Every story writer tries to make all their characters have different colored hair. Why? I think it’s pretty obvious why. To make their characters all different (duh) and give them individuality, plus more variety is always better. :) And you don’t want couples who look a lot alike walking around in manga, novels or anime, that’s boring.
So anime producers and manga artists do the same. Except, in the manganime world, hair color gets a bit more… creative. If you know what I mean. :P
Therefore, love triangles in anime often consist of three characters with pink, black/blue and blonde hair.
Why? Well, they’re most contrasting three colors for anime/manga hair!
Pink hair is used on female anime characters almost all the time, because it is kawaii ^__^ look at all the pretty pink haired anime girls, e.g. Amu, Lacus Clyne, Hinagiku, etc.
Blue and black are used on the male most of the time, especially dark blue and black, because it looks cool :)
And blonde is sometimes used on a girl and sometimes a boy, so you could call it the unisex color. :P
Take a look at these animes:
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