History Main / MotherlySidePlait

* The protagonists' mother Mrs. Takakura from ''MawaruPenguindrum''.

Mostly an anime trope: One good way to show how sweet and caring a mother is, is to depict her with her hair tied in a loose plait and put on her shoulder. For some reason, this detail immediately tells the audience, "Hey, this mom has to be nice and gentle!"

* Eren's mother Carla from ''AttackOnTitan''.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ikumi switches to one when her son shows up and she is in "sweet pampering mother" mode. [[HotBlooded In normal situations, however…]]

This can be explained by the fact that mothers have less time to spend on their appearance than other women. Since the makers of a show probably don't want to make their characters ugly, one way to demonstrate motherhood is to give her a low-maintenance hairstyle. [[{{Housewife}} Housewives]] (most likely to be the mothers of young children) also need a hairstyle that's going to stay out of the way when they're doing housework and cleaning up. This may or may not come with an apron to further emphasize their motherhood.

* Natsuhi Ushiromiya has a sort of ponytail variant in ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. She is more stern than most examples but she does treasure her family.

* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'': Akasaka's wife, Yukie, has one of these, and quite an impressive one.
** In ''Matsuribayashi'', Takano's mother has a smaller variant.
** Natsumi's mother in the manga-only ''Onisarashi'' arc is a textbook example... until she looses her plait as she starts to go insane. [[spoiler:Or rather, [[UnreliableNarrator as we see her go insane through Natsumi's eyes.]]]]
** Keiichi's mom also sports one in the live action adaptation.
* Natsuhi Ushiromiya has a sort of ponytail variant in ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. She is more stern than most examples but she does treasure her family.
* In ''{{Kanon}}'', Akiko Minase also wears her hair in such a fashion.

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* Trisha Elric, the mother of the two protagonists of ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'', depicted above. In the [[BabiesEverAfter epilogue]] of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the manga]], [[spoiler:Winry]] sports a similar plait, but not on the shoulder.

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Ikumi switches to one when her son shows up and she is in "sweet pampering mother" mode. [[HotBlooded In normal situations, however…]]

This can be explained by the fact that mothers have less time to spend on their appearance than other women. Since the makers of a show probably don't want to make their characters ugly, one way to demonstrate motherhood is to give her a low-maintenance hairstyle. [[Housewife Housewives]] (most likely to be the mothers of young children) also need a hairstyle that's going to stay out of the way when they're doing housework and cleaning up. This may or may not come with an apron to further emphasize their motherhood.

This can be explained by the fact that mothers have less time to spend on their appearance than other women. Since the makers of a show probably don't want to make their characters ugly, one way to demonstrate motherhood is to give her a low-maintenance hairstyle. Housewives (most likely to be the mothers of young children) also need a hairstyle that's going to stay out of the way when they're doing housework and cleaning up. This may or may not come with an apron to further emphasize their motherhood.

* [[YamatoNadeshiko Natsuhi Ushiromiya]] has a sort of ponytail variant in ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. She is more stern than most examples but she does treasure her family.

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* Zael's mother in ''TheLastStory'' wears a braided side plait.

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* Trisha Elric, the mother of the two protagonists of ''FullmetalAlchemist'', depicted above. In the [[BabiesEverAfter epilogue]] of the manga, [[spoiler:Winry]] sports a similar plait, but not on the shoulder.
* ''RanmaOneHalf'': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kasumi Tendo]] often wears her hair this way, along with an apron. While she may only be the eldest daughter of the family, [[TeamMom she handles the domestic duties of the Tendo household]]. It becomes even more the case when [[spoiler:it's revealed that [[ParentalSubstitute she's filling in for their deceased mother]].]]

Mostly an anime trope: one good way to show how sweet and caring a mother is, is to depict her with her hair tied in a loose plait and put on her shoulder. For some reason, this detail immediately tells the audience "hey, this mom has to be a nice and gentle person!".

This can be explained by the fact moms have less time to spend on their appearance. Since the makers of a show probably don't want to make their characters ugly, one way to demonstrate mom-hood is to give her a low-maintenance hairstyle. Housewives (most likely to be the mothers of young children) also need a hairstyle that's going to stay out of the way when they're doing housework and cleaning up. May or may not come with an apron to further emphasize.

AnimeAndManga:
* Trisha Elric, the mother of the two protagonists of ''FullmetalAlchemist'', depicted above. In the [[BabiesEverAfter epilogue]] of the manga, [[spoiler:Winry]] sports a similar plait but not on the shoulder.
* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2's]]'' [[CloudCuckooLander Kasumi Tendo]] often wears her hair this way, along with an apron. While she may only be the eldest daughter of the family, [[TeamMom she handles the domestic duties of the Tendo household.]] It becomes even more the case when [[spoiler: it's revealed [[ParentalSubstitute she's filling in for their deceased mother.]]]]
* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'': Akasaka's wife Yukie has one of these, and quite an impressive one.

* ''{{Kanon}}'''s Akiko Minase also wears her hair in such a fashion.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'' Ikumi switches to one when her son shows up and she is in "sweet pampering mother" mode. [[HotBlooded In normal situations however…]]

A subtrope of LongHairIsFeminine, and more generally of ExpositoryHairstyle.

Compare OjouRinglets, RegalRinglets and GirlishPigtails. Contrast BraidsOfAction, TomboyishPonytail, TomboyishSidetails, and PrimAndProperBun.

* In {{Bleach}} Ikumi switches to one when her son shows up and she is in "sweet pampering mother" mode. In normal situations however…

Contrast BraidsOfAction, TomboyishPonytail and TomboyishSidetails.

A subtrope of ExpositoryHairstyle, related to LongHairIsFeminine.

A subtrope of LongHairIsFeminine, and more generally ExpositoryHairstyle.

* Ikumi switches to one when in "sweet pampering mother" mode.