so i like most other people have been haunted trying to figure out what the fuck reth's hairstyle is supposed to be
his hair texture looks different from hassian and sifuu's locs (especially the little cowlick of straight hair that sticks out of the front of his headband), so i dont think theyre supposed to be an afro-textured hairstyle like locs or twists
however, they're also different from standard 3-strand braids like the small ones tish and najuma have in their hair
i dont know if the creators had a specific irl hairstyle in mind when they designed him, but after looking around for a bit the closest one i could find that i felt worked is this "knotted rope braid"
i couldnt find any other examples of this specific kind of braid, but it seems like its similar to a "chinese ladder braid" or "chinese staircase braid", but doesnt result in the smaller outer portion of the braid
i know it may not be Exactly correct/the same (especially since the bottom layer of his hair looks a bit different and isnt tied at the ends), but at least as of right now i think its my preferred interpretation, so i figured i would share it Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
