I'm glad they never used it that often xD I think the ring was called Excite or something.

Right? But more on topic, I myself have never really noticed most Riders as weaklings or unfit physique. Usually Asians have a different muscular tone and not to mention the fact that the femenine look sells like hot sex in Japan. I also think a person's physique and muscle tone should match their occupation. In western forms of entertainment, I'm picky with it, like I don't like incredibly buff guys to portray Spider-Man and I don't want scrawny looking Topher Grace weakling portraying Venom cuz that's how the character is portrayed in the comics. In Toku shows, that reasoning with me flies out the window cuz with me, I kinda see it like the suit they wear gives them the strength that they somewhat lack when they're in their civvies. Same thing for Sentai to me, even though it's just spandex, once the uniform is on I find it believable that they can withstand blows that would kill an average guy. Like that little kid who stole Marvelous' ShinkenRed key and henshin'd, only to get knocked into a building, or even before that in Gekiranger when Jan was turned into a small boy and (picked his nose till it bled) he henshins into Gekired to run past explosives that'd probably leave him hurt. So any type of physique would work out in a Toku show.

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This sums it up really well.

>-> <-<....now where would you get a silly Idea like that from...:lol

I... err... nevermind xDDD

You REALLY want them to stop wearing skinny jeans?

Then I suggest you try to get these fine gentlemen to Japan and have them convince Japanese male celebs to live that Snipe life.

http://37.media.tumblr.com/98d0a5c1c...1116o2_500.jpg

Or else just blindly wish that men's fashion trends in Japan ditch the skinny jeans but we all know that won't happen unless someone went full-on neoclassicism and declared parachute pants are a thing again.

Oh, HELL NO. x,DDDD

"Henshin" is often translated to mean "transform," but it more literally means "change body."

This is why the often extreme difference between henshined and un-henshined forms doesn't really bother me--the characters' original, untrained bodies literally morph into powerful, heroic bodies. It's more like what happens to Billy Batson when he shouts "Shazam!" than it is like Bruce Wayne donning the bat-suit.

A large part of the Japanese super hero myth involves ordinary people transforming themselves into heroes who can do amazing things. That's represented in Kamen Rider by a literal change in physical stature.

As for attractiveness... Aren't most lead actors in TV and Movies disproportionately attractive, regardless of country or genre?

awwh man I was so ready to talk about Henshin and transforming bodies but scythe and luchha pretty much covered all the bases already haha.

Personally I really don't have a problem with main leads being pretty boys or whatever. It's not like they're fighting entirely under their own power, they're either transformed into gods or using powered armour and them having good looks and having some fashion sense doesn't really undermine that.

Going on Kaito...all he does is run around and shoot shit, he doesn't have to be super buff to do that and anywho they might just be super lean. Also why is this something that comes up now? Does Kouta look weak to you? How many flips does a man have to do to become worthy? HOW MANY FLIPS?!