Talk:Hatsune Miku/@comment-173.81.52.251-20160130030007/@comment-53539-20160130110943

One of the concept art was of her with a single pony tail, it was a case of KEI used a variety of hairstyles before settling on pigtails.

In this case, it was not a reference to Sailor Moon, but an aesthetic choice by the artist. Therefore we cannot put down anything about Sailor Moon. The trouble is as well is pigtails became culturally popular because of Sailor Moon.

Here a link to the One Piece wikia that explains the problems;

http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Mythbusters/FAQ#One_Piece_of_the_Caribbean

There are other characters within One Piece that share the same problem. :-/

Because pigtails are popular and because Sailor Moon became associated with them in the 90s, long story short culturall its hard to trace things anymore. Another example of this is fromthe Doomed Megalopolis villain Yasunori Katō, his image was so influential that so many characters have copied it and now its possible to tell if their reference him or another character who was in turn influenced by him.

Needless to say, because it was mentioned KEI picked it out of several hairstyles, we cannot presume anything.