Kamen Rider 555 Seiden: Deformed Flowers

Kamen Rider 555 Seiden: Deformed Flowers (or also translated Kamen Rider 555 True Story: Deformed Flowers) is the tie-in non-canon novel of Kamen Rider 555.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) It is so edgy and too dark for a kid's superhero show to the point where it actually makes Shin Kamen Rider look family-friendly in comparison.
 * 2) Aside from being dark, it fails to try to handle consistently than other superhero series outside of Japan.
 * 3) Uncharismatic characterization.
 * 4) The fight scenes and places are very meaningless in novel standards than the actual picture panels in graphic novels and comics.
 * 5) Most of the characters from the show act very out of character.
 * 6) The pacing is atrocious and inconsistent.
 * 7) It feels more like a generic edgy fan-fiction.
 * 8) Subplots and plot-holes are all over the place.
 * 9) One of the most notable parts of the novel is that Masato Kusaka/Kamen Rider Kaixa has now became a full-blown psychopath in this novel:
 * 10) * He rapes his adoptive sister, Mari (who is 16 in this novel). But still makes her life a living hell during the later chapters of the novel.
 * 11) * Kusaka also kills Yuka Osada/Crane Orphnoch when she was pregnant with Keitaro's kid!!
 * 12) Yuji Kiba/Horse Orphnoch is now a sadist who hates humanity altogether (when he saw that his girlfriend, who is now Mari, getting raped by Kusaka).
 * 13) This is just a watered down retelling of Kamen Rider 555 but waaaaaaayyy worse.
 * 14) Overall, this novel basely worsened the negativity of Kamen Rider 555. Which was already flawed enough.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) There are still the likable characters from the 555 show.
 * 2) Kiba hating humanity was pretty reasonable.
 * 3) Kusaka got his death and that's what he deserved for raping Mari and making her life a living hell, no question.
 * 4) Thankfully, this novel is non-canon and never happened in the TV show.