>>149503902I think the "myth" goes as follow:
1. the Manchurian hairstyle is the first and last Chinese aristocratic hairstyle the West ever came into contact with, and an abundance of drawings and photography identify it as the quintessentially Chinese hairstyle.
It looks lame as shit.
2. in the late 1980s and early 1990s the tribal punk top knot becomes popular in pop-culture for tribal types and post apocalyptic punk (think of the Orks in warhammer).
It looks cool as hell.
Now Quinton Hoover here drew your typical stereotypical chinky monk with a fashionable Mad Max hairstyle.
He wanted the bare chest so he can't draw clothes, what else is he going to do to make this look a bit more interesting?
FACE TATTOO that's what!
In other words, it's not a Chinese thing, it's a 1990s pop-culture punk road warrior thing.
This is your typical asian martial arts thug.