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 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 is a love to hate character, most of the other characters in Faiz feel rude and antagonistic, so it doesn't really work and feels unbalanced.
 * 3) He never gets any character development at all.
 * 4) Masato manipulates Takumi and Yuji 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, he rapes Mari leading to Yuji to hate him and the humanity, but still makes Mari's life a living hell since she's 16.
 * 7) **He even sees Mari as a sex tool.
 * 8) **He kills Yuka Osada when she did nothing to him. Also, she was pregnant with Keitaro or Kaido's kid!
 * 9) He is so racist to any Orphnoch, regardless of personality, saying that he will kill them all with a passion.
 * 10) *Irony: He got injected with Orphnoch DNA, which makes him an Orphnoch himself.
 * 11) Masato even tried to kill Takumi when he knew he was the wolf Orphnoch.
 * 12) He is a hypocrite because even though he hates Orphnoch, he is technically an Orphnoch and his partner Takumi, who is also an Orphnoch.
 * 13) He is at his worst in episode 30 of 555 and the Kamen Rider 555 Seiden: Deformed Flowers novel.
 * 14) He is a Karma Houdini who gets no consequences for his actions.

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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