I’m guessing—and this is just a guess—that since people aren’t monolithic, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that some people hate him and some people love him.

Why? As far as I can remember the anime followed the manga pretty closely.

this is beyond stupid.

The title of your article is spectacularly misleading and not even true according to your own article.

No other species has fully-formed sentience, either, which isn't a terribly good excuse to stop using our brains to get on their level. I fart on this article.

Did not read article but headline graphic looks like grabbing boobs so I'll assume that's what I'm supposed to do.

"(One time, a guy tried to make me show him pictures of my [imaginary] boyfriend on my phone to prove my [imaginary] boyfriend was real. That is crazy and not a thing you should do.)"