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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I'm honestly legitimately surprised it took them this long to have a "Mandatory" female rider.
They've known since 2000 that the franchise has a large female viewer base (It's not called the Odagiri effect for nothing), as well as being well aware that little girls are also fans of the show and buying toys (Which is why Tackle was created in the first place back in the 70's).
Even if the franchise still has a prominent male audience, ever since Agito established a precedent for multiple riders in a show, they should've taken advantage and had more female riders.

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

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Maybe they had a problem with the number of female stunt performers of the right level? I understand that you can put anyone in a suit, but in modern times it is much easier to notice inappropriate bulges and for some it can ruin the whole viewing experience. It is not for nothing that Sabella, Jeanne and Na-Go are portrayed by the same Yuki Miyazawa.

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.