Within the anime universe, Detective Conan‘s Ran Mori (Rachel Moore in the English dub) has an iconic hairstyle consisting of a large pointy structure jutting off the left side of her head. While most people would probably chalk it up to anime hair physics and not even think twice about it, Japanese Twitter user @takumitoxin was recently determined to solve the mystery of the pointy ‘do once and for all. After all, “There’s only one truth,” right, Conan?
Here are some of @takumitoxin’s deductions after going on a viral Twitter showerthought:
“This is what that tapered part of Ran’s hair is supposed to be, right?”
今更だけど、蘭の髪の尖がってる部分って、こういう事だよね？#コナン pic.twitter.com/fHvD9nZqPP
— TAKUMI™ (@takumitoxin) April 24, 2016
One user replied,
“I’m more curious about the hair around her ears. think it’s supposed to be like [Japanese pop singer] Shizuka Kudo’s wispy locks.”
なんか「耳に絡みつく髪の方が気になる」って言ってる人がいたけど、それは工藤静香みたいに若干後ろに流してるって事を表現してるんだと思うよ。 pic.twitter.com/8IuKgFRttK
— TAKUMI™ (@takumitoxin) April 24, 2016
Takumi, the original poster, further elaborated on her Tweet,
“In the beginning, her part on the left-hand side was clearly defined, but after a while it seemed to morph into a visual symbol and became more pronounced and simplified.”
“In the anime, they added highlights in front of her part, and the pointy section seemed to gain complete independence and became hard to analyze.”
わかりやすく髪の流れを書き入れてみた。
初期は左を向いていても分け目と髪の流れがよくわかるが、いつしか記号的に突起として簡略化される。そしてアニメが分け目の手前にハイライトを入れた事で、本格的に髪の流れがわからない独立した角に。 pic.twitter.com/BI15TMMO2n
— TAKUMI™ (@takumitoxin) April 24, 2016
And then there were other Japanese Twitter users who were simply passing-by and entertained by the series of thought-provoking tweets over such an unexpected topic, and left their own amusing comments:
“After all these years, the mystery of Ran’s pointy hair has been solved.”
“Thank goodness it wasn’t her skull.”
“I’m still convinced that it’s a drill.”
“The pointy hair is a symbol of her strength.”
“His analysis is so detailed, LOL”
I guess the truth behind Ran’s hair will forever be a mystery. But hey, I personally believe that the bigger mystery is how on earth Yugi’s hair from the TCG anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters works. I mean, look at these… layers?
More importantly, how does his hair change and his body become taller when he gets a personality switch?!