| rdfs:comment | - In anime that aim for a more "natural" look (black and brown hair only), the characters with the lighter hair will either be rebels, fashionistas, foreigners, or spend a lot of time in the water (surfer or swimmer). This trope is about the latter. Some works play it subtle, darker than average skin with lighter than normal hair, while cartoonier works might go for the more visually striking Dark-Skinned Blond. There is some crossover with ganguros, who are sometimes thought of as "beach bunnies", but the light haired swimmer is generally more interested in sports than hitting on people at the pool.
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| abstract | - In anime that aim for a more "natural" look (black and brown hair only), the characters with the lighter hair will either be rebels, fashionistas, foreigners, or spend a lot of time in the water (surfer or swimmer). This trope is about the latter. Some works play it subtle, darker than average skin with lighter than normal hair, while cartoonier works might go for the more visually striking Dark-Skinned Blond. There is some crossover with ganguros, who are sometimes thought of as "beach bunnies", but the light haired swimmer is generally more interested in sports than hitting on people at the pool. Also note that if the show is inhabited by characters with a rainbow of different hair colors, it's not an aversion if a non-swimmer has lighter colored hair than a swimmer, especially since light hair has plenty of other connotations as well. A variation of this in Caucasians would be slightly green-tinted hair in blondes. Truth in Television. Salt water/chlorine and excessive exposure to sunlight can cause black hair to get sun-bleached to brown, as well as making it dry and brittle. This is partly why the dark haired part of Raven Hair, Ivory Skin was once so valued in Asia: It's associated with the rich whose hair were mostly untouched by harsh sunlight, as opposed to the peasants with brown hair. Of course, getting blonde hair from simply swimming is stretching it. Examples of Light-Haired Swimmer include:
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