>>27411957>samefaggingpffft
>it pretty much always means the characters end up stagnating or getting sidelined for a future as crazy cat ladies. It's a hated cliché for a reason.note
>>27411928every example is a guy, since you seem to be under the impression that it's a thing unique to female characters. it happened to all of them before their stories were over, in two cases before they were even halfway over, and their characters continued developing regardless
for a non-anime example in the same vein? avatar's prince zuko, also a guy who didn't stagnate post-haircut.