Board Thread:Wiki Operations Questions/@comment-1709917-20150510092821

Ever since TVNihon started their discussion about the ambiguous gender of certain Sentai villains, I wanted to raise the issue here, to settle the matter on what gender we should refer to these characters to on this very wiki.

The villains I take the most issue with, are Luckyuro, from Kyoryuger and Kyuemon Izayoi from Ninninger. Both of them do not really seem that female to me, while Super Sentai is usually very obvious about it when a suited villain is female, as suited female villains usually have an appropriately shaped chest, lips, or feminine clothes shaped on the suit.

In the case of Luckyuro, I think he more resembles a bratty little boy in terms of behavior and design than a girl. His way of talking and behavior doesn't seem girlish to me at all, compared to other female characters in the same show. Also, I can't really make out a female gender in the interactions other characters have with Luckyuro. The other villains always treat him like a younger nephew than a little girl. Another arguement is that his suit is currently used for Curio in Dino Charge, who is a male character, meaning the suit is not nessescarily female shaped.

With Izayoi, I think he is meant to be something of a young male servant type of character. To me, the suit of the character looks more boyish than girlish. If you were to ask me what gender Izayoi is without ever hearing the voice, I would go for male. His voice also sounds like a young boy than a girl. And again, none of the behavior and interactions with others show Izayoi to be a female.

So I really think these characters are meant to be male. Especially when you consider Super Sentai isn't the most sublte of shows when it comes to character types and genders.

So what do you think the gender of these characters are? Should they continue to be reffered to as female, or should we change them to male?

And are there other suited Sentai characters who raise these same issues? 