I don't know. The big advantage Rider has is that the suits are bulkier. Even the undersuits have thicker layers compared to Sentai, so something like that wouldn't be as visible.

My big question will be if they give a woman the secondary slot and accompanying form changes and power-ups before 2030.

I am not 100% up on this, but last I knew, Sentai was still using smaller* male suit actors for some of the female rangers.

*Smaller in overall physical stature, not necessarily in terms of visible genitalia.**

**There's a sentence I never anticipated having to write on this board.

I'm currently reading this and it's definitely jarring. Super disappointing. I have it checked out form the library, but if I paid money for this I would be very unhappy. Especially considering, as further research has indicated, the advertised translations were better.

The Kamen Rider tome didn't have this issue right?

If you mean the OG Kamen Rider Manga then no they didnt. The translation was good & was done by Seven Seas a different company.

I dont think so? If I remember right, the reason sentai has skirts is to hide bulges, since they had male suit actors for female characters, so they could've applied that technique maybe.

The whole Kuuga Manga thing seems like a shitshow. It's a big shame; I was actually considering buying it the other day since it and the original Kamen Rider manga are the only things we get in the UK from rider's ""global push"".

What's even odder is that I've heard the person who was in charge of the Kuuga manga's translation did have a lot of experience and credit in the industry? Someone you'd trust to do a decent job. So this combined with how machine translate-y they are makes me wonder if a ridiculous deadline was pushed on him or something. Don't want to theorise too much but it just seems very odd

Also, the 01 comic writer chipping in like that... I was very willing to give his comic the benefit of the doubt despite the first issue and the second issue preview not being up my alley, but this makes it a LOT harder to look forward to his stuff

But still, there must be a reason why Sabella and Na-Go are played by the same stuntwoman. That is, between Angela Mei and Yuna Hoshino, the difference in height is 20 centimeters.

Probably just because they keep the same stuntpeople around? The same guy DID portray 18/20 main heisei riders after all. Someone playing two female riders from different shows seems ordinary

Given what I read in an interview with Tom Constantine the other day, Toei is just more likely to use stuntpeople they know, - why not keep bringing back the same ones year after year if you know they can do a great job at bringing a costumed character to life while performing the same mannerisms as the regular actor?

There's a great screencap from Zi-O that shows the huge height discrepancy between Sogo's actor and stunt performer Seiji Takaiwa during the de-transformation

When you're the guy, you're the guy. They called him Mr. Heisei Rider for a reason haha