[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Talisman

So due to YSST being penned by Shogo Muto, I took the liberty of introducing my watch group(s) to Kamen Rider Build,



This Was A Mistake.

More like:

Hagane no mooooooooooonsault!

This Was A Mistake.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Talisman

So due to YSST being penned by Shogo Muto, I took the liberty of introducing my watch group(s) to Kamen Rider Build,



This Was A Mistake.

If you wanna make it a Muto marathon, might I suggest giving the Crows: Zero movies starring Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada a watch, followed by the 2007 Hana Kimi TV drama starring Maki Horikita (which I didn't know he took part in until as of this post, and btw, at least two-thirds of the actors who played are or went on to become toku alumni) and then finally, Muto's first claim to fame, the Densha Otoko TV drama. BTW, here are the notable toku alumnis from the 2007 Hana Kimi show that I could remember off the top of my head.

Dorm 2 (Protagonist's dorm)
Kamen Rider Kabuto *Dorm leader
Kamen Rider Sasword
Kamen Rider Dark Ghost
Hurricane Polymar
Ultraman Mebius
Yuuya (Gaim)
Gokai Silver
Rai (Gouraigan)

Dorm 1 (Muscleheads)
Gavan Type-G *Dorm leader
Bouken Red
Kamen Rider Grease

Dorm 3 (Theater kids)
Kuwagaraiger *Dorm leader
Kamen Rider Ixa (Nago)
Go-on Red

Faculty
Kousei Kougami (He's a mild-mannered vice principal in this, which probably explains why I went WTF when I saw him years later in OOO because of the stark contrast)

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

If you wanna make it a Muto marathon, might I suggest giving the Crows: Zero movies starring Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada a watch

Oh, Crows is a fantastic film series. And in my head-canon, Gentaro Kusaragi was kicked out of Suzuran for being too friendly (his uniform is clearly from there).
By the way, if we're talking about films for tokusatsu fans, I can recommend "Saikou no Seito: Yomei Ichinen no Last Dance." Because it features:
Main character: Mei Hata (Mua/one of the Kamen Rider Abaddons from the movie Zero One)
Main character's friend: Kohaku Shida (Haruka Kito/Oni Sister and Sumino Ishikawa/Gozyu Unicorn)
Main character's other friend:Hina Kikuchi (Mika Ogawa from Wing Man)
Main character's classmate:Kazuto Mokuda (Michinaga Azuma/Kamen Rider Buffa)
The main character's father: Kohei Takeda (Otoya Kurenai/Kamen Rider Ixa and Kazumi Sawatari/Kamen Rider Grease).
The main character's teacher: Atsuhiro Inukai (Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen Rider Ryugen)
There might be some other episodic characters, too. But I especially like how this series features Kamen Riders from different generations?the classmate, the teacher, and the father.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

his uniform is clearly from there

Weeellllll majority of deliquents in Japan are assumed to dress like that if their school's uniform is a gakuran, though, both fiction and non-fiction.
But yeah, Crows: Zero was decent. I haven't followed the actual Crows or Worst mangas in-depth, skimmed through a few tankobons, but very standard Japanese school delinquent stuff. Oguri and Yamada's 1 on 1 fight scene was well-choreo'd.