Masato Kusaka (Kamen Rider 555)



Masato Kusaka is the wielder of the Kaixa Gear, which he uses to transform into Kamen Rider Kaixa and the tritagonist of Kamen Rider 555.

Why He (Intentionally?) Sucks

 * 1) Kusaka's main problem is that he's a psychotic jerk due to his hatred towards Takumi and doing villainous acts for self-pettiness and him being spiteful.
 * 2) Although he's meant to be a love to hate character, there was no point or end goal in having that character, not to mention most of the other characters in Faiz are also mean-spirited, so it feels super unbalanced.
 * 3) He never gets any character development at all.
 * 4) Kusaka manipulates Takumi and Kiba to fight each other for his own gain and amusement just so that Takumi would never have allies.
 * 5) He takes his relationship with Mari so far that he's a pedophile:
 * 6) *In the non-canon novel where he serves as the main antagonist, he rapes Mari leading to Kiba to hate him and the humanity, but still makes Mari's life a living hell since she's 16. How inhumane is thatǃ
 * 7) **Then, he kills Yuka Osada when she did nothing to him. Also, she was pregnant with Keitaro or Kaido's kid!
 * 8) He is so racist to any Orphnoch, regardless of personality, saying that he will kill them all with a passion.
 * 9) *Irony: He got injected with Orphnoch DNA, which makes him an Orphnoch himself.
 * 10) Kusaka even tried to kill Takumi when he knew he was the wolf Orphnoch.
 * 11) He is a hypocrite because even though he hates Orphnoch, he is technically an Orphnoch and his partner Takumi, who is also an Orphnoch.
 * 12) He is at his worst in episode 30 of 555 and the Kamen Rider 555 Seiden: Deformed Flowers novel.
 * 13) He is a Karma Houdini who gets no consequences for his actions.
 * 14) He is considered to this day as the worst secondary rider to exist in the history of the franchise.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He is much better in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
 * 2) The actor who portrays him Kohei Murakami, is very charismatic and did a good job playing him
 * 3) Two Words: KAIXA DAY
 * 4) He did redeem himself in Faiz but not that much.
 * 5) He got his comeuppance in episode 48.

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