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Hime Cut—hair that is styled into three parts (straight bangs, sidelocks, and long hair in the back) that is meant to show that a (most likely Japanese or Japanese descent) girl as proper, upper-class and/or traditional. Short Hair with Tail—a short hair style paired with a long ponytail.
It's useful visual symbolism, looks dramatic, and makes for great storytelling, even if it doesn't come up often in real life. The meaning comes from the Edo period, when samurai would cut off their top-knot (or chonmage) as a way of stepping down from their position.
While there have been a handful of anime that draw pubic hair on women (and an even smaller number that do so on men), anime characters are, by and large, body hair-free. The original reasons for this, of course, have to do with Japanese censorship laws.
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Japanese Hairstyles for Short hair The short hairstyle is made to accentuate the smallness of one's face. This kind of hairstyle shows innocence and sweetness which is a look most girls are after.
In Japanese culture, when a girl disgraced her family, her long hair was cut short. With Hinata's family not having faith in her as a shinobi, her father might have made the decision to cut her hair instead of her.
Advertisement: When a character cuts off their hair, it often symbolizes a rite of passage or bout of character growth. A princess striking out on an adventure, or a new recruit at boot camp, for instance. Parting with it voluntarily can be greatly symbolic.
Pubic hair acts like a protective buffer, reducing friction during sex and other activities. Some sources even refer to pubic hair as a “dry lubricant.” That's because it's easier to rub hair against hair than it is to rub skin against skin.