Masato, Dying A Glorious Death

is the forty-eighth episode of Kamen Rider 555. This is the second episode of the endgame arc, with the death of Masato Kusaka. It also features the first appearance of Yuji Kiba as Kamen Rider Kaixa.
==Synopsis==
After fighting with a Riotrooper with Masato's disease that he will die soon, he confronts Yuji that he will fight the Orphnoch King. Mari talks briefly with Rina before getting kidnapped, once again to lure Masato. Hanagata dies from his rapid evolution. As Masato confronts Yuji that he joined Smart Brain, Takumi, Naoya, and Shuji kill all Riotroopers as Faiz Axel Form, the Snake Orphnoch, and Delta respectively. With Masato killed by Yuji as Kaixa, Mari searches for Masato's whereabouts, but he dies before she manages to find him.
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===Guest Cast===
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*Mari Sonoda (Child): 
==Errors==
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==Notes==
*Viewership: 6.4%
**With a rating of 6.4%, this was the lowest rated episode of 555, 2.9% below the series average.
*The main title music from Paradise Lost can be heard when Kaixa reverted back to Kiba.
*As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside episode 45, .
*This episode is the final appearance of Hanagata.
*Kusaka's death is retconned in Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (2014), where a flashback shows him dying after being beaten by the Horse Orphnoch as Kaixa while Faiz battled the Arch Orphnoch. Unlike the original, where no one witness his death by Kaixa, Faiz approached him  before he disintegrated into dust.
*Kohei Murakami would later reprise his role of Kusaka ten years later before moving on to play  in two years after. He would later return again as Kusaka in the Fourze/555 tribute episodes, alongside Kento Handa as Takumi in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
==DVD releases==
Kamen Rider 555 Volume 13 features episodes 48-50: Masato, Dying A Glorious Death, A Sign of Destruction and My Dream.
Blu-ray Box 3 comes with 16 episodes.
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