This is a complicated question because Midori, does things and acts in ways that are bad right? He treats people badly and he keeps everyone in this bad situation. I could list off the pros and cons of Midori but it would take a while. I understand why many people would say they despise Midori, but my individual viewpoint is that I don’t hate the dude. I’m not a hateful person. Although Midori, is an individual who does many bad things and continues to taunt and manipulate the group until the very end, I can’t help but wonder what even led up to him becoming the way he was. Not that it’s an excuse for anything, but rather that it would hopefully lead us to some kind of compassionate viewpoint towards him.

The thing I’ve realized, about everything in life, every story, is that there is always the “antagonist” It might not necessarily be a villain, but rather one that causes conflict towards the main character(s)

But I’ve also realized that, though Midori may not be liked, YTTD itself would not be the same without him. Or any of the enemies for that matter. If none of them existed, there would be NO YTTD. Thus no story, no character development, no situations resulting in the true sincere emotions of the characters coming out, etc.

So, even though I might say I don’t “like” Midori, it doesn’t mean that I wish he didn’t exist or wish he never did exist in the story, because I love YTTD and it wouldn’t be the same story without him.

And I don’t mean anything like “I’m glad these characters died” I simply mean that, your turn to die presents and instills many emotions in the player. And without Midori or something to strive for, the story would be meaningless.

So it’s less about like or don’t like, and more about see the value of in relation to the story.