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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

I wouldn't say it's automatically feminine, since it's just a legs together pose. Does it seem that way, sure, but it could also be a more "focused" kind of stance.

It's not automatically feminine, but I think it's worth keeping in mind that every other Rider in that shot is basically in their signature pose - the kind of thing you'd see in marketing or even the back of an SH Figuarts box.
The only people I can think of who would hold that as their signature pose would be Tassel and Sophia. What other Calibur user would hold Kurayami with two hands outside of combat, and after transforming? Not one that we've seen, IMO.

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Originally Posted by Damienthathedge

Oh lmao my bad. Uh don't read into poses too much? Dunno if you remember but everybody was convinced Zi-O was a woman due to poses and chestpieces.

Other then that maybe Sophia I guess? She seems most likely to get a piece of the action and that Q4 last minute "Yeah she's totally part of the action now guys" for the remainder of the episodes.

And? That just means everybody was dumb as fuck lol the name literally translates to "Time King" in Japanese. Also the pose didn't really have anything to do with it - I actually recall people only believing so because the angle of the scan available at the time made Zi-O's chest look like it was protruding more than it actually was. The color scheme and slender suit didn't really help, either. Think people just got overzealous at the thought of an anniversary primary Rider being female.

Poses are important for marketing - ergo they're usually big hints as to Kamen Rider identities, especially in series' where the mantle of a certain Kamen Rider gets passed around multiple times. It's called body language. How else are you supposed to discern them when you see them on screen? Things like that are how we figured out Mad Rogue would be Utsumi.

And yeah, we're in the last few episodes of Saber, so I could see it going down that way for the reasons you stated.