No.161
ITT, let's discuss one of the most crucial parts of the Major's character design: her hair.
As you know, it varies a lot both across the franchise and within certain works (sometimes even from one page to the next) both in texture and color, but I'm pretty sure that this, right here, is her very best, most definitive hairstyle. It's thick, shiny, floofy, and really encapsulates the blend of spunky, wild tomboyishness, sex appeal and femininity that defines her character. And when it's indigo-tinged it also carries across the idea that she's artificial and that she's a bit of a punk in spite of her job. A cyber-punk if you will.
Also, I'd like to point out that in the last chapter of the manga, we see that her residual self-image (as they say in The Matrix) still has this hairstyle.
If I were to rank her various hairstyles I'd say:
this one > movie > SAC > slicker one from the manga >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2017 > Arise.
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No.163
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No.164
>>163
you may not!
it is for headpats only
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No.165
>>164
Can I fap WHILE I headpat it then?
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No.166
I honestly can't disagree with those rankings that much. I'd put SAC above of the film though.
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No.169
Honestly, have we seen hair like Motoko on another character, etc before GITS? None come to mind, at least precisely that sort of style.
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No.171
>>169
depends on what you mean by hair "like" Motoko's. Cause there's been plenty of floofy short-haired gals before her, such as Deunan.
What's special about Motoko is that she's got what looks like a bobcut (like, say, Catty from Gall Force) but it's very fluffy.
Anyway here are two examples of what that might look like IRL, with a different color.
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No.175
>>171
Those look close; I think Motoko's… bobcut forward wing things are more sculpted/stylised than those, though they work very well as a more natural Motoko-hair look than other stuff.
Whether this is due to styling, and perhaps sprays or whether Motoko's hair has been shaped into this like a wig, to always hold those side shapes is beyond me.
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No.187
>>175
That's an interesting point; Motoko's hair is pretty resilient to being thrown about; perhaps it's quasi-molded in place, with firm strands.
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No.188
>>169
I'm gonna say Cutie Honey's got a pretty similar hairstyle, all things considered. When Motoko's got red hair in the porn scene she looks a lot like Honey.
>>175
>>187
doubt that; maybe in some versions but overall it looks pretty soft, so maybe the roots are very straight but the hair itself looks rather pliant
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No.195
>>188
I can see the similarities, though practically every Nagai protag has similar hair in this area.
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No.196
>>195
well there you go, then, most Nagai protags are hot-blooded and Motoko is originally introduced as a hot-blooded loose-cannon
makes sense
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No.199
interesting little tidbit in the Megatech Body chapter: the nails and hair are implanted by skilled craftsmen, which means that Motoko's hair was probably tailor-made for optimal floof.
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No.201
>>199
But as a mass produced model, she would likely have got the standard package; Motoko does seem surprised that the hair/etc is done at that stage though.
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No.203
>>196
Do you think it was a deliberate homage in some way? Or just happened to look similar. I mean, I've not read anything suggesting that myself.
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No.204
>>201
Precisely, and Kurutan points out that it's because they've automated the process, which means that even though Motoko's chassis is mass produced, her hair wasn't.
>>203
well Honey's a robot gal herself, and Nagai is quite a big name. I'm not positive on that, but let's just say I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it's a deliberate reference
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No.207
>>204
They could have had a bunch of Motoko style hair made up and then installed by a technician; I imagine that for MP models, designs, etc they'd have the hair as a package you could select. So generic, yet installed individually rather than in the mold as with that cyborg.
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No.254
>>207
Imagine packing boxes filled with vacuum-shrunk Motoko-style hairdoes, perhaps in different artificial colours than purple, being grabbed by the technician as he begins to attach it to the cyborg's head, unlit cigarette bouncing about in his mouth as he fits it in place, a whole production line of Motoko-types heading in.
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No.298
>>254
They could sell it so you could have a refreshing headpat whenever you wanted.
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No.570
Does shousa have these two bangs on either side of her head because she just keeps the nape short on what's otherwise a bobcut?
Or is it because she wants to imitate Cutie Honey the warrior of love?
Or is it because she braids them into short pigtails when nobody's looking?
Also what happens if you pull on em?
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No.572
>>570
Perhaps she had a one of those Judge Hershey bobcuts before but got tired of the jokes or pepple asking her if her favourite band was New Order.
Of course the Cutie Honey influence could definitely be a thing; no doubt Motoko would have seen it and as a young cyborg gal would have thought she was cool. And she is a bit chuuni in her ways.
Pigtails though… I don't see them, though she could maybe pull them off; anyone who saw her would probably suffer an ill fate if she did.
She squeaks.
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No.576
>>572
well she knows how to make em: check this out!
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No.578
>>576
Now where, oh where, did Motoko learn how to do that…
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No.579
>>578
unlike what Arise would have us believe, she did use to be a normal young girl, so I'm gonna say her mom taught her.
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No.580
>>579
So not at all like >>282 then?
But yeah; Motoko probably had a very girlish haircut when she was young. Her mother probably had to prepare them for her when she was learning to use her new body.
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No.581
>>580
dunno, it's usually assumed that she lost her parents at the same time she lost her body so it might date back to earlier than that
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No.582
>>581
Well that just went from cute and goofy to kind of sad now.
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No.1131
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No.1132
>>1131
Now what's going on in that picture?
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No.1133
>>1132
I wish I knew, but what interests me is that Motoko's hair is retaining its shape
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No.1135
>>1133
True; sort of suggests the wig theory where it's sculpted in a manner that allows it to retain it's shape.
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No.1140
>>1135
I would rather say that it could be another function similar to the length/color change that it displays in MMI and that Kurutan also seems to have.
Some type of intelligent microtech fiber. Hence the metallic glint.
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No.1141
>>1140
Hmm… so it could be programmed to retain a certain shape but also retain it's silky strands, being able to run your hand through it.
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No.1142
>>1141
exactly, smooth and soft but stays in shape for unlimited scruffling
no dandruffs, no oil, only floof
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No.1143
>>1142
Wonderful; Kurutan should be commended for her efforts in providing the world with perfect floof to pof pof.
By a 12 hour pof-pof headpat session.
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