I'm not! The rules in Japan are pretty strict; if Ryou's father croaked it, he'd be forbidden to even sustain his own life by working. Some places won't let you have longer hair, or hair with unusual colours, because they assume it's all for attention. 'Standing out' isn't approved of.

But... that guy was just a bastard who thought he had power over the students. Since people liked Ryou's hair so much, he decided to force him to get rid of it as a statement of that power.