However, the post title and the previous few sentences are misleading, since I will NOT be discussion the Kamen Rider series (I'm sure the collective geek community is up in arms at this point), but people I have dubbed Kamen Rider: Average. I'm sure many of you have seen documentaries or shows about Japan (Anthony Bourdain and so on). If you have, I'm sure you've seen the many average people in modern Japan who walk around wearing masks. You also see many riding on the trains (hence Kamen Rider). Now I know what you're asking yourself, "Why should I care?", or "Why do some Japanese wear masks?". For the group that asks the latter, I've come up with possibilities. 1) They wear masks because they are all ninja, 2) In Japan surgeons are on call at ALL times and wear masks in order to show their status and be able to immediately jump into action should someone need emergency plastic surgery or 3) They wear the masks because they have allergies and don't want to breathe in the pollen and dust which is all around (Note to Pete: I'm not sure whether the masks would prevent SARS sorry). Now granted the 3rd option is supported by my host mother telling me allergies are the reason, but still...I'll let you come to your own conclusion
Clearly these two Kamen Rider Averages are ready and waiting to cut someone open should an appendix be ready to explode... and you all said they're not heroes
Gambatte
-DPN
Addendum: My okaasan has informed me that the term "Kamen" is used only for whole face masks and the word "masku" is used for the types of masks displayed above. The post will remain the same for the sake of being clever, but I wanted to make sure all you readers knew the difference.
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