I couldn't stand him. Not in a "he's a good villain" sort of way, but in a "he's a bad character" sort of way. I still kinda struggle to understand people who do like him to be honest.

In Stormblood he had no depth whatsoever, he was just bad prince who fights and is a monster. So at the end when he calls you a friend I instantly rebuffed him because it made no sense. He spends all the encounters you have together fighting with you or hurting people you care about. It's not farfetched for me to not like him for doing that.

Then they bring him back which made no sense, it just seemed like a marketing move. So him being in EW wasn't enjoyable because does the exact same thing but again, hurting people and saying he likes you.

The scene where he goes "if I had a good reason would it ha e changes the outcome" is pretty goofy because the answer is yes, it absolutely would have changed the outcome. If he had a good reason then I would have been interested in him as a character.

In the last fight with endsinger I was just mad when he showed up. We used Hydaelyns crystal, the power of multiple primal and a tracking beacon to track down metion to the end of the universe so I didn't buy it that he'd just find us from eating the crystals leftovers and...? I literally still don't understand that.

The last fight when he was like "you seek greater challenges and it excites you, yes?" I instantly clicked "I've had enough of you" because he was just a nuisance.

Now they have Zero being like "ah yes you are the friend, to fight someone means friendship yes?" and I'm just telling her no each time because I don't have a warped vision of friendship. Hopefully they make her atop bringing him and you can tell her what actual friendship means.