar workers like truckers or factory workers) due to a period in the 70s and 80s when they were popular with those social classes. An over-the-top excessive one is sometimes used as visual shorthand to symbolize a character being physically tough and rough-and-tumble. For particularly outrageous ones, it may imply some mental/emotional instability or fragility, as the "tough guy" symbol is a little too insistent etc. The character Mondo from Danganronpa 1 has a similar hairstyle and is an outwardly boisterous tough guy hiding deep emotional scars and self-doubt.
Punch perms in Japan have a cultural association with tough guys (both criminals like yakuza, and blue-collar workers like truckers or factory workers) due to a period in the 70s and 80s when they were popular with those social classes. An over-the-top excessive one is sometimes used as visual shorthand to symbolize a character being physically tough and rough-and-tumble. For particularly outrageous ones, it may imply some mental/emotional instability or fragility, as the "tough guy" symbol is a little too insistent etc. The character Mondo from Danganronpa 1 has a similar hairstyle and is an outwardly boisterous tough guy hiding deep emotional scars and self-doubt.
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