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In many anime, the girls there have fangs.

  * Kiriha from _Tsugumomo_ [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GC85B.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GC85B.png)
  * Rika from _Kanojo mo Kanojo_ [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gGE7s.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gGE7s.png)
  * Senko and Shiro from _The Helpful Fox Senko-san_ [![List item](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5Hnsr.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5Hnsr.png)

Why are fangs of girls so common in anime?


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Why are fangs of girls so common in anime?


They're called Yaeba. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaeba) says:

> In Japan, yaeba (八重歯, "double tooth") are human teeth, especially upper
> canines, with an uncommonly fang-like appearance. Yaeba most often refers to
> a tooth overlapping another tooth or protruding from higher in the gum. In
> Japan it is perceived as a sign of youthfulness and natural beauty. In 2013
> it had become a trend where teenage girls would undergo dental procedures to
> cap the upper canines.


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In addition to [BCLC's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/67362/36158),
the girls in the _The Helpful Fox Senko-san_ are
[kitsune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune), aka fox spirits.

Foxes have [fangs](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/red-fox-showing-it-
teeth-picture-id642199518?s=612x612). They, along with many of the other
fox/wolf/cat/dog-human hybrids that show up in anime, have fangs as part of
their "not-fully-human" character design.


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