> >Still...wouldn't Ranma-chan's fire-engine red mop be a little unusual
> >in Tokyo?
> >
>   Well we don't really expect Ranma-chan's hair to be fire-engine red.
> It's only in the anime that we see Ranma-chan's hair as red. However, in
> Takahashi's manga we don't know. It is never mentioned literally that Ranma
> chan has red hair. So if you want, you can picture her with black or brown.
> Same goes with Akane's blue hair. If fact some of the Ranma manga covers have
> Akane with Brown hair.
>
  Artistic license in the anime on the hair colour? 
  How did the colour covers convey Ranmas hair colour then - at least that
will give you an indicator that it was either red or black (okay - dark
brown...) 
 
>   On a side note: blue hair, purple hair, fire-engine red hair, etc. don't
> look so hot in real life. In fact, pretty disgusting when people color their
> hair. Natural color red, brown, black, blond, etc. looks better.Only in
> anime can weird colors like green and purple hair look good.
>
  Unless you are riding hard on LSD....

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