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You're a big enough person (I'm only slightly lighter so no insult intended) I guess it's possible you can bend the 102 in a 184. However, most skiers I have known at your experience level look better on skis other than the Mantra/Kendo. Have you demoed many other skis besides the Mantra family?I'm also REALLY excited to try a ski like the Kendo because I know the '22 102 is an unforgiving brick missile, I can't even imagine being on something easier to ski lol.
To illustrate, my brother in law is much smaller than either of us and his skiing improved hugely with a ski that was a step or two softer when I bought him a 4FRNT MSP 99 to "complement" his ~2015 Kendo in ~2017. I think he started having good form on the Kendo in like 2021 or something? Point is it took a while and I'm not even sure he would have gotten there with the stiffer ski. The quote I excerpted above makes me wonder if you might do better getting something a bit easier going on the narrow side while you get more comfortable.