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Originally Posted by Kurona

So. Okay, this has bewildered me from the moment I first saw it.

I understand not liking Noel. I'm not the biggest fan myself; he's kind of middling for me and I can certainly see why he'd slip into 'dislike' territory for a lot of fans, especially with Lupat's flaws in general. But I've never been sure on why exactly a lot of people actually think of him as one of if not THE worst Sentai character ever?

I really want to make clear that this isn't something I'm upset over; or think you guys are wrong on; or that you shouldn't have that opinion or that it's a judgement or anything like that. Nor is it something I'm owed an explanation on of course, but I'm just so confused that at this point I'm dying to know why a character that I was sort of meh on inspires such hatred

He's just the epitome of everything that's wrong with LuPat, and then some.
His constant toying with the Patrangers got aggravating after a certain point, especially him holding the "I'm not part of your division, so I don't have to tell you anything" card every time he gets any bit of useful information that might have the slightest chance of revealing anything about the Lupins.
His connection with the Lupins making it obvious where the show was heading, and that they clearly wanted to make "Lupinranger" but at that point, they had already aired 15 episodes of LuPat, so they couldn't just remove the Patrangers.
Him stringing along the Patrangers to achieve his own goals is just unethical for a so called officer. When the Pats have to actively hide missions from him to keep the Lupins from winning (And they ALWAYS wing), you know he's not really a member of the team.
His obnoxious attitude. His constant smirking and mightier than thou attitude is bad, but him basically fucking over the Pat's jobs time and time again, then just buying some macaroons and going "Lol sorry" at the end of numerous episodes is aggravating.
How he's treated. He lied to both teams (The Lupins to a lesser extent, but still), he constantly undermined the Pat's efforts, and used his authority to keep multiple vital secrets from the Pats. And how does everyone respond? With open arms and declarations that they still love and respect him. Despite this, he still continues to lie and screw with the Patrangers until the very end.

Wrap all of that up, then add in the fact that he got the Super Patranger upgrade and a host of spotlight episodes, and he embodies everything that's wrong with LuPat. That they let marketing decide where the show went, rather than the writers.

Sentai as a franchise is just a set of yearly toy adverts, I'm not dumb. But some shows manage to be pretty good. LuPat, though, was a show with potential that got destroyed by a team in suits going "Well, the charts say..." at every turn.